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One more post about the upcoming benefit "The People Speak Live", happening on January 31st. You can get tickets at metrochicago.com. Article from Chicago Tribune:
Matt Damon will headline a benefit performance of dramatic readings at the Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., on Jan. 31. The Hollywood actor will be joined by the Steppenwolf Theatre's Robert Breuler and Alana Arenas, various local poets and the Tribune's Rick Kogan, among others.
The project, dubbed "The People Speak Live," is based on the documentary "The People Speak" and involves performances of the actual words of various "rebels, dissenters and visionaries" from the American past and present. The producer is a national non-profit called Voices of a People's History, in partnership with the Chicago-based Louder Than a Bomb, a youth-based, spoken-word program. Tickets are now on sale ($11-$24) at metrochicago.com.
Part of a new, yearlong arts and education initiative in Chicago, a benefit performance of "The People Speak, Live!" produced by Voices of a People's History takes place at Metro, Tuesday, January 31st, 2012. Bringing to life the extraordinary history of ordinary people who made the United States what it is today, the evening pairs Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon with local Chicago talent for dramatic readings and songs of the actual words of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from America's past–and present.
"The People Speak, Live!" is based on the award-winning documentary feature The People Speak which had its broadcast premiere on HISTORY™ in December 2009. Seen by more than eight million people, The People Speak features Matt Damon reading John Steinbeck; Bob Dylan performing Woody Guthrie; Marisa Tomei describing the 1937 Flint sit-down strike; Morgan Freeman and Don Cheadle performing the words of Frederick Douglass; John Legend reading Muhammad Ali; and many others performing the work of both the acclaimed and anonymous in U.S. history.
The January 31st benefit performance of "The People Speak, Live!"–its Chicago premiere–will feature readings of a fifteenth century priest documenting Columbus' arrival in the New World; a fugitive slave's scathing letter to a former master; the words of pathbreaking Chicago labor organizers; testimony of civil rights activists; musical performances from the songbooks of Woodie Guthrie and one-time Chicagoan Sam Cooke; poetry from the earliest days of Hip-Hop; Studs Terkel's interview with Mamie Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till; and more.
"It's an honest and exciting look at where we've come from," says Damon, a featured actor in and executive producer of The People Speak film. "The idea that all of the progress in America towards equality has been struggled for by everyday people, I hope will become a point of discussion for more students of all ages. With The People Speak, you're getting the actual historical text verbatim; there's no spin."
Since 2003, Voices of a People's History—the national non-profit that runs education and performing arts programs based on primary source materials has produced more than 100 performances in 17 states with casts that have included local students, parents, civic leaders, and actors alongside celebrated artists such as Black Thought of The Roots, Josh Brolin, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Sandra Oh, Steve Earle, Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo, Patti Smith, Kerry Washington, and Alfre Woodard–on stages ranging from small classrooms to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Sundance Film Festival.
Voices of a People's History is producing the January 31st performance in partnership with Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival. Bringing together hundreds of youth across Chicago every year, Louder Than a Bomb is the city's famous youth spoken word program, celebrating its 12th year in 2012 with the January broadcast premiere on the Oprah Winfrey Network of the award-winning documentary Louder Than a Bomb, directed by local filmmakers Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel.
Together, the organizations have initiated a yearlong pilot project, bringing free educational material, teacher workshops, and public arts programming to classrooms and communities across Chicago. The Chicago pilot project, like the film, is inspired by the work of the late historian Howard Zinn, author of the bestselling A People's History of the United States (HarperCollins 1980) and, with Anthony Arnove, the primary source companion Voices of a People's History of the United States (Seven Stories Press 2004).
Since the Chicago Voices pilot project launched in September 2011, more than 500 Chicago educators have received the free Chicago Voices Educators Toolkit, suitable for middle and high school and introductory college classes. The toolkit includes The People Speak DVD, a preloaded USB flash drive with standards-aligned lesson plans, teaching guides, primary source material featuring Chicago history, as well as several books by Howard Zinn. A total of 1,000 educators will receive the toolkit by the project's end this June.
In addition, the pilot project has partnered with community groups–including Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Erie Neighborhood House, Victory Gardens Theatre, and the Occupy Chicago Education Committee–to host free screenings of the film The People Speak. These screenings will continue in the first half of this year.
Tuesday, January 31st, 7:00 pm, Doors 6:00 pm | Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60613 | Tickets on sale January 9th $11 advance GA, $14 at door, $24 seated, $99 premium package for two, available at the Metro box office and at http://www.metrochicago.com
Actor to read the works of John Steinbeck at Metro benefit
An event featuring dramatic theatre readings typically doesn't draw a standing-room-only crowd, but we're betting things will be different for an event later this month.
A-list actor Matt Damon is headlining a benefit performance at Metro on January 31.
Damon will be joined at "The People Speak Live" by several local poets and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble members Robert Brueler and Alena Arenas.
The event is designed to "bring to life the extraordinary history of ordinary people who made the United States what it is today," and features "readings and songs of the actual words of rebels, dissenters, prophets, and visionaries from America's past and present."
Tickets range from $11-$24 for the all-ages show.
Great new interview where Matt talks about We Bought a Zoo, music, crying while watching movies and Tom Cruise, by The Washington Post:
I'm a little worried about "We Bought a Zoo."
With all the hype about mega-marketed holiday films such as "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol," I fear moviegoers may forget all about Cameron Crowe and Matt Damon's dramedy, or perhaps just dismiss it outright because the title is, admittedly, a little goofy.
They shouldn't. For starters, Damon delivers one of the most authentic and likable star turns of his career as Benjamin Mee, the widower and father of two who, uh, well, buys a zoo. (In addition to being goofy, the title is also kind of a spoiler.)
I recently chatted with Damon and Crowe about the film for this Sunday Style piece, which, because of space limitations, couldn't possibly capture the many topics covered during a 40-minute conversation. In addition to discussing New Yorker critic David Denby's initial dismissal of "We Bought a Zoo," we also talked about the impact that using music on the set (a signature Crowe move) had on Damon's performance, as well as the acting abilities of their current multiplex competitor, Tom Cruise.
Here are more extracts from that interview, in which Damon uses big words like "amygdala" and says of Cruise, "He is a much better actor than I think people understand."
Damon, on Crowe's use of music during takes: There's something that happens with music, and I'd never thought of using it this way, but it's so brilliant because it's so emotional. It's like it leapfrogs your neocortex and goes straight to your amygdala and suddenly you're feeling these things. It's not rational; it's going right really to your heart. As a performer, it's just pulling stuff out of you.
That Jonsi music we have in the movie. . . . The song where I'm looking at the iPhoto stuff and looking at my wife [in the movie] — the song that's in the movie is the song Cameron played that day, and it's completely responsible for that whole sequence. It took me places that there is no amount of directing or cajoling or persuading he could have done to get me to that place. He didn't say anything; he put the song on and we were gone. So that was something I've never seen before that's an unbelievably valuable tool for me going forward, and eventually as a director.
Crowe, on why he changed his mind and decided to play music during certain takes of "We Bought a Zoo": It happened on the first day when we were doing the scene in the hallway of the school. It was a close-up on Matt, and he kind of turned into the shot. I had two instincts: One is, wow, Matt has really connected to this character and this is the movie happening before me. And the second: I hear Tom Petty, "Don't Come Around Here No More."
So I put it on, on instinct, and something started to surge on Matt's face and in the people around us, and it felt like music has always been for me, kind of an emotional partner. And suddenly we had kind of another character in the room, which was the music. As soon as the take was over, Matt and some other people came over and said, "Wow, I really felt that." I think in that instant I pivoted and decided to keep doing it. And one of the reasons was because Matt just soaks up music. He's a music fan, and the music was always a reminder of what movie we were in. And sometimes that's so much more profound than anything you could say.
Damon, on whether he'll use music when he makes his directorial debut next year: Definitely, definitely. I'm already thinking about that, when to use it and what songs. Because it really does work.
It was weird to come across a tactic — like, I thought I knew everything. Tactically speaking, without geeking out on theory, a lot of people make good movies, and I know a lot of them and we talk. And so, it was surprising to have this happen on the first day of filming. I was so excited. I had dinner with Ben Affleck that night, actually, and it's all we talked about, was this Tom Petty thing that had happened. I just couldn't believe it. I was like, man, you have no idea what this felt like. It was all about a feeling and being lifted by this music, and so yeah, it's definitely something that I want to do. Because it works.
Damon, on what gets to him in Crowe's movie "Jerry Maguire":
There are a few parts, actually. I was watching it with my wife. It's Tom [Cruise], is what gets to me. Tom's performance is what gets to me, ultimately. He anchored that movie. He's such a better actor than I think people understand, and that performance is still great 15 years later. It is worth going back and looking at again. It is one of the great leading-man performances.
When a movie gets to you, there are a bunch of things that start to work on you. The relationship between Cuba [Gooding Jr.]'s character and his wife, that starts to get to me. By the end of it I'm just so teed up for the final scene with Tom and Renee [Zellweger] in front of the women's group. My wife looks over, and tears are running down [my face] and I'm wiping them away.
But it got to her, too. . . . I'm not ashamed to say that.
Crowe and Damon, on the possibility of Crowe making a movie that brings together Damon, Cruise and "Say Anything . . ." star John Cusack:
Damon: I love that idea.
Crowe: Oh, man. Tom Cruise came to visit the set when we were making "We Bought a Zoo," and I kind of stood back at a certain point and watched the two of them talking, and I had the same idea. It's like, damn. . . .
Damon: I had met [Tom Cruise] briefly a couple of times, but we really got to talk and, uh, spend a little time together. And then I talked to him on the phone after he saw some scenes. He dropped by the editing room and saw some stuff and called me. And that was amazing.
Looks like Matt Damon will no long be directing the movie he co-wrote with John Krasinski and Dave Eggers, according to The Hollywood Report, also reported by DIY Film:
After the actor pulled out of directing the untitled film due to "scheduling conflicts," Van Sant will now take his chair.
Matt Damon might not be directing his untitled drama he co-wrote with John Krasinski and Dave Eggers, but the project is far from dead.
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Gus Van Sant will sit in the director's chair after Damon fell out due to "scheduling issues." (The actor said yes to several movies this year, and the time required to prep what would have been his directorial debut would have impacted his other commitments.)
Damon came to the realization he would be unable to direct during the holidays and called Van Sant, who helmed him in his 1997 breakthrough Good Will Hunting, to step in.
Damon will still star in the movie, along with which centers on a salesman (Damon) who arrives in a small town only to have his life changed. Krasinski was also due to star. The two are producing as is Chris Moore.
The next step for the project, which hopes to shoot in the spring, is financing. The project was initially set up at Warner Bros. in October but is no longer there. Discussions are underway with financiers to take it over.
Van Sant, repped by WME, last directed Restless, which starred Mia Wasikowska.
Continuing, these are are all new albums, and some new photoshoots! Huge thanks to Olivia from Shelley Conn Online for the set with Josh Brolin.
I've also included the new GQ photoshoot and outtakes. Matt is currently featured on GQ magazine, January edition. I'm looking for scans, if you can scan it, please mail them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hope you enjoy!
Photoshoot #088, Photoshoot #089, Photoshoot #090, Photoshoot #091, Photoshoot #092, Photoshoot #093, Photoshoot #094, Photoshoot #095, Photoshoot #096, Photoshoot #097, Photoshoot #098, Photoshoot #099, Photoshoot #100, Photoshoot #101, Photoshoot #102, Photoshoot #103, Photoshoot #104, Photoshoot #105, Photoshoot #106, Photoshoot #107, Photoshoot #108
Hello everyone! I've updated the gallery with a lot of photoshoots, some are new, some are old, some are HQ version of what had already been posted. In all cases, it's Matt Damon *eye*candy*.
Photoshoot #006, Photoshoot #012, , Photoshoot #021, Photoshoot #027, Photoshoot #026, Photoshoot #038, Photoshoot #040, Photoshoot #041, Photoshoot #043, Photoshoot #047, Photoshoot #046, Photoshoot #049, Photoshoot #051, Photoshoot #066, Photoshoot #063, Photoshoot #084
I've added more pictures from the We Bought a Zoo premiere and there's a Today Show Clip at MSNBC Site. Thanks Roberta from Jim Parsons Web for the pictures.
Matt will be on Late Show with David Letterman this wednesday! Don't miss it!
The clip is after the "Read more" link. It's autoplay.
Matt was featured in this sunday's edition of Parade Magazine. Huge thanks to Colleen from Eva-LaRue for scanning it! 😀


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Now Playing – the sounds of the week at OTR HQ
Tunes from Savages, Basement Jaxx, Justin Timberlake, Neneh Cherry with Afrika Baby Bam and Kelis
Savages "Silence Yourself" (Matador)
Ferocious debut album which takes the band's live intensity and post-punk fever to a whole new level.
Justin Timberlake "The 20/20 Experience" (RCA)
Premier league pop, soul and r'n'b from the JT who will still be in the game in twenty years' time
Basement Jaxx "Back 2 the Wild" (37 Adventures)
Where's your head at? Heavyweight tribal pop action from the rejuvenated Jaxx.
Neneh Cherry & Afrika Baby Bam "Nina" (White)
Ms Buffalo Stance and Mr Jungle Brother hit the town with a superslinky, kick-ass groove courtesy of Four Tet
Kelis "Call On Me" (White)
Funky retro jam from Kelis which may well signal that a new album for Dave "TV On the Radio" Sitek's Federal Prism is finally nigh.


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Enumerable.Count<TSource> Method (IEnumerable<TSource>)
Returns the number of elements in a sequence.
Namespace: System.Linq
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
Type Parameters
- TSource
The type of the elements of source.
- source
- Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource>
A sequence that contains elements to be counted.
Return ValueType: System.Int32
The number of elements in the input sequence.
Usage NoteIn Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<TSource>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.
source is null.
The number of elements in source is larger than MaxValue.
If the type of source implements ICollection<T>, that implementation is used to obtain the count of elements. Otherwise, this method determines the count.
Use the LongCount method when you expect and want to allow the result to be greater than MaxValue.
In Visual Basic query expression syntax, an Aggregate Into Count() clause translates to an invocation of Count.
The following code example demonstrates how to use Count<TSource>(IEnumerable<TSource>) to count the elements in an array.
string[] fruits = { "apple", "banana", "mango", "orange", "passionfruit", "grape" }; try { int numberOfFruits = fruits.Count(); outputBlock.Text += String.Format( "There are {0} fruits in the collection.", numberOfFruits) + "\n"; } catch (OverflowException) { outputBlock.Text += "The count is too large to store as an Int32." + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += "Try using the LongCount() method instead." + "\n"; } // This code produces the following output: // // There are 6 fruits in the collection.
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Common Law Legal English and Grammar
By Alison Riley, Patricia Sours
Lord Denning, an influential but controversial English judge, stated that "Words are the lawyer's tools of trade." This legal textbook - now in its second edition - reflects that conviction as it focuses on the language of the law (legal terms, expressions, and grammar), introduced systematically with relevant aspects of the law. Wording is examined in context through analytical reading activities based on original legal texts selected for their interest and importance in different branches of the common law system. The book explores constitutional law, criminal law, tort law, and contract law, yet includes international legal contexts, with a particular focus on human rights and European law. In each chapter, the presentation of legal concepts and terminology in context is graded so that the course progresses, building on the vocabulary and law encountered in earlier chapters. The chapters are organized thematically and include a series of activities/tasks to complete, yet the book does not presuppose previous knowledge of legal English or of the common law. Full answer keys and reflective commentary on both the legal and linguistic aspects are given, and sections marked 'Advanced' offer especially challenging materials. Consolidation sections are designed to test students' global comprehension of the texts analyzed, including precise usage of legal vocabulary in context, with solutions. Common Law Legal English and Grammar is addressed to the non-native speaker of English, and, in particular, intermediate to advanced students who are studying law, as well as academics with a professional interest in Anglo-American law. Practicing lawyers will also find that the book offers valuable analysis of the language of legal documents. [Subject: Legal Education]
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The Madhyamaka Bus?
Friday February 6, 2009
Last Thursday, there was a piece in the Guardian newspaper about the current struggle for the souls of the nation being played out on the sides of London buses. It started with an advertising campaign launched back in January by the British Humanist Association and luminaries such as Richard Dawkins and A. C. Grayling, in which the advertising space on a number of London buses was emblazoned with the words: "There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." The appearance of these so-called atheist buses led to at least one hundred and fifty complaints being registered with the advertising standards people, on the grounds that this slogan was offensive and that here was a claim that could not be substantiated.
Fear of claims incapable of substantiation does not seem to have hindered The Christian Party, however. Under the leadership of Rev. George Hargreaves, they have just announced that they are countering with the following slogan, similarly emblazoned: "There definitely is a God. So join the Christian Party and enjoy your life." The move from 'probably' to 'definitely' seems, to my mind, to be a retrograde step, and the Christian Party have failed to iron out the apparent non sequitur lurking in the original; but it is rather touching, nevertheless, to see that Professors Dawkins and Grayling are united with the Rev. Hargreaves in wishing our well-being and enjoyment.
At this stage in proceedings, it seems to me that there's no reason for Buddhists not to pitch in and join the fun. My proposal is for a Madhyamaka bus bearing the following well-known verse from the Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā of the philosopher Nāgārjuna:
Neither an entity nor a nonentity
Moves in any of the three ways.
So motion, bus
and route are nonexistent.
Oh, and why not enjoy your life while you are at it?
Image: FordPrefect on Wikimedia.org, Creative Commons ShareAlike
Nagarjuna quotation adapted from Jay Garfield's translation of the Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā
#1 · Karen wilson
10 February 2009
Hello there Will,
I think your message for the bus is great, the unfortunate thing is your message, my mail and the web are also subject to the same ethos.
May peace and peace and peace, be everywhere.
#2 · Peter Clothier
12 February 2009
Great idea! But why not, more simply, "There is no bus (signed) The Buddha"…?
#3 · Stephen MacDonald
16 February 2009
I love the idea of having a buddhist sign on the side of the bus in this style. To, as Will suggests, join in the fun!! But is there a way we could make it happen?
#4 · jake
17 February 2009
The message on London bus was different than what you have said here. It was "There is probably no god….". Just wanted to set the record straight
#8 · Robert Leslie
21 February 2009
At the risk of being serious I suggest that motion, route, and bus are "equally empty" rather than "non-existent".
Any way, all the suggested signs beat the pharma ads and their ilk which we must endure here in the U.S. You folks are having more fun!
#9 · Will
21 February 2009
True, Robert, there are philosophical problems here… The original, incidentally, as translated by Garfield, simply has the word "mover" where I have "bus", and in his commentary Garfield raises the same question as you, but goes on to say that this second chapter needs to be read in the context of the first chapter on conditions in the text, which serves to "bring motion, change and movable and changeable entities back from the brink of extinction." Whether it also serves to bring the bus you are waiting for back from the brink of extinction is, alas, a different matter.
All the best,
#11 · Jack O'Sullivan
24 February 2009
How about,
"Atheists, Christians and Buddhists all agree that your life can be better spent on other things than reading buses.
Go on, enjoy yourself."
Think how many seconds of people's lives will be saved by ignoring bus adverts!
#12 · Jack O'Sullivan
24 February 2009
NB: Just clarifying that I didn't mean by my previous comment that I disliked your idea, it's a very humorous take on the situation :)
#13 · Dominic
24 February 2009
I found a site where you can create your own virtual bus poster.
I quite like "Chuang Tzu said: To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders." And "Neither exisence nor nonexistence as we understand it applies to God." But that's just me.
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Abrams Falls at Smoky Mountain National Park
July 25, 2012 in Tennessee Hiking Trails by amylaree
Abrams Falls Trail
We kicked off our trip to the Smoky Mountains with a trek along the very popular Abrams Falls Trail. Smoky Mountain National Park is the most visited national park in the country and this trail certainly ranks among the most crowded that we've hiked. While it was crowded, this moderately difficult trail led us to the impressive Abrams Falls and swimming hole.
- Scenery: 3.5
- Difficulty: 3.0
- Length: 5.0 miles
- Dog Friendly Factor: 3.0
- Convenience: 1.5
- Bonus Funtimes: 5.0
Scenery (3.5 out of 5.0): The Abrams Falls trailhead starts off at a bucolic setting along Abrams Creek. The creekside views are almost continual throughout the hike. As we hiked along the dirt path, the laurels were in bloom, which made it all the more scenic. The highest point along the trail provides a lovely view of the surrounding area.
While the rest of the trail provides some idyllic scenes, the main event comes with the arrival to Abrams Falls. While Abrams Fall is only 20′ tall, the volume of the falls is tremendous. The pool that forms at the base of the falls makes for a great swimming hole that was filled with people of all ages. If you can get around the crowds to the base of the falls there are some large boulders that are perfect for soaking up the sun and enjoying the roar of the falls.
Difficulty (3.0 out of 5.0): While the pathway is well maintained and the footing is very easy, there are a couple of good climbs during this 5 mile trek – an elevation change of about 1,800 feet. There were people of all ages on this trail – lots of kids who seemed in pretty good spirits on the way to the falls, but were definitely dragging on the ascent back up the highest ridge. While the end result of the trail is a beautiful, family friendly swimming hole, flip flops and strollers are not suggested for the 2.5 hike to get there.
Length: 5.0 miles
Dog Friendly Factor (0 out of 5.0): Dogs are not allowed on trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so the pups stayed at home this day.
Convenience (2.0 out of 5.0): The trailhead for the Abrams Falls is about 4 hours from Nashville and located at the far end of the drive through Cade's Cove. It's an easy drive and readily accessible, just a ways away from Middle Tennessee.
Bonus Funtimes (5.0 out of 5.0): Aside from the awesome swimming hole at the base of Abrams Falls, you will certainly find plenty of ways to be entertained while at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There are dozens of campgrounds and seemingly hundreds of trails. If lazing on the river is your preference, there are plenty of tubing outfitters and a few kayaking spots.


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gilbertk96 18-21, F 1 Feb 17, 2016
A guy who loves me for meand not my looks or body!
Moelyn95 22-25, F 2 Responses 1 Sep 30, 2014
I want a woman in my life,someone to hold, confide in, laugh with, cry with; someone I can watch football with, fish with, walk along the beach at night with. I want it. I deserve it
kindhearted20 51-55, M 2 Responses 5 Feb 16, 2016
With a woman... I already have a very realloving, fulfilling relationship with a man. I feel very incomplete without a woman in my life, like, something's missing. Hoping she's out there somewhere. Always keeping my eyes and heart open, just in case.
Beauty is only skin deep.If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person.
katdaughtry 70+, F 1 Response 2 Sep 29, 2014
am 16 and looking for an online girlfreidso if any girl wants to try respond
souleimane 18-21, M 0 Jun 9, 2015
Earlier some of my friendsand I were watching a movie, and I was the 7th wheel! Yup, the 7th. Three couples and me. One of the couples has been dating for two years and they are absolutely adorable. I can't put into words how much I like seeing them together and how much I want a good, cute relationship...
ofnoimportance 22-25, F 2 Responses 5 Jun 22, 2014
i want the man i been withfor 15 yrs to love me the way i love him....is that even possible
shaybutter235 31-35, F 3 Responses 2 Jun 8, 2015
I've Been BlessedI''ve had three wonderful men in my life that I loved deeply. Each one very different, each brought me to different heights. Now I want that last love, the one that keeps my heart burning on a low flame, someone that will make love slowly for hours, the comfortable arms wrapped...
loralei3000 46-50, F 2 Mar 18, 2012
I haven't had a boyfriend in alooooooooonnnnnnggggg time. And I'm really ready to get back in the game. :)
XBeautifulanduglyX 18-21, F 2 Responses 2 Nov 14, 2014
We fight a lot but we like each other.He's not loving towards me but we go together. I can't make him love me or treat me better, but I can't seem to get over him. What's wrong with me? Why is it that I'm willing to do anything for him and yet he can't even kiss me goodbye. I want to text him but I think the guy...
Justdez 22-25, F 1 Response 1 Jun 26, 2014
I met a girl who I dad liked a long time ago atcollege. We reconnected a couple of years ago, we spoke by facebook and Skype until we could meet, we were living in deferent countries by then. We met and there were sparks and fireworks and Magic. She went home and me made plans to see each other a few months later. Well...
Chubwolf 41-45, M 1 Response 4 Jun 7, 2015
Now that I have gone through some thingsand had made son brash decisions, I have decided to become ready to pursue a real relationship where I am the light and sole person of his eye. Since there's no change in my husband and his " desires", I have chosen to pursue my own happiness and wants of the opposite sex. I'm...
Babygirl872901 31-35, F 0 Mar 29, 2015
Wouldnt That Be NiceI think everyone wants this in their life. I think everyone needs this in their life.
musared 18-21, F 1 Aug 23, 2009
I want a relationshipso badly but my 'best' friend keeps stealing away all my opportunities
A Real Loving Relationship.well,yes,of course i do.its the whole point of life really,love,loving,being loved,its what makes it all worth while.i think everyone should have,& also needs a partner in life,someone who'll stand by you,...someone who will ultimately share your life experience.i'm not ...
clayantony 41-45, M 1 Response 2 Jan 31, 2010
a wanna experience love fromboth sides
souleimane 18-21, M 1 Response 0 Jun 8, 2015
And I finally have one.<3 I am proud to say that I have been in a loving relationship with my boyfriend for 6 months straight now. :)
XBeautifulanduglyX 18-21, F 8 Jun 8, 2015
I haven't dated anyone ever in my life.As time passes by, one to another, all of my friends have experienced a relationship. And it left me alone. I don't want a relationship, not right now. But sometime i do, because i feel lonely and i want a guy who i can share my life with; someone who can make me happy and enjoy...
lindasawr 18-21, F 1 Feb 9, 2014
Any ideas how an introverted home body can meetpeople? I'm trying the online thing, not very successful, not even for friends.
507max 31-35, M 1 Response 2 Jun 10, 2015
I wish I had a boyfriendwho didn't flirt with anyone else but me yeah you can be friendly and joke around but why would you need to go farther if you have me? Is there anyone who wants to make ME and only ME happy? I mean do any of you want a relationship and make one person feel special?
I wish I had a girlfriendwho really loves me for me
Hurrp 22-25, F 1 Response 7 Jun 8, 2015
I just want a relationshipwhere the feelings are mutual.. I don't ask for much.. just someone who will be there for me and love and care for me like I could do for them.. and I could do so much more.. I would give them my all.
Evolislove 22-25, F 1 Response 0 Jan 29, 2016
I'm a single, caring,openminded, understanding and respectful guy in his 30s who doesn't judge. Is there any genuine women out there who want a meaningful friendship with me?.
Tannedguy007 26-30, M 0 Jun 26, 2015
I've mostly been in "situationships"where I hope it will eventually turn into more, but I usually end up looking like a fool. I want a real relationship, but it's become pretty clear that I won't find it in this life. It's okay though, because I'm starting to enjoy being on my own. The stress and hurt that...
girlanonymous 22-25, F 1 Response 1 Mar 13, 2016
I want a real relationship already.I wanna guy that I can actually like n get along with and not this fwb thing ughh. It seems impossible to find a nice guy nowadays all they wanna do ***** around. The worst part about this is that I'm not even good...I don't like being used like this but I don't wanna be alone...
the808heartbreak 22-25, F 2 Responses 1 May 18, 2014
Why is it soo hardnto fine..why do girls just keep throwing away the nice guy and always choose the bay boy who leads them on they know they are going to get hurt
sweetguy20144 26-30, M 1 Response 0 Aug 27, 2015
I'm tired of meaningless hook ups n one nightstands. I want a real loving relationship, or I don't want one at all.... no, I dont wanna be yo booty call, yo hook up, yo side chic, yo fwb or whatever u so chose to call it?!? grow up! been there, done that. idc how special u think u r. I will not have that type of...
Right now, I just want to sit downand spend the night making a real good friendship with somone on the internet
KultyKnife 18-21, M 1 Jun 11, 2015


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Es Divendres 10 Desembre 2004 18:47, en Arnaud Fontaine va escriure: | >>>>> "Joan" == Joan Tur <firstname.lastname@example.com> writes: | | Joan> Compiled, and boots fine, but I cannt see any change, minimum | Joan> speed is still 600mhz at | Joan> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq 8-? | | Hello, | | I modified speedstep-centrino.c for my 1300Mhz Intel Pentium M, but like | you, i can't see any change despite i took a look at Intel | documentation. Someone has an idea ? I use cpufreqd, maybe there is an | another solution ?I'm using cpudyn, but both are based on info the system shows them (sys & procdirs)... 8-( | Joan> Any idea? Thanks ;)
The demon used should be of no effect, because all have to rely on the sysfs entries, but it seems that the chipsets capabilities differ. Or maybe some other kernel configs influence this. I have the following options set which may have influence: CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=y CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI=y CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y I am using a debian kernel 2.6.8 on Centrino GM855/1600MHz Banias.
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I'm done with the cold. Been getting up at the lovely hour of 4:30 am to get my miles in before turning into daddy or worker bee – and its been cold in the morning – with wind. Todays 27 miles was a freeze fest. True, I've ridden in colder weather – but when the sun starts to shine the body starts to expect milder temps. I can't wait to ride in knicks and a wool top.
Free Motion Rollers – Video
In action…
Free Motion Rollers
I finally found some time to fabricate my free motion rollers… the parts have been sitting in the garage since the first of the year.
Why? because I wanted to change up the way I ride inside. Aluminum channel to contain the mess, my Kreitler rollers mounted in 1/4″ aluminum plate. Skateboard wheels. Bungie cords. They work well enough. I'm getting some vibration I didn't notice on the original Kreitler frame – I might have a hop in a wheel – or the bit of flex I'm getting with the 1/4″ aluminum plate is throwing everything out of alignment just so. I might rework the inner carriage to remove the flex – and I need to find a stronger 12″ bungie – while sprinting this afternoon I managed to bottom out the forward and rear travel.
The sensation is quite nice – the rollers slide for and aft in the aluminum track as you apply power, stand, or shift gears. No more of that awkward body weight shifting to keep the bike from jumping off the frame. Ride (nearly) naturally – stand up, sprint, mash, spin high RPMs… so far its all worked.
Ready to Ride
My training is way off pace. I'm stressed by the thought of even getting on the bike. I should be on the rollers. I should be focused on losing weight. According to my rough plan I should be hitting my 4-5 hour long rides starting next week – and I honestly don't even want to ride to the grocery store. The weather has been craptastic – especially when I had my wake up call hard fall a few weeks ago. We've been traveling all over this winter, the whole family has been sick (I'm currently battling bronchitis and influenza A), the billable work hours are piling up (and in this economy I've been taking most work that comes my way).
Getting the picture. Excuses, excuses, excuses.
But honestly – it just doesn't sound like fun anymore.
I have 2 main goals for this coming season – qualify for and finish the Endless Mountains 1240k, and enjoy the NE Fleche with our VT team of usual suspects (if we ever get confirmation on its specifics).
Jen doubled down on my EM 1240 goal. I have 3 chances to complain about it – anything from "I'm too slow, I'll never finish" to "It's impossible" or "I can't ride…" No more complaining – or we cancel. And she doubled down on the weight loss, anemia, and asthma that I've been a horrible manager of. A good kick in the pants for sure.
Becoming a dad, trying to work part time to help with the family budget while being day to day care provider for our little one has proven more challenging than I could have dreamed. Its also been incredibly rewarding – far beyond the challenges. I just never thought it would be so hard to stay motivated. (One aspect of training I am making great strides in is sleep deprivation – the little one has been sick and going through problems with sleeping… so bring on the late night riding – I think I'm ready)
Looking for some inspiration (aside from lusting after new bike gear) I downloaded David Rowe's The Ride of Your Life. I'm already pleased and I'm not quite through the introduction. I'll report back as I progress. As much as I want to tear through it – I just hate reading a 'book' like this on the screen. Might have to sacrifice some recycled newspapers and print some of this out…
Fixed Century
Our Sunday ride group was dispersed this last weekend – so I took off solo on the Surly to retrace a previous ride. I've been enjoying the fixed gear bike around town- and my longest ride to date has been about 32 miles – so I decided to test the fit and my legs for a century. I explored a relatively flat route along the Winooski River from Burlington through Colchester, Essex Junction, Richmond, Waterbury and Middlesex. I've ridden parts of this on a previous Sunday morning ride with the IF – the terrain is tame – but there are steep rollers on the quiet country and dirt roads – some approaching 10% – but a few easily clearing 12%.
As I left Waterbury I noted the 'bridge closed' signs along Rt. 2 and hoped to be able to cross as a pedestrian. No such luck, as the highway department has taken care to make it a formidable obstacle to cross.
I had planned on a detour off of Rt. 2 nearby – and luckily the unnamed road (Lover's Lane, according to Google) was just to the right of the bridge – so up some steep dirt and gravel and I discovered a lovely abandoned bridge over a ravine. A kayaker was playing in the rapids way down below – running through, rolling, then inching his way back up the side to do it over again.
I had to walk up the other side spinning out the rear tire while climbing the very steep loose sand and dirt road. The road connected me to 100b which rolls into Middlesex where I resupplied at the general store. I debated riding on to Montpelier, again following some quiet dirt roads – but guessed at my mileage and figured I was already halfway through a century.
I retraced my steps home – not seeing another cyclist until Richmond – which is a popular starting place for GMBC club racers as well as the summer tourists. I negotiated Rt. 2 and 117 in the heat – stopping in Essex Junction for another burst of sports drink, a reload on water, and a snack.
I rigged the Surly much as I would for a 300k – as I'm getting comfortable with the weight and the gear I'll be taking on my ADK adventure in just over a month. I still have much climbing work to do – I'm hoping to do an intense 2 weeks of hills and then back off and taper for the big day. I'll most likely be on the IF for the 300k – but I will give the Surly another shot at a century in much hillier terrain before I decide on which steed will carry me through the mountains. I'm currently running 42×16 which has been working well for rolling and mixed terrain. If needed I could remount the Surly Dinglecog and have a 42×17 and 42×19 option for a climby long distance ride.
The fit on the Surly also needs some work. By the numbers it is really close to the IF – but I've been riding the IF without gloves and had a successful century last week – on the Surly I had numb and tingling hands only 15 miles into the ride. I packed my riding gloves as insurance and wore them the balance of the ride – they worked – but I have come to like 'naked hands'. This week I swapped around to an adjustable stem and will play with my bars. The one difference that might come into play is that the width of the bars on the Surly is 44cm and the width on the IF is 46cm – can that 2 cm in width be numbing my hands? Or is it the Cane Creek brake levers vs. the Campy Ergos? Or the gel padded bar tape on the Surly vs. the leather on the IF?
I did have a successful 'street shorts' century. I'm wearing Ex-Officio boxer briefs and my old Cannondale touring shorts – no chamois for me – and with the B17 I was comfy the ride through.
Summer Evening
Climbed to Bolton Ski area today. This was my first serious climbing of the season and it felt good. Slow, but good. I averaged nearly 6 mph up the climb – and looking at the GMBC Time Trial results I won't win a medal anytime soon… but it felt good to work hard for 4.4 miles. The VDO topped out at 17% grade – with long stretches at 9-10-13-14%.
I've started to work with a coach to bring some focus to my riding and clarity to my nutrition. For the better part of 4 years I've seen gains in my personal fitness primarily from re-discovering cycling. I've seen weight loss, strength and speed gains, and my comfort level on the bike go up. I feel stagnated from this winter and I know that as Kent Peterson says "I am not a nutritional role model".
Our arrangement right now is pretty simple – he's drawn up a 12 week plan to build and re-focus my base and will be pointing me in the right direction with on and off bike nutritional choices. After the 12 weeks I'll evaluate where I'm at and will probably move into a more formal arrangement to focus on specific events for the 2008 season. After 2 weeks of following 'the plan' I can see that I've been riding too hard, too often. This is probably one of the biggest problems of self trained athletes – going too hard all the time and not letting the body rest and recover. When given proper care the body gets stronger because of its ability to heal and rebuild itself after hard efforts. If your training consists of pushing yourself to the limit day in and day out, you never give your body a chance to recover from these efforts and work its magic – its during this recovery time when the real 'training' happens – adaptation to hard work is what makes us stronger and faster.
The plan appears 'easy' on the surface – the first few weeks will see lots of Z1 and Z2 workouts with a sampling of some short intervals. I was warned that I'll have quite a few rides in the first 3-4 weeks where I'll question the sanity of the program, as I'm not used to "taking in the scenery". I've been finding it difficult to 'go slow' and spin! I'm working with HR zones and limits – so for any given ride I have HR caps. The 'easy' days aren't all that easy – especially when my body wants to ride at a steady state that it has gotten used to over the past few years. It seems that I always end up riding at a similar speed – moving above and below this speed takes work. As we progress the program gets rough – the mileage adds up quickly and I'll have back to back long days in the saddle (as my primary events are Brevets and centuries) and plenty of climbing intervals.
Today I had an easy recovery spin scheduled, so I ran errands while getting my ride in. I'm enjoying my new Carradice SQR Tour bag for both my long rides and for around town. The bag comes on and off the bike easily – but is very secure while riding. It is large though – and I do get odd looks from the roadies speeding to and fro… I'm not sure what people make of a bike with a gigantic seatbag, dual headlights, taillights, and fenders. With some planning I can carry enough for a long day (maybe two) on the bike, or leave room for a run to the library, post office, bank, hardware store, and bike shop. In combination with my handlebar bag the Carradice might be perfect for a light weekend tour – a theory I hope to test later this summer.
I had a VO2 Max test done this morning at UVM, as part of a GMBC group that was celebrating the grand opening of a new rehab / fitness center in town. The test takes about 1/2 hour with warmup, and the real work is only about 15 minutes long. I rode my bike in a Computrainer and I was breathing into a mouthpiece attached to a gas analyzer. My heart rate was recorded along with watts, speed, and cadence from the trainer. We calibrated a cadence and intial wattage reading while I warmed up, then as the test began the goal was to ride as close as possible to my selected "ideal" cadence as possible, as resistance was increased every 2 minutes. It started to hurt when I hit the middle of the 300 watts section – about 5-7 minutes into the test. I'm not sure how far into the resistance we reached nearing the 11 minute mark – I had tapped out all my gears, was pedaling squares, and was struggling to breathe. The techs gave me a preliminary data sheet – the last 2:40 of the test I was riding a consistent heart rate of 193 bpm! At this point there are only a few numbers that I can make sense of – I'm looking forward to a detailed evaluation of my test results that I should have later this week. Jen snapped a few pictures – neither of which are very flattering – but I do like the fish look as I reached for my waterbottle.


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To me, the best music videos are able to communicate a story, and in many cases, also utilize the technology of its time to create something visually stunning.
My all-time favorite music video is for a-ha's "Take on Me". I have always enjoyed the rotoscoping used in it to make it appear that the main female character entered a comic book world. Admittedly, the video looks rather cheesy today, since it's now over 20 years old; however, for its time, it was a rather innovative and visually stunning piece of work.
Metallica's first music video, for their song "One," is also one of the best music videos I've seen. This is in reference to the version that utilizes the movie footage, not the "jamming version" (where all you see is the band performing). In the movie footage video, the director was able to effectively utilize footage from the 1971 film, Johnny Got His Gun. It was a video that really captured my attention when it first came out in 1989, and it's still one that makes an impact on me when I see it today.
Over the years, Madonna has also had some visually stunning videos that told a story. My two favorites both came from the Like a Prayer album: "Express Yourself" and "Oh Father". "Express Yourself" was based on the silent film, Metropolis; it was also the most expensive video ever made back in 1989. You can tell how much money was spent on the video by simply looking at it. And the "Oh Father" video not only tells a story, but it's loaded with a lot of imagery and symbolism.
Aerosmith's video for "Janie's Got a Gun" also falls into this category. Director David Fincher created a visually stunning piece of work that helps tell the story of the song. The visuals leave an impact with the viewer. For me, one of the most memorable visuals is seeing Janie spelling out the word "LOST" with the pieces of china that she broke a little earlier in the video.
In more recent years, one of my favorite videos would be TLC's "Unpretty". I like how the director came up with several mini-stories to convey the message of the song. The most compelling of these would be Chili's story about getting breast enhancement; the scenes at the plastic surgery clinic are some of the most compelling in the whole video.
Finally, Backstreet Boys' "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" is another powerful video that not only tells a story, or, in this case, multiple stories, but the technical aspects used in the video to help tell these stories are simply stunning and visually interesting.


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2014 World Cup: Ghana carrying Africa's brightest hopes in Brazil
It is a patronising cliche that teams from Africa are enthusiastic and naive, but Ghana remains one of the best-drilled sides from the continent.
The morning after the brutal heartbreak, Ghana's players went to visit Nelson Mandela, a man who had spent a lifetime forgiving. They walked ashen-faced through the compound of his Johannesburg home, no one in any mood to laugh or exchange pleasantries. Only the coach Milovan Rajevac offered a weak smile to the cameras, trying — perhaps in vain — to convince his lot it wasn't as bad as it seemed.
"It's a game; we can't say we were robbed,†the midfielder Sulley Muntari said. "We didn't utilise our chances; so we can't say it's robbing. We're not here to criticise anybody.â€
"I'm OK,†said Asamoah Gyan. "I'm all right.†He had left Soccer City in tears, perhaps blaming himself for some of what happened.
They then travelled to Soweto to meet Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the great man's ex-wife. "Not really good,†Muntari said, when asked how he felt. "But Mr. Mandela and his wife — they give us some happiness. We will come back.â€
Huge crowds gathered in the predominantly black township to welcome Ghana. "The Hope of Africa†one poster read, while the spokesman of the African National Congress congratulated the Black Stars for doing 'Mother Africa' proud.
No African team had reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup and in 2010, Ghana was denied by the width of a crossbar and an errant hand. Deep into extra-time in the quarter-finals with Uruguay — so deep there wasn't time for another kick — Dominic Adiyiah's shot was palmed off the line by Luis Suarez. It was a handball so blatant even Suarez didn't protest when he was sent off (although he brilliantly feigned surprise).
Gyan missed from the spot, the ball ricocheting off the bar and disappearing into the stands behind. Suarez, still at the mouth of the tunnel with his shirt drawn up to his face, took off in celebration.
It went to penalties, when Gyan bravely stepped up and converted but John Mensah and Adiyiah failed as an inconsolable Ghana bowed out.
Suarez expressed no regret. "The Hand of God now belongs to me; mine is the real Hand of God,†he said later. "I made the best save of the tournament. Sometimes in training I play as a goalkeeper so it was worth it. Stopping a goal with my hand I believe I did nothing evil, it was just stopping a goal.â€
To Uruguay, Suarez was a hero, a professional who took even the smallest chance there was and sacrificed his spot in the semi-finals for the sake of the team. To the whole of Africa, he was a villain whose skulduggery had done Ghana in.
South Africa was Ghana's second appearance in the finals. Grouped alongside Serbia, Australia and Germany, the side advanced to the Round of 16 with four points. The USA presented a hurdle there, but Ghana prevailed in extra-time, Gyan controlling a long ball from the back and finishing superbly past Tim Howard. With a squad boasting players in the top European leagues and with experience of one World Cup, all it needed was for the team to be tactically wise.
Ghana first qualified for the tournament in 2006, when it notably progressed out of a group with Italy, the Czech Republic and the USA in it. There was defeat in the second round to Brazil, but there was no dishonour in it.
It is a patronising cliche that teams from Africa are enthusiastic and naive, but Ghana remains one of the best-drilled sides from the continent. The hope is, however, that its legacy in the near future won't come to be defined by that handball.
One of the best out of Africa
Alongside George Weah, Roger Milla and Rabah Madjer, Abedi Pele Ayew (in pic) is one of the greatest footballers to have come out of Africa. Quick, deft in tight spaces, and possessing of a fine left foot, Pele - nicknamed so for his ability - was one of the initial African players to make a splash in Europe. He spent five seasons in all at Marseille, winning the UEFA Champions League in 1993 as part of a side that included Rudi Voeller, Didier Deschamps, Marcel Desailly and a young Fabien Barthez.
Two years before, Marseille had lost in the final of the same competition - Pele, Jean-Pierre Papin and Chris Waddle a famous trio - to the last of the great Red Star Belgrade teams. No other French club has won Europe's principal club competition. Pele was African Footballer of the Year three times. He led Ghana to the African Cup of Nations in 1982, and was the country's highest scorer (33 goals) till Asamoah Gyan overtook him. Pele's sons, Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew, are both regulars in the national side while a third son, Ibrahim Ayew, has also represented the country.
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Nimo says:June 01, 2014 09:30 amAA is just a stubborn coach who should be sacked with no hesitation if we get kicked out in the first round. I wonder why he played nearly the same line up that performed below average against montenegro. Has he forgotten the squad that trashed egypt was full of our best quality players? why he is gone downhill now starting all those average players, is he getting overconfident? he needs some chastisement I think. Start our damn quality players AA, don't rely on average players who work hard but lack quality. Quality is Key!!!!! Our best quality plays known all over the world are: -----------------------------GYAN------------------------------- MUNTARI-----------KP BOATENG----------------A. AYEW ------------K. ASAMOAH-----------ESSIEN------------------- AFFUL-----------BOYE--------JONATHAN--------OPARE ------------------------KWARASEY-------------------------- Best subs: ACQUAH FOR ESSIEN ATSU FOR MUNTARI WARRIS FOR GYAN Give this to Akwasi Appiah.
duke says:June 01, 2014 09:37 amMali will whip your world cup team, by sheer intelligent play
Dwayne says:June 01, 2014 09:38 am@nimo...this line-up will surely earn us a win against USA...
NONI(9JA 1ST SON) says:June 01, 2014 08:39 amif the rubbish and kwasia team i watched played against HOLLAND yesterday is what you are saying will bring pride to africa then africa is doomed for life.... stupid team with just a single highlight against HOLLAND.... Mehn wahala dey ooooo.
benny says:June 01, 2014 09:15 amZG GH4LIFE, you are being judgemental. The mere fact that the players did not wave other than Asamoah Gyan doesn't make them unfriendly. Did you also have pictures just like Papadinho claimed and managed to get over 100 emails and phone numbers of people?
ZG GH4LIFE says:June 01, 2014 08:01 amWow am happy today,am on my way to Ghana and my plane stopped at amsterdam in holland and i just saw the whole blackstar team at the airport on their way to ;USA, thats was nice, Asamoah Gyan was the only nice one that was waved at us, all the others where kinda not friendly at all,
kwame says:June 02, 2014 02:36 pmReally I thought people who made comments about football at this level would understand the game. Do you guys really thick AA put out his best team. He is still in the process of picking his final 23 and this game was the final chance to see all the players he had doubts about. I for one did not expect a competitive hard game. Put out the best team, play hard now and injure five or six of your best players. How would that make sense and improve our chances on the BIG stage. Give AA his dues. The man knows what he is doing. The current German coach believes AA knows what he is doing, so does the Former England coach Terry Vennables to name just a few PROFESSIONALS. Ghanaians need to learn how to control their emotions, be patient and unite and move forward as a powerful footballing force unstoppable by any nation.
Jaja says:June 01, 2014 12:33 pmEssien is a flop nowadays. It is Acquah's time to shine.
Africanus says:June 01, 2014 03:10 pmDrop Essien he was terrible yesterday, our midfield collapsed in the first half leaving our defense totally exposed.
GHANSON says:June 01, 2014 03:38 pmGhanaians dey rush toooo much!! Damn! Can we all just Support the team and coach for once instead of all these fruitless talks?? Come on don't You guys think some of these players have been reading our posts here? It is very important we boost their spirits n morals instead of all the negative comments. I'm 100% Ghanaian but I will tell u ghanains r the most ANNOYING ppl in Africa... where is the unity? smfh
GHANSON says:June 01, 2014 03:44 pmFor example :: we shall THRASH Germany! We will DEMOLISH Portugal. And send Yankee on an early flight back home.. These kind of comments will boost the VIM of individual players who read our posts and that confidence will be spread to other teammates like a virus... instead of dissing this one and that one... so the **** what if we don't lift the trophy? at least we were there!
Yeboahaugustino says:June 01, 2014 04:11 pmgood squad to Ghana
Easy says:June 01, 2014 10:38 amNimo , is a good line up , but I think K. Asamoah should play left back .Afful on Subs in case K . ASamah get tired , we cannot used all our best players to start de game , to have a good bench is very important to win games , beside we don't have many left back players. Essien n Acquah in the middle
ginger says:June 01, 2014 07:52 amKeep on hyping yourselves, ghana can only be hope of africa in RUGBY not in beatiful game called soccer, we all saw d climpse of what ghana can do in brazil last night, they were playing without pattern, no team work, no cohesion, d defence was horrible, d attack was next to nothing bcos for d intire first half no shot on target. U can also sense act of indiscipline in dat team when akamiko got injured no body was ready to come in, dat led AA to be somehow frudstrated.... Muntari is not a descipline player he is full of ego..all of these are what keshi was trying to avoid dat made him drop some of his best legs
duke says:June 01, 2014 09:34 amSilly Ghana write up. Did Abedi Pele win the 'World Best Player'...Ghana always feel they play good soccer,No.Ghana are too physical,rough and unintelligent
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"We have a very high rate of preparedness," said Pam Tucker, director of the Columbia County Emergency Services Division.
"We actually meet and succeed the Storm Ready certification. If anything happens, our county government is extremely prepared."
Families and businesses may not be totally prepared for disaster, Tucker said, but today's technology and constant access to information allow citizens to at least be knowledgeable on how to be prepared.
"I would be totally shocked if there is anybody who didn't know in the event of an emergency where they should go in their homes or what to do," she said.
Most individuals know where they should hide during a tornado, but citizens should learn to be prepared for more localized emergencies, such as two or more days with a heat index of 105 degrees or higher.
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Other preparations include designating a safe room and developing a supply kit.
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The Georgia Emergency Management Agency survey released last month followed a campaign started in 2008 that was designed to educate and motivate Georgians to prepare for a disaster.
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As a developer, I love coming across new methods or techniques that help make better, more readable code. Recently I was trying to find a better way of passing information from a method that creates a UIAlertView to the UIAlertView's delegate method
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userInfodictionary for an alert view, and Apple specifically says not to subclass UIAlertView. What I've done in the past is create a property or class instance variable to temporarily hold the object I want to pass around. I don't like this technique, it feels sloppy, but it gets the job done.
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Using autolayout in your apps is becoming increasingly important with each new version of iOS. If you're used to the old springs and struts model, you may find that some things that you could do in your sleep now pose somewhat of a challenge. One of these for me was UIView animations.
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This post will show how to adjust the content insets of a uitableview or uitextview when the keyboard pops up, so nothing is hidden underneath. I'm just going to jump right into the code for this one because this post is more for reference whenever this topic comes up. I'm not going to do a full tutorial for something like this.
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In this tutorial you will learn to create a toolbar or tabbar style view that can be animated on and off the screen. By using a toolbar that can be collapsed, you can give your users the option of more screen real-estate. We will create a UIView that can hold a couple buttons and can be expanded or collapsed when a button is touched. The user can also drag it open or closed with a pan gesture.
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Everything in this tutorial simply uses a standard UIImageView, no third party libraries are required. When I came across this topic for the first time it was to animate bookmarking a page. It is incredibly easy to create a GIF animation that repeats over and over again. Where the complexity comes in is making the animation run once forward, then being able to toggle it backwards to animate the undo of the action. By adding this simple technique to your objective-c arsenal you can add that little extra to your apps.
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|(Nanowerk News) In 2007, Prof. MING Pingbing from the CAS Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science and his colleagues made a calculation on the ideal strength of grapheme, a promising carbon material. One year later, their work is verified by an experiment that was reported recently in Science.
|Graphene, discovered in 2004 by a research team from Manchester University in UK, is a relatively large-scale one-atom thick layer of graphite with remarkable electric characteristics. Experts believe that the nano-transistor made from such a material might greatly raise the operating speed of computers.
|The ideal strength refers to the highest achievable strength of a defect-free crystal at 0°K. It is a crucial theoretical parameter because it plays a critical role in characterizing the nature of chemical bonding of the crystal. The study of ideal strength can tell us a lot about why some materials are intrinsically brittle, while others are intrinsically ductile.
|Via the method of first-principle calculation and teaming up with Liu Fang from the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing and Li Ju from the Ohio State University, Ming carried out a careful ab initio study of the ideal tensile strength of flat graphene, as structural motif for carbon nanotubes, nanofibers and other graphene-based materials. The results show that that the value of the monolayer graphene's intrinsic strength is between 110-121GPa, indicating that graphene is the strongest material ever discovered so far.
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Fat is a problem. We don't like excess fat in our bellies and thighs, and our lipid (which includes cholesterol) or fat numbers can't be too high or the doctor will recommend medication.
But what if I told you there is a fat in the body that is a good fat and that it burns calories without our having to do anything? Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Well, there is such a thing. No, for now you can't use it to make you thin or cure diabetes—but eventually it may help. It's important because this good fat gives researchers another avenue to explore in their search to help people control obesity and diabetes.
This fat is called brown fat and everyone has it, located in the neck and behind the collarbones. Brown fat helps us burn calories when we are cold and possibly even when we gain weight.
In general people who are obese have less brown fat than those who are at a "normal" body weight. And what's really interesting is the amount of brown fat we have grows in the winter and shrinks in the summer. So keeping cold should help you increase your brown fat and the amount of calories you burn. But how many calories are we talking about?
Dr. Aaron Cypess, M.D., Ph.D., a researcher and physician at Joslin Diabetes Center, tried an experiment on himself to see how many more calories his brown fat would burn by being cold.
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Martin Missfeldt created this Marilyn Monroe portrait with a word processing application named openOffice.org, which is very similar to Microsoft Word.
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Implications - Typewritten images of roses and middle fingers have always been a strange form of expression to complement messages on the web. Recent artists have taken it one step further by creating online mosaics of portraits built entirely from typewritten letters. This artwork demonstrates the immense influence of the Internet, even in an artistic medium. As the digital world evolves with growing social media site, future generations will find new ways to use it as their creative outlet.
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I'm so glad that my sister asked me to take pictures of her and her husband this week. In a few weeks they are expecting their second baby boy!
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Can Virtual Extensible LAN solve the VLAN problem?
The Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) protocol could mean the ability to spin off many more VLANs across dispersed data centers. So why does blogger Ivan Pepelnjak take issue?
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With VXLAN, engineers can create thousands more VLANs that can stretch across geographically dispersed data centers. In a traditional setting, the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN specification provides only 4,094 VLAN identifiers while a top-of-rack switch may be connected to more than 40 servers supporting multiple VMs. Using VXLAN, engineers can group VLANs together by application using a 24-bit identifier. In that case, as many as 16 million VNIs may be defined in any administrative domain, and each VNI may contain up to 4,094 VLANs.
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Whilst it would be a slight exaggeration – as a critic of some 15 or so years standing – to say that it's an occupational curse being exposed to too much music before it hits the stores, the fact that music is so readily accessible 24/7 and the fact that it's almost too easy to release it in one form or another means that focusing time and attention on just one new release is harder than ever. This a situation that almost unfairly prevented this album from Josephine Foster reaching the top of this writer's 'to review' pile. Although given to this scribe by the irrepressibly enthusiastic Fire Records a good few weeks ago it moved to the bottom of the promo CD stack until some well-timed memory-jogging airplay on Cerys Matthews' 6Music radio show exposed the errors in this listener's review filtration system.
With Blood Rushing elevated in said pile for a fresh airing it has revealed itself as a record of near-uncorrupted earthiness, melodic warmth and stealthy beauty that should by rights put Foster more visibly on the multi-cultured Americana map. Not that it is a straightforward folk-slanted singer-songstress affair. With her formative operatic training, her teenage years as a wedding/funeral singer and her past dalliances with concept albums (such as 2010's Graphic As Star, which interpreted the work of American poet Emily Dickenson) as well as psychedelic-rock (with The Supposed for 2004's All The Leaves Are Gone), Foster doesn't approach things in a straightforward fashion anyway. Yet although Blood Rushing is not an obvious record it is possibly Foster's most approachable collection to date; one which distils much of her convoluted past into an accessible welcoming present, albeit without conformist compromise.
Beautifully recorded by Alabama Shakes producer Andrija Tokic in the unconventional environs of Cherryvale Art Farm in Boulder, Blood Rushing has a wonderfully unvarnished yet professional aesthetic that lets Foster and her multi-instrumentalist ensemble – which includes her Spanish partner and collaborator Victor Herrero – colour the songs with a palette that is diverse yet not overly-rich.
Thus the opening lilt of "Waterfall" invites us in with a laidback strum-along before the more widescreen drama of the Morricone-shaded "Panorama Wide" gives Foster's soprano room to roam free-range. A little later in proceedings with "Child Of God" her band supply a slowed-down unplugged Velvet Underground groove and add empathetic backing vocals to gorgeous uplifting effect. With the mid-point placed title-track, things are stripped-down to a more minimalistic backdrop ahead of being built up again with jazz-slanted guitars and stirring violins. For "The Wave Of Love" things are stripped-back again to largely just Foster's vocals and strings before a more sprightly setting is given to the soaring "O Stars." In its wake comes the only misfire of the album with the near-atonal "Geyser," which feels like an early PJ Harvey demo that's become uncomfortably warped by age. Thankfully the record's finale soon after, in the form of the exquisite shimmering "Words Come Loose" – replete with radiant call and response vocals – more than makes up for the minor misdemeanour.
Although Josephine Foster may remain an acquired taste to some, the blossoming Blood Rushing is definitely an album that repeatedly rewards a little patience for the previously unconvinced. Moreover, fans of Joan Baez and Tarnation's Paula Frazer should certainly seek this out immediately. All told, this is undoubtedly one of 2012's most unexpected pleasures.
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People Have TriedAnd one way or another, I have pushed them away, going to such lengths sometimes that the only emotion they can ever have left for me is hate and disgust.
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No One Does...Not my family, and certainly not anybody else. I'm useful when they want a guy and I help them make it happen, even if I don't want to. I'm convinced that I cannot be loved, at least not for long periods. Maybe a short spurt, and it's over. I heard them say they didn't love me...
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I'm not asking for much.I just want to know what it feels like to be loved back. What do all of my friend have that i don't? I seem to lack something, but it's impossible to tell what it is.
WhiteRiceWithChicken 18-21, M 0 Apr 15, 2014
I have tried an tried again to be what he wants.I can never be. The moment I have any happiness. He has to crush it. Why do I not just go away? Six foot under cant be that bad. No hurt, no chest crushing pain, no loneliness, no more being not enough. All I ever wanted was to love and be loved. Why is that to much? Why am I...
Txwoman123 46-50, F 0 Feb 22, 2015