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Walks and Errors Kill the Phils in Atlanta
The Phillies win streak has ended at 4 games after an awful 6-1 loss to the Braves in Atlanta last night. After a lead-off single from Jimmy Rollins in the 1st inning, the Phillies scored their only run of the game. It all went downhill from there.
Pitcher Cole Hamels had one of the worst starts of his career immediately after signing a huge $144 million contract. He walked a career high 6 batters, 3 of which came in the 2nd inning and led to 2 runs for the Braves.
Of course, those 2 runs could have been avoided if Mike Fontenot had not made a gigantic error at 3rd base. He missed a routine ground ball that would have ended the inning without a run scored. Third base has been a total nightmare for the Phillies with Placido Polanco's constant back issues over the past 2 seasons. Polly is on the DL again and neither Fontenot nor Ty Wigginton are able to handle the hot corner. 20% off all Phillies errors this year have happened at 3rd base.
The Phillies have had many 3rd base troubles over the years since after Scott Rolen departed. Think about this: David Bell, Pedro Feliz and Polanco. What do they all have in common? You guessed it…back problems. And if next year the Phillies decide to try Freddy Galvis at 3rd, he and his back fracture will fit right in:
So the troubles at 3rd continue as do the trouble with playing error-free baseball, starting pitching woes and a sluggish offense. The other problem the Phillies are facing? How about Brian McCann. This guy is a 1-man Phillies wrecking crew.
In 6 games against the Phillies just this year, McCann has hit a home run in EVERY single game, including 1 grand slam. He has 16 RBI against the Phillies in 2012…so far. So my question then is, why are the Phillies still pitching to this guy? Walk him! Hit him with a pitch! Throw darts at him! I don't care…just please stop pitching to the guy!
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A 69-year-old California hiker claims that he was just hanging out in the forest, minding his own business, when he was attacked on the head by an angry maneating lion. But! Just as the cold certainty of impending lion-death engulfed him, the man was miraculously rescued. BY A BEAR.
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"I had a rock in my right hand, and I come around and swing and hit him in the side of the head, and it made a big screeching sound. And I come back to swing again, and I come around, and just about half way there, I see this dark figure grabbing the neck of the mountain lion and tearing it down the ground behind me," recalled Biggs.
The mother bear then entered the fray, and after a few minutes the bear and mountain lion went their own way, he said.
Okay. So, the California Department of Fish and Killjoys isn't having it, calling the whole story "unsubstantiated." Boooooooooo. Those dudes are obviously just jealous, because they don't have an awesome magic bear sidekick watching their backs at all times!
I put in a call to the California Department of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who issued this statement: "This bear is obviously Mr. Biggs's long-lost wife who was transformed by a witch. We will be launching a full investigation into the location the three golden acorns that must be placed in the beak of the enchanted nightingale of Fresno in order to reverse the transformation. No further comments." Best of luck to Mr. Biggs, who will surely face many perils.
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Sourdough cuts gluten?
There was a story on CBC's Ontario Morning today that goes hand in had with this story:
Sourdough breadmaking cuts gluten content in baked goods [1]
It says:
A team of Italian scientists led by Luigi Greco at the University of Naples authored a 2010 study that showed significantly lower levels of gluten in sourdough made according to old methods.
The difference was so stark that celiacs in the study were able to consume the sourdough with no ill effects.
How can sourdough reduce gluten? Anyone know? Fermentation works on sugars - how doe it reduce a protein?


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By Paul Feinberg
"The trouble we're in is a crisis of leadership," said UCLA Anderson Professor Ed Leamer during the "Survive. Thrive. Yes We Can" panel sponsored by Anderson's Office of Executive Education. "The risk (to the economy) was never on Wall Street. It was always on Main Street."
Leamer emphatically asserted that the inflammatory rhetoric coming from governmental leaders in Washington convinced consumers to curtail their spending, which contributed significantly to the nation's ongoing economic crisis. Leamer was joined on the panel by fellow Anderson Professors Antonio Bernardo and David Lewin, along with moderator Frank Mottek of KNX 1070 radio.
While Leamer focused on how the crisis evolved (and continues to evolve), Bernardo and Lewin presented attendees with ideas on how to survive and even thrive in the recession.
Emphasizing a point he made in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial (as well as in a forthcoming book), Lewin suggested that companies faced with cutting jobs should instead consider reducing employee pay rates. "It boosts morale and it boosts trust (among employees)," Lewin said. "And when a recovery comes, these companies will be ready (to benefit)."
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste," Bernardo noted, adding that there were potential opportunities to be found even during a recession. "Most business firms have a tendency to over invest in weak businesses and under invest in their strongest businesses. In good times, it's 'political' to do this. But when survival is at stake, companies must make tough decisions. This is a great time to disinvest in weak (areas of business) and focus on what firms do best. That way (they) can emerge stronger than they were before."
Referencing his recurrent forecast themes, Leamer stressed that the current recession does not look like previous, post-World War II downturns, which makes forecasting this recession more difficult. He believes, however, that the economy is undergoing a "structural adjustment" away from a consumer-driven entity, and that "the job ahead is to turn malls into factories."
"We need to stop shopping," Leamer said. "(And we need to) build more and export more."
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Santa vs. Cthulhu teased by Minecraft dev
Minecraft creator Markus Persson (Notch) has revealed a mysterious new project called Santa vs. Cthulhu via Twitter.
[UPDATE: Shacker Zek has correctly pointed out that Notch actually first discussed the game publicly via his personal blog a few days ago. Originally designed as an RTS of sorts, it's been simplified into a scouting and base building affair, with Santa trying to spread cheer to the world, while Cthulhu tries to corrupt it.]
Markus "Notch "Persson, developer behind the highly successful Minecraft, and founder of Mojang Specifications, has revealed some sort of new project via Twitter today. Providing a link to a browser-based engine test for something called Santa vs. Cthulhu, Persson asked folks to weigh in as to whether or not it worked, and what sort of frame-rate they were getting.
Little else is known about Santa vs. Cthulhu at this point (and there are no hints in Persson's tweet), other than what the engine test reveals.
Upon hitting the page (which requires Java to run), one is presented with a three-dimensional map of Earth that can be rotated using the mouse. A number of real-world cities dot the globe, and hovering over them reveals their names, as well as three stats: Cheer, Corruption, and Population.
We've reached out to Persson for further comment about Santa vs. Cthulhu, but in the meantime, you can check out the interesting little engine test for yourself, here.
Unless the game focuses on some sort of nog-chugging competition, my money is on Cthulhu.
Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Santa vs. Cthulhu teased by Minecraft dev.
Minecraft creator Markus Persson (Notch) has revealed a mysterious new project called Santa vs. Cthulhu via Twitter.
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How to Sell Your Old Books When You're Desperate for Cash!
When you're in a crunch and need money quickly, you'll do almost anything to get ahold of a few bucks. Borrowing money is the last thing anyone ever wants to have to do. These are the times you need to be creative and instead of hawking your favorite jewelry or your hi fi television set, there's other things you can sell.
Sell your Books For Extra Cash
Selling your books is probably not something you've ever thought of. It's one of the great rewards of being an avid reader in that you can always cash in when you need extra dough. Here are a few great places I've gathered for you where you can buy and sell books.
1. Ecampus
Ecampus is a book store that buys, sells and rents books and text books. They have been around since 1999 and are very popular among the student world. Ecampus is quite a reputable establishment and a great place for students or any book collector to make money off their books.
Rules For Ecampus Before Selling Your Books
- Make sure to be honest about the condition of your book because they reserve the right to keep the book without paying you if they cannot sell it due to being in bad condition.(Make sure to read their idea of what "Good Condition" is to them on their website.)
- Ecampus will issue you a quoted price that is only good for 7 days so you MUST make sure to send the book within that time frame in order to get the quoted buyback deal.
- Ecampus supplies free shipping labels to return your books, but you must supply the box or envelope yourself.
How Ecampus Works
When you go to the website, you will simply enter the textbooks ISBN number located on the barcode of the book (Usually).
The buyback price will popup and if you are happy with the price quoted then just continue and select the books you wish to sell. You then just follow the steps listed, make a print of your free shipping label that you will put on your box and mail your books out.
Ecampus pays by either check, direct deposit to your account or they will give you credit for their store. They also sell other things such as DVD'S as well as rent books in case you ever want to buy from them in the future.
Payments sent out to you can take a few weeks or so after they have received your books, so be a little patient. It would be a good idea to compare prices between the other sites listed on this page so you can get the best price for your books.
Betterworldbooks was founded in 2002 in Indiana by 3 friends from the University of Notre Dame. Betterworldbooks has a library of about eight million new and used titles and at least at least 35 different categories. They also have managed to maintain an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. They collect and sell books in order to donate these books to help educate the less fortunate.
Betterworldbooks works basically the same as Ecampus. In order to get your books priced out, just go to their search box and enter your books ISBN. If for any reason your book doesn't have that you can just enter the authors name and/or the title of the book.
3. Abe Books
Abebooks accepts new or used books unlike Ecampus that only accepts used ones. The first thing you will do is set up your buyback account with abebooks. After signup is complete you may then login and enter your ISBN for your book or books. You will then see a button that you simply will click on to view the price of the book. It is then up to you to accept or deny the price for the book. After this you will then print off the shipping information given to you and just to remind you, shipping is 100% free.
So no damage happens to any of the books, abe will suggest you to wrap them in bubblewrap. Abe Books allows you to sell up to 5 of the same textbooks. Because there is a limit to how many books you can sell, it is suggested you use different programs to sell your books.That is, if you have a lot more to sell.
Getting Paid
Before payment, Abe Books will first evaluate your books condition. If they find that it is good enough to buy, they will give you the choice to be paid either by Paypal or by check. People with paypal accounts usually receive payment within a few days (1 to 3 days afters evaluation.) Check payments are same time frame, but of course it takes longer to receive a check in the mail.
4. Amazon
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I disagree with you all.
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|2012-10-05, 08:30
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I disagree with you all.
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General dissatisfaction with the place of finance in our societies.
Not much of a message, true, but here's the thing: I don't have to agree or think much of what people have to say to be extremely leery of censuring them. Frankly, they could have been begging for free Pokemon cards for all I care - I'd need a much better reason than "they're spoiled" to bring down the hammer. Because when it comes down to it, there's always someone to think any group of protestors are acting stupid and entitled. (And often, that someone is me. I don't like disruptions any more than the next guy.)
|2012-10-05, 08:33
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Perhaps that's where most people and myself differentiate: I do not consider protests to be one of right, but of responsibility. Any protest without responsibility, and if it is disruptive for the sake of getting more of the pie (which OWS pretty much amounted to in the end), would never be a true protest in my mind, and thus I see no reason for it to be protected in any sense.
|2012-10-05, 08:40
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I disagree with you all.
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I'd say the difference is that you think a person (you) can sit in judgment and decide which protest is valid and which isn't based purely on what you think their message is. I'm sorry to say, but I don't trust you that much. I wouldn't trust you for that even if you had a law degree, a robe, and one of those fancy wigs.
Most protest are for "getting more of the pie", one way or the other. That doesn't make them any less valid than paying a lobbyist to pester lawmakers.
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|2012-10-05, 08:56
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Romney Says He Was Wrong on 47 Percent Comment
|2012-10-05, 09:05
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I disagree with you all.
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More seriously, most or all protests are spun as being for "fairness" or "the betterment of society". For that matter, when the 0.01% come whining for tax breaks, they argue it'll be better for the economy. Nobody's organizing a protest with "I want a raise" as the main slogan.
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|2012-10-05, 09:09
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Guys -- I saw the "Occupy" movement from both sides. While I wandered about in plain clothes and while I got harassed going to work in a suit.
The movement started as a way to bring attention to general dissatisfaction with the finance industry and income imbalances -- then just general dissatisfaction overall. The problem is, it basically amounted to people squatting in one place and whining. People started doing drugs and others treated it like a mini-festival or event. The big failure is that having managed to mobilized so many people in so many places all over the world -- their message got lost and they didn't actually get all these people to do anything.
They sat around and complained. They blocked traffic and harassed people going to work. They didn't get organized and actually go and "do" anything. I did read an article that the OWS "chapter" started renting an office in NY back in Dec 2011, and that they were basically trying to work on policy and start lobbying.
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@Sumeragi: We've fought long and hard in the west for the right to protest. So long as the protests are orderly, people should be allowed to protest about whatever they want. It's the bedrock of our system. It keeps our politicians afraid. Protesters have shut society down before, and we can do so again.
As for OWS, while I would criticise the movement for not trying to form more of a programme, I think the protesters as a whole had plenty of justifiable grievances. I am young and unemployed, and I feel I can understand why so many of the protestors felt agrieved. Our age group has horrendously high unemployment (it's even worse in Europe), sky-high student loans, little economic opportunity, and the laws have been changed such that even if we do get jobs we're basically treated like disposable commodities. The current economic order has been stacked against us. We're told "get a job", but what are you supposed to do when no one will give you one?
Now I don't think the government can really solve all these problems, and perhaps that's why OWS chose not to half specific demands. The aim of the movement was to draw attention to the issues facing us, and start a dialogue about it. And you know what, I'd say it's worked. A lot more has been done since OWS to try to address the needs facing young people. It's still not enough(and to be honest, it's not an easy problem to solve), but at least there's a realisation by the powers that be that there isn't much more we can do on our own to get jobs. We're not "lazy hippies" out of any kind of choice.
The only real option for us is to make our work, but we're stuck with the issue that most of us, fresh out of college, have no kind of seed capital (no rich parents to borrow money from...), and don't have sufficient workplace experience to know how to start one. We had a contract with society that if we worked hard completing all this education, we'd have a decent lifestyle at the end, and society has reneged on it's side of the bargain. We've been educated for the dole queue.
That's my interpretation about OWS. Everyone has their own view on it. But I'd say OWS was an improvement over staying at home and angrily typing on forums about how our lives suck. People at least are now paying some attention.
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|2012-10-05, 09:43
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And anyway - we pay a lot of taxes, and expect our money's worth. Who are you to tell us we can't protest if we feel cheated? Why should it matter if it's not noble enough?
And any successful protest, even if it's orderly, is going to be disruptive. You just can't put that many people on the street without disruption of traffic. So you're going to have to clarify your position when you say:
|2012-10-05, 09:45
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Regarding OWS: Here's the article about the tour of their office back in December 2011
So, I'm going to stir the pot here. As this is a specifically election focused thread and this or similar topics have come up in the past:
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@ Anh_Minh: As defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As for paying taxes: I do not think enough is being paid, including everyone (and not just the supposed 1% or 47%), as I mentioned earlier about "big" government. That is connected to human rights: Human rights can only exist if it is being paid for.
@ willx: Aside from disagreeing with the assessment (I do believe someone who openly doubts the existence of heaven and hell could be elected president), I have to say that given humans are "unreasonable", why shouldn't "unreason" and "otherworldiness" be part of governing affairs?
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I don't give a damn, dude
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|2012-10-05, 10:08
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My point is that "unreason" might in fact be reason, but under an atheist point of view the potential reason would be rendered "unreason". Basically, I'm rejecting the view that belief in the existence of deities (to simplify the definition) is automatically "unreason".
If it was difficult to get it, I put "" around "unreason" to show my disagreement with the assessment of "unreason".
|2012-10-05, 10:16
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@Sumeragi -
Well, the U.S. Constitution stipulates there be a separation of church and state. The Courts have also abided by this to a certain extent which has also set a history of precedent. I'm interested to see why you believe an atheist or agnostic president could be elected?
From Wikipedia (because I'm too lazy to find "first source" documents or quotes):
Well this is a topic for another thread (are we grown up enough to have a "Religion & Spirituality" thread?) that I'm all too happy to discuss, with what I hope people consider is an open mind.
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The 2009 Mountain Bike World Championships open Tuesday at Mount Stromlo, on the outskirts of Australia's capital of Canberra. All the circuits will offer a considerably different experience that riders are used to on the World Cup circuit - wide open with no wooded sections and limited natural obstacles.
Racing begins with the Team Relay - with four riders from each nation doing a lap of the 6.49 kilometre cross-country circuit. Each team fields an Elite man, Elite woman, U23 man and Junior man. The order in which they ride is up to the teams, and open to considerable debate as to whether it is better to start with your strongest riders (Elite/U23 men) or finish with them. Canada is always one of the favourites for this event, and also Sweden, the european champions. others to watch will include France, Switzerland and Italy. Spain is missing from the list - the national coach elected to bring no Junior or U23 riders to the Worlds after poor showings at the European championships.
The cross-country course is garnering considerable praise as a demanding, technical and still fun course to ride. The most difficult (and interesting) sections are all in the first half of the circuit. The course immediately enters winding singletrack from the start-finish line, so for the first lap riders will use a parallel fire road for the first 600 metres before joining the re gular course. This is a false flat climb for the first kilometre of the circuit, before narrowing to singletrack and then steepening considerably.
After a long section of steep single track traversing Mount Stromlo, riders hit the first dropoff which looks considerably more difficult than it actually is, according to U.S. rider Sam Schutlz.
"We were looking at some of those dropoffs, and thinking that they were pretty much unrideable. But then this Junior woman came by and rode straight through it ... so we gave it a try, and once you get into them, they aren't too bad."
After the first dropoff, the riders continue to traverse to the highest point of the course - Hammerhead. There are a number tight, twisting sections, rock gardens and dropoffs all through this part of the course.
"It is okay to ride," commented defending men's champion Christoph Sauser "but difficult to ride quickly. It will be easy for a breakaway to get away here, because one little mistake will open up a gap that is hard to close, because there are not many possibilities to pass."
After Hammerhead, the riders make a long, swooping descent through bermed turns into the first Tech Zone and then head out for the second half of the course. This opens with a long and steady fireroad climb before entering singletrack again. This whole section, including the final descent into the finish will be very fast, and even the wide sections will offer little possibility to pass20because everyone will be travelling at maximum speed. After the Team Relay, the individual events will begin on Wednesday with the Junior and U23 women, followed by Junior men, U23 men and finally the Elite men and women on Saturday.
In the Elite categories, the big missing names are Ralph Näf (Switzerland) and Wolfram Kurschat (Germany) for the men, Elisabeth Osl (Austria) and the Chinese riders Ren Chengyuan and Ling Liu and JingJing Wang for the women. Näf is injured, Kurschat and Osl pulled out for the stated reason of focussing on the final two rounds of the World Cup, and no one knows why the Chinese are not here, although there is a possibility it is related to the current political firestorm brewing between Australia and China.
On the men's side, Absalon is the favourite, after his dominating peformance in the World Cup all year. Other podium favourites including Sauser and his team mate Nino Schurter, Jose Hermida (Spain), possibly Bromont World Cup winner Geoff Kabush (Canada), recent Marathon World Champion Roel Paulissen and the Italian Marco Fontana.
For the women, the short, fast nature suits defending champion Marga Fullana (Spain), however, she will face very strong competition from Canada's Catharine Pendrel and Marie-Helene Premont, Irinia Kalentieva (Russia), Olympic champion Sabine Spitz (Germany) who is recovered from a bacterial infection to her liver, Norway's Lene Byberg and the American trio of Willow Koerber, Heather Irmiger and Katie Compton.
U nlike the cross-country course, the Gravity courses are not receiving much praise from riders. The organization does not have much in the way of natural features to work with, so the 1.7 kilometre Downhill opens with a couple of not too technical rock gardens, then a long pedalling section leading into the Triple Treat middle portion of jumps and bermed turns, before finishing with another pedalling section and a couple of final jumps.
Defending women's champion Rachel Atherton (Great Britain) is the only 'name' missing so far from the downhill start lists - Atherton's season ended before it started after a collision with a car in the spring, and she is still recovering from surgery.
The women's side has one favourite - Sabrina Jonnier (France), who has only one World Cup loss this season. Tracy Moseley and Fionn Griffiths (Great Britain) both have strong podium shots, as does the rest of the French team - Celine Gros, Floriane Pugin and Emmeline Ragot.
For the men, it is pretty much wide open, with home favourite Sam Hill under a lot of pressure to deliver a title. There are a lot of other Aussie riders who could easily take his place, including Mick Hannah, Chris Kovarik and Jared Graves. Other top contenders include defending champion Gee Atherton and Steve Peat (Great Britain), greg Minnaar (South Africa), Fabien Barel (France), Sam Blenkinsop (New Zealand) and the young American hope Aaron Gwin.
The 4-Cross course is also not attracting rave reviews, with Dutch World Cup winner Joost Wichman stating "It's a little too BMX and flat for me, but there are some good turns."
Two riders so far are out before the Worlds start - Romana Labounkova (Czech Republic) and Roger Rinderknecht (Netherlands) - injured in crashes.
The women's final is likely to come down to Anneke Beerten (Netherlands) and Jill Kintner (USA), as it has all season. However, those two have taken themselves out of contention on more than one occasion, so we could see another upset, like defending champion Melissa Buhl (USA), or Fionn Griffiths (Great Britain), or local favourite Caroline Buchanan.
Australia's Jared Graves is the clear favourite on the men's side, having already locked up the overall World Cup title. Wichman has also won this year, and others who are hungry for a win include defending champion Rafael Alvarez de Lara Lucas (Spain), Romain Saladini (France), Dan Atherton (Great Britain) and Michal Prokop (Czech Republic). The young U.S. revelation Mitch Ropelato is a dark horse for the podium.
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As if you needed more proof that Miley Cyrus wanted to move past her Disney days, the 20-year-old singer and actress' recent photo shoot with V magazine is her most revealing yet. Renowned photographer Mario Testino shot the tri-fold cover, with pictures of Cyrus showing off her abs, legs and a spiky, pink-tipped hairdo.
Cyrus bares even more skin -- including part of her backside and breasts -- inside the magazine.
Interviewed alongside collaborator Pharrell, Cyrus opens up about her highly scrutinized relationship with Liam Hemsworth, her edgy new style and her growth as an artist.
"I work every day," Cyrus said in reference to reports that her and her fiance Hemsworth haven't been photographed together recently. "I'm not home with my boyfriend all the time. We work."
Every week it's "Are they broken up? Because we don't see a photo of them." I don't have time to go to Starbucks with my boyfriend every morning. I wish I did, but I don't. I'd rather chill at my house and be there for the time I actually get to spend with him. And then I'm at the studio all day. He gets up to work out at six and I come home at five from the studio. I put this record before everything, and I've never done that with anything. I've put too much into this record to put anything else in front of it.
Pharrell apparently encouraged Cyrus to try out the punk-inspired hairstyle that made a splash in the media.
[Pharrell] was the first person I called as soon as I pulled my bun up and [hairstylist Chris McMillan] went like this [makes snipping motion]. He was the only person I wanted to call, because I wanted him to know that I'm not fucking around with what I'm saying. I'm going to change, I'm going to be different, I'm going to do what I want to do. I chopped my hair and bought a pair of Docs and never looked back.
Cyrus said that while she's appreciative of her previous hits, like the chart-topping summer jam "Party in the U.S.A.," she's ready to move beyond them.
I can never say that I don't love "Party in the U.S.A." and that I'm not appreciative of it. It would be like my dad saying that he hated "Achy Breaky." It's what gives you everything that you have. I would never take it back. But that's not who I am, that's not where I want to sing, that's not what I want to sing, and that's not what I want my voice to sound like, because you can't hear me through there. I like that Rihanna has a tone of her own. Beyoncé has a tone of her own. I have a tone of my own. Everything else is just blending into one club mix—but we keep our 808s in there because I love them.
"In my mind I'm Gucci Mane, but on paper I'm a pop artist," she added.


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ECRA Workshop on Smart Meters and Smart Grids Strategy in Saudi Arabia ECRA Workshop on Smart Meters and Smart Grids Strategy in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
13-14 October 2012
The theme for the workshop is the development potential and roadmap for Smart Meters and Smart Grids in Saudi Arabia, leveraging lessons learnt from international experiences and considering key peculiarities of the Saudi Arabian environment. Key local community stakeholders will participate in the workshop, including electricity public institutions, manufacturers, utilities and big industrial players.
Economic and Strategic Reasons for Smart Meters and Smart Grids
Jose Alberich, A.T. Kearney partner, Dubai
Marco Andreassi, A.T. Kearney partner, Rome
Barriers and Solutions to SM / SG Deployment—International Best Practices
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The Clash of the Titans!
A year to the day out from the World Cup Final.Originally Posted by James
I'm picking a repeat.
We will NEVER forgive "Umpire" Ian Robinson
i reckon bangladesh will win one OD match
WCC - Manager of Warwickshire
If Bangladesh manage to win a single game in this series, I will apply for Bangladesh Citizenship.
i wonder if australia will blood any new players like tait and bracken?
Big callOriginally Posted by sirjeremy11
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That sure is stepping it up from an Avatar challenge...Originally Posted by Sanz
Well, I am a man with big b... sorry, calls.Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes
I wouldn't be adverse to some experimentation with the lineup, if any of the Australian team would rather a rest.
It's cold on the outside they say
But the cold leaves you clear while the heat leaves a haze
Hope none of the Test players are asked if they want a restOriginally Posted by andyc
Should always, in Tests, be playing our best XI
I do hope nobody who isn't Bangladeshi will be supporting them here.
You'd be doing the game a great disservice.
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
I doubt Australia will lose any of the matches, and I predict Hussey to break many records. Many.
I hope the Australian Squad doesn`t change too much. Players drafted in anyone? Maybe Watson, Cullen, Jaques?
Jesus brings life eternal
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Tokyo, Japan, 7 April 2014 – SATO, a leader in barcode printing, labeling, and EPC/RFID solutions, announced the establishment of a new Global Key Account (GKA) business unit and the appointment of Hisashi Asai as General Manager on 1 April 2014 in response to growing customer demand for dedicated one-stop services, particularly among industry-leading businesses engaged in global expansion.
The GKA business unit consists of cross functional teams dedicated to each of our select MNC customers who would value global business arrangement more than any other forms of local or regional support. The GKA will provide comprehensive customized solutions in product supply, technical support, R&D, maintenance services, integration and global deployments.
Hisashi Asai joins from Fujifilm where he has held several senior management positions in his 24 years career with the company. An MBA graduate from Waseda University, Hisashi Asai also held President role in 3 of its subsidiaries and has over 8 years of overseas working experience in Germany and China.
"SATO presents an exciting opportunity for success," Hisashi Asai commented. "With the establishment of the GKA business unit, we are in the position to deliver the full value of our solutions to key customers and managed raised expectation. I look forward to working with the team to enhance our presence with these customers as SATO goes global".
"This initiative is an integral part of our continuous effort towards maximization of customer value in the context of accelerated globalization," said Kaz Matsuyama, President and CEO of SATO Holdings Corporation. "I strongly believe that the combination of company-wide expertise and dedicated end-to-end customer support provided by the GKA team will further strengthen SATO's unique position as the leading provider of integrated AIDC solutions worldwide."
About SATO
SATO is a pioneer and leading global provider of integrated Automatic Identification and Data Collection solutions that leverage barcode and RFID technologies. SATO manufactures innovative, reliable auto-identification systems and offers complete solutions to businesses by integrating hardware, software, consumables and maintenance services. SATO's solutions enable businesses to realize precision, labor and resource savings that help preserve the environment and deliver peace of mind to consumers. All of which contribute to the development of a sustainable world.
Founded in 1940, SATO is publicly listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan. It has sales and support offices in over 20 countries and is represented globally through a world-class network of partners. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, it reported revenues of JPY 87,256 million (US$ 1.0524 billion). More information about SATO can be found at www.satoworldwide.com
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The 6/16 hp Opel Torpedo Double Phaeton from 1911.
The two variants of the 10/24 hp Opel from 1911: a torpedo double phaeton and a covered limousine with a fold-down windshield.
Advertisement for the Opel aircraft engine built for the Euler biplane, from 1911.
The Opel aircraft engine, 1911.
The Opel motorized plough, 1912.
The fire of 1911. In the night of August 19, 1911, a large part of the plant was destroyed by fire.
The one-millionth, and last, Opel sewing machine, from 1911.


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Watching the protests and associated violence spreading across the Muslim world in recent days, I couldn't help thinking, Where are you now, Wael Ghonim? Ghonim is, of course, the former marketing executive for Google who was catapulted onto the global stage in 2011 as one of the organizers of the opposition to Egypt's dictatorship. He became the hopeful face of the Arab Spring--young, hip, modern and passionate in the cause of freedom.
Where is he, and the thousands like him, now that freedom is under assault in Egypt again? Over the past few weeks, mobs have gathered to demand the death of a filmmaker--not really a filmmaker but a bigot who made a crude Internet video satirizing the Prophet Muhammad. It provided a pretext that radical Islamists in Egypt pounced on to advance their cause. But whatever the trumped-up origins of the protests, the question facing a number of newly minted democracies from Libya to Afghanistan is clear: With freedom challenged by the violence of mobs and the intolerance of masses, will anyone stand up to defend it?
The answer is a cautious and tentative yes. Ghonim, it turns out, has been present. He has been posting comments on his Facebook page denouncing the violence from Cairo, where he runs a nonprofit focused on education. Amr Moussa and Mohamed ElBaradei, former presidential candidates, have also spoken out, as have prominent clerics in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Tunisia's President has deplored the violence. In Libya, the elected government has been outspoken in condemning the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others and denouncing the extremists responsible.
Over the past decade, I have often despaired about Muslim moderates, describing them as cowardly and defensive--too scared to speak out for their principles for fear that they will be branded bad Muslims. But in several countries where the protests took place, many have criticized the extremists and urged people to voice their opposition to the video in peaceful ways. This is new. Radical Islamists, rampaging mobs, drummed-up outrage, weak leaders and violence--these are familiar aspects of the modern Middle East. What is new is that there are some voices of sanity, and these voices are authentic. The moderates are quieter than the extremists, but that is true almost everywhere.
Think back over the past decade. The story seldom varies: a Westerner, or a handful of them, does something that attacks Islam (mishandles a Koran, attacks the Prophet). The episode is virtually unknown until radical Islamists publicize it to whip up frenzy, hatred and intolerance. Crowds gather outside U.S. embassies, and violence ensues. The regime disperses the crowds with tear gas and bullets. Order is restored, often by brute force, but the rage endures.
This time, however, many of the Arab regimes are no longer dictatorships, and their crowd-control methods are different. In Cairo, Tripoli and Tunis, governments are trying to navigate between listening to their people and guiding them.


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Taste of Chicago canceled for day due to storms
CHICAGO (AP) _ Authorities have canceled the entire day of events at the Taste of Chicago festival because of heavy rain and flooding on the festival grounds.
The city's Office of Emergency Management announced the closure around noon Saturday as forecasters warned of more storms for the afternoon.
The annual food and cultural festival is one of the city's premier summer events, drawing thousands of visitors to Grant Park. It began Wednesday and runs through Sunday.
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Anyway, I've been trying to gradually upgrade our room. I got a HomeGoods gift card back in December (after being named runner up in the Centsational Girl's tablescape contest), and I have been saving it until I found the perfect lamps for our bedside tables. I finally found a great pair this weekend!
I was particularly fond of the lampshade's silver lining. I try to find the silver lining in every situation, even with lampshades. ;)
The new lamps give off such a nice glow. An extra bonus? We get a great view of the shade's silver lining when we're laying on the bed. The husband is a sucker for small details, so he loves that part.
You can see the previous lamps, hand-me-downs from my parents, in the photo below. They were fine, but I was longing for something more glamorous and interesting. I was planning to splurge on snazzy crystal lamps, but the shiny surface of these hammered metal lamps really caught my attention. They were sparkly and fun without the high price tag of a crystal lamp, so I decided to go for it!
I know the wall colors look really different in these photos, but that's just the difference between taking pictures in the day or early evening. It's still the same color.
You may have noticed that our headboard looks a little different, too. See that blanket on the end of the bed? We decided to drape it across our plain off-white headboard to give the bed a slightly different look. I'm digging it!
I got a great deal on some West Elm curtains last week that match the blue pillows on our bed perfectly. The only problem is they were 108" long, and our ceilings aren't that high. What's a girl to do when her curtains are too long? She busts out her sewing machine and hems the curtains, of course. That's right, ladies and gentlemen. I SEWED something. Don't look too closely because my handiwork is far from perfect, but I actually operated a sewing machine!
I have to give a sewing shout-out to my husband. First of all, he got me the sewing machine for Christmas. He carefully read the manual, threaded the bobbin and figured out how to use the darn thing. That boy absolutely loves gadgets– even sewing machines. He WILL figure out how they work if it's the last thing he does! When I broke the glass on my iPhone, he spent three hours watching a YouTube video and taught himself how to put on a new glass touchscreen that he had bought for pennies on Amazon. Who does that?! He's my gadget hero.
Anyway, back to the curtains. I chose to layer them with the Ninni Trad curtains from Ikea. My mom had these curtains up when we visited them over the holidays and inspired me to find a place for them in my home.
Since we didn't want to buy a new two-rod curtain system, we just put all of the panels on one rod that we had laying around in our garage. The blue curtains frame the window and the dot curtains are just fun. I really love how the combo looks together. Neither one would look right without the other, in my opinion.
With those small changes (and a brown storage bench that we bought a couple months ago at Home Goods), the room has a different look. Oh yeah, and we also added a different bedskirt somewhere along the way– back in October, I think.
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Wildlife appears with arrival of spring
Wick's World
If the spring of 2012 was proof of global warming, then spring 2013 style was the antithesis. Rewind to March 1, 2012, and check out the pond in my backyard in Eagan. Not only had the ice disappeared, but my normal flock of 10-12 ducks and a pair of geese had already set up residence. With temperatures hovering near the 70 degree mark that March, the migratory birds were already making families at their home for the summer. Before the month ended, my home on Sand Lake was sitting on open water and the dock was in. Spring had morphed into summer almost immediately and it would be December before my ducks and geese left the Eagan pond for their winter vacation down south.
The early months of 2013 brought a weather anomaly as drastic as the previous year; albeit in direct contrast from the certain proof of 2012's global warming. The naysayers, who wouldn't believe a scientist's fact that the Earth was round, pointed to the never-ending winter that still held its grip throughout the first week of May 2013 as proof that global warming is nothing more than a hoax designed to create jobs for environmentalists. I often wondered if the existing controversy is more due to the misnomer "global warming" that should have been more accurately referred to as "climate change."
The spring of 2013 eventually came to Minnesota and then it immediately turned into summer. This year, the red cardinal that annually appears at my birdfeeder looked to be much smaller than usual. I soon discovered the reason why. Mom and Dad Cardinal had just given birth to a new baby boy. At least I think it was a boy. Aren't the males of the species red and female cardinals gray?
That same morning, I took a good look at the pond. Momma and Poppa Mallard were accompanied by five tiny, fluffy fur balls swimming behind. An hour later, they were joined by another family; the neighbors were also blessed with five new baby ducks.
Meanwhile, I'm sitting on the edge of the pond, reading a book and watching my new puppy discovering the wonders of nature. She was totally transfixed by the Mallard family. The baby ducks were busy discovering how to duck under the water and look for food. Maybe that's how they got the name ducks.
In a circle less than 20 feet in diameter, I counted seven ducks, one sparrow sitting on a rock, a chipmunk, one puppy and one human being. Every living creature is going about its business totally unperturbed by the other life forms around them. Mom and Dad duck show no fear when protecting their newly hatched babies. Even the dog was perceived as no threat to their young ones.
This really got me to thinking. How is it that these differing species of critters have the ability to live in such proximity yet still in harmony while the supposedly most intelligent creature on the planet can barely get along with their neighbors? Although we humans have far more similarities than differences, we find it necessary to categorize ourselves as Democrats, Republicans, and Socialists. We are black and white, yellow and red; we are Catholics and Protestants, Jews and Muslims, Pagans and Atheists who all live with the certainty that their way of life is right and everyone else's belongs in the category of "enemy."
Especially in the city, the automobile can become a deadly enemy to wildlife. On Sunday, we had no sooner than turned the corner to our house in the "burbs'"when we came upon a crooked walking goose. With a damaged wing and a wobbly leg, this unfortunate creature was trying as hard as he could to get airborne. It was obviously not to be. Sometime early the next morning, shortly before sunrise, the goose began a loud desperate call that was soon silenced. The evidence of its demise pointed to the red fox that had been hanging around the neighborhood. A few days later, I observed a rabbit and a fully grown mallard in my front yard searching for food. I wasn't too concerned with the rabbit who had long ago taken up residence. But the duck looked out of place, especially when it kept walking out into the street. Sure enough, the following morning yielded a flattened out pile of feathers laying in the street. While babies are being born, others of the species are dying. This is just another fairly normal day in another abnormal spring in the suburban lifestyle of creatures competing with humans.


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PEMBROKE, N.C. – Athletics department officials at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke announced Tuesday morning that Brittany Bennett - who helped lead Georgia College to a spot in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament championship game in April - has been named the school's 10th softball head coach.
Bennett treks to Pembroke from Milledgeville, Ga., where she was the top assistant on a coaching staff that led fellow league member Georgia College on a 20-1/2 game turnaround over the past two seasons. She will officially begin her new coaching duties on Aug. 8, and will also serve as a lecturer in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department.
"Brittany is a proven recruiter and winner at the Division I and II levels, including great regional familiarity from coaching stops at UNCW & Mount Olive," said UNCP director of athletics Dick Christy. "She is focused on a robust student-athlete experience and has shown through her track record that success academically and athletically can be achieved simultaneously. UNC Pembroke looks forward to what softball will accomplish under her leadership."
Having left footprints of success in each of her four stops as an assistant coach, Bennett's most recent tales of triumph came on the Georgia College staff over the last two seasons. A 15-35 club prior to her arrival in Milledgeville, the Bobcats turned in a 36-15 record last season and logged a runner-up finish in the Peach Belt Conference regular season standings, while also securing an NCAA postseason bid. Along the way, she mentored three all-region standouts, as well as a first team All-American, and was key in helping the Bobcats finish among the nation's top-25 teams in the final national poll.
"Brittany's organization and recruiting efforts helped transform our program from one that won 15 games prior to her arrival, to winning 37 this past season as Georgia College advanced to NCAA postseason play," said Georgia College director of athletics Wendell Staton. "Her efforts have been crucial for our success."
Bennett made the move to Milledgeville following a three-year stint as assistant coach at Lynn. While with the Knights, Bennett's pitching staff allowed the second-fewest hits in program history in 2009 and held opponents to their lowest batting average in four seasons. Bennett also mentored one All-American and a pair of all-region standouts.
Bennett spent one season as an assistant coach at UNC Wilmington and also served on the staff at Mount Olive for one season as well. Under her guidance, the Trojan pitching staff lowered its earned run average from 5.13 to 1.70 - 18th-best among all NCAA Division II institutions. She also helped the squad post a school-record 39 victories. In addition, sophomore Jenny Jackson was selected the Carolina-Virginia Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year after ranking seventh nationally in ERA (0.87).
She was a graduate assistant for two seasons (2005-06) at Southern Arkansas where she worked with both the hitters and pitchers. The Lady Muleriders produced the Gulf South Conference's Pitcher of the Year in 2006 after Kayla King notched 20 victories and a sub-2.60 ERA.
"I would like to thank Dick Christy and the entire athletics department for this opportunity," Bennett said. "I look forward to working with these student-athletes and The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. I can't wait to enhance the softball program's presence within the Peach Belt Conference, the community and the surrounding areas."
No stranger to the Division II game, Bennett was a two-year letterwinner at Southern Arkansas. A member of the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll in 2004, she holds the school record for fewest errors in a career with six.
A Longview, Texas, native, Bennett earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern Arkansas in 2004. She received her master's degree in kinesiology from SAU in 2006.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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An era is ending at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District's headquarters building at 1380 E. Sixth St., which has been sold to become a luxury Drury Plaza Hotel. The first of the district's employees to vacate the building, the ornate home of Cleveland schools since 1930, will start moving out next Monday, Aug. 5. The last will exit by Sept. 20. Soon afterwards, St. Louis-based Drury Hotels will gain control of the property to begin the huge task of converting it to a business-oriented hotel. (CLICK HERE FOR A PHOTO GALLERY OF THE EAST SIXTH STREET PROPERTY THAT WILL BECOME THE DRURY PLAZA HOTEL. GO HERE FOR A LOOK AT WHAT DRURY HAS DONE WITH HOTELS IN OTHER MARKETS.) Photos of the interior of the six-story building designed by famed Cleveland architecture firm Walker & Weeks show some of the splendor and crowded workspaces the school personnel will be leaving behind. The building is noted for its two-story marble lined lobby, according to the "Guide to Cleveland Architecture," and sandstone-clad exterior with a generally classical design. Jonathan Sandvick, a Cleveland architect who often works on historic preservation projects but is not involved in the pending Drury job, said, "It truly is an extraordinary building. It is significant to the Group Plan designed by Daniel Burnham. It has terrific, large corridors and arched ceilings. It also has the dignity and prominence and architectural detail to be a high-end hotel property." Drury envisions more than 100 rooms when it finishes the conversion of the building's offices and meeting rooms to a hotel in 2015. The company plans to seek federal historic tax credits for its project, which means it will have to remain true to certain aspects of the original design. Herbert Wedemeier, general counsel of Drury Southwest Hotels LLC, said, "People think historic tax credit projects are great — and they are. But they are critical. You have to satisfy a lot of people that what you are doing is appropriate, and you use every bit of that credit." Drury has never put a dollar estimate on the construction cost at the building it bought from the schools for $4.84 million on June 5. Mr. Wedemeier declined to disclose an estimate, but he noted the amount of capital it will take to bring the building up to contemporary heating and cooling and other standards is so substantial "the schools really did the right thing by selling it." Visitors to the building through the years frequently note that in the winter they will freeze on one floor, then go to another that is so hot the windows are open. That is a sure sign of significant energy costs to the structure.
Photo gallery: Era is ending at Cleveland school district headquarters
Roseann Canfora, the district's spokeswoman said few employees are nostalgic about leaving the grandeur behind. "There is a feeling this is a new era for the schools," Dr. Canfora said, referring to what's called "The Cleveland Plan" to revitalize the district's effectiveness in education. The move to three floors of contemporary offices at 1111 Superior Ave. is part of the drive to become more efficient. School employees will use contemporary work stations that Eaton Corp. left behind in its move to a new campus in Beachwood. However, not all the workers at the administration building are bound for the sleek corporate building and spare work stations on Superior. The district's security team, athletics department and administration of its special education department will move to East High School. Records of the thousands of students who attended Cleveland schools through the decades and other archives will go to a new record center at South High School. "The CEO (Eric Gordon) often says we are a city here," Dr. Canfora said. "Several departments will have better designed offices and the room to do what they need to without tripping over old records." An auction last March set the table for the sale of the building to capitalize on its proximity to the nearby Global Health Center and Cleveland Convention Center. Another auction in the future will truly close the door on the building. The district is planning to auction off desks, chairs, credenzas and other fixtures. Employees are being told to leave all the extras in the old place, even if it is a favorite chair. Robert Brown, director of the Cleveland City Planning Commission, said it is appropriate that the school office building become a hotel. That will provide more public use for passersby and enliven the prominent outdoor mall more than the school building did, he said.


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McClanahan, Eric M. – 30 year old w/m from Lake Ozark, MO charged with Burglary and Violation of Order of Protection June 28th.
Cone, Christopher R. – 35 year old w/m from Camdenton, MO charged with Stealing on June 29th.
Stanley, Joseph B. – 20 year old w/m from Camdenton, MO charged with Assault on July 1st.
This is a partial listing of criminal activity investigated by the Camdenton Police Department. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Most cases remain under investigation and any citizen with any additional information is encouraged to call the Police Department. We appreciate any and all support received from the general public. Any questions about this activity report can be made to the Camdenton Police Department at (573) 346-3604.


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The Campbell Brothers Play Landmark on Main Street Tonight
Landmark on Main Street will present The Campbell Brothers tonight, February 1, 2013 at 8 PM. Landmark thanks our World Beat Series Sponsors New York Community Bank Foundation and our program sponsors Einsidler Management. We also gratefully acknowledges our Season Sponsor Pall Corporation and our Partners in Performing Arts: Harding Real Estate, Town of North Hempstead, Bank of America, The Peter & Jeri Dejana Family Foundation and Winthrop University Hospital their support of our full season of programming. Tickets and information at the box office phone 516-767-6444 or www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.
"The Campbell Brothers play music that until recently was heard only in gospel churches." - The New York Times.
The Campbell Brothers will fill our theater with African-American gospel music made by electric steel guitar. Music like you've never heard that will make you say, "Hallelujah!"
This tour engagement of Campbell Brothers is funded through American Masterpieces program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This event is part of The New York StatePresenters Network Presenter-Artist Partnership Project with support from the New York State Council in the Arts, a state agency.
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Vintage 30: A Tonal History
Since its inception in 1986, the Vintage 30 has grown to become one of Celestion's most popular and well-loved guitar speakers.
June 12, 2012
In developing the Vintage 30, Celestion made pioneering use of Laser Doppler Interferometry to analyse the cone behaviour of an original Celestion Blue. We could then form a precise model of the vintage speaker's characteristics and apply it to a speaker design using new materials for greater power handling.
It was found that Celestion's H magnet came closest in performance to Alnico. This was partnered with a new cone and new coil assembly employing modern materials with similar mass and physical properties to the originals, but better able to handle the extra heat generated through operating with higher power equipment.
Seemingly twice as loud as anything else at the same power level, the Vintage 30 handles massive overdrive sounds with ease. Tight bass, fat mids and a smooth, harmonically rich top end have made the Vintage 30 an excellent 4 x 12 loudspeaker. Of course, its also suitable for any other cab!
Straight out of the archive, the attached document: Vintage 30 By Celestion, talks about the development of this iconic loudspeaker and its reason for being.


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What a start to the season. After all the devastation that occurred after Hurricane Sandy, the Knicks rallied together around their city and gave a fantastic performance tonight. Melo was hot early and the Knicks jumped out to a 33-17 first quarter lead. The Knicks defense was solid all night as they held Miami to 7/20 shooting from downtown and forced Miami into 21 turnovers. New York's defense was able to keep LeBron James and Dwayne Wade in check throughout the game as the duo combined to score just 38 points. Miami's super duo combined for 9 turnovers. The Knicks rode hot three point shooting and ball movement to their 104 points. New York had 27 assists as a team, 9 from Raymond Felton, and shot a staggering 19/36 from downtown. Rasheed Wallace's late game appearance was the human victory cigar. Wallace capped off the night hitting a three in the final minute that send the garden into a state of elation. Overall, it was a fantastic night for our New York Knicks.
Here are my notes from the game:
- Probably the thing I wanted to see most was how Mike Woodson's offense would look. Would we see the stagnant, isolation based offense of his Atlanta days? We definitely did not. There were stretches of the game where the Knicks offense looked stagnant, but we have to remember this is the first time most of these players have played together. The offense is still a work in progress in terms of sets and the crispness of their sets. We saw a bit of everything tonight. We got some pick and roll game with Felton and Tyson. A couple times we saw Melo featured in the offense as the roll man. We saw a lot of off-ball movement going on, which was fantastic. The Knicks tried to spring guys with off-ball screens and often times got switches that favored them. New York did a really nice job of attacking tonight. Melo did a great job making quick decisions and getting to the rim. JR Smith was fantastic. He did a great job of attacking and kicking to open shooters, as he recorded 6 assists. Yes, JR Smith had 6 assists tonight. It was that kind of night.
- I liked what we saw from Melo as well. With Amar'e Stoudemire out and the Knicks not having a bonafide number two scorer, Anthony is going to have to shoot a ton on offense. Especially with that first team lineup of Felton, Kidd, Brewer, Melo and Chandler, he's really the scoring option. This was apparent in the first quarter of this game, as Melo took 16 shots. Luckily for the Knicks, Melo was on fire in the first quarter shooting 6 of 10 in that 33 point first quarter. What I liked from Melo is that we didn't see the typical Meloball type game. Especially early, he wasn't getting the ball and having it stick. He was making quick decisions, whether it be cutting, shooting or passing. I have no problem with Melo taking 30 shots a game, as long as he's making quick decisions. Anthony got cold throughout the rest of the game and was forcing a bit, but some of that can be attributed of the stagnancy of the offense. I had no problem with how Melo played on offense tonight and if he continues to play like that, he'll have a great year. On defense I thought Anthony gave a good effort. Overall great night for him.
- Jason Kidd trolled the hell out of me tonight. As you all have probably either read on here or seen on twitter, I am not high on Kidd at all this year. He was absolutely fantastic tonight. He made his shots, 3/5 from downtown, he made his free throws, 3/3 from the line, had 3 assists, 2 steals and was a +20 in +/- on the night. The only bad play I can remember from him was a play he tried to force the ball to Novak and threw it out of bounds. That's nitpicking though. Make no mistake, Kidd was very productive tonight in his 23 minutes played. I hope he makes me eat my words all season.
- The Knicks actually overpassed a few times tonight. Ronnie Brewer overpassed once or twice. There were a few possessions to start the second half where the Knicks passed up some open looks to pass. They'll sort that out. This is encouraging to me because it shows the overall mindset and focus of the team to not have the ball stick on offense. For as many times as the Knicks overpassed, there were twice as many buckets created by the team swinging the ball. This was indicated by the Knicks having 27 assists as a team tonight. Prigioni, Felton and Kidd all did a great job of getting others involved, combining for 15 assists. I thought all three point guards were solid tonight.
- To elaborate on Felton a little bit, I thought he was solid tonight. Which is exactly what you can expect from him. He is a solid point guard. There were a few times he may have forced a shot or two, he only shot 5/13, but overall I was satisfied with his performance. He had one of the highlights of the game on an assist in which he absolutely cooked the Heat defense in the first quarter. Felton split a double team, crossed over Shane Battier collapsing from the corner and hit Melo for a wide open three. It was a beautiful display of basketball. Felton wasn't perfect, but he was solid. He is solid.
- Tyson Chandler began right where he left off last season. 5/5 from the field, 8 rebounds and countless solid plays on defense. Chandler is just a fantastic player and he does a great job as the leader of the team. ESPN played an awesome sound byte from Chandler. While in foul trouble in the 4th quarter, the Knick center was barking defensive adjustments at the guys on the court. He was coaching from the sideline. It was fantastic to see.
- Speaking of sound bytes, nothing was cooler than the Woodson-Sheed interaction late in the game. Woodson went over to the bench and asked Wallace if he wanted to play. Sheed said yes and Woodson said "lets go". If you didn't catch it, try and find it later on youtube or something. Take it from me, it was super cool beans.
- That Novak guy, he's pretty good too. 5/8 from downtown. He wasn't a liability on defense tonight. He wasn't great, but he didn't kill them. Great performance by him tonight.
- Sheed's last minute three was icing on the cake.
- Tweet of the night came from @Netw3rk
Night y'all! I've read reports on twitter of even more of the tri-state getting power back. It's great news to hear! Hope you guys all stay safe and hang in there. Thanks for reading.
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Camden County Libraries have an exciting new workshop series: "Racing to Read".
Camden County Libraries have an exciting new workshop series: "Racing to Read". It is designed to help get pre-school age children ready to read. Research shows that children who develop essential language and other early literacy skills before they start kindergarten become better readers. Children who do not know these skills when they begin school have a more difficult time learning to read.
Parents and other caregivers can learn how to develop these important skills through the library's "Racing to Read" workshops, which:
•Demonstrate how to help children learn early literacy skills.
•Engage adults and children in fun activities that use simple but powerful learning experiences.
•Send parents and caregivers home with early literacy activities to incorporate into everyday routines.
Six weekly workshops will be held at Camdenton, Osage Beach, and Sunrise Beach libraries beginning the week of June 16. For more information, call or visit any Camden County library or find information for Racing to Read on the website at www.ccld.us.
Workshops will be held:
Camdenton: Mondays 10-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m.
Osage Beach: Mondays 6-7:30 p.m. and Fridays 10:30 a.m.-noon.
Sunrise Beach: Thursdays 6-7:30 p.m.


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- George Beverly Shea, gospel singer at Billy Graham crusades, died recently at 104
- Bob Greene: Regardless of their faith, people knew greatness when they heard Shea
- Graham was electric on stage, Greene says. Shea was soothing and comforting
- Greene: With clear enunciation, dignified presence, he showed respect for his audience
Devoted fans.
Faithful listeners.
Seldom have those words sounded quite so apt.
They describe the people who enjoyed the singing of George Beverly Shea, who died last week at the age of 104. The name may not be instantly recognizable to some Americans, but that was no fault of his. He accomplished something very few vocalists can claim: During his career, he sang in front of an estimated 200 million people in live performance.
How could this be?
He was the lead vocalist at Billy Graham's crusades and revival meetings for more than 50 years. If you went to see Billy Graham preach, you heard George Beverly Shea sing.
And, oh, what a voice he had.
It didn't matter what your own religious beliefs were. If you were interested in the craft -- the art -- of vocal performance, and you were in the presence of Bev Shea (that's how he was known to his friends), then you recognized greatness.
He was not fancy as he sang, he indulged in no gimmicks, at times he seemed as calm before a microphone as a man waiting patiently for a bus. But that was deceptive. His deep and immaculately modulated baritone, his resolute attention to precise phrasing and pronunciation, his implicit and unmistakable regard for his audience -- this was a professional artist of the highest order.
The fact that he sang gospel music might, in theory, have worked against him, might have limited the number of his potential listeners; for many of the years of his career, the nation was obsessed with rock 'n' roll and other forms of popular, here-one-week, gone-the-next records. But he had a certain advantage:
A singer's audience is often influenced by the person who presents him or her. In the Beatles' early days, they had CBS television's Ed Sullivan to do that. It made a big difference.
George Beverly Shea, for half a century, had Billy Graham to present him. At all those crusades, in all those stadiums and arenas, they were a matched pair. Graham wouldn't have had it any other way.
They perfectly complemented each other's strengths. Graham, at his peak, was utterly electric on a stage -- his presence was crackling and palpable, there was no structure in the world too big for him. In the charisma and magnetism department, he needed no help.
But Shea was steady and soothing and reassuring. He was placid waters to Graham's blazing lightning. And for all those years, he was a considerable part of the draw.
In 1971, when I was getting started as a reporter, the Billy Graham Crusade was scheduled to come to Chicago's cavernous McCormick Place for a week-and-a-half of summer services. I asked his advance team if I could spend days and nights with them, observing how they did what they did: how they made the arrangements and logistical decisions to get all those people to pack the huge hall every evening. They were welcoming and open about having me hang around.
Those were the years when the most successful and highly publicized musical acts were groups such as Three Dog Night and Creedence Clearwater and Alice Cooper.
So I was struck to find how constant, in my conversations with the people who were coming to the crusade meetings, their unprompted references to Shea were. He was a major and incandescent star to them -- they had been listening to him for years, and they couldn't wait to see him perform in person.
There was a phrase back then that was used in politics: the Silent Majority. In those times of turmoil and earsplitting acrimony in public life, the term referred to those Americans who didn't raise much commotion, but whose fidelity to tradition was unwavering.
I thought then, and I think now, that the concept also applied to the enduring popularity of Shea. He never tried to be stylish or trendy; he didn't shift his approach as the decades went by. He just sang like a dream -- and, with his clear, careful enunciation and his dignified comportment on stage, he showed unwavering respect for the people in the seats.
To watch and listen to Shea sing "How Great Thou Art," the gospel number most closely associated with him, was to be in the presence of an absolute master. (And if you've ever heard Elvis Presley's haunting rendition of the same song, then you just know that Elvis had to be a George Beverly Shea fan, too.)
He did fine for himself: more than 70 albums, a Grammy Award, a separate Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammy organization. In the days when what is now called terrestrial radio -- that is, free radio, broadcast by local stations -- ruled, you couldn't help hearing his voice as you twisted the dial through the stations in your town. He was a permanent cast member of Billy Graham's "Hour of Decision," which was syndicated to local stations all over the country, and the power of that voice would stop your hand, at least momentarily, from seeking something farther down the dial.
On Sunday his funeral will be held in Montreat, North Carolina, his home for many years; on Monday he will be buried in a private ceremony on the grounds of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I remember asking a member of the audience at that long-ago crusade in Chicago what it was that made Shea's music so important to her.
"When he sings," she said, "he just brings me comfort."
Which, in an often frenzied world, is not a bad sum-up of a long, serene and melodic life.
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