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The HTC Butterfly S packs better specifications compared with the HTC One, but it doesn't have the great industrial build. If you're the type who prefers the fastest hardware, then the Butterfly S is the one for you. Otherwise, stick to the better-looking flagship One.
Announced in Taipei and targeted at the Asian market, the updated 5-inch smartphone features a faster 1.9GHz quad-core processor, the Ultrapixel camera found on the HTC One, and a much larger 3,200mAh battery. While it looks somewhat similar to its predecessor, the original HTC Butterfly, HTC has breathed new life into this handset with front-facing speakers and a fresh helping of Android Jelly Bean and the Sense UI.
The HTC Butterfly S doesn't deviate much from the original Butterfly handset. The design of the Butterfly S remains pretty much unchanged, except for the additional front-facing BoomSound speakers like on the HTC One. This is a good design effort by HTC, as it makes sense for the audio to be directed straight toward the user rather than from the rear or the sides where it can sound muffled.
If you like bigger screens, the HTC Butterfly S, like the Samsung Galaxy S4, sports a 5-inch full-HD panel. Like the original Butterfly, the screen delivers a good color reproduction as well as wide viewing angles.
Another thing I liked about the Butterfly S is that it comes with the standard three buttons. It did take me a while to get back to hitting the Home button located in the center (I was using the HTC One before this), but I feel that having three buttons is better than the HTC One's two, as it's less confusing to have a dedicated app switcher button.
The micro-SIM and microSD card slots are located at the top of the unit beneath a cover. I was originally worried that the microSD card would be hard to access, but the slot is spring-loaded, so there was no issue with removing the card. The power button is located next to the port, and like on the One, the button also doubles as an IR blaster to remotely control your TV.
The handset is curved gently to fit into your palms, but unlike the flagship One, the Butterfly S is made with glossy plastic. Not surprisingly, the handset feels oily with unsightly smudges after prolonged usage.
The Butterfly S is the first HTC handset to launch with Android 4.2.2. Jelly Bean, though it still runs the new Sense 5 UI over it. There are some slight compromises that HTC has made to the operating system for its skin, including a limited customizable lock screen. Sense 5, by default, has a very featured range of lock screens to suit different user preferences, making the 4.2.2. lock screen features redundant.
You do get access to Quick Settings, Daydream, as well as the long-awaited battery percentage in the status bar. BlinkFeed has also been improved with the ability to pull feeds from WeChat and Instagram. WeChat feeds seem exclusive to the Butterfly S -- it's not available in the HTC One.
If you want to find out more about the HTC's Sense UI features, be sure to head over to our review of the HTC One for more detail.
The Butterfly S packs 16GB of onboard storage, which may not be enough if you have tons of multimedia files. Fortunately, it has a microSD card slot for added storage.
Connectivity-wise, the handset gets the full treatment in the form of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DLNA, HDMI, and LTE, as well as NFC (which the first Butterfly did not have). Sadly, the smartphone loses the water-resistant capabilities found on the original Butterfly, which is a pity, as we're seeing more water-resistant handsets coming out from manufacturers these days.


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Advance look at "Predators" bad boy...
For a great selection of film, comic and TV action figures and collectibles, check out BigBadToyStore.com, BriansToys.com, ToyWiz.com, PastGenerationToys.com, Urban-Collector.com, ZoloWorld.com, MonkeyDepot.com, HobbyLinkJapan.com, and Sekaido.com.
For a great selection of film, TV and pop culture t-shirts and apparel, check out TShirtGurus.com and 80sTees.com.
NECA has provided us with an advance look at their San Diego Comic-Con exclusives to share with our readers in anticipation of the show. These action figure exclusives will be sold at NECA's Comic-Con booth #3145 July 21-25 priced at $20 and will be offered via their Amazon storefront in limited quantities for those that can not attend.
We kick things off today with a look - or lack thereof - of the Stealth Berserker Predator from the just released sci-fi movie, Predators. I saw the film this weekend and found it to be an entertaining homage to the orginal while still retaining its own cool identity. One of its defining cool factors is the trio of new Predators introduced, all three being turned into 8-inch tall action figures by NECA (see our story HERE for a look at the first series).
The Stealth Berserker is a varaint of the fully painted Series 1 figure cast in totally clear plastic, unlike NECA's Half-Stealth Wolf Predator released as an exclusive back in 2008 (read our review on that figure HERE). The translucent effect works well for mimicing an invisible character, or a cloaked one as the case may be. I found the partial cloak effect on the Wolf more inspiring, but collectors will no doubt want to add this figure to their collection after seeing the movie - the Berserker is one bad hombre and is guaranteed to be a fan-favorite, cloaked and non.
Another reason to get this exclusive is for the fantastic packaging. NECA ditched the clamshell in favor a very creatively designed blister card. The Stealth Predator shares the same card as Series 1 with the addition of a "Comic-Con 2010 Exclusive" sticker and a personalized name card. More specifically, the name card's graphic is different, depicting an image of the Berserker cloaking as opposed to a full color picture as seen on the standard Series 1 figure.
The Stealth Berserker also acts as a great preview of the amazing articulation found on NECA's new Predators' figures. Articulation is far beyond that seen in the AvP: Requiem assortment allowing for some incredible action poses. Articulation points include ball-jointed head and shoulders, swivel-hinge shoulder cannon, swivel-hinged elbows, ball wrists, swivel waist, cut hips with an additional cut at the upper thigh, swivel-hinge knees, ball ankles and a wrist blade that can be removed (and interchanged with various blade lengths found with other Predators in the series).
The creature's construction is solid as well; with soft plastic dreads for easier head turning and extremely durable plastic for the body and limbs. Like the warrior it depicts, the Berserker can take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.
Predator figure collectors will definitely want to add the Stealth Berserker to their collection. It creates some nice visual pop to a display, but most of all, the Stealth Berserker is more of a very cool Predator design.
Review and Photos by Jeff Saylor
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Dual-layer mesh upper with low-cut Clawcollar
TPU outsole
Arrowhead forefoot studs combined with round heel studs
Frontline Soccer Shop will open back up Tuesday, May 19th!
Current Store Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:00am 8:00pm
Friday 10:00am 6:00pm
Saturday 10:00am 5:00pm
Sunday and Monday Closed
We will be following all recommended
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deals on any of the following items:
Footwear. We have huge discounts on all outdoor,
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My Grandfather's Prison: Death and Deceit in 1940s Kansas City
Investigative journalist Richard Serrano tells the story of his grandfather's murder and its cover-up—with links to political boss Tom Pendergast and other colorful characters.
A drunk living on Kansas City's skid row, James Patrick Lyons was arrested 80 times for public intoxication. On the night of his last arrest, he was taken to the city jail and held in solitary confinement. The next morning he was dead. Officials said it was natural causes—yet they could not explain his broken neck.
Serrano is a former reporter for the Kansas City Times and former Washington correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He is also author of One of Ours: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing.
This presentation is part of the Missouri Valley Speakers Series, a program of the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Central Library.


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The Research Briefs section of The Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) features journalistic summaries of selected empirical research articles of interest to management scholars and practitioners. Research Briefs appear online only, not in the print edition. A goal of the Briefs section is to cast a wide net and highlight the latest research that appears outside of Academy of Management publications. Consequently, Research Briefs summarize articles--selected by the Research Briefs Editor--that appear in a wide range of top academic journals both inside and outside of the management mainstream (e.g., journals in economics, finance, management, public policy, psychology, sociology, and political science, among others). Research Briefs serve important needs for AMP's audience and mission by broadening the research horizons of management scholars.
The Payoff from Corporate Social Responsibility in China: Does the Political Context Manner?
Authors: Kathy Rehbein
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0184
Emotional Intelligence: What's in a Name?
Authors: Stuart D. Sidle
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0176
Gut Reactions or Deliberate Judgments: Which Improve Sales Performance?
Authors: Alexander T. Jackson and Satoris S. Culbertson
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0174
Tending to Work During Family Time: At What Cost?
Authors: Satoris S. Culbertson
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0173
Shared Leadership in Practice: When Does it Work Best?
Authors: Craig L. Pearce and Christina L. Wassenaar
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0175
Talking Strategy: Does it Make Senior Managers Vulnerable?
Authors: Clive Muir, Jiao Hao and Yunxia Zhu
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0130
How Do Personality and Leadership Styles of Top Managers Influence Organization Effectiveness?
Authors: Anish Purkayastha and Vishal K. Gupta
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0129
Do Diversity and Inclusion Help Drive Employee Engagement?
Authors: Clive Muir and Thomas Hoyland
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0128
CEO Managerial Skills and Cost of Equity Capital: Is There a "Dark Side?"
Authors: Alka Gupta and Vishal K. Gupta
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0127
Does Having More Women on the Board Impact Firms' Acquisition Behavior?
Authors: Nikos Bozionelos and Marianne Afanassieva
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0038
Why CEO's Resign: Poor Performance or Better Opportunities?
Authors: Nikos Bozionelos and Sumona Mukhuty
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0039
How Does Conflict Impact Sales Team Performance?
Authors:David C. Wyld
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0018
Do Internal Branding Efforts Help Ensure Positive Service Delivery Experiences?
Authors: David C. Wyld
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0020
Do Self-Presentation Tactics of Job Interviewees Vary Across Cultures?
Authors: Jean-Francois Coget
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0003
Worrying About Work: What Contributes to Job Insecurity?
Authors: Satoris S. Culbertson
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0004
Staying in the Moment: Does Leader Mindfulness Relate to Well-Being?
Authors: William S. Weyhrauch and Satoris S. Culbertson
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0005
Deliberation, Intuition, or Both: What Helps Sales Professionals Adapt?
Authors: Hao Jiao, Dean B. McFarlin and Yunxia Zhu
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2015.0006
Leadership Gender, Performance and Governance in Microfinance Institutions: Is There a Connection?
Authors: Vishal Gupta and Alka Gupta
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0129
Should Firms Create a New Human Resource Practices to Engage Millennials?
Authors: Stuart D. Sidle
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0130
Collaboration in Geographically Dispersed Teams: What Kind of "Distance" Matters Most?
Authors: Hao Jiao, Dean B. McFarlin and Yunxia Zhu
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0131
What Drives Executives to Make Socially Responsible Investments?
Authors: Kathleen Rehbein
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0132
Cultural Diversity at the Top: Does it Increase Innovation and Firm Performance?
Authors: Nikos Bozionelos and Thomas Hoyland
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0061
Getting Back into Work: What Helps and What Hinders?
Authors: Nikos Bozionelos and Rentao Miao
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0062
How Firms Respond to an Ethical Lapse: Does Going the Extra Mile Matter?
Authors: Paul D. Sweeney
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0063
Emerging Markets Go Organic: Does Organizational Culture Impact Market Responsiveness and Firm Performance?
Authors: Paul D. Sweeney
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0064
Do Happier Employees Really Stay Longer?
Authors: David C. Wyld
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0023
It's all in the Relationship: What Really Matters When it Comes to Managing Salespeople?
Authors: David C. Wyld
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0022
How Do Boards Know when to Fire the CEO — And Does It Pay?
Authors: John A. Martin and James G. Combs
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0024
Does Culture Influence Corporate Risk Taking?
Authors: Kathleen Rehbein
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0025
Getting to Right: How Do Managers Make Good Decisions about Customers?
Authors: Clive Muir and Chad Jackson
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0124
Do Transformational Leaders Ignite the Same Discretionary Behaviors in all Followers?
Authors: Mathias J. Simmons and Satoris S. Culbertson
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0152
Do Social Comparisons Affect Individual Effectiveness in Teams?
Authors: Alexander T. Jackson and Satoris S. Culbertson
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0153
Boundaryless Careers and the Gender Pay Gap: A Solution for Women?
Authors: Stuart Sidle DOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0154
Can Firms Build an Innovation-Orientated Culture in Turbulent Environments?Authors: Han Jiao and Yunxia ZhuDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0105
Do Labor Markets Impact Whether Sick Employees Call in Sick?Authors: Nikos Bozionelos and Jian-Min SunDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0106
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder at Work: Does It Impact Job Performance?Authors: Nikos Bozionelos and Giorgos BozionelosDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0107
Executive Compensation: Is It Better to be Lucky than Good?Authors: John A. Martin and Brian C. PayneDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0092
How Does Empowerment Work In High And Low Power-Distance Cultures?Authors: Dean B. McFarlin and Jean-Francois CogetDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0063
Transformation Leadership: When Is It Redundant?Author: David C. WyldDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0064
Bringing Performance Down To Earth: Can Venus (Marketing) Align With Mars (Information Technology)?Author: Paul D. Sweeney, University of DaytonDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0065
Controlling and Unleashing Sales Professionals' Performance: Managers Need To Carefully Consider the Job Demands-Job Resources TradeoffAuthor: Paul D. Sweeney, University of DaytonDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0066
Bad Employees or Bad Policies: What Can Organizations Do To Stop Misuse Of Information Technology Resources?Authors: Alexander T. Jackson, Satoris S. CulbertsonDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0026
CEOs Who Are Servant Leaders: The Path To Better Firm Performance?Authors: Edgar E. Kausel, Satoris S. CulbertsonDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0027
What Makes Workers Happy In Former Socialist Economies: Does East Now Meet West?Author: Jean-Francois CogetDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0028
Motivating CEOs To Focus On Customer Satisfaction: Is Long-Term Compensation The Answer?Authors: Xiaodong Qiu, James A. Largay IIIDOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0029
Rough Year For The Firm: Should Quick Governance Changes Be The Response?Authors: John Martin; Brian PayneDOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0152
Russian Acquisitions: Is There a Path To Success? Authors: John Martin; James CombsDOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0153
Is Selection the Answer for Encouraging more Employee Autonomy?Author: Stuart SidleDOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0156
Executive Voice: A Crystal Ball for Truth?Author: Stuart SidleDOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0155


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Cardiologist in Artesia
Are you searching for a cardiologist near Artesia?
Are you in need of an expert cardiologist? Are you experiencing chest pain or shortness of breath? Do you have a pacemaker or defibrillator? Have you recently suffered a heart attack?
Problems of the heart are very difficult, not just for the patient, but for their family as well. At the Center for Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Interventions, our Artesia cardiologists combine over thirty years of expertise performing more than 15,000 successful vascular and cardiac procedures with an endless dedication to providing compassionate, personal care.
Find out the cause of your heart condition.
Our team can perform a cardiac evaluation in our office to look for an underlying cause for your symptoms, and assess heart function. We treat a variety of heart conditions for Artesia patients, including coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, heart arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AFib), mitral valve disease and aortic valve disease to help you achieve healthier living.
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On average, someone dies of cardiovascular disease (CVD) every 37 seconds in the U.S. There are 2,353 deaths from CVD each day, based on 2017 data.
High blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and smoking are key risk factors for heart disease. About half of Americans (47%) have at least one of these three risk factors.
Our goal at CACVI is to help you achieve healthier living. As a stepping stone to healthier living, our physicians perform a variety of tests right here in our office. Our in-office diagnostic procedures can help our physicians and you determine a course of treatment that may help you improve your health and wellness for a better quality of living.
CACVI's experienced cardiologists are determined to provide each patient with unparalleled expertise and compassionate care as they work diligently to improve your health.
Schedule a personalized assessment and find out your treatment options.
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The Center for Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Interventions (CACVI) is led by Dr. Khorsandi and Dr. Lala, who have over thirty years of practice with over 15,000 successful vascular and cardiac procedures performed. Our physicians are determined to provide each patient with unparalleled expertise and compassionate care as they work diligently to improve your health.


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Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad expected to hit App Store Monday for $9.99
The software was briefly available for purchase on the App Store before it was pulled, but it is expected to have an official, formal launch on Monday. Adobe Photoshop Touch will not be compatible with Apple's first-generation iPad, leaving access to only iPad 2 owners.
The full list of featured advertised for Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad is:
- Use popular Photoshop features designed for the tablet such as layers, selection tools, adjustments, and filters to create mind-blowing images.
- Use your iPad camera to fill an area on a layer with the unique camera fill feature.
- Select part of an image to extract by scribbling with the Scribble Selection tool. With Refine Edge, use your fingertip to capture even hard-to-select image elements, like hair, with ease.
- Search and acquire images with the integrated Google Image Search.
- Share images on Facebook and view comments right within the app.
- Browse an inspirational gallery for the styles and results you'd like to achieve. Then follow step-by-step tutorials to easily learn techniques the pros use for great-looking results.
- Use AirPrint for wireless printing of Photoshop Touch projects.
- Upload projects to Adobe Creative Cloud* and open layered files from Adobe Photoshop Touch in Photoshop CS5.
- Maximum image resolution: 1600 x 1600 pixels
Before it was pulled from the App Store, developer Steve Troughton-Smith downloaded the application and offered his hands-on impressions on Twitter. He noted that Photoshop is written through Adobe's AIR programming language, explaining why it requires more processing power from the iPad 2.
"Photoshop Touch is not a bad app at all," he wrote. "It's rather good. Can't help to think it could have been so much better without AIR."
Last May, Adobe debuted a trio of Photoshop companion applications that allow users to control the desktop version of the photo editing software on their iPad. But Photoshop Touch, which launched on Android tablets late last year, is a separate application from the desktop version.


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Vanguard Aluminum Tripod
Product Code: VAAL264AT
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Vanguard Aluminum Tripod
Product Code: VAAL264AT
Availability:Out of stock
Central column moves from 0 to 180 degrees
Aluminum alloy
Quick-flip leg locks
Legs adjust to 25, 50 and 80-degree angles
Alta Pro 264AT
Alta Pro tripods have unmatched stability and flexibility, enabling more angle possibilities than ever before. Its innovative Multi-Angle Central Column (MACC) System allows users to move the central column from zero to 180-degree angles in variable vertical and horizontal positions making macro-photography and special wide-angle shots a breeze. The Instant Swivel Stop-n-Lock (ISSL) System securely repositions the central column in one simple movement, in just a few seconds, while maintaining the tripods stability. Other features include advanced camera vibration and shock control, legs that adjust to 25, 50 and 80-degree angles, patented premium magnesium die-cast canopy and head, hexagon-shaped central column for extra stability, and non-slip, spiked rubber feet for changing terrains. Alta Pro 264AT is aluminum alloy and has quick-flip leg locks.
Extended Height (mm): 1550
Minimum Extended Height (mm): 1280
Folded Height (mm): 535
Weight (kg): 2.1
Maximum Loading Capacity (kg): 7
Tilted Loading Capacity (kg): 5
Extended Height (inch): 61
Minimum Extended Height (inch): 50 3/8
Folded Height (inch): 21 1/8
Weight (lbs): 4.63
Maximum Loading Capacity (lbs): 15.4
Tilted Loading Capacity (lbs): 11
Number of Leg Sections: 4
Leg Diameter (mm): 26
Bubble Level (pcs): 1


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Croatia 1, Mexico 3: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group A Match Recap
Mexico are moving on, and they're doing so in style.
After struggling to score throughout the World Cup, El Tri broke out for three goals in a 10-minute span in the second half to top Croatia 3-1 at Arena Pernambuco in Recife on Monday and book a spot in the knockout round with a second-place finish in Group A.
Mexico, who beat Cameroon and earned a scoreless draw with Group A winner Brazil in their first two group-stage matches, move on to play Group B winner Netherlands in the Round of 16 on Sunday.
THE OLD MAN AND THE 'C': With Mexico struggling to catch any breaks, it was 35-year-old captain Rafael Marquez who came through in the clutch. Marquez, the former New York Red Bulls defender, opened the floodgates for Mexico in the 72nd minute when he rose above everyone to head home a Hector Herrera corner for his third career World Cup goal.
SEÑOR CAPITAN. pic.twitter.com/qcb4cpfC7g
— ESPN (@espn) June 23, 2014
CONCACAF CELEBRATION : Mexico continued to pile on the goals from there and celebrated them all in style. After Andres Guardado scored his first World Cup goal in the 75th minute, Mexico head coach Miguel Herrera enjoyed the moment with goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa as El Tri became the second CONCACAF team to advance to the knockout round (following Costa Rica). Can the US continue the trend?
Herrera slowmo is magnificent. https://t.co/IX0IfsmSkp
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) June 23, 2014
CHICHARITO'S EXCLAMATION MARK : Just for good measure, Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez added the third goal for Mexico, scoring on a header off a flick from Marquez. One of Mexico's most well-known players, Hernandez has been coming off the bench during this World Cup and did so again for Herrera on Monday – this time to very good results.
If there's any doubt what this goal means to Chicharito: He ends an 11-match, 564-minute scoreless streak with #MEX pic.twitter.com/JUBYps5D1d
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 23, 2014
SHUTOUT STREAK ENDS: Just when it looked like Mexico would escape the group stage without giving up a goal, Croatia's Ivan Perisic scored in the 87th minute after a nice backheel pass from Ivan Rakitic. For the game, Ochoa only finished with one save but defender Hector Moreno had a clearance right at the backline late in the contest to temporarily preserve the shutout.
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: Although Mexico were the less desperate side, they were the ones who very nearly broke through a couple of times early in Monday's game. In the 16th minute, after a nifty give-and-go with Oribe Peralta, Herrera hit a great shot from distance that smashed off where the post and crossbar intersects. And just three minutes later, Herrera played a terrific through ball to Peralta, who lost his footing as he tried to take what should have been a clear shot on net.
That close: http://t.co/Gzegs5B218 pic.twitter.com/oAidB5TMIf
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 23, 2014
NO PENALTY FOR YOU: Mexico was again the more dangerous side early in the second half but did not get any favors from the ref. In the 64th minute, a penalty was not called on Croatia's Darijo Srna, even though replays showed Guardado's shot clearly hit off his hand in the box.
Maybe not the Hand of God, but definitely the hand of some minor lake deity or something.
— Brian Phillips (@runofplay) June 23, 2014
MAN OF THE MATCH: Marquez, Mexico. Not only did the captain anchor the backline to another stellar performance, he keyed the attack with a goal and an assist.


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Trying to unlock secrets of dead serial killer
Photo: The Burlington Free Press
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 27 - In this June 9, 2011 photo, Essex police search the home of missing couple Bill and Lorraine Currier on Colbert Street in Essex Junction, Vt., after obtaining a search warrant. After confessing to killing a 18-year old woman in Alaska, Israel Keyes is suspected of killing Bill and Lorraine Currier. Keyes was found dead in his cell on Dec. 2, 2012. Investigators have used Keyes' financial and travel records to piece together a timeline of his whereabouts from Oct. 4, 2004, to March 13, 2012. He traveled throughout the United States and made short trips into Canada and Mexico. (AP Photo/The Burlington Free Press, Ryan Mercer) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; ONLINE OUT


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Duo Rossini: il primo
Price: 10.00 €
From 1989 to 1999, I played together with the cellist Marion Vetter in DUO ROSSINI. For our first CD (1993), we recorded some of our own arrangements of pieces from the Baroque and Classical periods, to which we added the entertaining Duetto by Gioacchino Rossini, one of the few original works for the instrumentation violoncello and double bass.
This CD is no longer available on general release, and is therefore only obtainable as a copy.
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The full range of ETERNUS DX S3 systems and ETERNUS SF16 management software are globally available, sold directly and via Fujitsu Channel Partners. Prices vary depending on configuration. All ETERNUS DX S3 systems are easy to manage and share the same flexible family architecture, providing investment protection and offering extensive scalability, thanks to the ability to seamlessly upgrade to bigger models within the range. In addition, the latest release of ETERNUS SF software introduces new system management functionality for customers deploying the previous generation of Fujitsu ETERNUS DX systems.
1 The Storage Performance Council (SPC) is a vendor-neutral standards body focused on the storage industry. It created the first industry-standard performance benchmark targeted at the needs and concerns of the storage industry. SPC benchmarks provide a rigorous, audited and reliable measure of performance. Further information is available online at http://www.storageperformance.org
2 With the latest SPC Benchmark 1 from the Storage Performance Council, Fujitsu ETERNUS DX600 S3 has beaten all mid-range Hybrid Dual Controller Arrays and also some multi-controller enterprise class storage systems in terms of IOPS, $/IOPS and response time.
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 162,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.8 trillion yen (US$46 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Gnomon Workshop! NOW EVEN FATTER!!! 12-13-06 Log in to check your private messages Goto page 1, 2 Next Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Digital Art Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Gnomon Workshop! NOW EVEN FATTER!!! 12-13-06" octavianmemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2004Posts: 401Location: Kalifornia Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:12 pm Anyone here going to the Gnomon workshop? I would like to meet some fellow speedpainters. Reply here if your'e interested in saying HI. I can testify that the gnomon workshops are great, for anyone thinking on attending.Last edited by octavian on Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:36 pm; edited 2 times in total Back to top NagmemberMember #Joined: 25 Apr 2004Posts: 287Location: Iceland Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:38 am It´s quite likely that I´ll be attending.. still checking traveling options etc. Back to top octavianmemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2004Posts: 401Location: Kalifornia Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:34 pm oh are you serious? It would be quite cool to meet you man! Hope you can make it. Back to top octavianmemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2004Posts: 401Location: Kalifornia Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:39 pm hrm, thats sad.... no one is going? I was hoping to meet some of y'all. Back to top CicinimomemberMember #Joined: 03 Mar 2001Posts: 705Location: Seattle Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:26 am I'm in!_________________artpad.org Back to top Theo-W-P.junior memberMember #Joined: 10 Oct 2005Posts: 48Location: Dutch man in the Americas Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:15 pm I'm going! Staying at an Econo Lodge a few blocks away._________________What's the difference between a duck? http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/artoftheoprins.html www.artbytheo.deviantart.com Back to top SampstermemberMember #Joined: 01 Jun 2005Posts: 182 Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:22 pm I'm dying from jealousy. Have fun man. Back to top NagmemberMember #Joined: 25 Apr 2004Posts: 287Location: Iceland Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:39 am Just confirmed, I´ll be seeing you there and hopefully we can grab a beer or 2 =) Back to top octavianmemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2004Posts: 401Location: Kalifornia Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:21 am Oh sick... I had lost hope for a sec there! sweet! We should all get together and Kick it Sijun style... whatever that means... lol Me and a few of my buddies are staying over at the roosevelt hotel. so yeah, as it gets closer, lets find a way to hook up. maybe I'll hold up a sijun sign.. lol Cicinimo, Theo-w-p, and Naglfar: can't wait to meet you guys. peace. Back to top SampstermemberMember #Joined: 01 Jun 2005Posts: 182 Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:58 pm Be sure to post of some pictures (or even videos!) from the event as well Back to top JabomemberMember #Joined: 25 Jul 2002Posts: 467Location: Germany Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:40 pm Seconding Sampster, I especially like videos of imaginary web people hanging out in a bar, playing with chopsticks or the likes. Have fun all of you, you can count on my sincere jealousy. Back to top octavianmemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2004Posts: 401Location: Kalifornia Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:07 am seriously, I'd post images and video if I could but I guarantee they won't let us take them. Back to top MaxmemberMember #Joined: 12 Aug 2002Posts: 3210Location: MIND Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:55 am candid camera Back to top RanathmemberMember #Joined: 02 Apr 2004Posts: 611Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:34 am like in pre-screenings of films today.. and then torrents Back to top CicinimomemberMember #Joined: 03 Mar 2001Posts: 705Location: Seattle Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:53 pm That was awesome! Great meeting you all!_________________artpad.org Back to top ecsdesignmemberMember #Joined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 65Location: Sydney Australia Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:22 am Any1 take shots/got a brief report? I was hoping to get back to LA for this but im stuck in the backside of the world. Back to top MaxmemberMember #Joined: 12 Aug 2002Posts: 3210Location: MIND Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:49 am Anyone brought some goodies? Back to top octavianmemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2004Posts: 401Location: Kalifornia Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:33 pm Cicinimo, Naglfar, Theo W.P., Desttinatus, Rainart, Vyle, Barontieri, Viag: it was so cool meeting you all. ecsdesign, Max Kulich: here ya go, my notes from the workshop all typed up and stuff. These notes do not necessarily come from direct quotes from the instructors, there are inferences in there as well. So please, I'm not trying to nail down anyone's dogma here... If I got it wrong, my bad. Gnomon Workshop Notes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Milligan // Storyboard essentials *final storyboards at the end of notes! Screen formats: -1.33.1 = television -1.85.1 = academy flat -2.35.1 = anamorphic screen Positioning of camera; "where is the character or focal point?" Three shot types: -wide -medium -close-up -ECV (extreme close-up view) Two types of movement on screen: 1.direction of characters/action moving in frame. 2.direction camera moving. - dolly? - pan? - locked off? Camera angles/levels: -level -low -high Camera level movements: -tilt up/down -boom up/down Keep early storyboard sketches very loose and gestural! During shots of people or things, like 3 people for instance (fig. 4), think of how you would stagger them for a more interesting composition... instead of just lining them up. For instance, one could be in close-up range of camera, one at medium distance, and the last further away (almost out of shot). all these ideas are being conceptualized in the early sketch/gestural stage of story boarding. It's ok for these first sketches to look marginally good, the director should have a sophisticated enough eye to see what your getting at to make crits for the final boards. and of course in the early stage Dan was working with large shapes and gestural lines Key things that stood out to me about Dan Milligan: -having fun with his drawings, i.e. staying loose and humorous. -act it out in your mind, like a child playing imaginary games; loose yourself into your imagination... make sound effects if you have to. -story boarding is about conveying action, lens, format, mood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Lemen // Character Consistency Please see Ron's full reprise of his demo over at: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84048 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Finch // Comic Book Penciling 2H lead, Staedtler mars 780 mechanical pencil Stay loose and just draw, don't have to be perfect in initial block in. erase sketch with kneaded eraser until only a faint image remains. Draw back over image, focusing on line weights and detail. Before adding value, make sure to get line weights proper as they can suggest a lot of depth and dimension. The line weight is what makes the drawing come alive. when adding value, alternate shapes, light against dark. Steps for rendering: -describe major forms and shapes -transitioning from dark to light -render in flat shadows (sometimes it's best to draw out their contour lines first before filling in the value) -render in core shadows -Grads, thicker at bottom of shadow and build out from there -reinforce the shape of the form with value Last thoughts: -lots of practice and for Dave, developing his own style was a process of working hard, looking at other artists, mimicking things he liked in their work and a lot more practice. -You have to love to draw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Mullins // Digital Techniques Process by which he starts a painting always changes. This time he started with a photo and smudged it (smudge tool had a scattering effect on it) leaving only an abstract palette. The idea is to work from a middle grey value canvas. This way you only have to render maximum of 5 steps up to light, and 5 steps down to dark. Unlike a white canvas where you have to render down 10 steps to absolute dark. Working abstractly with shapes. Using only two values: a light value of about 3 and a dark value of about 7. Keep working with only these two values until something emerges. (again, this is not to say that he works this way always as he says he always changes it up (and the idea behind this is that he figures since he can't change his way of thinking too dramatically, he figures no matter how he starts he'll always end up with "Craig Mullins" images)) Be careful not to put in too much contrast, not until last steps. It is better to remain flatter in the beginning to keep the silhouettes clean. Also, keep to much texturing out of the early stages as it confuses the shapes. Looking for design and composition first Tips on techniques: -you can model something up in 3d, take a screen cap, and run a find edges filter over the 3d model. Set the layer to multiply and you'll have something to paint on that gives structure without too much variation (value?) -some times bring up a canvas, like 500x800 pixels, marquee off little sections and do very small thumbnail roughs in there until something emerges. Then blow it up and paint. -allow yourself a certain amount of time for brainstorming and creativity. Do not allow judgement to come during that time. At a particular time, look back at the brainstorm and then make decisions about where to go from there. -Hierarchal significance for any color: 1. Value 2. Saturation 3. Hue -Positioning of head mass relative to torso mass is a key relationship in the attitude of an illustration. -To detail or "figure out" a section of a painting in a lower rez image; make a selection of what to detail, copy and paste in new file. Uprez the file by 1000% and paint all on a new layer. When done reduce file to 10% it's size, copy all the painting on the extra layer, paste back into original image (marquee selection should still be there though!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iain McCaig and David Krentz // Character Redesign -When concepting, Iain thinks very briefly about image and then he brainstorms through drawing on paper. -No worries when brainstorming, the drawings are supposed to look bad. Just get the ideas out of your head and make judgements later. -Always draw whatever comes to mind, it's supposed to look stupid. When the idea is there, go research and make the final, GOOD image. -David Krentz is opposite when concepting, he prefers to do lots of research and thinking before putting pencil to paper. Key is do what works for you. -Krentz suggests book by Jackham, "how to draw animals" -Iconic figures, like superman, batman, etc. all come from the very edge of silliness. Sometimes all that is needed to make an icon is to take them all the way to silliness and then pull it back just enough to make it not laughable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Octavian's Take on the whole Gnomon workshop: -Craig Mullins is Willie Wonka. -Stay loose, the early stages should look bad. -Technique should be subordinate to good working habits (i.e. work in stages and allow the early stages to develop concepts without judgement or concern for formal likeness) -Give yourself breathing room in the sketch/exploration phase. -as Iain said, "have fun... if your not having fun, then go do something fun!" Shitty camera phone pics of D.Milligans final boards: Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2898Location: Australia Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:41 pm octavian, cool post._________________Art Links Archive -- Artists and Tutorials Back to top SampstermemberMember #Joined: 01 Jun 2005Posts: 182 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:47 pm Definitely. Thanks many times over for posting these notes...I know they'll be useful to me. Back to top Floris Diddenjunior memberMember #Joined: 07 Dec 2006Posts: 7 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:17 am Very cool! Thanks for the notes. Willy Wonka, haha, love the comparison. Back to top jfbmemberMember #Joined: 17 Feb 2004Posts: 94Location: Paris Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:26 am Great thanks for your post Octavion, very instructive. Back to top noticmemberMember #Joined: 09 Apr 2001Posts: 441Location: Sweden Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:28 am That's really nice of you octavian, thanks a bunch! Back to top darylmemberMember #Joined: 28 Oct 2000Posts: 441Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:09 am yeah, interesting read. thanks man._________________homepage:blog Back to top udalmemberMember #Joined: 26 May 2006Posts: 97Location: UK Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:18 am thanks for sharing, octavian. do you know of anyone/anywhere with shots of craig mullins' painting process from that day? i'd love to see it.. Back to top ecsdesignmemberMember #Joined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 65Location: Sydney Australia Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:25 am Cheers Octavian, looks like i missed out on a great day. Back to top JabomemberMember #Joined: 25 Jul 2002Posts: 467Location: Germany Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:39 am Thanks for sharing your notes octavian. Back to top MiscmemberMember #Joined: 04 Jun 2004Posts: 475Location: Sweden Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:32 am Interesting read, thanks for sharing. udal, at CA there are a few pictures http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83803&highlight=mullins+gnomon Back to top RanathmemberMember #Joined: 02 Apr 2004Posts: 611Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:49 am any images of Iain McCaig's presentation? I heard he redesigned Santa Claus - what did he come up with? Back to top TomasismemberMember #Joined: 19 Apr 2002Posts: 813Location: Sweden Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:01 am thank much, octavian! 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COLUMBIA - 12 University of Missouri athletes have been involved in a total of 16 arrests since the school joined the SEC. That puts Mizzou in a tie with the University of Georgia within the conference for the most athlete arrests.
Dorial Green-Beckham, Levi Copelin, Zach Price and Ka'ra Stewart were all arrested twice.
KOMU 8 News looked at the number of arrests reported by the media for each of the 14 SEC schools since July 2012. Some of the arrests involved multiple charges.
Missouri and Georgia each have 16 such arrests. They are followed by Texas A&M (15), Mississippi (10) and Alabama (10). South Carolina has the fewest athlete arrests with two.
In total, the SEC had 110 arrests. 84 involved football players. Four involved female athletes.
KOMU 8 News looked at which sport at each school had the highest number of athlete arrests. In every case, football was it, although at the University of Arkansas, baseball tied for first.
At four of the 14 SEC schools, the only athletes arrested came from the football team (Kentucky, LSU, Vanderbilt and South Carolina).
It should be noted, football programs have more players, on average, than other sports. Missouri's football team has 106 student athletes, second only to the track the field team with 116. Of the 110 total reported SEC arrests, one involved a track and field athlete.
After the recent Black and Gold Game, football coach Gary Pinkel said: "We got great kids. It's unfortunate that one or two make mistakes and kind of drag everybody else down."
Seven athletes from the football program were involved in ten arrests in a nearly two year period. Eight of the arrests were marijuana-related. The University of Georgia's football program also had ten arrests.
Texas A&M has the most football athlete arrests with 14. Mississippi State and South Carolina are tied for the least, with two each.
The 110 total reported arrests led to 226 reported charges*. Missouri's 16 arrests resulted in 26 total charges. That puts the school third in this statistic, behind Georgia (36) and Vanderbilt (31).
KOMU 8 News categorized each charge based on 8 categories (drug possessions, DUI/DWI, other traffic violations, burglary/theft, violent crimes**, disturbing the peace/disorderly conduct, gun-related charges, and other***)
Missouri had the highest number of drug possession charges (ten). The school with the next highest number of drug possessions charges was Texas A&M with six.
Missouri represents more than one third of the total drug possession charges in the SEC (26). MU is also fourth in violent crimes charges (7). Vanderbilt had the highest number of violent crime charges (29), all stemming from the same incident. ABC News reported four Vanderbilt football players were arrested and charged with the rape of an unconscious 21-year-old victim in a dorm room in June of 2013. A fifth Vanderbilt football player was arrested later that summer for attempting to cover-up the case.
The largest number of charges, 68, fell under the category of violent crimes.
Some noteable non-Missouri arrests include:
Devonta Pollard (Alabama - Basketball) - Conspiracy to commit kidnapping
Zachary Burgess (Auburn - Lacrosse) - Theft of a motor vehicle, nine counts of hit and run and simple kidnapping
Regina George (Arkansas - Track and Field) - Public Intoxication, obstructing governmental operations, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest
Thomas Altimont (Arkansas - Baseball) - Kidnapping and third degree domestic battery
Marshall Morgan (Georgia - Football) - Operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol and towing a skier without an observer on a personal watercraft
Antonio Morrison (Florida - Football) - Interfering with a police animal and resisting arrest without violence
Brandon Vandenburg (Vanderbilt - Football) - five counts of aggravated rape, two counts of aggravated battery, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of unlawful photography
KOMU 8 News examined the disciplinary action after each arrest, and found they fall into three categories: dismissal from the team, suspension or "internal action" (in which the punishment was not disclosed to the public).
Missouri has suspended athletes 11 times, which is second in the SEC to Texas A&M (12).
The 11 Missouri suspensions stem from ten different players. Dorial Green-Beckham was the only athlete suspended twice, after each of his two arrests.
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MU spokesman Chad Moller said in an email, "If you're going by media accounts, then there's no question in my mind that we would rank at or near the top in terms of reported incidents because our media is much more aggressive with this, compared to most any school in the nation."
An MU police spokesman said the arrests reported by the media may not present the full picture.
"I'm saying with your numbers there's no possible way that that's 100 percent accurate because there is not a law, there is not a statute that anyone has to report to that," Captain Brian Weimer said.
MU Athletic Director Mike Alden said even the athletic department may not know when an athlete is arrested.
"You're always concerned about things like that, you would hope that that wouldn't be the case," Alden said, speaking after Green-Beckham's dismissal.
KOMU 8 News looked into the arrest processes at each of the 14 SEC schools and found none of the police departments at any of the universities note if the suspect is an athlete.
Some of the police departments, like MUPD, do track whether or not it's a student, but only if the suspect identified them self as such.
"We don't go back and search their name against the database," Weimer said.
The Columbia Police Department doesn't track MU student arrests at all.
"It doesn't really matter if they're a student or an athlete," Sergeant Joe Bernhard said.
But MUPD said it does try to communicate with Mizzou about athlete arrests.
Weimer said, "If we're aware that they're an athlete after everything is processed, yes we'll let (MU) know."
If the arrest is made in another jurisdiction, the MUPD may not know.
"If I'm not aware of it, how would I know. How would I know if you were arrested in Illinois? I would not know that," Weimer said.
MU fans at the Black and Gold game were split on whether it is important for the public to know when a student athlete is arrested.
Columbia resident Scott Joffe said, "Oh absolutely, I mean people should know what's going on. Local people get right in the newspaper everyday. Everybody should know exactly who's doing what."
Chuck McPherson, of Washington, Mo., said, "I think the media blows a lot of it out of proportion sometimes. This day and age, with all of the social media and everything, they've got to report on everything going wrong, nothing about what the kids do right nowadays."
The arrests, suspensions and dismissals of University of Missouri athletes have drawn a lot of criticism to the athletic programs.
Speaking after Green-Beckham's dismissal, Alden said, "It's unacceptable to be able to see that type of behavior and something that I know that our coaches and our students are taking very seriously."
"The significant majority of our kids are doing amazing things, amazing things throughout this campus and throughout this community," Alden said. "And to be able to have the actions of a few individuals detract away from all of those great things, that's unfortunate and that should not take place."
In comments made after the Black and Gold Game, Pinkel said, "When players make really very bad decisions, poor mistakes, they should be accountable, and that shouldn't happen."
Since basketball forward Zach Price was arrested twice on April 3, there have not been any additional Mizzou athlete arrests.
Football player Evan Boehm said, "Now it's time to put that good name back into the Missouri football team and the Missouri athletic department."
Below is a time line of Missouri athlete arrests since July 1, 2012, when MU joined the Southeastern Conference:
*The charges mentioned were at the time of arrest and may have eventually been dropped.
**Violent Crimes - simple assault, assault, domestic assault, property damage, criminal mischief, battery, aggravated sexual battery, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, hit-and-run
***Other - resisting arrest by fleeing, leaving the scene of an accident, public intoxication, underage consumption of alcohol, underage possession of alcohol, buying alcohol for minors, criminal impersonation, towing a skier without an observer onboard, tampering with evidence, unlawful photography, failure to comply with a police officer, interfering with police by harassing a police animal, failure to appear in court, obstructing governmental operations, violation of a noise ordinance


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Killing Time
Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness.
To be conscious is not to be in time.
– T. S. Eliot, "Burnt Norton"
"How could I have forgotten?"
I say the last words aloud and the Healer looks my way. She is not a normal Healer, unless perhaps a Healer of the mind.
They think... I'm not quite sure what it is they think, the people who know me in this time. To say that they believe that I am mad would be an exaggeration. Depressed is one word they use; over-stressed is another, although that is quickly discarded. How could a girl alone in an isolated cottage have become unduly stressed? It must have to do with her injury, then; there can be no other explanation.
When they call me deluded, they do me greater justice. I see it in their eyes, hear it in their voices. It is the pity and the pain, the embarrassment and the burden. Time has brought me full-circle: back to the bottom of fortune's wheel to slump once more in a chair, staring out the window into a world that passed me by with each ticking of the clock. Each second takes me further from him.
My words fall away into silence. The Healer looks up from her parchment. I see it all so clearly in my head, still feel the roughness of his cheek against my hand, the smell of the firewhiskey in his flask, hear him saying my name in all the different voices of time. I tell it as it happened, as my mind remembers, yet I can see fragments of doubt in the lines of her face.
Her doubts have in turn affected me. I must not let them take root.
"Why do you end there, Lily? Can't you remember the rest?"
They are the questions I cannot answer. They are the questions I have asked myself, again and again. I like that she asks these questions.
I shake my head and look down at my right hand with the strange way that the scarred flesh twists around the base of the two smallest fingers. It is the one thing I do not remember, the pain. That is what I find most worrisome. The pain of my foot is too hard to forget, but the pain of my hand and face has slipped into that blank area of my memory. These past long weeks, I have drilled myself, forced myself into the furthest reaches of my mind using any, every possible means, magic or otherwise.
"Can you help me?" I ask at last.
She stares at me, studying my face, my hands, my manner, until she leans forward, her long black braid falling over her shoulder.
"You know how the others would have replied." Her eyes were sad.
Yes. They would have told me that I wouldn't remember something that had never happened, that the fire was the end of the dream, merely the violence of waking. If I could only remember, I could perhaps prove that I am right, that it's not just the workings of a bored, embittered imagination.
I do have one thing. I reach up to touch my face as she watches, her eyes narrowing.
"There are too many questions, Lily, not to mention inconsistencies." After a pause, she shakes her head, the braid twisting like a snake. "It makes for a good story, but as for the truth... you know as well as I that no one will believe it."
There is someone walking down the street, their footsteps beating out an uneven pattern–
I spring forward to the window, bracing my hands against the frame so that I can lean against the glass, warming my face in the sun. There is a figure on the road, passing through Godric's Hollow like so many do. He is tall, an old coat straining across his broad shoulders, walking with a pronounced limp. I lean closer.
One word, I blink, and the vision fades. It is not him, only a Muggle. I turn back.
"Do you believe me, Healer Patil?"
She takes so long to respond that I feel a coldness creeping up my spine. What if–
"I knew him. Not much, hardly at all, but I did."
I freeze at her words, not daring to breathe.
"It wasn't even the real Moody, yet–" She stops and shakes her head once more. "Yet when I hear you speak of him, I see his image, can hear him saying those words in that gruff way he, or rather his imposter, had. You mention details that your father never would have told you, nor anyone else. I doubt that you've ever heard so many details about how he looked or acted."
She takes a moment to swallow, brows furrowed. "I believe you, Lily, but if belief alone was enough, we would live in a very different world."
She puts away her writing materials and rises, stopping only to squeeze my shoulder.
"You will remember, Lily, but do you want to?"
I glare sharply at her, but she is no longer looking my way. She leaves the room without shutting the door behind her. I sit and listen for her voice below, speaking to whomever happens to be around, then the back door opens, and I hear her apparate in the garden.
Do I want to? What does that mean? I do, I do! I must.
It is a matter of time; more importantly, of sanity. There was the fire, burning around me from the wind, from my own stupidity and fear. Then my eyes opened as I lay in St. Mungo's, staring up at a white ceiling from a white bed, the haze of smoke and tears long vanished. I had been unconscious for days, they said. They looked down on me with searching, pitying eyes, never with the eyes I wanted to see.
I closed my own.
It has taken me some time to open them again.
For a moment, I am confused by her absence. Memory is so fleeting now. I can remember one day, that day. The rest evades my lazy grasp.
How easily they forget that it is not single day which changed me; I was like this before. I would sit in that chair by the window, watching the sunset, night after the night, the plants creeping about my ankles. I would sit and feel the world pass around me, like a rock implanted in a swift river, eroded, but otherwise unchanging.
Mum insists that I can be made better again, hence the Healers.
Healer Patil is the third. The first, with his wiry hair and bulging eyes that stared upon me as though I was a specimen beneath a microscope, I refused to speak to. He even tried to tell my Dad that he had caused the fantasy with all those stories about the war. The second Healer was little better, saying that dreaded word of "fantasy" once too often; she did not even wait to hear my story. "What point was there in reliving the fantasy?" she would ask. "It is the future you should focus on."
A fantasy? Could it have been merely a dream? Could dreams seem more real than reality itself? This monochromatic world of the present seems more of a dream. It is a nightmare.
If Alastor wasn't real–
But that is the doubt again seeping through.
Healer Patil makes me doubt, but at least she does not call it a fantasy. She could not after all the things she has known and seen. She fought in the Battle of Hogwarts alongside my mother and Uncle Neville as they rebelled against the Death Eaters, full-knowing the cost, but equally knowing its worth. Everyone looks to my father as the one who suffered most as though they've forgotten what my mother did at Hogwarts in Dad's absence. Mum never leaves things up to fate, but instead pursues them with all possible energies.
Her current pursuit is my well-being. I have not the heart to tell her that it is a battle she can only lose and lose again. It was a battle nearly won in the past, his past. I felt something there, in all of those places, something that I have been without for all my life. Long I had sought to fill the spaces in between, a mere something to do, to take up time, to kill it until I could find the thing, the place, the time that needed me most.
Is it something I desire so much that I would create an elaborate fantasy to convince myself that I have a place, a purpose, in this world? Have I gone so far as to delude myself that I belong in the past?
I know the answer to these questions. It eats away at my mind, driving me further into myself than I have ever been before.
Rarely do I leave the house, except when someone insists that I go here or see people there. It is hard because I find nothing of interest to occupy my thoughts, nothing outside of memory. It is made worse by the scars.
I have not mentioned them yet. You see, there are more than those on my hands, even more than those which encircle my heart.
The mirror in my room is still covered. They have not removed it because its presence represents a stepping stone in my... I will call it "healing process" though it is far from the correct phrase. I have looked into it since my return, but I must prepare myself to do so: no fleeting glances or images captured in the corner of my eye. To see my reflection then is to see a ghost, the spectre of a nightmare that haunts me still.
My father stands at the door, his face half in shadow. The sun has leaned down to kiss the horizon, swiftly falling into its embrace. Hours have passed for the world; I have felt only minutes.
"Par– The Healer said you had told her... everything." He speaks with uncertainty, and I wonder at how much she has told him. I cannot remember how much I told, whether everything had spilled from my lips or certain things – obvious things, the most important things – are still mine and mine alone.
I stare up at him with glazed, wandering eyes.
"I told her what I remember." My brow furrows. "There's still some things... I wish–"
He shakes his head and enters the room, his gaze naturally taking in the details of the room, its items – all unmoved since he has last been there – and its occupant, equally unchanged. The things I have done today are all in my mind.
"Some things are best left forgotten." His eyes darken behind his silver-rimmed spectacles. He sits on a distant corner of the bed, looking toward the covered mirror.
"Healer Patil almost said the same."
"Did she?"
He is more than half-absent, but I understand his silence, the way that his memory cannot help but dwell upon the past, the ghosts of dreams that remain once night has drifted into day. For him they are the ghosts of those who died in his name, the ones he could not save.
"Do you think that it was real?" I ask at last, my voice quavering. If there is anyone who can believe in the impossible, it is my father, but now, in this shadow that surrounds me, I doubt even him. "All of the things I saw, what if–"
I break off and sink further into the chair from which I have not moved the whole day.
The road outside is drenched in darkness. Tiny lights sprinkle the countryside, twinkling as the leafy trees sway in the growing wind. I hear the crickets through the window and also catch the scent of a distant summer shower littering its spoils upon the greedy fields. When I blink, I see that field again, the dark gash where he had fallen, the stars glittering above, that wind blowing against my face–
"–that is, I would be telling you, if you were listening."
He regards me with raised eyebrows, his eyes tainted by concern.
"It's like this often, isn't it? You were always quiet, but this..."
I say nothing. Perhaps I would drop my gaze if it was capable of settling in any particular place for long. At this time of day it is the worst. It is at night that I think most of him, of the chestnut tree smouldering in the rain, the silk scarf fluttering at my throat, the warmth of his hand clasped around mine. It is all still so clear that should I close my eyes, even for the briefest moment, I am there again.
Then they open, and I am here.
My father's hand on my arm wakens me.
"I believe you, Lily. And I'm not just saying that to bring you back. I–" After a pause, he resumes, his voice struggling. "I'll do what I can to prove it. Will that help?"
For the first time since my return, I feel something inside that is not allied with pain. There is a swelling deep inside that reminds me of flying, fearful and fearless. I cannot even name it, but it is there, a something that I can grasp at with flailing hands, the last hope of the drowning sailor. It is real, even as I am not.
"I don't know."
My eyes focus on his face, the details of which I have known all my life, changing so subtly with time that I have never seen him grow old, but signs are there. Time has left its mark alongside the famous scar, webs of wrinkles etched across his face, silver hairs amongst the black. The Boy Who Lived is gone.
What did Alastor Moody die for?
"Find you there." Those were his words, not the last, but nearly so. I need to think, to understand. The puzzle was vast, a million pieces scattered at my feet that I must assemble in the darkened room of my consciousness, but it is so hard, and I am so tired, more than ever....
"You know that Professor Longbottom inherited the cottage from him.."
My father speaks from miles away and I turn back to find him, rising to the surface to escape the water filling my eyes, my ears, my lungs.
"It was a surprise for everyone, most of all him. Moody knew his parents, of course. It's the only reason we could think as to why he'd do it." Dad stands at the window, leaning against the wall so that he can gaze out into the night. "But Neville liked it up there. However gloomy it could be, there's something about that cottage, if you could even call it that. More like a glorified guard tower."
He glances down at my still form, and I wonder at what he sees.
"The plants were there already, but they were one of the reasons why he decided to stay. He loves plants that much, even ones like that." A smile glides across his face to be replaced once more by the frozen stillness of one who has seen too much and no longer knows how to feel. "They tolerate him, I suppose, because he's good with plants, but the first person they've shown a preference for was you."
It is something I have not remembered, not as well as I should have. I frown, my mind drifting into thought once more, time beginning to slip away.
He kneels beside my chair in a sudden movement that startles me into life, my eyes blinking and my heart pounding out a dreadful rattle.
"It is a clue, but I don't know to what. Not yet at least." He takes up my hand and peers into my face, a great tension in the corners of his eyes. "There is something I must check at the Ministry, then I can tell you with greater certainty–"
"That it wasn't a dream?"
The words fall from my lips like spent matches.
Dream or reality? Back and forth and back again, like the way I have fallen through time. What if it is true? What if it all happened and I can return, but to where? What time? Which Alastor? I must be ready. I must be prepared, and I am anything but. I am only weakness, a spent figure cowering in a chair, more afraid of her own reflection than the nightmares running rampant in her head.
"Is that what you believe?" He squeezes my hand.
"Shouldn't I?"
Something changes in his face. I do not like it. There is anger there, deep within.
"When there seems the least amount of hope, that's when you should believe most."
He knows what it's like to hang upon the balance of fiction and reality, madness and sanity, life and death. No matter what the others could say, he would believe me because, once, too few had believed him, and too much was lost.
I cannot think of any reply. To tell him that I no longer have hope....
Is that true? Do I not hope? But hope of what? To return to the past and find him once again seems impossible now. They will want to "examine" the cabinet, perhaps destroy it as a dangerous object, or do so accidentally in their hidden laboratories where magical items are spelled and prodded until they spill their secrets. I have spilled, and now I fear that hope is gone.
If I go back....
My eyes flicker toward the mirror and my thoughts fall silent.
Dad is rising to leave, giving my hand a final squeeze before he makes his way to the door.
"Albus is downstairs if you need anything." He turns to go, then pauses. "Please, Lily, try to hope. Remember that I knew him too. I saw him fall." His forehead creases and I see the memories pass across his face like films projected onto his glasses.
He stands and watches me for a time.
"I'm glad he wasn't alone at the end."
I hear his footsteps on the stairs, his voice below, then he too leaves. How they all come and go, yet I remain here, unchanged, unchanging, unchangeable.
His words remain.
Was that what I'd been intended to do? Be there at his side in the end? All of that history between us led to that point, but for what? It seems so pointless to me now to imagine that I had been guided through history for only that. We hardly spoke; he hardly knew I was there, if at all. One cannot comfort the dead, only the living. What I had done, throughout his whole life, could have been no comfort to him, all those years alone, being torn apart from the inside, only to die.
Was it an "at last"? A long-awaited "finally"?
I do not like to think so. He had the Order, battles to win and a war to fight. He was lucky in that way, to have that something he could still do and that he loved. He had strength, at least for others. His eyes had said otherwise about his soul, a hollow and tortured place that I would not want to see again, but I cannot help it because it will always be there behind my eyelids, waiting for the darkness to rise again.
My eyes raise and I see the mirror, or rather the sheet that covers it. There is enough light, that eerie light which has no set origin yet casts a glow upon the night, dulling the shadows.
The sheet mocks me as a coward. Not because I have not looked behind it to see that semblance of myself that still remains, but rather because I choose to keep that image hidden, day after day, hour after hour. I tell myself I cannot face it. No, not it, but its implications, its meaning, its significance. They are what I fear. They are my madness.
His was loneliness, loss, regret. The dull, aching pains of depression. He had the strength to lash out, that burning passion within him consuming all within his path. He burned in life as he did in death.
I do not know how to burn.
Slowly, I stand, taking up my stick from where it leans upon the chair, its metal handle cold against my dry, cracked palms. Three steps later, I am before the vanity, the covered mirror staring blankly back as though reflecting my own unfeeling gaze. I already know what I will see, so I allow time to pass, each second an aching eternity. My brush is upon the table along with potions and cordials intended to improve, but can there be improvement if one has fallen so far as I, any hope of rising once again?
How easily I am distracted. I touch the cool glass of one cordial, running my finger along a decorative ridge that surrounds the label. Behind it rests the old bottle of hair dye which has lain long unused; remnants of the bleach blonde substance are caked around the rim. My hair is nearly red again, chopped short to remove evidence of both its previous shade and the ends charred in the flames. The remaining hair frames my face in uncontrolled ripples, half-covering one eye.
I wish to see it. I will see it.
My hand reaches out for the sheet, its cottony fabric at first smooth beneath the tips of my fingers, but roughening as I pull it from its place. The noise it makes is a pathetic thunder, hollow in my ears. It flutters to the ground behind me, but I am looking forward.
There is not enough light. Only shadows meet my gaze.
A single, trembling spell sheds a ghostly glow upon the table, the objects, the wallpaper behind, but most of all, upon the mirror. My face seems so pale, shadowed only by the strands of hair that are too obvious in their artful arrangement. I shake them back, only to reveal more shadow. Leaning against the table, I trace the outline of the scar with my eyes.
It is my face, and it is not.
There is an echo in my memory, a terrible voice screaming, turning my blood to ice. I feel it once more, the terror, the struggle to repress, to hide from the one truth that I should have known all along. It explained so much, but left so much more unknown. His death, his life, nothing so disturbed me as the moment I had looked into a painting to find it a mirror.
It was all there, all so obvious.
It is still there in that face in my mirror.
Her face.
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UN Secretary-Generals Ban Ki-moon launches his new education initiative -- Education First -- at a high-level event at UN Headquarters on Wednesday, 26 September.
The initiative will unite the agencies and programmes of the United Nations system, governments, business leaders and civil society in a final push to put education on top of the global agenda ahead of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals deadline. New major commitments for Education First will be announced at the launch.
In 2000, 189 of the world's nations pledged to achieve universal primary education by 2015. It was the second of eight Millennium Development Goals aimed at freeing people from poverty and multiple deprivations. Although significant progress has been made, the latest data shows a clear slow-down. Without a major effort, there is a real danger that more children will be out-of-school in 2015 than today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be joined at a high-level launch by several Heads of State, business and civil society leaders and UN officials, including:
Following the high-level launch, a panel discussion will feature:
The panel will be chaired by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson. International broadcaster and journalist Femi Oke will moderate the discussion.
In the evening, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will speak at a reception along with Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, Heads of State, a youth advocate, business leader and Heads of UN agencies. The reception will feature artist performances.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Adding Color...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
How did this happen?
Short post today. Just had to share my thoughts! Be back soon....
Monday, August 24, 2009
Laughter is the best medicine.
This one is for Kate...
And I also made one for Kate's brother, Will...You may remember these cards I did for the last Card Drive for Kids...There were many joke cards in the pile like this one...
(I know I've already shared these here before but I thought I would again for the new readers to my blog.) That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Rasberry Suite Color Challenge #15
I stamped the "you're so sweet" sentiment from THIS set on white cardstock with black ink. Then I blended some Shabby Shutters Distress Ink on it to create green cardstock. I also added some clear sticklez to the clear metal rim tag before putting the chipboard piece on.
You're So Sweet Card
Apron Lace Border Punch:Fiskars
Cream Cardstock: Carson
Pink Cardstock: Making Memories
Orange Patterned Paper: Chatterbox
Stamp Sentiment: Papertrey Ink
Clear Metal Rim Tag: Hero Arts
Strawberry Chipboard: KI Memories
Shabby Shutters Distress Ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger
Black Ink: Memories Ink
Other: String, Sticklez, Pop-Dots
Be back soon. Off to create....
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Cards for Kate...
About 6 weeks ago the life of the McRae family changed forever when their precious 5 year old daughter, Kate, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Dad (Aaron) is a pastor in Arizona and he and his wife, Holly have two other children, Will and Olivia. Of course this is devastating for the whole family and many are praying for them. (Go to www.prayforkate.com to learn more about this family and their struggle). Kate has a rough road ahead of her for quite awhile. When you hear their story you will want to do anything you can to help. And one thing we can do to help is to send cards to Kate and her family to encourage them, give them strength, and let them know how many people are thinking about and praying for them. And the most generous and kind people in the world are crafters so we thought we'd have a Cards for Kate Card Drive.
Think of how much it would encourage this family to receive cards from all over the world. You can simply send the cards to Jennifer. She will then box them up and pay to send them to Kate's parents.
Cards can be for any member of Kate's family:
*Kate (age 5) - The sweet girl who is battling cancer.
-With your cards, please include a piece of paper with your name, address, email address and number of cards. We will keep these for picking out prizes. (See below.)
Card Drive for Kate
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Please send the cards to arrive by October 1st. And... how about some prizes as a thank you for participating? For all the cards Jennifer gets, she will pick random winners of some great prizes. Scrapbook Bakery is a proud sponser. Check out her blog HERE for more details. Jana and Kristina are helping Jennifer with this drive. You can check out there blogs HERE and HERE. Please keep in mind that winners will be pick based on piece of paper you include with your cards with your name and info. So, be sure to include it!
Hope you can create some cards too. Please pass this information on to as many crafters that you know. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Not one but two layouts....
Both layouts are about Alex's music gigs. It seems like every weekend this summer they have had a gig. They have worked so hard and I am so happy to see their hard work paying off. They got booked for their high school to play at the football games! They are so excited.
This LO's photos are from a BEAUTIFUL park down the street. Alex and I go to this park a lot to walk the trails and I remember last year him saying how cool it would be to play at the amphitheater there. Just a dream and then this year he did. So cool.....
The next one was from a local festival. They played for three hours and was rockin' the crowd. I was going for a grungy look on this one. Sprayed some Tattered Angels Spray for the background (that stuff is so fun!) and cut some metal for the stars to sit in and used Alex's black duct tape for a top and bottom border. And again, used some of Jennifer's cool alpha stamps from Studio Calico. I really like the end result because there isn't a lot of teen lines out there, so I just make it up as I go. :) You can check out Alex's band HERE.
Okay, must go to bed. Be back soon!
Monday, August 17, 2009
I love Papertrey Ink Stamps....
I also made a mini card set using their Everyday Button Bits.....
A closer look.....So fun. I have lots more creative shares from the trip so I will be back soon. Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Back in the saddle....
I thought I would share some projects using one of my favorite companies: American Crafts.
You can see more of my American Crafts Projects HERE. Well, I am off to pack. I am going out of town for the weekend to my favorite retreat to try and get my creative mojo back. So glad Jennfer and Jana asked me to come. I'll be home on Sunday and I'll post then. Have a great weekend!


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hi all, quick question here. dont recall seeing this in suns java tutorial.
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() [B]{ public void run() { new SwingDemo(); } }[/B]);
What exactly happens with the block following new's call to the constructor? Is this some sort of way of overriding the class' default implementation of the method "on the spot"? Just looking for a quick explanation for the syntax rule behind the bold block above.