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H&M sweater and shoes, Primark blouse, River Island dress (the one from my sidebar!)The guy walking by in the last photo is actually my teacher from high school. My face = me realizing that.
8th of March
H&M sweater and shoes, Primark blouse, River Island dress (the one from my sidebar!)The guy walking by in the last photo is actually my teacher from high school. My face = me realizing that.
54 comments:
- Essiefashion said...
Really lovely and cool outfit :D!
xxxxx - March 8, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- creme powder ♥ said...
gorgeous <3
- March 8, 2011 at 7:04 PM
- Emma said...
Mooie outfit! De kleurtjes zijn zo mooi! Super voor de lente!
x Emma stylerituals.blogspot.com - March 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- Sofia Theresia said...
Stunning outfit! I love Sufjan forever and the song you posted is definitely one of my favourites. x
- March 8, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- LikeSpinningPlates said...
yay I saw Ben Folds last summer and he was so great. Listening to him always puts me in such an uplifting mood. Love that color on you. That Peter Pan collar is melting my heart wahhh =)
- March 8, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- kittenhood said...
love these colors on you (and generally ;)
- March 8, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Em. said...
I love Ben Folds and Sufjan Stevens :) These colors are gorgeous!
- March 8, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- BlueVanilla said...
Lovely! Loving the color palette!
Hot Pink Day - March 8, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- chelsea jade said...
shades of pale pink are my favourite at the moment!
I actually went to see Sufjan a few weeks ago and was so enraptured by the whole show (there are so many wonderful surprises that erupt with each song) that i didn't feel like anything was missing even though he only played a few old songs! it was the mark of a very very well planned set, i think.
anyway, that was my unsolicited review. it was the best show i've ever been to EVER!
x chelsea jade - March 8, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Laura @ The World Looks Red said...
Thanks everyone!
@Chelsea Jade: ah, thanks for that, love! I wouldn't really doubt anything Mr Stevens does, but I've never seen him live even though he's one of my all-time favorite artists. Especially his Illinois album means so much to me and I'd love love love to see him perform that. But I just need to get into Age Of Adz, I guess. I'm sure it'll be lovely live! - March 8, 2011 at 8:08 PM
- Carys said...
Glad you had a nice time at the gig. I love the colourscheme of your outfit, it's so nice, and awesome sunglasses too!
From Carys of La Ville Inconnue - March 8, 2011 at 8:22 PM
- Dylana Suarez said...
That blushing pink color is beautiful on you!
And happy you enjoyed your time with your bro!
colormenana.blogspot.com - March 8, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Dogs + Dresses said...
Supermooie outfit, je hebt me helemaal geïnspireerd voor mijn outfit van morgen! Ik probeer er foto's van te posten ;)
- March 8, 2011 at 8:26 PM
- lisa signorini said...
www.thecurlylady.blogspot.com - March 8, 2011 at 8:37 PM
- Emma said...
I love this outfit, so feminine. You look lovely.
Love. - March 8, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- Michaela said...
I love this colour! Such a pretty outfit!
http://haveyoueverfalleninlove.blogspot.com/ - March 8, 2011 at 8:46 PM
- Glamour Bbey. said...
Beautiful pictures! xx
- March 8, 2011 at 9:26 PM
- Jessica said...
Lovely. The pictures are wonderful and I love your outfit so much.
dassida.blogspot.com - March 8, 2011 at 9:32 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Beautiful outfit! I love the mix of pinks.
Also I am a huge Sufjan Stevens fan and I tend to prefer his older stuff as well. I can't decide if it's because I actually like the old music better or because it has such good associations for me. - March 8, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- Phara said...
Hele mooie outfit, zachtroze is altijd fijn!
Ik vind het fijn om steeds dingen over muziek te lezen :)
X - March 8, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Lexie, Little Boat said...
i saw ben folds and sufjan stevens (separately) in concert in high school and they were both great! i do like it when artists integrate old material with new album stuff, too.
i looove your pink dress! it looks so ballerina-esque! - March 8, 2011 at 10:24 PM
- K said...
That blouse is really versatile! Cute collar.
K xx - March 8, 2011 at 10:59 PM
- Krissy ~ said...
such a cute outfit, loving the pastel pink colours of this outfit!
- March 8, 2011 at 11:13 PM
- Eugénie Baby said...
So inspirating...how to wear light dress before spring!!!And the Peter Pan touch look so pretty with it!
Your style is really really chic!Love it!
http://www.inblogwitheugeniebaby.blogspot.com/ - March 8, 2011 at 11:37 PM
- sophie said...
oh dit is zooo mooi!
echt prachtig.
http://blondfreckledgirl.blogspot.com/ - March 8, 2011 at 11:49 PM
- wardrobeexperience said...
adorable colours in this outfit.
http://wardrobexperience.blogspot.com - March 8, 2011 at 11:57 PM
- Gisèle Kitagawa said...
so cute!
http://bamgin.blogspot.com/ - March 9, 2011 at 12:09 AM
- Natalie Suarez said...
u r so awesome! i love the blushing pink colors with those sunnies. so stylish! :)
natalieoffduty.blogspot.com - March 9, 2011 at 12:59 AM
- Leigh said...
love your look! you sweater is amazing and the skirt is just darling! love the colors :)
thelibertybelleblog.blogspot.com - March 9, 2011 at 1:41 AM
- Yesterday's Sweetheart said...
I love the combination!
- March 9, 2011 at 4:32 AM
- AnnaBananaCupcake said...
Love your pretty pink nude colors paired back to the black. Love it!
XOXO - March 9, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Yasmine said...
Such a lovely dress! Great look!!
http://www.littlepinkdresss.blogspot.com/ - March 9, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- Jooz. said...
I absolutely love this outfit! (:
Hij is zo geweldig. Ik ben echt gek op jouw stijl! - March 9, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Nikki said...
haha, now I finally know where the dress came from! i have been at river island here in antwerp today but didn't see it. i absolutely love it! x
- March 9, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- Meri. said...
I love this Laura! :)
- March 9, 2011 at 12:18 PM
- Gabby / Gypsy*Diaries said...
HaHa fun post! I actually dont know who Ben Folds is... gotta check him out!
P.S: Today is my blog's Bday!!! :) I'll be hosting a giveaway which (I know for a fact :) will blow your mind!!! :D - March 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- The Petite Blogger said...
simple and nice!!!!! love ur blog! ure really stylish fashionista!
xoxo jenna
http://thepetiteblog.blogspot.com - March 9, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Edelweiss said...
love your pink outfit!!!
do you like my photos???please, see them! - March 9, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- agata said...
so lovely! love the powder pink shades.
- March 9, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- Stef / Diversions said...
I'd like to raid your closet. Pretty please? You look amazing as per usual :)
- March 9, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- EevvaStyle said...
so sweet!
- March 9, 2011 at 7:26 PM
- Fashiable said...
Super mooie outfit, ik vind de kleuren erg mooi!
- March 9, 2011 at 8:40 PM
- Deanna said...
You look amazing, and i love your sense of style.
- March 10, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- costra y ampolla said...
this is cute, love the oversized tee!
- March 10, 2011 at 3:21 AM
- goodbadnfab said...
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Please check out my blog when you get a chance.
a fashion lawyer by day, fashion police by night...I play at red carpet events, shop all over town, and live life in the fab lane in LA! - March 10, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- Jessica said...
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- March 10, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- naughtymess said...
wow i LOVE this outfit. amazing look. peter pan collars for the win!
chloe - March 10, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Signorina Christina said...
love your sunnies!!And hard rock cafe too! :P
SignorinaTina - March 10, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- Breshna S. said...
vind de roze pastel echt super & leuk gecombineerd met de kraag :)
www.littlefashionnotes.blogspot.com - March 11, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- lindsay fisher-collie said...
aww i love it that you and your brother share similar tastes in music. i love going to concerts with my bro.
- March 12, 2011 at 3:27 AM
- SoOhCliché said...
This outfit is adorable, both in terms of styling and color wise. I especially like the blouse !!
- March 12, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- Teresa said...
Loving that sweat and blouse combo! The whole outfit is just so pretty! I love pale pink. :)
♥ Teresa ♥
- Pretty Dandy - - March 14, 2011 at 1:56 AM
- softspoken said...
this is just so pretty! i love how your white sunnies match your peter pan collar <3 xoxoxox
- March 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM
- Emila said...
Awww...it is just pretty! I've seen this post on teen vouge and i've fallen in love with this outfit!
- April 14, 2011 at 5:46 PM


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Olympic Notebook: Ted Ligety's rise, Sarah Hendrickson's comeback
With 100 days to go before the start of the Sochi Olympics, U.S. athletes in several sports converged in New York's Times Square on Tuesday, turning the bustling thoroughfare into a haven of hockey, snowboarding and even ski jumping. Here are notes from some of the countries once and future Olympians as they head into the home stretch:
• Ted Ligety knows the expectations are higher now. The top U.S. alpine skier won the Olympic combined title in 2006, the world championship in giant slalom in 2011 and four world cup season titles in giant slalom in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013. But after a career-defining meet at the worlds in Schladming, Austria, where he won three gold medals and dominated the competition last winter, Ligety became a popular conversation subject. In Schladming, he conquered his specialty, the GS, but also won the combined and Super-G events. Ligety proved he could win a world-class speed race as well as the technically demanding, quicker turning GS. It was a breakthrough for Ligety, who had reached the podium 30 times in world cup giant slalom races, winning 17 of them.
He became the first man to win three races at a world championship or Olympics since Jean-Claude Killy, the legendary Frenchman, took all three events in front of his home crowd in Grenoble in 1968. The sport has since changed significantly. Two of the five events -- the Super G and the combined -- did not exist then. A comparison to Killy's accomplishments in what is now an age specialization is more than he ever imagined. "I know that there is a target on my back now," Ligety says, "and I'm okay with that. But I don't want to compete against the past. I have enough challenge trying to get better every day and compete against my own."
Ligety has raced and trained on the Sochi courses before. In his eyes, the slalom course is the most technically challenging, while the Super G is more predictable and less demanding. He calls the course for GS "moderate, similar to Beaver Creek with long flat sections. It lasts a minute and 40 seconds, which is maybe 20 seconds longer than a lot of courses, so stamina and concentration are important factors."
• Ski jumping ace Sarah Hendrickson is fighting against the clock. Hendrickson said on Tuesday that she still hoped to compete in Sochi despite an expedited comeback from complicated knee surgery two months ago. The 19-year old from Utah, the reigning world champion, was favored to strike gold as women ski jumpers make their debut at the Sochi Games. Then she tore both the ACL and MCL in her right knee after a training jump in Oberstdorf, Germany on Aug. 21. Though she expects to remain off skis for another eight weeks, Hendrickson has been putting in 35-hour gym weeks at the U.S. Ski Team's High Performance Center in Park City. She marked it a positive step four days ago when she said she "forgot which knee had surgery during an exercise."
• Even these days, five years after radical eye surgery, bobsled driver Steven Holcomb has to strike a balance between good vision and too much good vision. For years, Holcomb drove his sleds mostly by feel as a worsening case of keratoconus was slowly destroying his eyesight. Before the 2008-09 season, Holcomb underwent a radical corrective surgical procedure to help restore his deteriorating vision -- "I went from life in a fog to life in 3-D High Definition," he says -- but also caused him to react to every little passing image in front of him. In short, his driving got worse before it got better. Holcomb drove his four-man sled to gold at the Vancouver Games and took both two and four-man sleds to gold at the World Championships in Lake Placid two years ago. These days Holcomb has a trick when he drives. He keeps the shield in front of his face nice and spotty. "I make sure to keep it dirty and messed up," he says. "I don't want to see too much. I don't want too much information."
• Kikkan Randall has a chance to make history in Sochi. With the team's breakthrough in the Nordic combined event in Vancouver four years ago, cross-country skiing remains a rare sport in which no U.S. athlete has won an Olympic gold medal, and not a medal of any color since Bill Koch's silver in 1976. But at 31, Randall knows she has been building to something special. An Olympic gold medal in the sprint in Sochi is within reach. She made her first of three Olympic teams in 2002 and she became the first U.S. woman to win a world cup event in cross-country skiing in 2007. In 2009, she won silver in the individual sprint at the world championships and, last season, struck gold in the team sprint at the world championships with rising star Jesse Diggins, when she also finished first in the cumulative world cup sprint event. Her aunt and uncle, Betsy and Chris Haines were both Olympians in cross-country at separate Olympics. She was made for this.
While many of her fellow prospective Olympians were in New York this week, Randall was stuck in a windstorm on an Alaskan glacier where she was training and loving it. "It's fantastic training for Sochi because our cross-country venue is on the top of the gondola, " she said. "Up here in Alaska with the variable weather conditions, it gets us well prepared for the Olympics." The glacier stands at 5,500 feet, an comparable altitude to Sochi's. The humidity swings off an arm of Cook Inlet, around Anchorage. Most would find it deplorable or at least annoying. "I love it," Randall says. "You get the same weather patterns you'd get there coming off the water coming around the mountains, dumping precipitations . . .
"It still makes me feel like a kid on Christmas. I remember being at my first Olympics in Salt Lake City, so excited to be representing team USA and dreaming about the skier I want to become [The passing time] feels like the blink of an eye."

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Turnover of Antigen Specific Lymphocytes After Immunization With the Yellow Fever Vaccine
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The yellow fever vaccine is a live, attenuated virus that results in a robust immune response, especially in the T cell compartment. We have been studying immune responses to live viral infections using the yellow fever vaccine as a model for a live viral infection. In this study, we are interested in looking at the processing and lifespan of yellow fever specific CD8 T cells.
We plan to accomplish this by measuring DNA replication and cell proliferation in humans using a naturally occurring stable isotope called deuterium (D20). This technique has been used to track the turnover of a number of human cell types in vivo. We plan to use D20 labeling to track YFV specific CD8+ T cells in human vaccinees who are positive for a specific HLA type, HLA A202.
Deuterium labeled water (D2O), also known as heavy water is physically and chemically very similar to ordinary drinking water. In water, two hydrogen atoms bond to an oxygen and create H20. However in deuterated water, deuterium atoms replace the hydrogen atoms. Deuterium is a form of hydrogen that has an extra neutron. This neutron gives the atom extra weight, hence the name "heavy water." This extra weight can be detected in the lab with very sensitive instruments. Scientists have been using heavy water as a tracer to gain a better understanding of animal and human metabolic rates. Deuterium is in fact already in the water we drink daily. It is not radioactive, and it occurs naturally at a concentration of about 1 part per 5,000. Researchers have used heavy water since 1934 as a safe and effective tool in clinical trials.
Condition | Intervention |
Yellow Fever |
Biological: Yellow fever vaccine Biological: Yellow fever vaccine and D20 water |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Basic Science |
Official Title: | Turnover of Antigen Specific Lymphocytes After Immunization With the 17D Yellow Fever Vaccine |
- To evaluate the life span and decay curve of effector CD8 T cells after immunization with 17D yellow fever vaccine [ Time Frame: CD8 T cells will be measured on days 14, 21 and at weeks 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 and 52 after vaccination ]The life span and decay curve of yellow specific effector CD8 T cells will be detected by deuterium labeling
- To evaluate the rate of homeostatic turnover of memory CD8 T cells after immunization with 17D yellow fever vaccine [ Time Frame: CD8 T cells will be measured on days 14, 28, weeks 8,9,,10,11,12, 24, 25, 26, 27 , 28 after vaccination ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 40 |
Study Start Date: | February 2011 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | January 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | January 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Group 1
In group 1, participants will receive the Yellow fever vaccine and will be asked to drink deuterium labeled water for 2 weeks. They will undergo phlebotomy on days 0, 14, 21, weeks 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 and 52.
Biological: Yellow fever vaccine
Group 1: All participants will receive the yellow fever vaccine and will be asked to drink deuterium labeled water and will undergo serial blood draws over 1 year.
Other Name: YF-VAX
Experimental: Group 2
All participants in Group 2 will receive the yellow fever vaccine and will drink deuterium labeled for 3 weeks and will undergo serial phlebotomy for upto 7 months.
Biological: Yellow fever vaccine and D20 water
Eligible participants will receive the yellow fever vaccine and will drink D20 water
Other Name: YF-VAX
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 45 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Able to understand and give informed consent
- Age 18-45 years
- Participants agree not to take any live vaccines 30 days before or after (14 days for inactivated) yellow fever vaccination
- Women of child bearing potential must agree to use effective birth control for at least 2 months after yellow fever vaccination. A negative urine pregnancy test must be documented prior to vaccination and prior to the initiation of drinking deuterium labeled water.
- Must be positive for the HLA A202 allele
Exclusion Criteria:
- Travel to or having lived in a country/area which is endemic for yellow fever
- History of previous yellow fever, West Nile, Dengue, St. Louis encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis vaccination or infection
- Any history of allergy to eggs, chicken or gelatin or to any previous vaccine
- A history of a medical condition resulting in impaired immunity (such as HIV infection, cancer, particularly leukemia, lymphoma, use of immunosuppressive or antineoplastic drugs or X-ray treatment). Persons with previous skin cancers or cured non-lymphatic tumors are not excluded from the study.
- History of HIV infection, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection
- History of any chronic medical conditions that are considered progressive (ex, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, liver disease, kidney disease, gastrointestinal diseases and uncontrolled hypertension). Use of systemic immunosuppressive medications (ex, prednisone) for 2 weeks or more in the past 3 months
- History of excessive alcohol consumption, drug abuse, psychiatric conditions, social conditions or occupational conditions that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude compliance with the trial
- Thymus gland problems (such as myasthenia gravis, DiGeorge syndrome, thymoma) or removal of thymus gland or history of autoimmune disorder.
- Recipient of a blood products or immune globulin product within 42 days of the vaccination visit
- Pregnant women and nursing mothers or women who are planning to become pregnant within 2 months after receiving the yellow fever vaccination.
- Any condition in the opinion of the investigator that would interfere with the proper conduct of the trial
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01290055
Contact: Eileen Osinski | 404-727-8435 | email@example.com | |
Contact: Shashi Nagar | 404-712-1407 | email@example.com |
United States, Georgia | |
The Hope clinic of Emory Vaccine Center | Recruiting |
Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30030 | |
Contact: Eileen Osinski 404-727-8435 email@example.com |
Principal Investigator: | Srilatha Edupuganti, MD | Emory University |
Responsible Party: | Sri Edupuganti, MD MPH, Assistant Prfessor, Emory University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01290055 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IRB00046406 YFV heavy water study ( Other Identifier: Other ) |
Study First Received: | February 3, 2011 |
Last Updated: | August 16, 2016 |
Keywords provided by Emory University:
yellow fever vaccine memory T cells |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fever Yellow Fever Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral Body Temperature Changes Signs and Symptoms Arbovirus Infections Virus Diseases |
Flavivirus Infections Flaviviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Vaccines Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 23, 2017


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Actually, I'm talking about drafting corner bats (especially corner OFs) because of an obvious gaping hole throughout the entire system. There is no one in the minors to step up now and (with the possible exception of Lutz and Waldrop), there is not going to be anyone to step up two or three years from now if they don't start investing some premium picks on decent OF bats with power potential.
I'm not under the delusion that drafting one bat now is going to insure a major league OF three years from now - there is a high failure rate. Which is why it mystifies me how this organization could go so many drafts without really addressing such a crucial area. Utility infielders have their place, but there isn't any excuse for not using at least one top 10 draft pick every season on a high-ceiling OF bat. Do that five years in a row and your chances of landing someone that sticks. What's the downside? You end up with one power-hitting OF and four strong trading chips?


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The Routt County Republican Party's barbecue pig roast luncheon for senior citizens is at noon Oct. 8 at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. The luncheon is not Oct.1 as originally planned. Call party chairman Jack Taylor at 970-879-1880 or Chuck McConnell at 970-846-3465.
Soup Bowl Supper tickets are on sale for Wednesday
Tickets for the Soup Bowl Supper on Wednesday are on sale at All That Jazz. Sponsored by the Steamboat Clay Artisans, the benefit will raise money for the Yampa River Botanic Park this year. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, if available. The event typically sells out in advance. Seatings are at 5:30 and 7 p.m. and include a handmade ceramic soup bowl, soup donated by local restaurants, bread, dessert and beverage.
The event will be held at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. For more information, call 970-846-9349.
Registration under way for Enrichment Club session
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Imagine a matchmaking site that shares your blood type, exact day and minute of birth, photos, annual income, details about relatives and even whether or not you are HIV positive.
In India, marriage sites list such details and more, including caste, which could raise some sensitivities given that the world's largest democracy bans caste-based discrimination.
For example, Shaadi.com, which means "marriage" in Hindi and which advertises itself as the world's largest matrimonial service, includes the following three buttons on its search feature: looking for bride or groom, age, then religion, language and community (akin to caste). An advanced search allows one to choose skin tone for a future beloved: fair, "wheatish" or dark.
Another notable feature of these sites: the person sharing all this intimate data is often not the prospective bride or groom. At Shaadi.com, for example, 30 percent of the 30 million listings come from siblings and parents, says company COO Gourav Rakshit.
"My sister is a simple girl and we are looking a good person for her next life. She is Youngest among our 7 brothers and sisters," a listing on Jeevansathi.com ("spouse" in Hindi) reads.
Proud mothers often post the details: "My son is an ECFMG certified doctor doing Residency in Internal Medicine in Cleveland, USA. Good looking, handsome, convent educated and have great respect and love for family," says another posting. "He wants to get married to a nice decent girl, who is caring, soft spoken & good at heart."
The problem with sharing so much personal information is that it is easy to reidentify people who may not otherwise want the whole world to know their weight, birth date and all sorts of personal preferences, let alone HIV status. Jeevansathi.com says it has more than six million marriage profiles, with 146 listed as HIV positive, although it is not clear if some have mixed up what positive and negative means in that context.
"At the time of creation of their profile, they can choose to not disclose what they are uncomfortable in disclosing," says Sumeet Singh, senior vice president in charge of marketing at Info Edge, the marriage site's parent company.
In previous articles here and here I have noted how easy it is to re-identify people based on birth date, ZIP code and gender.
As a test of how easy it would be to locate someone based on a photo and profile without name, I chose the profile of an attractive 27-year-old woman from near Mumbai who attended university in Florida. I entered one of her photos into image search and found another place where that exact image listed her name. Then I found her page giving her exact professional details. With that it was easy to find her contact information. She did not write back when asked for comment.
Singh said in at least one case, someone used photographs from an Indian marriage site to create fake ID cards before committing a terrorist act.
Of course vulnerabilities exist for dating sites anywhere. But some Indian sites do not even require creating a profile before accessing details about others.
The Indian sites also pose a special privacy problem because it is often a well-meaning relative or friend posting the information. The listed person can later remove the listing, but data spilled onto the Internet is not easily put back into the bottle.
"Shaadi.com also allows members to submit public and private information on behalf of others - child/ward, sibling or friend," the site's privacy policy reads. "If such child/ward, sibling or friend does not wish this information to be displayed, she/he has the option to request removal of such information after providing the necessary evidence that the information pertains to her/him."


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ARLINGTON – Three professors from The University of Texas System institutions have been honored with the 2010 Chancellor's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards.
The winners, among 22 nominees from 12 UT System institutions vying for this year's awards, were recognized in Arlington during a special ceremony March 16.
UT System Regent James D. Dannenbaum and Keith McDowell, Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer, presented the awards to the professors in a special ceremony. The 2010 Chancellor's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award winners are:
"These outstanding faculty members have earned the gratitude of thousands of patients who have benefitted from their innovative research and our admiration for the honor and recognition they bring to the UT System," Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., said. "We are very proud of their work and the remarkable improvements these advances have made to patient care."
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It was cool to see a legitimate singer win American Idol. But it rather sucks that the music industry isn't taking a hint from that, but appear to be running him through the same tired Britneyzation formula that they did with the other winners and runners-up.


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Wednesday's Food Court column is all about service slip-ups in restaurants, and how utterly annoying they can be.
What annoys you in restaurants?
Is it when you're asked, "Is everything delicious?"?
Is it when your plate is cleared before your companions?
Is it when your server says "Excellent choice" after you've placed your order?
And while we're at it, what annoys you the most about your fellow diner's behavior to service people?
Does it make you cringe when your companion asks for every ingredient in a dish?
Or when your companion berates the server unnecessarily?
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February 15th, 2010, 07:33 PM | #1 |
Super ranger?
I picked up this 86 super ranger a couple months ago. its in great shape and the motor runs fine after a head job and the intermediate shaft replaced. but I dont know much else about what makes it a super ranger. other than some different parts here and there. so any info about it would be great. thanks
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February 15th, 2010, 07:50 PM | #6 |
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If its an STX it may have the high rider package. Pretty much a 2 inch budget lift from Ford. I have never heard of or seen any documentation on a "Super Ranger."
February 15th, 2010, 08:06 PM | #7 |
as far as I know its not the stx model. and I as well havent seen any documents showing a super ranger package. but advanced auto parts and sky jacker both have a listing for super ranger.
February 15th, 2010, 08:27 PM | #10 |
Ranger Addiction?
Dealer special? Seems odd that they would have made enough and differently enough to have an actual different model parts listing.
I have never heard of a "Super Ranger" before. I'm guessing it does say super Ranger on it somewhere? or on the title, other documentation etc.? Or did the P.O. just throw a cape on it and say it was Super? Do you know what parts it had different? I'm leaning towards an STX/Highrider option under a different name... The only thing I know is listed as having "Super" in the name is the Super-Cab trucks. Me thinks he may have misinformed you? Last edited by Captain Ledd; February 15th, 2010 at 08:30 PM. |
February 15th, 2010, 08:35 PM | #12 |
I dont have any thing that says that its a super ranger. but the guy that was doing the work for me was having trouble finding some engine parts and called up to advanced. they looked under super ranger and found the parts. theres actually stuff out there for super rangers. I just want to know if you guys can shed any light on the subject. i guess not other than people think that i dont know the difference between a single cab and an extended cab is.
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February 15th, 2010, 08:46 PM | #13 | |
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Martin: I was referring not that you couldn't tell the difference, but that you may have been misinformed that it was a Super Ranger. Ranger parts are insanely easy to interchange. Hell, the spare tire carrier on a brand new right off the lot 2010 Ranger is the exact same one used on the first 1983 model. I'm willing to bet those parts were in fact under a regular Ranger, and there was just a glitch in the parts software and they couldn't see them. They ended up finding them under the "Super Ranger" which in all probability, is the extended cab model. The 302 in my Ranger, I watched it be pulled out of an 82(?) T-bird, apparently those never came with a 302. The casting number said it came out of a 1980 Galaxy, and I actually got parts for it ONE TIME, it had a listing! ever since then, there hasn't been any 1980 Galaxies listed, and I found out they didnt make them in 1980. So I have no idea what happened there. Ended up being out of a boat |
February 15th, 2010, 08:56 PM | #14 |
ok thanks. I see what your saying and under stand about the weired shit that ford has done in the past and present. and have found some of the same mistakes. mabey there is such a thing as a super ranger that had some differences but they were so small no one cared. and thats why no one knows any thing about it now but your most likely right, thanks
February 15th, 2010, 11:28 PM | #15 |
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I used to work at a Ford dealer, that built dually Rangers they badged as the "Li'l Bro" (was long before I started working there)...if you do actually have something that is called a Super Ranger, I would bet it is something similar to this, a dealer-optioned package
as others have said, the parts listing could be just a glitch, that happens all the time...and the only thing I know of from Ford would be the super cab, which you said you dont have although, Wikipedia does show |
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The question is not whether trafficking exists, but how it is being used to raid and arrest sex workers ("Make no mistake: sex trafficking is real", Comment, 29 October). Even the police do not dispute the findings reported as "Inquiry fails to find single trafficker who forced anybody into prostitution".
We who insist that a distinction be made between trafficking (coercion and rape) and prostitution (consenting sexual services) are charged with siding with pimps and clients against women. How about that for "nasty personal tone"?
Yet no one is more concerned with women's safety than we are. We campaign for decriminalisation so women don't have to work alone (it is illegal for two or more women to work together) and can report violence without fear of arrest or persecution. After the Ipswich tragedy we formed the Safety First Coalition. Distinguished members such as the Royal College of Nursing and the anti-poverty Zacchaeus 2000 Trust agree prostitution must be decriminalised. But our voices are ignored in favour of Home Office-funded projects which claim the politicians know what's best for us.
From India to South Africa and Argentina to the US, sex worker organisations are demanding decriminalisation. We do not glamorise prostitution; neither do we demonise it. Unwaged and low-waged work are the reality of most women worldwide, and prostitution is a job that enables millions to feed our children and pay the rent.
We say, "Criminalise poverty, not prostitutes". Where are anti-prostitution feminists when immigration laws and welfare reform threaten single mothers with destitution, a sure way to increase prostitution? It is more convenient, and more fundable, to blame individual men.
Cari Mitchell
English Collective of Prostitutes,
London NW5
Nutt is right and Labour is wrong
The sacking of David Nutt is clearly wrong. The science is on his side. But there is a deeper political agenda here which exposes the populism of the Labour Party leadership.
In my opinion, cannabis is very unlikely to cause schizophrenia. After 35 years as a psychiatrist, I cannot recall seeing many cases of so-called cannabis-induced schizophrenia where there has not been a family history of schizophrenia.
Professor Robin Murray published one of several family studies showing that cannabis-induced psychosis is indeed associated with a positive family history of schizophrenia.
One draws the conclusion that schizophrenia, or the early effects of schizophrenia before it becomes clinically diagnosable, is causing the cannabis smoking rather than the other way round.
For some reason, Professor Murray ignores his own family study and those of other researchers which support the fact that schizophrenia and "cannabis psychosis" is indeed familial and genetic rather than caused by cannabis.
The deeper malaise is the need for the Labour Party leaders to portray themselves as the great protectors of the British people so they can win votes. These leaders have convinced themselves that by creating a moral panic about cannabis, ecstasy, crime, anti-social behaviour etc. they will be seen as our saviours.
The reality about cannabis is more complex, as David Nutt has so carefully explained. The same is true about crime and anti-social behaviour where the Labour Party pretends that parents are to blame, so they need punishment as much as their children. It is sad to see the Labour leaders behaving like this so wilfully. It is no surprise that people think they are time-expired as politicians. Only the Liberal Democrats have it right on cannabis.
Hugh Gurling
Professor of Molecular Psychiatry, European Editor PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS, University College London Medical School W1
In February, Professor David Nutt was asked to apologise for standing by the evidence his experts were asked to gather. He has now been sacked for saying LSD and Ecstasy are relatively less dangerous than alcohol.
The government's statistics indicate there were 187,000 admissions with either a primary or secondary diagnosis specifically related to alcohol in 2005-06 (compared to 89,280 in 1995-96). The government's own estimate suggests alcohol misuse costs the NHS up to£2.5bn per annum. Conversely, the drug (non-alcoholic) misuse statistics show hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of a drug-related mental health and behavioural disorder have decreased, while admissions with a primary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs have increased.
The number of drug-related deaths shows no overall trend and it is estimated (2003-04) that NHS use due to drug misuse, by problem Class A drug users, costs £488m per year.
Excessive risk-aversion is emerging as a national trait, while our ability to assess comparative risk and produce a proportionate response seems to be diminishing. This aversion is exacerbated by the refusal of policy-makers to countenance evidence and provide leadership in formulating public policy based on best available scientific evidence.
Professor Nutt made a prescient point in his lecture that resulted in his sacking. After providing some measure of "drug harm ranking", he stated that "without such reference points, the debate about relative drug harms becomes isolated and arbitrary, more akin to a 'religious' discussion". At least on this specific point he has been proven right.
Dr Aamir Ahmed
London N12
So the government has sacked Professor David Nutt. Well, what a surprise. This is the same government that rejected recommendations that formal education should begin at the age of six, rejected UN advice not to return refugees to Iraq and Afghanistan and rejected advice from its expert advisers on the treatment of swine flu.
Clearly, we have government that knows it knows everything, and knows that the rest of us know nothing; but we shall not have this government for much longer.
Soon it will be replaced by another government, equally certain of its omnipotence. Some things in politics are certain.
Stanley Knill
London N15
The sacking of Professor David Nutt is a disgraceful act of political bullying. It is, of course, common for the views of experts to be ignored when they are at variance with government opinion, but too often recently the purveyors of such views have also been subject to unpleasant and personal attack.
If we are to have public policy based on fact and evidence, rather than ministerial ignorance and ideology, the political class must stop scapegoating experts and start listening to the requested advice.
It behoves all of us to stand up to this bullying and intimidation by asking the Prime Minister to rescind Professor Nutt's sacking.
Dr Miles D Witham
West Drums, By Brechin, Angus
Bank bonuses are for spending
Bob Armstrong (letters, 28 October) claims that bonuses, and presumably other cases of extravagant "remuneration", may be unfair but are appropriate because they make the economy move. I beg to differ. Money earned is always spent, one way or another. The differences are in how it is spent and by whom.
If, for example, the ostentatiously rich no longer had the money to spend on huge yachts, many other people would have it instead to spend on, say, many more sailing boats, as well as the necessities of life.
Were it not for the self-centred spending of the exorbitantly rich and the aspiring rich, more talent would go where it is really needed, for example into research in areas such as cancer and environmentally sustainable growth.
Dr Nicholas Deliyanakis
Why is every one so against bankers being given exorbitant bonuses? Banks are not lending money, so this is the only way that money will be placed into circulation. The only condition on the payment of bonuses I would introduce is that they have to be spent within three months in the UK.
John Trapp
No Seychelles 'deal' with pirates
Your article "Is Seychelles turning a blind eye to pirates?" (28 October) is misleading. The Seychelles government rejects allegations that "the islands have also become popular with pirates". Seychelles has 1.4m sq km of ocean as part of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and 115 islands. The immediate Seychelles territorial waters are safe, and there have been no pirate attacks within this area. But the Seychelles' EEZ has been threatened by piracy on numerous occasions; it covers a vast expanse of water.
The government has not made any "deals with the pirates which would allow them to operate as long as they do not affect the interests of the Seychelles". The frequency of attacks have had a direct economic impact on the Seychelles economy, with a 30 per cent reduction in port activity. Piracy is a direct threat to the wellbeing and sovereignty of the Seychelles government, a committed partner in the fight against piracy in the region.
The release of 11 suspected pirates the article refers to was due to lack of evidence. Many nations have released suspected pirates at sea due to lack of evidence. In the Seychelles' repatriation of 23 pirates in September, their release was also due to lack of evidence. They had to be deported by a special flight to Somalia (no scheduled flights exist). No "understanding" was reached with the pirates. Kenya and the Republic of Seychelles are the only countries to have tried to prosecute pirates.
Since February, President James Michel has been developing military co-operation with international partners to create a surveillance hub for international forces in Seychelles. The Republic has pursued anti-piracy operations in active co-operation with Nato, the EU, Russian, Chinese, and US naval forces in the region.
Jean-Paul Adam
Secretary of State, Mahé, Republic of Seychelles
What about their right to return?
Two American writers berate the Arab nations for their unwillingness to absorb Palestinian refugees into full citizenship (letters, 31 October). Many of these people in refugee camps are there because of the terror waged by Israelis in 1948.
It is typical of Israeli public relations to seek to turn attention to humanitarian problems in someone else's country, when the refugee problems were caused by the savagery that attended the creation of Israel.
Are we to assume that the right of return for Palestinians is no longer to be considered?
Frank Campbell
Remember Louis?
"Mr Chirac now becomes the first former head of state in French history to be put on trial" (Genevieve Roberts, 31 October). Why does she discount Louis XVI?
Ivor Samuels
London SW17
Not obvious at all
You say, "Blair is the obvious choice for president" (Steve Richards, 30 October). I would agree with him if I thought that George W Bush is the obvious choice for the next secretary-general of the United Nations, or that Slobodan Milosevic is the obvious choice to fill the next vacancy in the judiciary of the International Criminal Court.
Jim McCluskey
Twickenham, Middlesex
Singled out
Thinking about competition and equal rights, how about your paper being the first to offer a single holiday for someone? I enjoy travelling on my own but look in vain for any competition I could enter.
P Francis
Norwich, Norfolk
Count me out
Let me clear up one misunderstanding for Tim Bonner (letters, 31 October). My long-standing opposition to hunting and coursing is not, and never has been, "driven by class politics and prejudice". I simply disapprove of human beings inflicting such gratuitous cruelty on wild animals.
Stephen Roberts
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Play on Pope
A variation of the Thought of the Day by Alexander Pope (30 October) is, "Some people will never understand anything because they learn everything". Learn here is in the sense to commit to memory.
Kartar Uppal
West Bromwich, West Midlands
Trust in the census
You say the value of the census is dependent on public support and trust (leading article, 26 October). The census process will be run by Lockheed Martin, the world's largest arms firm. Those expected to provide increased family details on immigration and ethnicity are also the least likely to trust a US arms manufacturer.
Richard Drake
Bottom line
The increasing reliance, by your cartoonist, Dave Brown, on excretory imagery is to be deplored.
Alun Williams
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey
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Chris Pandolfi doesn't need to focus too much attention on tuning his banjo. We're talking backstage at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, and as he cleans strings and plucks chords, he never stops the flow of conversation, never gives a glance to the beautiful, well-loved instrument in his lap. The bluegrass licks that subtly interrupt us seem to issue from somewhere else, because to look at Pandolfi's face you could never tell he was playing them. Perhaps that's because Pandolfi is a thirteen-year veteran of his instrument, but it's also probably because tuning up for big festival shows has become increasingly de rigeur for him in recent years.
Pandolfi makes up one-sixth of the rollicking bluegrass ensemble The Infamous Stringdusters, a group that has been on a steady uphill climb since being named 2007's Emerging Artist of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (their first album, Fork in the Road, also snagged top honors that year for best song and album). This summer, the band has done its time on the festival circuit, playing in Telluride, Grand Targhee, and most recently, performing with established rock stars of the Yonder Mountain String Band at Red Rocks. You might think a rise to the top would distract the band from its musical foundations, but as far as Pandolfi is concerned, nothing could be less true.
"You get experience on the job you can't get any other way," he said. "And it's real, it's easy, it's all going in the direction of saying, 'This is who we really are.' We want to arrive on that big stage doing what we do most naturally."
Fortunately for us in the audience, what the Infamous Stringdusters do most naturally is put on a virtuosic performance grounded in what Pandolfi calls "the Nashville pedigree," but loaded with a healthy dose of rock and jazz fusion. Most of the songs had lyrics, but they served mainly as punctuation marks between fearless solos by former Dolly Parton sideman Andy Hall on the dobro, Andy Falco on acoustic guitar, and the rest of the finger-pickin', fiddle-sawin' crew.
The result is a progressive take on bluegrass that sets the Stringdusters apart from their contemporaries, and the audience at Outside Lands was all ears. Even at the end of the festival's third day, folks found the energy to turn what could have been a small show into a foot-stomping hootenanny, complete with an enormous, prodigiously hairy man wearing nothing but a pair of dirty overalls who looked like he'd walked to Golden Gate Park straight from the Appalachians. "We have a link to the original bluegrass," Pandolfi said. "Now our job as artists is to evolve that in whatever way. Some people want to just be a throwback, the art of imitation, the art of preservation, but honestly the music that inspired us originally just has nothing to do with that."
Pandolfi first picked up banjo at the age of 18 after listening to Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and came to bluegrass music through his study of the instrument. Though the only bluegrass album he listens to regularly is Jerry Garcia and mandolinist David Grisman's classic collaboration Shady Grove, he's drawn to the genre's organic, raw sound that "other types of music just don't have."
"It's a natural thing, it's metal and wood, and there's something cool about that," he said.
At an International Bluegrass Music Association meetup five years ago, Pandolfi found a group of fellow musicians who felt the same way, and the Stringdusters were born. Since then, he said, the band's primary goal has been to share their music with as many people as possible, and to keep pushing the size of the stages they play. And while that's sometimes been an exercise in patience, there's no sign the band plans to take the tempo down anytime soon: "When you're a band you can see the next year and then you can sorta dream over the next five years, but anything beyond that is really hard to predict, because in this business what we're all shooting for is that quick ride, you know, some real notoriety."
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On any distorted patch out of my HD500, I hear a sort of secondary distortion on top of the tone. It could be described as a digital clipping sound. I thought it was subtle at first, now I can't un-hear it. It's on any patch where there's distortion, whether it's an effect before or after the amp, or just an amp with the drive up enough to get some crunch.
It's not the guitar, input levels, output, etc - my trouble-shooting has been very thorough. I thought maybe there was something wrong with my unit, but today I went and tested a second HD500 fresh out of the box and it sounded exactly the same.
Line6 support has reviewed this sound clip and says they think this tone sounds good, that the sounds I'm hearing are an intentional part of the modelling. Forgive the lackluster playing: https://soundcloud.c...nted-distortion
I found this video as well, and I hear the same "digital clipping" distortion on his tone between 0:10 and 1:00: http://www.youtube.c...M2tP2w0s3Y#t=10
So, I'm wondering what you think of this tone. Does it sound fine to you? Do you hear the second level of distortion I'm referring to? Do you hear this on your own unit?
Thanks in advance for your input!


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By Adriana Rivera | 01/09/2012 - 11:16
Fernanda Andrade, the Brazilian star of the new horror film The Devil Inside can celebrate her film's record-breaking opening weekend box office revenue at $34.5 million! The film was made for only $1 million, which makes this film the biggest opening of all time during early January, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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By Amaris Castillo | 10/28/2011 - 18:00
Halloween is coming up so this week on What to Watch, we wanted to give ourselves a good scare by focusing on the best Spanish-language horror films. We won't be able to sleep this weekend and the same may apply to you once you read this.
We've got everything from creepy children to a thesis gone horribly wrong...read on if you dare!
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By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 05/03/2010 - 13:27
You know a movie remake you are watching is not quite working when you keep thinking about the original. And that's what happens watching producer Michael Bay's reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street. There are some changes, but barely any surprises in the by-the-book film, which you can see coming from so far away you find yourself saying "Boo!" seconds before Freddy does.
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Weekly Prizes for Adults
The Barbara Bush Branch Library is hosting a Science Saturday Series for adults this summer. Each Saturday programs will be held on various topics. One week you can practice 3D design. The next week you could be making your very own laundry soap.
Not only that, but there will be a door prize given away each Saturday as well. That's right. Those who attend a program will be entered to win a $20 gift card for a local bookstore. We'll draw the name at the end of the presentation and one lucky winner will walk away with the gift card right then and there. How cool is that?


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Injuries take heavy toll on Packers
Cincinnati — Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has not been fired up in any way about his team's bye coming in Week 4, but he might want to reconsider what it means to have a week of rest right now.
Following a trend in two of the last three seasons, the Packers are fighting an epidemic of injuries, several of which cost them dearly in their 34-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
The Packers came into the game missing two starters — safety Morgan Burnett (hamstring) and running back Eddie Lacy (concussion) — and a key backup — cornerback Casey Hayward (hamstring) — and ended up losing two starters and a key backup during the game.
Tight end Jermichael Finley left the game in the first quarter after suffering a scary hit to his head from safety George Iloka; linebacker Clay Matthews left in the second quarter after pulling a hamstring muscle; and running back James Starks left just before halftime with a knee sprain.
Finley's absence could have played a part in the lousy day the passing offense had, especially given his hot start to the season. Matthews was definitely missed after forcing two fumbles, one of which safety M.D. Jennings returned for the Packers' first touchdown.
Starks, who had filled in for Lacy a week ago and gained 132 yards on the ground, had 55 when he went out with the knee sprain.
"I've never had the bye after the third week," McCarthy said. "I can't remember a bye this early. We'd all like to play next week. But the schedule is set. We have a process we'll stick to. We're 1-2. That's where we're at."
McCarthy said that while Lacy was listed at having a 50% chance of playing against the Bengals, he was not able to pass all the concussion tests needed to clear him. Despite knowing it Saturday and also that fullback John Kuhn (hamstring) would not play, McCarthy went into the game with just two backs.
It came back to bite him on the final series when he had to use receiver Jeremy Ross as a running back, although Ross mostly lined up in the slot. He was prepared to be a third-down protector if needed.
Finley's day appeared over the minute he tried to walk back to the sideline. He clearly was foggy and had to sit down before getting there. Anytime a concussion is suspected, it's all but certain the player won't return under the NFL's new head injury guidelines.
"It hurt me," fellow tight end Andrew Quarless said of seeing Finley get hit. "I don't ever want to see one of my brothers like that. He got up a little wobbly. I think it was definitely helmet-to-helmet. But the NFL, they'll figure that out."
Asked how he thought Finley seemed as time wore on, Quarless said OK.
"He didn't seem too concussed," he said. "I saw Lacy the other week and there was a big difference. Lacy was pretty concussed. J-Mike seemed pretty together."
Finley would have been featured in the game, McCarthy said. Quarless wound up with three catches for 21 yards and Ryan Taylor added two for 11.
Matthews left the game with a hamstring pull, which has been his trouble since joining the team in 2009. He has missed 16 games since his rookie season and sat out four with a left hamstring pull last year, the longest stretch of regular-season time he has missed in his career.
How badly Matthews pulled the muscle this time isn't known, but he'll have close to two weeks to heal before the Packers return to the field against Detroit on Oct. 6
With Matthews out, defensive coordinator Dom Capers used Mike Neal mostly to fill the void with rookie Andy Mulumba also receiving some snaps. Matthews had two tackles, a sack and the two forced fumbles before leaving.
The running back situation probably won't be as dire as it was at the end of the game, when Starks and rookie Johnathan Franklin (ankle) were both out. It's very likely Lacy will be ready to return after the bye and Franklin returned to the game for a couple of plays at the end and appeared to be OK afterward.
"We have a week off and we have to get some guys healthy," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "We have to get Morgan back, John if we can, Jermichael hopefully will be back. And James and Eddie, hopefully, they will be back.
"We have some injuries. We need to get guys back and see what we can do at full strength."


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That's y I go to wings and hoez
So I went to bcw the other day and went to go take a piss and they had a sign on the door that said that as of sep. 1st there will no more 2x Tuesday due to cost of chicken on the rise and shit, so does anyone know if only certain BCWs will do this or all of them lol
That's y I go to wings and hoez
Lethal Performance
NL Hoe 5.3 cam, stall, fbo...12.9 at 102 mph
La Mera Mera 6.0 cam, stall, fbo.....???? Tuned by KHP
thought u were talking about wings n more lol
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I always go
On Tuesday's and never eat wings lol.
No vale chile!
Hidden Content RECKLESS PERFORMANCE
Just a LSJUAN Tuned By DREW!
I know the Baytown one said that. Sucks man! Ha. Damn drought.
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I never go to bcw.. I hit up wings n more for thirsty Thursdays .95 draft beers not wings I go to wing stop for that.
me and a couple of HPT members had a meeting early today at wings and more and said anybody with a hpt shirt go on a tuesday its 4x2 tuesday so you order 5 wings they give you 20..
Wing stop>wings n more... wings n more taste gross imo
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interview: Dread Scott (part 1)
by Sky Pape
In this forum, political art has often been a topic of discussion. We decided to delve into the subject more deeply by interviewing the artist Dread Scott, who has dedicated himself to the challenge of making "revolutionary art to propel history forward.†He works in a variety of media, including photography, installation, sculpture, and screenprinting, and has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, as well as many galleries and museums around the country and internationally.
In 1989, an installation by Dread Scott, What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?, became the center of controversy over its use of the American flag. President Bush (the first) declared What is the Proper Way… "disgraceful,†and the entire U.S. Senate denounced the work when it passed legislation to "protect the flag.†As part of the popular effort to oppose moves to make patriotism compulsory, Dread Scott, along with three others, burned flags in protest on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, resulting in a Supreme Court case and a landmark decision.
Since then, he has made numerous media appearances, including on Oprah, The Today Show, and CBS This Morning, speaking about his work and the controversy surrounding it. He has been written about in The New York Times, Art In America, ArtNews, The Village Voice, Time, People, The London Guardian, and several other publications.
Artists Unite Issue would like to thank Dread Scott for taking the time to reflect on his work and ideas in response to Sky Pape's questions.
More information on Dread Scott and his work can be found on his website: www.dreadscott.net
(This is part 1 of a two-part interview.)
1. Visual art has its own language and concerns (both societal and self-reflective) and the same is true for socio-political activism. Where do the two intersect?
While I believe that art has its own language and one can make the same argument for social-political activism, I don't think that there is a "concern" of either art or of activism that is it's own purview, or that that no other realm has the capacity or freedom to explore those concerns. For me, the question with art, at least art that I feel is helpful to humanity, is whether it enables people to see and understand the world more deeply, and on that basis, help change it. Specifically, change it so that we move towards a world without exploitation or oppression. I don't mean that art should be utilitarian or serve a political aim in a didactic way. Many times, art, even great art, will indirectly affect how people see the world and not have a 1 to 1 relation with how they act in changing it. But I do think that art reflects an artist's worldview and often casts light on how they would like it to be. And while I think that there needs to be more activism in the world, my greatest concern is with how people view the world. What is their ideology? I think that art and activism can influence that. And while much activism often hopes to achieve a particular goal (stopping a war, ending discrimination, securing abortion rights…), as important as that is, I think what is most needed is for people to make revolution and take the first great step in being able to eliminate all of the horrors that plague humanity. And then move towards a communist world without exploitation — a world of freely associating human beings. To do that, what people think matters. How they view the world matters. From this perspective, I think that the intersection of art and political activism should be to help contribute to a situation where people can take that step — both helping to change the social landscape so that there is more upheaval in society, where the powers that be are more isolated and on the defensive, where people are more willing to fight for freedom. And where their sights are set on a radical transformation of society and a vision of what the world could be. Art and activism will contribute to that in their own distinct ways, but I think that this should be the aim of both for people who want their life to be about helping to usher in a better world.
2. Can political art be more than propaganda? Can it have staying power beyond the time when the specific issues cease to be relevant? Is political art a more valid cultural artifact of our society, or is a relic a relic?
I think that art that typifies contradictions powerfully is bound to have some lasting value. Look at Guernica. The horror of imperialist war and the destruction of being bombed from the air is still a huge question. And so Picasso's work is still all too relevant. That said, social situations do change, and work that was powerful for a year or a decade or century may at some point be of more interest understood in its historical context. The Rite of Spring, the Igor Stravinsky ballet which caused fistfights when first performed, or Diego Rivera's Man at the Crossroads, which was destroyed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who commissioned the work, or the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen," which was a No. 1 record yet banned from play by the BBC and led to the group's arrest, may need a little contextualization nowadays to understand the effect at the time the work was premiered. But with that context we can learn a great deal, gain new appreciation for the work, and it can still be quite effective generations later.
3. Considering the artistic legacies of the Soviet Union, China, and even Nazi Germany, can art serve politics in a meaningful way, while still allowing freedom of expression?
I think that art can contribute in significant and profound ways to discourse and thoughts about what society is and how it could be. That said, I think that the way this question is framed is problematic for a couple of reasons. First, I think that the aims and goals of the Soviet Union and China (when they were revolutionary societies — the Soviet union from 1917-1953 and China from 1949-1976) and Nazi Germany were very different, and all too often intellectuals, and others, facilely lump them together. The aims, goals and practice of China and the Soviet Union when they were socialist was to serve as a transition from capitalism to a worldwide classless communist world of freely associating human beings. And while there are important and substantive criticisms of these socialist societies and the theories that led them that need to be made, overwhelmingly the experience of these first socialist societies is something that should be upheld. The aim of Nazi Germany was to extend and reinforce German imperialism, to install an openly militaristic fascistic form of rule — within the borders of Germany and beyond — and, as part of that, to commit genocide of a whole people. These days, those profound differences are glossed over by far too many people.
So looking at the legacy of the art of revolutionary China and the Soviet Union, I think that some of the art made there is profound and work that many people need to study and learn from. This is true of the Soviet avant-garde as well as some of the socialist realist work. People should look again at Rodchenko, the Stenberg Brothers, Eisenstein, etc. And look as well at the peasant paintings from China. Unfortunately, by the 1930s in the Soviet Union, the intellectual air was sucked out of the society and the socialist realist art was very contradictory. I feel that some of the work is engaging and compelling and explored the connection of the masses to the revolution, but the art became increasingly constrained. This is an experience that should not be repeated and must be critically summed up. But to do so, the criterion must be how to keep your eyes on continually transforming society to eliminate oppression. To do that you need to have a vibrant society.
Which brings me to my second problem with the framing of the question about art serving politics being in contradiction to free expression. First, I think that it is wrong to believe that many artists in both the revolutionary and fascist countries didn't make art they believed in. They were expressing themselves. It's not as if Stalin or Hitler forced Dziga Vertov and Leni Riefenstahl to make films that reflected the official State outlook. As far as I know, each, and many other artists, made films and art they were passionate about. But more to the point, my problem with socialist realism and the sharp constraints on intellectual ferment in the Soviet Union, and to a lesser degree in China, is not that the artists didn't have their individual expression and they lost out as individuals. Though a problem, the real problem with the Soviet Union, specifically looking at the arts, was not that each artist didn't get his or her individual viewpoint expressed. My criticism is that many aspects of the intellectual life of those societies were lifeless and boring and did not end up serving the aim of getting to a classless world. Bob Avakian (www.revcom.us), who is a great contemporary Marxist intellectual and leader, has looked deeply at the history of socialist societies and has formulated that what is needed, particularly with respect to intellectual activity, is to have a solid core (of people grounded in the aims and goals of getting to a communist future) with a lot of elasticity. In this context, the point is that artistic individuality and expression can contribute greatly to getting humanity to a new era. If a significant section of artists and intellectuals were grounded in the aim of getting to a communist world, and based on that were allowed and encouraged to run in wild and woolly directions, it would have been, and in the future will be, messy. It would have posed certain challenges to keeping society moving forward. But society would have been vibrant, and this is the only way to actually move society forward in the way I'm discussing.
4. Is good political art, and by that I mean art that is both successful as a work of art and as a political statement, still the province of a small intellectual elite rather than the people?
No. Beloved (Toni Morrison), The River (Bruce Springsteen), Burn! (Gillo Pontecorvo) "The Star Spangled Banner" (Jimi Hendrix), Interrogation II (Leon Golub), Michael Stewart - USA for Africa (Keith Haring), Disasters of War (Goya), Ironers (Jacob Lawrence), Uprising (Kathe Kollwitz), The Gift (Man Ray), The Americans (Robert Frank) Five Car Stud (Edward Kienholz), Terminal or Tilted Arc (Richard Serra), Sheep Raffle (David Hammons). Add your own. Obviously the fine art is less well known than the films, songs and novels, but they have been seen by and influenced tens of thousands, and often many, many more. This is not an elite. But to the degree it is seen by a smaller and more privileged audience, this is still important, including for the wider masses. If the intellectuals and middle class more broadly in this society are complacent and in support of the way things are, or if they are questioning the nature of society and want to change it, that is of great importance to the larger masses of people. Art like this affects how they see the world and what they feel needs to change.
(…to be continued)
images: Dread Scott, What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag? 1988, interactive installation; Imagine a World Without America, 2006, screenprint