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Family, friends and fans of special effects make-up artist, Dan Phillips of St. Clair Shores, can rest easy. At least until Tuesday night.
The 44-year-old former auto worker and owner of DB Studio successfully progressed to the second round of the SyFy channelĺs, ôFaceooffö, a competition reality show.
Taking part in the reality show ôhas been one of the best experiences Iĺve ever had,ö said Phillips, who with his wife of 21 years, Teri, and their two children celebrated the Season 6 premiere at the Sports Channel Bar in St. Clair Shores with more than 75 supporters. His son, DJ, surprised him by coming home from college to join the party.
Afterwards, Phillipsĺ wife Teri, updated her Facebook page with this status:
ôI am home from the Faceoff premier. My heart is bursting with love from all of the support tonight. From over 75 people who came to the premier to everyone else watching at home or at their own Faceoff parties. Your love and support is just amazing. I am truly speechless!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Xoxoxoxoxö
As part of the series premise, 15 up-and-coming makeup artists from around the country compete for the top prize $100,000, a 2014 Fiat and a VIP trip from Kryolan Professional Make-Up to one of its 85 international locations
Week-to-week, the group is whittled down until just three remain for the final showdown.
During the premiere, viewers watched as Phillips and his challenge partner, 25-year-old make-up artist Cat Paschen of California, work together to create a ösexy beastö character, who lives in a thematically designed mansion with him thematically matching ôbeautyö.
Underneath the ugly of their, well, beastliness, the artists were asked to create a character that also evoked a ôkissableö sexiness underneath.
During one particularly tense moment, Paschen accused Phillips of doing his own thing rather than working in collaboration. But after the project was complete the pair were shown amicably hugging to celebrate their joint-accomplishment.
Despite the on-camera drama, Phillips said: ôThe Faceoff mansion was huge and wonderful and the other contestants were so welcoming; we all stay in touch via social media.ö
Phillips grew up in Detroit near McNichols and Mound until ninth grade, when his family moved to Roseville. He graduated from Roseville High in 1987 and spent 14 years working on the assembly line at Chrysler.
Motivated by support from his parent, Phillips left his factory job in 2009 to start his own special effects company, DP Studio, which offers beauty and special effects training for movie, still, portfolio and costume events and make-up services. He received national recognition once his work showcased in big-budget films such as Oz The Great and Powerful and the Hobbit trilogy.
Returning to the lab for Faceoffĺs sixth season is host McKenzie Westmore, along with judges Ve Neill (The Hunger Games, The Amazing Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean), Glenn Hetrick (CSI: New York, The Hunger Games, Heroes) and Neville Page (Avatar, Prometheus). World-renowned makeup artist -- and McKenzieĺs dad ľ Michael Westmore resumes his role as official contestant mentor.
Whatever happens during Phillipsĺ Faceoff journey, we know one thing: He is currently seeking a new and expanded space, somewhere on Detroitĺs east side, to further grow his business.
ôIĺm a hometown kid,ö Phillips said. ôIĺll never leave Detroit.ö
In the next episode of Faceoff, Jan. 21 at 9 p.m., contestants are charged with deciphering crop circles to unravel a ôCosmic Conspiracyö.
Follow Phillips on Twitter @DPMakeupStudio.
To find out more about the cast of Season 6, see bios, photo galleries and video, visit syfy.com/faceoff.


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Bless This Mouseby Lois Lowry, Bernadette Dunne
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A church mouse is no ordinary mouse, and Hildegarde—the Mouse Mistress of Saint Bartholemew's—is no ordinary mouse leader. It falls to her to keep all the church mice safe and out of sight.
But when a few parishioners report mouse sightings, Hildegarde and the rest of the church mice must face a most dreadful consequence: the Great X. To
A church mouse is no ordinary mouse, and Hildegarde—the Mouse Mistress of Saint Bartholemew's—is no ordinary mouse leader. It falls to her to keep all the church mice safe and out of sight.
But when a few parishioners report mouse sightings, Hildegarde and the rest of the church mice must face a most dreadful consequence: the Great X. To complicate things, a ceremony called the Blessing of the Animals is fast approaching. Saint Bartholemew's will soon be filled with pets . . . including cats!
Oh, dear. Within the stately stone walls of the church, life is not as serene or safe as one might think. It will take the courage and patience of a—well, of a saint—to keep this scampering, squeaking tribe of Hildegarde's intact.
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"An impeccably constructed, good-humored adventure filled with master plans, near disasters, and brave rescues, all gently frightening for readers even younger than the target audience. Lowry creates a cozy church environment of lenient sextons, disheveled organists, and skittish Altar Guild ladies, from a mouse's point-of-view. Fun and lighthearted."—Publishers Weekly
"Lowry gilds her story with quaint details, extended in Rohmann's charming spot and full-page illustrations, which reinforce the comedy and action and further develop the memorable characters. With touches of surprise and a satisfyingly predictable resolution, this is a strong choice for both classroom sharing and independent reading."—Booklist
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Hildegarde sighed, a loud, squeaking, outraged sort of sigh, when she was informed that a new litter of mouselets had been born in the sexton's closet. Such bad timing! Such bad placement!
She scurried from the sacristy, the private room where Father Murphy's special priestly clothes were stored. She'd been napping there comfortably, until Roderick, whiskers twitching, woke her with the news. Oh, he was a busybody, no question! Always looking for a reaction. Well, he got one this time! She was furious.
Checking carefully to be certain there were no humans around (sometimes the Altar Guild ladies dropped in during the afternoons to rearrange flowers), Hildegarde tiptoed quickly into the large, high-ceilinged church itself, through the side section known as the transept, and entered the central area called the nave. Audaciously she hurried down the center aisle, ready at any instant to disappear into a pew and under a kneeler if someone entered. But the sanctuary was empty and quiet and she made her way, undisturbed, down its length.
Next she found herself in the narthex. Hildegarde so liked the formal names for the parts of the church. If she were in an ordinary house, she thought, twitching her nose at the idea, this would be known as the front hall. What an ordinary name! Narthex had a ring to it. You knew you were in an important place when you entered a narthex!
There was a tiny opening here, beside the front door, where the floor had settled slightly. Through the opening Hildegarde could enter the wall. The church mice all used this as an entry or exit because stairs
were a problem for them. It was easier to ascend or descend inside the wall, where there were tangled wires and frayed insulation to cling to. Carefully, she scurried downward.
Now, having made her way below, she was in the interior wall of the undercroft. Since Hildegarde had lived in Saint Bartholemew's all her life she knew the route by heart, especially where to scramble over the copper pipes and how to avoid the places where drifting insulation made her sneeze. There were many exits here in the undercroft: one, she recalled, amused as she passed it, into the nursery, a noisy place on Sunday mornings and best avoided. Babies in general were best avoided. They spent time on the floor, could see into crevices, and had graspy hands.
But at least babies couldn't talk, and report a mouse sighting! The group to be most feared, Hildegard thought, was the Altar Guild. More than one of the ladies had actually shrieked upon happening on a mouse. Oh, dear. Always an uproar when that happened. (Men seemed to be more sensible about such things.)
Finally, after passing countless Sunday School rooms and making her way carefully around the complicated piping of the bathrooms, Hildegarde arrived at the entrance, a small gnawed hole, to the sexton's closet. She winced when the ragged hole edge grabbed her sleek coat, but wriggled through; then, emerging on the other side within the closet itself, she fastidiously pulled her long, elegant tail through in one swoop.
There they were, curled in a nest made from a pile of the sexton's cleaning rags: at least seven of them, it appeared, and bright pink, a color Hildegarde had always disliked. Annoyed, she looked around. She knew the mother would be nearby. No self-respecting mouse mother would leave infants this young alone. So someone was hiding.
"Show yourself!" Hildegarde commanded. She didn't use her commanding voice terribly often, even though she was the matriarch, the chosen Mouse Mistress, and therefore entitled. But she was angry, and ner-vous. The timing of this was so unfortunate.
The mouse mother responded with a timid squeak, peeping out from between the ropy tangles of a moldy-smelling mop.
"I knew it would be you! I just knew it!" Hildegarde said.
"Who told?" squeaked the mouse, guiltily. She made her way over toward the litter, which was beginning to whimper and wiggle at the sound of her voice. She nudged them back into a tidy pile with her nose and then lay down beside the babies, looking up at Hildegarde.
"I simply guessed. It was obvious," Hildegarde said with a sniff. Of course it was Roderick who had told her. "That trashy little Millicent has reproduced again," he had announced in his arrogant, judgmental way, after he had poked Hildegarde with his nose and completely ruined her afternoon nap.
She peered down at the young mother. "How many litters does this make?"
Millicent cringed in embarrassment. "Four," she confessed.
"Four this year? Or four overall?" Hildegarde gave an exasperated sniff. "Oh, never mind. It doesn't matter. The point is, as mouse mistress, I am commanding you to stop this incessant reproduction! It's jeopardizing all of us. And particularly now. Do you realize it's late September?"
Millicent rearranged herself and the mouselets squirmed against her. "Do you mean it will be cold soon? I can make a nest near a heating duct when the furnace comes on."
"That is not at all what I mean. But you are going to have to move this litter someplace else right away. I don't think the sexton's here today. But he'll be in k7 k tomorrow, I'm sure. And the instant he reaches for his cleaning rags . . ."
Millicent squeaked at the thought.
"Exactly," Hildegarde went on. "Basically, the sexton is fairly tolerant. He'll ignore a few droppings. And I know he overlooked the shredding in his stack of newspapers, though he surely knew it was a nest. That was kind of him. But if he were to encounter . . . this!" She gestured toward the pile of pink mouselets. "Well! Do you recall the Great X?"
Millicent cringed. "I've only heard about it," she said nervously.
"No, of course you don't remember. The last Great X was before you were born. But it was simply terrible. We lost half our population! I vowed not to let it happen again. No more haphazard, willy-nilly reproduction! Careful placement! No visibility!" She looked meaningfully at the litter, sleeping now, curled in the stained rags. "We've got to get you and these mouselets moved inside the wall right away."
She considered the problem, then said, "There's k8 k a perfectly good nest left empty after Zachariah's demise." She was silent for a moment, then crossed herself, murmured, "Lord rest his soul," and continued: "It's in the wall behind the men's room toilet. A little noisy, I'm afraid, because of flushing."
"I don't mind flushing," Millicent squeaked.
"Let's get started, then. If you take one and I take another, we can get them all moved in three or four trips." Hildegarde leaned down and took a deep breath. "Oh," she muttered, "this is not pleasant at all." Then she grasped a mouselet by its neck and moved back through the hole into the wall, carrying it carefully, its miniature legs and tail dangling in a slightly wiggly way.
Preparing to come after her, Millicent paused and said in a sulky voice, "Lucretia thinks they're cute."
Hildegarde heard her but didn't dignify the comment with a response. She couldn't stand Lucretia, who had competed against her for the role of Mouse Mistress using unfair tactics, and had been a very poor sport about losing.
She continued on, carrying the mouselet. But now she was even more furious. Lucretia! Her rival. Her worst enemy. And a liar, too. Cute? These mouselets were a hideous shade of pink, and their ribs showed. They were not cute at all.
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Bless This Mouse Lois Lowry takes a more lighthearted road in her new book Bless This Mouse. Lowry explores the life of church mice as they face the everyday dangers of being seen and caught in another fatal Great X. The perils that face a mouse are seen through the eyes of Mistress Hildegarde who works tirelessly to protect her mouse population. A cute, fun read reminiscent of the Mouse and the Motorcycle and the Tale of Desperaux. Lovers of animal tales will enjoy this tale but lovers of Lowry's harder impact stores such as The Giver will be a little disappointed. Overall a great, easy read perfect for the 8-11 year age range.
This is a beautifully told tale of a community of church mice. Their Mouse Mistress, Hidegarde, keeps their lives in order from making sure babies are nested in the proper places, to conducting prayer services for all of the mice. This book has lots going on in it, The Great X, rescues, meeting new friends, and exploring the unknown. The Mouse Mistress reminds me of a nun that I had as a teacher when I was in Catholic school. She is very firm, expects order and for the children to obey. She comes across very gruff at time, but she really has a soft spot for her community and will do anything for each and everyone of the members. The illustrations I did get to see in this uncorrected proof were just adorable. I can not wait to see the book in it finalized glory. I would recommend to the young and old alike!
This book is rly good im reading it for summer reading and i rly lik it! Xoxo mary
These church mice must be very careful in their church, St Bartholomew's Catholic Church, to create the illusion that there is only one mice in residence. When sightings draw the dreaded exterminator, pure mouse brilliance steps up to save the day! This would be a charming read aloud for pre-readers and a short read for 3rd-4th graders. Come to think of it, it was a charming, funny read for this adult!
Good book
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This a nice book
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Manual dishwashing habits: an empirical analysis of UK consumers
Version of Record online: 1 FEB 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00840.x
© The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
International Journal of Consumer Studies
Volume 34, Issue 2, pages 235–242, March 2010
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How to Cite
Berkholz, P., Stamminger, R., Wnuk, G., Owens, J. and Bernarde, S. (2010), Manual dishwashing habits: an empirical analysis of UK consumers. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 34: 235–242. doi: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00840.x
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- Issue online: 1 FEB 2010
- Version of Record online: 1 FEB 2010
- Abstract
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- Automatic dishwasher;
- consumer behaviour;
- household appliances;
- manual washing up;
- resource consumption
This study presents an overview of the washing up behaviour of consumers in the UK. Peoples' individual attitudes were observed as were the amount of water and energy used, the time taken and the cleaning performance. Additionally, manual dishwashing was compared with the use of automatic dishwashers. Participants were recruited to represent all geographic regions of the UK as well as forming a representative cross-section of the population. Each of the 150 participants washed a full load of soiled tableware based on the standard EN 50242 'Electric Dishwashers for Household Use – Methods for Measuring the Performance'. For comparison, the best selling dishwasher in the UK in 2007 was tested under the same conditions as those in the consumer trial. Additionally, consumers who owned a full-size dishwasher were asked to load it to the point when they decided that the dishwasher was full.
The study shows that these consumers, on average, used 49 l of water and 1.7 kWh of energy, whereas the dishwasher used 13 l of water and 1.3 kWh of energy on average for the same amount of dishes under the conditions tested. Statistical analysis showed that these differences are significant. The dishes washed by hand were found to be slightly less clean than dishes washed in a dishwasher. For washing a full dishwasher load by hand, the participants needed, on average, 60 min, while they only took 9 min on average to load and unload the same amount of dishes in a dishwasher. The average participants were able to fill almost the full load into the dishwasher (96% of the items as used in a test following EN 50242).


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I am in the process of enumerating a Hybrid ISO image which will show up as CDROM in Windows & MAC and encountered with the following problem.
Hybrid ISO image is created with the following options and inserted the driver as
"insmod g_mass_storage.ko file=/hybrid.iso"
mkisofs -input-charset iso8859-1 -J -r -hide-rr-moved -joliet-long -o hybrid.iso TestDir/
"insmod g_mass_storage.ko file=/hybrid.iso"
With the above options:
Image Shows up as CDROM in MAC but not in Windows (It shows up as "Removable Disk" and on double click, it prompts to format the disk even though the image works in MAC)
"insmod g_mass_storage.ko file=/hybrid.iso cdrom=1"
With CDROM=1 option, it works in Windows but on MAC, i get the pop message as "The disk you inserted was not readable by this Computer" Ignore/Eject".
I am not sure where to start with to fix this issue. Should it be fixed in the the way I create the ISO image/Mass storage driver/Windows/MAC?


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Retro City Rampage will be released for 3DS in February
Retro City Rampage will be released through Nintendo's eShop for 3DS in February, the game's developer Brian Provinciano announced on Twitter. The game was previously released through WiiWare and on PS Vita. A specific date could not be provided by Provinciano, but when it releases, it will run you $9.99. Thanks, Game Informer.
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It would be useful if the informative text in the Help / About jEdit dialog box (e.g., "jEdit 4.3pre10 using Java 1.5.0_07") was selectable so it could be copypasted into bug reports etc., and possibly also contained additional useful information (e.g., "on Mac OS X 10.4.10").
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What you're looking for is "Utilities -> Troubleshooting -> Activity Log", when filing bugs.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Dana Quigley shot a 7-under 64 Saturday to
take a one-stroke lead going to the final round of the SBC
Championship at Oak Hills Country Club.
Quigley has an 11-under total of 131 to lead Mark James, a
former European Ryder Cup member and second-year player on the
Champions Tour who shot a 5-under 66. Jay Haas is alone in third at
133 after a 66.
Perfect scoring conditions of warm temperatures and no wind
greeted players for another day.
First-round leader John Harris was tied for the lead before
taking a triple bogey on the par-4 17th. His second shot sailed
over the green, hit the backside of a bunker slope and rocketed out
of bounds. He finished with a 66 and is tied for fourth at 8-under
with Bruce Fleisher and Don Pohl.
Quigley has been the points leader for 19 weeks in the Charles
Schwab Cup, a $1 million competition that rewards yearlong
consistency and performance in the major championships. He entered
this week's tournament leading Hale Irwin in the Schwab standings
and the money list, with only one tournament left on the 2005
"It would mean a lot to me to win the money title," Quigley
said. "That's pretty important to me, but with the Schwab points
tripled next week, it's all coming down to the final week."
Quigley had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch to surge toward
the lead, starting on the par-4 seventh and ending with a 15-foot
birdie on the par-3 13th.
"When you make a birdie there, you feel like you're stealing
one because that hole is so tough," Quigley said. "I want to tidy
everything up before the Charles Schwab Championship [next week],
and a win here would certainly do it."
Defending champion Mark McNulty shot a 1-over 72 and is six
shots back in 15th, but said a Sunday charge is not out of reach.
"This course sets up for somebody to shoot a 62 or 64 tomorrow,
and I just hope that person is me," McNulty said.
Fleisher made his charge up the leaderboard with a hole-in-one
on the par-3 ninth. He used a 7-iron for the 163-yard shot, his
second ace of the year. It highlighted a 5-under 30 on the front
nine, the low nine-hole score of the day, but he was unable to
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It's not easy being Green, but hopefully, it's starting to get a little easier.
Kevin Durant guarding Kobe Bryant. Russell Westbrook in transition. James Harden's electric game 3 performance. Even reserve center Serge Ibaka (seven blocks in game two). Every member of the Thunder's young core has found a way to put a stamp on their maiden foray into the playoffs.
Except power forward Jeff Green.
Green entered game four shooting 29 percent from the field. According to Elias, that meant owning the sixth lowest field goal percentage of anybody in the playoffs with 15 or more field goal attempts.
Oddly enough, teammate Thabo Sefolosha (.250) ranked lower by the same measurement than Green, but the Swiss swingman is used more of a defensive stopper than source of scoring.
We miss him quite a bit, quite frankly," said Scott Brooks before the game. "Throughout the series, he's been open. Russell (Westbrook) and myself have to do a better job of finding him opportunities to get the ball in his hands. I believe in Jeff and he's helped us get to this point. We just have to do a better job of getting him opportunities to help us offensively.
Over the first half, Green did little to ease his coach's concern. The opportunities clearly presented themselves, but the results weren't much different. Despite leading the team with eleven field goal attempts and four tries from behind the line, he wrapped up 21:22 worth of run with just five points on a pair of made baskets. Save a terrific play where, while lying on his back along the baseline, he saved a loose ball from going out of bounds off a teammate and created a new possession converted into two OKC points, everything before intermission appeared to be another non-factor game in the works.
Looks can be deceiving.
While Green's second half didn't constitute a true breakout, it was better. Green added 10 points on three-of-five shooting from the floor and went to the line four times. Two of his points came after missing badly on a three-pointer, but beat every flatfooted Laker to nab the offensive rebound, which he converted into a layup. Charges were drawn against Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol.
"I stuck with it," nodded Green. "I continued to be aggressive and continued to attack the rim. I didn't get the calls in the first half, but I stayed with it and my shot began to fall."
In the end, as long as Green plays in a way he deems acceptable, he can live with the shots being stubborn about dropping. When his appearance was described as unconcerned, he confirmed body language as fact.
"Yeah, man," smiled the Georgetown product. "I just gotta let the shots fall the way they may. I'm still confident in my shots. If they go in, they go in. If they don't, they don't. There's always another shot that's gonna come. But I gotta keep attacking. I gotta keep being aggressive. I can't get down on myself because my shots are not falling."
Thunder don't need any charity at the stripe
For a team comprised of youngsters, the Thunder shoot free throws like a crew of graybeard veterans. Oklahoma City has continually displayed an ability to draw fouls, their latest victory a prime example, but their aggressiveness would only amount to so much without the ability to convert. However, the eight-seed upstarts, who ranked second in the league last season with an 80.5 percent clip as a team, made good on Saturday's bountiful charity stripe trips.
The Thunder went to the line 48 times, a total one might describe as jaw dropping (especially if you're a Laker fan). But their use of the opportunity was arguably even more impressive. 42 of their free throws were converted, Kevin Durant the only OKC player who missed more than once (nine-for-11). Of course, Durant will probably be forgiven for his slacker performance, considering his 90 percent mark on the regular season and TK in the playoffs.
During the playoffs, they've raised their team percentage to 82.5 percent.
By comparison, the Lakers, a veteran team whose core players have been to the NBA finals anywhere from two and six times, made a miserable 60.7 percent of their free throws. Save D.J. Mbenga (who shot only one in all), nobody from L.A. managed to go without a miss.
Protect the paint
When the opening round series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder began, conventional wisdom stated the defending champion's front court tandem of Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom would dominate each game and prove too overwhelming for the eight-seed's smaller bigs. The first three games have demonstrated why games are neither played on paper nor left purely to conventional wisdom to decide a winner.
The Lakers have become more perimeter-oriented than expected (31 three-pointers in Game 3 alone) while experiencing trouble getting the ball inside. As a result, Odom has been invisible throughout the series, Bynum's impact has decreased since an explosive game one, and Gasol has remained consistently effective, but increasingly underutilized.
The Thunder entered the series with a goal protecting the paint.
"We're just trying to prevent the bigs from getting the ball," said Thunder head coach Scott Brooks before Saturday's game.
"That's one of the strengths they have as a team. They're skilled. Gasol's as good a passer as anybody. Bynum's as strong and as forceful as anybody down there. We just try to limit their touches. That offense is well designed and it has a good flow to it if you let them play with freedom. We want to have good ball pressure and we want to keep their bigs from getting the ball where they can do damage.
We want to just make them make tough jump shots. If we can keep them out of the paint, keep them off the free throw line and keep them from having a big three point shooting night and make them make tough two's, we've done our job. The Lakers are good enough to beat you that way and we all understand that, but we have to make sure they do beat us that way. Not their way."
Underrated asset
If the Lakers' inability to destroy the Thunder's interior is catching people by surprise, likely so is reserve power forward Nick Collison's impact by doing the proverbial "little things." Help defense. Drawing charges. Being a fly in the ointment with his energy. For many, his role in the series may catch them off guard, but in Brooks' eyes, it's simply a matter of people seeing what Collison has done every game.
"It's just more eyes on him," said Brooks. "It's the playoffs, so you analyze every player every possession. I never look at Nick's stat sheet. I don't even look at his rebounds. I look at how he impacts the game with his toughness, his smarts, with his ability to get into the lane to get charges. He sets great screens to free up our shooters. You look at his stats and they're just average. Six points, six rebounds. But he does so many winning things that we need every tonight out there. He does it. He brings it. No matter how bad he's banged up, he gives everything he has.
Those are the things we're building our team on. Do whatever it takes. Leave it on the floor. Nick is the poster boy for that."
Viva El Spaniard!
Laker fans were extremely excited when Gasol was traded to L.A. from the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008, but apparently so were residents not part of the Laker nation.
Take Russell Westbrook, who played high school basketball for Leuzinger in Lawndale and spent two seasons at UCLA for example. While he didn't dislike the Lakers, he rooted the Memphis Grizzlies and was a bigger fan of Gasol than Bryant.
"A lot of people would never guess it," smiled Westbrook.


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Michael Angwin is the inaugural chief executive of the Australian Uranium Association, appointed in 2006.
Nuclear energy is hotly disputed in this country. So how should we conduct the debate? Let's start with the facts.
Topics: nuclear-energy, uranium-mining
It's time to remove the east-coast bans and give the uranium industry the opportunity to grow export revenue east of the Karumba line.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, uranium-mining, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, laws, nuclear-issues, environment
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Environment minister Peter Garrett has announced plans for a new uranium mine in South Australia. Green groups have criticised the decision. Michael Angwin says nuclear power should be a leading choice to provide Australia's future electricity supply.
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Nuclear power advocates have long argued its potential to combat climate change. Earlier this month the British government committed itself to a new generation of nuclear power stations. Michael Angwin sees this as an opportunity for Australia to reform its approach to uranium mining.
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The Executive Director of the Australian Uranium Association Michael Angwin, has welcomed the draft report into nuclear energy options for Australia, saying it makes the case for microeconomic reform of the uranium industry.
He says the report highlights the economic benefits of uranium exploration and mining - jobs and export income - and also the benefits for the world's greenhouse problem.
Mr Angwin argues that the uranium industry deserves the same opportunity for microeconomic reform that many industries have undergone in the last 20 years in the name of international competitiveness.


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Gautami Nair set to debut with Mammootty's son Dulquar Salman in Second Show
After passing out 12th standard, Gautami Nair joined Pharm D course in Amrita. However, she soon realised that the course was not her cup of team and instead decided to prepare for medical entrance. That was when Second Show came up.
Remembering the days, Gautami says, "My cousin was an assistant director in the film and my stills were sent to the team without my knowledge. I was called for an audition out of the blue and in no time I was in."
Gautami says that shooting for Second Show was fun since most of the cast and crew members were freshers. Gautami said, "There were many funny moments. We used to wander the Calicut streets looking for good food joints just like college-goers."


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Should Gov. Rick Scott sign into law a bill that increases the speed limit on Florida's interstate highways to 75 miles an hour?
The Legislature passed SB 392, allowing for a raise in the state's maximum speed limit, but reports say the Governor is seriously considering vetoing the legislation.
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Faster Than the Speed of Light: Effective Use of the Internet
Enter a query and faster than the speed of light information invades your computer screen. At first glance the Internet entices researchers to believe it holds all the answers to genealogical questions. Sometimes it does but often the materials out there are worthless. How can you tell the difference? This lecture will suggest effective ways to use the Internet for your research as well as introduce you to sites that you may not have considered "genealogical" sites.
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! Hide and Seek on the Internet
Is your ancestor hiding on the Internet? It's the world-wide web — how will you ever find the mischievous ancestor who hides regardless how hard you seek? Learning how the Internet is organized and the best tools to use may make it harder for him to hide from you. This lecture includes how to use various search engines for the web and for specific database sites.
Strategies for Effective Use of the Internet
The ability to use the Internet has attracted many new people into the field of genealogy, as well as provided experienced genealogists with new tools and faster communication. In addition to databases, information that was previously only found in specialized libraries or other repositories can be identified through searching on-line catalogues and databases. The Internet, however, does not change the process of sound genealogical research, starting with the Genealogical Proof Standard.
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Genealogy and family history is all about making connections, child to parent back through the years. With so much new information appearing on the Internet wouldn't it make sense to share your information to see if others are trying to connect to your family? Learn how to put your family tree online for free or fee, using a variety of resources.
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Every one of us plans to write THE book on our family, but not quite yet because we're still researching. In the past the process of creating and producing a book was so time consuming and expensive that we only planned to do it once. Today with technology you can produce your book in sections, self publish, put in online and even customize it for particular family members. Why wait? How many books were never completed? This lecture will provide multiple options for getting your research into print.
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In this paper, direct power control (DPC) of three-phase pulsewidth-modulated rectifiers without line voltage sensors is presented. The new system is based on virtual flux (VF) estimation. Theoretical principles of this method are discussed. The steady-state and dynamic behavior of VF-DPC are presented that illustrate the operation and performance of the proposed system compared to a conventional DPC method. Both strategies are also investigated under unbalance and predistorted grid. It is shown that the VF-DPC exhibits several advantages, particularly providing sinusoidal line current when the supply voltage is not ideal. Test results show the excellent performance of the proposed system


text: ART EXHIBITS The Airport Arts Program, overseen by the five member Airport Arts Commission, presents museum-quality exhibitions in the Riley Terminal, provides periodic special programs in conjunction with the exhibitions and sponsors a countywide Annual Student Art Contest/Exhibition. (View information on the John Wayne Airport Arts Commission...) FLIGHT OF IDEAS A large scale three-dimensional sculpture that is installed above the baggage carousels in Terminal C. The sculpture is composed of 21 aluminum birds with wing spans ranging in size from three feet to 14 feet suspended on an "S" shaped structure 100 feet long. Created from aluminum and polycarbonate Plexiglas, the wings of the birds display enlarged portions of multi-colored aeronautical charts. John Wayne Airport commissioned the artist Beth Nybeck of Kansas City, Missouri to create this art work for the new Terminal C. Location: Above the baggage carousels in Terminal C View news article about new exhibits... | View artist's exhibit installation blog... THE VI SMITH CONCOURSE GALLERY CALLING ALL ANGELS To commemorate the 56th season of Angels Baseball, John Wayne Airport is featuring the Calling All Angels exhibit in the Vi Smith Concourse Gallery. A range of baseball memorabilia from the early years to the present is on display through July 2016. View press release Location: Departure (upper) Level, across from Gates 2 through 5 in Terminal A, Gates 18 through 21 in Terminal C and in the free standing cases near Gate 14. Exhibition Dates: February 2016 through July 2016 Signed Angels' baseball bat 2010 All-Star Game signed baseball "Once They Were Angels" by Robert Goldman Mini rally monkey, Angels gumball machine and Vladimir Guerrero lunch box Signed baseball with glove Press Radio - TV Guides and News Media Guides Signed baseballs by Gene Autry and Dean Chance Nick Adenhardt Award ORANGE COUNTY: DESTINATION ART & CULTURE UCI: Orange County Destination, Global Game Changer UCI: Orange County Destination, Global Game Changer highlights the past 50 years of UCI's achievements. Curated and designed by the UCI Libraries, the exhibit features photographs, documents, books, artifacts and reproductions from University Archives. View press release Location: Pedestrian walkway connecting Terminals B and C (pre-security) Exhibition Dates: February 2016 through July 2016 COMMUNITY FOCUS SPACE PROGRAM The Community Focus Space Program features exhibitions by Orange County artists and local community organizations. Richard Pradenas, Photographer A collection of Richard Pradenas' photographs is on display in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal as part of John Wayne Airport's (JWA) Community Focus Space Program. View press release Location: Terminal A on the Departure (upper) Level near the security screening entrance and on the Arrival (lower) Level near Baggage Carousel 1; Terminal B on the Departure (upper) Level, near the security screening entrance and on the Arrival (lower) Level near Baggage Carousel 4; Terminal C on the Departure (upper) Level near the security screening entrance. Schedule: July 14, 2016 through August 16, 2016 Wild Fiddlenecks Field Wild Cream Cups Buds Wild Tidy Tips Wild Car Wild Tin Barn


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Woods' Weekly is written by Superintendent Brian T. Woods and is sent to Northside ISD staff every Monday to keep them updated on local and state education issues.
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Good morning! I want to begin by thanking everyone who had a hand in putting together this year's Kelly Smith Tech Expo. I was blown away by the work our students created using various forms of technology. From robotics to 3D printing and dozens of apps and programs, our kids are able to show off what they know in a way that inspires them to work hard and problem solve. Probably the best parts of what I saw happened when things did not go as perfectly as planned. I saw teachers giving guidance, but letting kids do the trouble shooting to get the presentation or the gadget to work. This kind of critical thinking about something they care about builds grit. I fully realize that this work was guided by thoughtful, skillful adult hands – thanks to all involved! Kelly would be so impressed.
As we come to the end of the year, there are always so many great things to see. Over the recent weeks many of our middle schools have held their GT expos where gifted students display the work they have researched over the school year. I was very pleased with the thoughtfulness and creativity that was on display. Thanks very much to our middle school GT and content area teachers for your hard work. I was also able to see the Pat Neff Holocaust museum where students displayed their research on various topics, character acted and put on a virtual tour of the Anne Frank house. I was blown away by the student work. A special thanks goes to Neff teacher Christine Morales and librarian Camila Castro. I can't imagine the number of hours of student and staff work that went into this special display. I felt like I was in an actual museum!
As I look back on the school year it has been one that seemed to move so quickly. The year was also filled with the pride of accomplishment for NISD students and staff. We keep making progress on so many fronts and continue to enjoy the highly valued support of our community. This continued success and the positive reputation it contributes to is key to why NISD is considered a leader across Texas. Further, I believe that our trajectory continues to point upward. We have not yet reached our full
potential and as long as we are willing to be reflective about our practice, look for and implement improvements we will continue to advance!
A partial list of accomplishments this year include: having NISD campuses recognized as national PTA schools of excellence; being named one of the best communities for music education in the nation; hosting the US Olympic swim team this summer; having NISD educators recognized as H-E-B Excellence in Education finalists and as the Trinity Prize winner. Finally, and beginning this week, over 6,600 NISD students will walk the stage at graduations. This is a celebration for everyone who reads this. No matter what your role is, all of us contribute to our students' successes. By the way, the 2016 graduating classes have accumulated $118 million in college scholarship offers to date!
Looking forward to next year, we will continue to deal with student population growth. State testing seems always to be with us and we will strive to do well without having our sole focus be spent on standardized testing or the accountability ratings they generate. To that end, we will continue to speak about rigor in every NISD classroom setting – regardless of whether we talk about math or automotive technology, reading or agricultural mechanics, fine arts or athletics. We will also talk a lot about engaging our students in what and how they prove to us that they know what we have asked them to learn. We will also "look forward" to the coming legislative session that begins in early 2017. Obviously, school finance will be a very important topic to all school districts.
Personally, it has been my honor and pleasure to serve as your superintendent for another year and I look forward to many more years with Northside. I want to thank all of you for the gift of your work, your advocacy and your generosity of spirit on behalf of our organization and our very important clients – our children. I hope that the coming months allow you to slow down a little and enjoy the things that make you the happiest. This will be the last issue of Woods' Weekly for the school year – have a great week and enjoy your summer!


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Carefully balancing starter platters stacked with housemade cornbread and frozen margaritas, the servers at Casa del Sol wind their way through the tables on the outdoor deck overlooking the water. As diners dig into burritos, the flavors of chicken or carnitas meld with garnishes of mango and pineapple or with ingredients from one of four other unique burritos. Meat dishes span many styles, from pork-loin medallions with garlic-adobo sauce to enchiladas verdes with a choice of meat or cheese filling. The inside dining area's bright yellow and purple walls adorned with paintings of whirling dancers complement the bright flavors of the dishes, often delicately evoked by cilantro, poblano chili pepper, or guacamole.


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Iraqis vs. Iraqis: Iraqi government troops lead fight, killing 200 in bloody battle of Najaf.
Palestinians vs. Palestinians: Saudi Arabia urges talks to stop violence between Fatah and Hamas.
Palestinians vs. Israelis: Just four days before scheduled peace process meeting in DC, the first Palestinian suicide bombing in 9 months kills three in Israeli bakery.
Sudan vs. Sudan: How can Sudan keep African Union peace keepers out of Darfur so it can keep killing its own people? By having Sudanese President al-Bashir take over the African Union, of course.
Olympia vs. Text Messaging: Legislation in Oly would ban texting while driving.
Iranians + Iraqis: Upping tensions with the U.S., Iranians expand support and influence on Iraqi Goverment.
Protestants + Catholics: Faltering North Ireland peace plan gets boost as Sinn Fein agrees to cooperate with Democratic Unionist police
Jews +Muslims?: Arabs and Jews cast cynical eye as Israel appoints its first Muslim cabinet minister.
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Japanese for Japan, isn't it?
Utkarsh Singh:
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Isn't it Japan for Japanese, rather?
William Alexander Carter:
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Nope. Japanese is the language. So the word is Japanese.
and Matt, you're right
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It's old-school Japanglish for Japan. "Nihon" (roughly NEE-hone) is how it's actually pronounced in the language.
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A female owner of a radio station in Afghanistan has been shot dead.The fact the assassins didn't kill her children is somehow more terrifying than if they had done so. Why is that? The answer must be close to this: It shows a committed hatred, one that has a design, a purpose. This is not random violence, or even a thirst for blood; it's reasoned violence. The assassins may even have nothing against the person as such, but the will inside of the person. They killed an idea that happened to be embodied.
Zakia Zaki was shot seven times, including in the chest and head, as she slept with her 20-month-old son at her home north of Kabul, officials say… [T]he attackers were three men armed with pistols and rifles, who broke into Ms Zaki's house and got into the bedroom.
An older son, aged three, was with her at the time of the attack, but none of her six children was injured.
Zakia Zaki, was 35 years old and worked as a reporter and a schoolteacher.
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The principal author was confronted few years ago with the case of a 38-year-old woman with a 5-month history of ill-defined L5 sciatic pain that was referred to an orthopaedic department for investigation and eventual surgical treatment for what was suspected to be herniated disc-related sciatica. Removal of her enlarged uterus found unexpectedly close to the sacroiliac joint upon lumbar MRI abolished her symptoms. Review of the literature showed that the lumbosacral trunk is vulnerable to pressure from any abdominal mass originating from the uterus and the ovaries. Physiological processes in the female patient and gynaecological diseases may be the source of sciatica, often not readily searched for, leading to fruitless investigations and surgical treatments. The aim of the paper is to highlight gynaecological and obstetrical causes of sciatica and sciatica-like symptoms. To prevent unproductive expenses and morbidity, a thorough gynaecological examination should be done even though neurological examination may be suggestive of a herniated intervertebral disc, and the cyclic pattern of pain related to menses should be routinely asked for.
KeywordsSciatica Sciatic neuropathy Female Pregnancy complications Endometriosis
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IPC staff lawyer Ben Winograd was quoted in a Washington Post blog post covering what the Supreme Court decision will mean in Arizona:
So while the court ruled that part of the law is constitutional in theory, its decision implies that it might not be constitutional in practice. And only time will tell.
That's why policy experts like Ben Winograd, a staff attorney for the American Immigration Council, believe the provision remains "legally vulnerable": It could still be struck down if it leads to civil rights violations, as pro-immigration advocates have warned. The same could happen in the five other states that have passed Arizona-like provisions for checking immigration status: Alabama, Utah, South Carolina, Indiana and Georgia. "They upheld the racial profiling provision, 2(B), but only on the narrowest grounds," says Greg Chen of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Winograd, for one, expects problems to mount up quickly for the provision. "It comes down to the assumption on whether the police respects the Constitution on a day-to-day basis," he says. "On paper, it makes a lot of sense. In practice, it's hard to believe."
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FDA approved Eisai's epilepsy drug Fycompa (perampanel) as an adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizures with or without secondarily generalized seizures in patients aged 12 and over. The firm says Fycompa is the first FDA-approved non-competitive AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) glutamate receptor agonist. The drug was approved in the EU in July.
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Ten dogs smoked cigarettes daily in two sessions each day by voluntary inhalation through a tracheostomy tube. Five dogs died during the course of the experiment, and the remaining five were killed after more than 420 days of smoking. Hematocrit values increased markedly during the first several weeks of smoking and then declined somewhat but remained higher than presmoking levels. The heart weight relative to body weight was markedly higher in the ten smoking dogs than in the ten control dogs. Pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema, similar to those conditions in human beings, were found in all five of the smoking dogs killed. No such lung parenchymal changes were found in ten control dogs.
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Delaunay simplexes were used for structure analysis of hard sphere packings of different density. A special attention was paid to the simplexes of tetrahedral shape. Clusters of the tetrahedra adjacent by faces represent relatively dense aggregates of spheres atypical for crystalline structures. Such "polytetrahedral" aggregates reveal a characteristic feature of the dense disordered packings. The tetrahedra in point are not completely perfect. They coincide with the class of "quasi-regular tetrahedra" introduced by Hales in his proof of the Kepler conjecture. In this work we discuss a meaning of these tetrahedra and their role in formation of the dense disordered packings. Polytetrahedral principle of a spatial organization seems to be preferable from the statistical viewpoint, as in this case a variety of dense local configurations can be realized. However it has its limit and further increase in density can be provided by formation of crystalline nuclei.
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