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OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys cornenrback Orlando Scandrick said the words Tuesday so few of his fellow players utter after getting caught for breaking NFL rules: I'm sorry.
Scandrick was bracing for Monday's announcement that he would be suspended four games for a violation of the league's performance enhancing drug policy. He'd been worried ever since submitting a drug test when he returned from a vacation in April. During that trip, he took an amphetamine that is included on the league's banned substance list.
"I'm responsible for what goes in my body," Scandrick said. "I'm very sorry. I apologize to the Jones family. I'm very sorry to my teammates. I'm sorry to the fans of Cowboy Nation. I'm very sorry to my family."
Scandrick, speaking to reporters after the Cowboys' walk-through Tuesday morning, said he was not drugged or coerced into taking the amphetamine. He declined to specifically say what he took, but said it was done "recreationally." Amphetamines like Adderall, Ritalin and a party drug called Molly — a pure form of ecstasy — are banned under the NFL's PED policy, and not the substance abuse policy.
"In no way, form or shape was this trying to gain a competitive edge. I simply made a mistake. It was just a dumb mistake," Scandrick, who appealed the suspension but said Tuesday he was not expecting to win.
He and the Cowboys were informed Monday that he would, indeed, miss the first four games of the season.
It's certainly another setback for the Cowboys to lose one of their top corners and defensive leaders. Scandrick has been practicing with the starters and will likely be the team's nickelback in the regular season. Projected starting cornerbacks Brandon Carr (personal reasons) and Morris Claiborne (knee) have not been practicing lately, leaving the Cowboys especially thin on a unit that's also lost linebacker Sean Lee (torn knee ligament) for the season and likely won't have rookie pass rusher DeMarcus Lawrence (broken foot) any time soon.
Dallas coach Jason Garrett said Scandrick, who can remain with the team throughout preseason, will continue to work with the starters this week as the team holds the first of two joint practices with the Oakland Raiders. Other corners like veteran Sterling Moore, second-year player B.W. Webb and rookie Terrance Mitchell will get added work as the Cowboys try to find Scandrick's replacement.
"We're very mindful of what the situation is," Garrett said.
Scandrick met with Garrett and addressed the suspension with his teammates Monday. Scandrick apologized and offered advice to his teammates in hopes they would learn from his failure.
"You have to do all the right things, even when you think no one is looking," Scandrick said. "Don't take anything that you think is a drug. You're not supposed to use drugs, regardless of if you think you don't think you're going to test positive."
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It seems that the weather in the UK has decided that it's already autumn, so it's very appropriate for me to continue showing you the upcoming fall collections. Today I have the Dior one to tell you about. It's called Mystic Metallics and it features 2 beautiful eyeshadow palettes as well as some new mono eyeshadows called Diorshow Fusion Mono which I suspect is Dior's take on Chanel's Illusion D'Ombres, cream eyeshadows with a bouncy texture.
There are also some new nail polishes including a green magnetic one (a little late to the game, but I personally do like magnetic nail polishes, they're the lazy way to create cool nail art), and 13 new shades of Diorblush. You can find the entire collection details over at Totally Blond.
See lots more pictures after the jump!

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By MAX KRANL
Hearst Washington Bureau
Barack Obama has lost the endorsements of a number of newspapers that backed him four years ago, but he held on to a key endorsement today when former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced his endorsement for Obama's bid for re-election.
"I think that the actions he's taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on," Powell said on CBS News this morning.
Powell, a retired Army general, was one of Obama's most prominent Republican supporters in 2008 and he says that he plans to "stick with him in 2012."
Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a national security adviser to President George H.W. Bush, praised the incumbent Democrat's foreign policy. Powell said he agrees with Obama's path to wind down the war in Afghanistan and his aggressive fight against international terrorism. He also praised Obama's economic and education policies.
"Steadily, I think we've begun to come out of the dive and we're gaining altitude," Powell told CBS.
The Republican criticized Romney's foreign policy plans as inconsistent: "I'm not quite sure which Gov. Romney we'd be getting with respect to foreign policy."
He called Romney's views "a moving target."
Despite his second consecutive endorsement of Obama, Powell said he still considers himself a Republican.
Powell's statement comes just three days after the last presidential debate on foreign policy. Obama's campaign immediately promoted Powell's endorsement in a video statement.
Powell's aid comes at a time, when the presidential race is almost dead even. The RealClearPolitics average of the most recent national polls shows Romney ahead by about one percentage point.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 19, 2014) – ETSU Women's Soccer Head Coach Adam Sayers has announced the first member of the Bucs' 2014 signing class, in-state product Jil White (Franklin, Tenn.) of Franklin High School.
White, a defender and four-year letter winner at Franklin, helped lead the Rebels to a 17-3-5 record in 2013 en route to being named District II-AAA Defensive Player of the Year.
The Franklin, Tenn., native enjoyed a successful high school career that included winning the TSSAA state championship in 2011 after helping Franklin to a perfect 24-0-0 record.
She earned a spot on the AAA All-State First Team and NSCAA All-South Team her senior year, and was twice named to the 11-AAA All-District Team and 6-AAA All-Region Team, respectively.
While at Franklin, White was coached by Jimmy Burchett.
Off the field, White has been an active member of the Franklin community, serving in the Franklin Girls Coalition, an organization that helps raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in addition to participating in various community service efforts.
She plans to major in exercise science at ETSU and has aspirations of becoming an athletic trainer for a high or college upon earning her degree.
White will join ETSU's incoming signing class and returning players in transitioning back into the Southern Conference. The Bucs last competed in the SoCon in 2004.
White's older sister, Chesney, was the leading scorer for UNC-Greensboro last season, a team ETSU will face in SoCon play.


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Dark Sky Pictures sent over a batch of new stills posted per Dreadcentral.
It appears th saga of Victor Crowley will live in on in Adam Green's Hatchet III, this time directed by BJ McDonnell. Check em out below
A search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.


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Ela Pincu-Harmony Vertical Flowerbed
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Interview with Ela Pincu : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Ela Pincu : The idea was to create a well designed Vertical Flowerbed, that people will happily placed indoors as a useful ornamentation. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Ela Pincu : We wanted to create an easy-to-use, low cost product that will be accessible for a wide variety of users. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Ela Pincu : The most important thing in the process was to make it work. The best way it can. Harmony was designed and finalized after 2 years of research. The final dimensions and angels were chosen after building and trying a wide variety of prototypes. The aesthetic process came after. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Ela Pincu : Unlike other hydroponic systems, Harmony is designed and manufactured as a one piece product, this simplifies the assembly of the product and enables a DIY approach. Furthermore, a one piece product without connectors and joints, prevents leaking and dirt. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Ela Pincu : The chosen manufacturing method of rotation, provides a low cost, and a more affordable product. .
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text: Research Stage During the research stage PiF students focus on writing their doctoral thesis. In addition, they are expected to give two presentations in the internal Brown-Bag seminar. The research stage lasts between four and six semesters. PiF Brown-Bag seminar In the PiF brown-bag seminar students present the chapters of their doctoral thesis. They receive feedback on their research from the faculty and fellow Ph.D. students. The seminar offers a forum for an active scientific debate among Ph.D. students and the faculty. Ph.D. Thesis The Ph.D. thesis is written in English as a cumulative thesis. It consists of at least three articles that represent the quality standards of international refereed journals. At least one of the articles has to be single-authored by the Ph.D. candidate. Public Defense After acceptance of the final version of the thesis, the dissertation is presented in a public Ph.D. defense examination, which concludes the doctoral studies. Students who have successfully defended their thesis in a public Ph.D. defense are awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Finance of the University of St. Gallen (Ph.D. HSG).


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Rumelihisarı is a fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey on a hill at the European side of the Bosporus just north of the Bebek district; giving the name of the quarter around it. It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before he conquered Constantinople. The three great towers were named after three of Mehmed II's viziers, Sadrazam Çandarlı Halil Pasha, who built the big tower next to the gate, Zağanos Pasha, who built the south tower, and Sarıca Pasha, who built the north tower
Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey and the third largest city in the world. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul province.It is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world which is situated on two continents. In its long history, Istanbul served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. The historic areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.


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UH Termite Project presents free public information seminars in JuneUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Maria Aihara-Sasaki, (808) 956-2456
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Kristen Bonilla, (808) 956-5039
External Affairs & University Relations
Posted: Jun 8, 2007
HONOLULU — The Termite Project of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources presents a series of free public information seminars in June:
- Thursday, June 14 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Windward Community College
- Tuesday, June 19 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mililani High School
- Wednesday, June 20 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Moanalua High School
Registration is required for those interested in attending. For the Windward Community College seminar, call the Community School for Adults at 235-7433 or visit the website http://ocet.wcc.hawaii.edu/free.htm. For the Mililani High School seminar, call 622-1634 or visit the website http://wahcs.leilehua.k12.hi.us/. For the Moanalua High School seminar, call 837-8466 or visit the website www.macsa.k12.hi.us/. Additional seminars are scheduled for July and August at these three locations.
Homeowners who register to attend will learn interesting facts about these wood-eating insects, including termite identification and biology, and gain tips on how to prevent and control them from UH termite expert Dr. Julian Yates. Participants will also be able to ask and get answers to questions regarding termites and their homes.
The UH Termite Project: Educate to Eradicate program addresses research, extension and instruction, and brings UH scientists together with the community in an effort to control termite damage to residences and public buildings.
Termites are a serious problem throughout Hawaiʻi with costs to Hawaiʻi residents estimated to exceed $100 million annually to control and repair termite damage.
For more information about termites and UH research projects, visit www2.hawaii.edu/~entomol. The website offers information on the various termite species found in Hawaiʻi, termite education in Hawaiʻi's public schools, as well as a homeowner's guide with tips on protecting your home and downloadable reference materials.
For more information, visit: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~entomol


text: Is it me or are we getting more and more CW members who are ICC fans everyday? It's good to see because the ICC Forums were dead for alot of last year and there's alot of life now in the forum. Alot can be put down to Neil, who I'm sure is drawing alot of members wit hhis editor. But it's also probably got something to do with the detiriorating conditions at CG. Anyway it's great to see, and hopefully they can keep posting!


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Meet Me In St Louis are a band whose name you're probably aware of – perhaps from these very pages – but whose music you've possibly never heard. They have, to date, released a single EP on Function Records, and that's now on the verge of being sold out; prior to that, 3,000 demos were handed to fans, the supply extinguished before DiS ever heard a copy. It really wouldn't surprise us if you've not heard them yet, even though we have played them on two of our DiScover podcasts, numbers four and six. We half expect you to not have an opinion at all.
Everything, with a pinch of luck and a truckload of hope, is about to change: the Surrey/London five-piece – Toby on vocals, Paul on drums, Lewis on bass, and Benny and Oli on guitars – will release their debut album later this year through the highly (and rightfully) acclaimed Big Scary Monsters stable. Titled Variations On Swing, the long-player was recorded in London with Alex Newport, whose past credits are not to be scoffed at. Well, unless you reckon At The Drive-In and The Icarus Line are shite, in which case you should probably leave now.
And back to the album: it's great, seriously. This writer hasn't stopped playing its un-mastered tracks since the boss of the label in question was kind enough to drunkenly pass him a copy. Friends, so far, agree: it's a winner, through and through, all stops and starts and twists and turns and drum beats explosive enough to have the uninitiated shitting their pants in delight. It's experimental and immediate, avant-garde and straight down that line – it's an album of contradictions and oxymorons. It's an album that rocks like Minus The Bear remembering their heavy-as-fuck past. Or: it rocks, end of.
Ahead of their headline set at May's DiScover Club at London's Notting Hill Arts Club this Saturday (May 5 – click here for details), DiS caught up with the quintet at the capital's 93 Feet East to talk origins, progression, and the future.
Since this is a DiScover piece and all, run us through how you five came to be Meet Me In St Louis…
Paul: It's a really dull story, actually. Me, Toby and Benny had been in local bands, around Guildford and Aldershot. Each respective band broke up, for one reason or other, so us three decided to form a band. It was going to be a three-piece originally, like Yeah Yeah Yeahs – just drums and guitar and vocals – but we weren't very good at that and it sounded a bit shit, so we decided to get extra people in. We got Oli in after a few months – he was a friend of mutual friends, and he was perfect in rehearsal – and we made a three-track demo with the three of us, with Toby on bass. We gave out 3,000 copies of those – we handed them out at gigs and stuff.
Oli: It was fun, burning each one…
Paul: Yeah… and there was this band, called Testswitch Isolator, a grind band, and they heard us on MySpace and recommended this guy. So Lewis came down to rehearsal and he was perfect, too. We tried a load of other bassists, but they were all wearing Korn hoodies and stuff, trying to play Red Hot Chili Peppers.
So you don't like Korn at all?
Lewis: It's actually before my time, 'cause I'm so young.
Oli: My copy of the first album got stolen, but I would still like to have a copy of it. The first one is good!
So the EP, And with the right kind of eyes… (review), was the first thing you released as a five-piece? How did it come to be released?
Paul: Function is run by two friends of ours who started that label fucking ages ago. Benny and I knew them 'cause we were in Escanna, and Toby… I don't even know how you knew them…
Toby: Just through gigs, really. We played, with my old band Strobe 45, with Escanna in Aldershot, with Lebatol, and Shane from Function is in Lebatol. Basically we met that way, and they promised to release our first record.
And it did well, so far as the critics were concerned…
Paul: It got pretty much all good reviews. I think we got one really bad review, but that's nice.
Lewis: It wasn't like a mediocre review or anything, it was a proper shit piece. So people either really like it or they really hate it! Which is better than sitting on a fence.
Oli: They sold a lot quicker than we expected, I think. The first run of 500 sold out in just under two months. We've almost sold all the next run, too. Hopefully we'll sell out of the EP in the run up to the album.
Speaking of which, it must be nice to have the album in the proverbial bag?
Paul: It's good to have it done so that we can listen to it, but it's frustrating – you want to get it out now, but it won't be out until August or September.
Will lovers of the EP be surprised by anything on the album?
Paul: It's more technical than the EP, and more hectic in places, but at the same time it's got more pop in it. It's a lot more melodic than the EP was, with plenty of vocal harmonies.
Oli: Alex [Newport] spent a long time on the vocals – he was really particular about that. When we didn't have ideas as to what to do with vocals, or backing vocals, he'd just suggest what we could try.
What was it like working with Alex? Was he like a sixth member, almost, given his amazing experience?
Paul: A little bit, but he wasn't too into it – he didn't feel the need to intrude too much as the music, by his own admission, was tough for him to understand!
Lewis: There were some parts of it where he'd say, 'With this part, I have no idea what you're doing… I can't judge what time it's in because I've no idea what's going on'. And we were like, we don't know either! We don't really know how it works…
Paul: We just make mistakes in weird time signatures and then try to do it again. We don't actually know time signatures that well, but manage to come up with stuff anyway.
And did working with Alex live up to any expectations you may have had prior to beginning recording?
Paul: Working with Alex wasn't what I expected. Recording the EP was a piece of piss, as with the album we were subjected to more stress. We had only so much time, and only so large a budget. We were being a little ambitious, I think, with only booking two weeks – we had to drop one song as we didn't have time to record it. We're perfectionists when it comes to recording, too, so Alex had to take control sometimes and say, 'You NEED to get this part over with'. He was totally essential when it came to us getting the album done on time.
Oli: He knew what was important, as well. He said that the two key things were the drums and the vocals, which both needed to be tight; the guitars could be looser because the style is edgy and he wanted a live feel to that side of the record.
Do you have any particular expectations for the album?
Paul: Just to make us a bit more popular I guess – I'd like for our shows to be a bit busier, and I'd like what any band wants, I guess, to get that little bit further. It's starting to happen, but when you're on the other side of the fence you're never comfortable in expecting too much. We've played with so many bands, so many times, so we realise how long it takes to get anywhere in music, and how hard it is. Especially somewhere like London.
Oli: I think the vocals make a massive difference on this record. A lot of them sound different to what we had on the EP, and some of the new songs are 'wow' once the vocals were laid down.
Toby, your voice went did it not? (Read the diary, here)
Toby: Yeah. Our friend Dean was the assistant engineer, and he was ill. It went around and when it came to me, it was time to do the vocals. I did two songs in an evening and the rest the next day, and my throat was killing. Alex was really good – he made me go through each line 'til I got it.
What about touring the record – word is you're doing some dates with Rolo Tomassi in the summer…
Paul: Half of those Rolo Tomassi dates are booked, and we've a tour coming up in May with Secondsmile, who we're doing a split with. Tomassi is the last two weeks of July. The split is on BSM, too.
Meet Me In St Louis play the next DiScover Club, at London's Notting Hill Arts Club, on May 5. The free-entry show – open to over-18s only – runs from 4pm until 8pm and also features the excellent Chow Chow (DiScover feature) and Favours For Sailors (track played on DiScover Five – download here). The show is run in conjunction with Rough Trade Shops – click here for more details.
MMISL's tour dates look a lot like the ones found at their MySpace. So click here to read them and to hear tracks. Their split single with Secondsmile is released in June.
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This little piece of heaven is set in the hills of the Ozarks at Macks Creek Missouri. The lodge is nestled in the middle of our 400 acre farm. A quiet retreat for those looking to escape the busy life. Come and slow down and enjoy beautiful sunrises and sunsets, flowers and wildlife. The lodge is set on a hill a few yards from the main house in case you need anything. It overlooks a long bottom field with misty hills in the background. There is a large koi pond, extensive flower beds and lots of creeks and meadows to explore. The cabin is modern yet charmingly rustic with vaulted, pine ceilings in the two upstairs bedrooms. There is a full kitchen, 42" big screen TV with DirecTV, bath downstairs with shower. The lodge also has a full wrap around porch so you can sit and enjoy the wonderful view.
We have added a 15X30 above ground pool to the back of the lodge for our guests' enjoyment. (Approx. 4' deep throughout.) It's 12X20 deck joins the back porch for privacy and convenience. So, bring your beach towels and swim or sunbathe and enjoy the view while relaxing with loved ones!


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Lineup breakdown: Tigers-A's, Game 2
A look at Saturday's starting lineups for Game 2 of the American League Division Series between the Tigers and the Athletics:
The only change in the Tigers lineup for Saturday is Don Kelly will be in left field and batting eighth. He entered Friday's game as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning. Oakland's starter Sonny Gray has never pitched against the Tigers, but left-handed hitters have more success against him with a .226 batting average and .622 OPS compared to right-handed batters hitting .198 with a .499 OPS. Kelly earns the start over Andy Dirks, who started Game 1 and went 0-for-3 with a strikeout at the plate.
Most eyes will be on Miguel Cabrera, however, who looked like he was in pain on a ground out in the eighth inning on Friday. Since Aug. 27, he only has two extra-base hits over his last 26 games. In the last series of the season in Miami, Cabrera went 4-for-6 against a starter he never faced before.
Victor Martinez, Alex Avila and Omar Infante all had multi-hit games in Game 1, while Jose Iglesias and Dirks were the only Tigers starters to go hitless. Dating back to Sept. 18, Iglesias is in a 0-for-17 skid.
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Torii Hunter, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Victor Martinez, DH
6. Alex Avila, C
7. Omar Infante, 2B
8. Don Kelly, LF
9. Jose Iglesias, SS
The A's added Seth Smith to their lineup on Saturday as the designated hitter, taking Daric Barton out and moving Brandon Moss to first base. While Smith is 2-for-15 against Detroit's starter Justin Verlander, he's hit a home run and walked six times. Moss replaces Barton defensively after Barton made an uncharacteristic play in the field on Friday that led to a run.
Moss and Yoenis Cespedes went 3-for-8 in Game 1, while the rest of the lineup went 0-for-22. Coco Crisp, who drew three walks on Friday, is 9-for-32 with a home run in his career against Verlander. Meanwhile Stephen Vogt (0-for-5) and Eric Sogard (0-for-7) have struggled against Verlander.
1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Jed Lowrie, SS
3. Josh Donaldson, 3B
4. Brandon Moss, 1B
5. Yoenis Cespedes, LF
6. Seth Smith, DH
7. Josh Reddick, RF
8. Stephen Vogt, C
9. Eric Sogard, 2B


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Mo. House cracks down on inmates who expose themselves
Law for inmates would be more stringent than for public
Inmates who expose their genitals in a Missouri prison could face additional felony charges under legislation given initial approval by the state House.
The legislation endorsed Tuesday would impose tougher penalties on prisoners than the general public for the crime of second-degree sexual misconduct.
It currently is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail for people to expose their genitals or have sexual contact in the presence of a third person when it is likely "to cause affront or alarm."
Legislation by Republican Rep. Paul Fitzwater, of Potosi, would make the crime a felony for prisoners.
Fitzwater said there were more than 1,200 misconduct violations last year for prisoners exposing themselves. But he says few are prosecuted because a misdemeanor would result in no additional prison time.


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Twi-hards have yet another actor to feast upon – "The Pacific" star Rami Malek has signed for the second part of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," Access Hollywood has confirmed.
The 29-year-old actor will play Benjamin, a vampire who is a member of an Egyptian coven. His character has the ability to influence the elements of earth, wind, water and fire.
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Rami, who is also know for his roles in both of the "Night at The Museum" movies, will also appear on the big screen with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in the upcoming "Larry Crowne."
"Breaking Dawn – Part 1" hits theaters on November 18, 2011, with the second installment coming to the big screen on November 16, 2012.
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As of 1 January 2016 a new Ecodesign Regulation will ensure that newly produced residential ventilation units will have to fulfil minimum energy efficiency requirements as well as maximum noise emission requirements, with a further step in the ambition level of these requirements as of 1 January 2018. Ventilation units consume more than 2% of total EU electricity consumption, which makes them the most important electricity consumers in the building environment after lighting, heating and cooling. Ventilation units are systems composed at least by "an impeller, one motor and a casing", and they are intended to replace the "utilised" air in buildings by outdoor air. With such systems, it is possible:
•to drastically reduce the frequency of windows opening
•to use some of the residual heat of the "utilised" air to prewarm the outdoor air before circulating it into the building.
The Regulation is also expected to play a positive role in the improvement of the design of ventilation units: they will be assembled with more efficient components (such as variable speed electric motors, which lead to a finer control of the system) and the aerodynamics of the overall system will be optimised.
The new regulation concerns ventilator units used for the replacement of indoor units in both residential and non-residential buildings. It will soon be complemented by a harmonised scheme for indicating the energy efficiency class by labelling which will be a combination of minimum Ecodesign requirements, mandatory product informations. For residential units energy labelling was evaluated as the most appropriate policy approach.
The conjoint action of the two measures shall contribute to exploit the large cost-effective potential for the products, to reduce electricity consumption and increase space heating energy saving. The measures contribute significantly to push the take-up of efficient technical innovations in the ventilation industry sector. They will also facilitate the removal of the poorest performing products from the market, where their life cycle cost disadvantages have proven insufficient to drive this, thereby reducing the problem of split incentives which exist between builders and building owners or landlords and tenants as regards the costs and efficiency of ventilation systems. The building-owners, i.e. the ones paying the energy bill, have an interest in energy-efficient ventilation systems, whereas the builders are working on a strict budget, where ventilation systems are one of the last items in the building process where a cost saving is possible.
Additionally, by 2025 this policy is estimated to save 1300 PJ primary energy per year which corresponds to the annual gross primary energy consumption of Austria or Greece. The total savings in end-user spending is projected to be over € 26 billion.
This new Ecodesign Regulation adds to the list of more than twenty already adopted Ecodesign Regulations1 covering both household and industrial products, such as electric motors or pumps. In particular, this Ecodesign Regulation, together with the Energy Labelling Delegated Regulation on residential ventilation units, follow and complement other ecodesign and energy labelling regulations for technical building products like heaters (fuels, solid fuels, local space heaters) and air-conditioners.
Another Ecodesign Regulation for industrial products is close to adoption, and it is related to the professional refrigeration sector.
All in all, it has been estimated that the combined effect of all Ecodesign Regulations will significantly contribute to the EU's 2020 energy efficiency target.
Ecodesign Europa website
Less CO2: Ecodesign is as important as the Emissions Trading Scheme
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High school students attempt lip dub record to raise awareness
Video benefits spina bifida
Students at a Butler County high school were partying for a good cause.
Lakota East High School students attempted to break a world record by creating a music video Thursday.
The entire school came together to have fun and help a good cause.
More than 1,700 students lined the hallways as lip syncers performed routines. They zigzagged through the halls, up stairs and into the auditorium.
The goal was to create the world's largest multi-song lip dub and raise awareness for spina bifida.
"There are so many local kids who struggle with spina bifida every day," freshman Logan York said.
Students created the lip dub for 11-year-old Amelia Murphy.
"Different people with sina bifida have different challenges. Like I can walk but some people with spina bifida can't," Murphy said.
York and Murphy are two of the six Lakota East students who were born with spina bifida.
The school's National Honor Society organized the event.
"It's amazing to say, 'Wow we can come together as a school to do something to benefit this amazing cause that doesn't get that much recognition,'" National Honor Society president Sydney Aten said.
"Never once during this project did anyone forget why you were doing it and I can't be more proud of you for that," Principal Suzanna Davis said.
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Boeing said Wednesday that the FAA "identified an additional requirement" for software changes that the aircraft manufacturer has been working on for eight months, since shortly after the first crash.
Lawmakers who drafted the measure making Illinois the 11th state to legalize marijuana emphasized repairing what they say is the damage done by a half-century of the war on drugs.
In two politically charged rulings, the Supreme Court dealt a huge blow Thursday to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain but also put a hold on the Trump administration's effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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People who inject drugs typically aren't part of traditional advocacy because of risks associated with going public. But a local research project allows them to share their experiences without the fear of potential repercussions.
From houses of worship to working class homes, brick built Chicago. And brick enthusiast Will Quam believes Chicago is one of the nation's best showcases for all that a brick can do.
The Environmental Protection Agency will soon begin removing up to 2 feet of contaminated soil from as many as 15 homes near a storage facility operated by S.H. Bell, which handles manganese and other industrial materials.
How the first round of Democrats tried to set themselves apart on a packed stage, and how the second group of candidates might fare. A conversation with Jason DeSanto.
On its final day before a summer break, the Supreme Court issues major rulings on a census citizenship question and the very controversial practice of political gerrymandering. Former Supreme Court clerks weigh in.
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The hard thing about being around close friends/family who were not around during my pregnancy is that they only know the old me. Someone healthy, without pain, with no mobility problems. My disability is mostly invisible. I don't need a wheelchair anymore, and I often do not use crutches. The only things that are easy to see are that I am exhausted and not as active as I used to be.
To someone uninformed, I guess I could look lazy.
But when I have explained the situation, that I can't lift heavy things, I have to stay still if I can't walk well, etc…..well, if I've explained and you keep calling me lazy, then I suppose that's the part where I should tell you to fuck off. Or ignore you.
Instead I am slowly being driven crazy, and very hurt that someone I love chooses to only see the worst in me, rather than the difference in me. I'm not the person I once was. I have to take care. Even on a good day, even if I'm walking for miles after taking my meds, I have to always watch myself. It's very easy to do too much, or to take one misstep and reinjure myself. To prevent a total inability to walk, I have to take it easy.
Right now I need to readjust myself. I can't force someone to not think I'm lazy, but I can try to use this as an opportunity to regulate my emotions around the issue.
I guess.
I know a rational conversation about it is what is needed, but I am close to snapping and saying very hurtful things I don't want to say. So I keep my mouth shut. I love these people who think I am making my wife do everything, who think I am an awful, lazy person. I keep my mouth reined in because most of the time, it's good. We have fun.
But I am feeling very strained, and last night I was very scared about my mobility. This disability is never going away. Neither is the related exhaustion and decreased physical ability. I'm pretty okay with this, trying to accept it and work with it. Most of the time I succeed. Now I just need to realise that I don't need to be so hurt by this. Does it bother me that someone thinks I prefer sitting on my ass to helping out, even though I physically have no choice? Of course. But I guess there is no point getting so upset about it when I know the truth, when TMD knows the truth, when the way we do things makes sense for us even when other people think she does more than me. And of course she does, but again, that's not always down to choice.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The man who was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Southside Boulevard on Wednesday night was 30-year-old Joseph Bastian -- a Jacksonville native who used to work in U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown's office in Washington D.C.
"I'm very concerned I don't know the status of Joseph," said Brown. "I understand he's in intensive care as we speak, we're going in to see him."
RELATED: Good Samaritan held hit-and-run suspect at gunpoint
Channel 4 met up with Brown outside of Shands hospital Thursday night as she was going to visit Bastian. While Bastian is listed in serious condition, Brown said he is doing well enough to talk on the phone.
"He called my office today and he also called last night saying he was in an accident," said Brown. "He views us as family."
Brown said she's grateful for the good Samaritan, John Avery, who followed the suspect, 26-year-old Tracy Isbell, and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
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As the congresswoman finds herself in the middle of Washington's gun debate, we asked her to weigh in, a citizen used their second amendment rights to help police catch a suspect.
"It depends on the circumstances where you need a gun, but you don't need a machine gun," said Brown. "You don't need to out-man a police officer, but there are situations where you need a gun. I'm not against guns, but it needs to be balanced with common sense."


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Forgive me while I engage in a bit of navel-gazing, but the publishers of the Nature series of scientific journals have set off a bit of an identity crisis here at Nobel Intent. Nature has an extensive web presence, and they have done some analysis of the quality of online material in the past. So I was intrigued when I found out that they had put together a list of the 50 most popular science blogs, as measured by Technorati's ranking system. I was a bit disappointed to find that we here at Nobel Intent hadn't cracked the top 50, until fellow writer Anders Bylund was kind enough to point out that our Technorati score should slide us in at 8th on the list. Which I'm largely happy about, although it raises an obvious question.
Why weren't we on that list? Well, Nature was kind enough to include the criteria they used to identify and evaluate science blogs. Since we're in good shape from the evaluation perspective (see above), it seems like we may have a problem in the identity department. Blogs were identified in part based on links from other scientific sites (where I've rarely seen Nobel Intent mentioned) and in part by asking the staff at Nature. In the past, I've exchanged emails with a Nature editor regarding an article here, so there's a reasonable chance they're aware of us. Which may mean our absence from the list distills down to one question: are we a blog?
Nature itself recognizes part of the problem with defining what is a blog in its selection criteria: "We narrowly define science blogs as ones that, as far as can be established, are written by working scientists and are about science (not their cat)." It's this sort of focus on the topic at hand, as opposed to whatever random thoughts struck our fancy on a given day, that led Ars Technica to designate Nobel Intent and its siblings Journals instead of blogs. At the same time, however, you're definitely seeing science as filtered through our personal interests, with a dose of our opinion, and with an occasional personal anecdote; this puts us squarely in blog territory. Calling it a journal in the science field, however, has its own issues, as that is a term generally reserved for publications such as, for example, Nature, which publish original research. In the end, we could rename this a blog or something else entirely tomorrow, and it wouldn't change our approach to material. Nobel Intent would continue to provide more detail and explanation than you'd get at most places, and we'll most certainly not start writing about our cats (unless we get ahold of one of those hypoallergenic ones for testing).
So, if it doesn't matter what we are, why am I going on about whether Nature considers us a blog? In short, because they're about as high profile as you get in the science world, and being featured by them would, in turn, raise our profile. Ars Technica graciously allows us to largely write whatever we like on topics we enjoy, but that's contingent on us maintaining and hopefully expanding our audience. Recognition by a major scientific publishing group could have been a big help, and not making that list is a missed opportunity.
Unlike most of our write ups, where there's an obvious topic of discussion, I'll take the liberty of suggesting a few here. Do you readers view us as a blog? What science blogs do you frequent? Any suggestions on expanding our audience?


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So it's been a very long time since I blogged. The main reason is that I've been getting to grips with mobile advertising for the past nine months – long enough to have a baby, or two-fifths of a baby elephant – and aligning Adfonic's communications channels.
One key project has involved 'classic' social media: identifying our influencers, ranking them, and setting up mechanisms to monitor them. This just simply helps us to gain insights into the main industry issues, from the people who matter, and engage with them on a very human level.
The only stumbling block is: Twitter. Lists are great. But that's just the 'who' part. To know what they're saying, about a specific topic (ie mobile advertising) you need to be able to filter these lists. And that's causing me headaches.
For example Hootsuite, while providing filters, does not do this persistently. When you add a filter, then select a different stream or tab, the filters disappear. Not good.
Tweetdeck used to have great filtering in the classic 'Yellow' version. But then it was revamped after being bought out by Twitter, and lost most of the features that made it useful in the process, including filtering.
So what is to be done? I've been running the old Tweetdeck as a backup solution, and it does a brilliant job. Every Twitter list, filtered for an extra smooth taste, gives me an instant overview of what our most influential Tweeters are saying about mobile advertising. It enables us to be informed across all our influencers, and agile in our response.
But I have a bad feeling. Come 5th March, Twitter will deprecate its old API, and at that point, I do wonder what's going to happen with the old Tweetdeck. I expect it will just stop working, and I'm back to Hootsuite, or investigating more sophisticated – and expensive – tools that will do this very important job.
I know change is inevitable – George Harrison kind of said the same. But why on earth Twitter won't enable filtering for lists, I do not know. Perhaps they think their servers will melt. Possibly they just want us to return to the 'needle in a haystack' approach of old. Or maybe – just maybe – someone somewhere will figure out a cool way to do this. And then charge us through the nose for it.


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Likely Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Only the third acting job he's taken in a decade, this turn as a misanthropic oil tycoon has everything Oscar loves: passion, precision and an underlying madness. The fanatical commitment Day-Lewis brings to his process is another plus. Also, honoring him is like giving a posthumous acting award to John Huston, whose voice and attitude DDL channels as Daniel Plainview.
Corliss Pick: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Knowing as well as we do that he has star quality, Depp takes roles that both underline and subvert it. That's how much a movie modernist he is. His Sweeney Todd is as elaborate a mask as his Jack Sparrow in the Pirates movies. But this one goes deeper: beneath the cruelty and into the dark places of lovelorn pain. He sings good too.
Robbed: Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
As the East German agent spying on politically active artists, Mühe personifies the government yes-man who is humanized when he learns to say no. Mühe, who himself was spied on in the '80s, gives a performance of subtlety and power. It's a shame he wasn't recognized by the Academy, and a greater pity he won't notice the slight. He died last July, at 54, of stomach cancer.
Other nominees include George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah) and Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises).


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Young Earth Creationism Predicts Greater Genetic Diversity in Clean vs. Unclean Animals
YECs: Here's your big chance to demonstrate that "creation science" is "true science" (as you often claim) by validating the predictive value of Young Earth Creationism.
I should point out that the Hebrew exegesis issues surrounding the number of CLEAN ANIMALS are complex. No doubt the ancient audience understood the subtleties of the phrasing concerning the numbers of clean animals taken aboard the ark. Thousands of years later, with no native speaker of ancient Hebrew to interview, we struggle to get the numbers exactly right. Accordingly, scholars and average readers of the Noah's Flood pericope consider TWO possible interpretations:
Consult my previous post* for detailed breakdowns on Clean versus Unclean Animals. In general, cud-chewing mammals with cloven hooves, scaled-and-finned fish, non-meat-eating birds, and grasshoppers/locusts were clean animals while other mammals and birds along with all reptiles and amphibians were considered unclean. Just one mated pair of various of all sorts of unclean animals were taken aboard the ark. I have also demonstrated in the past that "every kind of animal" is no more all-inclusive as English language expressions such as "He's an amateur mechanic with every kind of tool in his garage" and "Noah had all sorts of animals on the ark."
A) Seven of each kind of Clean Animal was taken aboard the ark.
In many scriptures we are told that the best MALE specimen was sacrificed. Therefore, many Bible readers have assumed that three mated pairs of each clean animal type was taken on board the ark in order to multiply after the flood while the extra male was to be sacrificed after Noah's family disembarked the floating warehouse. (The well-known phrase "two by two" reflects the Hebrew text, "two two", a reference to a queue of pairs. RESULT: SIX reproducing animals contributing to the population after one mail was sacrificed.
B) Seven PAIRS of each type of Clean Animal was taken aboard the ark.
One male would be sacrificed leaving seven females and six males to multiply after the flood to help repopulate the flooded ERETZ ("region", "land") and thereby maximize the replenishment of domesticated and food-producing animals. RESULT: THIRTEEN reproducing animals contributing to the population after one male was sacrificed.
I've never conducted a thorough survey, but it appears that Ken Ham and many of the major "creation science" ministries have always assumed Interpretation B: a breeding population of THIRTEEN following the flood. (Of course, virtually all Young Earth Creationists believe Noah's Flood was PLANET-WIDE so they would reject my reading of the text wherein only Noah's ERETZ ("land", "region") was flooded and therefore Noah's stock would eventually intermix with populations outside the flooded area.
I should mention that just as a peer-reviewed scientific paper often requires dozens of pages of careful analysis of the evidence to establish a particular conclusion. Biblical scholarship is no different. I could easily generate 60+ pages of evidence and comparative analysis along with a summary history of the Hebrew exegesis involved in quantifying the Clean Animals taken aboard the ark according to the Genesis text.
It is obvious that whether the number of reproducing Clean Animals was SIX or THIRTEEN, the diversity of Noah's breeding stock of Clean versus Unclean animals should be reflected today in genetic diversities reflecting either 3:1 or 7:1 approximately. Considering that Ken Ham proudly announced the expertise of his Answers in Genesis' stable of fully-sponsored "baraminologists", Steve's complaint of insufficient funds to make possible "creation science" research papers and scientific discoveries shouldn't be a problem. Dr. Georgia Purdom could take up my challenge of demonstrating that the Bible fully predicted a greater genetic diversity in CLEAN versus UNCLEAN animals. [Georgia, you've whined on past occasions when Google Alert warned you that I was criticizing you and your baraminologist colleagues. This time, when you complain to your Answers in Genesis audience without providing a link so that your readers can read my complete posts instead of your misleading summary, I hope you will acknowledge the validity of my challenge and show us that your "creation science" can rise to the challenge. Does it have the predictive value of "true science" or not? Are you all talk or do you actually "do true science"?
Young Earth Creationists, you should lobby your favorite "creation scientists" to accept my challenge and to publish their research which verifies that Clean Animals are indeed more genetically diverse by at least a factor of three if not six or seven!
* [I think he is referring to this previous message]
I so hope Dr. Georgia Purdom sees my challenge to her in my latest Amazon post. She was so angry about one of my past challenges to her AiG stable of "baraminologists" and she whined to AiG readers a few days later. Of course, they never provide actual LINKS to webpages they complain about----because they certainly don't want their readers to read for themselves rather than only seeing her lame summary of my comments.
I'd love to rub this clean versus unclean animal genetic diversity prediction in their faces. Obviously, I'm no expert on analyzing the comparative statistics, but if there was a total genetic bottleneck just a few thousand years ago, I would think that a founding population of two individuals for unclean animals and a founding population of six or thirteen for clean animals would be easily detectable in today's genetic diversity statistics. Wouldn't it just be a matter of quantifying the alleles?
As an example, there should be much more genetic diversity in doves versus owls and in grasshoppers versus dung beetles---if there was a global flood 4359 years ago (according to AiG.)
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[The previous post in question is at ongoing discussions under Stephen Marley's review of 'The Greatest Hoax on Earth? Refuting Dawkins on Evolution' at Amazon.com.]


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Cell phone customers use only 33 percent of their monthly minutes and pay an average of $3 per minute, according to a study by a consumer advocacy group.
"In many ways, it blew me away; surprising, very surprising," said Michael Shames, director of Utility Consumers' Action Network in San Diego.
The study examined the bills of more than 700 cell phone customers in San Diego, but Shames said the results would be true nationwide.
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Researchers used a simple formula. They divided the total bills by the number of minutes used.
Only 25 percent of customers pay under 10 cents per minute, Shames said. Some 41 percent pay more than 50 cents per minute, and 11 percent pay more than $10 per minute.
The average is $3.02, according to the study.
Shames faults the way cell phone companies encourage customers to buy more minutes than they need to avoid paying higher charges per minute for overages.
"The way the plans are designed, it's almost as if you're gambling in Las Vegas," Shames said. "You know the odds are against you, and the house always wins."
Cell phones companies didn't dispute the study's conclusions, but responded that they encourage customers to change plans to one that best suits their cell phone usage.
Shames said many customers would benefit from a pre-paid cell phone plan that charges only for the minutes used.
"The pre-paid plans are a lot more attractive," he said.
The consumer group suggested cell phone companies be required to reveal on bills the actual cost per minute so customers are better informed.
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What Is the Matrix? -- Part 2
The Matrix, in its simplest form, simplifies working with arrays. This is the second of several articles that explains how to use the different features of the Matrix. In the previous article, I described how to use the basic features of the Matrix. In this article, I will explain how to use the built-in conversions to and from VARIANTs.
I would first recommend reading the main Matrix article and the first article, 'Basic Features'
The Matrix can be downloaded from CodeGuru, along with a brief overview of what it does.
The first article, 'Basic Features,' can be downloaded from here.
Converting to and from VARIANTs
The following code shows how to create a basic two-dimensional array
CMatrix<long> matrix; matrix.cell(0,0)=100; matrix.cell(1,0)=200; matrix.cell(0,1)=300; matrix.cell(1,1)=400;
The matrix now looks like this...
Now, suppose you had a method in a COM object that wanted an array. The method looks like this...
HRESULT SomeMethod(VARIANT vArray)
To pass the Matrix to this method, simply pass the Matrix like so...
HRESULT hr = SomeMethod(matrix);
This works because the Matrix is implicitly converted to a VARIANT by its operator VARIANT function.
Now, let's look at the SomeMethod function and see how this can benefit from using the Matrix...
HRESULT SomeMethod(VARIANT vArray)
CMatrix<_variant_t> matrix (vArray);
long theLong=(long)m.cell(1,0) ; // should give us 200
Here, the array is passed in as a VARIANT. The VARIANT contains a SAFEARRAY. We construct a Matrix from the VARIANT that was passed in. The matrix looks like this...
We now have an exact copy of the Matrix in our COM server object. Passing arrays back to the client is just as easy...
HRESULT SomeMethod(VARIANT vArray, VARIANT* pvArray) { CMatrix<_variant_t> m (vArray ) ; for ( ULONG l = 0 ; l < m.width( ) ; l++ ) { long lNum (m.cell(l,0)); m.cell(l,0) = lNum * 2 ; } *pvArray = m ; }
The code above, in just a few lines of code, takes a 2D SAFEARRAY, multiplies every number in the array by 2, and returns a new SAFEARRAY.
Let's say you've used the Matrix in your COM object. You needn't (nor shouldn't) restrict the clients of your object to be C++ clients. The following snippet of VB passes arrays to and from a COM object that uses the Matrix...
Dim a As New Calculator Dim moreInts(0 To 9) As Variant Dim looper As Integer For looper = 1 To 10 moreInts(looper - 1) = looper Next Dim arr As Variant arr = a.MultiplyItems(moreInts, 2) Dim s As String For looper = 0 To 9 s = s & arr(looper, 0) & ", " Next MsgBox s
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The examples presented with this article constitute a COM Local Server object (Calculator) written in C++, a client application written in C++, and another client application written in VB.
This Server contains one object (Calculator) that has one method (MultiplyItems). This method takes three parameters: an input array, an output array, and a Factorial integer (the amount to multiply the numbers by). The C++ client simply fills an array with numbers and outputs the result from the MultiplyItems method on the server. The Visual Basic client does the same thing. One thing to note in the VB examples is that the arrays are 0 based (rather than 1 based).
Hopefully, this article has shown you how to use the Matrix to create and pass arrays. Please feel free to leave comments and feedback. In my next article, I will explain how to use stream operators with the Matrix.
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Katerina Kavazi-Fluid Tiny Apartment Living
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Interview with Katerina Kavazi : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Katerina Kavazi : The overall design concept is based on the shape of the body of the wale as the main inspiration behind the design. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Katerina Kavazi : To use this fluid lines at this living room in order to design a dynamic interior space. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Katerina Kavazi : Continue designing interior spaces. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Katerina Kavazi : 2 days for the concept and a month for all the construstion drawings. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Katerina Kavazi : This design was commissioned and also was that I decide to pursuit an inspiration. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Katerina Kavazi : no. this design is only for this project. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Katerina Kavazi : The client commission me and I also want to design a good work. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Katerina Kavazi : no .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Katerina Kavazi : Someone who want to renovate/design his space. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Katerina Kavazi : Beacuse of the design concept. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Katerina Kavazi : CAD .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Katerina Kavazi : no .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Katerina Kavazi : I want to compet with more people in the international arena. .
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Lady GaGa has never been one to hold her tongue – and in a new interview with V Magazine, the pop star dishes on everything from style to sex.
"Mario [Testino] wanted me naked all day long," GaGa said of the elaborate cover photo shoot with the famed photographer for the mag's fall issue. "It was my stylist, Nicola, who kept sneaking in the designer stuff. He was like, 'Put this Fendi belt on right now!' We love clothes. But Mario, he really understands me, and he said, 'I want this to be about you. I don't want it to be about the clothes.'"
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But the fashion-centric singer also talked about her music, including the bevy of cover bands which have done versions of her hit "Poker Face."
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The busy artist is planning a tour with Kanye West – but instead of opening for the rapper, it'll be a collaborative effort.
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"Look, when I was a brunette, they called me Amy Winehouse," she explained. "When I was a blonde, they called me Madonna. Then they called me Christina, then Gwen. I just don't think most people's reference points go back very far."
Still, GaGa didn't mind when the Material Girl herself turned up at New York City's Terminal 5 venue to catch her on tour.
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She added that the gay community, including blogger pal Perez Hilton, has helped her rocket to superstardom, supporting her long before she had No. 1 singles. And she says she'd never give up playing gay clubs even as she heads from theaters to arenas.
"With the exception of God, my family, and [best friend] Matthew [Williams], and the Haus [of GaGa, her design collective], and Vincent Herbert [who signed and discovered her], the gay community is the single reason that I am here today," GaGa said. "I started out playing gay clubs in America, then I went to London to play G-A-Y, where I didn't think anyone knew who I was, and there were thousands of people there. How could I ever turn my back on those people who really fought for me? And besides the loyalty factor, playing in gay clubs is fun."
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Co-working is a great in theory, but most spaces only offer desks without storage so at the end of the day you have haul home your gear. That's not the case with the BEEBOX though - this mobile self-contained office pod can be locked down at night and moved anywhere to create an instant working environment. Twenty of these pods now sit at the co-working Beehive East location in Amsterdam, an old air hangar transformed into a co-working space. Pay by the day or by the month and you can leave your work behind tucked into a BEEBOX at the office.
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James Edmonds announced as 2012 Rubinstein-Mason Award winner
University of Kansas Libraries has awarded the 2012 Rubinstein-Mason Award to James Joseph Edmonds. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to the KU student who most demonstrates characteristics of intellectual excellence and commitment, and whose primary interest is in special collections librarianship.
Edmonds graduated from KU in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in English and is enrolled as a graduate student at Emporia State University, where he plans to receive his Masters of Library Science. In earning his degree, Edmonds hopes to develop a library collection focused on literature by, and for, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) individuals.
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Flash Builder Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Preview 2 Released to Labs
The Adobe® Flash® Builder® Plug-in for SAP® NetWeaver® Gateway Services project introduces features that enable Adobe Flex® developers to more easily build web and mobile applications that access SAP data published through REST-based SAP NetWeaver Gateway Services (NGS).
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