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Half-Brit hosts of 'Juan Direction' embrace Filipino lifestyle and culture
They are five handsome British young men, and their name is an obvious pun on the world's biggest boy band. But Juan Direction is as unique as can be.
How often do you find a group of British-Filipino ramp models who, despite their obvious foreign looks, proudly embrace the Pinoy lifestyle? Notwithstanding their funny accented Tagalog, these Juan Direction boys have no qualms about dirtying their hands as they try out the most menial jobs and embark on various quests to immerse themselves in the Filipino culture.
In the course of doing News5's socio-experimental show "Juan Direction" — which airs on TV5 every Saturday at 9:30PM) — Brian Wilson, Charlie Sutcliffe, Daniel Marsh, Henry Edwards and Michael McDonnell have had first-hand experience on what it's like to be a "common Juan".
As Michael explains, Juan Direction can be translated as "the Filipino way" – hence their pursuit to show the richness of the Filipino culture and express their own appreciation of the race they are proud to be part of. For despIte their being "half breeds" and their predominantly Caucasian features, they admit that they are Filipinos at heart.
These Juan Direction men probably have had more Pinoy experiences than most full-blooded Pinoys. For the show's pilot episode, they mingled with a community living "along da riles", personally drove (pushed being a more apt term) the common mode of transportation there, built their own railside shack and even tried fitting inside the claustrophobic makeshift house for as long as they could.
Other episodes showed them being jeepney drivers and barkers, exploring the streets of Quiapo, visiting cemeteries and talking to people who actually live there, and even trying out the sepulturero's job of opening and cleaning a tomb. They also visited different provinces to highlight the distinct heritage in each area and also to show that wherever they go, their encounters with the people make each trip so much more memorable.
Let's meet them one by one:
The 'Bad Boy'
If there is one who can be tagged as the common friend among these Juan Direction boys, it would be 25-year-old Charlie, who first met Daniel and Michael in a modeling gig in Cebu.
After he and Daniel were picked as the top male models during a go-see for Fashion Week, the two of them flew to Manila where Charlie met Brian in another fashion show.
He later met Henry in a TV comedy show where they appeared as models. Though he stayed in Cebu after Charlie and Daniel flew to Manila, Michael followed suit, met the rest of the gang, and the rest – as they say – is history.
Since Charlie was five months old up to until he was eleven years old, he came to the Philippines on vacation every year. However, he and his father stopped visiting the country when his parents split up. "I finished college (graduated in Sports Science) in England and then [four years ago, when I was 21] I came on a four-month vacation here in the Philippines to visit my family and live with them, to really get to know them better. I ended up staying because I started modeling in Cebu and I actually I enjoyed it. It's not quite the same as living in England working a 9 to 5," he shares.
Charlie discloses that he was not particularly keen on their group being called Juan Direction when he first heard about it.
"I was back in England at the time [they discussed the TV5 show], and then I came back and they told us this Juan Direction. I didn't really like the name. I guess that's why they call me the 'bad boy' because I was the only one complaining about stuff. But it came out really good, and I admit I was kind of wrong in not agreeing with it at first. I really enjoy every moment of working with the TV5 team. There's never a dull moment with them, really."
Fans remember Charlie most as "the guy who got sick while eating balut" because when the guys did the challenge of selling and eating the exotic Filipino delicacy for their YouTube channel Island Media Asia, he was the only one who kept throwing up.
"I really tried swallowing it but every time I did, my body just kept rejecting it," he explains. "But at least I tried. I also dread eating the chicken intestine isaw and anything with liver or blood. But if they make me eat those, I'll try everything once."
Reluctant 'Crush ng Bayan'
Daniel is the one who gets teased by the rest of the group as the "Crush ng Bayan" but he thinks it's just because he's the only single guy among them at the moment and they want to market him as the "rebellious single man who's out there to get lots of women."
Though people say he's the most attractive one in the group, he quickly brushes it off by explaining that they each have different looks that cater to different people's tastes. "I wouldn't say I'm attractive. I'm just me," so says the Irish-Filipino Tom Cruise lookalike.
Born and raised in Ireland, Daniel came to the Philippines for a visit in 2007, at the age of 16, and ended up settling in the country.
"I came here for a vacation and I kept extending that vacation. I've been here for almost seven years – the first three years I stayed in Cebu in my mom's house and almost four years now in Manila. I love it here and, obviously, over time my life became more rooted into the Philippine culture. My work and my life just kind of settled more to the Philippine side than in Ireland. Also, my parents moved to the Philippines in 2009, which firmly planted me here," he says.
He admits that what he loves most about the country is its "Old World charm" and the resiliency of the Filipino people.
"I find it comfortable here in the Philippines because you get the sun, you get to travel for a much cheaper price, you have Boracay and all the beaches. We do have various situations here, but that's the challenge. I mean, I don't want to live in a society that's structured too much, where everything is expensive and there are so many rules. The Philippines still has its Old World charm, and we have people who tend to be very resilient. No matter how hard it is, no matter how much they lose, Filipinos don't ever give up. They're very persistent and their charm is to be happy. I think it's a brilliant trait."
In doing Juan Direction, Daniel is glad to be highlighting the best qualities of being Filipino.
"I feel a sense of achievement in doing this show because I really want to make the Filipinos proud of their roots. A lot of people bypass the local vendor, the taho vendor – and these are little charms that you don't want to lose. Also, I have learned that every island here really has its own distinct culture. The fact that we have 7,000 islands is reason enough to explore this country. If you don't want your regular routine, monotonous, book-a-hotel-stay-in-a-hotel vacation, come to the Philippines, get out to the beach and start to really experience life, experience different cultures within one country," he notes.
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Maria Sharapova has denied missing five warnings that meldonium was becoming a banned drug before testing positive at the Australian Open.
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Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer and Porsche have dropped sponsorship deal with Maria Sharapova after the Russian tennis star revealed she had failed a drug test.
The Russian said in a lengthy Facebook post she was "determined to fight back" against what she deemed misreporting of the facts of the case.
The International Tennis Federation and WTA alerted players five times in December to the banned list for 2016.
In her dramatic press conference last Monday, Sharapova only mentioned failing to click on a link on an email linking to the documents on December 22.
And she insisted the other missed opportunities were not ones she could necessarily have been expected to take, posting a picture of a complicated wallet card detailing banned substances.
The 28-year-old wrote to an audience of nearly 15.5 million people who have 'liked' her page: "This document had thousands of words on it, many of them technical, in small print. Should I have studied it? Yes. But if you saw this document, you would know what I mean.
"I make no excuses for not knowing about the ban. I already told you about the December 22, 2015 email I received. Its subject line was 'Main Changes to the Tennis Anti-Doping Program for 2016'. I should have paid more attention to it.
"But the other 'communications'? They were buried in newsletters, websites, or handouts."
As an example, Sharapova cited an email on December 18 that would have required clicking through a number of links to find the information.
To My Fans:I want to reach out to you to share some information, discuss the latest news, and let you know that there...
Posted by Maria Sharapova on Friday, 11 March 2016
However, this email was not one of the five warnings cited by the ITF and WTA.
Sharapova, who knew the drug as mildronate, also addressed comments from the manufacturer that it was only designed to be taken in courses of between four and six weeks.
That has been cited by some as suspicious given the Russian said she had been taking it, as prescribed by her doctor, for 10 years.
But she indicated she had only used it intermittently, in line with the manufacturer's guidelines, saying: "I didn't take the medicine every day. I took it the way my doctor recommended I take it and I took it in the low doses recommended."
Sharapova will have a chance to put her case forward at a preliminary hearing later this month before an independent tribunal hears the case and decides on possible sanctions.
"I look forward to the ITF hearing at which time they will receive my detailed medical records," she said.
Sharapova's message came on the same day WADA confirmed there have been 99 positive tests for meldonium since the drug was added to its banned list in January.
Sharapova again received support from the chairman and chief executive of her racket sponsor, Head, who issued a statement backing the athlete and criticising WADA for black-listing the substance.

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Can't win them all. I just asked because I have been there and liked the country. Hopefully when you get out of the service you can punch some tags around there.
You should post up some photos from Germany and Australia! I liked the African stuff on your profile.


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The Hosseinieh Ershad or Hosseiniyeh Ershad (Persian: حسینیه ارشاد) is a non-traditionalist religious institute established by Nasser Minachi in Tehran, Iran.[1] It was closed for a time by the Pahlavi government in 1972. The institute is housed in a large, domed hall, and is used for lectures on history, culture, society, and religion. The facility also includes a large public library, where most of its users are college students.
Ali Shariati held his anti-Pahlavi speeches here before the revolution. Mir-Hossein Mousavi (under the pseudonym Hossein Rah'jo) and Zahra Rahnavard exhibited artwork here during the same period.[2]
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A prominent auction house in Lancashire, Gerrards Auction rooms once offered up for sale a photograph of Queen Victoria discovered in an attic and believed to have been hidden since the 1920s. Gerrards was also a filming location for the popular UK show Flog It, in which one lucky participant discovered a tiny Royal Dalton figurine she purchased at a garage sale was worth a fortune.
Gerrards specializes in fine arts, antiques, and collectables. Items offered at auction sale often include jewelry, silver, paintings, furniture, books, and photographs.
Buyers interested in bidding on items at auction with Gerrards should visit the auction house calendar to learn about upcoming sales. Full catalogues are available for each auction event. Bids are accepted in person, by commission, telephone, and with live online bidding on www.invaluable.co.uk / www.invaluable.com.
Gerrards offers valuations for items offered on consignment. Interested sellers are advised to book an appointment to ensure that an expert valuer is available for your visit. Valuations are performed on any day during business hours. In addition to auction valuations, Gerrards valuers can provide probate valuations with advice on disposal and inheritance tax liabilities.
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A 21-year-old Adrian man was handed down a one-year jail term Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court for pulling a handgun during a confrontation with another man at the apartment complex where he lived in September.
Nicholas Gage Mapes was also placed on probation for five years and ordered to pay $1,250 court costs and $450 attorney fees. He pleaded guilty to felonious assault and resisting police charges on Oct. 9.
According to Adrian police reports, Mapes and his brother got into a dispute with a man visiting another resident at West Terrace Apartments on Sept. 13. Nicholas Mapes admitted he pulled a gun and pointed it at the man and later resisted police who were called to the complex on West Maumee Street. Mapes was given credit for 62 days served in jail since his arrest on Sept. 13.
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The HSRW Submarine Project was founded by a small group of students mainly from the faculty Technology and Bionics. The idea of designing and building a human-powered submarine with the goal of participating in an international competition (and obviously: winning) just seemed to fit the image and vision of the newly built Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. It didn't take long from coming up with the idea until a team was founded and the work could begin.
Our team at the 13th ISR in June 2015
River Shark in its favourite environment
The constraints and regulations in order to be able to participate at the International Submarine Race later on require the submarine to have the following characteristics:
So, one might think: just put an old bicycle into the submarine hull and connect the pedals to a propeller. But, building such a submarine is a highly sophisticated process and requires some serious engineering skills combined with creativity and dedication.
The first time the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences participated at the human-powered International Submarine Race (ISR) was in June 2013. The event took place in Washington DC, USA and our team was facing the competition from 21 university teams coming from 6 countries.
"River Shark" (see picture above) has been designed, manufactured and thus made possible by 16 students from different departments, mainly Technology and Bionics.
Although River Shark did not succeed in winning the race in one of the various categories (e.g. top speed) the team gained valuable experience that they use and implement into this years' submarine project in order to come up with an even more efficient system.
The Journey was an excitement of a different kind! The team managed to make the second place in the category of Bionic Propulsion!
In July 2014, we participated in the European International Submarine Races (eISR) with our Submarine INIA. The two week- long race took place in the QinetiQ Ocean Basin at Gosport UK and was organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMaREST).
We were one out of ten teams from six countries and three continents who contested the slalom course race. The HSRW Submarine Team finished the race with a great success, demonstrated through the award for new Outstanding Innovation. Additionally, we were the only German team and one out of two teams with a biomimetic submarine.
In June 2015, INIA was launched once again. After improving INIA's mechanism, we competed with teams from all over the world in the 13th ISR. We came second in the non-propeller submarine category!
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The February Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Board meeting took place early Wednesday.
During the meeting, they discussed the Phoebe North transition and announced that a study for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is underway for the region.
With this study, researchers hope to confirm that telemedicine which is similar to teleconferencing is just as effective as face-to-face therapy.
Steven Ziemba, Director of Clinical Research said that "telemedicine is a way in this particular case to provide therapy over a long geographical distance. It's an interaction in real time."
They're looking for military volunteers that are age 18 or older.
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The Peaceable Ambassadors
Two adroit diplomats successfully prevented an open breach between London and Washington during the Civil War
April 1957 | Volume 8, Issue 3
Whether or not war between the two countries was as constantly imminent as he believed, it was certainly true that by his tact and good temper, as well as by his intelligence and his integrity, Charles Francis Adams outwitted the Confederates and kept relations between Great Britain and the United States on an even keel. More than that, by the time he left England he had actually endeared himself to the members of the government he had been pestering with his complaints, who for four years had been inclined to look on him as an infernal nuisance.
It is equally true, though not so generally known, that Lord Lyons, the British minister in Washington during the same critical era, proved to be no less successful in defending his country's interests under similarly difficult circumstances. He too was congratulated for his success in liquidating the controversies that threatened to engulf the two nations in war.
Mr. Adams and Lord Lyons had much in common. They were both eminently Victorian in their high sense of duty and in their conviction that the point of view they represented was invariably right. In Lord Palmerston, the prime minister, Adams confronted an adversary whom he believed to be without moral scruple. Lord John Russell, Palmerston's foreign secretary, he found more honest; yet even in Russell he discerned "a vein of small trickery."
In Washington, Lord Lyons thought himself surrounded by reckless, unprincipled men who cared nothing for the rights of other nations. As a hardworking young secretary, Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons had already served his country in Athens, Dresden, Florence, and Rome, so impressing his superiors with his abilities that in November, 1858, Lord Russell offered him the Washington legation, an offer which Lyons accepted with some misgiving. He was a shy man, a bachelor, 41 years old, who loved playing with other people's children. Most of the so-called pleasures of the world he found irksome. Although descended on his mother's side from John Winthrop, he came to Washington with no special interest in American affairs. An admirable though perhaps somewhat austere specimen of his kind, he prided himself when he came to leave Washington on never having taken a drink or having made a speech during his five years' residence in the United States.
The blockade was an example of the problems whose like the legation had never had to cope with before. How was Lord Lyons to transmit orders to the British consuls in the South, since all regular communications with the South were cut off? He noted that while the Washington government bitterly opposed recognition of the Confederacy, it could not actually perform any of the duties of a government in the seceded states. On the other hand there was a de facto government in the South which exercised all its functions with perfect regularity. Unlike his French colleague M. Mercier, who was very much of a Confederate sympathizer, Lyons never urged his government to recognize the South, but the continuing difficulty of defending the interests of Great Britain in the seceded states never ceased to worry him.
A still more thorny problem was presented by the compulsory enlistment of men who claimed to be British subjects. The legation was besieged by Irish emigrants, many of whom had professed undying hatred of England and all things English, but who suddenly claimed British nationality when the draft caught up with them. These problems and countless others involved Lord Lyons in a series of controversies with Secretary of State Seward which could never be entirely settled to either party's satisfaction. In the year 1864, when the work was already beginning to slacken, the legation received 6,490 letters and dispatches from the State Department and from the home government, and drafted 8,326 of its own, a remarkable record of industry when we remember that every dispatch had to be written out in long hand and submitted to the minister before it was issued. The flood of paper work seemed always to be mounting. Lyons insisted that all letters should be answered at once and that the answers should be courteous and well-considered, however petulant the original letter might have been.


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AngryBirdsVille? CatPhysicsVille? CubeRunnerVille?
The funny thing on the iPhone their crappy "games", such as Mafia Wars, Street Racing, Vampires, etc. are not even real games. If you can't win nor lose, you don't have a game, you have a toy! Hell, you can't even "restart" if you want to try another "style"
MMO's, such as WoW, are pseudo-games; They present the illusion of being a real game when in fact they are just badly designed games.
That's is NOT to imply sandbox games, like Minecraft, are not fun, because WoW and Minecraft certainly are fun at times but that is _precisely_ due to them being _fun_ _toys_.
AngryBirdsVille? CatPhysicsVille? CubeRunnerVille?
Nope! For domination they'll need to come with a MUD via SMS.
The reason that Zynga isn't ginormous on mobile yet is because the friction of social networking is still high on mobile.
Or maybe because, even though mobile games tend to be mediocre in comparison to console titles, they're still light-years ahead of any Farmville crap.
are crap.
They've had at least one mobile title (Farmville) out for a few months, and despite numerous updates, it's so buggy as to be unplayable. I challenge you to find another game on iTunes that has as many bad reviews. Whether you like Zynga games or think they're the worst thing ever, you have to admit that a game so poorly coded doesn't have much of a future.
You can get away with some pretty crap games on Facebook because, well, it is games on Facebook. Move on to mobiles (especially new ones) and there is more tough competition. Doesn't mean that they won't sell anything, there is a market for all kinds of stuff, but it may well mean they don't sell very much.
" It's bloated, slow, has no real options, push notifications seldom work (if at all), chews through your battery life like it's a Sega GameGear"
Seeing that the dalvik vm is faster than running in native code C it should fly.
How is this relevant to 'news for nerds'? A startup with overenthusiastic PR says they're "aiming at mobile"... but no concrete plans or implementation?
Call me back when it's something worth giving a shit about.
Translation: we only know how to program in flash / action script and apple does not support it.
Zynga Zynga... [youtube.com]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVXlqmpE75U [youtube.com]
Its on the 8th second of the vid. I always doubted his genius, but you got to hand it to him, he is a genius.
Literal translation of what he is blabbering:
"we will crawl upon them in million to cleanse Lybia inch by inch, house by house, Zynga by Zynga
zinga means neighbourhood in arabic (pronounced as such in Libya. In other parts of the arab world it is pronounnced zenqa ou zinqa depending on the region)
.. my will to play any Zynga games ever again.
"Social games are about expressing myself in front of my friends and part of the value of investing in the play is the fact that I know my friends are going to see my farm and I'm going to help them and all my friends are going to be there." - Brian Reynolds, Zynga's Chief Game Designer
This man is out of touch with reality. I know people who play Farmville, Cafe World, Mafia Wars and the like and their friends lists are full of people they don't know by any other means except they also play these games.
"the friction of social networking is still high on mobile" mean?
I've heard and been able to parse all the corporate (mis-)management bullshitspeak until this one.
And why should I care about it?
Slashdot is going crazy. The editors see the need to clarify obvious things, such as who was Alan Turing, but suddenly they post a piece about some obscure, facebook-specific crap and we're supposed to know about it?
Facebook and all that shit is conquering our internet, and we are doing nothing about it. it's just sad. This is worst than AOL.
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They Never Forget
They Never Forget
Shane Peterson
February 4, 2004
As if CIOs don't already have the deck stacked against them when asking for IT-project funding, they also have to fight the past.
Ask any CIO unlucky enough to take over the IT helm at a troubled agency or department: The ghosts of mistakes past refuse to die. It matters little if those mistakes happened last year, five years ago or even 10 years ago. The public never forgets. The mainstream press never forgets. Legislators who weren't even around when a major IT project went south hear the whispers and get cold feet when their vote is required to authorize new initiatives.
Though it's not fair, it's understandable, especially when failures repeat themselves in messy and public ways.
In Arkansas, newspapers had a field day for the last year with the troubles vexing the Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System (AASIS), which was supposed to be a performance-based budgeting system. The final straw came in mid-December, when lawmakers were told that after spending $57.5 million on AASIS, the system is being "abandoned" because it is unworkable, according to testimony.
Local government also has its share of troubles. The director of the Plano, Texas, Information Services Department resigned after being presented records from a newspaper investigation in December alleging that he performed outside consulting work on city time and billed Plano and a client for the same travel expenses.
Is it any wonder lawmakers are leery about appropriating money for large IT projects? The "we need to do more with less, and technology can help us" argument could be persuasive, but it loses impact if high-profile projects fail.
It's not all doom and gloom, though.
Technology officials in Virginia launched a fact-finding mission and informed the Legislature of the somewhat disheartening results: A slew of IT projects failed or didn't achieve the results agencies had hoped for, agencies spent too much money on redundant IT projects, nobody knew how many IT employees the state had, and the state didn't really know how much money it was spending on IT in the first place.
After these confessions to legislators, senior technology leaders laid out a strategy for using the information to solve at least
of the IT problems facing the state.
The moral of the story is simple: People will continue to mistrust IT projects as long as they're given good reasons to. Pick up a daily newspaper in a capitol city in practically any state, and it's a good bet you'll find at least one story each week detailing some IT imbroglio.
CIOs know it's not the technology that fails in these projects -- it's the people behind the scenes who bear responsibility for such failures. Self-interest often is the culprit. Until enlightened self-interest -- or as Alexis de Tocqueville said in his book
Democracy in America,
"self-interest rightly understood" -- becomes the driving force of government reform, such efforts are likely to fail.
As de Tocqueville expressed it, enlightened self-interest raises the question of whether it is to the advantage of a person, or group of people, to work together for the good of all. Though his discussion examined America's nascent political landscape, it rings just as true when looking at IT projects that could benefit a county, city or state.
Shane Peterson
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Thursday, May 8
17th at TPC Sawgrass: 'Most Terrifying Two Seconds'
(Russ Glasson/Flickr)
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest
if somebody put a flagstick on top.
−Pete Dye
DO YOU EVER WATCH a golf telecast and secretly wish you could try your luck on a certain hole?
The par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass brings out that desire in me. So does the par-3 12th hole at Augusta National. I'd just love to drop a few golf balls and take my swings on those challenging holes, preferably when no one was around.
I'd probably choke my guts out, but it would be SO MUCH FUN.
Last night I watched the Bruce Edwards Memorial Caddie Competition on the Golf Channel. To raise money, entertain the crowd and share a few laughs with their player bosses, caddies teed it up on the famous 17th hole with the island green.
The caddies tried their best to reach terra firma, but many if not most splashed down. I saw one cold shank his tee shot. Another hit a low liner that skipped across the water until it ricocheted off the railroad ties that border the green. Some had gorgeous golf swings, and the winner struck his shot to within two feet of the hole.
One former Tour caddie, Mike Collins, told Golfweek, "I was terrified. I couldn't get my hands dry. It's the most terrifying two seconds in a caddie's life."
I'd love to be that terrified, at least once.
−The Armchair Golfer
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This is the kind of hole that makes you realize why these guys are so much better than everybody else. Go Phil
Check out this new site that allows you to create your own ranking polls on any topic you like.
The poll I just voted on:
Who will win the 2008 US Open?
Vote, it's cool. - 2:19 PM
- Bobbio said...
Yeah, but it looks so easy!
- Greg said...
Yes I have, and I have enjoyed the chance to do exactly that, in the same round.
I made bogeys on both of the famous par threes after playing for two short years.
-Greg - 1:23 PM
- The Armchair Golfer said...
If I had heard of Tour 18 I had forgotten about it. That must have been great fun, Greg.
I too had the opportunity to play the tour 18 repli-course in Houston. It was a total rush!
Now conjure up the added pressure of a major championship and a couple thousand exuberant fans watching. Here lies the real test of nerves and confidence! - 8:21 AM


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I was pretty pumped when I solved the last box puzzle this morning. It was a headache, but I did it without cheating.
Hoping for an update soon, with more puzzles.
What an awesome game.
I finally made it. I did have to get help for 2 of the puzzles. I was about the point of insanity with them, and it turns out I had been very close on both of them.
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All done...
What's next?
The willing, deSteini guides them; the unwilling, deSteini drags them.
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Done! Let's get the main event started!
Finished it last night.
Had to look up some sliding tile game strategies to figure out how to go about them... but once you know how to attack any sliding tile puzzle it wasn't too bad.
Not sure how to unlock "Regular"... but pretty sure it has something to do with opening the app on a regular basis or time of day. Or does The Directorate have the GPS coordinates of my bathroom?
Done without looking at the guides.
You know that annoying friend who completely finishes games? I'm that friend. http://theheistapp.com Just joined the 100% club. #TheHeist
Just finished. My wife was a big help with the 15 puzzle. She's genius. We both liked the little robot moving boxes puzzle too. When I finally figured out the last one, I made sure she moved the last box. She deserved it.
Thank you MacHeist for saving my marriage! (A little hyperbole never hurt anyone.)
I'm in. 100% Completion. Anyone else only seeing 18 of 19 achievements in Game Center? This confuses me...
There's a list in the Achievements thread, check and see which one you're missing.
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Finished two days ago. Well crafted app. I hate the wooden blocks.
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Guillermo Kuitca at Sperone Westwater, David Salle at Mary Boone
Sperone Westwater through December 17 (415 West 13 Street, 212 999 7337)
Mary Boone through December 17 (541 W 24 Street, 212 752 2929)
Guillermo Kuitca makes poignant abstractions out of maps, seating plans, architectural drawings, and other such schematic representations. His images are in a sense palimpsests of human presence: His principal motif in recent years has been the auditoria of world-renowned theaters and opera houses, in plan or schematic elevation of the kind you see on a booking form or at the box office. Up until this present exhibition, these were rendered as large, almost monochrome canvases in which the printed element (the actual seating plan) seems about to either sink into or be dusted off the surface. This gave Mr. Kuitca's impersonal, found plans a sense of contingency, a life of its own. In their vacant state, the theatres teetered between memory of past performances and expectation of future ones.
In his latest show at Sperone Westwater the Argentine artist has moved into new terrain: He has kept the old motifs of auditoria and, a prior interest, maps. What is new—at least in the theater pieces—is a decontructive complexity and a chromatic chirpiness. Some of us warmed to the old Kuitca for his washed-out, somewhat dissipated, melancholy palette and mood. A restraint bordering on nonchalence made him a painterly ally of Luc Tuymans. After a moment of adjusting to the new light and energy level, however, these latest works are equally striking in emotional resonance.
There was a slight element, it must be admitted, however impressive each individual example, of his working his way around every beloved opera house in the world without significant differentiation between the mood of, say, the Colón in his native Buenos Aires and La Scala, Milan—what you could call the Christo syndrome, when an artist grants himself a global concession. His new idiom replaces repetition with complication. Instead of the found plan in its state of fusty decay we have auditoria caught in drastic meltdown, whether earthquake or nuclear. The plans are now rendered in collage. In some works, like "Acoustic Mass IV (Covent Garden)" and "Acoustic Mass VI (Old Vic)" (both 2005) the collage element is densely clustered shreds of paper that almost read like the heavily scrubbed graphite of a Giacometti. In others, the cut-out element is more overt, in "Acoustic Mass I (Covent Garden)" where individual, irregularly sized fragments in orange, red, black and a steely gray blue cascade implosively.
But this, you could say, is an operatic interpretation: The image also invites a reading at another, more abstract level at which the collage elements operate as a form of musical notation. In their vibrations and contortions the lines and shapes operate as a spatial analogue of received sound. Mr. Kuitca's is a kind of emotional minimalism that encourages both responses. His early paintings, in the 1980s, depicted small figures caught in psychologically charged dramas in ominously cavernous interiors. More recent work, riffing on the neutral pared-down form of blueprints, ranged provocatively from peep show booths and liturgical furniture to works stations and workout machines. The deconstructing auditorium is as ambiguous as it is potent: It could equally be a metaphor of exhileration or crisis. It could place the spectator center stage or completely out of the picture.
If exhileration and vacuity seem an odd couple, they make for happy bedfellows nowhere better than the paintings of David Salle. He too has a new motif, which in itself may not seem like news: In his quintessentially postmodern pictures, wanton juxtaposition is the norm, as he constantly mines popular culture and high art alike for image fodder. But there is a new, defining idiom in the latest group of his work, the Vortex Paintings, jointly presented, at Mary Boone Gallery, by Ms. Boone and the impresario Jeffrey Deitch.
Each picture has at its heart a whirling tornado that sucks the eye into nothingness, set against wallpaper-like backdrops of appropriated imagery, and objects like shells, airplanes and porkpie hats flying out towards the viewer. "Snow White" (2004) for instance has a tornado in black and white and fleshtones swirling away at the center while a couple of single-engine Cessna planes (of the kind, Mr. Deitch informs us, that were made in Mr. Salle's native Wichita, also famous for its twisters) waft by with indifference. The background has erotic scenes of the eponymous heroine failing to live up to her name as mischevious dwarves have their way with her.
The swirling gestalts, it emerges on closer inspection, have their origins in distorted faces: Once armed with that expectation you will notice hair and face contributing to the color schemes, with grossly distended eyes and other facial features merrily surviving the stretch. It emerges that Mr. Salle has created these vortex faces himself, digitally. He is quoted by Mr. Deitch as saying he wanted "to find a reason to paint a face in a way that was more about pure painting and to make that the container for all the other emotional currents that run through the painting." His tornados are thus (literally) a spin on the "Dehumanization of Art," Ortega y Gasset's 1925 polemic in which abstraction represents the triumph of form over content.
In these paintings Mr. Salle plumbs new depths of kitsch and scales new heights of painterly finesse. His touch and vision have a cold, macabre meticulousness to rival Dalí who shared a similar passion for anamorphy and other tricks and quirks of perception. Mr. Salle dispatches his fast, gooey, distortive swirls with a slick, impersonal, nerdish precision. His porn and other appropriations arrive in a fractionally, but crucially differentiated hand that is tellingly more remote, making the vortex, for all its hyperrealist affectation, the more lushly compellingly.
A version of this article first appeared in the New York Sun, November 10, 2005


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Both candidates for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts are finishing a frantic day of campaigning ahead of Tuesday's special election to fill the seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry.
Veteran Democratic Rep. Ed Markey is running against Republican businessman Gabriel Gomez. But they are struggling to get voters to the polls in a summer election that has yet to capture much attention.
It's hard not to compare Tuesday's special election to the one in 2010. Once again, a charismatic Republican with an intriguing resume is trying to grab a Senate seat held by a Democrat for decades.
Scott Brown shocked everyone when he pulled it off. Now Gomez is trying to do it again.
"I'm not concerned about turnout. I know that our side — the people that are going to vote for me are enthusiastic," Gomez says. "We've given them a reason to vote for someone."
Gomez — who's Latino, a former Navy SEAL and an investment banker — is trying to rally support, even as polls show him trailing Markey.
While Brown won by claiming the stakes couldn't be higher, Gomez is closing his case by arguing the opposite — that it's just a 17-month term, so there's really no harm in giving a new guy a try.
"You give me 17 months, I'll keep my word," he says. "If you don't like what I've done after 17 months, then you can vote somebody else in."
Bringing In Big Names
For his part, Markey says he's taking nothing for granted — imploring Democrats to vote. It's a point that was repeated by Vice President Joe Biden over the weekend.
"Don't put yourself in a position where you … say, 'But, god, if I'd only gone down one more block, if I'd only made 20 more calls," Biden said.
Biden is only the latest in a parade of big-name Democrats who have stumped for Markey, including President Obama, Michelle Obama and former President Clinton.
Gomez has drawn in fewer big names, but they have included Arizona Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
"Having Republicans nationally come in is definitely a double-edged sword," says Democratic consultant Chris Keohan.
He says it's tricky to run as an independent-minded Republican in the very blue state of Massachusetts. But, he says, the national party still could have done more than they did for Gomez.
"He's got a great bio," Keohan says. "He helps with all the demographics that Republicans historically have done poorly in. You would think that Gabriel Gomez would be exactly what Republicans would try and make their poster boy nationally. And to be honest, it really looks more like they've abandoned him."
Even Brown — still popular in Massachusetts — has been quiet, making his first rally with Gomez on Monday night.
"A little bit too little, too late, I think," says Maurice Cunningham, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Cunningham says that, at this point, probably nothing could bump Gomez into another political shocker.
"I always like to use a quote from Donald Rumsfeld about the 'unknown unknowns,' and, sure, of course, but we've had two — the Boston Marathon [bombing] and the scandals in the Obama administration — but neither one has really affected the race."
'Playing Defense'
While Brown built his win on the compelling case that he would be the critical 41st vote against "Obamacare," Gomez's core issue of change is more amorphous. Since primary night, he's been mocking Markey for his 37 years in office.
"Eight-track players were big, the first Rocky movie had just debuted — and that was when Ed Markey first got elected to Congress," he has said.
But Markey has been pitching his tenure as an asset to voters who have lost two veteran senators and has been hitting hard on core Democratic issues like abortion and gun control.
"We have to make sure that our cities are safe," he says. "Gabriel Gomez says he opposes an assault-weapon ban."
Ultimately, Republican consultant John Sivolella says, Markey has managed to run successfully as a virtual incumbent.
"I think Ed Markey's kind of strategy paid off, just keeping it flat," he says. "I think just laying back and playing defense has worked for him. There was no reason for him to go out on a limb and do anything risky."
Indeed, one day before the election, many voters are still more focused on the Boston Bruins and Fourth of July picnics than politics. Low turnout will likely help Markey, giving what Keohan calls the Democrats' well-tuned get-out-the-vote machine.
"They knocked well over 50,000 doors just on Saturday alone," Keohan says. "There's really no on-the-ground solid operation on the Republican side. It's like they rebuild the wheel every two to four years."
Whatever happens on Tuesday, Gomez himself seems to have taken to heart his own message — that this term is only 17 months long. He's already hinting at another run.


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If your child is the first member of your family to attend college ("first generation" college student), they are likely facing some unique challenges. Before discussing those challenges, let me first say, congratulations to you as parents. You should be very proud of yourselves. You have obviously done a lot of great things as a parent to have your child enter college. Without your guidance and support, it is very unlikely that your child would have been able to make it this far.
First-generation students often struggle with issues that are unique to them. For example, these students may begin their college experience with little or no knowledge of the expectations, resources, or jargon associated with a college campus. This lack of knowledge may prevent first-generation students from fully taking advantage of the academic and social benefits of higher education. Unfortunately, these issues may contribute to students leaving school before graduating.
As a first generation college student, I have experienced firsthand many of the challenges that first-generation college students face. I remember very well what a privilege and honor it was for me to be able to attend college. I also remember very well how difficult it was in other ways. For example, I felt "different" than other students and wondered if I really had the ability to get good grades and graduate. Other common challenges include self-doubt, guilt, and feeling like an "imposter." Some first generation students may feel out of place or like they don't belong. I've already mentioned possible doubts about their academic abilities. It is also quite common for first-generation students to feel guilty about having the opportunity to attend college when their parents or other family members did not. Sometimes these students feel sufficiently guilty that they want to leave school and return home to work to help their families. It is also common for first-generation students to feel guilty or estranged because they believe that their college experience or having a college degree will make them different from their parents, families, and friends.
I want to acknowledge that if you are the parent of a first-generation student, you too may be facing some unique challenges. You may be unsure of what the college experience is like or how you can best support your student. I remember very vividly that my parents wanted to support me as a student, but did not know how to do so. Often first generation parents feel like they do not belong on campus, which is quite untrue. I want to encourage you to visit the University of Oregon campus if you have not already done so. In fact, please feel free to visit multiple times, in order to familiarize yourself with the University and to become acquainted with the support and resources that are available to your student. What you will find is that the University of Oregon is much more than just a place for students to attend classes. It's full of individuals who care greatly about helping students succeed in every way. For example, there is the Office of Academic Advising, Academic Learning Services, the Office of Multicultural Academic Support, the Career Center, and the Counseling and Testing Center. These and other great services often go unused, especially by first-generation students. As you familiarize yourself more with the University of Oregon and its services, you will be better able to give your student the specific support that they might need.
It is through your support and guidance that your child was able to make it through high school and enter college. As you continue to support and encourage your student, they will feel more confident, more informed about campus resources, and hopefully discover a greater sense of belonging and community at the University. You can take great pride in knowing that your student's accomplishments are also your shared accomplishments and legacy!
Brian Parks, PhD


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text: Michelle Obama: Fashion's Newest, Hottest MuseSadie Stein11/06/08 11:30amFiled to: Rag Trademichelle obamaBarack ObamaNarciso RodriguezProenza SchoulerJack McColloughThakoonTargetEd WestwickK SwissPeaches GeldofppqVogueAndre Leon TalleyAlexander WangAdidaslilly pulitzerEliteH&mPatagoniaZapposKarl Lagerfeldshu uemuraJuicy CoutureRosamund Bernier95EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkDesigners like Donna Karan, Elie Tahari and Thakoon are fighting to get to Michelle Obama. [WWD]Even though her Narciso Rodriguez dress drew mixed reviews. [NY Times]According to polls, 65% considered it a "Don't." [USA Today]Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough on the election. "A shout-out to the gays? I mean, never, ever, ever in an election or an acceptance speech has a President-elect said something like that. To hear that, for me personally, is so fantastic. Barack Obama is exceptional. Exceptional!" [Style.com]Exceptional enough to inspire a "Yes. We. Did." thong. [Babble]Speaking of Michelle, her favored label Thakoon's about to hit Target! Take a gander. [Nylon]Doesn't it seem weird that Ed Westwick should choose K Swiss as his first campaign? Or are we thinking of his character? [E!]Ooh, those snarky British writers do not like Peaches! "Fresh from a disastrous foray into column-writing, Peaches Geldof has decided to tuck her be-fringed head back into her shell and stick to what she knows best. Apparently, that is designing clothes. Her capsule collection for cult fashion collective PPQ is due to hit the shelves in Selfridges today." [Guardian]Apparently Vogue editor-at-XXL Andre Leon Talley was in the VIP section at Grant Park; rumor has it his mag has his eye on a Michelle cover. [Fashion Week Daily]Alexander Wang on the recession: "There's a certain amount of fantasy to fashion, but you also have to think about the fit, the sell-through, the accessibility. There's no point in creating clothes so out-there, so special that no one can wear them. I try to stay in touch with the customer. We've been lucky—our sales are growing. I think we were also pretty lucky to get out a T-shirt line. It's nice to have a $65 product. But it's also nice to have a $1,200 dress, say, for that person at Colette. The key now is that dress has to be worth what it costs." [Style.com]Online retailers expect a lot of holiday shopping...maybe because it doesn't feel like real spending? [WSJ]The recession takes a heavy toll on India's textile industry. [BW]Meanwhile, Britain prepares for a steep rise in clothing prices. [Guardian]Good news, at least, for Adidas! [WSJ]Lilly Pulitzer never ages...maybe because it's permanently middle-aged? [NY Times]Elite moddle management gets some escort service to stop using their name. We're sure Tyra's relieved. [NY Daily News]H&M TV? It'd better be an improvement on their soundtrack! [Fabsugar]Patagonia's ambitious plan to sell only recycled materials by 2010 proves harder than they anticipated. [Business Week]Meanwhile, a Japanese company attempts banana fiber denim. [WWD]< li>"Syunsoku" sneakers make people faster...or not. Either way, they're big in Japan! [Reuters]Speaking of shoes, Zappo's stellar customer service keeps the company healthy. [NY Times]"Lagerfeld goes through at least 365 bottles of Shu Uemura's Pleasure of Japanese Bath oil per year. 'Normally, you're supposed to put one cup in the bathtub,' he says, sitting in the leafy garden of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris. "' put the whole bottle in every morning. It is the most divine product.' His beauty ritual doesn't stop there: Lagerfeld spritzes a scent on various items of his clothing, not to mention his bedding. 'What I put on my sheets is always different from what I wear on myself. It's like if I sleep with a person who uses another perfume.'" [W]Juicy Couture store opens in Manhattan, which for some reason means "the Harlem Boys' choir, American Ballet Theatre dancers, Juilliard school violinists, and stilt-walkers will entertain the likes of Gina Gershon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gretchen Mol, Molly Sims and Sarah Silverman, plus Saturday Night Live stars Seth Myers and Fred (Obama) Armisen." [New York Post]This fashion origami kit is totally the kind of thing we'd never actually assemble, but it's very cute. [Fashionista]Colin Firth on his director, Tom Ford: "If he turns his hand to this with the brilliance that he's turned his hand to everything else that he's ever done in his life, it'll be a masterpiece." [VogueUK]Ooh! Legendary fashion lecturer Rosamond Bernier is selling off some of her vintage couture! Well, it's fun to look. [Sassybella]Reply95 repliesLeave a reply


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This schedule is designed for a mid to end season race for an intermediate level triathlete who has three to four racing seasons under their belt. The athlete will have completed a base training period at the start of the year and will have raced at least once prior to starting this schedule. This schedule is race-proven by age group athletes. Athletes following this schedule have achieved more than a half a dozen AG podiums. The schedule is written by Erik Seedhouse, an ex-professional triathlete and 3 times World Champion in the ultraendurance arena. He combines his racing experience with his coaching background and his expertise in the fields of sports science and exercise physiology.


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And the most recent update, yet another suspension change...possibly one more to come lol. UPS dropped these off today, re-valved shocks to my specs (weight/spring rates/shortened front bump stops). Went ahead and installed the rears tonight, couldn't wait.
Modified strut housings for the re-valved bilstein sports...with e30m3 sway bar tabs.. Looking to test all of this out finally at the last autox of this season on the 26th of this month. I want to see how the suspension/rates work out, and if necessary will send a backup set of bilstein sports to bilstein to shorten and re-valve for stiffer rates if I feel that current rates aren't stiff enough with dot r tires in the current config. new plates and tall rear rsm's
Looks like a great autocross setup! Say what?! You guys stop autocrossing in the middle of summer?! I think our last run this year is in December. . .
Yep, sept is last event...well actualyl one more weekend in October for Enduro. I just hope it doesn't rain and I can actually run on dot r tires !
Dang Nice work on the e30 man. I really enjoyed the nice quality photos. I hope you have a lot of fun with it. Welcome to the club and keep us posted.
Couple pics with suspension installed. Not too low, and stiff enough but still dd-able. -2.5 camber, 10degrees of caster, 0 toe.
Mounted my autox wheel/tire combo..... had to get the rear inner lip rolled as it was contacting the tire under cornering / load. Amazing how much grip 30 treadwear tires have, but man are they also not very comfortable, much stiffer.
Here is a quick video from the local autocross event. It was actually fastest RAW time in Street Modified class but I kissed a few cones and that added time to the RAW time = no trophy. FFFFFuuuu Everybody in the group was on race tires, e36m3 with 275s on all 4, then a stage 3 gti 1.8t and an audi tt quattro. Total raw time 190.338. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY9yTs1BwD8 My co-driver driving E30 coming through the timing gates Me getting the camera ready for my run lol At the start line TRM caps melted/fell off lol Off we go ...
Coming onto the front straight/loop section Going for another lap, onto front straight Little bit sideways, but not too much And we are done


text: Congressman Invites You to Play Challenging 'Pick Out the Immigrant' GameErin Gloria Ryan7/05/12 2:50pmFiled to: ImmigrationArizonaSb 1070Luis GutierrezJustin bieberSelena GomezmenudoTed KoppelCongressPoliticstweetFb70EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkIllinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez is genuinely impressed with the psychic abilities of Arizona law enforcement officials, who, thanks to a "show me your papers" provision in an immigration law the Supreme Court just ruled constitutional, will now will be able to and check the immigration status of anyone they've stopped for committing a crime that they suspect may be in this country illegally. What's extra impressive about these law enforcement officials is that they can tell, just by looking, who is here legally and who is here illegally, a skill that most Americans probably do not possess. Don't believe me? Try to play the "Pick Out the Immigrant" game yourself.AdvertisementUnfortunately, in this game, as in life, none of the potential immigrants are running around looking like how immigrants look in racist political cartoons your great uncle won't stop forwarding everyone in the family. No one is sleeping under a cactus or standing in line to get American passports for three yowling anchor babies or forming street gangs in previously idyllic suburbs. Instead, they're looking, uh, normal. Based purely on appearance, whose papers would you check? Justin Bieber's, or Selena Gomez's? If you were an Arizona cop and pulled over a van containing Menudo, would you check their papers? How about Geraldo Rivera's? How about Ted Koppel's? The answers, as answers tend to do, may surprise you.So, how'd you do? Do you have what it takes to be an Arizona police officer? Or will your substandard immigrant-sniffing skills land you in non-immigrant-hating New Mexico?Advertisement[Colorlines, Facebook]Reply70 repliesLeave a reply


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RE[3]: Novell Shows Off
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Oh wow, a troll!
Are you looking at a mirror?
And don't worry. Novell will have no trouble "distroying" themselves without my modest contributions :-).
I think you are confusing it with the TrollTech/KDE relantionship.
Are you an animal?, that would explain your behavior


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Super Talent has several consumer lines of SSDs available on the marketplace among the dizzying array of drives available across all manufacturers. Their TeraDrive line comes in a variety of configurations and capacities and they sent us over their new CT3 64 GB drives to see what we thought of it. The TeraDrive CT3 offers both the SandForce SF-2281 controller and a SATA III interface which together with asynchronous 25nm NAND signifies a hardware configuration that fills a gap in their lineup.
The PT3 drives use a similar configuration but with pricey synchronous NAND making it a bit faster and more expensive to manufacture. The CT2 has only a SATA II interface and uses the older SF-1200 controller. The CT3 fits in the middle, configured like the PT3 with the exception of the use of more economical and slower asynchronous NAND. The 64 GB CT3 comes in around $130 which fits with the drive being in the middle of the Super Talent SSD pack.
Available in 64 GB, 120 GB, 240 GB and 480 GB capacities, Super Talent has a drive size to fit just about anyone's needs. The SATA III interface allows for reads and writes up to 525MB/s and 490MB/s respectively on the 64 GB drive which is a little slower on both accounts than the larger drives which reach speeds of 550MB/s and 520MB/s reads and writes.
Interface: | SATA III |
Form Factor: | 2.5 " |
Capacities: | 64GB, 120GB, 240GB & 480GB |
NAND Flash: | MLC |
Super Cap: | No |
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62 Christmas Potluck Sides for 12 or More
- 3 medium green peppers, thinly sliced
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 4-1/2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- In a salad bowl, combine the peppers, onion and lemon peel. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the vinegar, oil, sugar, basil, salt and pepper; shake well. Pour over vegetables; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Yield: 6 servings.
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LOS ANGELES -- A month or so ago, Taylor Kelly was one of the Pac-12's top surprises. A first-year starter, the Arizona State sophomore quarterback showed remarkable poise and seldom put the ball in jeopardy.
Over the past two weeks, however, Kelly has been a different quarterback. In Saturday's 38-17 loss at USC, he completed 19 of 30 passes for 174 yards and a touchdown, but he also threw three interceptions, two in the final quarter as ASU tried to rally.
Still, Todd Graham doesn't sound like a coach who's about to make a change. Asked Saturday if ASU might give more snaps to redshirt-freshman Michael Eubank, Graham said he hadn't considered it.
"Taylor's our quarterback," he said. "Obviously, I'm more upset with our performance as a coaching staff. Taylor has been great all year long. We're not doing a very good job of preparing him for these situations. I think we're showing some inexperience we did not see earlier (from Kelly), but we weren't facing that kind of adversity earlier in the season. I haven't given (a switch) one thought. I don't make knee-jerk decisions."
One thing Graham wants cleaned up: The interceptions. Kelly threw just two over the season's first six games. Over the last four he has thrown seven.
"It's not like guys are making phenomenal interceptions," Graham said. "We're throwing the ball right to the other team. We can't do that."
It's not all Kelly's fault. The line didn't give him much help Saturday. The Sun Devils gave up a season-high seven sacks. During their four-game losing streak, they've allowed 19.
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Graham thought ASU played well enough defensively to win, and it's hard to argue: The Sun Devils forced five turnovers, including three interceptions.
In the second quarter, junior safety Alden Darby picked off USC's Matt Barkley and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown, giving the Sun Devils a 14-7 lead.
"They ran the play before, but it had gotten blown (dead) by a whistle, so I knew they were going to run the same play," Darby said. "So I told (junior linebacker) Anthony Jones, 'When they run that play, let me take your man, I'll take your man and I'll pick the ball off.'"
That's exactly what happened.
"And I was on a mission to get to that end zone," Darby said.
Junior linebacker Chris Young and sophomore Devilbacker Carl Bradford also came up with key interceptions. Bradford's led to an ASU field goal, which provided its only lead in the second half.
"I just wanted to make a play for my team," Bradford said.
Much respect
Late in the first quarter, USC receiver Marqise Lee got behind senior defensive backs Deveron Carr and Keelan Johnson for an 80-yard touchdown. Over the last four weeks, it marked the seventh time ASU had given up a touchdown play of more than 49 yards.
But this time Graham wasn't so upset.
"That was bracket coverage," Graham said. "(Lee) is special. He ran right by one and right by the other one, so we backed the bracket coverage up after that one."
Lee finished with 10 catches for 161 yards and a touchdown.


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After losing thousands because of cuts in state funding, the Lutheran Settlement House found other ways to continue its adult education programs.
Students and teachers from Lutheran Settlement House's adult education program met last week in Fishtown to discuss other options after cuts in state funding nixed classes there.
Harrisburg's recently passed budget made steep cuts in education spending. At Lutheran Settlement in Fishtown, that means no classes for hundreds of adults looking for a leg up.


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A way of modulating the waveforms of individual, coherent high-energy photons at room temperature has been demonstrated by researchers in the US and Russia. The advance opens the way for new quantum-optics technologies capable of extremely high-precision measurements, as well as the possibility of quantum-information systems based on nuclear processes. The new approach could also be useful for those doing fundamental research in a variety of areas, ranging from the role of quantum phenomena in biological processes to fundamental questions in quantum optics itself.
The technique was developed by Olga Kocharovskaya, Farit Vagizov and colleagues at Texas A&M University and the Kazan Federal University. Their set-up bears some similarity to a Mössbauer spectroscopy experiment. A sample of radioactive cobalt-57 decays to an excited state of iron-57, which then decays by emitting a 14.4 keV "soft" gamma-ray photon. This photon can then be absorbed and re-emitted by a nearby stainless-steel foil containing iron-57. Because of the Mössbauer effect, no energy is lost in the recoil of the stainless-steel lattice and the photon is emitted at 14.4 keV with very little spectral blurring.
As the foil absorbs and re-emits the photons, it is vibrated at megahertz frequencies. By making clever use of the Doppler effect, the team is able to shape a single photon into a double pulse and even a train of ultrashort pulses. This makes it possible to use the gamma-ray photons to encode quantum information in a "time-bin qubit" – quantum bits in which information is encoded in terms of the relative arrival time of pulses.
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The new method offers advantages over schemes for encoding quantum information in lower-energy optical or microwave photons. Photons in the 10–100 keV energy range – soft gamma rays from nuclear transitions and "hard" X-rays from atomic transitions – penetrate deeper into materials and can be detected with greater efficiency. And in the case of the Mössbauer photons, the recoil-less nature of the effect means that the re-emitted photons retain their quantum coherence at room temperature.
Recent developments towards the generation of entangled gamma-photon pairs, combined with the team's new method, could lead to quantum-computing applications that use nuclei as qubits. "Entangled nuclear ensembles may be produced via resonant interactions with the entangled photons, using quantum-memory protocols," explains Kocharovskaya.
The new technique gives physicists a more versatile way of controlling gamma rays than current methods of manipulating high-energy photons. "In our approach, we have more parameters to manipulate," Kocharovskaya says. Indeed, the team can alter the amplitude, frequency and phase of the radiation and change the nature and temporal profile of the modulating wave. Arbitrary waveforms can be created "on demand" by changing the absorber depth and frequency of resonance. "Besides, our method allows one to manipulate single gamma-photons, which is impossible with the existing nonlinear techniques," she says. Kocharovskaya and colleagues are now working to improve their technique as well as pursuing a number of potential applications.
Deterministic pulse shaping
"This study opens for the first time possibilities for deterministic pulse shaping in the X-ray regime," says X-ray optics expert Ralf Röhlsberger of DESY in Hamburg, Germany. "Unfortunately, the positive aspects come with some drawbacks." He points out that photons in this energy range are difficult to manipulate using conventional optical devices and that photon loss through absorption and scattering will limit performance. "These technologies, however, have nevertheless the potential to boost our understanding of fundamental aspects of the light–matter interactions," he says.
Christoph Keitel of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, agrees that the work of Kocharovskaya and colleagues is a significant accomplishment. He points out that "this is a demanding field with numerous serious challenges: the radiation sources are weak and often relatively dirty, and the couplings to the nuclei are generally small. This renders this absolutely clean and innovative way of coherently adapting gamma waves so impressive."
The technique is described in Nature and a preprint is available on arXiv.


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Angels Battle Demons In Andrew Christian's Latest Video! [NSFW]
It's bad vs. good, angels vs. demons and yet another excuse for svelte gay men to wear angel and demon wings in the erotic new video from the underwear Mafioso.
Imagine how happy the priests at the Vatican would be if scenes from Andrew Christian's latest video were painted on the Sistine Chapel's ceilings instead of the fresco overload currently there.
Omg! I loved it. As one having struggled with spirituality vs homosexuality, this struck a chord on so many levels. AND THE MUSIC! lol! They took ancient Christian chants and set them to TECHNO! lol! Unthinkable! lol! All the good church boys saying no don't give in, all the bad street boys saying "do what makes you happy", and there is always that one sexy neutral daddy, that's like neutral. Like looking at my personal journal. Sorry...I'm rarely in the popular opinion. Placing my order now. lol!
These videos used to be nice, now they are just plain ridiculous...
I don't think some of these videos are to advertise the underwear as much as they are to entertain us. Lighten up fellas. If they were truly underwear ads, the title would be more geared to imply that. I for one am a fan of his videos, and look forward to new ones.
Gays will burn in a series of 3 perpetual hells.
All males involved within this advertisement deserve to be raped by diseased prison dicks till they bleed to death!
Dearest Andrew Christian,
I am mean the actual designer. How ridiculous are you to keep putting yourself in the videos? You sure as hell don't see Calvin Klein in his own underwear ads and your face is starting to look older than his! I mean, get the fuck over yourself.
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Yeah, This ones a two thumbs down. Where have all the Adonis's gone? It appears to be geared for elementary twink cakes.I kept waiting for Johnny Weir to pop up somewhere?
Had my share of cheese for the day. I did got confused, is he selling feather wings now, oh no wait he sales undies, haha. Could be a fun Cinema Movie Concept. BUT, the guys are hot as always.
The models are ALWAYS hot! however I'm gonna have to boot this. #tryagainandrew
That is one horrible commercial guys. The men are stunning but the concept is ridiculous. Andrew Christian is not exactly high end fashion but rethink the concept and put some humor and charm into it instead.
It's a great concept for an underwear commercial, its the male version of Victoria's Secret. The models are all hot (just because some are not your type doesn't mean they are not hot) and the music is great. In fashion, Andrew Christian has made a name for himself, so yes, he should be proud of himself and it's an accomplishment in a model's career to get a gig with him....
Great concept but fail :-/
Wtf..they suck
Yeah not the best of the vids.
Well that was stupid.
Ooh, no! Some of those models are ugly and spoil it. What a shame
haters will always hate!
So dumb. Their videos used to be cute and fun with a story line. Now it's just a bunch of garbage and models (and especially Andrew Christian himself) taking themselves too seriously. Get over yourselves!


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Macy's reported a fourth-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations as its strategy of tailoring merchandise to local markets paid off during the holiday season.
The department store chain, which also operates the upscale Bloomingdale's stores, also said Tuesday that it expects that same game plan to help increase revenue at stores open at least a year by 3.5 percent in fiscal 2013. That's on top of the increase of 3.7 percent for 2012. The measure is a key indicator of health because it strips out the impact of newly opened and closed locations.
"Going into 2013, our team is moving ahead with new plans and actions to sharpen our approach to localized merchandise assortments and marketing," CEO Terry Lundgren said.
Like many retailers, Macy's had a slow start to the fourth quarter because of the lingering effects of superstorm Sandy and ongoing economic uncertainty. But sales bounced back in January.
For the period ended Feb. 2, Macy's earned $730 million, or $1.83 per share. That compares with $745 million, or $1.74 per share, a year earlier, when the company had more shares outstanding. Not including one-items such as expenses associated with the early retirement of debt, it earned $2.05 per share. Revenue was $9.35 billion, up from $8.72 billion a year ago. Analysts expected a profit of $1.99 per share on revenue of $9.35 billion.
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