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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Center fielder Coco Crisp strutted back into the Bay Area with puffed-up hair and a retro-style beard. Red-headed right fielder Josh Reddick slicked back his locks and added even more inches to his bushy beard as part of an ongoing competition. General manager Billy Beane still had his hair combed clean but picked ``a terrible time,'' he said, for a sun spot to be removed from his nose.
The Oakland Athletics are back, and with plenty of new looks.
In front of a sellout crowd of more than 10,000 fans at neighboring Oracle Arena, players and coaches returned to Oakland on Sunday to drum-up support before heading to spring training in a few weeks. FanFest, the meet-and-greet event the team canceled for three years until holding it again last January, swelled with so much support the team had to turn people away.
After an improbable run to the AL West title last season, attention on the low-budget club could be greater this summer. Unlike a year ago, the A's aren't sneaking up on anybody.
``It's better than having no expectations,'' Beane said.
Players said they started to realize their newfound fame during the offseason.
Reddick spent time back home in southeast Georgia. He bought his first house in Guyton, Ga., and a new English Bulldog named Murray - after Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray.
``Felt like it was right,'' he joked.
Reddick said people recognized him more no matter where he went, and he even hosted his first charity event - a home-run derby to support his hometown of Rincon, Ga. Same went for several other players, whether they stayed in Northern California or returned to home for the shortened down time.
All of it was the result of Oakland's surprising success.
The A's played a video montage to start FanFest that highlighted the improbable run: They finished 94-68, capturing the AL West title on the final day of the regular season over Texas for the franchise's first playoff berth since 2006 and became the only team in major league history to win a division or pennant after trailing by five games with fewer than 10 to play.
After losing the first two games in the division series at Detroit, the A's rallied at home to force a decisive Game 5 at the Coliseum, where Tigers ace Justin Verlander pitched a four-hitter in a 6-0 victory.
``Expectations haven't changed,'' Reddick said. ``We have firm belief we can do it again this year.''
Reigning AL Manager of the Year Bob Melvin grabbed a microphone on stage following the video and team introductions. He quieted the roaring crowd of A's fans and took a few seconds to savor the moment before asking, ``What's up Oakland?''
Typical Bo-Mel, as players call him.
``My job is to get everybody with the right mindset, the right focus, knowing that we have to try to build on last year, create the momentum, understand what we did last year but know that each and every year is separate,'' Melvin said later. ``And that we have to work even harder, focus just as much, not worry about the distractions, outside things, whether that's expectations or anything like that and just focus on what we were good at last year in playing for that day.''
Creating the same clubhouse atmosphere could be tough.
The A's playoff berth came with a payroll of $59.5 million - lowest in the majors - and 12 rookies. They did it with significant injuries to their starting pitchers, and they did it after losing right-hander Bartolo Colon to a 50-game suspension in August for a positive testosterone test. Oakland then re-signed him in November.
Most of the team remains intact, with the notable exceptions of outfielder Jonny Gomes, pitcher Brandon McCarthy and shortstops Cliff Pennington and Stephen Drew. The A's dealt Pennington to Arizona in October in a three-team trade for outfielder Chris Young. Melvin said Young will be part of a five-man rotation - that includes designated hitter - with Reddick, Crisp, Yoenis Cespedes and Seth Smith.
Crisp and Reddick, the team's most vocal leaders left, said this year's club will have to find its place. Some of the bonding even started at FanFest. New Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima said Young taught him his favorite new American idiom: ``For real?''
Crisp some changes might include tweaking the pie-in-the-face celebrations and the ``Bernie Lean'' dance that became staples last summer. He joked that Pee-Wee Herman's old routine is one possibility.
``Things are going to change up a little bit with our chemistry,'' Crisp said. ``I think that's the main thing, that's what made us so good last year was just our chemistry was perfect pretty much. That's going to be something we're going to have to work on in spring training and figure out our new identity.''
The A's once again will be underdogs in the AL West. The high-priced Los Angeles Angels signed Josh Hamilton away from hard-hitting Texas, and both division rivals could threaten Oakland's crown.
Players said money didn't matter last season, and they don't think it will this time around either.
``Other teams made a lot of improvements. That doesn't mean we can't have a similar or better season than last year,'' Cespedes said in Spanish. ``We just have to put in our heads that we're a good team together and to go out and enjoy the game. Don't put so much pressure on ourselves.''
The team's architect agrees.
``The one sort of narrative I never really bought into was that we snuck up on anybody last year,'' Beane said. ``I don't think you sneak up on somebody in 162 games.''


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Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost is one of the most popular arcade games in Japan — and that's not just because of the name brand recognition. It's also because of its fast-paced fighting engine that's been tuned and refined with each iteration of the Gundam VS series that makes it insanely fun to play.
Good — Co-op is the Name of the Game
By basic design, the games of the Gundam VS series are two versus two fighters. So while it's possible to play alone with a computer ally and against computer enemies, it's obvious that the games are built around their versus mode. That said, the series has often had excellent local co-op on the home console versions where you could play the arcade mode with a friend as your partner. The only problem with this was the fact that it was always "local" as opposed to "online".
In the previous home release, Gundam Extreme VS, it was possible to do a sort of pseudo-co-op by starting a versus game with two private slots; but all this did was let you face a random team of computers in a random area.
Full Boost, on the other hand, is the first game in the series to seriously integrate online co-op. You are able to play all the possible routes of the arcade mode co-op; and there are 20 mission routes (each with one to 10 stages) specifically designed for co-op as well. In fact, to unlock some of the best skills to level up your Gundams, you'll need to do at least some of the co-op missions in addition to the single-player ones.
As a lover of all things co-op, this much focus on this aspect of Full Boost is like a dream come true.
Good — 95 Mobile Suits, Right Out of the Box
There are a lot of playable Gundams in Full Boost — and not just from across the anime series. Mobile suits from manga (e.g., Gundam SEED Astary and Crossbone Gundam), games (e.g., Blue Destiny), novels (e.g., Beltorchika's Children) and even one from the Mobile Suit Variation model kits populate the game. Out of the box, there are 95 playable mobile suits in the game. Four more are already available on the PSN with a fifth available by using a special download code — which brings the current total to 99. Basically, if you have a favourite suit that's not too obscure, you'll likely be able to pilot it in Full Boost.
But more than that, each mobile suit is unique — no two play exactly the same. Each has its own loadout of weapons in addition to having varying movement speeds and hit points. If your favourite mobile suit has some sort of special weapon or attack in its source material, you can bet that that attack is part of the suit's move-set in Full Boost.
Good — Aural Candy
Another big selling point of Full Boost is its soundtrack. Going into battle, the music of any given stage is likely to be one of the theme songs from a Gundam anime series — usually the theme that corresponds to the mobile suits you are fighting against. There is even a version of the game — the "Premium G Sound Edition" — that comes with an additional 30+ songs' worth of licensed music. And frankly, over the years, Gundam anime have had some excellent soundtracks.
On top of the music, each one of the game's mobile suits has a score of voice clips featuring its pilot from the anime. And even those pilots who have never had an official voice (as they come from a manga or other source) have one in the game. In other words, Full Boost is a game that just sounds like Gundam.
Mixed — More an Expansion Pack than a New Game
In a lot of ways, Full Boost feels more like an expansion pack than a new game. There is no new plot (though the last few games in the series have lacked plots as well) and the changes to the gameplay are relatively minor (basically just tweaking and re-balancing). The vast majority of the mobile suits in the game come straight from the previous game, and others come from games even further back in the Gundam VS series. Moreover, the battlefields are reused as well.
However, the mission mode and attached level-up system are new and the aforementioned co-op is a welcome addition. There is also a new collectible system for those of you who always have to catch 'em all, so to speak. So while there is plenty new in the game, it lacks any game-changing alterations.
Mixed — Incredibly Competitive VS Mode
As I mentioned in my import preview of Gundam Extreme VS, the games in this series are as competitive online as any 2D fighter out there. This means if you choose to play online as a beginner, or even as an intermediate player, you are likely to be utterly destroyed.
But worse than simply losing, your lack of skill will drag your partner down with you. In Full Boost (like the other games in the series), you share a life bar with your partner. Thus, if you die, you are killing your partner, too. You can mitigate this somewhat by choosing a cheap mobile suit — one which uses up less of the team life bar and is thus weaker than the more costly suits. But even this will only get you so far.
Now, of course, Full Boost has ranked and unranked matches; but the unranked matches are often filled with expert players simply learning to play with a new suit.
Simply put, if you are looking to play Full Boost in online versus mode, expect to get your arse kicked long and hard.
Bad — DLC Prices From Hell
As a Bandai-Namco game, it is really no surprise that there is a stupid amount of overpriced DLC. Getting a new flight officer or simply a new battle interface costs 300 yen ($2.93). Alternate pilot costumes cost that much as well. And on top of all that, there is an online pass you have to purchase in order to play (which comes free with a new copy of the game) if you are thinking of buying used.
Final Thoughts
If you've never played a Gundam VS game, Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost is a great place to start. Its relatively friendly missions and emphasis on co-op are more than a little helpful to anyone just starting out. For experienced players, it's more of a mixed bag. Much of what you see here isn't radically different from the last game in the series; and unless you are dying to play as one of the new suits (or love online co-op as much as I do), there's not much here that screams "must buy."
Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost was released for the PlayStation 3 on January 30, 2014. There is currently no word on a Western release.

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Well what's new today? Nope, its just the kueh koci I've posted sometime ago. But I've used some "Bunga Telang" from a friend which I've treasured it for quite sometime. Thanks alot Sonia for the flowers...:)
Okay what I've done to the kueh? I've pound some bunga telang then mix with some water and strain to get the blue colouring. The colour looks really blue and lovely. Somehow, the result was not what I expected..;p Guess I have to used potatoes instead of pumpkins..:)
See what I mean, then beautiful blue has become greenish when mix with the pumpkin..*sigh*.
Texture still good but the outlook is abit weird i guess..haha! Anyway all are natural colours..:)
Here's the dough before wrapping.....
Get the recipe from my old post if you are interested.
Eventhough the shape and colour are not so attractive, but the filling was superlicious..:) Juicy coconut with the fragnant of gula melaka....yummy!


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Statewide Water Advisory Group
In 2006, ADWR Director Herb Guenther announced formation of a Statewide Water Advisory Group (SWAG) to discuss programs needed to continue developing a reliable water supply for the future. The Director invited about 50 citizens and government officials from all over Arizona to take part in strategic water planning for Arizona's present and future. Members of SWAG come from city and county government, environmental, agricultural, and resource groups. SWAG's purpose is to counsel ADWR regarding programs for water resources development and management necessary to provide a sustainable water supply in all parts of Arizona. The group deliberates a variety of water issues that come up in similar circumstances in various parts of the state and sometimes come to the attention of the Legislature and Governor. The purpose of SWAG deliberations was to generate suggestions and activities for ultimate consideration by the Legislature.
The following bills were initiated out of the SWAG process during the 2007 Legislative session
SWAG Subcommittees:
The Statewide Water Advisory Group has created two subcommittees. Each group will address a single issue.
The subcommittees are: Exempt Wells and Lot Splits.
Exempt Wells Subcommittee Meetings:
(To be announced)
Lot Splits Subcommittee Meetings :
(To be announced)
In 2007 the Arizona Legislature enacted House Bill 2300 which enabled the establishment of the Upper San Pedro Water District (District). This District if permanently created would be unique in that it is intended to be solely focused on the special water related issues, as they currently exist or may evolve over time, in a portion of the Upper San Pedro Groundwater Basin approximately equal to the Sierra Vista Subwatershed (Subwatershed).
The goal of the District as established by the authorizing legislation is "… to maintain the aquifer and base flow conditions needed to sustain the Upper San Pedro River and to assist in meeting the water supply needs and water conservation requirements for Fort Huachuca and the communities within the District."
Located within the District's boundaries are the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA), the Sierra Vista metropolitan area, Huachuca City, Tombstone, part of Bisbee and Fort Huachuca. Increasing demand for municipal and domestic water supplies over the past several years has resulted in the overdraft of the groundwater. The overdraft of groundwater occurs when more groundwater is being pumped from the aquifer than is being naturally or artificially recharged into the aquifer. For the better part of twenty years, concerns have been raised by the public and government officials that the increasing levels of groundwater pumping may have a detrimental impact on the surface water flows in the San Pedro River.
Scientific studies have shown that if the groundwater levels within the Subwatershed continue to decline, the flow of the San Pedro River will be disrupted and vegetation near the river will be lost. At sometime in the future, the result from the loss of vegetation would be severe erosion and loss of habitat for hundreds of species of plants, fish and wildlife, including impacts to endangered species.
In early July of 2005, the San Pedro River stopped flowing at the Charleston gaging station for the first time on record; a condition that persisted for 10 days. The USGS has continuously collected data from this gaging station since 1936. The flow at the Charleston gaging station very nearly ceased again in both 2006 and 2007 (USGS) prior to the onset of the monsoon. While no analysis has been completed that can quantitatively assess the reason, or reasons, for these low flows, allowing groundwater overdraft to disrupt the flow of the San Pedro River is not an acceptable long-term alternative for the communities and Fort Huachuca since these severe environmental impacts could lead to Department of Defense mission adjustment actions that would result in unacceptable economic impacts to the region.
An Organizing Board has been meeting regularly since October, 2007 and is responsible for preparing four planning documents that will be necessary to advise the public about how a water district might assist the communities in recharging, reusing and obtaining water supplies to protect the aquifer and base flow of the river. The four plans include a Comprehensive Water Resources Plan, an Organizational Plan, a Financial Plan and an Election Plan. The determination to form a district will be made by a vote of the registered voters residing within the District's boundaries. The Organizing Board must complete its duties by September 2012.
At the election approval of the formation of the District, the voters will elect seven people to the permanent Board of Directors. Contingent upon a favorable vote for District formation, the newly elected Board members will serve staggered four year terms and be responsible for the administration of the District. In order to create the staggered terms, three of the elected board members, determined by drawing lots, will serve for a two year initial term.
The Organizing Board is comprised of the following members:
A Comprehensive Water Resources Plan is being prepared by the Organizing Board of the Upper San Pedro Water District (District) in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) in accordance with the statutory requirements set forth in A.R.S 48-48-6403.01.B states that the Organizing Board for the Upper San Pedro Water Resources District (District) shall prepare and provide to the public a comprehensive plan for the conservation, reuse, recharge, and augmentation of water in the District designed to achieve the goal of the District. The plan shall include measurable objectives to be met by the District not later than ten years after the District is established.
The Comprehensive Water Resources Draft Plan is a preliminary working document that is subject to modification resulting from the public input process described in III B of this Draft Plan:
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The Arizona Department of Water Resources will be making a presentation on the Subflow Zone Delineation Report for the San Pedro River Watershed on October 2, 2009 at the Cochise County Foothills Complex in Sierra Vista. The Cochise County Complex is located at 4100 E. Foothills Drive, Sierra Vista, 85635 (Northeast corner of Foothills Drive and Hwy 92). To accommodate as many people as possible the Department will be making two presentations on October 2. The first is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. with the second one scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
The Subflow Zone Delineation Report for the San Pedro Watershed includes color maps of the subflow zones for the San Pedro and Babocomari Rivers, and Aravaipa Creek as determined by the Department. The report also includes a description of the Department's analyses, together with supporting tables, figures and appendices. The Department's report is not a final determination of the location of the subflow zones in the San Pedro River Watershed.
Upper San Pedro Water District Map (2.3MB)
or Write:
Arizona Department of Water Resources
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P.O. Box 33589
Phoenix, AZ 85067
USPWD Board Meetings (Present and Past meetings)
The USPWD Draft Comprehensive Water Resources Plan and the USPWD Draft Organizational Plan and Financial Plan is now available for public use at the Sierra Vista Public Library.
The library is located at:
2600 E Tacoma St
SWAG membership List
Straw Proposal
Director's SWAG Presentation
Update: Many comments were made regarding the Legislative Draft Bills, at this time those comments are being taken under consideration by ADWR.
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Subject: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (Neural - Fuzzy - Evolutionary 2001)
Date: Sun Oct 22 2000 - 12:48:13 MET DST
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Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, (Spain),
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Prof. Peter G. Anderson, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA.
Prof. Diego Andina, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain.
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Prof. Fazel Naghdy, University of Wollongong, Australia.
Prof. Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology (HTU), Finland.
Prof. Marcin Paprzycki, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
Prof. Hristo Radev, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Prof. Raul Rojas, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.
Prof. David Sanchez, Elsevier: Neurocomputing, Editor in Chief,
Pasadena, USA.
Prof. Michio Sugeno, Brain Science Institute, Japan
Prof. Francisco Torrens, Universitat de Valencia, Spain.
Prof. Tom Whalen, The Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
Prof. Yanqing Zhang, The Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
Prof. Hans-Jorgen Zimmermann, RWTH Aaachen, Germany.
Prof. Jacek Zurada, University of Louisville, USA.
Dr. Jacob Barhen, CESAR, ORNL, TN, USA also with JPL, California, USA.
Dr. Dimitris Tsaptsinos, Kingston University, UK.
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TENERIFE and PORTO DE LA CRUZ
The population of the island is about 700.000 of which about
live in the capital city Santa Cruz, situated on the north-west coast of
the island. Tenerife (as well as the other Canarian Islands) is partly
tax-free zone. The main source of livelihood of Tenerife is the tourism
industry: more than four million tourists visit the island every year.
Tourism has very long traditions in Tenerife, the first tourists came
from England in the 1880's! There is some agriculture too: vegetables,
fruit and flowers. The most important cultivated plant is banana
[platano]. A Tenerifean banana is quite different from its distant
cousin the Chiquita banana. A platano is short and plump. The colour of
the fruit flesh is darker yellow and the taste much more delicious.
There can be hundreds of thousands of banana plants on one plantation.
They also make licquer of the bananas on the island. Another important
plant is the grapevine. The rich volcanic soil and mild climate give the
wine its own unique aroma. In Tenerife there are as many as five
"Denomination of Origen (DO)" vineyards: Abona, Tacoronte-Acentejo,
Valle de Guimar, Valle de la Orotava and Ycoden-Daute-Isora. The largest
of these is Tacoronte-Acentejo, area 1.200 hectares. The production in
1997 was 1.553.000 kgs grapes. The most cultivated brands of grape are
the white Listan Blanco, Malvasia and Marmajuelo, the red Listan Negro
and Negramoll.
There are two airports on the island. The international airport
Sofia (Tenerife Sur TFS) in the south near Playa de las Americas where
most of the international flights land. The other airport Los Rodeos
(Tenerife Norte TFN) is in the north near La Laguna. Los Rodeos serves
mainly domestic flights. The distance from Reina Sofia to Playa de las
Americas is about 20 kms and the trip takes about 20 mins, to Puerto de
la Cruz about 100 km and takes about 90 mins. Tenerife is dominated by
the highest mountain in Spain, the volcano Teide, the often snow covered
summit of which reaches the altitude of 3.717 meters. El Teide is not a
dormant volcano! The last (though minor) eruption took place in the
beginning of this century. The last disasterous eruption happened in the
year 1706. The southern part of the island is very infertile and next
to nothing grows without artificial irrigation. The southern resorts
Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos have been built for tourism
only and there is no local settlement. The prices there are distinctly
higher than in the Capital City or Puerto de la Cruz. But the best
beaches are on the southern coast and the sunshine is best counted on
there. The newcomer among the resorts of Tenerife is the small and
peaceful Los Gigantes on the west coast. In the northern parts of the
island the nature is quite different from the southern nature. The
clouds arriving from north don't always have the strength to clear the
mountain but pour their rain north of the mountain. Due to these showers
the flora is unbelievably rich and breathtakingly beautiful. That is why
Puerto de la Cruz is often called the City of Eternal Spring. The best
time to travel to Tenerife is February.
Puerto de la Cruz was founded in the beginning of the 17th
Originally it was called Puerto de la Orotava. A big harbour was built
there and the city became an important centre of commerce and
navigation. The most important export articles until the 19th century
were sugar and wine. Nowadays the main source of livelihood of Puerto de
la Cruz is tourism. Despite of mass tourism Puerto is still a genuine
Canarian town with about 35.000 natives living there.
The island of Tenerife was born 10 million years ago as a result
of an
underwater landslide and a volcanic eruption. The first of the Canary
Islands were born the same way some 20 million years ago. The island was
conquered from the natives, the Guanches, to Spain by Andalusian Alonso
Fernandez Lugo and his troops in the year 1496. The origin of the
Guanches is still a mystery to the anthropologists because they were
tall, blond and blue-eyed. Furthermore there is no proof of their boat
making skills and obviously they couldn't even swim! You can familiarize
yourself with the history of the Guanches in Museo Etnografico in La
Orotava or in Santa Cruz in Museo Arqueologico where you can meet a
Guanche in person - as a mummy. Tenerife is the largest of the Canary
a) TENERIFE PLAYA
Few places in the world have the charm of Puerto de la Cruz. Its world
famous Lago Martianez is, even today, the most avant-garde example of
what it means to live in a town which faces the sea. The Tenerife Playa
is in a lovely setting beside Lago Martianez and the beach of the same
name, and next to the shopping centre of Puerto de la Cruz. Rooms with
complete bathroom, direct dialling, telephone, satellite TV and safe. 2
swimming pools (one of which is heated), hairdresser, sauna, massages.
Comfortable lounges. Games Room. Function rooms for holding
conferences, seminars and incentives. Restaurant with buffet service.
Barbecue by swimming pool. Varied entertainment programmes.
b) SAN FELIPE
San Felipe is one of the most emblematic buildings of Puerto de la Cruz.
Its presence dominates the beach and offers views over lake Martianez
and the main promenade. Highlighting the architecture of the building
are its balconies, as well as the spacious, comfortable rooms with wide
terraces with marvellous sea or Teide views, air conditioning,
telephone, piped music, safety deposit box, mini-bar on request,
complete bathroom, satelite TV, and hairdryer. The cuisine is another
selected service with varied, high quality buffets and magnificients
barbecues beside the pool. Hotel San Felipe also offers 3 swimming pools
(one of which is for children and one is heated all year-round), tennis
courts, minigolf, sauna and massage, hairdressing, boutique, parking and
conference rooms with capacity for 200 people for professional meetings,
conferences working sessions or banquets. A varied entertainment
programme is also available
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TommyBo necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 15 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
I'm a technology obsessed engineer who loves wearing many different hats from hardware design (@Flextronics Medical) to large neuronal dataset analysis (@MIT) from project management (@VC backed start- ups) to innovation consulting (for FORTUNE 500 companies).
I love facing hard problems and investigate new ideas, analytically decompose them into smaller pieces, adding creativity and science and cook everything with hard work and passion to deliver top quality pieces of cutting edge technology.
This design is the starting point for my startup idea... a new way to connect old media with social networks and... much more!
I'm searching for outstanding Designers with a true love for mobile applications to design the Main page of my next project: a social and visual bookmarking app for iPhone. This is not just another visual bookmarking service but... I cannot disclose all the details!!
The target audience is a male or female with taste for good looking things, up to date with the latest trends in social networks who loves music and radio and a news cruncher. Twitter, Enjoythin.gs and Path are good example of application with the same target audience.
This Design Brief is focused on the development of the main page that summarizes the last saved URLs.
The goal is to have a clean main page with big pictures (obtained from the corresponding URLs) with some additional info like the title of the page or the URL.
Also, I need you to design a swipe effect like the one in the original twitter client adapted to the big pictures of the main page.
I give some nice examples to inspire your creativity in the following slides.
The winning design is elegant and clean with a strong focus on the usability (spacing between pictures, icon dimensions etc…).
Please do not use any stock images or clip art for the icons!
The deliverable is a PSD file embedding all the layers of the final design.


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Actress Kelly Preston has opened up about the medical problems her teenage son Jett battled before his death in 2009.
The actress talked about the 16-year-old's struggle with autism during a segment taped for TV series "Doctors," and she admitted she and husband John Travolta blamed several factors for his condition.
She says, "(Jett) was autistic. He had seizures and when he was very young, he had Kawasaki syndrome (an autoimmune disease). I strongly believe as a mother, as does my husband, that there are certain contributing factors that lead to autism and some of it is very much the chemicals in our environment and in our food."
Jett suffered a fatal seizure after hitting his head in a bathtub while on a family vacation in the Bahamas, and Preston believes autism contributed to the tragedy.
She fears complications from her "fast and hard" labor and taking antibiotics while breastfeeding may have caused him to develop autism.
Preston's episode of "Doctors" airs on Wednesday.


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As part of ThinkAdvisor's Special Report, 21 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2014, throughout the month of March, we are partnering with our Summit Professional Networks sister service, Tax Facts Online, to take a deeper dive into certain tax planning issues in a convenient Q&A format.
What is a buy-sell agreement?
Buy-sell agreements are often used in business succession planning where the business is owned by a relatively small group of owners who would otherwise have a limited market in which to sell their business interests. A buy-sell agreement often provides the remaining shareholders or co-owners with the option of purchasing the business interests of a deceased or withdrawing co-owner before the business interest is sold to a third party. Business entities such as closely held corporations, LLCs, and partnerships frequently rely upon buy-sell agreements when creating future business succession plans. A buy-sell agreement is essentially a contract to buy and sell a departing business owner's interests in a business at some point in the future, usually upon the occurrence of one or more specified events.
A buy-sell agreement is typically structured as either a cross-purchase agreement or a redemption agreement. A cross-purchase agreement is an agreement among co-owners to purchase each other's business interests upon the death or other withdrawal of one or more owners from the business. These agreements typically specify a predetermined purchase price and, in some cases, are funded by life insurance purchased to insure the lives of the various business owners.
Why are buy-sell agreements often used in business succession planning?
Use of a buy-sell agreement in the business succession planning context can mean the difference between the orderly withdrawal of a partner, whether by death or otherwise, and possible loss of control over a business by the remaining co-owners. In general, business succession planning is intended to ensure that the following goals are met:
(1) Preserving a deceased co-owner's wealth and providing liquidity for his or her estate;
(2) Providing the remaining owners with the security of knowing they will maintain control of the business without unwanted third-party intervention;
(3) Ensuring business continuity, if so desired by the remaining business owners;
(4) Fixing the value of the business interest for estate tax purposes to avoid potential IRS intervention.
Interests in closely held corporations, LLCs, partnerships and sole proprietorships can have very limited markets for sale. This is particularly problematic when a deceased co-owner either has no heirs to inherit the deceased owner's interest or has heirs who are poorly equipped or unwilling to take over the business. If the deceased business owner passes the interests to children who are not interested in continuing the business, they may be forced to sell their inherited interests at a discounted price to a third party. Executing a buy-sell agreement ensures that the business owner controls the disposition of business interests by allowing that owner to choose the buyer in advance. This type of succession planning also protects the value of the business as a whole and ensures that this value will pass to the owner's estate without the need for protracted post-death negotiation.
Use of a buy-sell agreement can also ensure that the remaining business owners can continue the business without interference from a deceased owner's heirs or the need for a third party investor following that owner's death or early withdrawal from the business. The existence of the agreement will prevent a small business owner from selling the owner's interests to outside investors who may not share the business vision of the remaining co-owners.
How is a buy-sell agreement funded?
A buy-sell agreement can be funded by using the prospective buyer's own funds, accumulated earnings, debt instruments or insurance (either life or disability).
While self-funding on the part of the buyer is possible, many selling business owners may prefer the certainty that is provided through other funding methods. Self-funding presents the possibility that the buyer may be unable to obtain the funds upon the selling owner's death or withdrawal.
As a result, many buy-sell agreements are funded through insurance. The type of insurance that is required will depend upon the triggering events specified in the buy-sell agreement itself. If a right to purchase under the agreement is triggered by the seller's death, the buyer or business may fund the agreement by purchasing life insurance that insures the life of the selling business owner.
Death, however, is not the only type of event that may trigger a buy-sell agreement. If the triggering event is the selling owner's disability or retirement from the business, funding may be provided more effectively through a disability insurance policy or a permanent life insurance policy that provides the potential for tax-free loans during the life of the insured. It is also common to treat an "involuntary transfer" as a triggering event. Essentially, this will become applicable if a creditor of an owner attempts to seize an interest in the business in pursuit of the collection of a debt. This can occur if an actual debt is owed to a third party or if one of the owners is subject to a divorce proceeding and the interest in the business is being transferred to a spouse who is not an owner. In the event that an involuntary transfer is a triggering event, than there will not be any insurance to fund the purchase.
If the parties have entered into a cross-purchase agreement, insurance funding is accomplished by the business owners purchasing insurance on the lives of each participating co-owner. The entity itself may also set aside accumulated earnings to fund a buy-sell agreement. In a closely held corporation, however, it might be difficult to set aside adequate funds when the operation of the business could benefit from the use of these funds. Further, in case of a C corporation, accumulated earnings above $250,000 can be subject to the accumulated earnings penalty tax. While accumulation of earnings and profits to meet the reasonable needs of the corporation is permissible, the parties must carefully evaluate the strategy to avoid the penalty tax, which may prove time consuming.
If insurance funding or accumulation of earnings has not been accomplished in advance, and the buying owners have insufficient cash on hand to fund the buy-sell agreement upon occurrence of a triggering event, a debt instrument can be used. The buying owners may be able to negotiate a series of payments to the selling owner or the estate. In choosing this option, the owners must consider whether the sale will be taxed under the installment sale rulesand the possible taxation (or deductibility) of the interest payments.
What are the consequences of using insurance to fund a buy-sell agreement?
Many business owners who structure a buy-sell agreement prefer to use insurance to fund the agreement.The insurance provides certainty that the purchase price will be funded, as it can be structured to pay out upon the occurrence of the triggering event(s), usually the death, retirement or permanent disability of the seller. A buy-sell agreement funded through insurance can raise several tax and nontax issues, however.
Various types of insurance can be used to fund a buy-sell agreement, including the following:
(1) Term life insurance. Term life insurance, which provides life insurance coverage for a set amount of time, is a possible funding mechanism, but because the insured may outlive the pre-set term of the policy, it may not present the best option for younger business owners.If the insured outlives the term, the policy may expire and the investment may be lost.
(2) Cash value life insurance.Various types of permanent life insurance that allow for a build-up of cash value within the policy may be used to fund a buy-sell agreement, and may be especially useful where the triggering event is not the departing business owner's death.This type of insurance provides for a build up of cash value over time and permits the policy owner to withdraw a portion of the cash value tax-free.As a result, if the buy-sell agreement is triggered by an event such as the departing owner's retirement or disagreement over S corporation dividend distributions, for example, the remaining owners can still access the cash value to fund the purchase.
(3) Disability insurance.Disability insurance can be used to fund a buy-sell agreement where the triggering event is the disability of the departing business owner.
For more tax stories and Tax Facts Q&A's, check out ThinkAdvisor's 21 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2014 Special Report.


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1. Mexican Institute Of Sound-Soy Sauce
2. Zoe-Reptilectric
3. Eydie Gorme Y Los Pachos-Cantan En Español
4. V/A-Salsa Dura Show
5. Don Omar-IDON
6. La Excelencia-Mi Tumbao Social
7. Manu Chao-Clandestino
8. Mexican Institute Of Sound-Piñata
9. Federico Aubele -Amatoria
(Five releases tied at #10)
Mexican Institute Of Sound's latest release, Soy Sauce, takes the number one spot from April's big seller, Zoe. Soy Sauce has received great reviews and much support on public radio, not to mention the Anglo crossover appeal. All the exposure has helped M.I.S.'s overall catalog sales. Their previous release, Piñata, took the number eight spot as well. Eydie Gorme Y Los Panchos' Cantan En Español is at number three, thanks in part to the fact that this album seems to be a perennial Mother's Day gift.
May also brought to Los Angeles the 11th Annual Los Angeles Salsa Congress and with it, many Salsa fans from all over the world. I had the pleasure of helping people from Australia, Japan, Puerto Rico and some peeps from all over the U.S. Some of the Salsa enthusiasts even made last minute trips to Amoeba just before heading to the airport on their way home. Now that's some determination, if you know L.A. traffic! Among those releases was La Excelencia's brilliant Mi Tumbao Social and The Salsa Dura Show compilation, featuring deep Salsa jams put together by Nick Aguirre, host of one of the most popular Salsa internet radio shows in the world, Nick Aguirre's Salsa Dura Show.
A few new releases hit the charts as well. Reggaeton icon Don Omar's much-anticipated new joint, IDON, came in at number five and Federico Aubele's third release, Amatoria, came in at number eight. Fans of Aubele's music should know what to expect-- dubby, down tempo electronica with Spanish guitar, sultry female vocals and Tango influences. Also, along with Aubele's new CD, there are a few new 12" remixes of previous released songs, such as "Maria Jose" from 2007's Panamericana.
June will bring in a two new Wisin Y Yandel releases, as well as the ZZK Vol.2 compilation out of Argentina, and last but not least, the Rudo Y Cursi soundtrack. If you haven't seen the movie yet, here is a video of actor Gael Garcia Bernal singing "Quiero Que Me Quieras," which is a Norteña version of Cheap Trick's classic "I Want You To Want Me' off the soundtrack. It's an instant classic!


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Defending champions Mumbai Indians and the formidable Chennai Super Kings are the two franchises which are set to retain all five players when the teams submit their lists tomorrow for the upcoming seventh edition of Indian Premier League.
MI and CSK are the two teams that have the biggest fan base all over India and have had a core set of players that has remained pretty much the same over the years.
As far as BCCI president N Srinivasan's franchise is concerned, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be retained along with Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina — all India regulars. The choice of foreign player will be between West Indies' Dwayne Bravo and South Africa's Faf du Plessis.
Dhoni's fascination for seam-bowling all-rounders is widely documented and Bravo certainly will hold an edge over his South African rival, who has also caught the imagination with his big-hitting prowess.
For Mumbai Indians, it will be the first season without Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Rohit Sharma and the immensely popular Kieron Pollard are the two automatic choices for retention. Mitchell Johnson's red-hot form and his performance in the Ashes also makes him a contender for a place in the retention list.
Sri Lankan slinger Lasith Malinga who has provided brilliant service over the years is also in MI's wish-list.
Since there is possibility of a part of IPL matches happening in Sri Lanka, Malinga's expertise in those tracks at the Premadasa Stadium or Pallekele or Hambantota grounds will certainly come in handy.
Dinesh Karthik's glovework along with his explosive batting makes him a strong candidate for retention while Ambati Rayudu and Harbhajan Singh will also be in the contention for retention. Harbhajan, with 24 wickets in the last edition and with a better brand value will be slightly ahead in the race than Rayudu.
For Delhi Daredevils, it might be a new beginning having had horrible last season. Virender Sehwag is unlikely to be retained as he has had a prolonged slump in batting form with falling level of fitness. There is an outside chance of David Warner making the retention list but DD management always has the option of buying Warner back from the auction pool.
Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to retain their captain Gautam Gambhir, who led the team to their maiden IPL triumph back in 2012. West Indies spinner Sunil Narine and speedster Mohammed Shami are also in the wish-list of the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned franchise.
Rajasthan Royals with the retirement of Rahul Dravid will automatically promote Shane Watson as their skipper.
Talented keeper batsman Sanju Samson along with Ajinkya Rahane are the couple of Indian players that the Shilpa Shetty co-owned franchise might think of keeping back.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, who started off last season with a good show will retain Shikhar Dhawan and Dale Steyn for sure.
There is a choice between new ODI sensation Quinton de Kock and West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy.
Kings XI Punjab are also one franchise that will look to build a team afresh after the retirement of Adam Gilchrist.
They have the option of either retaining or buying back South African hard-hitter David Miller, who made quite an impression last season.


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With Iron Man 3 heading to theaters in the next couple weeks, Thor: The Dark World deep in post-production, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier now in front of cameras, the next big development for Marvel Studios is James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy, which continues to build its cast today. The film already has a interesting mix of actors attached, from Chris Pratt as Star-Lord to Dave Bautista as Drax The Destroyer to Zoe Saldana as Gamora, but now another piece has been added to the puzzle.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that British actress Ophelia Lovibond, who was previously featured in movies like No Strings Attached and Mr. Popper's Penguins, is the latest to sign on for a part in the galactic comic book movie. While the trade has since removed details about the role, the original report said that she will be playing an assistant to a being known as The Collector, described as a near-immortal "who gathers artifacts and beings in the hopes of saving them from a foretold galactic annihilation." She is the second actor to join the cast of the film in the last week, with Walking Dead star and Gunn regular Michael Rooker signed on last week to play Yondu Udonta.
It's worth noting that in the comics The Collector has a connection with Thanos, the big purple dude revealed during the end credits of The Avengers, so this is just one more piece of evidence suggesting that Guardians of the Galaxy will feature the Mad Titan. Production on the film will begin this June, with Marvel and Disney targeting an August 1, 2014, release date.


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What happens to your 401(k) money if the company you work for goes "belly up"? In one case, covered in a series of recent New York Times articles, employees have had their money frozen for more than five years.
The culprit appears to be the Internal Revenue Service, which has dragged its feet in providing its approval for the termination of the plan. Equally culpable, in my estimation, is the U.S. Department of Labor, whose motto and reason for existence is "Protecting the Rights of American Workers." Where was this otherwise noble government institution while this travesty played out? They should have leaned on the IRS.
The hero, not surprisingly, turned out to be the Vanguard Fund family, which stepped up and finally refused to keep paying out fund assets in fees to the accountants and consultants who continued to get regular payments for services as the frozen plan became their feeding trough.
On paper, of course, none of this should have happened. Retirement plan money is in a separate trust and is totally untouchable in the event of an employer's bankruptcy. Since a majority of Americans work for companies with less than 500 employees, this puts more than half of Americans in potential jeopardy, as smaller companies have a far greater propensity to actually close their doors after some reversal of fortune.
While the Enrons and Arthur Andersens of this world are an exception, I should point out that service companies like law firms can easily find themselves in a death spiral as partners leave for other firms and those remaining are left to shoulder lease and other financial obligations. A few large San Francisco law firms failed in recent years, which illustrates that even lawyers can go broke.
In my experience, when companies unravel, their owners and executives tend to become scarce. Most small company plans are "self-trusteed," which means that company owners, financial officers and maybe even human resource people elect to become the trustees of the plan. These are the only people who can control the assets and make decisions related to the plan. For example, every loan or distribution to an employee participant must be authorized by a trustee. All of a sudden, the plan at a bankrupt company can find itself with no trustees. Everyone has quit and the plan is in limbo until the bankruptcy court appoints someone.
Now that I've scared the daylights out of everyone, let me suggest an umbrella of protection. First, when you leave a company, always roll your money into your own IRA so that it is independent of the plan offered at your new job. With each job change, that IRA should be growing over the years. If you've been talked into rolling all of your current IRA money into your company's plan, roll it back out. It's been kept separate to preserve this option. If you're older than 591/2, you have the right — even while still working — to roll your money out into your own rollover IRA. Anyone within 10 years of retirement should probably consider doing that under any circumstances even if their company shows every sign of remaining solvent.
Be prepared for some blow back. The vendors of most retirement programs get paid based on the amount of money in the plan, so the "advisers" who encourage you to participate will try to make the case that staying in the plan is in your best interest. If one of the selling points is that the money in the company plan — unlike IRA money — is protected from personal bankruptcy or your creditors, they don't know that the law changed recently. Any money in an IRA whose original source was a retirement plan enjoys the same protection that it would have had if left in a company plan.
Once out of the plan, your money can be invested in any combination of stocks, bonds or mutual funds — a vast investment opportunity compared to the limited fund selection in a company plan. This expanded choice is especially important when approaching retirement, as bond funds play a growing role. Keeping costs low is especially important in bond funds, and those in retirement plans often have plan expenses and commissions charged against what otherwise would have been your annual interest earnings.
In short, there are several reasons for rolling money out of a company retirement plan as soon as you have an opportunity, but one of the most important is the ever-possible threat of a corporate collapse and the inconvenience of having money tied up. You're guaranteed to get it sooner or later, but not without some sleepless nights.
Steve Butler is CEO of Pension Dynamics. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 925-956-0505, ext. 228.


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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's Sandy Hook Advisory Commission might be the proper venue to consider an idea beginning to make the rounds after the Newtown massacre on Dec. 14: requiring gun owners to buy liability insurance.
Courant columnist Rick Green broached the subject this week, noting that no state has ever tried it and that requiring liability insurance "wouldn't stop a shooting and other crimes, of course, but it could add another layer of safety, perhaps making it more difficult for mentally unstable people to access firearms. It might also protect gun owners, keeping them away from high-risk situations."
A bill has been filed in the Massachusetts legislature requiring liability insurance for gun owners in that state. Such a policy would provide liability coverage in case a gun owner's firearm was ever used to injure someone.
Liability insurance — like that required of automobile drivers — is not a radical idea. There are no Second Amendment implications. It confiscates nothing.
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But, as Dickinson College political scientist H.L. Pohlman writes, "Rapid-fire weapons capable of mass casualties would require higher premiums than less-lethal firearms. Some gun owners would avoid the high rates by purchasing less lethal weapons, decreasing over time the number of rapid-fire weapons and their accessories in American society."
According to a 1999 study, the annual medical costs for gunshot injuries are estimated at $2.3 billion, about half of which is paid by U.S. taxpayers.
There is enough risk and enough damage that an insurance requirement should be considered.
Mr. Malloy's panel, which will not report until March, may be best equipped to consider unusual suggestions. The liability insurance requirement for gun owners doesn't bear directly on the Newtown tragedy, but if it promoted safer gun use and resulted in less violence, it's close enough.


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Sir John Everett Millais, a member of the Pre-Raphelite Brotherhood, was known for his precision, attention to detail, and stellar ability as a colorist. Born in St. Helier, Jersey in 1829, he was to become one of the youngest inductees into the Royal Academy, and would eventually become its president. Studying in the Royal Academy schools, he became acquainted with William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, whose ideas about painting he would come to share. These artists aimed to achieve the simplicity of Medieval art while painting in the manner of stark realism and vivid color. Millais's paintings exemplify elements of this simplicity, and his aesthetic demonstrates a sophisticated interest in paint and its possibilities.
His early work, namely Christ in the House of his Parents, elicited negative responses from numerous critics, including a derisive review in Household Words written by Charles Dickens, who warned readers to prepare themselves for "the lowest depths of what is mean, repulsive, and revolting" (Charles Dickens in Walker Art Gallery, 29). A very curious picture, it features young Jesus having cut himself in a carpentry accident. Tended to by his parents, he slouches weakly in the center of the composition. While Bible themes were popular among the Pre-Raphaelites, such an unusual narrative took viewers by surprise. Millais's technical prowess, however, ensured his security in the public's eye and heart.
Millais progressed toward more intriguing subject matter with his 1851 painting Mariana, a paradigm of aestheticism and beauty. Rosetti recorded in the PRB Journal that Millais had made the design for this painting before he left London for Oxford at the beginning of June 1850 (Walker Art Gallery, 31). Mariana features a young woman in a blue dress stretching her aching back by her opened window, having strained herself working on a needlepoint that sits on the table in front of her. Based on Tennyson's poem by the same title, this painting demonstrates the PRB's affinity for literature-based themes. Tennyson writes:
She only said, "My life is dreary —
He cometh not" she said;
She said, "I am aweary, aweary —
I would that I were dead." (Walker Art Gallery, 31)
Tennyson based his character on Shakespeare's Mariana from Measure for Measure, awaiting the return of her fiancé Angelo who has abandoned her after her dowry was lost at sea. Tennyson's Mariana "is forever trapped in stasis" (Walker Art Gallery, 31). Millais communicates this quality through his exhaustive attention to detail. By laboring over the visual particularities of every object, the artist fixes each in space. In a similar way, Mariana, rendered descriptively to the last hair on her head, appears fixed her position of back-wrenching angst. Through portraying this quality of permanence, Millais fleshes out Mariana's feeling of entrapment, and in her time of waiting, the ability of a moment to extend for what feels like hours.
The artist toys with ideas of time and temporality by using themes of nature and decoration. Leaves fill the room in which Mariana stands, having blown in from the open window in front of her. Their presence in the interior realm blurs the boundaries between outside and inside, upsetting the Victorian distinction between the two. This detail can be read two ways. One could suggest that this opened window signifies that Mariana is not completely trapped in her female domain, but is given an escape to an exterior beyond the room she inhabits. On the other hand, perhaps these creeping leaves serve no other purpose than to remind the awaiting Mariana of the outside world where her lover resides, enhancing the agony of her situation.
Millais uses the interior decoration as a means of meditating on the theme of time. He juxtaposes the Medieval stained glass windows, which came from Merton College Chapel, Oxford (Walker Art Gallery, 31), with the otherwise predominantly Victorian decoration of the room. The walls possess the floral motifs and hyper-detailed quality typical of the later Arts and Crafts Movement, and the room itself possesses the feeling of being stuffed to gills with art objects and decoration, a characteristic of nineteenth-century interiors. This juxtaposition symbolizes the plight of the Pre-Raphaelite painter, straddling his nineteenth-century reality with his preoccupation with the simplicity of the Medieval. It also suggests the timelessness of Mariana's plight, as the Medieval windows represent the Annunciation. The theme of the female in waiting, therefore, extends from the days of Mary to those of Mariana.
Millais uses bright, contrasting colors to individuate themes and objects in the painting. Mariana, radiant in blue, contrasts the complementary orange of the stool on which she sat. Similarly, the greenish tone of the natural outdoors repels its complementary reddish tint of the interior of the room. Mariana's needlepoint that sits on the table before her appears in red, contrasting the green of the leaf right next to it. With these subtle gimmicks of color, Millais delineates the various themes of his painting: outside versus inside, and rest versus toil.
Millais's colors may also possess some religious symbolism. His protagonist's red hair may allude to auburn tresses of Mary Magdelene, the blue of her dress could symbolize the holy bloodline. Religious symbolism permeates the rest of the painting, as well, including but not limited to the stained glass windows already discussed, the offering table in the room's corner, and the seal in the right-hand window reading In coelo quies or In Heaven there is rest (Kate Moller '05). This inscription suggests Mariana's suicidal state. Though she tries to find rest from her earthly work by stretching her back and contemplating the world beyond the window in front of her, perhaps Heaven provides the only true release.
Mariana was not initially well-received. Ruskin wrote in his Times letter of May 13, 1851 that he was content to see that Millais's "lady in blue is heartily tired of painted windows and idolatrous toilet table" (Ruskin, in Walker Art Gallery, 31). Despite criticism, however, this picture influenced subsequent images of Victorian women. William Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience is one such example. While the obvious comparison can be made of the theme of exterior versus interior and the woman's domain, these pieces resemble one another in the artists' use of space: the main figures appear in the center of the composition, and the artists' style of painting: ornate, colorful, and hyper-realistic. These two pictures skim the surface in terms of Hunt's and Millais's influence on one another, exemplifying their similar interest in the Victorian woman and her plight.
Related Discussions of Millais by the Same Author
- Doomed and Decorated: Millais's Lovers and their Surroundings in The Black Brunswickers
- Knowledge and Family in Millais's The Ruling Passion
- Nudes and Knights: Millais's The Knight Errant
- Order in the Family in The Order of Release
Walker Art Gallery. Millais: An Exhibition Organized by the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool and the Royal Academy of Arts London, Jan-Apr 1967. London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. Printers to the Royal Academy, 1967.
Kate Moller '05, "Literary References and Mood in Mariana."
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There's no time like the present for Sony Ericsson to bring a new tune to its Walkman line of cell phones. Sony Ericsson today announced some details for its anticipated "PlayNow plus" unlimited music download service. Set to take on Nokia's Comes With Music and Orange's Musique Max, PlayNow plus definitely marches to its own unique beat in some key areas.
Launching this fall in Sweden via a partnership with Telenor, Sony Ericsson is extending its current PlayNow Arena of downloadable content for mobile phones to include an optional unlimited music subscription service. The first phone to be compatible with the service is the Sony Ericsson W902 plus Walkman phone, which is a slightly modified version of the W902 five megapixel cameraphone that will include an 8GB Memory Stick Micro card out of the box. Sony Ericsson will bring this subscription plan and compatible phones to other carriers around the world starting in early 2009.
Customers will have access to a catalog of over five million DRM music tracks from all four of the major international music labels—EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music—as well as thousands of independent local music labels. Tracks can be downloaded directly to the phone over the cell network or to a "complementary PC player," but synchronization of tracks or playlists is not specifically mentioned.
In an attempt to prevent its service from becoming a Comes With Music me-too, Sony Ericsson is doing a couple of things differently, with mixed results. First, the W902 phone—and presumably future models—will come pre-loaded with 1,000 tracks from popular artists. Sony Ericsson did not return Ars Technica's request for comment as to whether this bundle of music would affect the base price of a PlayNow plus phone.
The other notable aspect of PlayNow plus is that, unlike Nokia's Comes With Music, customers will not be able to keep all the music they download after they cancel their wireless carrier contracts (though, for the record, Comes With Music tracks remain DRMed indefinitely). Instead, according to CNET, for every six months that customers maintain their PlayNow plus contracts, they can convert 100 songs to a DRM-free MP3 format after contract cancellation for playing on any MP3 player. While this sounds like a fairly worthless perk to tack onto an unlimited music download plan, it's nice to see these companies make an effort to combine "unlimited" with "DRM-free."
Besides the phone price, a number of other details remain unanswered. Sony Ericsson has not disclosed the actual price of a PlayNow plus plan or whether it will be a subscription that consumers must sign up for separate from their wireless features and monthly bills.
Another unanswered question is whether Sony Ericsson plans to bring PlayNow plus to all the Walkman-branded phones it's been selling for years. If Sony Ericsson offered a firmware update for at least some of these existing phones, it could turn a lot of potential PlayNow plus users into paying customers.


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DOVER — In Dover Youth Football action on Sept. 30, the Jaguars and Oyster River hooked up in thrilling House League game that went down to the wire with the Jaguars eking out a 8-6 victory in subpar conditions, The Raiders defeated the Giants in a closely contested battle 20-14. In SJFL action, the Dover A and B teams were scheduled to host their first home games of the season but were postponed.
Oyster River 8, Jaguars 6
Oyster River knocked off the Jaguars in a battle of unbeatens by the score of 8-6 on September 30th. With slippery field conditions, the game turned into a defensive battle. The Jags struck first with some good running plays from Brayden Fracassa and Brody Neubauer, while Andrew Wertz finished the drive with a nice pass to Bailey Beakes for a touchdown. With some tough defense, a fumble recovery from Derek Grimes, and a touchdown saving tackle from Matthew Smith, the Jags finished the first half with a 6 to 0 lead. In the third quarter, Oyster River scored a running TD and the two point conversion to take an 8 to 6 lead. Strong defense from Jonny Rodrigues, Shawn McClellon, and Conner Sheehan kept Oyster River out of the end zone for the remainder of the game, but the Jags offense could not counter with any more points.
Raiders 20, Giants 14
The Raiders nipped the Giants by the score of 20-14 on September 30th. The Raiders were led by the superb blocking by Joe Pearsall who helped the Raiders offense move the ball forward. Sean Murphy also had a nice lead block to free Spencer Aubin for one of his three touchdowns down on the day. Beau Normandeau scored on the Raiders only 2 point conversion of the game. The Giants offense was led by Gavin Hills who had two touchdowns, while Adam Stewart had a two point conversion. The Giants also received offensive sparks from Gavin Cheney and Nathan Maas, and strong blocking by Aiden Pratt and Andrew York. For the Raiders defense, linebackers Jeremi Morse and Mateo Oroh helped to stuff the Giants run game, while Evan Letourneau roamed at free safety and made some solid tackles. Noel Daniel had a nice touchdown saving tackle at the end position. The Giants defense received strong play by Todd Giles, Tim O'Brien and Tyler Hughes.
In Dover Youth Football action on Oct. 6, Oyster River continued its winning ways by defeating the Raiders 26-6 in House League action, while the Giants defeated the Chiefs, 22-6.In SJFL action, the Dover A team won its first home game beating local rival Oyster River 34-16, while the Dover B team recorded defeated Oyster River as well by a score of 8-6.
Oyster River 26, Raiders 6
Oyster River recorded a 26-6 win over the Raiders as Tom McDonough and John Kell had stellar performances, while the defense was led by Joseph Luchsinger and Hunter Jennings. Gabe Goodwin and Seth Murch helped shut down the Raider's running game of Beau Normandeau, Brady McDonough and Spencer Aubin. Shannon McDonough, Roland Marquis and Hayden Marshall had standout performances on the offensive line paving the way for scoring from Hunter Jennings and Owen McKiernan.
Giants 22, Chiefs 6
The Giants and Chiefs battled it out with the Giants coming out on top by a score of 22-6. The Giants offense was led by Gavin Cheney with two touchdowns and Gavin Hills with one touchdown. The Giants had some great blocking by Xane Peters and Jay Gagne. The defense was led by Andrew York, Caden Barish, Max Frost and Alexander Knight. The Chiefs were led by Luke Geppert, Liam Lovering, Ethan Greene and Alex LeClerc.
Dover A 34, Oyster River 16
Dover's offense took control of the game early with two scoring drives on the Green Waves first two possessions. The first was a 65 yard drive capped by a 12 yard run by Jacob Gellerson. The second score was a 15 yard pass play from Luke McCusker to Luc Normandeau to put Dover up 16-0. Mitchell Nollet also scored three touchdowns for Dover on some incredible runs with great blocking by Aiden McDonough and the entire line. The defense was led by Sean Gallipo, Bryce Boucher, and Deshawn Egal in the first half and great efforts by Connor Blomstrom, Matayo Grondin, and Patrick Gunter in the second half.
Dover B 8, Oyster River 6
Dover's B team played its first home game of the season and beat rival Oyster River by a score of 8-6. Oyster River scored on their firstpossession of the game to go ahead 6-0, with the conversion attempt failed. Dover's defense was able to hold Oyster River scoreless for the remainder of the contest. Defensive standouts for Dover were Jason Suwu, Sidonio Labelle, Jackson Perkins, Josh Durham, Matt Brun, Elijah Payeur and Dan Parker. Dover's Jack Dalton ran off tackle through a huge hole created by guard Jake McCormack and tackle Michael Porter and made some nifty moves down field before sprinting into the end-zone as the halftime horn sounded. Ryan Pottier added the go ahead two point conversion when he ran behind linemen Liam Mone, Aaron Daniels and McCormack. In addition to Dalton, Dover's offense was led by Fin Wingren, who made some spectacular plays, Labelle and Pottier who made some clutch receptions during the contest.
In Dover Youth Football action on Oct. 13, the Jaguars defeatedthe Giants 26-0 in House League action, while the Chiefs defeated the Raiders in a closely contested battle 18-14. In SJFL action, the Dover A team beat Tewksbury Blue, 16-0, while the Dover B team lost a hard fought battle to Tewksbury Blue, 8-0.
Jaguars 26, Giants 0
The Jaguars struck first with a great 12 yard run from Brody Neubauer to take a 6 to 0 lead. The Giants startedto move the ball on offense, but the Jaguars defense stiffened, led by Shaun McClellon and Jonny Rodrigues. With good blocking from DerekGrimes, Cameron Ansell, and Daniel Schwarz, the Jaguars moved the ball into Giant territory, and the second Jaguar TD came from via a run by Andrew Wertz. In the second half, the Jags continued to play tough defense lead by ConnerSheehan, Brayden Fracassa and Michael McNally. After a couple back andfourths, the Jaguars Bailey Beakes, Mathew Smith, Eric Carbonneau, and DominicSasien forced the Giants to give the ball back to the Jags offense.Jonathan Wasserman ran for two touchdowns inside the red zone, andWertz had a two point conversion, with some help from Quinton Berry.
Chiefs 18, Raiders 14
The Raiders offense was powered by Jackson Rutland who had some nice runs, and Beau Normandeau who scored two touchdowns on sweeps. Brady McDonough had a nice off tackle run for the two point conversion.The Raiders defense was anchored by Corey Furman, Noel Daniel and Isaiah Samuel, while Sean Murphy and Evan Letorneau had some nice tackles.
Dover 16, Tewksbury Blue 0
Dover's A Team was locked in a defensive battle for scoreless first half. Dover's defense was led by Nathan Ross, Mike Brun, and John Wertz. The Dover offense came alive in the second half with two long scoring drives. The first drive was capped off by an Aaron Oroh touchdown run. The second drive sealed the game as Ty Vitko scored on a short run. The drive was sparked by outstanding blocking from Aiden McDonough, Isaaih Egal, Brandon Hubley, Evan Joyce, and Cody Sheehan. The defense shut down Tewksbury in the second half with outstanding efforts from Liam Kelly, Chris Johnson, and Drew Tesch.
Tewksbury Blue 8, Dover 0
Dover's B team played a hard-fought game. Tewksbury Blue got on the board in the second quarter, on a half back pass that went 52 yards for a touchdown and the two point conversion was good, and the only score of the game. Dover received outstanding plays on defense by Ryder Jackson, Dan Parker, Jake McCormack, Isaac Yerardi and Joshua Black. The offense was lead by Fin Wingren, who had several long runs from the line of scrimmage, and linemen Aaron Daniels, Liam Mone, and McCormack.
In Dover Youth Football action on October 16th, the Dover A and B teams traveled to Derry to make up previously scheduled games. The Dover A team lost 29-0, while the Dover B came home victorious with a 12-6 win.
Derry 29, Dover A 0
The Dover A Team they traveled to undefeated Derry and lost a hard fought game 29-0. The defense kept it close in the first half, led by Willem Federico and Liam Kelly, with the Wolverines only up 6-0. Turnovers proved costly for Dover in the second half as Derry turned three of them into 22 points. Aaron Oroh had an outstanding game on both sides of the ball and Collin Serra stepped in on defense to help shut down Derry's passing game in the second half.
Dover B 12, Derry 6
Dover's B Team started slowly and was not able to move the ball in the first half, as Derry's offense ran outside successfully the entire first half and lead 6-0 at the break.Dover made some adjustments at halftime that proved to pay off. Dover's defense stiffened and was led by Elijah Payeur, Josh Durham, Jackson Perkins, Jake McCormack, Matt Brun, Quinn Wade and Dan Parker. Dover got on the board in the third quarter when Josh Durham, who had several long runs on the day, ran into the end-zone untouched. The two point conversion failed. Dover took the lead with three minutes left in the game when Fin Wingren hit a streaking Sidonio LaBelle down the sidelines for a 35 yard touchdown reception. The two point conversion failed. Dover was able to get the ball back and moved down to Derry's one yard line with under a minute left. Dover chose to take a knee and leave the Derry with a 12-6 win. Dover's offense also received outstanding plays in the second half from Wade, Aaron Daniels, Jack Dalton, Caleb LaRoche and Liam Mone.
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DOVER — In Dover Youth Football action on Sept. 30, the Jaguars and Oyster River hooked up in thrilling House League game that went down to the wire with the Jaguars eking out a 8-6 victory in subpar conditions, The Raiders defeated the Giants in a closely contested battle 20-14. In SJFL action, the Dover A and B teams were scheduled to host their first home games of the season but were postponed.


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An update on WHO's work on female genital mutilation (FGM)
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Studies indicate that the practice of FGM has changed in a number of ways. Most encouragingly, the practice is declining. This can be observed when looking at data from countries in which at least two surveys are available, showing that the prevalence has reduced in a number of countries.


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Jacopo Guarana
Italian, 1720–1808
St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1760
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17.9 x 12.7 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with the National Trust Company Fund No. 1
Born in Venice, Jacopo Guarana followed in the Rococo tradition of Sebastiano Ricci and Giambattista Tiepolo, working against the Neoclassical style that had taken hold in many of the Italian schools, including in Venice. Accepted into the Accademia in Venice in 1756, Guarana went on to execute designs for many ceilings and domes in the city and surrounding towns. With its shaped composition and grid lines, this drawing of St. Francis receiving the stigmata clearly served as a preparatory study for a larger, finished work, perhaps an altarpiece. St. Francis is depicted with outstretched arms gazing upward in disbelief as the Holy Ghost appears to him in the form of a white dove. Images such as this, where saints were shown receiving the stigmata—the very wounds that Christ sustained on the cross—appeared in Italian painting as early as the fourteenth century.
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