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Twenty-five years ago, Dave Boyle got into a car. When he came back four days later, he was different in a way that destroyed his friendship with Sean Devine and Jimmy Marcus. Now Sean's a cop, Jimmy's a store owner with a prison record and mob connections, and Dave's trying hard to keep his demons safely submerged. When Jimmy's daughter Katie is found murdered, each of the men must confront a past that none is eager to acknowledge. Lehane tugs delicately on the strands that weave this neighborhood together, testing for their strengths and weaknesses; this novel seems as much anthropological case study as thriller.
By turns violent and pensive, Mystic River is vintage Lehane. How good is it? You may go in missing Angie and Patrick, but after a few pages you won't even realize they're gone. Lehane's noir is still black magic. --Kelly FlynnFrom the Publisher:
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Hello everyone my name is Mr J just ecscaped out of cleveland clinic for a short time, will be back soon for surgery thanks everyone from Candy Z brother
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Hello everyone my name is Mr J just ecscaped out of cleveland clinic for a short time, will be back soon for surgery thanks everyone from Candy Z brother
Hey Candy Z's brother Mr. J, hope you're doing better and getting ready for your surgery. Take care. Have you gained any weight back? Drink some Ensures and fatten up. Enjoy your escape!
I have managed to gain 3 pounds, been very active,is this good,I have alot to get prepared thanks mrJ
Mr. J. Will be thinking of you and wish you a very positive surgery!
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Thanks Jeff I am trying to be possitive even though the doctor has not seamed to be a second opinion is on wendsday, ok time for a nap I sweat so bad I am up every 2 hours drying off,making a list of questions to ask my doc that is doing the surgery so far he said gullbladder, bile ducts, and right side of liver if he can get it all, I pray he can,he seams hard to get straight answers from so thank you everyone here Candy Z brother Mr Johnson
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Glad to hear you are getting a second opinion. Get a third if you have too. Yes, some of our true blue professional doctors have some arkward bedside manners but they usually know their stuff. Be sure to stay hydrated with all that sweating going on by dring plenty of water. Definitely let the Doc know about all this sweating. Have you been checking your temp at all like when you actually notice the sweating? Hope all gets on track for you soon.
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I have posted a new entry to Sam's blog about our granddaughter Sarah Elizabeth and will keep everyone updated on her progress. I remember reading a while back a discussion about the role that genes play in developing cholangio and I thought this info might help someone. If you go to the Johnson blog, it is under the second blog that is listed - johnsonal.blogspot.com
I don't post very often but I check on "ALL" of you everyday. Take care.
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Thank you for checking up on us as we continue to fight. Sarah Elizabeth, you and your family will be in our prayers. Please keep us updated.
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Hi Betty, Nice to see you post. It must be so difficult and worrisome for you in concern to Cindy and Sarah. A big ole prayer of support coming your way for all three of you!
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Just occurred to me that I don't have anyone to wish me a Happy Valentines Day and some of you may not also. So HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to all of you. May you have many blessings and much happiness despite all of these difficult circumstances. "This too shall pass"....
Betty Johnson
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Betty... HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! We all know your a Care Bear!
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Saturday, 7 April 2012
My Top 50 Songs Ever (50 - 26)
50. Yelle - Je veux tu voir (2006)
First time I saw/heard this, at 0:16 in the video, where it transitions from the Jogging intro to the wobble-bass of the actual song, my jaw dropped and I fell into a coma. Even if you're much less impressionable than me, I think you should still be careful when you watch it.
49. Terry Hall - Forever J (1994)
God knows why I like this song so much. It's 'cute' at best, but I actually think it's because it was a massive radio hit in Greece when I was growing up and those people are very good at brainwashing.
48. Scarlett Johansson - Falling down (2008)
This would probably be a lot worse if she could actually sing it. Her inability somehow makes it perfect. I still want this to be the soundtrack to the opening scene of the movie adaptation of Exit Through The Wound. You know, where they wonder in a club losing each other and taking lots of drugs, etc?
47. Heavenly - Atta girl (1993)
I like songs with long instrumental intros. This one is over a minute. Then eventually when they do sing, it builds up to TWO PEOPLE singing DIFFERENT things. Amazing. Best part: 'Fuck you, no way' at 3:13, which you could sing to your friends in indie clubs in the mid-90s, even if you didn't know the rest of the lyrics.
46. Menswear - Daydreamer (1995)
You'd think this is the most embarrassing song on my list, but you clearly haven't seen the rest yet. I don't understand why Menswear haven't reformed yet to take the money of desperate, nostalgic 30-something year olds like me, but I'll be right there when they do.
45. Samantha Fox - Touch me (1986)
Oh OK, here's the most embarrassing. Whatever. This is great. Um, hello, 'Like a tramp in the night, I was begging for you to treat my body like you wanted to'
44. The National - Conversation 16 (2010)
This went quickly from Samantha Fox to The National, didn't it?
43. The Cardigans - Carnival (1995)
I remember soon after this came out, The Cardigans came to Athens for a gig, which was actually a festival where Simply Red was headlining. And when I went to buy my ticket I mentioned something about leaving as soon as The Cardigans has played so I would miss Simply Red, and the guy at the music store took offence and told me that I don't know what I'm talking about and Simply Red are legends and he's sure that when The Cardigans were growing up they must have been huge fans. This was another sign of where Greece would end up years later, if they gave people like that jobs.
42. Cut Copy - Hearts on fire (2007)
It's nice the people still like New Order so much decades later.
41. Robyn with Kleerup - With every heartbeat (2007)
Do you think Robyn has tried to re-write this song a few times since then or not? (Don't get me wrong, I will also be re-writing ETTW).
40. Homeboy - Adorable (1992)
I really doubt there's anyone on the planet who remembers / cares for this song in the year 2012, but unfortunately it's the world that's missing out, not me.
39. Saint Etienne - Like a motorway (1994)
Robyn did not invent electropop ballads.
38. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence (1990)
I'm sure this is in everyone's Top 50 songs of all time, and I guess if it isn't, it's time to take a step back and reassess your life.
37. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the dark (1984)
Just like the best books, all the great songs are also sad (if you pay close enough attention). Books and songs whose sadness revolves around the pointlessness of life / questioning your own existence and all the choices you've made so far are the absolute best. I'm not just saying these things. These are facts.
36. Felix Da Housecat ft Miss Kittin - Madame Hollywood (2002)
Please watch this video. Hopefully that will be me one day.
35. Prince - When doves cry (1984)
I don't know what to say about this. I don't really care for Prince much, but this is brilliant.
34. James - Sometimes (1993)
I like songs as much for the lyrics as I do for the music. (Even though, I suppose, you occasionally have to make allowances for some dance stuff). This is full of small scenes. It's a bit like watching a movie. Which is good for somebody who doesn't actually want to sit down and watch movies, like me.
33. The Housemartins - Bow down (1987)
This is a brilliant upbeat song with really sad lyrics about questioning your own existence and all the choices you've made so far, because we really haven't had enough of those yet.
32. Hole - Violet (1995)
I like all of the following: The fact that it starts mid-sentence. The soft verses. The angry chorus. Etc.
31. Frank Turner - Redemption (2011)
This is the most recent song on the whole list, and that tells you a lot of what you need to know about how much I like it. Oh, also: LYRICS.
30. Fischerspooner - Emerge (2001)
This still goes on every party playlist I ever make.
29. Pulp - Common people (7" edit) (1995)
I prefer the single version without that 'dog lying in the corner' verse, but I'm probably wrong.
28. Elastica - Never here (1995)
Another amazing minute+ instrumental intro. Why can't Elastica reform, but Dodgy are still going? What kind of a world are we living in?
27. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Classixx version) (2009)
Please note: I'm most definitely talking about the Classixx remix of this. I have zero interest in the original and in any other 70s soft rock pastiche that may come around now or ever. 80s pastiches, on the other hand, are always extremely welcome.
26. Gossip - Heavy cross (Fred Falke remix) (2009)
What. A. Remix. (Again, please don't bother with the original. I mean, it's good, but).
Tired now.
10 comments:
- Pauler said...
Nah, Robyn has a common theme running through her killer singles, but she definitely does not write the same song over and over.
With Every Heartbeat, Be Mine, Dancing On My Own deserve their own medals
- 8 April 2012 at 07:58
- Scoop said...
That 0.16 YELLE moment was a new one on me. Didn't quite lose consciousness, but had to sit down afterwards.
- 8 April 2012 at 09:37
- Guy said...
Thank you for creating my spring playlist. Many new things for me to discover here which is always a bonus. I am taking bets on the 1.songs and 2. positions, for Morrissey and The Smiths on your next posting. Any takers?
Hopefully this list-making is not delaying the release of your next novel by too long.
- 8 April 2012 at 19:43
- red.without.pause said...
You and I can be alone in our knowledge of how epic Adorable is. Homeboy is a great choice but I'd have to say my number one would be Vendetta. By the way, long-time reader commenting for the first time in about 5+ years of following your story.
- 9 April 2012 at 22:37
- red.without.pause said...
You and I can be alone in our knowledge of how epic Adorable is. Homeboy is a great choice but I'd have to say my number one would be Vendetta. By the way, long-time reader commenting for the first time in about 5+ years of following your story.
- 9 April 2012 at 22:37
- London Preppy said...
guy: There are three songs by The Smiths / Morrissey left. I didn't want to crowd the list with one band, etc, but yes, that's all I'm saying for now
red: Thanks for the first time comment. God, you're so beautiful (see what I did there?)
- 9 April 2012 at 22:59
- London Preppy said...
(I have to listen to Vendetta now)
- 9 April 2012 at 23:01
- red.without.pause said...
You're quite welcome. Yes, my powers of observation caught that ;-)
- 10 April 2012 at 00:28
- Toby said...
This is great! Will be the playlist for my birthday party later this month, me thinks.
- 10 April 2012 at 01:34
- London Preppy said...
toby: Cool. And don't make sure to include 'Lucky Day' too, of course
- 10 April 2012 at 13:20


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The first-overall pick in the 2010 WHL bantam draft is now in play.
Alex Forsberg, who the Prince George Cougars determined was the best player available in the 2010 draft, decided not to return to the team following the Christmas break and has requested a trade.
The 17-year-old Forsberg was the consensus top-overall player in 2010. The 17-year-old playmaking center from Waldheim, Saskatchewan, then had a promising rookie campaign last season, notching 15 goals and 25 assists in 51 games.
However, now eligible for the NHL draft, Forsberg's game appeared to stall. This season he had nine goals and 10 assists in 31 games with the Cougars.
Prior to the Christmas break, Prince George coach Dean Clark uttered some choice words about Forsberg.
"Points aren't just going to happen," Clark told the Prince George Citizen. "With his skills he's going to create something but it's not just going to happen, you have to put the effort out there all the time. Mentally he has to get a little bit stronger.
"If he can understand he has to come back (from the break) in some half decent shape he'll be fine," Clark added.
Forsberg opted not to come back instead.
Forsberg isn't the first member of his family to ask out of Prince George. His older brother, defenseman Jesse Forsberg, played three seasons with the Cougars before requesting a trade during the offseason. He was dealt to the Seattle Thunderbirds in exchange for center Colin Jacobs, who had asked out of Seattle himself.
The Jan. 10 trade deadline is quickly approaching, and with few impact veterans seemingly available, Alex Forsberg could end up being the biggest prize.
Around the WHL
Alex Forsberg wasn't the only player who chose not to return to his team following the Christmas break. Medicine Hat's Jayden Hart, a skilled 18-year-old center who was the team's third-round pick in the 2009 bantam draft, also remained home and requested a trade. … Two players also announced their retirements from the WHL. Regina overage defenseman Alex Theriau, a former member of the Everett Silvertips, suffered a recurrence in his hip injury which will end his junior career. Also, Vancouver goaltender Liam Liston, 19, left the team to concentrate on his education. … One player who did return to the league was Brandon overage winger Michael Ferland. Ferland, who had been playing with the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League, had 47 goals and 49 assists last season with the Wheat Kings. … Prince Albert's Anthony Bardaro was named the WHL Player of the Week. The 20-year-old center had four goals and three assists as the Raiders went 2-0. … Everett's Austin Lotz was the WHL's nomination for Canadian Hockey League Goaltender of the Week. The 17-year-old stopped 72 of the 74 shots he faced in winning two games.
League leaders
Points — Colin Smith (Kamloops) 66; goals — Smith, Todd Fiddler (Spokane) 27; assists — Smith 39; penalty minutes — Adam De Champlain (Portland), Jamien Yakubowski (Lethbridge) 104; wins — Luke Siemens (Prince Albert) 23; goals against average — Mac Carruth (Portland) 1.87; save percentage — Carruth .933.
Check out Nick Patterson's Silvertips blog at http://www.heraldnet.com/silvertipsblog, and follow him on Twitter at NickHPatterson.


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Best Of :: People & Places
Maybe not a great place to read, despite all those shelves of old books. But this bar, recently redone but, thank God, not too much, is an interesting place to read people. For the kind of grown-up date where you want a good drink and some meaningful conversation, the Library Bar has that old New York bar vibe. Some nights there's a pianist, tinkling the keys of the grand piano for some mellow show tunes and jazz. The lighting is low, the waitstaff is attentive when needed and the bartenders can mix a Manhattan. Start spreadin' the news.
We've sung the praises of the Lakewood Texaco several times in our Best of Dallas issues over the years, and yeah, it's still a great gas station day in and day out. But every year on some random Sunday it becomes something more when the joint hosts one of its famous block parties, inviting neighbors young and old and fostering a sense of community rarely to be found in a gas station parking lot, or anywhere in Dallas for that matter. It's an anything goes, multi-cultural kind of affair—with live bands, a dunking booth, belly dancers and promotional beer girls all on hand to help the citizens of East Dallas feel a little closer for an afternoon. Here's hoping the new owners—who took over for the beloved Boueri family several months ago—keep the tradition alive (hint, hint).
For years, AllGood Café owner Mike Snider has booked well-respected and much-revered Americana and folk artists to the venues of Deep Ellum. These days, at his restaurant, he continues to do just that. It's a homey place, seemingly fit more for Austin than Dallas with its flair for memorabilia and its general hippie-ish attitude. Does that make the place stand out among Deep Ellum's rock clubs? For sure—but not in a bad way. Rather, AllGood is unique because the music played there fits right in with the restaurant's vibe, rather than with what's popular right this minute. You'll see folk, Americana, country and, yes, from time to time, your standard coffeehouse fare. But under Snider's discerning eye, you can rest assured that it'll be good. Oh, and by the way: the food? It'll keep you coming back even if Snider's taste in music isn't up your alley.
From the tiled bar to the dark, mellow atmosphere to that ridiculous neon windmill on the roof, there's nothing contrived or even remotely close to pompous in this place. It's a neighborhood bar reminiscent of the little Manhattan dives where regulars know each other and call the bartender by name. And no wonder—the owner, Charlie, hails from the Empire State and makes the meanest New York deli sandwiches in the city. Seriously. We recommend the Reuben, but they're all perfection, especially after a long night of Jack and Cokes. Not only is there rarely a crowd of annoyingly drunk and entitled patrons, but the jukebox is one of the city's best, with hundreds of discs including Iggy Pop, Prince, Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and John Lee Hooker. What more could you want for last call?
Amazing drinks including a rotating schedule of featured drafts and bottles from the globe over. Incredible food from the favored steak sandwich to brunch. Monthly five-course beer dinners. Validated parking. Comfy high-backed booths. DJ nights. Friendly and fast servers capable of suggesting a drink to pair with food or food to pair with a drink. Reasonable prices often punctuated with drink specials or half-price food nights. Great location. Diverse crowd. TV choices perfect for a buzzed stare. The only thing that could possibly be better would be if The Libertine was located in a futuristic force field where all food and drink had no caloric effect on thighs or impending beer guts.
One Sunday afternoon not long ago, we sat at the MBar in Neiman's NorthPark Center location watching with great affection and no small amount of awe the care with which Jose Mejia mixed up his homemade Bloody Mary brew. On the counter sat a small vat of tomato juice; nearby, there was a large glass filled with Worcestershire sauce, into which he added generous dollops of Tabasco sauce, followed by the juice of freshly grated horseradish and several heaps of the white heat. He sniffed each container before blending them together for yet another smell test, then a taste test. "This way," he said, "you don't need salt, just vodka." He grinned, then poured us another refill, into which he dropped a stalk of celery the size of a baby's arm. We muster myriad excuses to belly up to the Mbar—most involving Sunday-afternoon football games on the three TV sets perched in front of the six stools, providing a welcome respite from the hubbub of overpriced commerce nearby—but, truth is, there's no better place to drink or eat or drink in the entirety of NorthPark; and Mejia, who's stood watch over the bar since its inception four years ago, is as generous and considerate a host as any afternoon mall drinker could ask for.


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Hi all.
Sadly I have decided to sell up, this is to include everything we have built up over the last 7 or so years, the inventory is as follows:
24ft 6in Cage, this is I believe unique as it extends out to 32ft for the larger venues, they come complete with all padding & matting (40mm) etc.
A one meter wide & one meter high walkway around the circumference of both complete with skirting.
Free standing tri-light light rig fully equipped with Par-cans, sequencing/manual light mixing desk with I think 24 pre-set light programs, this includes all cables from mains to lights.
Jigsaw matts (40mm) for warm up areas etc, I think there are something like 100 of these.
This is almost a self sufficient set up, many of you will know the Cage (s) and will appreciate it is not to be confused with mass produced imported versions, this was designed, commissioned & built by engineers in Britain.
The cost to set up in its entirety was £66,000-00, I will listen to any sensible offer, it may be more efficient to call me on: 07973 522131.


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Thread: Saving Money on Family Needs
11th April 2012 05:05 AM #1
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Saving Money on Family Needs
I just found this fabulous website that has wonderful resources for saving money (mostly using coupons) on groceries, sundries, household needs, clothing, travel and just about anything a mum would need!
If you'd like to save 50% or more on your household expenses, then you'll want to check out the Crazy Coupon Lady website. Once you have an idea of what's offered on that website, look for something similar in your country as this site seems to be focused on the United States.
I also found some very fun videos that show how other mums save 75%, 85% and more on their grocery bills, and one video in particular that actually shows a mum giving recipe ideas for the items she purchased on her last grocery run.
Probably the one video I found most inspiring was a mum who purchased over $200 worth of groceries and sundries and paid only 1¢. Take a look to see how it's done...
Here's a great video of a stay-at-home mom who doesn't have much time (she homeschools) and feeds her family of 6 (including 2 teenagers) on just $50 per week. That's amazing to me, but what she teaches can save you 50% off your food bill initially, and she says that regularly (once you get the hang of it) you can even save up to 75%-85% OFF your grocery bill.
One thing I will caution you with is that if you're trying to conceive, pregnant or even breastfeeding, you may want to buy organic foods when possible, but sometimes you just need to save money in order to stay home with your family, and you have to save where you can. Saving on sundries and clothing is going to allow you to buy the organic meat and dairy that are so critical when struggling with infertility and simply eating out less and preparing your own meals at home will also help lower cost and increase nutrition.
Post back and share your thoughts. This is totally inspiring to me (being that my husband was out of work for 2 1/2 years, and we're still playing "catch-up") so I'm eager to learn more!
17th April 2012 08:50 PM #2
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This is a very nice thread.
This is how I save up...well, the basics that I do when shopping.
-I buy a store brand products that I myself have proven the quality as same as the branded ones. It is much cheaper.
-I use coupons and sometimes buy a deal to a group buying sites that offers a great discount. Just check the details.
-Don't hoard, I mean don't buy something because it's on sale it might just end up in the trash. You thought you saved up some money but your not.
And I would say to cut down the cost of electricity by unplugging appliances that you don't use that often.
Hope this helps.
19th April 2012 09:26 AM #3
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Great tips, proudmumof2boys! Thanks for adding to this thread of ways to save!
19th April 2012 03:33 PM #4
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What a great thread idea! As a mother of four I am always interested in ways to save money! My husband has also dealt with long-term unemployment.
As of right now we save money in the following ways:
Using disposable nappies and wipes (they have actually been passed down from baby to baby and many were purchased used-- still in good shape!)
Making as much homemade food as possible (including storing frozen dinners for nights when I do not feel like cooking, bread, and convenience foods like ketchup and dressing)
Making homemade gifts for holidays/birthdays
Limiting car trips and sharing a vehicle
Growing our own vegetables
Hanging clothes out to dry a few times a week, rather than using the dryer
Making homemade laundry detergent
20th April 2012 02:37 AM #5
My friends and I share: baby clothes, toys, breastfeeding pillows....anything baby related you can think of really! It works very well as some of my friends have older children than me (so pass the clothes etc on to me) and I pass them on to those with younger children. I find that cultivating this sharing attitude works really well - once someone has passed something onto you you want to pass something else on to someone else.
20th April 2012 02:32 PM #6
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And on that note, one of my most favorite places to save is Freecycle.
Freecycle is world wide - just look for your country and your area.
We have found some of the most amazing things on freecycle. A beautiful executive desk that we did a quick refinishing job to and placed in our daughter's room for her college schoolwork. A brand new guitar for my son (worth over $300) on which he learned to play the guitar very well, a bassinet for a friend who was expecting a baby, and a "like new" pair of crutches for my 10 year old daughter who broke her foot this week. We've received much more than this, but we have also given a lot too. We gave away a desk, we've given away open packages of nappies that we never finished because our child moved into the next size and we've given away fresh fruit from our trees (among other things).
Freecycle is truly my most favorite way to save because it fosters that giving mind frame that Laura Jane mentioned.
Anyone else here use freecycle? Anyone here that's never heard of freecycle?
21st April 2012 01:30 AM #7
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We use freecycle as well and it is great! Also, in response to what LJ mentioned, my friends and I keep a box of maternity clothes that basically gets passed back and forth. We also share baby clothes, nursing pillows, etc.
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My latest money saver... Bulk Herbs!
I needed some bay leaves to put in with the fresh spelt grain I'm going to be getting this week (bay leaves keeps the bugs out). At the local store a bottle of Bay Leaves was over $5.00 and I purchased them.
But then earlier this week, my 10 year old broke her foot and I needed to travel an hour to a really good Orthopedic Surgeon to have it checked out. (She's doing great, no surgery needed.)
On our way home, I stopped at Harvest House and stocked up on bulk herbs. I don't have to buy the whole bulk container, but I can just dip a spoon in and take however much I need of any herb I can think of (even organic herbs).
I got the same amount of Bay Leaves for only .25¢. Saved over $5.00 on that purchase alone. All other herbs were very inexpensive as well so I stocked up on everything and keep them in my freezer to preserve freshness and potency.
Anyone else have a recent money saving adventure!


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I've always had an odd relationship with Facebook. I joined as a freshman in college, fresh out of the MySpace era, more concerned with who was in my Top 8 than whether or not I should "like" someone's status. Back then, you had to have a .edu e-mail address just to join the mighty 'like' machine, but eventually everybody and their mother (and, in my case, grandmother) was on Facebook, talking about their lives.
Early on, I discovered the joy of self-referential experimentation in the form of 'witty' status updates. I wanted to play with the form of a status update, the way that we often used them, and how they may end up being perceived by others. My magnum opus, if I may be so narcissistic to refer to any status update of mine as such in a post about Facebook, was quite early on in my public online career:
[James Arnold is] off to breakfast. Then off to calculus. Then off to work. Then probably cashing his check and going to lunch. Then preparing for Don Rags, feeling stalkerish?
-James Arnold, Facebook status update, 2006.
Perhaps outdated now–note the bracketed language at the beginning, which Facebook automatically included at the front of each 'status update' in that era–the post is indicative of the sort of involvement many in my generation have with social media: we deconstruct, to some degree, but mostly we just play. Facebook had introduced a news feed, and many felt as though it was encouraging people to develop stalker-like tendencies. Similarly, when my brother joined Twitter, we had a conversation entirely built on hashtags. What was once meant to be searchable became a language all on its own.
A few friends recently shared a rather scathing article about Facebook usage. The article, which you can read here, fills out seven ways "to be insufferable" as you fill out that little "What's on your mind?" box that Facebook really wants you to answer. The examples range from understandably frustrating ("Ugggggghhhhhh") to the mild ("Finally finished my paper") all the way to the stuff that keeps me coming back to Facebook ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. ~Proverbs 3:5-6″; or, in the author's words, "An unsolicited nugget of wisdom").
While the article is filled with cynicism ("99% of the people on your Facebook friends list don't love you"), it makes some good points. We could learn to moderate what we feel the need to put onto our social networks. If we are motivated by how others view us, entirely, then we can end up crafting our own self-image with a lack of authenticity; we'd become disingenuous.
But here's the deal: everything you do changes the way people view you. You can live every moment consumed by your self image, or you can honestly express yourself. Just like some people are quick to speak and others take their time, so might some people simply have a personality that prefers to share, rather than prefer to reserve.
If you only post those status updates that will definitely endear you to your 800 friends, then you've fallen into the exact same trap: you're catering to an audience, rather than being 'genuine.'
I don't think writing with an audience in mind is a bad thing. Neither do I think that writing to no one in particular is necessarily harmful or frustrating or annoying. You aren't insufferable if the only things you post on Facebook have to do with what you ate that day; you just might be publicly boring.
If we value people, and I really hope we do, then what we find interesting should be broader than just personal intellectual stimulation. Much like we can learn to appreciate 'pop' culture in ways that are bigger than mindless consumption (and still entertaining), so should we remember that the people around us are intrinsically valuable; people are made in the image of God, and we should treat them that way. What my friends ate for breakfast might not be interesting–I'm not saying that the article above wasn't without merit–but their thoughts on what is happening around the world ought to be. If this means I need to have a smaller friends list, just so that it can be digestible, so be it. But the point is simple: Facebook is just one medium where we interact with one another, and we ought to be showing each other grace.
My Facebook status updates may be about me, but I hope yours aren't.


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LONG BEACH — California State Long Beach President F. King Alexander could be leaving Long Beach for Louisiana.
In a presentation before the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System on Monday, a presidential special search committee recommended Alexander for the position of president of Louisiana State University, according to a statement from LSU.
The board received the recommendation and is expected to consider hiring Alexander in a special meeting on March 27, the statement says.
"This is an exciting period at a difficult time for higher education," Alexander said in a statement provided by LSU. "LSU has developed a great reputation due to the work of its faculty and staff and the quality of its students, and I would be honored to be part of that cohesive team as it moves into the future."
Alexander wasn't immediately available for comment Monday. He is expected to visit LSU this week to speak with the campus community.
Under his tenure at CSULB, Alexander balanced the campus budget to offset an $85 million loss in state funding. CSULB also has seen its graduation rates grow to their highest levels in the campus' history, totalling about 9,000 degrees each year, officials said.
Alexander was twice voted "President of the Year" by the California State University Student Association.
R. Blake Chatelain, chairman of LSU's Presidential Search Committee, said the goal was to find a candidate who not only understands the traditions of higher education, but is also willing to lead the university through positive changes.
"We are looking for a proven professional who is a collaborative leader, a great listener and an optimist about the future of LSU. We think we have found that individual," he said in a statement.
Before joining CSULB in 2006, Alexander served as president of Murray State University in Kentucky from 2001 to 2006. He received a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis in 1996 from the University of Wisconsin, and a master's in educational studies in 1991 from the University of Oxford.
He also has held positions at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; University of Wisconsin, Madison; and University of North Carolina at Greensboro.


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Brevard, N.C. - Bailey Varley scored three goals, including the game winner in double overtime, as the Tornados, for the second straight game, were victorious in overtime, downing the Lees-McRae Bobcats 4-3.
Brevard remains undefeated at 3-0, as Lees-McRae falls to 0-2 on the season.
The Bobcats struck just two minutes into the game when Melissa Horn, who would eventually have a hat trick of her own, headed in a goal following a corner kick. The assist on the play was credited to Vicki Rich.
Brevard answered back twenty minutes later when Allie Hovis perfectly hooked a pass over the defenders heads and found Varely who out ran Bobcat goalkeeper, Brittany Bolton, and scored.
Brooke Santerre connected with Horn for her second goal with minutes remaining in the second period giving the Bobcats a 2-1 lead.
Horn completed the hat trick before the period ended when she rebounded a shot that had bounced off the left goal post, scoring the insurance goal for the Bobcats who went into halftime with a 3-1 lead.
The Tornados battled back scoring ten minutes into the second period. Alyssa Carcena recorded her first assist of the year by connecting with Varley for her second goal, cutting the Bobcats lead to just one goal.
Brevard persevered, capitalizing on a Lees-McRae foul. Following the foul, Nikki Peacock knocked a free kick to Hannah Graham who scored her first collegiate goal, bouncing a shot off goalkeeper, Brittany Bolton's hand and into the back of the net.
With the game knotted 3-3 the Tornados went into overtime for the second straight game.
Tornado goalkeeper, Sydney Douglas, made a diving stop with just two minutes remaining in overtime, to keep the Bobcats off the board and send the game into a second overtime.
Douglas stopped five of eight shots on goal picking up her second win of the season.
Varley ended the game just two minutes into the second overtime when she took the ball that had bounced off of a Lees-McRae defender and knocked it into the back of the net for the Tornados victory and a hat trick.
The team is back in action again on Friday when Young Harris travels to Brevard for a 5:30pm game.


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A few weeks ago I introduced you to Jonah Skow, the 9-year old toy designer who makes fabulous plush cats for sale via Etsy. Well, everyone loved his designs so much, he sold out immediately. Jonah and his mom have been busy bees re-stocking their Etsy shop with lots of new kitty designs, plus Jonah made a special cat just for a Moderncat giveaway! This is Fudge, a fuzzy brown cat with a big heart, and one lucky winner is going to win him, plus a special bonus along with two more winners.
Jonah's a pretty special kid who definitley has a lot of talent. He and his brother play with each cat as it's being made, giving each one a voice of its own. Make sure to check out the awesome interview with Jonah's over at Playful Factory.
One lucky winner is going to claim Fudge for his or her own, plus they will get to choose a set of pins or magnets in either regular cat or ninja cat. Two more winners will be selected to get their choice of pins or magnets. To enter, please leave a comment on this post. The winners will be chosen in a random drawing on December 2, 2010. One entry per person. This giveaway is open to readers everywhere. Happy Thanksgiving!


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Two men who stole a vehicle during a Chino burglary led Fontana police on a chase in the car before being arrested Saturday.
Devin Copas Engleton, 20, of Ontario, and a 14-year-old Ontario boy were booked into jail on suspicion of burglary, receiving stolen property, felony evading and vehicle theft.
Police received a call from OnStar at 9:55 p.m. that a stolen vehicle was near the corner of Sierra and Summit avenues.
Officers spotted the vehicle and tried to stop the driver, but he sped away.
Police chased the pair onto the westbound 210 Freeway until the car broke down at the Carnelian Avenue off-ramp. The suspects jumped out of the car and ran, but were captured.
Reach Melissa via email or call her at 909-386-3878.


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1. Ponce's Premier
When the Hotel Ponce de León in St. Augustine, Fla., opened in 1888, it was one of the first large-scale commercial properties to be outfitted with electricity via massive DC generators. Designed by the New York firm Carrère and Hastings, the hotel is now one of the centerpieces of Flagler College—whose eponymous oil magnate founder was also the Ponce's developer. The college has just completed a multiyear restoration of its central solarium to mark the 125th anniversary of the building's completion and will host an opening day tour on Jan. 12.
Learn more, at ponce125.com.
2. Unchecked Growth
House design captures our everyday life aspirations, but it's skyscraper design that captures our commercial aspirations. To wit, if there's one superlative that the popular media often reports—in spite of all that's happening in architecture—it's "tallest building." With this in mind, eVolo Magazine is sponsoring the eighth annual Skyscraper Competition—with no restrictions for site, size, or program. Registration closes on Jan. 15, and proposals are due on Jan. 22.
Learn more at evolo.us/category/competition.
3. Mass Appeal
Kickstarter may be the most popular so-called crowdfunding site since its launch in 2009, but it's one of a dozen that are changing the way equity is created for small projects. The AIA will launch its own crowdfunding initiative to promote the financing of projects (with an overall cost of less than $1.8 million) through small donor contributions and online investment portals. You can help shape this initiative by responding to five questions in a survey open through Jan. 31.
Learn more at s.zoomerang.com/s/AIACrowdfunding.
4.Learning Curves
After the most recent school-building boom in the 2000s, there are several new models of K–12 and university buildings that integrate high-performance technology, passive systems, and the landscape. You may have even seen some of them during the aughts at the School and College Building Expo, which has changed its name to Learning Environments. This year's expo, held in conjunction with the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education, will take place in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 29–31.
Learn more at lexxpo.com.
5. Minnesota Videotect
What does livability look like? Is it architectural? Is it urban in scale, or is it block-to-block? Does it have to do with green space? And what will green mean tomorrow? Architecture Minnesota magazine wants your answers in video form for its third annual competition, Videotect, which takes on the city of the future for this year's competition. Entries are due by Jan. 24. Online viewing and voting will be open Feb. 6–15, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will host a screening on March 7.
Learn more at architecturemn.com/am/videotect.


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By now, you undoubtedly know that Adrian Lyne's film version of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita received its much belated American debut on August 2nd, on Showtime, and will be released in theaters next month. You very likely also know that the movie was, well, not exactly banned, but effectively so, by the refusal of American film distributors to participate in its release. And you probably have a sense of what the fuss was all about: The film is reportedly too racy for American eyes. But there's a very different angle on this story to be found through a closer look at the novel.
Nabokov's Lolita was originally published in 1955 and immediately became embroiled in its own censorship battles. The story is admittedly, purposefully, a shocking one: Humbert Humbert, an emigré academic, has a thing for young girls. Nymphets, he calls them, prepubescent girls who betray some precocious awareness of their own sensuality. Upon accepting a position at a new college, Humbert rents a room in town and falls madly, passionately, horrifyingly in love with his landlady's 12-year-old daughter, Dolores Haze, the Lolita of the novel's title. He marries Dolores's mother in order to maintain proximity to Dolores herself, and his relationship with her very quickly exceeds the bounds of stepfatherly affection.
There are several upsetting things about this story, not the least of which is that, it appears, Lolita herself is the seducer, and Humbert the seducee. Hence the ubiquitous comparisons of any precociously sexual, slightly dangerous girl to this character (for example, the "Long Island Lolita"). These comparisons -- and the moral censorship to which the novel has been subject -- are, however, based on a most superficial reading of the book, one that overlooks a basic literary concept: the unreliable narrator.
Humbert Humbert is the one who tells us the story. From an insane asylum. He's a child molester and, ultimately, a murderer. Why on earth should we take his word for how it happened?
This, in fact, is the real story of Lolita. The novel is about the ways in which a reader can be manipulated to feel sympathy for -- even to identify with -- the most horrifying person imaginable. That early readers of the novel were so shocked by Dolores's behavior -- so shocked, in fact, that governments moved to ban the book -- is precisely Nabokov's point: Rather than acknowledge the ultimate evil that lies under the otherwise charming persona, we as a culture are more inclined to turn him into a tragic hero, a victim.
Lolita was, of course, filmed years ago by Stanley Kubrick. Nabokov wrote a screenplay for the movie that was ultimately cast aside. The Kubrick film is quirky, almost to a fault; Nabokov himself reportedly said that he liked the movie quite a lot, though it had nothing whatsoever to do with his novel. Kubrick managed to evade at least some of the moral terror surrounding his subject by casting Sue Lyons as Dolores. Lyons was 16 when the film was shot, a slightly too young woman rather than a child.
Adrian Lyne has left himself no such comfort zone. While in London earlier this summer, I happily got a chance to see the new film and form my own opinions, the first of which is this: Dominique Swain is stunning as Dolores, one moment a seductress and the very next a gawky child. And Jeremy Irons's Humbert is passionate and terrifying. The film is lushly, beautifully shot -- uncomfortably so, at moments -- and quite faithful to the novel. At least to what the novel claims to say, what Humbert says it says. But the film misses, unfortunately, exactly what the critics all along have missed: Humbert Humbert is not to be trusted. This is, I suspect, one of the fundamental differences in narrative possibility between the novel and film, one that makes any complete adaptation of Lolita all but impossible: Film really has no equivalent to the unreliable narrator. Some films do experiment with multiple perspectives -- see, for instance, Kurosawa's Rashomon -- and so manage to cast doubt on any sense of truth. More recently, The Opposite of Sex presents a thoroughly untrustworthy narrator, but one who happily tells the audience when she's lying. But the puzzle presented by a narrator as charming and horrible as Humbert Humbert is perhaps one that can only be appreciated through the novel.
Nabokov plays repeatedly throughout his novels with such narrative puzzles. Pale Fire, for instance, presents itself as the definitive annotated edition of the last poem of the late John Shade, with commentary by his faithful friend, Charles Kinbote. But the commentary has far more to do with Kinbote than it does with Shade's poem, and ultimately reveals that Kinbote may not be at all who he claims to be, and may in fact not be the identity he's hiding, either. Pnin is the third-person story of a befuddled Russian academic whose perceptions of reality seem more than a little skewed. Ada, or Ardor is the ultimate family romance, a philosophical treatise posing as a novel, annotated by Vivian Darkbloom (an anagram of Vladimir Nabokov and a character who receives brief mention in Lolita). And Despair is literally, as all of Nabokov's novels are figuratively, a mystery.
These mysteries are the heart of Nabokov's writing, and though LOLITA appears a straightforward story, the reader should always be wary. My recommendations about Lolita: See the film. It's beautiful, it's compelling, and it's important. But more to the point: Read the novel. If you've never read it, I envy you the joys of your first encounter with it. If you've read it before, read it again; it offers up something new each time. As do all of Nabokov's intricate puzzles: Each text begs you to take it apart, look at it from the other side, figure out where the truth might actually lie.
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I'm sure there is no "Right" way to use the videos so I'm just going to suggest two methods. One is a beginner method and the other is for advanced users only.
Easy Method: Using XBMC-Intro Addon:
If your skin supports it, you can use the XBMC Intro Movie addon by Frost.
Currently only a few skins support this addon. As far as I know its limited to Glass, Aeon-Nox, Neon and Breeze. I'm not going to test every skin. If you need to know if this addon will work for you then please ask in the appropriate thread.
- Easy to configure
- Comes with intro videos pre installed
- Ability to define a custom location for intro videos
- Option to dissable the Default, Static XBMC splash screen
Advanced Method: Modding a skin
Use Advancedsettings.xml to turn off the default XBMC splash screen.
Add the following to your skins's home.xml
<onload condition="Window.Previous(startup)">XBMC.PlayMedia(special://skin/introMovie.mov)</onload>
*edit*Ronnie has suggested putting this line of code in startup.xml as an alternative. Do whichever works best for you.*edit*
- Should work with any skin
Now for my custom Intro Videos....
Intro Movie 1: XBMC Logo Wipe in / Shatter
Download (Right Click > Save As)
Intro Movie 2: XMBC Logo Energy Wipe
Download (Right Click > Save As)


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A fine summarization of the communityYou're a fine example of how gamer communities have become infested with endlessly whining and bitching, arrogant, opinionated, unreasonable, all the way immature, completely delusional, tendentially psychotic, insulting individuals one really doesn't want to be linked with. And playing with you guys is certainly no fun at all. I don't know where this kind of folks spawns from. Must be a nest somewhere ...
i was not crying in the shower
i just realized how i'll never get to meet darth vader and then soap got in my eye - Kylo Ren
Breaking Bad.
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Redline 32GB 2133 MOBO: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB GPU: EVGA GTX 680 SLI CASE: NZXT SWITCH 810
PSU: SeaSonic Platinum-1000 COOLING: Water Cooling
Firearms: Glock 19 Generation 4
fuck it, I know I said I wasn't gonna post, but this is too good and I need to share it.


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This game was classified by the community with the following category scores - Violence=1/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy toy submarines using a submarine you construct out of various components purchased through the shipyard, all while confined to a fish tank.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces 2014 nominees
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for its Class of 2014. In alphabetical order:
- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Chic
- Deep Purple
- Peter Gabriel
- Hall and Oates
- LL Cool J
- Nirvana
- The Meters
- The Replacements
- Linda Ronstadt
- Cat Stevens
- Link Wray
- Yes
- The Zombies
Eight of the acts have been nominated before, but it's a first time for the remaining eight. The first-time nominees are Peter Gabriel (as a solo artist; he is already in the Hall as a member of Genesis), Hall and Oates, Nirvana, The Replacements, Linda Ronstadt, Link Wray, Yes and The Zombies.
Voting will be done by more than 600 people from the music industry -- musicians, historians, record company staffers -- as well as (for the second year) fans. Fan voting begins tomorrow (Wednesday) through December 10th at RockHall.com/vote, RollngStone.com and USAToday.com. The Top 5 artists selected by the public will constitute a "fans' ballot" that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2014 inductees.
To be eligible for induction an act had to release its first recording at least 25 years ago.
The Class of 2014 will be announced in December and inducted in April in New York. The exact date, location and time have not yet been announced, although it won't be in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, site of all the New York ceremonies. The ceremony will air on HBO in May.
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Eleanor Mae Strickland, 84, of Havana, FL, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at her residence in Havana.
The funeral service was held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 16, 2013 at Faith Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Jim Sanders officiating the service. The family received friends beginning at 5:00 p.m. until time of the service. Faith Funeral Home in Havana was in charge of arrangements. (850.539.4300 or www.faithfuneralhome.com)
Mrs. Strickland was born on August 29, 1929, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Newt Dieterle and Meda Browe Dieterle. She was a homemaker and also worked with her husband for many years at Strick's Auto Service in Tallahassee.
Survivors include her son Richard J. Strickland of Havana, three sisters Doris Hammond of Harrison, MI, Nancy Henry of Perry, FL and Sandy Hathcock of Perry, FL and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Merlin Ralph Strickland in October of 2011.


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Well I had similar experiences with gooscan. I tried it, i liked it, but I always thought its kind of broken. First I wanted to just modify the c code, but after a while i decided to recode it in java and make it better (at least for my purposes)
Maybe you should concerne to analyse the code and fix it? I don't think there are a lot of people here who use the goog-mail.py


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What I'd like to know is whether it forces you to restore only to the latest 5.1 firmware or whether you could still restore using a custom ipsw. If it forces you to ONLY be able to restore to 5.1 then that would seem to be the catch, in my opinion.
EDIT: I SHOULD be eligible but I don't have the time right now to confirm this via AT&T. I'll check into it later today if I get enough time.
looool @ person who thinks ultrasn0w will be updated.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you don't restore. It's like the IMEI unlocks that were around circa April-May 2011. You just bought the IMEI unlock and plugged your iPhone into iTunes and it was unlocked. It's the same procedure...
Step #4 clearly states restore.
Since this only applies to people who is done with their 2 year contract, the iPhone 4S would not apply. Since it is iPhone 4 or less you still have the tethered jailbreak, if you want untethered jailbreak just got to wait and don't unlock until new untethered JB comes out which may take quite a while...
I use my phone a lot more than I need to talk to AT&T customer service (3 or 4 times for the past 5 years maybe?)
I am willing to put up with crappy customer service for the limited amount of time when I need them, so I can get data with voice than stuck with one or the other with your Verizon. But that's just me and quite a few people here I believe...
My point is, the actual services provided is worth it for the 40+% of unlimited AT&T consumers and even the less fortunate capped data consumers. 3G data speeds are more consistent with AT&T than other providers. HSPA+ is very successful for iPhone 4S users in terms of speed. I'm still amazed that my wireless data speed rivals and in many cases exceeds that of DSL and base Cable home Internet services.
Sprint is not as adept at customer service as most would claim. This comes directly from employees who work at sprint. Verizon, based solely on personal experience, has the worst customer service where problems will persist or not be resolved. AT&T, admittedly, has the least knowledgeable employees. However, AT&T still takes care of my issues no matter the horrific length of time needed to acquire the resolution.
Here's another way to look at how AT&T is slightly ahead of the rest. We strayed from the original posting about unlocking phones. Sprint paid nearly 1.5x the amount per phone than AT&T. IMHO, because of that, Sprint will not provide the unlocks. Verizon, I think, only provides unlocks for older devices and has a much lengthier process for unlocking a device than AT&T's new process (which is still ridiculously long). So at least AT&T is making up for small down falls.
Honestly, you do not need to restore (despite instructions to the contrary) to unlock the phone, as others have said, all you have to do is use an unapproved SIM (i.e. from T-Mobile) and it will work.
Honestly, I simply can't stand their customer service and extremely high prices, which is why we do not use AT&T at home.
Called AT&T to get an unlock for my iPhone 4 yesterday and they first confused the iPhone 4 that has no service with my current 4S and said I wasn't able to unlock. I told them I have an active 4S and the 4 is not active. They then proceeded to unlock it. They told me I was good in about 10 min after they stated. I then got steps to backup and restore in iTunes. I did and no unlock message was delivered. I did the process twice more and still no unlock. Currently on the phone with AT&T.


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Celebrate International Day of Happiness with iHeartRadio & Pharrell!
Listen to 24 Hours of Happy Radio on iHeartRadio
Pharrell Williams is putting smiles on faces across the world for today's second annual International Day of Happiness supporting CERF, the Central Emergency Response Fund.
The Grammy-winning producer has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to put together a whole day's worth of YouTube and Instagram videos set to his hit single "Happy."
Pharrell has been collecting the videos since Monday and started debuting them at 24hoursofhappiness.com at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night. As each time zone across the world strikes noon, a new set of videos is unlocked.
iHeartRadio is getting in on the fun, celebrating the International Day of Happiness the best way we know how - with Pharrell's "Happy" 24/7! The station will play "Happy" through the end of the month for charity.
Click below to enjoy 24 Hours of Happy Radio, only on iHeartRadio.
Pharrell's "Happy" is currently sitting on top of Billboard's Hot 100 songs chart. It has spent four weeks as the nation's top song.
Check out some of the videos below!
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text: TORQUE version 2.4 was officially released on Thursday, October 29, 2009. It will be available for download at http://www.clusterresources.com/downloads/torque/torque-2.4.tar.gz A new branch has been created in the subversion tree under torque/branches/2.4-fixes. This is where bug fixes are to be made for TORQUE 2.4. Also see http://www.clusterresources.com/products/torque/docs/ for updated TORQUE documentation. Some of the feature highlights are improved high availability, job arrays, improved job check pointing, per job epilogue and prologue scripts, and service jobs. Below is the CHANGELOG for this build. Please note if you are running TORQUE 2.3.x and do not need any of the new features provided in 2.4 do not feel obligated to upgrade. 2.3.x will continue to be supported. c - crash b - bug fix e - enhancement f - new feature 2.4.2 b - Added pbs_error_db.h to src/include/Makefile.am and src/include/Makefile.in. pbs_error_db.h now needed for install. e - Modified pbs_get_server_list so the $TORQUE_HOME/server_name file will work with a comma delimited string or a list of server names separated by a new line. b - fix tracejob so it handles multiple server and mom logs for the same day f - Added a new server parameter np_default. This allows the administrator to change the number of processors to a unified value dynamically for the entire cluster. e - high availability enhanced so that the server spawns a separate thread to update the "lock" on the lockfile. Thread update and check time are both setable parameters in qmgr. b - close empty ACL files 2.4.1 e - added a prologue and epilogue option to the list of resources for qsub -l which allows a per job prologue or epilogue script. The syntax for the new option is qsub -l prologue=<prologue script>,epilogue=<epilogue script> f - added a "-w" option to qsub to override the working directory e - changes needed to allow relocatable checkpoint jobs. Job checkpoint files are now under the control of the server. c - check filename for NULL to prevent crash b - changed so we don't try to copy a local file when the destination is a directory and the file is already in that directory f - changes to allow TORQUE to operate without pbs_iff (merged from 2.3) e - made logging functions rentrant safe by using localtime_r instead of localtime() (merged from 2.3) e - Merged in more logging and NOSIGCHLDMOM capability from Yahoo branch e - merged in new log_ext() function to allow more fine grained syslog events, you can now specify severity level. Also added more logging statements b - fixed a bug where CPU time was not being added up properly in all cases. (fix for Linux only) c - fixed a few memory errors due to some uninitialized memory being allocated. (ported from 2.3 R2493) e - added code to allow compilers to override CLONE_BATCH_SIZE at configure time (allows for finer grained control on how arrays are created) (ported from Yahoo R2461) e - added code which prefixes the severity tag on all log_ext() and log_err() messages (ported from Yahoo R2358) f - added code from 2.3-extreme that allows TORQUE to handle more than 1024 sockets. Also, increased the size of TORQUE's internal socket handle table to avoid running out of handles under busy conditions. e - TORQUE can now handle server names larger than 64 bytes (now set to 1024, which should be larger than the max for hostnames) e - added qmgr option accounting_keep_days, specifies how long to keep accounting files. e - changed mom config varattr so invoked script returns the varattr name and value(s) e - improved the performance of pbs_server when submitting large numbers of jobs with dependencies defined e - added new parameter "log_keep_days" to both pbs_server and pbs_mom. Specifies how long to keep log files before they are automatically removed e - added qmgr server attribute lock_file, specifies where server lock file is located b - change so we use default file name for output / error file when just a directory is specified on qsub / qalter -e -o options e - modified to allow retention of completed jobs across server shutdown e - added job_must_report qmgr configuration which says the job must be reported to scheduler. Added job attribute "reported". Added PURGECOMP functionality which allows scheduler to confirm jobs are reported. Also added -c option to qdel. Used to clean up unreported jobs. b - Fix so interactive jobs run when using $job_output_file_umask userdefault f - Allow adding extra End accounting record for a running job that is rerun. Provides usage data. Enabled by CFLAGS=-DRERUNUSAGE. b - Fix to use queue/server resources_defaults to validate mppnodect against resources_max when mppwidth or mppnppn are not specified for job f - merged in new dynamic array struct and functions to implement a new (and more efficient) way of loading jobs at startup--should help by 2 orders of magnitude! f - changed TORQUE_MAXCONNECTTIMEOUT to be a global variable that is now changed by the MOM to be smaller than the pbs_server and is also configurable on the MOM ($max_conn_timeout_micro_sec) e - change so queued jobs that get deleted go to complete and get displayed in qstat based on keep_completed b - Changes to improve the qstat -x XML output and documentation b - Change so BATCH_PARTITION_ID does not pass through to child jobs c - fix to prevent segfault on pbs_server -t cold b - fix so find_resc_entry still works after setting server extra_resc c - keep pbs_server from trying to free empty attrlist after recieving bad request (Michael Meier, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg) (merged from 2.3.8) f - new fifo scheduler config option. ignore_queue: queue_name allows the scheduler to be instructed to ignore up to 16 queues on the server (Simon Toth, muni.cz) e - add administrator customizable email notifications (see manpage for pbs_server_attributes) - (Roland Haas, Georgia Tech) e - moving jobs can now trigger a scheduling iteration (merged from 2.3.8) e - created a utility module that is shared between both server and mom but does NOT get placed in the libtorque library e - allow the user to request a specific processor geometry for their job using a bitmap, and then bind their jobs to those processors using cpusets. b - fix how qsub sets PBS_O_HOST and PBS_SERVER (Eirikur Hjartarson, deCODE genetics) (merged from 2.3.8) b - fix to prevent some jobs from getting deleted on startup. f - add qpool.gz to contrib directory e - improve how error constants and text messages are represented (Simon Toth, muni.cz) f - new boolean queue attribute "is_transit" that allows jobs to exceede server resource limits (queue limits are respected). This allows routing queues to route jobs that would be rejected for exceeding local resources even when the job won't be run locally. (Simon Toth, muni.cz) e - add support for "job_array" as a type for queue disallowed_types attribute e - added pbs_mom config option ignmem to ignore mem/pmem limit enforcement e - added pbs_mom config option igncput to ignore pcput limit enforcement 2.4.0 f - added a "-q" option to pbs_mom which does *not* perform the default -p behavior e - made "pbs_mom -p" the default option when starting pbs_mom e - added -q to qalter to allow quicker response to modify requests f - added basic qhold support for job arrays b - clear out ji_destin in obit_reply f - add qchkpt command e - renamed job.h to pbs_job.h b - fix logic error in checkpoint interval test f - add RERUNNABLEBYDEFAULT parameter to torque.cfg. allows admin to change the default value of the job rerunnable attribute from true to false e - added preliminary Comprehensive System Accounting (CSA) functionality for Linux. Configure option --enable-csa will cause workload management records to be written if CSA is installed and wkmg is turned on. b - changes to allow post_checkpoint() to run when checkpoint is completed, not when it has just started. Also corrected issue when checkpoint fails while trying to put job on hold. b - update server immediately with changed checkpoint name and time attributes after successful checkpoint. e - Changes so checkpoint jobs failing after restarted are put on hold or requeued e - Added checkpoint_restart_status job attribute used for restart status b - Updated manpages for qsub and qterm to reflect changed checkpointing options. b - reject a qchkpt request if checkpointing is not enabled for the job b - Mom should not send checkpoint name and time to server unless checkpoint was successful b - fix so that running jobs that have a hold type and that fail on checkpoint restart get deleted when qdel is used b - fix so we reset start_time, if needed, when restarting a checkpointed job f - added experimental fault_tolerant job attribute (set to true by passing -f to qsub) this attribute indicates that a job can survive the loss of a sister mom also added corresponding fault_tolerant and fault_intolerant types to the "disallowed_types" queue attribute b - fixes for pbs_moms updating of comment and checkpoint name and time e - change so we can reject hold requests on running jobs that do not have checkpoint enabled if system was configured with --enable-blcr e - change to qsub so only the host name can be specified on the -e/-o options e - added -w option to qsub that allows setting of PBS_O_WORKDIR Ken Nielson Adaptive Computing


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Arnold School study reveals benefits of quercetin
Quercetin may not be a household word -- yet.
But a study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health shows that the powerful antioxidant/anti-inflammatory compound found in fruits and vegetables significantly boosts endurance capacity and maximal oxygen capacity (VO2max) in healthy, active but untrained men and women.
The findings of the study – one of the first in humans to examine the energy-boosting effects of quercetin – are reported in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, published online Wednesday (June 24).
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Dr. Mark Davis, the study's lead author and a professor of exercise science, said the fatigue-fighting and health properties of quercetin – found in the skins of red apples, red onions, berries and grapes – have implications not only for athletes and soldiers whose energy and performance are tested to the extreme, but also for average adults who battle fatigue and stress daily.
"The natural, biological properties of quercetin that include powerful antioxidant and anti-imflammatory activity, as well as the ability to boost the immune system and increase mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell) in muscle and brain is great news for those who often think that they're too tired to exercise," Davis said.
"While there's no magic pill to make people get up and move, or to take the place of regular exercise, quercetin may be important in relieving the fatigue that keeps them sedentary and in providing some of the benefits of exercise," he said. "We believe that this could be a major breakthrough in nutrition."
For the study, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Defense, 12 participants were randomly assigned to one of two treatments. Half were given 500 milligrams of quercetin twice a day in Tang for seven days. The other subjects drank Tang with placebos. After the seven days of treatment, during which the subjects were told not to alter their physical activity, the participants rode stationary bicycles to the point of fatigue.


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Poetry Initiative hosts book launch Aug. 28
The University of South Carolina's S.C. Poetry Initiative will host a book launch for Columbia native and poet DéLana R. A. Dameron's "How God Ends Us" Friday, Aug. 28, at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios.
DéLana R. A. Dameron
The book launch will be held 6:30 – 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at 808 Lady Street in downtown Columbia.
"How God Ends Us" is the fourth winner of the S.C. Poetry Initiative's annual South Carolina Poetry Book Prize. The book of poetry was published this spring by the University of South Carolina Press (96 pages, $14.95).
The book launch will be a homecoming for the 24-year-old poet, who lives in New York City and is spending most of August in residency at The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in rural New York. Earlier this year, Dameron read from her book in New York City, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, N.C., and Washington D.C.
The poetry in "How God Ends Us" explores the timeless spiritual questions that have no answers. Pulitizer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander writes in the book's forward that the speakers in Dameron's poetry "are ruthless with the poem-making self but filled with compassion for the world they encounter." Carl Phillips, a National Book Award finalist, calls the poems "rich with the arresting image, ever graceful…(and) argue for witness as the only way of knowing – of being somehow grateful for – a world that is always leaving us, even as we ourselves must leave it."
For more information about the Aug. 28 book launch and other S.C. Poetry Initiative events, including the upcoming 2009 Poet's Summit on Sept. 19, contact Charlene Spearen at 803-777-5492 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Web site: www.sc.edu/poetry/.
The South Carolina Poetry Initiative
The South Carolina Poetry Initiative, which falls under the umbrella of the University of South Carolina's department of English, is the state's premiere organization devoted to promoting the art of writing, reading and performing poetry. Founded and directed by English professor and poet Kwame Dawes in the fall of 2004, and with assistance from poet and associate director Charlene Spearen, the SCPI has brought increased attention to South Carolina poets and lovers of poetry through its contests, publishing initiatives, workshops, schools program, readings and advocacy for the importance of poetry in the lives of South Carolinians.


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Bryan Creighton is a bantamweight fighter, fighting out of Sapphire MMA. He is also a British Army fusilier and has recently moved over to MMA after a successful Muay Thai career; including British titles as well as a bronze medal at the world championships. At 2-0 in his MMA career, Creighton now takes on up and coming prospect Nathan Greyson at BAMMA 11 on December 1st in Birmingham.
We managed to catch up with Bryan ahead of the showdown to see how he is feeling about the fight, how training is going and some more general things to introduce him a bit more to the world of UKMMA;