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Brownies for Dolce & Gabbana
October 30th, 2010 | Category: Brownies, Chocolate
I have to admit, I was a bit lost when Dolce & Gabbana requested me to create a recipe for their digital magazine, Swide. As soon as I read that email, I wished I were Pierre Hermé. He'd know exactly what to do. Who am I to create anything for D&G? Right after I picked my self-confidence up off the floor, I visited their website for inspiration and came ...
Hazelnut Brownies
October 29th, 2008 | Category: Brownies, Chocolate
Here's the second recipe I developed for BRAVACASA: Hazelnut Brownies. These brownies fall into the "fudgy" category, with a moist and intensely chocolaty interior. It is almost as if you're biting into a bar of dark chocolate with hazelnuts. Doesn't it sound good? And wait (if you can) until the next day and taste them right after a good night's sleep in the refrigerator. It is almost as ...
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July 20th, 2007 | Category: Brownies, Chocolate
Some like it fudgy, some like it cakey. Some add walnuts, some don't. Some prefer thin slices, some like it thick. No matter which, I believe every baker has a favorite brownie recipe of his own. For instance, according to Dorie, Julia Child prefers them dark, fudgy and soft, whereas Katharine Hepburn likes them thin and chocolaty, prepared without much flour. I like mine somewhere in between. Moist but ...
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DescriptionThe heart of GRID is the career-mode called GRID World. Divided into the three regions USA, Europe and Japan, the player has to earn money and prestige points to move up into a higher license category which then gives him access to more and harder racing events. These events are divided into categories like normal races, Drift-events, Destruction Derbies and even the famous 24 hours race in Le Mans.
But of course not every car is suitable for every event so there are several different series to chose from. So while the player drives a tuned car for the Drift- or Racing-events in Japan, muscle cars await him in for the Destruction Derbies in the USA or Formel 3000 racers in Europe. Each car also handles very differently. Of course the player needs to buy the suitable car first before he can enter a tournament. There he can decide if he wants to buy a brand new car or go over to eBay Motors and look for a solid used car which of course cost less but has already seen some crashes and might not provide the best possible performance.
To earn the money to buy a car for a event, the player can complete so-called Driver Offers. These are offers by other racing teams to take part in an event and see it through. But there are also bonus objectives like "Finish before Team Top Secret" which grant the player additional cash if he successfully completes them.
Besides money the player also earns prestige points. These are required to unlock the next higher license category in the corresponding country. Of course tournaments give way more points than completing Driver Offers but the player can also get a few more points by adjusting the realism settings before the race. The higher the realism is, the higher the point gain will be after successful finishing the event. These settings include things like a difficulty level, traction assistant or how many flashbacks the player has available during a race. These flashbacks are similar to the Sands of Time in the Prince of Persia-Series. If the player for example drifts out into the gravel pit, he can activate the instant replay, rewind time a little bit and then immediately reenter the race at that point and try to avoid the crash.
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- "Race Driver: GRID" -- European title
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- 3D Engine: Neon
- Automobile: Aston Martin DB9
- Automobile: Audi R10 TDI
- Automobile: BMW 3 Series
- Automobile: Chevrolet Camaro
- Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
- Automobile: Dodge Challenger
- Automobile: Dodge Charger
- Automobile: Dodge Viper
- Automobile: Ford Mustang
- Automobile: Honda NSX
- Automobile: Koenigsegg CCX
- Automobile: Lamborghini Murciélago
- Automobile: Mazda 787B
- Automobile: Mazda RX-7
- Automobile: Nissan R390 GT1
- Automobile: Pagani Zonda
- Automobile: Panoz Esperante
- Automobile: Plymouth Barracuda
- Automobile: Porsche 911
- Automobile: Saleen S7
- Automobile: Spyker C8
- Automobile: Subaru Impreza
- Automobile: Toyota Supra
- Game Engine: PhyreEngine
- Gameplay feature: Demolition Derby
- GRID series
- Physics Engine: PhysX
- Technology: amBX
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Critic Reviews
|FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network
|Xbox 360
|Jun 25, 2008
|93 out of 100
|Avid Gamer
|Jun 17, 2008
|9 out of 10
|Gamer Lobby
|Jun 09, 2008
|89 out of 100
|Game Captain
|Jun 02, 2008
|89 out of 100
|PlayStation 3
|Jun 05, 2008
|88 out of 100
|PlayStation 3
|May 30, 2008
|86 out of 100
|PlayStation 3
|Jun 09, 2008
|8 out of 10
|Brutal Gamer
|Xbox 360
|Jul 28, 2008
|8 out of 10
|Xbox 360
|Jun 20, 2008
|PlayStation 3
|Jun 20, 2008
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1001 Video GamesRace Driver: Grid appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
MultiplayerIn June 2011, the multiplayer servers of the PC and PlayStation 3 version were shut down.
- GAME British Academy Video Games Awards
- 2009 - Sports Award
- GamePro (Germany)
- February 26, 2009 - Best Console Racing/Sports Game in 2008
- GameStar (Germany)
- February 26, 2009 - Best PC Racing/Sports Game in 2008
Related Web Sites
- IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)
- X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Race Driver: GRID.)
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|System: X360, Wii, PC
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Telltale Games
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Jan. 15, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Matt Cabral
If you've managed to put down your gamepads long enough to pick up your TV remotes any time in the last several years, then you've probably channel surfed into CBS' procedural crime drama juggernaut CSI.
With three separate versions--the original Vegas-set entry, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY--populating the prime time and syndication landscape, you'd be hard-pressed not to stumble across the crime scene investigating crew picking and poking at a fresh corpse. Now, with CSI: Hard Evidence landing on the Wii, players can get in on the morbid, murder victim-prodding fun. Like PC adventure games of old, Hard Evidence is a pick-up-and-play, point-and-click affair. But instead of mouse-clicking your way through the crime scenes, you'll wave your Wii-mote and press its buttons to solve its cases; you can even give the Nunchuk attachment the day off for this super-accessible control scheme.
Despite its no-brainer controls, Hard Evidence does offer a fair amount of challenge in the form of hard-to-crack cases; in five separate episodes, couch-sitting CSIs will be required to uncover the clues behind a variety of grisly murders. As a new recruit with LVPD's CSI unit, you'll quickly meet Gil Grissom--complete with actor William Petersen's likeness and voice--before partnering with Nick Stokes for your first case. Faithfully sticking to CSI's Vegas-underbelly presentation, the crime scenes are gritty, blood-stained areas; this ain't the MGM Grand Resort and Casino--we're talking trashy bars and low-lit back alleys that you wouldn't want to visit on your day off. That's not to say you won't get a feel for the Vegas spectacle: some quick video cuts, playing between cases, immerse you in the glitz with overhead pans of the Vegas strip. Most of your time, however, will be spent looking for the who, what, when, and where at the seedy scene of the crime. The very first case, for example, finds you in a back alley peering into a taxi cab whose driver has been barbecued by a flash-fire. By moving the Wii-mote around, you'll uncover specific spots that deserve a closer look; place the cursor over something interesting, like say a partially hidden gas can, and the cursor turns green, indicating you should dig a bit deeper. We won't spoil the fun for you, but doing so might uncover fingerprints, traces of a foreign liquid or, perhaps, a blood smudge. As you progress through the cases, more and more of these layered clues will test your wits and, sometimes, your stomach. Footprints, tire tracks and, ick, even discarded condoms will demand your crime-solving skills
Inspecting the various clue-carrying items involves utilizing the full spectrum of CSI tools; collection tools--swabs, gloves, tweezers etc.--will do the dirtier work, while detection devices--an ultraviolet light, magnetic powder and a data drive--will aid in the less nitty gritty, but equally important, analyzing and examining. Again, all this is done with super-simple controls; click while the cursor is represented by a small aerosol can, and it'll spray its fingerprint-revealing chemical. Similarly, if you're picking something up with the latex gloves, the cursor will turn into a hand while making a quick grabbing motion. Much of the clue collecting and examining can be done at the crime scene, but you'll also need to visit various other locations to blow the case wide open; visit the morgue to get a closer look at a white supremacist's nasty tattoos, head to the garage to fingerprint an impounded vehicle, or hunker down for a long night in the lab to use the tech toys--microscopes, databases, DNA analyzers etc. A PDA, which also tracks case data, will transport you to the various locations. Gather enough case-cracking info, and you can even head to Brass' office to obtain the necessary warrants and such.


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ericfritzen needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 101 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
LatestUpdate Marketing
Hi. My name is Eric and I'm starting a business where I'm going to do online marketing for real estate agents in my local area.
Many real estate agents are older and afraid of technology, so I'm trying to brand my business as just the opposite.
I'm a recent college grad and working with online marketing is something I've wanted to do for a while.
This is my first experience with having graphic design work done.
I will be very active in giving feedback.
If everything goes well I plan on getting some more work done soon using my new logo.
Real estate agents who are older and not tech savvy.
I'm looking to impress agents that are used to boring real estate websites that are way too common today.
Please visit my website first:
http://LatestUpdateMarketing.com (or view the Pandora theme on ThemeForest.net)
Company Name: LatestUpdate Marketing (no space in between latest & update).
Tag line: When was your latest update?
I'm looking for something creative to replace my current logo.
The logo that you will be working on needs to look perfect with this particular website and go well with the transparent header it will be placed on top of.
I'm also looking for a logo that I can later use on my business cards, a twitter background, etc., but the website is my primary concern.
I want my logo to communicate convenience, tech-savvy, and style.
I've seen 3D looking logos and like them a lot (if that's not being unreasonable for a $200 budget).
I would like the logo to focus more on "LatestUpdate" compared to "Marketing". I imagine "Marketing" being smaller or placed underneath.
My company name was inspired from updating Facebook & Twitter.
I know that many designers hate speech bubbles, but I think that would be a perfect graphic to place next to my logo.
I imagine the logo being more horizontal because of the space requirements on my website.
Please use any colors you like, but I like silver gradients.
I also need an all black version for print.
Please be creative and have fun. Do what you think will work and I'll try to keep an open mind.
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Koritni – Game of Fools (Release Year – 2009)
Aussie rockers Koritni are back with their follow up disc to 2007's excellent debut, "Lady Luck".
On "Game of Fools" Koritni you will find some pretty rocking tunes powered by the excellent vocals of Lex Koritni.
The CD kicks off with the hard rocking, up tempo number "155". I heard a clip of this song and bought the disc immediately. This song sets the stage for a bunch of cool rockers on "Game of Fools".
The songs "Roll the Dice" and "By My Side" reminds me a lot of Buckcherry. I bet Josh Todd wishes he wrote these tunes. Both songs are better than a lot of the stuff on Black Butterfly.
"V8 Fantasy" is a song that seems to be tailor made for NASCAR. Ok, not really, but if the NASCAR execs hear this tune, they will probably want to use it. Some of the lyrics are:
"Drop the clutch and ride with me
A small block V8 fantasy
A torque ain't cheap
With a 5 point 2 litre engine running hot
I tailgate slap it back to fourth
Hit the straight with a sling shot
The speed of lights just a gear away
Burning octane in my veins
A sideways slide always in control
People say that I'm insane
400 horses in my engine bay
Well I've got it made… yeah"
If this kick ass tune doesn't pump you up, nothing else will. This is one of my favorite songs of 2009.
"You Vs. Me" breaks up the pace of this album but taking it down a couple of notches. It is the first mid-tempo tune on "Game of Fools". This song could easily be a massive hit for Koritni. What an awesome tune!!
"Nobody's Home" is a quick upbeat rocker that will have you breaking out the air guitar.
By all rights, "The Devil's Daughter" ought to be a radio hit everywhere. Lex Koritni's voice shines on this excellent album closer.
"Game of Fools" is no sophomore slump for Koritni. This is a solid hard rock album all the way through, and a worthy disc to add to your collection! I have been playing this CD for over three weeks now, and it seems to get better with every listen.
You can purchase "Game of Fools" as a download at this link, or through CD Inzane. For more information on Koritni, check them out online at this link or on myspace here.
Track Listing:
01. 155
02. Stab In The Back
03. Roll The Dice
04. V8 Fantasy
05. You Vs Me
06. By My Side
07. Deranged
08. Nobody's Home
09. Game of Fools
10. Keep Me Breathing
11. Tornado Dreaming
12. Tornado Dreaming II
13. The Devil's Daughter
Koritni is:
Lex Koritni – Vocals
Eddy Santacreu – Guitars
Luke Cuerden – Guitars
Chris Brown – Drums
Matt Hunter – Bass
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Today marks the start of my 2nd week as Technology Trainer. Although I still have no furniture (beyond the desk) and it took 3 days to get a working computer, last week was just out-of-the-park productive. I facilitated 6 hours of Excel training (this week is Access, which may well cause my brain to melt!) and set (and made progress on) a few priorities.
I now chair the Technology Training subcommittee, and I hope those poor souls won't revolt when they see the agenda in their inbox this morning! In the past, this group has been advisory to the Coordinator of Staff Training, and responsible primarily for putting on our 23 Things program. That's a lot of work, in a compressed time. But since Tech Training is now a full time gig for someone (me! me!) obviously there's going to be more going on. Part of that is deciding the role of the committee.
Essentially, last week I set my priorities for the next 3 months. These include:
- Outreach. Creating (and then maintaining) a blog to gather training opportunities, in-house and from outside, and raise awareness of the training resources we already provide. Weekly news blasts. Office hours-on-the-go (your office, not mine)
- Clarifying (and then updating) our in-house experts list
- Planning & implementing staff management and training for 4 major software updates this summer
- Creating an eBooks task force to bring public services and technical services into closer communication and improving the finadability of ebooks on our campus
- Developing Technology Proficiency baselines
- Determining essential trainings, currently only password management (with all the changes this summer, I'm afraid to push much more)
- Start more conversations among staff and librarians around technology via social media brownbags and a tech toy petting zoo
- Investigate options for incentivizing training
- Work with IT to compile a list of approved and forbidden software license click-throughs (this is a huge problem here. We aren't supposed to ever click OK on a download, because that constitutes signing a license for the state. But someone somewhere must know whether or not it's OK to click through on Dropbox, iTunes, Evernote, Mendeley, Firefox & Chrome extensions….)
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Can you guess these NFL stars by their childhood photos?
After being forced to rock this bowl cut as a kid, it is no wonder why he rocks some of the longest flowing locks in the league. And one of these brothers ended his family's Super Bowl drought by helping lead the Packers to the championship this year.
Casey and Clay Matthews
Of course, it's the Matthews brothers, Clay and Casey. Clay was a member of the Packers' Super Bowl championship team this year, while Casey was selected by the Eagles in the 2011 NFL Draft.
Odds are that many of the parents of children playing in this Pop Warner league were likely upset that this future NFL star was throwing way too many tough blocks. But this future star went on to be a champion both on and off the football field.
Hines Ward
Some of you might know this as "Dancing with the Stars" Hines Ward, but he's a pretty good football player, too.
This young NFL star had no problem racking up the trophies as a kid. But in two years in the league, he has come up just short in his quest of reaching the NFL's top game, though his team figures to be one of the favorites this year.
Mark Sanchez
Hey look, it's Jets QB Mark Sanchez, who has the Jets primed to make another run at the Super Bowl.
This playmaking receiver showed that he had a sense of style even as a kid. Of course, the most fashionable jacket he ever put on was his gold Hall of Fame jacket that he received in 2007 after an outstanding career that saw him win three Super Bowl titles.
Michael Irvin
Michael Irvin was a famed member of "The Triplets" in Dallas and is currently an analyst on NFL Network.
Having to play for the Little League Dodgers must have been good practice for this future quarterback to lead one of the NFL's hard-luck franchises. And this might be a tough one to figure out because he looks older as a kid than he does as an adult. Seriously, who is this guy, football's version of "Benjamin Button"?
Matthew Stafford
This is Matthew Stafford, the 2009 No. 1 overall draft pick by the Detroit Lions.
Uh, you better enjoy that hair while you can, guys.
Matt and Tim Hasselbeck
Matt (left) might have had the better NFL career, but Tim Hasselbeck has done a pretty good job broadcasting.
This was probably the only time that offensive linemen could contain this future pass-rushing specialist. But even then, that might not have been the case.
DeMarcus Ware
That is the Cowboys' DeMarcus Ware, but we don't blame you if you couldn't recognize him without a quarterback in his hands.
At first glance, I thought it was odd that we included a baby photo of Oscar Gamble on this list. But rest assured, this is a photo of one of the Vikings' exciting offensive playmakers.
Sidney Rice
Yep, that's Sidney Rice, who is still rocking a cool hairstyle.
This one might be easier to figure out if you replaced the shoulder pads with a kiln.
Chris Cooley
Yep, that is potter and Redskins TE Chris Cooley.
While suiting up for the Longhorns here, this future NFLer attended college at one of Texas' Big XII rivals. And in three years, his teams never beat Texas. This quarterback would go on to be a first-round draft pick this year.
Blaine Gabbert
Jaguars rookie Blaine Gabbert is being counted on to be the team's quarterback of the future.
As far as embarrassing tuxedo photos go (and we all have them), this one is pretty mild. Still, let's take a moment of silence for the pair of "Hammer pants" that died to make those bow-ties and cummerbunds possible. And the true shame of this photo is that this was taken mere seconds before the General Lee roared past. The good news is that this 2011 rookie should be able to afford a nicer car with his rookie signing bonus.
A.J. Green
Hey look, it's Bengals rookie WR A.J. Green. His sense of style should help him keep up with potential teammate Chad Ochocinco.
One of these three kids would go on to be a huge, huge disappointment to their NFL-playing father ...
Cooper, Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning
... the other two are Cooper and Peyton Manning.
The older brother was probably sent to his room on occasion, because -- if you have siblings -- you know how that goes. But that same brother probably figured he would never have to deal with that again when he made it to the NFL. But he was wrong.
Vernon and Vontae Davis
Yes, that's Vontae (not Dwight Gooden) Davis (right) and his older brother Vernon who was, of course, sent to the locker room by then-49ers coach Mike Singletary.
This future star of the Dallas Cowboys already had a pretty good grasp of the basics of the three-point stance as a youngster. And it's no surprise he loves to run around without a helmet.
Jason Witten
This run by Jason Witten helped inspire a rule change.
The truly tragic part of this photo is that this future NFL star had better defined arms as a child than I do as an adult. Luckily for Raiders fans, too, this little slugger decided to put away the baseball glove and focus on an NFL career.
Darren McFadden
Hey look, it's Raiders RB Darren McFadden. And don't worry, those pipes are still toned.
Already this future NFL star was waffling on whether he wanted to sit and pose for this photo or not. Still, he just looks like he's having fun out there.
Brett Favre
Yep, that was Brett Favre as a child. Hard to tell without the well-worn trucker hat.


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Slater Designs Banana surfboard 6ft 2 Futures - White
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The first official unveiling of Kelly's 'Slater Designs' quiver took place at Florida's Surf Expo in Orlando. Back where it all began over thirty years ago, Kelly gave the media their first proper look at what he's been working on with legendary shapers and innovators Greg Webber and Daniel 'Tomo' Thomson.
The Banana is the board Kelly rode during the Pipe Masters giving the world their first look at Slater Designs. The 11 times world champion rides the Banana at 5ft10 x 18.375 x 2.25 with 25.8L of volume. Without question the most progressive board in the SD line-up, the Banana is Kelly's first choice for steep and hollow conditions. Kelly told Surfer Magazine; "this board is inspired by Shane Herring's surfing, and the designs he and Greg Webber were doing in the early '90s. Those guys were doing some of the best carving and pocket turns ever done and it never really saw its potential. This is a modern version of a 25-year-old shortboard that somehow got lost in time. I feel like I did some of my best surfing ever on a version of it that had more foam than I thought I could handle. Its constant curve rocker is super smooth and effortless in transitions and can handle more critical places on the wave".
Kelly has surfed the Banana in some serious Tahitian and Fijian waves and hollow beach-breaks, but has been genuinely surprised by the way it performed in less than perfect beach breaks, however we mustn't get carried away here, the Banana is designed to work in waves with a pocket, steep and hollow waves is where it really comes alive.
The Slater Designs Banana will be delivered in Firewire's tried and tested, and most durable FST (Future Shapes Technology). FST replaces the traditional wooden stringer with Parabolic Balsa Rails to control flex while the huge hike in durability comes from the high-density aerospace composite vacuumed to both the deck and hull providing impact strength, and resulting in a surfboard much stronger than a regular PU board.
We're totally stoked to be a main stockist of Slater Designs Surfboards. We'll happily consider taking your old or unwanted board as a trade-in against a new Slater Designs board, If you have any questions about this or anything else surfing related we'd be delighted to hear from you. Just drop us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or call us on 0044 (0) 1243 674250.
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text: I pride myself in being a solid and unbiased fantasy manager but this will be the first year since 2005 it might pay to be a "homer". Wilson, Lynch, Harvin, possibly Rice. I play in an IDP league that does not include team defenses so the last couple years some Seattle defensive players have been good(Wagner last season was huge). It is going to be really hard to not draft a lot of Hawks. lol.


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Minorities are typically ignored unless they find a way to be heard, and individuals working alone are simply not heard. An Atheist Party will never be a majority, but the point is that people should know that we exist. Look at the Tea Party -- they are certainly a minority, but they got the Republican party to pay attention to them and have achieved some of their goals.
Just a place in the public consciousness would be better than the way it is now.
the link on that page will take you to the facebook nap main page. take a moment to read the charter/platform/faq's to understand the logic behind naming it national atheist party.
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A U.S. political party formed by atheists, resolved to advance the political ideals of atheists.
The National Atheist Party is a diverse, all inclusive, progressive, secular political movement and a response to the lack of representation for all free thinking people who are legal, law abiding citizens of the United States. We demand emancipation from the religious dogma that has infiltrated our government and has unfairly influenced political decisions and policy making. We are for the PEOPLE..., by the PEOPLE, and therefore incorporate the right to use the power OF the PEOPLE to restore equality to our Democracy using reasonable, rational and non-violent means. "POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
The National Atheist Party is open to people of all races, sexes and sexual orientations, and cultures. We are committed to a government free of superstition and bias and are guided by principles of equal opportunity, recognition of merit, and economic responsibility. The National Atheist Party does not seek to inhibit the religious practices or beliefs of any group, but is committed to the idea that religious preference is a private matter and has no place in the government or workplace. We support the separation of church and state, and seek to ensure its strictest interpretation. See More
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Murphy's Law can hit even the best IT shops, despite all your efforts to avoid it. You may have carefully instructed your crew on how to properly execute a task and gone back to verify your directions were being followed, but it pays to revisit the process on occasion and confirm that the system is still working. One experience early in my career hammered home this lesson and made me grateful for today's much more streamlined backup process.
The company I worked for almost 20 years ago manufactured and distributed consumer goods, and it relied on a tape backup to protect against catastrophic server failures for its 15 remote locations. If a failure happened, we'd be able to restore to the previous night's image and only need to replicate the work done so far that day.
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This was not an ideal setup. But it was the best we could offer due to the slowness of the tape process and the limited staff we had. Requests to management to hire additional IT employees or improve the backup process had fallen on deaf ears.
It takes a lot of steps
The process worked well overall. Our backups were done at night when they wouldn't interfere with other office duties. Each location had a two-week set of 10 tapes, labeled for each workday (such as Week 1: Monday). Each location also had an employee assigned to take out the previous day's ejected tape, place it in its rotation slot, and insert the tape for that day's backup.
That person was also responsible for sending the backup tape from the last working day of the month to us in HQ. They would then add a blank tape in the rotation to replace the sent tape. We received tapes from all locations every month, so we'd have offsite storage of data for 7 years in case of audits and could reproduce data on our spare servers more rapidly than on the servers at a remote location if the need arose.
For the daily backups, we set it up so that at 4 p.m. our remote servers would run a tape inventory and notify us if the drive was empty. This would give us time to contact someone at the location and get the correct tape inserted into the drive. (Half days before holidays were a real pain, but that's another story.)
The next step occurred at 10 p.m., when the tape drive would erase the tape in the drive, reformat it, and report this step's success or failure by email. At 11 p.m. the backup would start and take 2 to 4 hours to complete, depending on the location's database size. Once this was done, the software would eject the tape and report to us by email either its success or failure to complete the backup.
I would get up early and check the reports from home (no smartphones then). If there was a failure at a location, I would contact a yard foreman and walk them through either replacing the tape or reinserting it so that I could clear the error and still have most backups completed before office staff would arrive.
It was a decent plan given our circumstances, and years went by with few problems. Then I uncovered a major issue.
How long has this glitch been going on?
The end of the month was a busy time not only for our accounting office, but for me as well. Our AR/AP/GL/INV software required a lengthy process of compacting data and reallocating space for the month's closing. This whole process was administered and run from HQ after hours, so I would put the daily backups on hold until the closing was completed.


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SLFN2 controls hematopoietic progenitor colony formation and promotes the growth-suppressive effects of IFNs on primitive hematopoietic precursors. , to test whether the available siRNAs were efficient and selective for the knockdown of SLFN2 in murine cells, NIH3T3 cells were transfected with control siRNAs or siRNAs selectively targeting , and expression of or mRNAs was subsequently examined by real time RT-PCR. Two different pools of SLFN2 siRNA (siRNA1 and siRNA2) and control siRNA (Ctrl siRNA1 and Ctrl siRNA2) were used. The data are presented as percentages of expression in control siRNA transfected cells and represent the means ± S.E. of three experiments. , Sca1+ derived, murine hematopoietic progenitor cells were transfected with control siRNA or -siRNA, and hematopoietic colony progenitor was assessed in clonogenic assays in methylcellulose. Representative plates are shown. . Sca1+ stem cells were isolated from murine bone marrows and plated in methylcellulose in the presence or absence of IFNα ( and ). The cells were either not transfected or were transfected with the control nontargeting siRNAs or SLFN2-targeting siRNAs shown in . Colony formation (colony forming units) of primitive hematopoietic precursors was assessed at day 7 of culture. The data are expressed as percentages of control untransfected cells colony formation and represent means ± S.E. of five () or four () independent experiments. Paired test analysis demonstrated a value of 0.0004 for IFNα-treated Ctrl siRNA1 SLFN2 siRNA1 transfected cells () and a value of 0.007 for IFNα-treated Ctrl siRNA2 SLFN2 siRNA2 transfected cells ().
To further analyze the functional relevance of SLFN2 in cell growth regulation and its role in the generation of IFN responses in other cell types, we generated stable SLFN2 knockdown NIH3T3 cells via expression of shRNA-targeting SLFN2 using the pSIREN Zsgreen retroviral system. SLFN2 expression was selectively knocked down in NIH3T3 cells ( Fig. 6 , A and B ). Cells in which SLFN2 was knocked down exhibited enhanced proliferation compared with their control counterparts ( Fig. 6 C ). IFNα treatment resulted in dose-dependent growth suppression in both NIH3T3 pSIREN Zsgreen Ctrl siRNA and NIH3T3 pSIREN Zsgreen SLFN2-siRNA cells ( Fig. 6 C ). However, in NIH3T3 cells in which SLFN2 was knocked down, IFNα-induced antiproliferative responses were clearly decreased compared with cells expressing SLFN2 ( Fig. 6 C ), indicating that SLFN2 participates in the generation of the growth inhibitory effects of IFNα. On the other hand, SLFN2 knockdown had no effect on IFNα-dependent formation of STAT-containing DNA-binding complexes ( Fig. 6 , D and E ). Similarly, IFNα-dependent Isg15 gene transcription ( Fig. 6 F ) or generation of IFNα-induced antiviral responses ( Fig. 6 G ) were not affected by SLFN2 knockdown. Thus, targeting SLFN2 appears to be impairing IFNα-dependent cell cycle arrest but not IFN-inducible gene transcription or generation of antiviral responses.
The genesis of this literature review was a desire to construct a list of progressive conditions that most would agree are not CP, to assist nonphysician field staff reviewing and abstracting medical and education records in a community setting as part of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. This Network is a multisite, collaborative program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor the occurrence of developmental disabilities, including CP, in 8-year-old children across the United States. 8 In this exploratory effort, our goal was to identify a list of brain disorders of childhood that by nature of their underlying pathophysiology and prognosis would not meet the nonprogressive component of the definition for CP. In this report, we present the methods for creating our list of progressive brain disorders of childhood and the table of such conditions identified to date.
As our first goal, we developed criteria for progressive disorders to apply in our literature review (
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Public Health Surveillance Criteria for Progressive Brain Disorders of Childhood
The criteria took into account what is typical or described in the majority of children with disorders in question. The rationale for this principle was our belief that when neurologic deterioration is a rare feature, typical children with certain diagnoses who might have CP-like features for reasons unrelated to the disorder should not be excluded categorically. In practice, a limitation of applying this principle was the inadequate precision of literature quantifying the occurrence of CP-like features in rare genetic conditions. The issue of the effects of available therapies on natural history also is problematic, including the spectrum of interventions from diet and medications to enzyme replacement and stem-cell transplantation. Unfortunately, with our routine surveillance procedures, without a special study it is typically difficult to ascertain variables such as treatment regimens and timing of therapies that might be important in assessing the adequacy of treatment and its relationship to the clinical outcome of a particular child. 9 For our list of progressive disorders, we did not review the core disorders on the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel for newborns in the United States, 10 since the typical outcome for these conditions has changed because treatment is routinely instituted shortly after birth, thus preventing progressive features, eg, hypotonia and intellectual disability with congenital hypothyroidism. For other conditions with more potential variability in treatment in the general population, we did not consider the effects of such therapies on natural histories, eg, hematopoietic stemcell transplantation in Krabbe disease. The rapid progress expected in the diagnosis and treatment of progressive disorders, with concomitant changes in newborn screening panels as well as clinical practice, is another caveat for the need to continuously update surveillance practices.


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On Mondays during the NHL lockout, Sporting News will present radical—and, in most cases improbable—proposals designed to get the league back on track and ensure its long-term health. The seventh in that series: using existing teams to form the backbone of a "rebel league."
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One idea that has floated around in many a hockey fan's mind during the NHL lockout has been that, with so many players heading to Europe for alternative employment, it sure would be great if some of them could stick around North America and form a new league.
Derek Zona of Copper and Blue used the WHA as inspiration, while at Backhand Shelf, Ellen Etchingham went further into the wayback machine to point to the PCHA as an object lesson. The idea is that the game of hockey does not need the National Hockey League in order to thrive in North America.
The pitfalls of a "rebel league" are obvious, starting with the difficulty of finding places to play in the major markets necessary for success, continuing with finding enough well-heeled owners to afford the talent to make it a worthwhile endeavor, and going right on through to dealing with antitrust laws.
Any proposal with any kind of thought behind it acknowledges not only these challenges, but the overwhelming odds of failure. It's a bad investment, and the people with enough money and sense to make such an endeavor anything short of a joke know that, which is why it didn't happen in 2004, and won't happen now. The very existence of the NHL, even in a lockout, is too big of a hurdle to clear.
Instead of dreaming of a league that starts from scratch, even though it would be fun to see all the new hockey teams—Boston Blades! Montreal Olympiques! British Columbia Explorers!—why not move forward with a new league of existing teams?
There are 30 teams in the NHL, some successful, some not. Eight years ago, all of them went out of business for a full season, then came back confident that the league's problems were solved. Now, here we are again, with a very real possibility of another lost season, and no guarantee that once the current dispute is settled, the same thing won't happen again.
It's an oversimplification to say that the common denominator of the three NHL lockouts, in 1994, 2004, and now, is Gary Bettman. The problem is not the commissioner himself; it's the very nature of his job, trying to represent the common interests of his 30 bosses. Those common interests—paying current players as little as they possibly can; staging a draft to "ensure competitive balance" and pay new players less than they'd make on an open market; making as much money as possible from national television and sponsorship deals—all feature the same word: money.
This should come as no surprise. It's always about the money. What the owners have to ask themselves is this: Is the existence of the NHL good or bad for the ultimate goal of maximizing profits?
Let's say you're the Toronto Maple Leafs. Despite the longest playoff drought of any member team, you are the cash kings of the NHL, with Forbes reporting that you not only made $81.8 million for the 2010-11 season, but raked in more than $400 million over a six-year span. Again, that's without selling a single playoff ticket.
As good as things are financially for the Maple Leafs, they could be much better. The club had to pay $20 million in revenue sharing last season to prop up weaker franchises, and now can't even get on the ice. Since the fall of 2004, the NHL has canceled 14 percent of the Leafs' games (and everyone else's). If this season never gets off the ground, that figure will be 22 percent. For a veritable mint of a hockey team in Toronto, the prospect of losing nearly a quarter of its opportunities to open the arena doors—and the PR damage control that accompanies labor strife—should be unacceptable.
Now, let's say you're the Nashville Predators. You've had some success on the ice, and you've worked hard to build a devoted fan base in a non-traditional market, but you have a tough time making ends meet. During the six-year span in which the Maple Leafs made more than $400 million, you lost $30.5 million. While the Predators have worked hard to make their business a winner, and revenue-sharing payments help somewhat, it kind of defeats the purpose when the Philadelphia Flyers come along and sign your franchise player to an offer sheet that's loaded up front with signing bonus money that still has to be paid during a lockout engineered by the owner of the Philadelphia Flyers.
For those who would argue that if things were so bad, the Predators should have just let Shea Weber walk as a free agent, there are two important counterpoints. First, losing Weber after already having lost Ryan Suter to the Minnesota Wild (and that team's equally hawkish owner) would have meant the end of the Predators as a relevant NHL franchise. Good luck running a successful business that way.
Second, even if Weber had left, the Predators still would have had to claw their way to the salary floor. If they were going to overpay somebody, it might as well be the best defenseman in hockey. Ideally, though, the Predators would be able to construct their team with a salary structure that would allow them to be simultaneously competitive and profitable. It would be a challenge, sure, but not one that general manager David Poile would be incapable of meeting.
What's good for the Maple Leafs is generally not good for the Predators, and vice versa. What they have in common from a business standpoint is being put in a worse financial position because of the lockout. By shutting down, the NHL is actively blocking clubs at opposite ends of the economic spectrum from achieving their chief (and just about only) shared objective.
If the problem with the NHL is the NHL, why not get rid of the NHL? Team owners did not get the money to become team owners by having their business practices dictated to them by their competitors, and it does not have to be that way in the hockey industry. In the rest of the world, in fact, it isn't that way.
"The biggest structural difference between the way (European) leagues are run compared to the NHL is that the clubs—especially the big and wealthy ones—are the ones with the power," Szymon Szemberg of the International Ice Hockey Federation told Sporting News. "The 'league' more or less is the office which is administrating things like refs, central sponsorships, schedule, etc. The league has no ideological say, this 'power' is with the clubs. In the NHL it seems to be the other way around, the clubs are franchises of the league and the league, and its commissioner, are very powerful and they speak on behalf of the clubs and the league."
While small-market teams of the NHL would be unhappy about ceding power to the "big and wealthy" clubs, the truth is that the league already is run by a select few teams. Because it takes a three-quarters vote of owners to ratify a CBA, a group of eight hardliners is capable of shutting down the league to further their own interests. Because the monolithic NHL does not allow its employees to make public comments about the labor situation, we do not know and cannot know how many of the 30 owners beyond the necessary eight are in favor of continuing the lockout.
But you can also bet that if 22 teams decided to basically secede from the NHL and operate as independent businesses, and poached a couple of folks from NHL headquarters to handle officiating, scheduling, national sponsorships, and the like, the remaining eight would not want to be left watching as their players and fans defected.
Szemberg called it "theoretically possible" for USA Hockey and Hockey Canada to step in and run a league, but doing so would be a monumental challenge and would likely cause problems of its own with clashes between those two organizations. Instead, it would make sense for the NHL itself to continue on as a streamlined entity, using the smart and well-qualified officials already in place to carry out the tasks of running and marketing a hockey league. Modifying the existing NHL is a much easier proposition than blowing it up and starting from scratch, or forming entirely new teams for a new league, but if you want to see a "rebel league" shake up the hockey world, the best way to do it would be for the rebels to come from within.


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Visit Kerala – A Home to Aromatic Delights
Recently, I got an opportunity to experience the pure and untouched nature during my Kerala tour. We a group of four friends went there. I had heard a lot about Kerala from one of my colleagues, whose native land was Kerala. She used to talk about the spice plantations of Kerala. I always used to relish her food in lunchtime as it was enriched with the aromatic flavour of Kerala, the hub of spices.
The reason why I felt like going there was its picturesque surroundings of gardens. We planned a trip just after the monsoons and reached there in day time. After taking rest, we headed towards the greens of Idukki, which is called as the spice land of India.
Our knowledgeable guide shared his knowledge with us and told us that the climate and soil conditions of the hilly areas of this land make it best suited for tea cultivation. He plucked some green leaves and showed us. We saw that the shiny green leaves had pointed ends with a pleasant aroma. The trees were planted at a distance of 1 to 1.5 meter along the landscape. The guide told us that Cochin is the place which is known for producing spices. The traders dealing in spices also meet at the same place, which is actually the spice market of Kerala.
As we drove through the thick forests on a road that passes through several tunnels, we witnessed nature in a new form which was a great visual treat for us. Soon we reached in a place where we were enveloped in the unmatched aroma of the spice plantations. I was so delighted to find the spice gardens and tea plantations in front of my eyes. At the edge of the Periyar, we found many spices gardens. There were dense forests, dwelling at a height of 800-1000 meters which preserved the exotic flavours.
As we moved ahead towards Munnar and Wayanad, we were amazed to find some fragrances of coffee, black pepper and cardamom. We saw the clusters of black pepper plants. As we drove by, there were stretches of cardamom plantations. I decided to get down from the car to pick up some fresh cardamom. My friends also accompanied me. After collecting some cardamom and black peppers from trees, I run a few step and saw clove vegetation. All my three friends were busy in sorting out the other spices like black pepper, ginger, cardamom, turmeric, nutmeg and cinnamon.
It was an exciting and fun-filled experience that made us forget everything for some time. I simply lost myself in the captivating beauty of the gardens and plantations. After coming back, when I shared my tour experience of Kerala with my family members, I felt nostalgic.


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it's because I'm English! It's sad but true. Whilst most of my American followers probably grew up snacking on Oreos, I was 13 when I had my first actual encounter with an Oreo! I knew what they were, I'd seen them on TV and in films but I'd never tried one for myself until our local Waitrose started stocking them. It was a happy day - and I'm happy to say my love affair with Oreos has been growing stronger ever since!
A trip to Brighton when I was 15 took my love of Oreos to new levels of obsessiveness when I discovered that at Shakeaway, a milkshake bar, you could order an OREO MILKSHAKE! This was a new and never before heard of concept to me and being the milkshake lover I am it was the perfect pairing of two of my favourite things! I ordered my first Oreo milkshake and never looked back!!
For a while Shakeaway and specialised American restaurants/diners were the only places that sold Oreo milkshakes. So I would split my time between places like TGI Friday's or
These days, I'm happy to say Oreo milkshakes are slowly making their way onto far more menus! You can get them at Gourmet Burger Kitchen...
and Byron (where you have to make the impossible decision between a root beer float or an Oreo milkshake!)
Lucky 7 (who even do Mint Oreo milkshakes like the one below - yum!)
and Ed's Diner, to name a few!
and when all else fails you can make them at home! As you can tell Mint Oreo is my favourite variety!
When I'm not drinking Oreo milkshakes, which as you can tell is a pretty regular occurrence - then I'm almost certainly baking with them! Oreos are my number one favourite ingredient to bake with. Here's a few things I've baked in the past...
Mint Oreo Truffles...perfect on their own or
or perfect on sticks as Oreo Pops!
Mint Oreo Brownies
You know what made this baking session even better? These amazing Joseph Joseph spatulas from Find Me a Gift.
I have this strange OCD-ness when it comes to baking. I don't like my counter tops to get dirty! This may sound crazy because any fellow baker will know that a cupcake making session can usually result in plumes of icing sugar covering the work surface and you using every possible mixing bowl and utensil in your kitchen. So I know it gets messy, but I don't like cake mix/frosting touching the counter top. Usually I use tons of pieces of kitchen towel and put them under every teaspoon or messy spatula I can find...but these spatulas are totally genius because they have a little rest underneath them that prevents them from touching the surface!
So I was covering them in cupcake batter/frosting and then just placing them down on the surface without a care in the world! It was strangely liberating! I have to tell you this little set of kitchen utensils is the first thing to come along that has got me as excited as my KitchenAid! I know it sounds extreme but really any baker should own these, especially those that verge on the OCD side of life!
Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
Line your cupcake pans with cases.
In each cupcake case place half an Oreo, the half with the cream filling still on it. Put the other half to one side to be used later in the frosting.
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Mix in egg yolks.
Mix in vanilla and melted chocolate.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder.
Alternate adding the flour mixture and milk to the butter/sugar mixture.
Crush Oreos in a blender, or a zip loc bag and a rolling pin if you don't have a blender.
Fold the batter into the egg whites.
Fill cupcakes cases 2/3 full.
Bake for 20-25 minutes (regular) and 10-15 minutes (mini) or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Leave to cool in pans for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.
For the frosting: Blend together the butter, sugar, milk and peanut butter until smooth.
Add the vanilla extract and Oreo crumbs.
Mix until incorporated.
Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes and decorate with either a quarter of an Oreo cookie or a mini Reese's peanut butter cup.
I'm glad to say Oreos are here to stay...I hope to be enjoying them for the next 100 years too!


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This ticket is for a memorial service for President Abraham Lincoln at the Boston Music Hall. It is interesting to note that ticket holders must be in their seats at 2 3-4 o'clock. Today this would be written as 2:45. The Boston Music Hall was built in 1852 and housed the first concert organ in the country. The organ was ordered from a German builder in 1857 and was inaugurated on November 2, 1863. The final cost of this organ was $60,000, an enormous amount of money at the time. It is possible that this organ was played during the memorial service for the slain president.
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In June I did a post titled Warming Alarmism In Twilight, which was mostly about how badly the climate alarmists' models have diverged from reality. Along the way, however, I noted with astonishment that my then-16 year old daughter had been advised by a teacher to hitchhike in order to minimize carbon emissions:
My 10th grade daughter had her last day of school yesterday. A teacher gave her a sheet of instructions on how to lead a "green," low-carbon summer. The sheet included suggestions like "hitchhike." Great idea for a 16-year-old girl! Also, don't have a baby over the summer. Um, don't worry: she wasn't planning to. But not for reasons of climate control. Is our world getting stupider all the time, or what?
I think it was mostly outrage at that advice that caused my post to get 2,800 Facebook likes and a great many comments.
So tonight, my very smart wife pointed out a connection between that post and one that Steve did earlier today, We Don't Have 10 Trillion People. The link was the video titled "The Story of Stuff." Steve wrote:
My old partner in crime Ken Green has one of his typically delicious op-eds out today in the Financial Post of Canada, commenting on the viral video "The Story of Stuff" that is all the rage among the green left (but I repeat myself).
Steve pointed out just one of many stupidities in "The Story of Stuff," but Loree noted that a substitute teacher (thank goodness) had made our daughter's class watch that video, and had then passed out a sheet of low-carbon tips that were "Inspired by the Story of Stuff." That sheet was the basis for my post. It included such hot tips as "Hitchhike," "Flush the toilet less," "Write letters to large companies," "Write a song about sustainability and put it on YouTube"–say goodbye to all your friends!–"Wear hand-me-downs," and–my personal favorite–"Practice population control." These were tips directed to a class of high school sophomores!
So I couldn't resist noting that the dumb ideas propagated by the leftist producers of "The Story of Stuff" have continued to bounce around since June, doing, we hope, little damage because of their palpable stupidity. All in favor of making your teenage daughters hitchhike in order to reduce your family's carbon footprint, raise your hands!
Liberalism is always in tension with reality; this is an instance where liberalism and reality collide head-on. You can be quite certain that there are few daughters of prominent liberals hitching rides on the nation's highways tonight. Or going out of their way to minimize toilet flushes.


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LZBrickMan42 wrote:I think it is almost there. Just a few more tweaks, and it is ready for play-testing...whenever I get around to doing that. Latest changes allow things like inducing roll penalties on enemies and the example for building a new ability adds Telekinesis (inspired by Halflife gravity gun rules over in experimental weapons).
Fun note: if you used Telekinesis with AOE, you could quite easily create this:
Telekinesis: 1d6 (4)
AOE: Circle (+2)
Duration: Quick (-1") (+1/2)
Circumstance: Common: Only To Build (-1/4)
Cost: 11.2 ~ 11 CP
The Brikomancers can summon arkane forces of Ther-Moset, the god of Palastiks, to assemble raw briks into walls and light constructions in only a turn.
Sloopofwar wrote:My mind is melting trying to figure all this out. I can't even attempt to imagine how long a game using these figures would take. AGES. The perfect brikwars game is one you never have to look of stats or rules a single time. I never did in an entire forum battle. Something comes up just fudge it!
Abilties represent a core rule of action for a creation. They are atomic
rules with no frills or anything terribly interesting in and of themselves.
They are purchased in levels of power, which are either 1/2d6 or a flat 2
units of effect. For instance, if you buy 1d6 of Attack, you bought 2
levels of Attack (1/2d6 collapse into full d6 and a remainder). There are
ways of switching Abilities between 1/2d6 and flat 2, but that is discussed
Abiltiy Mods are the flavor and spice you add to base Abilities. They either
make them more powerful (Advantages, which have a positive cost) or less powerful
(Limitations, which have a negative cost). The sign of the cost is there to
indicate whether or not an Ability Mod is a Limitation or Advantage; not how
to use them to modify a base Abilty's cost.
there isn't a rule in there that you don't already know in some form.
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Learning Index >> Ceramic Decoration: a selective guide to pots in the collection of the Crafts Study Centre
No 27: Vase or jar, mid-1930s (P.74.42)
This tall vase was made at the height of William Staite Murray's creativity, in a career cut short in 1939 at the outbreak of war when he decided to leave England for good. The vase is an ovoid jar shape, with three raised loop handles at the rim; it is thickly thrown in stoneware with a wood ash glaze over all. The large-scale, boldly-painted decoration of a spotted bird on a broken grey ground is in broad brushstrokes of matt brown-black. Hacksaw-blade marks, similar to those used by Bernard Leach, appear near the brushstrokes.


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NCAA Day One: Press conferences and practices
An interesting and enjoyable first day is over here at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.
Seventh-seeded UConn and No. 10 Saint Joseph's University worked out for an hour and attended press conferences.
NCAA tournament East Region play begins Thursday. Game time is 6:55 p.m.
Some highlights from the first day:
-- Coach Kevin Ollie said that the Huskies are focused and prepared for their return to the NCAA tournament.
"It's going to be a great opportunity for UConn to be back in the mix…," Ollie said. "It starts with Saint Joseph's, and hopefully we can get through that and we can keep on going.
"Our mindset…, it's one game at a time. We're not looking ahead at anybody. We're looking at this moment and we need to win every minute of every game. We can't lose sight of that."
-- Senior Shabazz Napier and Niels Giffey represented UConn at the podium late Wednesday afternoon. They fielded questions on a variety of topics.
They were asked what the single greatest benefit that they got from coming back for their senior years.
Napier: "When you play at the University of Connecticut, it's always something we call 'brotherhood.' That's one of the biggest things for us is we continue to stay together. There's no other brotherhood that you would want to be part of."
-- Junior Ryan Boatright on the team's mindset heading into tonight's game: "We're confident. We know how good we can be. We have veteran leaders on and off the floor… We're just getting mentally and physically prepared to go to war.
"We know they're not going to go down easy. … We're prepared to take the challenge."
-- Ollie said that he doesn't see any similarities between himself during his playing days and Napier.
"He didn't have coach (Jim) Calhoun yelling at him," Ollie said. "Let's start right there. Coach was always on me right at my first practice.
You know, for me, I was a Los Angeles guy. I didn't really know about the East Coast. I mean, (Shabazz's) been growing up watching UConn his whole life. I didn't know about the Big East. … So the similarity is not there.
"But one thing we both have, we have hearts as big as this room. And we want UConn to win."
Ollie added that he wants Napier to be the first UConn player to win two national championships.
"That would be a great honor," Ollie said. "And the first step starts tomorrow."
-- The Big East reunion was one theme today. UConn, Villanova and Syracuse are all here and now play in three different conferences.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim was asked to compare the Atlantic Coast Conference to the old Big East.
"The restaurants were pretty good," the wise-cracking Boeheim said. "It surprised me."
Boeheim is happy with the way the move has turned out.
"You never know how things are going to be," Boeheim said, "but it turned out really good."
-- UConn freshman Amida Brimah, who's from Ghana, had never heard about March Madness prior to coming to the United States about four years ago.
"When I was in Ghana, I didn't know about the NCAA tournament until I got here (in the United States)," Brimah said. "That was when UConn won the national championship."
So what does he remember about UConn's magical run?
"I just saw Kemba (Walker) a lot," Brimah said. "I just thought anybody can win the tournament. It doesn't matter what seed you are."
-- Saint Joseph's senior Langston Galloway on UConn: "They're definitely a guard-oriented program. Shabazz and Boatright, they're definitely going to attack us, especially from the perimeter, and Daniels.
"But we're going to the counter aspect. We're going to go right back at them. We don't want to let them just come at us. It's definitely going to be a fun match-up, and we're ready to play."
-- Saint Joe's coach Phil Martelli on Ollie: "Class personified."
-- Check back tomorrow for regular updates. Follow me on Twitter @GavinKeefe
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