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~My cousin once said to me "You watch those anime shit? You're grown up now! Watch some real good stuff like Spartacus" and I was like, fuck you dickhead... I like Spartacus though, hehe.
Gonna be busy.
Mom: "Bunch of Trash" throws dvd's and manga into a storage house. hasn't seen them since February 21st 2012. May my anime rest in peace. :crying:
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When I first got into it, my family would always go, "You're watching that Japanese stuff again?" and would just shake their heads at any anime related activities (cosplaying, figure collecting, waifus) but I never stopped and I guess they got used it it. I haven't become friends with someone just because we both liked anime but I could say it helped boost our relationship.
Take it easy!
my friends are usually anime nerds and my family thinks im just watching cartoons but i never ask them to watch with me so i guess its my fault they think they're just "cartoons"
Edit: After reading a few more of the posts I saw a correlation. Many of the responses could easily double as responses to the question "Friends/family reaction to being gay"
Let me give a good example:
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My dad don't care, literally he asked "You like those asian cartoons?" Me: "Yup." Him: "Cool."
Moms reaction was a tad surprised and freaked out, she knows i'm an odd person so she wasn't really negative about it. My brother rolls his eyes at my "Crazy asian stuff."
Their reactions to my interests is quite entertaining.
now lets change the subject of the answer:
My dad don't care, literally he asked "You like those asian girls?" Me: "Yup." Him: "Cool."
Moms reaction was a tad surprised and freaked out, she knows i'm an odd person so she wasn't really negative about it. My brother rolls his eyes at my "Crazy asian ladies."
Their reactions to my interests is quite entertaining.
Just thought it was something interesting to point out
Weeeelll my past friends thought it was uncool, but I found best friends who accept it and like it as well.
My family , my sister watches it with me, and sometimes my brother does as well.
I want to travel.
My mum doesn't like to hear anything about it, but she lets me go to conventions and watch it. So long as I still get straight A's in school. I hooked one of my friends on it but so far he only watches Naruto and One piece. I became good friends with another guy at school over anime. During the beginning of Highschool i tried to keep my hobby hidden, but over time I just gave up seeing as the most popular guy always asked me for pokemon advice and Naruto stuff and another popular starting striking conversations with me ever since I stopped hiding my anime passion.
My parents think it's weird that I'm in my 30's and like to watch "Those Japanese cartoons" all day long. I don't have a lot of friends (I've never really been a social type), but the primary one I have thinks it's awesome and knows what I'm talking about when I complain about my parents thinking I'm weird. My parents for the most part leave me alone--unless a HUGE package decides to come in the mail--then I get an earful. They don't understand why I haven't gotten tired of it yet. (I've been a fan since 1995 or 2001 if you want to count when I started buying. This hobby is NOT going away at this point!) My brother's a gamer and my parents think he's weird too, but my parents get on my case more because I buy stuff to support the industry.
My backlog...
My friends can relate to me, well, some of them at least. My family.... my older sister is a fan, but my parents think that I'm too old in watching it. Lol.
My brothers shun anime and asian stuff in general. So when they found out I like it they were super negative. Of course my brothers are close minded and ignorant so I don't expect them to accept everything. It does get tiring hearing "You going to watch your faggy anime shit?" all the time
Currently watching: (various)
^Start watching the most brutal anime with either gorey material or just pure action in front of them. Something like Hellsing. It'd be hilarious if they started getting into it.
My family's actually quite familiar with it. I guess only my mother doesn't care for it at all.
still no clue what this shit means but keep going
My family and friends don't mind me watching anime. Sometimes they watch a few episodes with me, although most of the time they don't. Depends on what it is. People that aren't into anime prefer watching slice of life / comedy style stuff more with me I guess. Lighter shows more similar to mainstream TV, and shows with broad appeal mostly.
My younger sister is a huge otaku and she sometimes even uses my crunchyroll, meanwhile my parents don't even know about me watching it. Its one of those cases of "I'll switch to porn, its easier to explain".
Can you dig it?
a couple of my good friends enjoy it, so no dilemma there..
my parents just dismiss it as a "cartoon".
the fullmetal pharmacist!
They know not to care.
I apologize in advance for late responses and dropped conversations.
my parents think that i am still childish
my friends don't care
my brother is into anime as well, to be exact to HAREM...and eroge all the time, he strangles himself when the eroge doesn't download or lags...
why did hxh end???!!! nooo my life


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Senior midfielder Catheirne Kennedy, senior attacker Lauren Callison, and junior goalie Kathryn Stiltz led the 18th ranked University of Mary Washington women's lacrosse team back from a 7-5 halftime deficit, and to a 14-10 victory at 11th ranked Catholic University on Wednesday in a rematch of last season's NCAA Tournament first round game. The Eagles improve to 3-1 on the season.
After Catholic opened the scoring, the Eagles responded with the next three goals, by Callison, Jenna Petrucelli, and Kennedy. The Cardinals responded by scoring four of the next five goals to take a 5-4 advantage with 11:10 remaining.
After Kennedy tied the score at five, Catholic scored two straight to take a 7-5 halftime lead. The Eagles started quickly in the second half, tying the score with two goals in the first 1:12 on tallies by Callison and Allie Kimmelman. After CUA went ahead, 8-7, Kennedy scored on a Kimmelman assist, and Callison scored unassisted to give the Eagles a 9-8 lead. The Cards knotted the score at nine, but Callison scored again to give UMW the lead for good at 10-9. In all, the Eagles scored five of the last six goals of the game for the four-goal advantage.
Kennedy had five goals and two assists, while Callison scored four times, including two that gave UMW the lead. Kimmelman added five assists to her goal, and Keller Torrey had a goal and two assists. Catholic was led by Katie Miller's two goals and two assists.
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WASHINGTON (Nov 12, 2013) -- France's National Order of Legion of Honor, Chevalier (Knight) award was presented today to U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho by Frederic Dore, the deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of France, during a ceremony held in the French Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The prestigious award presented by Dore recognized Horoho for her exceptional career accomplishments and sustained dedication and commitment to giving new momentum to the French-American medical cooperation. As a result of her efforts, the two countries enjoy collaboration on medical research and development and work closely together to improve battlefield medicine.
"I am so humbled to be receiving the Legion of Honor Award," Horoho said. "This award has recognized such a diverse group of individuals and there is a lineage that I am truly honored to now be a part of. This award is not just recognition of the Army Surgeon General, but it is a tribute to the relationship between the U.S. and the French military."
The French Legion of Honor was instituted by General Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, to recognize the distinguished merit and the full dedication of both military and civilians in service to the French nation. It is the highest distinction that can be bestowed on a French citizen as well as on a foreigner. All nominations for the award are decided by the President of the French Republic who is also the Grand Master of the Order.
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The decoration is divided into five categories: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross) with maximum quota of each class. When a Frenchman is appointed into the order, he/she starts out at the class of Knight. In order to ascend to the higher classes, he/she must prove him or herself worthy by new service or merit. The highest degree of the Order of the Legion of Honor is that of Grand Master.
Membership in the Legion of Honor is technically restricted to French nationals. However, foreign nationals who have served France, or the ideals it upholds, may receive a distinction of the Legion, which is nearly the same as being a member.
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This document details the procedure
used to map a complex Business Application in TADDM. One thing that
will become clear as you read through this paper is that the role of
the Subject Matter Expert for the Business Application is critical and
cannot be eliminated. If no SME is available to tell you that the
Business Application uses a DB2 database, then the road to Mapping
the Business Application will be exceedingly long, if not impossible. Without the SME, you will have to rely on
"connection" information from known components of the App to find the unknown components.
The Customer Portal Business Application
I am going to map the Customer Portal business application. It is a real application from a real customer, however, I have made changes where necessary to protect the identity of the customer. The Business Application is composed of the following components:
F5 Load Balancers
Oracle 11g on Solaris
DB2 on Z mainframe
DB2 on AIX
WebSphere MQ
WebSphere Application Server 6.1
IBM WebSeal
IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM)
Tealeaf Customer Experience Software
Microsoft IIS
Microsoft SQL Server
Team Site
Live Site
Apache Web Server
Apache Tomcat
Discover the Components
The first step in building a business application is to ensure that all components are properly discovered by TADDM. No work is required for those components that are supported by TADDM out of the box, however, Custom Server Templates (and often Extensions) and Computer System Templates will need to be created in order to completely map the Application. Of the components listed above, the majority are supported out of the box. The following applications will require custom server templates (and possibly extensions).
IBM WebSeal
CST Criteria: Program name contains webseald
CST Criteria: Windows Service Name contains "Access Manager"
- Since Tivoli Access Manager is a WebSphere Application, if you have WebSphere discovery enabled and you have the access list populated with the username, password and certificates.
Team Site
Live Site
Open Deploy
- Manual - should be avoided as structural changes to the application will require effort to keep the business application up to date. Sometimes using a manual component is the only practical way to place a component in a business application.
- Application Descriptors - formerly the solution of choice requiring small XML files to be deployed to the various target computer systems.
- MQL Rules - statements similar to SQL which are executed against the TADDM server to select components to be added to the business application. You should strive to use MQL rules whenever possible.
Mapping the Business Application
- Login to the TADDM Data management portal and go to the "Grouping Composer" located in the Discovery Drawer.
- Click to create a New Group and name it "Customer Portal - Production"
- Leave the type set to Business Application, then click "Next"
On the next screen, you have the option to create one or more MQL rules. Keep it Simple! Use a separate rule for each Component type that you want added - its even ok to use multiple rules for the same component type.
The first step in writing a rule to add a DB2Instance to the Business Application is to look at the details panel for the DB2 that you know to be part of the App. A good place to look is on the Modules tab for an AppServer or on the Databases tab for a database. The following diagram illustrates the technique. Below is the databases tab for a DB2 that I have in my TADDM server.
How do I compose my MQL?
The best way to validate that your MQL is returning the objects that you want (and not returning the ones you don't) is to test your MQL from the command line before you save it to the rule.
For example, I knew from the general tab that the type was "DB2 Instance".
I could have a quick look in the model documentation (available in the file CDMWebsite.zip in $COLLATION_HOME/dist/sdk/doc/model on the installed TADDM server), or I could just guess that the type of the object was DB2Instance. To test to make sure I had the right object type, I used:
$ ./api.sh -u administrator -p collation find "select * from DB2Instance"
…. Of course, this promptly failed with a "no such object" error.
$ ./api.sh -u administrator -p collation find "select * from Db2Instance"
The screen fills with xml data indicating that my command worked well. Next, we need to narrow our search to find only the instances in which we are interested. To do this it's helpful to look at the object displayed as XML:
$ ./api.sh -u administrator -p collation find "select * from Db2Instance" > /tmp/db2.xml
Load the file /tmp/db2.xml into an editor and look for the TADDM721 database. You will see that there are modules (some stuff removed from output for brevity):
<modules array="1"
guid="8DDF70524E0830DA84DA46B7D2460D7A" lastModified="1319209020785"
parent="14E62C6FAE3735F0800B6E1B58B71083" xsi:type="coll:com.collation.platform.model.topology.app.db.db2.Db2Module">
There are also databases:
<databases array="1"
guid="333B613E41713D4BAB4FAF903519F515" lastModified="1319209020914"
parent="14E62C6FAE3735F0800B6E1B58B71083" xsi:type="coll:com.collation.platform.model.topology.app.db.db2.Db2Database">
</databases >
select * from Db2Instance where exists (databases.displayName contains 'TADDM')
The rule name can be anything you like,
but it's best to choose something descriptive. The Functional group
name is a simple string that is only used when comparing one Business
Application with another. For example, a single business application could have two Apache Servers - one which serves as the customer interface and one which is used by the Application Administrators to adjust the settings of the application. These two Apache servers would have different Functional Group Names.
Click next and you are taken to a screen where you can add manual components to the business application:
You "may" notice something irregular about the graph. It's possible that you will see DB2s in there that don't belong to the Production Customer Portal. It's likely that the UAT or Development Customer Portal DB2 would also be named "TADDM721". One of the best ways to solve this problem is to further restrict the MQL rule by specifying that the hostname match some criteria. This will only work reliably for customers who have a strong hostname convention in place. At this particular company, hostnames will be of the form: CIXYYYYZNNNN
Where the "Z" character is D, S, or P for "Development", "Staging", or "Production" respectively.
If MQL supported matching on regular expressions, the additional syntax would be slight:
select * from Db2Instance where exists (databases.displayName contains 'TADDM.*') and host.fqdn matches 'CI.....P.*'
Unfortunately, MQL does not currently support regular expression pattern matching (I've opened RFE 14280 to have this implemented), so our MQL rule has the potential to miss some DB2 Instances. According to the host naming standard, "YYYY = Server Type - Alpha acronym for Server Type, i.e. IIS, SQL, etc.". Assuming that there is an Alpha acronym for DB2 and further assuming that it is "DB2", then our MQL becomes:
select * from Db2Instance where exists (databases.displayName contains 'TADDM.*') and host.fqdn contains 'DB2P'Oracle 11g and MS SQL Server
The procedure for adding Oracle 11g and MS SQL to to the Business Application is nearly identical to the procedure outlined above for DB2. The process is:
View the details panel for the component and find something that uniquely identifies that component as belonging to the Business Application (usually a database with a specific name)
Find out the type of the object by either looking at the common data model documentation (CDMWebsite.zip) or by making a logical guess based on the Object Type field shown on the General tab of the details panel
Test the select statement from the command line (./api.sh)
Place the rule in the Grouping Composer
What about Custom Servers?
As was mentioned earlier in this document, TADDM does not discover IBM WebSeal out of the box. In order to discover it, we created a Custom Server Template named "IBM WebSeal" with criteria Program Name contains webseald. When we run discovery, all WebSeal servers should be discovered correctly. How do we pick the right webseal(s) to add to the Business Application? We can base it on the content of the configuration file. Assuming the webseald configuration is in the file /opt/pdweb/etc/webseald-default.conf, the Custom Server Template "Config File" tab would look like this:
Ideally, this file would be collected and parsed with a custom server extension and the "junctions" would be collected and created as modules. I have opened RFE 13343 requesting IBM to add support for discovery of WebSeal out of the box.
The following MQL restricts the WebSeals that will be added to the business application based on the contents of the config file:
select * from AppServer where objectType == 'IBM WebSeal' and exists (configContents.content.content contains 'Portal WebServer')
In part 2, we will address three other items which are important to building business applications:
Custom server templates for z/OS started tasks
Computer System SNMP templates for unrecognized network equipment
A sample custom server extension to populate modules for software that is not discovered out-of-the-box


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The Wildest Gala of 2010 - 6/11/10
It was a wild night at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium as guests found themselves delightfully lost among the creatures at The Wildest Gala of 2010. More than 1,000 black-tie and comfy shoe-clad guests sipped on Paradise and Enchanted Cocktails by Diageo. As they moved throughout the Zoo, they stopped at The Plaza, where DJ Mike Mason spun tunes, and guests fueled up with Cioppino Restaurant's lobster rolls, The Pine Restaurant and Bar's BBQ ribs. Papa Sol played at the PNC Pavilion until the night's end. Presented by BNY Mellon, the Gala raised funds with help from a Giving Tree to benefit the conservation of wildlife.Read More
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Everyone understood it was a bold and risky move to make at such a vital position so late in the season. But that Harbaugh guy clearly knew what he was doing, because it has quickly elevated his team's offensive production to new heights and brought a Super Bowl berth within grasp.
No, not Jim Harbaugh with his Colin Kaepernick gambit on the West Coast, though that has worked out beautifully, too, for the 49ers">49ers. The overlooked call that has greatly impacted this year's NFL playoffs? That took place in Baltimore, when the Ravens' John Harbaugh elected to fire offensive coordinator Cam Cameron on Dec. 10, handing the play-calling reins to Jim Caldwell, the team's former quarterbacks coach and the one-time Colts head coach.
Jim Harbaugh's gutsy roll of the dice at quarterback in mid-November has gotten most of the media attention, and understandably so. But no team is a bigger surprise entry in this season's final four than the Ravens, losers of three in a row in December, and Caldwell's elevation was the key impetus of Baltimore's unexpected playoff success.
If you haven't noticed, John Harbaugh's Ravens are in the AFC Championship game for the third time in five years because Caldwell's resurgent offense is getting the job done in uncharacteristically explosive fashion. Caldwell's work has been masterful so far, and if Baltimore is able to upset host New England Sunday night and earn its first Super Bowl berth in 12 years, it'll likely be because the Ravens offense was able to match the powerful Patriots offense point for point.
The facts speak for themselves and underline the effect Caldwell has had, at least since his mulligan-like first game as Baltimore's play-caller, a 34-17 home loss to Denver in Week 15, just six days after he took over for the dismissed Cameron. In the past three games in which Baltimore's starters have played the whole way (not counting a meaningless Week 17 loss at Cincinnati), here's what the Ravens have produced:
-- In Week 16 at home against the Giants, the Ravens rolled up 533 yards of offense in the 33-14 division-title-clinching win, the third-most in franchise history. Baltimore ran for a season-high 225 yards against New York, with Ray Rice and rookie Bernard Pierce both topping 100 yards.
-- In the first round of the playoffs against the Colts, Baltimore hung up a franchise-playoff-record 439 yards of offense in the 24-9 win, with quarterback Joe Flacco throwing for 282 yards and two touchdowns on just 12 completions (23.5 average), and the Pierce-led ground game contributing 170 yards.
-- And in Saturday's epic 38-35 upset of the top-seeded Broncos in Denver, the Ravens again set a franchise playoff record with 479 yards of offense, gouging a Broncos defense that during the regular season had ranked second in yards allowed and fourth in points surrendered. The dagger, of course, was that 70-yard game-tying strike from Flacco to receiver Jacoby Jones with 31 seconds remaining in regulation. Flacco wound up with 331 yards passing and touchdown passes of 32, 59 and 70 yards, and Rice added 131 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
All told, even with the 23-17 loss in Cincinnati added into the mix, the Ravens under Caldwell have averaged 450.8 yards of offense and 28 points over their past four games, with superb balance (188.8 yards rushing and 262.0 passing). Baltimore is playing the dangerous underdog role in this year's playoffs, and the change at offensive coordinator was the spark for the only team left in the postseason that didn't have a first-round bye.
Under Caldwell's steady, no-drama direction, Flacco has flourished in the past month, looking confident and comfortable as the Ravens have returned to more of the up-tempo approach that they had gotten away from as the regular season progressed.
Never completely on the same page as Cameron, whose conservative play-calling and hesitancy to fully trust his quarterback were familiar storylines in Baltimore, Flacco is playing the best football of his five-year NFL career, and his comeback win in Denver represented his finest hour as a Raven. Baltimore had lost nine consecutive games against Peyton Manning, dating to 2001. But with Caldwell, the ex-Colts head coach and former Indy QB coach, calling the shots, the Ravens ended that hex in one of the most memorable playoff games ever. Denver hadn't allowed as many as 38 points since an October 2011 loss to Detroit, early on in the team's Tim Tebow starting era.
It's a case of impeccable timing for Flacco, who is eligible for free agency this offseason, and has earned himself a new lucrative contract extension offer from the Ravens whenever Baltimore's latest playoff drive concludes. Who cares about the silly "elite quarterback'' debate at this point? Flacco and Caldwell look like a great pairing in Baltimore, and the quarterback's 7-4 career playoff record and five road postseason wins in five years leave him in a select class no matter what transpires Sunday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.
But Flacco isn't the only Ravens offensive star who has responded well to Caldwell's late-season promotion. Rice has twice topped 100 yards rushing in the past four games, after reaching that level just three times under Cameron in Baltimore's first 13 games this season. Rice's 30 carries for 131 rushing yards against the Broncos were season highs in both categories, and his 45 carries for 199 yards in the playoffs leads all still-active NFL rushers.
To upset the high-scoring Patriots (league-best 34.8 points per game in the regular season), the Ravens offense again has to lead the way, as it did in Week 3 at M&T Bank Stadium, when Baltimore rallied from a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit to win 31-30 on a last-second 27-yard Justin Tucker field goal. After getting past the likes of Eli Manning, Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning in the span of four weeks, the task of beating Tom Brady on the road looms as the biggest challenge of all.
But at least the Ravens offense is on a roll and perhaps peaking at the ideal time. Caldwell may not have gotten much credit for the job he did taking over for Tony Dungy in Indianapolis, where he was largely seen as a caretaker head coach with a Hall of Fame-bound quarterback in Peyton Manning, but his credentials are being burnished by the week in Baltimore.
Let the Ravens get past New England, and Caldwell's name might quickly surface in whatever head coaching searches still remain around the league. If nothing else, his late-in-the-game emergence in Baltimore this season has served to quickly rehabilitate his reputation league-wide, after the 2-14 collapse of the Colts got him fired last year.
In Caldwell's case, it was the other coaching Harbaugh who made the risky but right call to toss him the keys to the offense. Colin Kapernick's spectacular success in San Franciso aside, the Ravens have their own bold move to point to as the needed and pivotal development to a deep playoff run. From coast to coast in these NFL playoffs, taking a big chance has paid off big so far.


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HUNDREDS of people have taken to the streets of Southampton today in protest over the conflict in Gaza.
Chants of "Free Palestine" can be heard across the city centre as people make their voices heard over the ongoing crisis.
Hundreds of people have lost their lives in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians.
The Southampton demo marched from the Guildhall before ending at the BBC South headquarters.
Today's protest saw significantly more protestors taking part in the march than a similar one on Tuesday.
Abdullah Catell, who organised the demo, said: "We are praying all the time for these people.
"We need to unite everyone, from all different political parties and faiths.
"This is not a lone protest - this is the start of a movement."


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For nearly 20 years, Desperados has collaborated with/joined forces with Parisian urban art collective the « 9ème Concept » to create collector labels for its bottles. Over the years, the beer brand, which launched in France in 1995, has forged a long-standing relationship with the collective, unusually long in the marketing world, leading to a strong, authentic bond with the street art community in general.
Desperados doesn't do things like everyone else, a unique name, vividly colored silkscreen-printed bottles and an extraordinary recipe. Which is why they initially sought out the street art collective. The 15, or so, artists in the collective and the brand share certain essential core values - a taste for innovation and singularity. Since 1998, in all, the collaboration between the 9ème Concept and Desperados has resulted in 73 uniquely designed bottles. Every year, the collective's brief is the same – change, innovate, surprise, astonish, innovate. Other than these instructions, which are music to any artist's ears, the designer has complete creative license. This year, the brand, its agency MNSTR, and member artist Matthieu Dagorn have turned the label into a multi-dimensional work of art, with augmented reality.
The augmented edition: the iconic bottle invites consumers to an unprecedented experience
Matthieu Dagorn, street artist, sculptor, member of the 9ème Concept, who, like his predecessors, was given 'carte blanche' by the brand, used his creative background and imagination to take this year's bottle to a whole new level. Part street art, part digital, the 2017 version of the bottle is a unique multi-dimensional experience.
To accompany the launch of the new edition, agency MNSTR, helped organize a special exhibit. Dagorn, equipped with paper and Google Tilt Brush technology, projected his creative universe onto the walls of a 36m² cube, which he built specifically for the project. In two weeks, he created a physical representation of the label - an enormous paper statue, which comes alive with Google technology. The augmented reality allows visitors the opportunity to step in to and explore the label's design.
Consumers can also live the experience via the 2017 limited edition bottles and the DESPERADOS AUGMENTED EDITION application.
Available on IOS and Android, the application allows you to scan the label and explore the work :
- 3D animation wherein the shapes and curves extend out of the label itself, giving it depth
- 360° visit of the artist's workshop: transported directly into Matthieu Dagorn's workshop, users can navigate the room in 360°
- navigation inside the work itself to see how the Tilt Brush technology is used to explore every detail
- a behind-the-scene look at the scultpure's creation
A fusion of reality and digital, the label will be featured on the bottle until October 2017.


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Thanks Erin. He is due for his checkup so I will mentioned this to the vet and see about getting it checked.
Sammy is just my special child
I thought about all this week, taking him for a ride in the car and showing him that it is not always to the groomer or to the vet. So I was going to give him some treats after we road the countryside for awhile and then just come home.


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Continuance accepted for Wright, Terry cases
The defense for an admitted Saline County murderer has requested a gag order for media, law enforcement and attorneys and also has filed for a continuance in her case.
Saline County Circuit Judge Gary Arnold decided to review articles from The Saline Courier before making a decision concerning a gag order on the media. Arnold, who has never invoked a gag order for media in the past, said he would announce his decision at a later time.
Pat Aydelott, attorney for 50-year-old Marissa Lynn Wright, submitted five Courier articles to Arnold and said they were "even more detailed" than information that he received from the state.
"I am concerned about the length and detail of the articles, and I am asking that the media be restricted to testimony only," Aydelott said. "The articles undermine the ability to get unbiased jurors and get a fair trial in Saline County."
Arnold responded that he would place the gag order on law enforcement and attorneys. He also granted the continuance request by Aydelott and Wright is expected to appear back in court at 9 a.m. on March 27 and March 28.
There was no mention of the results of a mental evaluation of Wright, but before, during, and after the court appearance, she was smiling and telling jokes inside the courtroom.
Wright, who facestwo counts of capital murder, has admitted to authorities that she killed Randall Craig Anderson of Mabelvale on Feb. 15, 2008, and Joe Lee "Joey" Richards Jr. of Benton on Oct. 8, 2010, and burying them in the backyard of her Traskwood home.
The Saline County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty for Wright, noting that Anderson was killed in "an especially cruel or depraved manner."
After Wright's appearance, Myra Terry, 53, of Hot Springs Village also appeared before Judge Arnold and was also granted a continuance. Terry — who faces charges of hindering apprehension, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence in the death of Joey Richards — will is scheduled to return to court at 8 a.m. on March 8.
The bodies of Anderson and Joey Richards were discovered on Wright's property, 2902 W. Main St. in Traskwood, on Oct. 4. Anderson's body was discovered buried underneath a koi pond on the property and Joey Richards body was found underneath a pile of blocks near the pond.
In court documents filed by the prosecutor's office, Wright admitted to law enforcement detectives that she was involved in the murders of Anderson and Joey Richards. Jay W. Beeson Jr., 53, also faces a charge of capital murder and kidnapping for the Anderson death. A jury trial for Beeson is set to begin on May 22. He is represented by Little Rock attorney Patrick Benca.
Benton police began a missing person case for Joey Richards on Oct. 20, 2010, after his father reported that he had not returned home nor contacted any family members for 12 days. However, Joe Lee Richards Sr. said his son's truck was found 11 days before making the report. The vehicle was parked in front of the family's shop door in a spot that Joey Richards "normally did not park." The elder Richards also found his son's wallet, cell phone and laptop computer inside the vehicle.
Wright originally told detectives that Joey Richards was at her home on Oct. 8, 2010, but that he left around 1:30 a.m. the following morning. Terry also later made a similar statement to police.
Then on Nov. 16, 2010, an unidentified woman reportedly called 911 from a pay phone in Benton and said that Wright fatally shot Joey Richards in the bathroom of Wright's home. She said she didn't know what Wright did with the body, but said she knew Wright drove Joey Richards' truck back to his home in Benton. Wright then hitched a ride back to Traskwood, the woman said.
The caller also said that Wright tortured and killed another person named "Randy" in the bedroom of her home "two or three years ago." She said "there was blood everywhere" and the room had been repainted to cover it up.
The caller also mentioned the 1989 shooting death of Jeff Rhodes of Benton. Wright originally was charged with murder in that case, but the charge later was dropped and she was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony against her then-boyfriend, Darrell Frank Pilcher.
Wright, who was known as Marissa Bragg on Nov. 29, 1989, testified in Saline County Circuit Court that Pilcher shot Rhodes during a drug deal. She said on April 3, 1989,
Pilcher drove her to the Tull Bridge in Grant County for a cocaine deal with Rhodes. She said Pilcher drove off on Rhodes' motorcycle to get money and while he was gone, she had a sexual encounter with Rhodes.
Pilcher also testified that he shot Rhodes in "a crime of passion" when he found Rhodes and Bragg involved in the sexual act. He admitted to shooting Rhodes twice in the head with a 0.38-caliber pistol, and said he and Bragg placed the body in the bed of a pickup truck. The two then drove to several locations in Saline and Pulaski counties before eventually disposing of his body at a dumpsite in the Crows community. Testimony also included statements that Pilcher attempted to cut off Rhodes' head with an ax, but didn't succeed.
At the dumpsite, one or both of the couple set fire to the body, authorities said. A passerby later found the body smoldering at the site.
Pilcher was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole. He continues to be an inmate of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction.
Bragg, who later went back to her maiden name of Wright, was free.
After detectives received the 911 phone call, on the same day they interviewed two people who claimed to have been at Wright's home on Oct. 8, 2010, cooking methamphetamine in a bathroom. They said Wright and Terry also were there.
One witness said that at some point in the night, Joey Richards barged into the bathroom and started fighting. Two "pop" sounds were heard and Joey Richards was overheard to say, "She shot me."
The witness said Wright was holding a pistol and that she said, "I had to do something to get you to calm down."
Court records also said a second person witnessed Joey Richards storm into a bedroom next to the bathroom where the meth cook was taking place. The witness said Joey Richards had picked Wright up and thrown her onto the bed before he tackled the witness to the floor. The witness said when Joey Richards was on top of him, he heard a "pop" and Joey Richards rolled over on his side and said, "She shot me."
Both witnesses reportedly were told to leave the home, and when one witness couldn't find his vehicle keys, he said Wright told them to drive her Jeep. One of the witnesses recalled seeing Joey Richards sitting against a bathtub still speaking before the witness ran out of the home.
One witness reportedly told detectives that Wright and Terry later drove to his home to pick up the Jeep and said Wright said she drove Joey Richards' truck to his home in Benton. The witness said Wright said, "Nobody will ever find (Joey) Richards and that all of the people interviewed state they have no knowledge of the location of his body."
On Oct. 4, 2011, numerous law enforcement agencies — Benton and Haskell police departments, Saline County Sheriff's Office, the FBI and Arkansas State Crime Lab — served a warrant at 2902 W. Main St. in Traskwood, the home of Marissa Wright and her father, R.B. Wright. On that day, officers not only discovered the body of Joey Richards underneath a pile of blocks, they found the body of Anderson buried underneath a koi pond on the property.
Detectives also found assorted evidence, including an aged ax handle, a roll of silver duct tape, a Ruger 0.22-caliber pistol, a 0.22-caliber pistol, and a suicide note, allegedly written by Wright, in which she confessed to the murders. After her release from Saline Memorial Hospital, Wright reportedly gave full disclosure of the events that led to the deaths of Joey Richards and Anderson to Saline County Sheriff Detectives.
Wright said Joey Richards was shot after he barged into a bathroom in her home while a methamphetamine cook was taking place. She also told detectives that on Feb. 15, 2008, she called a friend to find Anderson, who fled into a field behind her home.
Wright reportedly said the friend showed up with a pistol, she later heard three shots fired, and the friend brought Anderson back inside the home at gunpoint.
Wright said that her friend then hog-tied Anderson, wrapped him in plastic and used physical force to "coerce a confession" concerning missing items, including jewelry belonging to Wright's mother. Because Anderson reportedly refused to cooperate, Wright said she and her friend left Anderson wrapped in plastic "from head to toe ... with a bag over his head," causing him to die from suffocation. Wright said that her friend then left her home with her dog and that he was arrested later in Benton during a traffic stop.
According to a Feb. 15, 2008, Benton police report, Jay W. Beeson Jr., 53, of Traskwood was stopped at 11 p.m. by Officer Michael Teague. Teague said a silver handgun was found in Beeson's right rear pocket and a criminal history search showed Beeson to be a convicted felon. Beeson was arrested that night for possession of a firearm by a certain person.
Wright did not say Beeson's name, according to the affidavit, but investigators were able to piece together evidence — including arrest records in Benton and other interviews with Wright about the murders — to serve an arrest warrant for Beeson. He was taken into custody without incident at his place of employment in Little Rock on Nov. 1, according to Saline County Sheriff's Lt. Scotty Courtney.
Authorities said in court documents that Wright later confirmed Beeson to be the friend involved in Anderson's death. Beeson, who also has a lengthy arrest record of violent crimes, faces a charge of capital murder and his trial is set for May 22.
According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, Beeson was incarcerated twice — once for a second-degree murder conviction in 1992 for the death of his former brother-in-law, Randy Jack Allen. Records note that Beeson shot Allen in a vehicle during an argument at a Sonic Drive-in in Malvern. Two other people reportedly were inside the vehicle with Allen, including Allen's 4-year-old daughter. Beeson was sentenced to 20 years, but paroled after less than three years in prison.
Beeson violated his parole and was sent back to prison in November of 1999, but was released in September of 2000.
Wright also was arrested on June 12, 2009, for reportedly pointing a handgun at a man while he was holding his son. The victim told Saline County sheriff's deputies that Wright came out of a home in the 2900 block of West Main Street in Traskwood, pointed a pistol at him and cursed at him. The victim said he walked to the porch to get his oldest son when another person pushed him and a man named Reaves Wright kicked him. The victim told police that Marissa Wright continued to point the pistol at him and that he later got away with his two children.
According to a sheriff's deputy, Marissa Wright was "very belligerent, loud and disorderly at the scene" of her arrest. "She was also extremely uncooperative during the investigation," the deputy said. The report noted that a suspect arrested for third-degree domestic battery from the incident asked not to be placed in the same cell with Wright.
Wright reportedly was charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a minor. She later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.


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College Savings Network. The National Association of State Treasurers' College Savings Plans Network website provides information on 529 plans. Their site provides links to state 529 plan websites, information on state tax treatment and other useful information.
529 Plan Sponsors. Most 529 plans allow you to directly invest through them. They provide you with offering circulars and applications, as well as a wealth of information on saving for college.
Brokers, Financial Advisers and Mutual Fund Firms. Many brokers, financial advisers and mutual fund firms work with one or more 529 plan sponsors and have information and materials on 529 plans. Most of these firms can also provide you with information on setting up ESAs and Custodial Accounts. Many firms also have websites that can provide you with information on your college savings options.
FINRA. We have a Web page devoted to 529 plans. In addition, you can check if the firm or individual offering you a college saving option is registered with FINRA on our website or by calling our hotline at (800) 289-9999.
Bureau of Public Debt. The Bureau of Public Debt's website provides everything from educational information to calculators to a direct purchase program for savings bonds. You can also call the Bureau of Public Debt toll-free at (800) 487-2663 for information on the latest rates for Series EE and Series I savings bonds or at (800) 722-2678 to learn how to buy savings bonds directly from the federal government.
FinAid! The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid. The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid's website provides a lot of helpful information on financial aid.
Online Resources. You will also find a wealth of information about your various college savings options on the Internet.


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Whether it's weekends of summer socials, backyard tackle football, or sweaty garden work, summer can leave its mark on your clothes and around the house. Clorox® Green Works® is introducing new naturally derived products that will make it easier to eliminate spills and stains and save your summer wardrobe!
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I like this tip:
If you have kids who are old enough to help out, start by assigning age-appropriate tasks such as unloading the dishwasher or taking out the trash. Keep the younger ones occupied with a coloring book or a fun DVD.
I have always thought it was the best thing for my kids to help out from a very young age!
Here's my blog's post- http://naddezsgoodycorner.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-favorite-green-wo...
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I liked Green Works on Facebook and My favorite tip is: Composing Green Works wipes - who knew they were compostable? Awesome!
Here's a link to my blog post: http://thesuburbanjungle.blogspot.com/2011/06/green-works-green-tip...
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I also blogged about my favorite tip
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Favorite Green it Yourself tip: Clean the Air!
Hadn't even thought about the residues and chemicals that are left by cleaning products. They may be worse than the dirt!
My post: http://momandmore.com/2011/06/green-it-yourself.html
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From Laurence Freeman OSB, "Forgiveness and Compassion," ASPECTS OF LOVE (London: Arthur James, 1997), pp. 72-74.
. . . .Forgiveness [is] a process that takes us deep into our own wounded humanity, where we find our true self. Forgiveness can only be complete when it is as complete as the love of Jesus for his enemies; and that can only come about when we know ourselves as fully as he knew himself, and loved himself.
The same applies to the way we love humanity. Just as, in learning to love those closest to us, we withdraw our positive projections and fantasies, so in learning to love those who are our enemies we withdraw our negative projections. Finally, in learning to love everyone we have to withdraw our abstractions. We have to withdraw our statistical mind which is often the way we treat the suffering of others. . . . [But] learning to love humanity means being able to treat [any] member of humanity as a unique individual. [. . . .]
The only way to deal with the complexity of human relations is the simplicity of love. In love we do not judge, we do not compete; we accept, we revere, and we learn compassion. In learning to love others we release the inner joy of being that radiates outwards through us, touching others through our relationships. This is why communities, families, and marriages do not exist solely for the perfection of the people in those. . .relationships. They exist also to radiate love. . . .beyond themselves . . . .
It was John Main's vision of human community, that community is made possible by the commitment we each make in solitude to the most profound relationship of our lives, which is our relationship with God. This is why in learning to love others we come to a new insight into the unity of creation and into the basic simplicity of life. We see what it means to say that love covers a multitude of sins. Forgiveness is the most revolutionary and transforming power of which we are capable. It teaches us that love is the essential dynamic of every relationship, the most intimate, the most antagonistic as well as the most casual. It's the very ordinariness of our daily meditation that reveals to us how universal is the way of love.
After meditation: from Thomas Merton, THE WISDOM OF THE DESERT: SOME SAYINGS OF THE DESERT FATHERS (Boston: Shambhala, 1994), pp. 66-67.
A brother in Scete happened to commit a fault, and the elders assembled, and sent for Abbot Moses to join them. He, however, did not want to come. The priest sent him a message, saying: Come, the community of the brethren is waiting for you. So he arose and started off. And taking with him a very old basket full of holes, he filled it with sand, and carried it behind him. The elders came out to meet him and said, What is this, Father? The elder replied: My sins are running out behind me, and I do not see them, and today I come to judge the sins of another! They, hearing this, said nothing to the brother but pardoned him.
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TUCSON, Ariz. – Brad Evans converted a first-half penalty kick and Eddie Johnson added an insurance strike just before halftime as the New England Revolution suffered a 2-0 loss to Seattle Sounders FC in the first game of the Desert Diamond Cup on Wednesday night at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The game was a physical – at times reckless – affair, featuring a total of six yellow cards and two red cards as New England's Sainey Nyassi and Seattle's Marc Burch were both sent off in the 80th minute. Additionally, the Revolution's Clyde Simms and the Sounders' Osvaldo Alonso were both subbed off before halftime when a scuffle ensued following a rough challenge on Chris Tierney.
Chad Barrett (illness), Ryan Guy (calf), Matt Reis (illness), Kelyn Rowe (knee) and Saer Sene (ACL surgery) were unavailable for the Revolution, which used largely different lineups for the first and second halves.
Jerry Bengtson made his first preseason appearance after returning from international duty, creating the game's first chance in the fifth minute. The Honduran's flick sent Diego Fagundez into the right side of the box and the Revolution forward drilled a shot which Sounders goalkeeper Michael Gspurning tipped over the crossbar.
Evans opened the scoring for Seattle in the 27th minute, converting a penalty kick after the Revolution's defensive wall was whistled for a handball while blocking a free kick. The effort was slotted low into the right corner as Evans sent New England goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth the wrong direction.
Johnson doubled the Sounders' lead just before halftime, finishing off a strong individual move after receiving a long pass from Mauro Rosales down the right wing. After cutting inside onto his left foot, Johnson curled his shot inside the far post to give Seattle a 2-0 advantage at the break.
New England created the better of the chances throughout the second half and forced Seattle goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann into a pair of saves 10 minutes apart. Training camp invitee Marko Jesic directed a 20-yard shot on frame in the 68th minute, while Stephen McCarthy saw his header saved by Hahnemann in the 78th minute.
Nyassi and Burch were both ejected in the 80th minute when a fracas erupted near midfield, which began with a sliding challenge from Nyassi.
The Revolution's best chance to cut into the deficit arrived in the 83rd minute when the Sounders' Lamar Neagle twice cleared the ball off the line. Following a corner kick, Neagle first directed Darrius Barnes' header onto the crossbar before he was on hand to clear the follow-up effort away from danger.
The Revs will continue Desert Diamond Cup group play on Saturday, Feb. 16, when they'll take on the New York Red Bulls at 8 p.m. ET.
2013 Desert Diamond Cup
New England Revolution vs. Seattle Sounders FC
February 13, 2013 – Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seattle Sounders FC 2, New England Revolution 0
Scoring Summary:
SEA – Brad Evans (penalty kick) 27
SEA – Eddie Johnson (Mauro Rosales) 45
Seattle Sounders FC: Michael Gspurning (Marcus Hahnemann 46), Leo Gonzalez (Marc Burch 64), Djimi Traore^ (Mikael Silvestre^ 46), Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Zach Scott 67), Adam Johansson (DeAndre Yedlin 64), Steve Zakuani (Lamar Neagle 64), Brad Evans (Servando Carrasco 67), Osvaldo Alonso (Andy Rose 35), Mauro Rosales © (Alex Caskey 64), David Estrada (Travis Bowen^ 43), Eddie Johnson (Sammy Ochoa 46)
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth, Chris Tierney (Scott Caldwell 42), Jose Goncalves (Darrius Barnes 46), A.J. Soares (Stephen McCarthy 46), Andrew Farrell (Kevin Alston 46, Bilal Duckett 58), Lee Nguyen (Donnie Smith 46), Clyde Simms © (Tyler Polak 38), Kalifa Cisse (Andy Dorman 46), Gabe Latigue* (Juan Toja 26, Sainey Nyassi 46), Diego Fagundez (Matt Horth 46, Dimitry Imbongo 69), Jerry Bengtson (Marko Jesic^ 46)
^ - Training camp invitee
* - Unsigned draft pick
Misconduct Summary:
SEA – Leo Gonzalez (caution) 18
NE – Jose Goncalves (caution) 25
SEA – Eddie Johnson (caution) 25
SEA – Osvaldo Alonso (caution) 32
SEA – Djimi Traore (caution) 42
SEA – Marc Burch (ejection) 80
NE – Sainey Nyassi (ejection) 80
SEA – Travis Bowen (caution) 83
Referee: Juan Guzman
Weather: Sunny, 61 degrees


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Don't be surprised if the newest Crew player takes the field at some point Saturday in RFK Stadium.
Although Peruvian forward Andrés Mendoza finally received his International Transfer Certificate and was added to the roster Friday, he is no stranger to his teammates.
Mendoza, 32, has been training with the club for five weeks while awaiting a resolution of a dispute between himself and his Turkish club, Diyarbakirspor, over payments.
That matter was cleared up on Thursday, and Mendoza will wear the No. 10 jersey when the Crew face D.C. United in a rematch of Wednesday's US Open Cup semifinal in which the Crew won 2-1.
"It's good to have another player to put out there if we need," Crew coach Robert Warzycha said. "We have a lot of guys that are beaten up after Wednesday. We'll see how they respond."
The Crew did not look particularly crisp Wednesday, and needed nearly 30 minutes of playing with an extra man before getting the equalizer from Andy Iro in the 89th minute.
Prior to that, the Crew had been blanked in a CONCACAF Champions League match vs. Santos (although the Crew contends it had a goal unfairly disallowed) and played FC Dallas to a scoreless draw.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto had the winner against D.C. United on a penalty kick in the eighth minute of overtime, so the offense is clearly in need of a jump.
Mendoza, who scored 10 goals in 16 games for Mexico's Mornacas Morelia in the 2008 Apertura and has seven goals in 44 national-team appearances since 1999, may be the choice out of necessity.
"He is a proven goal-scorer," Warzycha said.
Forward Emilio Renteria (four goals) continues on national team-duty with Venezuela and Robbie Rogers and Emmanuel Ekpo are injured. While the midfielders have combined for only one goal in MLS play, their pace on the flanks opens space for Schelotto and the other forwards and makes Eddie Gaven more effective on the other wing.
Another relatively new face may also contribute Saturday. Frenchman Leandre Griffit, who has played only 43 minutes in three league appearances since being signed May 13, may get a shot with center midfielder Adam Moffat suspended for the match.
"We have to replace Adam, and he's one of the guys we are looking at," Warzycha said.
In a another personnel matter, defender Kwaku Nyamekye has been approved for a work visa from his native Switzerland and could join the Crew next week, technical director Brian Bliss said.
Nyamekye would fill the 24th and final spot. The 2010 MLS SuperDraft pick trained with the Crew in June after he opted to finish getting his degree at Harvard before coming to Columbus.
The trade of defender Jed Zayner to D.C. United on Aug. 5 opened a slot for Nyamekye.


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Welcome to the map and guide of the cities, towns or places of interest around Belarus in Europe. Here you will find links to maps, virtual tours and guides with 360° panoramas of various travel destinations, regions, cities and attractions in Belarus.
Alongside each virtual tour and panorama is a Google map and some local and travel information to help you explore plan and your trip to the top travel destinations in Belarus. This growing guide of Belarus uses images and information provided by independent travellers, giving you the fuller picture of the various sights, hotels and attractions.
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Homeownership, Flood Insurance, and Stupid Land Uses: The Kolbe Decision
First, thanks to Concurring Opinions for inviting me back. It's been years. What took you so long?
I plan to spend some of my month's effort here discussing coastal land use and disasters and the law. In light of Superstorm Sandy and likely future megastorms, and given climate change and sea level rise, I can't help noting that, whatever is going on with managing CO2 levels at a global scale, one class of disasters results from what I have come to call in conversation (and now in writing) Stupid-A** Land Use Decisions (SALUD). We build houses in harm's way. I've written about the folly of allowing homes on the parts of barrier islands that are most likely to flood or wash away, noting in passing the folly of building homes on scenic hillsides subject to rock- and mudslides. In the news lately, there's much about the costs of rescuing homes built in forests that are just waiting to catch fire. At some point, we have to disincent SALUD, or at least insist that the full cost of risk and rescue and rebuilding be reflected in the market cost of building in Stupid-A** places, and let that expense disincent. It's very hard to do. As my own dear New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said after Superstorm Sandy, we will rebuild!
Which brings me to the case I'm discussing today. It came down last Friday. The case is Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (1st Cir. No. 11-2030, Sept. 27, 2013) (en banc), 2013 WL 5394192. It is a First Circuit en banc decision, on a 3-3 vote, failing to reverse the District of Massachusetts, which granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action seeking an interpretation of a form mortgage contract provision concerning flood insurance. Warning, I'm not an expert in all of the doctrinal areas involved, so please forgive if I miss something, but boy, is it interesting.
The provision in dispute is Covenant 4, a three-sentence paragraph required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be included in all single family dwelling mortgage contracts insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Covenant 4 was established by a regulation promulgated in 1989 after notice and comment rulemaking. It allows a lender to require that the homeowner purchase insurance for "any hazards . . . in the amounts and for periods that the Lender requires." Covenant 4 also requires the borrower to insure against loss from floods to the extent required by the Secretary of HUD. HUD requires flood insurance whenever a property is located in a "special flood hazard area," the most risky category under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) classification scheme. HUD requires flood insurance at least equal to the outstanding balance of the mortgage, that is, the lender's stake in the property, but there is a cap of $250,000. Thus, as to hazard (but not flood), the lender clearly has authority under Covenant 4 to require further hazard insurance. But it is, arguably, unclear whether Covenant 4 empowers the lender to require a homeowner to purchase additional flood insurance. Perhaps the provision of Covenant 4 referring to requirements by HUD insulates the homeowner from lender requirements as to purchasing flood insurance. Perhaps Covenant 4's authorization for lenders to require additional hazard insurance includes flood insurance, because floods are a type of hazard. That's the interpretation question. Read More


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Art has long been a source of inspiration for creatives, so it's no surprise this gorgeous wedding editorial came about after Sara Weir Photography viewed Pieter Claesz's still life painting, Breakfast With Fish. Much like the painting, she explored the transition from light to dark, and it's so gorgeous, it will surely take your breath away. From the exquisite Zac Posen gown to the dramatic florals by The Potted Pansy, we're declaring this bridal styled shoot a work of art.
From Sara Weir Photography... This beautiful shoot was inspired by a still life painting, Breakfast With Fish, by Pieter Claesz. In the painting, Claesz uses every shade of neutral to depict a simple meal. It struck me as so beautiful that I decided to create wedding inspiration using neutrals from light to dark. With this inspiration, I set about to convey this message through every detail. Rather than seeing this transition literally on each piece of the wedding suite, Nikkol of Refine used the individual paper to convey the transition of light to dark. I particularly love how The Potted Pansy worked her light to dark magic in the floral installation. And the Zac Posen gown from Shop Gossamer speaks for itself. It was a pleasure creating this shoot, and I hope you find beautiful inspiration here for your own wedding!


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Professional Synthesizer Workshop in Huddersfield!
Bert Smorenburg visit's the UK and takes to the road. Catch his workshop at the Dolphin Music Huddersfield shop and be inspired!
During February, International demonstrator and star of YouTube, Mr. Bert Smorenburg will be visiting the UK as part of the special Yamaha Music Production tour. Along with UK Product Specialists, Bert will be visiting a select number of Music Production retail stores across the country holding workshops and demonstrating the wide range of Yamaha synths, workstations, recording solutions as well as the much talked about Tenori-on.
Click here to view Bert demonstrating the MM6
Each event is guaranteed to be informative, educational and, (knowing Bert), extremely good fun! Featuring an incredible range of products including the flagship MOTIF XS synth, the MM6 mini-mo workstation, N-Series digital mixing studio, Pocketrak2G pocket recorder and much much more. So whether you've been buying Yamaha music production gear for years and have some tricky questions you'd like answered or if you are completely new to music recording and production and would like some advice on how to get started, these events are a perfect opportunity to experience a day of entertainment and education.
Yamaha Music Production will be at the Dolphin Music shop in Huddersfield throughout the afternoon with demonstration at the following time:
Dolphin Music: Tuesday 26th February
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By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Green Bay - This was a business trip. Erik Walden couldn't make the two-hour drive south to his hometown of Dublin, Ga. So with the Green Bay Packers playing in Atlanta, 50 friends and family members came to him.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play in front of your family on prime time," the outside linebacker said.
Green Bay knocked off the host Atlanta Falcons, 25-14, on Sunday with Walden drilling quarterback Matt Ryan multiple times. For him, his best game this season. This trip home was another cold reminder of what drives Walden, what made him.
The life-changing memories returned. His dad dying of a stroke when he was 10. His cousin stabbed to death in drunken fury when he was 12. His grandmother passing away. Three tragedies - back to back to back - sent tremors through Walden's childhood.
On spot, he forced himself to grow up.
"It kind of made me the man I am now," Walden said. "I didn't have no choice, really, but to adapt. It allowed me to mature earlier than I was supposed to."
Wrestling with the delicate concepts of life and death, as a kid, Walden forged ahead. And cut four times in his first three NFL seasons, as an adult, he sees the net result. He won't go down without a fight. Truth is, Walden is still fighting for his NFL life. This one-year, $600,000 contract with the Packers will dry up. He knows this.
Pressure, naturally, is mounting. Walden has one sack through five games. Teammate Frank Zombo is back from a broken scapula.
But Walden doesn't ask why, he doesn't look in his rearview mirror at the outside linebackers gunning for his starting job. Instead, he takes a look at the tattoo on his left arm. The initials of his late father (Gerald), cousin (Wesley) and grandmother (Elizabeth) are inked on a cross.
More than any amount of hours in the gym or the weight room, overcoming their deaths is how he got here.
"I really do believe that probably played the biggest role in what he has become," said his mother, Shirley Taylor. "I really do believe that. It's made him tough. I believe that enabled him to go through a lot of what he's been going through. All these ups and downs."
The day his dad died, Walden rushed to his mother's bedroom, crawled into bed and cried. And that was it. His demeanor at the funeral was different, strange.
This was shock, composure or some blend of the two. Mom had no clue what Erik was thinking. For whatever reason, her son refused to sit down. Family and friends all took their seat. The ceremony commenced. And Walden remained at the head of his dad's casket.
Motionless - without a tear in his eye - he stared off toward the crowd.
"I said, 'Erik, do you want to sit down?' " his mother recalled. "He said, 'no.' The wake lasts for an hour and a half. He just stood there saying nothing."
Walden wasn't sure how to feel, what to think. He was too young to be depressed, yet still old enough to understand the magnitude of this. And two years later, he lost his older cousin, Wesley. As Walden remembers, one brother urinated on the other's couch.
They argued. A physical fight ensued. And Wesley's brother stabbed him in the back. This hurt just as much as losing his dad. Erik looked up to Wesley.
"He was one of my only cousins I had a really good relationship with," Walden said. "That hit home."
Shirley took her son to church more, telling Erik that everybody dies. Wesley just left them early. Religion helped.
In school, Walden's grades dipped a bit but nothing extreme. No outbursts, no unleashed rage of any sort, no more crying spells. Walden told himself there were kids all over the world his age far worse off. Starving kids, dying kids. He needed to be strong for his mother.
"It was a down stage for a minute," said Walden's brother Garrick Wells, who's 13 years older. "He never talked about quitting anything. He never got into a state of depression. It wasn't anything like that. It was just like, 'This isn't real.' "
So he turned to sports. As Walden grew older, Garrick told him that any moment he took off was a lost opportunity. "Somebody else is always working," he'd say. So Walden played every sport possible.
"He never had a night of rest," Wells said. "Never. That helped out a lot."
And in time, he accepted tragedy. As a high school senior in 2002, Walden had 19 sacks in leading Dublin High to the state title game. He went onto Middle Tennessee State and set the school record for sacks (22½). A small-town kid suddenly had a chance. In 2008, Walden became the first Middle Tennessee player drafted in five years.
And the nomadic life of a special teams player began. Walden was cut by the Dallas Cowboys (Aug. 30, 2008), the Kansas City Chiefs (Nov. 18, 2008) and the Miami Dolphins twice (Sept. 4 and Sept. 28 of last season).
After the fourth cut, Walden didn't bother. The Dolphins let him go and he didn't even call his mom with the news.
"I called him a couple days later and asked, 'By the way, are you a Miami Dolphin?' " she said. "He said, 'Oh, yeah, Mama, I got some bad news. Miami let me go.' I said. 'Huh!? Are you for real?' "
Mom tempered her reaction. She could tell by his voice that Erik - unflappable Erik - was hurting. So she stopped herself and said everything would be OK. The first three years of Walden's NFL career were hell. He considered leaving football altogether.
"You start questioning yourself - is this football stuff really for me?" Walden said. "Should I find something else to do?"
He was that 10-year-old at the casket again. No emotion. Only that sensation of self-reliance returning.
A month later, the Packers picked him up. You know the rest.
In the season finale, Walden's three sacks of Chicago's Jay Cutler propelled Green Bay to the playoffs. To him, the game felt like slow motion. Everything was quiet, calm. "Nothing can stop you when you're feeling like that," Walden said.
A year later, he's starting. Walden remains raw, unpolished in areas. He admits his play has been "up and down." Still, coaches repeat that his technique has improved drastically. With 18 tackles, he's been solid against the run. Above all, Walden plays with violence.
Multiple times during training camp, his play caused outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene to burst out of a cannon onto the field.
"His physicality, I think, is second to none," Greene said. "When he wants to play physical, it's hard to block him. He's constantly working on his technique and fundamentals. I think Erik Walden can play in this NFL as long as he wants to play."
Emotionally, Walden moved on from the deaths of his father, cousin and grandmother. The other cousin who stabbed Wesley did time in jail. Walden doesn't harbor resentment, saying, "He can do him and I'll do me." He's focused on remaining a starter on a Super Bowl champion, on proving himself.
If Dad was around, he'd be proud, Wells said. But pausing for a moment, he wonders if Walden would still be in NFL.
Certain events make people who they are.
"Would he have been pushed too hard he wouldn't make it?" Wells said. "Would you be pushed less? You really don't have an answer for that."


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Joseph Bruchac describes how his cultural heritage inspires and shapes his writing and storytelling. View Video
Octavia E. Butler describes how social, cultural, and political issues inspired her novel, Parable of the Sower. View Video
Christopher Paul Curtis discusses his writing process with middle grade students in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and answers questions about his novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963. View Video
Edwidge Danticat discusses the immigration experience and reflects upon why she writes about Haiti and Haitian Americans. View Video
Alma Flor Ada discusses her novel My Name Is María Isabel with students in Oakland, California, and offers insights into how they can use writing to inspire change. View Video
Keith Gilyard reads his poem, "The Hatmaker," and discusses his writing process with students in Sante Fe, New Mexico. View Video
Nikki Grimes shares her passion for poetry and discusses her process of writing with middle school students in Vista, California. View Video
Lawson Fusao Inada meets with high school students at the Nikkei Legacy Center in Portland, Oregon, where he reads one of his poems and discusses living in a Japanese internment camp as a boy. View Video
Francisco Jiménez recounts growing up as a migrant worker in California and describes the ways in which his experiences have influenced his writing. View Video
Russell Leong talks with high school students in Los Angeles, California, about his experiences growing up in San Francisco's Chinatown, his love of poetry, and his writing process. View Video
Graciela Limón shares her Mexican American background with students in San Bernardino, California, and discusses her novel, Erased Faces. View Video
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Pat Mora reads her poem "Ode to Courage," and discusses her work with students in Sante Fe, New Mexico. View Video
Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses who inspired her to share her stories and then students in Vista, California respond personally to stories from Cofer's collection. View Video
Abiodun Oyewole explains why poetry is important today. He reads one of his poems and then listens as the students in Cathie Wright-Lewis's class read their poems to the class. View Video
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Esmeralda Santiago discusses writing about culture, identity, and language, and reflects upon her life growing up as a Latina in Brooklyn, New York. View Video
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 92 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Hip Hop Mingle (HHM) is a top online community where you can connect, and stay in touch with millions of single men and women. Whether you are looking for networking, mingling, dating, for that perfect vibe, HHM is the free online dating site for your connections.
Founded in 2008, This is a community connected to the Hip Hop scene, drive, and dedication to Hip Hop music, channeled through Hip Hop forums, releases, news, culture, and more. The active social network at HHM helps you establish and maintain new and existing relationships at the click of a button.
Young Adults, Teenagers, Hop Hop Music fans, music fans in general. People who love gossip and networking.
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This logo will need has the following requirements;
1. Must contain the text "HipHopMingle.com" - as this is also the url for the website please keep in mind that the text will have no spaces between the letters.
2. The colors used for the logo should be similar if not exactly alike following HEX color - Red: #F20000 - White: #F5F5F5
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How to Create Exercise Time
Exercise can be done as you work or tend to your daily chores. Following
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Keep a daily log of your different exercise activities and times. Ask a
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For years, attending NewSpring Church Spartanburg meant going to the Marriot, finding a spot in a nearby parking garage, and sitting in a crowded banquet hall.
For years, attending NewSpring Church Spartanburg meant going to the Marriot, finding a spot in a nearby parking garage, and sitting in a crowded banquet hall.
For volunteers, it meant arriving as early as 4 a.m. on Sunday mornings and setting up chairs and a nursery area in preparation for the service.
Those days are gone.
The nearly 3,000 who attend Newspring Church's campus in Spartanburg each Sunday now have a new place to worship. They no longer have to share their facility with someone else.
"We are so excited," campus pastor David Hall said. "We are excited for the opportunity to use this building as a tool to reach people for Christ and teach them to follow Jesus. That's why we exist."
NewSpring Church is South Carolina's biggest, with campuses in Anderson, Florence, Greenwood, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Charleston and Spartanburg. In total, the church received more than 27,000 attendees on average each Sunday last year and brought in an income of more than $50 million.
Services at Newspring Church are a little different. Those in attendance wear whatever they wish — blue jeans and T-shirts are the norm.
The church's senior pastor, Perry Noble, preaches each sermon at the Anderson campus. His sermons are streamed on a large projection screen at each of the other locations. Members of the church are called owners because members have rights, but owners have responsibilities.
The Spartanburg campus officially opened on Easter Sunday 2011. It grew rapidly, and space at the Marriot became a problem.
In September, Noble made an announcement to the Spartanburg congregation: We have a plan to create more space, he said.
"We have purchased a facility in Spartanburg."
Cheers and applause erupted from the congregation.
Noble said the plan was to transform a vacant building beside Sam's Club into a new place of worship. The building was formerly a Best Buy and more recently a fitness center.
The renovation, a $10.5 million project led by Trehel Corporation and Construction, is now complete.
Sunday, the church held an open house, and staff members and volunteers led tours around the 65,000-square-foot building. The original building was 45,000 square feet, but the church added space to make more room for KidSpring, the children's ministry. Here, bright colors line the walls and rooms contain toys and nursery equipment; one room is a game room with an arcade basketball game, foosball tables and more. The church averages about 400 children each service.
Computers line walls near the main doors where parents dropping off children can sign them in.
"We ensure safety," Hall said. "We know where every kid is at all times through this system. We take safety extremely seriously."
The new auditorium is in the center of the space. When 4-year-old Kinsley Pearson walked into the large room for the first time during a tour, she was surprised to hear how many chairs occupy the space. There are 1,400 lined in three sections of rows facing a large stage.
"That's a lot of chairs," she said.
"It is a lot of chairs," replied John Shelton, who was leading the tour.
Near the auditorium is an area called the "green room" for people who are attending NewSpring for the first time. Here, they can grab a cup of coffee and some snacks, talk to volunteers and ask any questions they might have.
"They can make connections with new people," Hall said.
Mark Johns said he has been attending New-Spring Church for about a year. He likes the style of Perry's sermons. They are down-to-earth and not as complicated, he said. He can't wait to begin services in the new building.
"This new building is huge," he said, as he walked around the space for the first time.
NewSpring Church Spartanburg will hold its first services in the new building Sunday. Hall said he expects as many as 5,000 to be in attendance.


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Former Roosevelt Standout Joe Krabbenhoft to Join South Dakota State Basketball Staff
Former Roosevelt High School standout and Wisconsin Badger Joe Krabbenhoft will join Soctt Nagy's staff at South Dakota State.
Krabbenhoft will replace Austin Hansen, who left the Jacks last month to take an assistant coaching position at Northern Colorado.
In a SDSU press release, Coach Nagy said:
We are constantly looking for good fits for our program and Joe is a great fit.
I think it's a good move for him and I know it's a good move for us.
Our recruiting base is in the Upper Midwest and he is very well known in that area.
If you've ever seen Joe play, you know he is hard working and we know he's eager to get started.
Krabbenhoft, most recently, was video coordinator on Bo Ryan's staff at Wisconsin.


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The DEFTABLE macro unifies the interface to Common Lisp's table-like data structures (e.g., association lists, property lists, and hash tables, vectors), providing a concise, lightweight syntax. Later, when it's time to tune the performance of your program, you can specify how each table type will be implemented. For the purpose of this program, a table is anything you can put key/value pairs into and subsequently retrieve the value using the key.
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text: Challenge Education design Movie Guides with lesson plans based on sequences of popular movies aimed at optimising learning results and supplement any EFL course. Each Movie Guide has lesson plans created to be used independently of the whole film and designed for one of the following levels: Beginner, Elementary, Pre Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate. All lesson plans include step-by step Teachers' Notes, Answer Key and Students' Handout ready to use. Their web page has a catalogue with all the Movie Guides available:


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Bernie Fuchs and the Famous Artists Course
Recently TI list member Matt Dicke very kindly sent me a PDF of Bernie Fuch's chapter from that revamped Famous Artists Course. I thought it might make a good topic for this week's posts. How better to learn about how Bernie Fuchs made pictures that to have him describe the process in his own words?
Those interested in reading the text should click on each image to see a larger version of the scan.
The Famous Artists School continues to this day! Please visit the school's website for details.
The school also hosts a page devoted to guiding faculty member, Bernie Fuchs on their site, which includes a biography of the artist and a gallery of his work.
Many thanks again to Matt Dicke for providing this week's scans.
* My Bernie Fuchs Flickr set.
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Leif, I so enjoy your blog and the emails with the images.... I am one of those early students of the Famous Artists Course! My parents enrolled me after I drew "Skippy" from an ad and their local representative (they had them back then!) in West Lafayette, Indiana, called to say I qualified for the course and qualified for paying the money to take it. Haha! The rep was the uncle of my first crush in junior high school. I LOVED the course and the big hardcover binders that the lessons came in and having to mail in my assignments. I was 11 or 12! (1968-69) It was a three year course. I completed two and then discovered pot. Oh boy. The 70's were like that.ReplyDelete
You can go over to http://issuu.com and read 7 of the FAC coursebooks online for free.ReplyDelete
The boy in the window of that house is Bernie's young son, Derek. I believe he has that painting to this very day.ReplyDelete
>great job,looking good your Drawing / concept art.ReplyDelete
>beautiful work...
>see my blog.