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Ahhhh... The life of a in school! I didn't realize how much reading I would have required for this quarter! It is INSANE. But I felt so bad about being a bad blogger, so I am going to start making "mini tutorials". :) That's right, they're just going to be super short ones. :) Instead of making a "full" tutorial with pictures of how all my nails looked step by step or the entire process, I'll just show one nail, like the thumb for example. Hopefully this will allow me to post more often! :) It'll definitely be a lot easier for me and hopefully a bit more beneficial for you! :D So, go ahead and take a look at my basketball nails and continue to read on if you're interested in learning how to make them. :)
You will need an orange nail polish (for your basketball of course! Or well.. whatever color ball you want I suppose ;)) and a black nail art striper or a brush and acrylic paint like I use. ;) This orange is Sun Kissed by Sally Hansen. :) Love the orange! It's like a yummy sherbet color.
1. Start with your orange base. (Or whatever colored basketball you desire.. xD)
2. Draw a black line straight down your nail. Take your time! You don't have to go fast. :) Nice and slow will help with a straighter line, but as always, practice makes perfect. ;)
3. Draw a ")" shape on your nail at one side. (Please refer to picture in step 3 for a better idea. This will be a curve on your basketball.)
4. Repeat step 3 but this time draw a "(" on the other side. (Also refer to picture. Can you see our basketball forming?! :D)
5. Finally draw a line across the middle of your nail. And you're done! Look at those fabulous basketball nails!!!
Aren't these nails just adorable? Whether it's basketball season and you want to have some basketball nails for your next game or just love the sport, these will PERFECT for your next mani! I have basketballs on all of my nails but I know some girls are using these as accent nails and using their school colors and jersey numbers for their other nails. Either way, I hope that you definitely try these cute sporty nails out! Also, check out my Sport Themed Nail Art in the tutorial tab or just click the link. You can find softball, tennis, football, and volleyball tutorial there. ;) They're kind of old though.. so I will probably redo those tutorials again too. xD
And oh LOL... Random orange tic tacs ad my nails. ;) See how I made my basketballs vary as well? They don't have to be perfect! I just started drawing them "on a curve" haha!
I hope that you enjoyed learning how to make these basketball nails and like these "mini" tutorials. :) I like making these a lot more because they're much quicker for me to edit! Hope you gals don't mind. Let me know your thoughts in the comments, thanks! Until next time, Your Polish Pal, Jenna :)


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Region needs a new growth model -- Vietnam's deputy prime minister
TOKYO -- Asian countries need to "transform their development model" to sustain economic growth and continue raising the region's global profile, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dzung said on Monday in Tokyo.
Dzung told the 22nd International Conference on The Future of Asia that there is a "common regional awareness" of the need for that transformation. After two decades of "groundbreaking milestones and social and economic development," he said, governments are quite aware that they now face considerable challenges.
In emerging countries, "the prevalence of aging populations and widening income gaps are the roots of social instabilities," Dzung said. He cited other risks that could impede Asian development as well: the sluggish global economic recovery, food and water security, and the "emergence of many 'hot spots' [and] the growing tension in the South and East China Seas."
"Small countries whose potential is limited need to adopt a creative, flexible and audacious approach," Dzung said. Vietnam's reforms over the past three decades, he said, present a good example of how creativity, prompt policy implementation and entrepreneurial spirit can fuel growth. Vietnam has so far attracted $290 billion worth of registered capital investment from over 100 countries and territories. More than 100 multinational corporations have set up shop in the country.
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Mayo pass Kerry test to reach All-Ireland final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay: Mayo 2-16 Kerry 0-17
IS Mayo All-Ireland glory written in the stars?
After all they've come through this season and all their near misses in the recent past perhaps it is. But if this finally is their year Mayo's success will be earned by skill, heart and the sweat of their brows, not handed to them by some twist of fate.
On Saturday, the neversaydie westerners passed another massive test with a fully deserved win over Kerry in a semi-final replay they bossed from the first whistle to the last. Three times in three years, they have lost replays around this time of year, but that never looked likely against a disjointed Kingdom outfit.
Kerry have won Munster and the National League this season, but were second best on Saturday and Mayo's legions of loyal fans began budgeting for their 10th day out of the season after referee David Gough finally blew up what, in all honesty, was a comfortable five-point win.
"They'll take stopping," is how Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice put it after the final whistle.
Fitzmaurice changed his team around, threw in some youngsters and, shock-horror for Kerry purists, employed a sweeper system, but Mayo looked superior from the start.
After being pilloried as a square peg in a round hole last week, Aidan O'Shea grabbed the throw-in and charged forward before he retreated to full-back once again.
This time he blotted Kieran Donaghy out of the game and Donaghy's frustration boiled over late on when he lashed out at O'Shea and was sent off. Peter Crowley and Mayo's Paddy Durcan also saw red and there were black cards for Killian O'Connor and Darran O'Sullivan and a host of yellows too.
Breaffy clubman O'Shea was one of several outstanding individuals in this Mayo team, but best of all was Colm Boyle.
What an engine he has. His tackling shut down the influence of Donncha Walsh and his driving runs tore holes in the Kerry defence that they simply could not plug.
Elsewhere, Seamus O'Shea looked a different player at midfield and the front three of Andy Moran, Cillian O'Connor and Jason Doherty (particularly after O'Connor had been black-carded) were excellent.
Meanwhile, Paul Geaney was Kerry's best player by a mile and his scores enabled the Munster champions to hang in there. They deserve credit for that and pride kept them alive after they had gone in at the interval 1-8 to 0-6 down looking second best.
Early on, Mayo kicked the ball long before reverting to a running game with a high press that caused Kerry goalkeeper Brian Kelly nightmares in the first half. Kelly could not pick out a Kerry jersey and sent one restart over his own endline for a '45'.
Diarmuid O'Connor got Mayo's first half goal and when Moran and Cillian O'Connor combined to add another in the second, Kerry found themselves eight behind and sliding out of the Championship.
The westerners did have a nervy 10-minute spell when they committed panicky fouls and gave the ball away too easily, but Kerry weren't good enough to capitalize and afterwards Mayo manager Stephen Rochford conceded that his team's display might well rank as the best of his tenure.
"Possibly it was (Mayo's best) because it's an All-Ireland semi-final and there's only one bigger game than that," he said.
"Maybe it was, I'm just very proud of the way the boys went about – it was very important that the boys went out and showed that we didn't leave it behind us last week. It's a satisfying win."
This year Mayo lost to Galway and needed extra-time or a replay to get past Derry, Cork, Roscommon and of course Kerry. They are still standing after nine games and their elongated run has brought the squad together.
"Salthill seems like a long time ago," said Rochford.
"You don't get much time to reflect on it when you're traveling all over the country.
"It was a game of football that we lost and in many ways we felt we left it behind us. "There were small margins – the ball was cleared off the line twice and maybe it was the making of us. We have been challenged throughout the Qualifiers and I certainly think it has made a better group of us."
Meanwhile, Kerry manager Fitzmaurice said he was "gutted" with the defeat and admitted: "Mayo were hungrier and they just performed better than us".
His one complaint was a valid one and concerned the black card shown to O'Sullivan in the second half when his side was threatening to stage a rally. O'Sullivan's momentum saw him clash with Cillian O'Connor, but there was no malice in the challenge.
"I saw that incident and he shouldn't have got a black card, it should have been the other way," he said.
"It meant that we were robbed of his impact and we were robbed of a substitution, that's what it meant. But look you get these calls and you don't get these calls, but that was definitely the wrong call."
Whether O'Sullivan would have turned the game Kerry's way is a long-shot and, that apart, Fitzmaurice had little grounds for complaint.
"Mayo have been outstanding," he said.
"We didn't need the last two games to confirm they are a serious outfit.
"They have been so close, going back to 2012 in particular, they've been so close every year.
"We knew we were going to have to be on top of our game to win the game and we weren't, so it's no huge surprise that they beat us. I think they are a great bunch, serious resilience and they are no mean footballers either."
Fitzmaurice tried to address Kerry's defensive frailty in the first match by using Paul Murphy as a sweeper, but the tactic robbed his side of Murphy's energy in the middle third and, with youngsters Jack Barry and debutant Tom O'Sullivan struggling, Mayo overran the Kingdom.
"I don't think it worked as well as we had hoped but again I think you'd have to give big credit to Mayo for that," said Fitzmaurice.
"I think they were just operating at a slightly higher level than us.
"I think the kick-outs in the first half were a big factor – they got on top of our kick-out and won all of their own kick-outs, so they had a lot of possession.
"We were playing a bit of catch-up. Any day you lose a game there are aspects of your gameplan that are going to malfunction and aren't going to go according to play.
"I'm sure people will be wondering what the hell were we trying to do, but the days it goes well then you end up winning the game and you look like a genius."
In the wake of the defeat, there will be speculation over Fitzmaurice's future and that of experienced players like Donaghy, Darran O'Sullivan, Anthony Maher and Bryan Sheehan.
"I haven't thought about the future to be honest," he said.
"I don't think we've that many older fellas as we did in the last couple of years.
"I think all of them can play on if they want to, but it's a huge commitment. People don't realise, people don't have a clue.
"The only people that know really are wives and girlfriends, that's it, parents don't even know.
"It's absolutely a massive, massive commitment and the lads will make their own minds up in their own time and they'll deserve that much at least, to be allowed that space and decide if they have the appetite.
"But what those fellas put in, people don't know, they just haven't a clue really."
Kerry: B Kelly; S Enright, J Lyne (0-1), K Young; P Crowley, T Morley, P Murphy; D Moran, J Barry (0-1); S O'Brien, J Buckley (0-1), D Walsh; P Geaney (0-9, 0-8 frees), K Donaghy, T O'Sullivan
Subs: D O'Sullivan for J Buckley (h-t), J O'Donoghue (0-4, 0-2 frees) for D Walsh (h-t), F Fitzgerald (0-1) for Enright (39), M Griffin for K Young (51), BJ Keane for T O'Sullivan (63)
Black card: D O'Sullivan replaced by J Savage (45)
Mayo: D Clarke; B Harrison, D Vaughan, K Higgins; L Keegan, C Barrett (0-1), C Boyle; S O'Shea, T Parsons; K McLoughlin (0-2), A O'Shea, D O'Connor (1-0); J Doherty (0-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 45), C O'Connor (0-6 frees), A Moran (1-1)
Subs: P Durcan (0-1) for Vaughan (ht), C Loftus (0-2) for D O'Connor (ht), S Coen for S O'Shea (61), D Kirby for Boyle (69), G Cafferkey for Barrett (74)
Black card: C O'Connor was replaced by C O'Shea (52)
Referee: David Gough (Meath)


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As much as I have enjoyed making my little girls little floaty tops and shorts made out of beautiful woven fabrics such as double gauze and chambray, there really is nothing better for little girls in Summer than a simple knit dress. Well that's my opinion, anyway.
It's no secret that I have a love with knit fabric in general – it's fast to sew, the fit is forgiving and it's so easy to wash and wear, so when you take that fabric, add a quirky budgie print and use it to make a little knit dress – it's perfection in my books!
For a pattern I had a flash of genius/ laziness when I looked at the The Blank Tank pattern pieces that I still had out from yesterday … I decided to make this dress using that pattern but adapted it by obviously lengthening it, adding the elastic casing around the middle and also adding ruffle sleeves by following this tutorial . Speaking of that blog (You & Mie) did you see what Cherie made for KCW? Um WOW! (Definitely check it out if you haven't already!)
I'm very happy with how my pattern adaptation worked out. I will definitely make more dresses like this and perhaps also make the girls tanks with ruffle/ flutter sleeves.
I faced a bit of a race against daylight to get my sewing finished and photos done in time, but I managed just… My poor little tired model co-operated in the end too after the bribe of cheese was offered (her favourite thing.) She'd been at a birthday party all afternoon and was all tuckered out!
Phew… I have to say, I'm feeling wee bit tuckered out myself! One last day of sewing tomorrow!
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Dot-Marie Jones, left, plays the new football coach, Shannon Bieste (pronounced "Beast"), in Season 2 of Glee.
Dot-Marie Jones comes on board in the second season of Glee as the new boys' football coach, Shannon Beiste (pronounced Beast—"It's French," she explains), and she is a pleasure to watch. And I'm not just saying that because she's 6'1", worked in a prison, played an axe-wielding warrior, and can dead lift a Cadillac. As VF.com's Glee expert, I gave her a call to discuss her insane past, her stunning presence, and her thrilling future.
Brett Berk: Dot! Thanks for taking the time to talk to me. I just saw you in the premiere episode of this season of Glee and you did a great job. You brought some real pathos to your depiction of an emotionally wounded, butch lady football coach. I like the way you alternated between alienation, rage, and outreach in portraying the character. It reminded me of many of the lesbian gym teachers I know personally, except without the alcoholism. What were your inspirations for this portrayal?
Dot Marie-Jones: You're assuming that she's a lesbian.
No, I said that she reminded me of a lesbian.
O.K., fair enough. Well, I think we've all had coaches that are tough and sometimes mean. And also, too, I think where I pull from for Shannon Beiste, I worked for four and half years in lockdown at the Juvenile Hall in Fresno with adolescent offenders.Woah. Juvie!
Yeah, mostly in maximum security with boys—which were violent offenders, anywhere from a 187 which was murder to whatever else they were in there for.
How did you make that transition? To acting.
A friend of mine in 1991 was an alternate on American Gladiators, and called me and told me about a new show they were working on called Knights and Warriors, and I drove down for the auditions. I was living in Fresno and they were here in LA. That first day was all physical agility, from rollerblading to tackling someone, stuff like that. I think there were three or four hundred people auditioning. And they said they'd call that night by 8:00 if they needed me for a cold read—and that threw me. I thought: Do we have to read in a freezer or something? And they didn't call, and I thought, Oh well, I have a full time job with the county back in Fresno. Then at 8:30, they called, and they had me come back for a cold read. I said, "What should I wear?" and they said, "Wear your best warrior outfit." I thought, Good thing I brought that from Fresno, because I just keep it in the trunk, right?
Anyway, at that time I was working out a lot, doing some competitive power lifting, and I had some baggy workout pants and a zebra sweatshirt, so I threw something together. Two weeks later the phone rings and the woman says, "How'd you like to be a warrior?"
That's a great story. A detail I particularly like: "I was doing some competitive power lifting at the time " Explain.
Out of high school, I turned down basketball scholarships to focus on track and field—I was a shot-putter. The strength coach started us on lifting. I went from 5'6" to 6'1" in eighth grade so I was big, and my coach said, "Why don't we do some dead-lifting?" You know what that is, where you just pick up the barbell from the ground and your hands are at your side and you pick it up? I had one meet—when I was 19 years old—that would have been a world record but it wasn't a sanctioned meet. I lifted 518 pounds.
Five hundred and eighteen pounds? What the fuck?! I mean, really. So how did you end up on Glee? Was Ryan Murphy [Glee's creator] like, "We need a lady tougher than Jane Lynch?"
I don't know if you ever saw Ryan's pilot that he shot, Pretty/Handsome? Well, on that, I played a female-to-male transsexual. And then I'd done three episodes of Ryan's Nip/Tuck and I worked with Brad Falchuk [also a creator of Nip/Tuck and Glee.] Anyway, I ran into Brad at Whole Foods over on Coldwater last year, and I asked what he was working on and he said he was still working with Ryan, on Glee, and I joked that he should write me something—like that's going to happen to me. And two months later, my agent called and said that he'd gotten a strange call from Robert Ulrich [the casting director for Glee] saying that Ryan Murphy was writing me something for the show. And I just started crying.
That is a crazy story.
Yeah, thinking about it, I still get a little weepy.
Speaking of tough ladies, there's a fight between two of the cheerleaders in this first episode, a physical fight. If there was a fight between your character and Sue Sylvester, and it went to its ultimate conclusion, who would win, and how?
She's so dirty, she'd probably win. And I'm saying that as Shannon Bieste to Sue Sylvester. In real life, I love Jane Lynch. Every day, going to work is like taking a class. She is amazing. And so gracious.
Agreed. She's in top form in the Season 2 premiere. Now, Ken Tanaka got a girlfriend in Emma Pillsbury in Season 1. Sue laughably almost went on a date with one of her co-anchors at the news station, as well as with Will. And Will Schuster has gone out with every female character in the entire cast and special guest roster who is not a student. Will there be love for Shannon Beiste?
I hope so, down the road. But I know that Episode 6 will surprise a lot of people. All I can say is that, for my character, it's a topper to Episode 1. Episode 1 is amazing for me.
Will she get to sing? Dance?
I hope so. One of the things Brad asked me at the grocery store was, "Can you sing?" And I said, "I'm no Mariah Carey, but I can carry a tune."
If Shannon did sing, what would be her anthem?
It's so funny because one of my favorite songs to sing just goofing around is "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC, mainly because I can sound like them. So I'd like her to do that. Either that or Cher. I love Cher. [Begins singing] If I could turn back ti-ime.
Oh my god. That's amazing. My mother—who also has a rather deep voice—always loved Cher.
They're both good options for songs. And both so similar!
Right. Now, I want you to know that I've only ever talked to the kids from the show—you're my first grown up—and when I talk to the kids, they all say that they're really just like one big happy family, they all love each other and hang out together, and eat dinner at each others' houses after working 14-hour days. And they seem so pleasant, and attractive, and clean. I don't buy it. What's the truth about them? Are they really a bunch of mean, dirty bitches?
They're a bunch of liars! Nasty liars! Not really. I love them. I haven't had dinner with them yet, but I know it's coming. I will cook for them every day if they want. They're just so sweet. It's been fun since day one. And a lot of them, likeKevin [McHale, who plays Artie] when I came in for the first day, he was like, I'm so glad to meet you, I'm so excited. It turns out Ryan had given them a copy of Pretty/Handsome to watch, which totally blew me away. They're just great kids—and a lot of them aren't kids. Very sweet, and polite. You go to work, and they hug you. And I love that.
If you could play one of the kid characters, which one would it be?
DefinitelyHeather's character, Brittany. Just because she's so funny. She could say one word or one sentence, and it breaks you up and it's just so endearing. She plays it so true and so sincere.
O.K., last attempt to dig for dirt: What's the worst thing about working on Glee?
That I'm not there every day. I absolutely love it. I went yesterday for a fitting for some of the lovely outfits I'll be wearing in Episode 6. I just went to get measured, but I stayed for two hours, just hanging out.
Well, I think Shannon is going to be a very interesting character to watch. Best of luck.
Thanks, Brett. And when you come to LA, call me and we'll have lunch.
Come back this Wednesday—and every Wednesday this season—for VF.com's re-caps of the previous night's episode of Glee.
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Brett Berk writes gaily about culture, politics, and cars for VF.com, and is the author of The Gay Uncle's Guide to Parenting. Visit him at www.brettberk.com or follow him on Twitter.


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I don't often like to use this blog as a place to complain about life when things don't go my way, but last month, with this post, I pledged I'd to go back to being more open and honest on here. Recently I am finding that being single and living alone in a big city, with a demanding job and a laundry list of responsibilities, ain't always a cakewalk. The days where I wake up less than inspired and confused about the path I am on have become more frequent…which at times makes finding the motivation to take on new challenges a hard and scary thing. Do you guys ever feel that way??
I am still madly in love with Manhattan, and realize how fortunate I am to be living here. Hard as it may be at times, not a day goes by where I don't have one of those surreal "aha" moments as I take in the incredible city that surrounds me. But I have undoubtedly entered into a new chapter – just shy of a year here, and I'm starting to think that maybe the honeymoon phase is coming to a close. This love affair is far from over, but perhaps it'll just be less of a fairytale than I'd initially expected. It might not be sunshine and rainbows all the time, but the ups and downs are what keep life interesting. I am learning that even a bad day has its good moments…sometimes you just need to look a little harder for them.
*head to toe: Sunglasses from Sosie, Zara jacket, Bella Dahl chambray shirt, Louis Vuitton purse, Karen London Alexandria ring, Marc Allison jeans, Opening Ceremony shoes
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MOCA mum on move rumors
Is the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami preparing to shed the "North Miami" from its name?
The Art Newspaper reported Thursday that the museum might be moving, and cited unnamed sources who said MOCA could potentially merge with the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach.
Thursday afternoon, MOCA interim director Alex Gartenfeld would only say that the board is "thinking very deeply about what the future of MOCA might hold." But he said such conversations have been going on for years and there was no new urgency to those talks.
"There have been longstanding discussions and rumors about the relationship between our institutional mission and our location," he said.
Rumors of a potential move, however vague, angered one prominent Miami collector who has donated several works to MOCA.
Rosa de la Cruz said she and husband Carlos were upset because in her mind, moving the museum would be akin to closing it — and merging with another museum would be the same as giving the collection away.
"I gave work to that museum," de la Cruz said. "I didn't give works to the Bass Museum."
Although de la Cruz would not say where she heard the rumor, she said she was disappointed that no one from the board reached out to her directly.
"I think the collectors and the people that gave and the artists that gave work to that museum should have at least been informed and asked for advice," she said. "It would have been a little more elegant, I think."
Co-chairs of the museum's board of trustees, Irma Braman and Ray Ellen Yarkin, declined to comment.
The rumors follow a period of change for the institution, which is partially funded by North Miami. Longtime director and chief curator Bonnie Clearwater announced her departure in July to take the same position at Nova Southeastern University's Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale.
A year earlier, the museum suffered a blow to its plans for an expansion that would have tripled its space when voters in North Miami rejected a $15 million city bond issue to fund the project.
When Clearwater announced that she was leaving, she said the city and board were looking at all options and "being very creative."
"The museum's reputation is really not tied to the building," she said at the time. "It's where we built our reputation."
Gartenfeld pointed to that comment in an interview Thursday. He said a robust exhibition program has already been announced through early 2015, and daily educational activities and regular public programs are continuing.
"The worry that MOCA will go away, that's not something that's going to happen," he said.
The Art Newspaper's story took city officials in North Miami by surprise.
"I cannot answer to rumors that they are leaving because I have not been formally informed," Mayor Lucie Tondreau said Thursday.
Although city manager Stephen Johnson was slated to meet Friday with the museum's board, that meeting was scheduled several weeks ago to discuss the appointment of a permanent executive director, city spokeswoman Pam Solomon said.
Tucked between city hall and the police department, MOCA is the centerpiece of downtown North Miami and the city's emphasis on arts and culture; it had been allocated $982,000 in the city's 2014 preliminary budget.
"Absolutely MOCA is an important part of our arts and culture," said Solomon.
At the Bass Museum of Art, executive director Silvia Karman Cubiñá was not available to comment.
In an emailed statement, the president of the board of directors, George Lindemann, said in part: "The Bass Museum welcomes collaborations with institutions in Miami and from around the world....We are continually evaluating opportunities for these collaborations so as to strengthen our programming and widen our audiences."
Reached by phone, he declined to talk about any arrangement with MOCA.
Gartenfeld also avoided specifics, saying: "I can't comment on probabilities and things like that. It's too much speculation."
He said the museum already collaborates with other institutions in South Florida, highlighting the recently formed Miami Art Museums Alliance.
"A museum is an important cultural institution with a mission, and the board of trustees and I are seeking to fulfill the mission in the best way we can with a long view of what MOCA could mean to the community," Gartenfeld said.


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LOS ANGELES – Walking in the clubhouse, in some ways, nothing had changed.
There was Juan Uribe, slapping dominoes and shuffling around piles of $20s with Brian Wilson, just as they've done for years.
The difference: They were wearing blue. And it was the Dodgers' home clubhouse.
Wilson knew a contingent of reporters from San Francisco was waiting to talk to him. He timed his arrival at his locker, put on a belt, and when a Giants reporter said hello, the former closer said, "It's 3:44. We stretch at 3:45."
Nope, nothing has changed.
Wilson could be described in a pair of three-word phrases: "Look at me" and "on my terms." He didn't make himself available for comment as the Giants arrived for a four-game series against his Dodgers in Chavez Ravine.
OK, so what's the mood in the Giants clubhouse, then? Are they looking forward to facing Wilson?
Shoulders shrugged, mostly.
"It'll probably be like facing any other pitcher I've played with before," shortstop Brandon Crawford said. "I know him well. But it's just like anyone else.
"I faced my possible future brother-in law (the Pirates' Gerrit Cole). So it's not going to be any weirder than that."
Giants manager Bruce Bochy was asked if he made a point to say hello to Wilson, who threw the clinching pitch in all three playoff series when the Giants won the World Series in 2010.
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In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.Dawkins hits upon an important point for consideration. If this universe is governed to some degree by randomness (and the sciences of physics and biology both suggest that it is), than there will be an element of undesirable outcomes, pain and suffering, seemingly without purpose. For Dawkins, and other skeptics, this cold reality points to an ultimately purposeless universe, which in turns bolsters their belief that we are alone: There is no wise, loving, intentional God ... there is no God at all.
– Richard Dawkins,
River out of Eden (HarperCollins, 1996), page 133.
My friend Tom, also an unbeliever, claims here that for him, true randomness (as opposed to a mere guise of randomness) is necessary or life is meaningless. Imagine that. A thoughtful atheist sees existence as meaningless apart from randomness. While I am anxious to see how his thoughts unfold along that line, he has been waiting for me to elucidate how randomness can be meaningful to one who believes in God. He asks me,
I need you to clarify your opinion and your thoughts on my statement about an omnipotent/omniscient God and randomness. This is a square peg and round hole (and not a trap, I really want to know). If God has built in randomness, he is not in control, nor omniscient, right? I suppose he can stop the simulation, monitor the progress, and with an infinite knowledge of the past, have an intuition about where it's going, but this is not all-knowing.So, randomness seems to fit well into an atheistic worldview, but doesn't seem to work out in a theistic worldview. So say the skeptics, and many Christians would agree. The notions of a wise, all-powerful, and loving God just cannot be made to jibe with the concept of randomness.
On the other side of this conundrum sits Richard Colling, a Bible-believing Christian and author of Random Designer, who declares early in his book that
... randomness is the star of this story! It is the dynamo that commands living things to create order out of disorder in the midst of a sometimes erratic and chaotic world. But there is more to this picture than meets the casual eye, for while randomness is the driver, amazingly, the products possess miraculous elements of design. All of life on earth, including human beings, derives its origin, nurture, and sustenance from the seemingly implausible interplay between randomness and order.As we continue to explore randomness, we will revisit Dawkins' assertion that randomness results in pointless pain for some, incredible luck for others, and that all of this suggests that there is no justice, no goodness, and no God. And we will develop an overarching story in which randomness may actually serve a vital purpose in the ultimate intentions of God.
Random Designer, (Browning Press, 2004), page 2.
But for now, reader, what about it? does randomness, by its very nature, imply atheism? Is an attempt to fit God into a random world (or to fit randomness into a divinely created cosmos) like a square peg in a round hole? Or could it be, as Colling suggests, that randomness is a necessary tool that, paradoxically, brings order to an entropic universe?


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text: Ornithogalum battenianum (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Family : Hyacinthaceae Common name : Wild Coast Albuca Albuca batteniana is not a commonly known garden plant, but a collector's jewel and specialist species. Albucas, as can be seen from the photograph, deserve more horticultural merit than they are usually accorded. Description This is an evergreen bulb, with firm, truncate and fibrous scales, that grows above the ground with only the roots embedded in the soil. It grows up to 0.6 m in height. The leaves are firm and lanceolate. The flowers are erect, on long pedicels, white with pale greenish keels, 25-40 mm long, with the outer tepals spreading-curved, the inner tepals cowled above, and the outer anthers are larger is than the inner. It flowers from July–October. Distribution & habitat This bulb is found on the moist, sea-facing cliffs in Knysna, Kei Mouth and Morgan's Bay in the Eastern Cape. EcologyThere is little knowledge about the pollination biology of Albuca batteniana. Derivation of name and historical aspectsThe genus name Albuca is from albus meaning white, or albicans, becoming white, thus referring to the flowers. The specific epithet batteniana was named in honour of Auriol Ursula Batten, a botanical artist who has contributed many illustrations in publications. Auriol Batten graduated with a B.Sc in Botany at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. She also studied art at the Durban Technical College. She settled in East London after her marriage and started painting wild flowers. Recent molecular studies have suggested that the genus Albuca be combined with Ornithogalum ( Manning, Goldblatt & Fay 2004). Uses and cultural aspects Though Albuca batteniana it is not a commonly known garden plant, it can make a beautiful border plant and also grows well in a pot. Albucas are traditionally used as protective charm plants and for good luck. A number of plant species are referred to as intelezi (good luck charms) in different ethnic groups. A. batteniana is known to have the same effect. Growing Albuca batteniana You can multiply your bulbs by separating the offsets from the mother plant. This plant can also be grown from seed. A porous soil mix with a high sand content is appropriate to grow Albuca batteniana . Two parts of industrial sand to one part of loam and one part compost will give good results. The soil mix should be well drained. This bulb grows best in pots. Organic fertilizer is useful. It is not particularly susceptible to pests or disease. Giles Mbambezeli; Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden


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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Biography
Date of Birth : 18 April 1987, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Birth Name : Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley
Nickname : Rose
Biography Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley was born 18 April 1987 in Plymouth, Devon, England (Freedom Fields Hospital), and grew up on her parents' country farm. She attended Tavistock College and has been modeling since 2003 for a variety of clothiers: Abercrombie & Fitch, Burberry, Bloomingdale's, Ralph Lauren, DKNY. She started modeling for Victoria's Secret in 2006 and was officially named one of the lingerie company's "Angels" in November 2009, at the age of 22. Her first film role will be as "Carly", replacing Megan Fox as Sam's new love interest in the third installment of the Transformers series: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Her mother, Fiona, is a fitness instructor, and her father, Charles Huntington-Whiteley, is a chartered surveyor. Rosie has two younger siblings, Toby and Florence. Her great-great-grandfather was politician Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a British model and Vogue cover girl.
- She was born on April 18, 1987 in Plymouth to Fiona, a fitness instructor, and Charles Huntington-Whiteley, a chartered surveyor and has two younger siblings, Toby and Florence.
- Her great-great-grandfather was politician Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet, and her great-grandmother was descended from Polish Jewish immigrants of the 1870s.
- She grew up in Tavistock, Devon, and in 2003, while studying at Tavistock College, Huntington-Whiteley was discovered by Profile Model Management while seeking internships with several London based modelling agencies.
- After modelling in London for a year, Huntington-Whiteley made her Fashion Week debut at the autumn/winter 2004 shows and the following year walked for labels including Moschino, DSquared and Kenzo.
- She appeared on her first international Vogue cover, for Vogue Nippon, in May of 2005.
- Following her catwalk and Vogue debuts she appeared in a slew of campaigns for high street and beauty brands including Topshop, Abercrombie & Fitch, French Connection and Clinique as well as DKNY, LAMB, Pepe Jeans and Ralph Lauren.
- The model made her Victoria's Secret debut at the brand's 2006 show in Los Angeles among established names including Gisele Bündchen, Karolina Kurkova and Adriana Lima.
- In 2008, Huntington-Whiteley was cast by Christopher Bailey as the face of Burberry's autumn/winter 2008 campaign with actor Sam Riley.
- Her first British Vogue cover, for November 2008, saw her pictured alongside Eden Clark and Jourdan Dunn in a feature celebrating British models. SEE THE COVER HERE
- In 2009, she starred in a provocative short film for Agent Provocateur playing a woman whose boyfriend forgets Valentine's Day.
- In late 2009, Huntington-Whiteley officially became a Victoria's Secret Angel.
- She was cast by controversial photographer Terry Richardson alongside models including Daisy Lowe and Lily Cole, Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Ana Beatriz Barros for the 2010's Pirelli Calendar.
- Huntington-Whiteley dated Tyrone Wood, the youngest son of Ronnie Wood, from August 2007 until October 2009. When the pair seperated she began a relationship with French actor Olivier Martinez, which ended after a few months in early 2010. At the Coachella festival in April 2010 she was pictured with British actor Jason Statham.
- In March 2010, Huntington-Whiteley collaborated with VOGUE.COM to share her outfit choices daily for the Today I'm Wearing feature.


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I have lived under thirteen Presidencies. Two of these Presidents are considered great–FDR and Ronald Reagan. While these two men had different political philosophies they both gave a shaken nation confidence. One defeated the Nazis and the other defeated Communism–two scourges of the 20th Century.
Two Presidents of this time are considered near great in many circles–Harry Truman and Ike Eisenhower. Truman stopped the advance of communism in Korea, established that MacArthur was not President but a 5 star general and Eisenhower demonstrated that a 5 Star General could be President and balance the military and the industrial complex.
One Presidency was tragically cut short before it could reach fruition but, before his assassination, JFK made the Soviets blink during the Cuban missile crisis. His style and grace inspired millions of young people including this one. Two very bright men ruined their Presidencies through carelessness and corruption. Nixon resigned and Clinton was impeached. David Gergen worked for both these men and speaks of their own self-destruction in his work, Eye Witness to Power.
One President, though average in ability, helped restore order and decency to the office left soiled by Richard Nixon. Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon probably cost his reelection. However, most feel today it was the right thing to do. But Ford was a giant when compared to his successor, Jimmy Carter, who was simply not up to the task, and is the weakest of the lot.
But now we are led by a man who is dangerous to our liberties and to the greatness of this nation. We lived near Springfield, IL for six years. Three of those years Barack Obama was a state senator from Chicago where he consistently voted "Present" on tough votes. It is known as the Coward's Count. For another three years he was our junior U.S. Senator and managed to be on the job for about 140 days. The rest of the time he was absent as he sought the Presidency. As a side note our Senior Senator was Dick Durbin who once said our troops were acting like Nazis. What a pair. Add to that disgraced former Governor Blago and persons wonder where are the Lincoln's and Reagan's so shaped by the Midwest.
Obama is by far the most inexperienced of these thirteen Presidents. But that is not the major problem here. No, the flaw is that this man is of the Far Left. surrounded by radical friends and advisors. He does not understand freedom nor free enterprise which he seeks to dismantle if not destroy in an effort to make us more like Europe. And this from a man who has never met a payroll or run anything other than protesting those who make things work. He does not deliver on promises of transparency and a new tone.
Paradoxically, this dangerous man is also a comic figure. He remains arrogant when most everything he has done has fallen short or failed all together. There are shades of Inspector Clouseau here-a bumbler who does not recognize he is seen by the sensible as a dolt. Republican Senators noted recently in their face to face with the President that he has a very thin skin. No ability to laugh at self which leads to lack of balance. At long last what Bernie Goldberg calls the "Lamesteam media" and Laura Ingraham refers to as the dinosaurs of communication are also recognizing the President is not up to the task.
What to do? First, let us elect men like Ken Buck in 2010. He is more experienced than current Senator Bennet and more current than former Lt. Governor, Jane Norton. At the same time, Mr. Buck is not of the Establishment and is unafraid to speak up on controversial issues in a non-P.C. manner. This is a freshness that appeals to the new Tea Party movement as well as those who may be more jaded by politics as usual. There is a Reaganesque quality here. This man really means it. May his tribe increase. On March 10 my wife and I attended a breakfast where Mr. Buck said that with enough conservatives to take over one or both chambers of Congress, we can stop the Far Left's agenda, including Obamacare.
Second, we must defeat the President and his Party in 2012 as well. As George Will has said, this is not time to play well with Democrats. It is time to send them into the wilderness. A second term for this crowd may well make disaster irretrievable. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will become a more distant memory.
I have lived under thirteen Presidents. This one is a true Radical. We are stuck with Obama until 12:00 noon, E.S.T., January 20, 2013. Let us make sure it is not one hour longer than that.


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In 1988, not long after his marriage with Robin Givens had crumbled and he'd signed a deal with promoter Don King, Mike Tyson showed up at a fight in Las Vegas and declared himself a promoter.
He was, ahem, co-promoting a Julio Cesar Chavez fight with King and didn't want to do interviews about his career.
"I don't want to talk about me," Tyson said. "I'm a promoter. I want to talk about my fight. Hopefully, I'm going to make a few dollars. Not that making money is a problem. My problem is in having money."
That line – "My problem is in having money." – came to mind Thursday as Conor McGregor left a Brooklyn courthouse a free man. McGregor entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors over his actions on April 5 a few days before UFC 223.
McGregor went berserk and threw a hand truck into a bus that was filled with UFC fighters who were returning to their hotel. McGregor faced felony charges, but according to the deal, the felony charges were dropped in exchange for a guilty plea to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.
McGregor was ordered to pay restitution for the damage to the bus, perform community service and attend anger management classes. He was also prevented from coming within 500 feet of UFC fighters Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg, who were injured by shards of flying glass that occurred when the hand truck broke the bus window.
McGregor is the biggest name in combat sports now, and his return later this year against lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will essentially be a license to print money. It figures to become the first fight in UFC history to hit 2 million pay-per-view sales and will deliver a payday not all that unlike the one McGregor made last year for getting beaten up by Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match.
McGregor has shown up on Forbes' list of the highest paid athletes in the last two years. He was fourth in the most recent poll, with earnings of $99 million, trailing only Mayweather ($285 million) and soccer stars Lionel Messi ($111 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo ($108 million). It's pretty heady company.
But the year before, McGregor was tied for 24th on the list with earnings at $34 million.
He appears financially set for life, and his family as well. That's how one loves to see the fight game work out. The fighters literally put their lives on the line and they deserve to take out much more than they give, even though it's plainly obvious they give a lot.
McGregor is a brilliant talent, but he became rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams because of his understanding of how to exploit the system. He entered the UFC in 2013 all but penniless and in less than three years was the biggest name in his sport.
As reporters, we don't really know the fighters we cover as people. We see how they act in public and how they treat people, and it's a small insight into who they really are, but it's nothing more than that.
McGregor seemed like a good guy who did nice things for people and was affable to those he came into contact with and charitable to those in need.
Even after winning what then was the biggest fight of his life, stopping Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in 2016, McGregor was charming as he spoke about his son's impending birth.
He didn't seem at all like a hoodlum but like a thrilled expectant parent.
But he's been accused of being involved with gangsters in Ireland and when he was late for a court hearing on speeding charges in Dublin, he mocked the judge by posting a photo on Instagram with the hashtag #relaxjudge.
Now, there is no proof he's consorting with mobsters and being late for court is hardly the act of a hardened criminal, but flying across the Atlantic Ocean to attack a bus was in a different realm.
He cost several fighters bouts, fights that they desperately needed. Chiesa believes that if he hadn't been injured, he'd have fought Nurmagomedov for the title that night when Max Holloway was yanked from the bout because of problems with his weight cut.
Chiesa was the highest-ranked lightweight on the card and believes he, not Al Iaquinta, would have gotten the bout had he not been injured by the spray of broken glass.
Borg had a piece of glass go into his eye. McGregor may yet face civil lawsuits from those injuries.
He was out of control, acting like a soccer hooligan, apparently intending to avenge a slight he felt Nurmagomedov committed against his friend and teammate, Artem Lobov.
At the time, UFC president Dana White was irate. When asked if he wanted to be in business with McGregor, White replied with a question of his own.
"Right now, no," White said. "Do you want to be in business with Conor McGregor right now?"
Earlier, White said, "I think after this disgusting, despicable move, I think everybody's relationship with Conor is not going to be great. … You want to grab 30 [expletive] friends, come down here and do what you did today? It's disgusting. I don't think anyone is going to be a huge Conor McGregor fan after this."
He called McGregor and his associates "goons" and said they "didn't care who they hit or who they hurt."
McGregor didn't act like this when he first joined the UFC. It's only a recent phenomenon that only McGregor can explain. It sure does seem like more than a coincidence that his behavior has changed so dramatically as his income has risen.
His manager, Audie Attar, said Thursday that he's been in talks with the UFC about a Nurmagomedov match, and said he expected those will intensify now that McGregor is a free man with no criminal record.
No doubt, if McGregor wants to fight, the UFC will have him and he'll fight. The video of McGregor throwing the dolly through the bus window will be replayed over and over, adding pay-per-view sales each time it's aired.
That's how this works.
From a competitive standpoint, a Nurmagomedov-McGregor match figures to be extraordinary and will create huge interest. Who knows how McGregor will be able to deal with Nurmagomedov's grappling, or if Nurmagomedov will be able to handle McGregor's strikes enough to be able to get the fight to the ground. It has great intrigue because of all the variables, the primary of which was the attack on the bus.
I just hope that when he's alone, McGregor does some soul-searching and that the man we see at his future public appearances is more like the charismatic, playful guy he once portrayed himself to be.
The Tony Soprano act doesn't suit him and can only lead to bigger issues down the road.
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I sewed myself a Tallinn Sweater (affiliate link of course, it's a Hey June Pattern, and awesome as usual!!!) from this amazing fabric, and it's perfect for feeding the baby too!
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I'm very pleased to announce that Springer Science+Business Media will publish our book, Building Routes to Customers: Proven Strategies for Profitable Growth, this fall. Springer is the largest publisher worldwide of science, technology and medicine books, and the second largest publisher of journals in those fields.
Senior Editor Nick Philipson selected our book to help Springer expand their business and economics line. My co-authors, Jean-Claude Malraison and Antoine Leboyer, and I are very excited about working with Nick and his team.
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Course Descriptions
Marine Botany will introduce students to the algae through a detailed exploration of the seaweeds of California . The class focuses on the main patterns of algal evolution, morphology, development and reproduction that characterize the different algal taxa. The class also focuses on the ecology of algae, the particular constraints and stresses associated with being a photosynthetic organism living in the ocean. You will gain an understanding of the factors that influence species diversity and abundance in algal communities. Reading primary literature, class discussions, guest lectures, and a final presentation of a scientific paper will give students a broader understanding of the scientific process.
Marine Botany Lab emphasizes taxonomy, internal anatomy, natural history and functional morphology of marine algae: Chlorophyta, Heterokontophyta, Rhodophyta, Cyanophyta, Bacillariophyta & Dinophyta. Students will gain an understanding of how to key out algae using the Marine Algae of California by I.A. Abbott and G.H. Hollenbergh. Field trips will broaden students understanding of the ecology of algae: correlations of form with habitat, biotic interactions, and community stucture.
Contact information and Office Hours
Kristen Kusic Heady


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