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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81047396758293991702018-05-29T02:55:48.367-04:00All Balls Don't BounceDuane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-88526512983327501632010-08-29T16:29:00.004-04:002010-08-29T16:36:07.847-04:00A Slight Change In Plans.
Well you've probably noticed that I haven't blogged here for some time.
There's been a slight change in structure. I've started blogging again, but I've started a tumblr blog called By Duane Watson over at http://byduanewatson.tumblr.com/. Over there I'm writing about whatever comes to mind, as well as basketball related stuff too. I'll re-populate the hoops content over here as well, or you can just migrate yourself over there.

Just wanted to keep you abreast of things.

Thanks.
ManagementDuane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-36130776231602999922010-04-10T09:11:00.001-04:002010-04-10T09:13:03.650-04:00Go HARD.Marcus Thornton gets a good one on Gerald Wallace... I mean G-Dub hits the ground so hard on this one. Jeez

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First, Michael Redd, has a season ending injury.

Recently, Carlos Delfino takes a nasty fall.

Now, Andrew Bogut...

Two words stand out from this clip "Theisman category."
It's a shame, they were having a great season too.

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ESPN's awesome sports documentary, 30 for 30 series continues with a film on the enigmatic Allen Iverson. But the story here is his life in Virginia pre-Georgetown, pre-NBA, when one night changed a high school athlete's life and the after effects surrounding it.Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-33100667767353365832010-04-01T20:58:00.004-04:002010-04-01T21:02:01.623-04:00The Secret Behind Nike Air.<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QxAz9lKvclc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QxAz9lKvclc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

I love a good a commercial, or in 2010 we'll say viral video. This one breaks down the science that behind all of the air in the air bubbles, of your air max, zoom air, etc, is the actual (breathing) air of Nike athletes.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-36287740931839804682010-03-29T13:12:00.016-04:002010-03-30T12:14:46.862-04:00Toronto Media All-Stars Bounce For Youth.
The fact that I'm considered a Toronto Media All-Star is somewhat funny I admit, but that doesn't stop me from getting my game on and representing. Especially when it's a good cause, the first time I played with this squad it was to raise funds for relief support in Haiti, this time it's for the community.

(Brampton, Ontario) Popular media and sport personalities bounced for youth this past weekend with an exciting all star basketball game against local high school players at Fletcher's Meadows Secondary School in Brampton.

With 33 seconds left in the game, the Youth Leadership Team representing One Voice One Team had 4 attempts to drain threes only to come up empty before an ever-excited crowd enabling the Toronto Media All Stars to pull out a 59 - 55 victory. Mike Kennedy, a personal coach and local TV basketball analyst led the way with 22 points while Matte Babel of CP24 and AOL - Sway Magazine writer Duane Watson chipped in with 10 points apiece. Contributions from Toronto Argonaut players Tyler Scott and Matt Black, WNBA bound 6'6 forward Katie Ward and Dana McKiel of Rogers TV rounded out the scoring. Darren Thomas, a Rogers TV colour analyst while rehabbing from a knee injury was on the bench in a coaching capacity.

The game was a pinnacle of a very active day for One Voice One Team, a youth leadership development organization founded by former CFLer Orlando Bowen which featured key note speakers and legendary football stars Chuck Ealey and Pinball Clemons. Among other recognizable faces in the crowd included ex-Argo all stars Clifford Ivory and Adrion Smith as well as Elite Model's Stacey Coke.

The game concludes the Toronto Media All Star season while assisting local school, community and charitable organizations with donations in excess of $240,000 since 1996.

Editors note: I dropped like 15 pts, 6 rebs and 7 assts in this game. There was no scoresheet, and the point that I was playing against high school kids means nothing, LOL.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-24648973792426524562010-03-28T21:45:00.029-04:002010-03-28T23:56:56.346-04:00Meet The New Owner of the New Jersey Nyets.
Mikhail Prokhorov is the Russian tycoon that everyone is talking about and the man who will be getting the Nets to Brooklyn. With his cash infusion of a cool $200 M, he'll have an 80% stake in the worst team in the league, inheriting possibly the worst record in NBA history, (the Nets 9 wins, are currently tied for the lowest wins ever). Congratulations Mikhail.

Anytime you're on the Forbes list (#40), people are aware of how you earned your money, and likely even more interested in how you've been spending it. A recent story on 60 Minutes profiled Prokhorov and didn't really glean anything that you couldn't find online. Not that I'm knocking 60 Minutes, but what I really want to know is what he plans to do with the Nets, particularly with all their flexibility under the cap, how he plans on drawing free agents, a coach and possibly a GM. After being behind Euroleague Champions CSKA Moscow, the 6'8 oligarch can't really employ the money talks strategy to buy a team's success. The NBA has a salary cap... and David Stern will take your money, but he won't take any bull.Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-60115358710554996942010-03-23T08:06:00.008-04:002010-03-23T08:25:01.323-04:00March Madness for Chill Magazine.
What a great weekend for college hoops, the excitement and unpredictability is why we watch the tourney. I haven't filled a bracket out in a while and with good reason, sometimes its just too hard to call. Part of my assignment writing this story was to provide my Final Four picks as a sidebar ...at the end of January! I really wanted to go with 'Cuse instead of Villanova, but I didn't... now look at me, just as dejected as the Jayhawks and Wildcats. Two of my Final Four picks are already eliminated, but it's some great ball regardless. I also spoke with Chicago Bull and Syracuse alumni Hakim Warrick and Raptor PG and Georgia Tech grad Jarret Jack for some insight on their Final Four experiences. Peep it here and flip to pages 36 - 38.

Also, check out a great piece by one of my favourite writers Dave Zirin on NCAA and former UCLA standout Ed O'Bannon as the lead plantiff in a lawsuit to force the NCAA to pay royalties to its former players.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-86016386769372686722010-03-21T16:49:00.005-04:002010-03-21T17:54:08.935-04:00Jay Triano for Chill Magazine.
I recently interviewed Jay Triano for Chill Magazine. My goal was to get a little more insight on the man behind the bench, who is the first and only Canadian coach in the league. With the Raptors recent slide, this season is definitely proving to be a disappointment for many. While Triano has graded himself a "C" on the season, he is still focused on bringing an NBA Championship to Canadian soil.  Check out the story here and flip to pages 32 & 33.

Enjoy.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-20787063391735358972010-03-21T14:50:00.017-04:002010-03-21T15:21:03.204-04:00The ABDB Archives: EA Games - The Live Effect.Further to my previous post, I'm continuing my hoops video game stories that I dusted off. Over a year ago, I wrote a couple of stories for handle magazine out of Australia. Unfortunately, the magazine folded just as the issue was to be published, and the stories have been in my archives until now. But inspired by the recent return of NBA Jam, I'm sharing the story of NBA Live and an interview with the game's Producer Sean O'Brien.

Thirty years ago, Atari introduced arcade patrons to a black and white, 2-D, polyphonic tone scored video game, with two non-descript characters ingeniously named Basketball,. In 1983 a small developer named Electronic Arts released One on One which pitted Dr. J against Larry Bird with better graphics, a truer game experience on both sides of the ball and backboard shattering dunks, much to the dismay of the potty mouthed janitor who cleaned up the mess. This would be the beginning of EA setting the sports gaming world on it's ear.

In 1998, One on One was succeeded by Jordan vs. Bird: One on One, which delivered better gaming intelligence, animation and added Slam Dunk and 3 Point Contests. EA debuted NBA Playoffs, their NBA licensed five on five game in 1989, which would then evolve into the most successful basketball video game of all time, selling over 20 million units to date… NBA Live.

 NBA Live producer Sean O'Brien shares his introduction to the seminal game. "I went to college in Vancouver and played basketball," he says. "My coach at the time was Jay Triano, (Toronto Raptors, interim head coach), who had a really good relationship with the Live production team. In 1996, my point guard and I were the first motion capture talent for NBA Live, which was for Live '97. That was the first time motion capture was introduced into sports games. We spent 3 or 4 weeks that spring and I think they paid us $8 an hour and went back and did the same thing next year."

Despite EA's innovations, NBA players felt that the game hadn't entirely done them justice. "We get feedback all the time," O'Brien says. "When the Grizzlies were in Vancouver, Mike Bibby who's a huge gamer, was choked that he couldn't dunk in Live 2002 or 2003, and was telling me he can dunk and was quite serious about it, 'I don't do it in games very often, but I can throw down a one hander or a two hander.' He went on this very serious discussion about why he should have a dunk rating in NBA Live and he was disappointed he couldn't do it. Delonte West two summers ago was complaining about the same thing, but he took it a step further when he was dong motion capture in our studios. He was actually showing us he can dunk, which made it a little harder to argue when you see it first hand. We hooked him up a little bit." NBA Live has once again taken steps to deliver a true to life gaming experience this year with the inclusion of Dynamic DNA. Synergy Sports Technology works with 25 of the 30 teams in the league providing hard current data on NBA players, teams and their tendencies. This information will be constantly updated online to give an accurate and up to the moment reflection of the league within the game itself.

While some NFL players are ducking the opportunity to be on the cover of Madden due to it's history of cover athletes succumbing to injury, Live has NBA players lining up. O'Brien explains his theory why, "It's kind of like the new age Wheaties box. The idea of back in the day seeing Jordan or your favourite Olympic athlete on the Wheaties box is pretty cool, and now the same thing holds true for video games. It's an acknowledgement that they've arrived." But don't think just because you're an NBA All-Star or because you can "whip anybody's ass at NBA Live" you can make the cover, there are a number of different criteria. "Of course, how hot they are right now, how well they are playing and popularity is factored in. Often times we try and get ahead of the curve, if there's an up and coming guy who may not have put in his 7 or 8 years in the league and received the accolades, but is someone to watch, that's always good too. Ultimately, you really want someone who wants to work with you. Whether marketing and promotion is involved, you want a player who believes in your product, and knows a little bit about the space and understands his role in how to promote it."

For quite some time the reputation of the brand promoted itself. NBA Live monopolized the basketball gaming world on the Play Station, Genesis, Dreamcast, Nintendo, Super NES and PC platforms, but things changed when NBA 2K came on the scene in 1999. Offering an alternative, the video game giant suddenly had stiff competition, many feel NBA Live has yet to recover. "Competition is always a good thing, it's healthy, I like to know that there's someone else out there that's trying to kick our butts," O'Brien says. "We both took two very different strategies when the 360 and the PS3 came about. Essentially, we rewrote a bunch of technology that is going to set us up for the future, we hope more so than 2K. They basically ported a lot of their tech and upgraded a lot of their art, and have done a great job and that's why you've seen a more consistent offering in quality of game play over the last couple of years. I think when NBA Live '10 ships this October we're going to reap the benefits of all of the technology upgrades we've done. I hope that the trend moving forward is that Live is back and where it should be and gets stronger in the years coming."

With EA's short term strategy for a return to greatness, will the backboard shattering dunks make a comeback in NBA Live? "It was a pretty fun thing," O'Brien says. "I don't think the league is too pumped on us doing things like that now. I don't know this for a fact, but the idea behind us showcasing deficiencies in a product that the league is partnered with is frowned upon a little bit." So while the NBA are being bureaucratic killjoys, Live continues to strive to develop the most authentic gaming experience out there. "Just like anything, you get used to something one year, you want it better the next. When you get 10 plus years into something, the expectations have obviously grown tenfold," O'Brien says. "When we started it was: 'Hey it's kind of cool that I can play a sports video game.' To: 'Hey I really want my sports video game to do everything I expect a sport to do.' Whether it's a player in the sport or the options within it. We've come a long way in thirty years."
Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-88217086816304559032010-03-21T14:26:00.016-04:002010-03-21T14:55:52.834-04:00The ABDB Archives: NBA JamA year ago, I wrote a couple of stories on basketball video games for handle magazine out of Australia. Unfortunately, the magazine folded just as the issue was to be published, and the stories have been in my archives until now. But as I'm excited about the return of one of the best video games ever, NBA Jam, I decided to bring them out.

It's actually an intro, but I feel the trailer for the new Jam game speaks for itself.

In the early 90's the acquisition of the NBA license, with the inclusion of team names, logos, uniforms and player likenesses took video games one more step towards realism. NBA Jam and NBA Live pioneered arcade and console gaming respectively, opening the floodgates for others to follow.

Midway's NBA Jam in 1993 was the first licensed NBA arcade game, offering a superhuman animated experience of sky high dunks and spectacular shots, with the only hold barred being goaltending… everything else was fair game. With two-man rosters of all the NBA teams, (minus Michael Jordan), the characters you controlled actually resembled the athletes, while the colour commentary, particularly, "He's on fire", was permanently ingrained into the basketball lexicon. Generating over 1 billion dollars in its original run, it crystallized basketball and video games' rich history together.

If Jam was the pre-season, NBA Live was the Finals. EA Sports set a new standard for console gaming in 1995, building on the platform of 1990's, Lakers vs. Celtics, with better graphics and game play. NBA Live '95 started the iconic franchise which has sold over 20 million copies globally, and offered all of the league rosters, players, and signature moves, becoming the truest five on five basketball simulator out there.

Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-25176773260365891132009-12-26T10:59:00.008-05:002009-12-26T11:26:33.462-05:00Tony Parker and Eva Langoria recreate Grease!OK folks, first of all, this is not a new video, apparently it's a couple of years old, yet still worthwhile. Now I must confess, one of my all-time guilty pleasures is the movie Grease. I've seen Grease more times than any other movie, even more than Menace II Society, Carlito's Way, The Killer or Usual Suspects.

This video was originally removed from the web, but the smart guys over at Fanhouse have it on their site (with no embed code, the bastards!), so you'll have to mosey over there to watch it. Still can't get over that hair, and no this doesn't make me like you guys any more... sorry.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-37821662451890205402009-12-25T23:41:00.008-05:002009-12-26T11:10:11.295-05:00Extreme Makeover: Don't Give Me Any Ideas.Dustin over @ Undercrown originally posted this pic. It's from the executive bathroom at the Rose Garden, (where the Trailblazers play). I would so get this popping in my bathroom.

...and please, no jokes about 3 point shooting.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-82527810098179030642009-12-21T17:21:00.002-05:002009-12-21T17:23:25.677-05:00A Christmas Carol.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pKqFg7Tuocg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pKqFg7Tuocg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

This video gets run every year, it's still a classic. "Jingle Bells" courtesy of Rasheed Wallace, Jason Maxiell, Amir Johnson and Will Blalock.
Enjoy the holidays!Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-89580587816239284892009-12-18T04:26:00.012-05:002009-12-18T05:05:01.830-05:00My Christmas Sweater.
To tell you the truth, I'm not the most festive fella. You won't see me getting my Bing Crosby on, however, I will likely be dipping into the egg nog. But the good folks at Undercrown have something in their Holiday 2009 Collection that will definitely get me in the spirit.

The Pick & Roll hoody is only available in red, so take that Santa! The graphic is so fresh and so clean. Of course only the ballers know that this little play is the most surefire way to get 2 points, and really can't be stopped with the myriad of ways it unfolds. See: Stockton and Malone.

I guess I will have to see if I'm naughty or nice if I end up getting my Christmas sweater this year, but come on, what else would I rather be wearing on Dec. 25th when I'm watching Kobe vs Lebron, (I can see the puppet commercials already)?Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-23605768740944537642009-12-17T01:35:00.005-05:002009-12-17T01:46:37.179-05:00I Know This Is Old But...I can only describe this in one word.

THUD

The sound Iverson makes when he goes down is like a dead body dropping. Even if you missed the action, you would still turn to the person next to you and ask, "What was that noise? What did I miss?"

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Although my basketball season(s) are well underway I'm pretty stuck on which shoes I'd like to ball in. I always felt the Nike Penny 1/2 Cent was kinda slick when it dropped, and while it's well documented that I'm not a fan of hybrids, (the 1/2 cent is made up from five different Penny sneakers) these work.

While there is no Lil' Penny advertising campaign underway for these, if you're wondering what the real Penny Hardaway is up to now? Well our good man Charles Barkley has already posed the question.

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The folks over at the London design collective Vinti Andrews took the Air Jordan 5 and re crafted it into a canine... none too shabby. Giving new meaning to "walking the dog" this purebred will not heed the words of the Dog Whisperer. Now can someone talk to Jordan Brand about making dog booties for the winter?
 Bonus pic of the Air Max Dog.

Thanks to Freshnessmag for the tip.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-67072384889564579642009-12-01T00:33:00.004-05:002009-12-01T00:42:51.310-05:00New York Knicks Fans Are Being Entertained, But Not By The Knicks.Lawrence Frank gets fired today but really, what did the Nets expect with that roster and all of those injured players? The real coach who should be on the hotseat is Mike D'Antoni. The Knicks are 3-14 with a better roster and healthy bodies, however Knick fans seem to find themselves way more entertained then by watching an actual game. Take a look.

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Thanks to Truehoop for the link.Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-47515879116907262832009-10-28T16:55:00.007-04:002009-10-28T17:05:00.975-04:00It's Time.While the NBA season officially started yesterday, I'm taking in the Raptors home opener tonight. But you can always count on the good people at Brand Jordan to get your mind right. The new "Break to Build" spot features Team Jordan members Derek Jeter, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and the newest to the fam Dwayne Wade.
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If you play sports on any competitive level this will get you amped, and if you don't, it will get you amped for the season. If the the editing, the score, the energy don't do anything for you, then... maybe you need to find another hobby.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-1140195716492615452009-10-09T01:49:00.012-04:002009-10-09T02:11:26.950-04:0010 Bold Predictions for the Raptors This Season.Fifteen years.

Fifteen years of NBA basketball in Toronto, it seems like just yesterday. With another season, comes another set of predictions and expectations. Are we settling for the same thing? Check out my top 10 boldest predictions for the Raptors on AOL.Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-34772674971603304522009-10-02T09:13:00.016-04:002009-10-02T10:48:01.429-04:00Tammy Sutton-Brown > You.While much of the WNBA love is reserved for Candace Parker, there's someone from my backyard that needs to some shine. As a professional basketball player, Tammy Sutton-Brown has an occupation not too many Canadians (men or women) can brag about. Currently playing in the WNBA Finals she also plays in Europe during the offseason. I profiled her briefly previously in Sway Magazine, but recently travelled to Indianapolis to take in the WNBA Eastern Conference Championships as her Indiana Fever were playing against the Detroit Shock. Check it out here on AOL Sports Canada.Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-56803978617946315422009-09-21T23:26:00.002-04:002009-09-22T05:59:40.433-04:00The Stanley Cup > Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.
For the uninformed, the Larry O'Brien Trophy is awarded to the NBA champions every year and was named after the former NBA commissioner. For the less informed the Stanley Cup is the trophy bestowed upon the best team in the NHL and is named after the former Governor General and hockey enthusiast. Growing up Canadian, the Stanley Cup is one of those iconic things you are just familiar with, like the golden arches. My earliest memory is Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders jubilantly hoisting the cup over his head in the early '80's. Conversely, Magic Johnson and the Lakers holding the Larry O'Brien Trophy and getting drenched by champagne is stuck in my psyche. While each trophy holds it's own significance with it's respective sport, the Stanley Cup only stays with the winning team for the year of their reign, they don't get to keep it, so it's time is limited. Furthermore, each member of the winning organization gets to have the Cup for one day, which makes up for interesting pictures like this...

The above photo was taken at Mario Lemieux's house this summer. Aside from being one of the NHL's best, he's also principal owner and Chairman of the Pittsburgh Penguins. This is how they get down folks! A book came out in 2001 entitled "Why is the Stanley Cup In Mario Lemieux's Swimming Pool?: How Winners Celebrate With The World's Most Famous Cup" which clearly illustrates that this isn't the first time the Cup has taken a dip in "Super Mario's" pool. A simple Google search of the Stanley Cup Trophy pulls up pics of players drinking out of or eating from the Cup, even sleeping with it, never mind the women posing suggestively with it, and those are the pics we have seen! When it comes to the Larry O'Brien it's mostly parade day pics and locker room stuff, nothing special, nothing risque. Is it because each NBA Champion gets their own trophy so there is no sense of urgency or significance? Or is it the hockey players passion to covet and obtain such an iconic symbol that drives them to go crazy?

With the Cup, there is only one, (or three rather), but if the Cup could talk, I'm quite confident there would be a number of NSFW stories and TMI to be shared. Can our good friend Larry O say the same? Likely not, which is why The Stanley Cup > The Larry O'Brien Trophy.Duane Watsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-26646980717532028092009-08-10T22:20:00.009-04:002009-08-10T23:19:57.473-04:00Kinda NOT Like A Big Deal - Jerry Stackhouse Gets Dunked On.<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r5UpQl18OOM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r5UpQl18OOM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>

When Lebron James got dunked on, aside from the fact the Nike reps handled it poorly, it was a big deal. But seriously, Jerry Stackhouse a 15 year NBA vet, who's at the end of his career and doesn't even have an NBA contract gets dunked on and it's news? He's a 35 year old man, who's knees have left him, trying to stop John Wall a young buck going to the hole. If this is Sports Centre worthy then allow me to send in my 1-on-1 video of my 12 year old nephew beating me at 21.

Please.Duane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104739675829399170.post-87993658792473493372009-08-07T12:46:00.004-04:002009-08-07T13:03:22.675-04:00Don't Criticize... Hyperize!<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KhXZAF8l6rs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KhXZAF8l6rs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>

Another video I love. Mo Williams, Kevin Durrant, Rashard Lewis and Andre Iguodala are straight west coastin' on this one. Of course DJ Quik is behind the beats, (and lyrics I'm sure), but all these guys come off with a smooth delivery. Throw in some retro styling and I'm already on my fourth view. I wish Mo would rock that jheri curl this season! LOLDuane Watsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Jimmy Butler Talks To Fans On FaceTime After Giving Out His Number (VIDEO)
Earlier on Thursday, the Minnesota Timberwolves held an introductory press conference to welcome former Chicago Bulls star Jimmy Butler to their team.
In the midst of answering questions, Jimmy Butler put his haters and critics on notice by stating that his phone was in his back pocket and they can call him anytime. He proceeded to give out his number.
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taking all calls and y'all thought it was a game!
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The risk of unplanned pregnancy associated with these pills is very real, said Dr.
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Neil Hodgson is a BSB and WSBK champion and a commentator for BT Sport. He's got his finger on the pulse in the MotoGP, WSBK, and BSB paddocks and his encyclopaedic knowledge of bike racing make him perfectly placed to preview the season ahead.
"I love BSB for the sheer enjoyment of watching close racing. There are a handful of riders who are capable of fighting for a win, and there will be five or six riders who will win at least one race, but Shakey Byrne will start as the title favourite for many. He's experienced, the bike is quick and the PBM team is experienced and proven.
"However, BSB newcomer Leon Haslam will also be there. He won last season's final WSB race in Qatar, he's fit, he has a point to prove and he's hungry for success. He's never won a title, which for a rider with his talent is unbelievable, and I really feel this year will be his year. It may take a while for him to adjust to the bike, the team and the quirky UK circuits, but once he's up to speed he'll take some stopping. He's had some horrendous luck with injuries throughout his career, but if he can stay fit then he will push Shakey all the way.
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– Daily Commentary BY THE CURVE TEAM –
Headlines Not Catching Eyes Of Markets
30th of August, 2017
Geopolitical events and turbulent weather continued to grab headlines overnight, however the market is remaining focused on some more positive data released in the US and what is yet to be released.
Commodities markets are feeling the brunt of Hurricane Harvey, which is still causing havoc in Texas. WTI Oil futures continued to fall and the market is starting to see this factoring into US Q3 growth.
In contrast, the trend towards safe haven assets seems to have reversed following yesterday's North Korean missile launch after another strong consumer confidence reading in the US combined with more strong employment data.
It seems the market is looking towards the Non-Farm Payrolls along with more inflation data before any substantial moves will be seen. In particular, these releases will be watched carefully by members of the FOMC, who could be starting to feel the pressure of persistent low inflation despite improved labour conditions. Fed fund futures are now pricing a rate hike by the end of the year at 28%, down from 42% two weeks ago.
Some key data releases locally today as we lead into next week's GDP reading, with Q2 Construction Work Done and July Building Approvals both due this morning.


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About 15 years ago I spent a few years living in Philadelphia. To this day, when friends and family plan a trip to the city proverbially of brotherly love I get calls about finding the best…well, not the best time to visit Independence Hall, not the best museum for kids, not the best place to see fireworks on the Fourth of July. Nope, people are always asking about the best cheese steaks in the city.
Maybe I just look like someone who eats a lot of sandwiches or maybe sandwiches are starting to define certain cities and even whole geographic areas.
Think about it. That cheese steak identifies so closely with Philadelphia that in other cities it's often called a "Philly Cheese Steak." Across the state in Pittsburgh take that same meat and cheese and top them with tomatoes, french fries, and cole slaw and you have the classic Pittsburgher sandwich. Pile a sandwich high with thinly sliced corned beef or pastrami, add a well pickled pickle on the side and you're eating in a deli in New York City. If you're lunching on a lobster roll you're lunching in a New England coastal town. You've made your sandwich with sour dough bread and you're on the other coast somewhere around San Francisco. And a Po' Boy on your plate puts that plate and you in New Orleans.
Of course there are some sandwiches that are universal like peanut butter and jelly. Then there are others that people eat all across the country but nobody will claim them. Like peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. No pickle required.
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Big News today in the Medical/Technology community. It looks like some doctors in Calgary Canada have sucessfully used a robot (neuroarm) to remove a brain tumor from a young 21 year old mom (Paige Nickason). The big benefits of a robot of course are the precision, miniaturization, and the wonderful bedside manner.
This isn't the first surgery done by a robot. A quick look at wikipedia revealed that the first robotic surgery was done in 1985 (a brain biopsy done with a needle by the PUMA 560), and there have been a string of other since then (More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_surgery) This is the first surgery to remove a tumor.
Here's the million dollar question that everyone is waiting to find out - When the robot successfully peformed the surgery, did it do the "Robot" dance?
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Robotic Surgery - Successful in Calgary - Canada
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The AAA Five Diamond Fairmont Scottsdale Princess provides the perfect setting to enjoy al fresco living in the blooming Sonoran Desert. As in the Native American tradition, you'll live in harmony with nature ... vast open spaces, lushly landscaped grounds, regal Saguaro cacti and a burning orange sun sinking behind the majestic mountains will inspire and energize you. From the rich purple hues of the desert sunset to the green agave plants and coral pinks and butter yellow of blooming cactus flowers, the natural palate at play is of the most unique and stunning in the world.Read More
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Arizona Historical Society Museum
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Butterfly Wonderland
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Dolphinaris Arizona
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Ziegler Fiesta Bowl Museum
College football fans will delight in an array of exhibits featuring memorabilia from Fiesta Bowl events and bowl games, all 128 FBS team helmets, and some of college football's most prestigious award trophies, including the Fiesta Bowl, Heisman, Eddie Robinson, and The National Championship Coaches' Trophy. Learn more
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
A 40-acre railroad park. Features a 15 in gauge railroad, a Magma AZ Railroad locomotive, a railroad museum, three model railroad clubs and a 7.5 in gauge live steam railroad. Learn more
Music Instrument Museum
MIM provides a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors of all ages with more than 6,500 instruments on display from around the world. Learn more
Octane Raceway
Octane Raceway is a Scottsdale entertainment landmark and the Valley's definitive "Must Do" adventure. Enjoy high-speed kart racing on the the only full time indoor/outdoor track in the U.S. or indulge in velocity virtual reality gaming in the first free-roam multiplayer virtual reality arena to open in the Western United States. If you're looking for fun, action, adventure, and an adrenaline rush, come in for a kart race or team game play. Learn more
OdySea Aquarium
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Old Town Scottsdale
Old Town is located on the original townsite of Scottsdale. This district offers boutique shopping alongside souvenirs, jewelry, and art with a Southwestern flair. The area is also home to hip eateries, fine dining, and a vibrant nightlife scene. Learn more
Papago Park
Papago Park is a municipal park of the cities of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona, USA. It has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride. It includes Hunt's Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Includes botanical garden, golf course, hiking trails, etc. Learn more
Penske Racing Museum
The Penske Racing Museum Showcases an amazing collection of cars, trophies and racing memorabilia chronicling the career of one of the most successful dynasties in all of sports. Penske Racing has over 50 years of racing experience and over 400 major race wins highlighted by 16 Indianapolis 500-mile race victories. On display in the museum are cars detailing the diversity of Penske Racing including a replica of the 1963 Pontiac Catalina which Roger Penske drove to victory in the 1963 Riverside 250. Additionally, a number of Indianapolis 500-mile race winners are on display including the 2009 Dallara Honda which Helio Castroneves drove to win the 2009 Indy 500. Learn more
Phoenix Zoo
Originating with the ambitious vision of a dedicated philanthropist and other community leaders, the Phoenix Zoo has welcomed more than 43 million guests since 1962, fulfilling its mission of providing experiences that inspire people and motivate them to care for the natural world. Beginning in 1962 with Operation Oryx, one of the world's most successful global wildlife conservation programs, it has become world renowned for its contributions to the field of conservation science. Today, more than 7,000 Arabian oryx exist world-wide, setting a precedent for subsequent successful Phoenix Zoo conservation initiatives involving Black-footed ferrets, Chiricahua leopard frogs, narrow-headed gartersnake, thick-billed parrots, Mexican wolves and many others. Learn more
River of Time Museum
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Scottsdale Historical Museum
The mission of the Scottsdale Historical Museum is to present, preserve, and interpret through research, exhibits, and educational programming, the prehistory, history, and cultural heritage of Scottsdale and the Southwest. Learn more
Taliesin West
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Friendswood, TXUSA
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
November 9, 2011
New to the area and looking forward to meeting like minded people.
I dabble in both. I have a hundred and one ideas and about a quarter of them followed through.
R.E.H started me on the road to loving everything dealing with naked women, burly heroes, and things that go bump in the night. G.R.R.M is my current favorite fantasy writer, Clive Barker has always been my favorite horror writer (sorry H.P.L but theres no sex in your violence), and I'm split between Octavia E. Butler and Julian May for sci-fi (But I have to give props to the sister for going where no black author has).
I'm game for whatever comes along. Hell, I'd do opera once...if it had naked women, burly heroes, and things that go bump in the night.
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Hi, I'm Joe. I'm a scify, horror, and fantasy nerd who likes to read, write, and play video games in those genre. Am I geek...l if there was some intelligence in my brain pan then it got sucked out long ago by mass media and drowned in beer.
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Remember a time where despite how gorgeous or poor an interface was, you had trouble getting to where you wanted to be. It could be navigating a website, a video game, an app, tax forms, or even a hospital. The process by which a user navigates a given system is called a user journey.
User experience (ux) is a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations. It also takes into account the business goals and objectives of the group managing a product.
I create user interfaces by establishing a deep understanding of a users' journey and ux. I do this via a 4 step Build-Measure-Learn-Repeat cycle:
I've found the above process works wonders for rapid development by clearly identifying objectives, iterating upon actual user needs, and design conflicts are a LOT easier resolved by having actionable metrics guide decisions. If you would be interested in hiring me to do these things for you please contact me via email, mobile, or social media:
Cross Device Coop Game
Lightmare was a cross device, cooperative multiplayer, action sidescroller, Unity3D game I worked on with at team of 16 other students. The cooperative multiplayer part required that one player be running the game on his/her desktop computer and an other player be running the game on their mobile device.
The desktop player's role was that of combat; it was his/her role to destroy enemies in combat. The mobile player, supported the desktop player by dragging shadows underneath the desktop player to strengthen her and/or underneath enemies to weaken them.
My most used skill by far was my background in logistics I acquired in the U.S. Army as a logistics operator. I put this to use as my team's project manager. Our team was a cross college team comprised of students from two differenct colleges: Westphal College of Media Arts and Design and College of Computing and Infomatics. Keeping 5 other designers, 5 computer science programmers, and 5 musicians with vastly different temperments within scope, communicating, and on deadline was definitely a challenge at times.
The tools I used to manage all the tasks required to bring a game from concept to completion were the scrum and gantt methodologies, Slack for team side communications, and the Trello platform to house all tasks, identify who was responsible for them, and to link to all game assets.
This pipeline document details how I was able to bring all these things together.
Game mechanic design was a collobarative process between designers and developers. My role in this process was most often the deciding vote on what direction to take for a given mechanic and to maintain our game design document. I also was in charge of designing the special abilities of the players called Umbrae.
I laid the groundwork for the game's setting and story which included the going through the game's world itself going through Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's five stages of loss to drive the narrative forward.
Lightmare was unique in the fact that interface considerations had to be made for both the desktop and the mobile player. Since I had ample experience playing both desktop and mobile games, I worked with my teams UI lead to maintain consistency across both platforms.
From the point where Lightmare reached a playable state, I would conduct play testing sessions with random players. By documenting their experiences, I was able to collect data that was able to make the project's path forward much more clear by having hard data to guide decisions. It's hard to express just how incredibly useful it was to document user experience and their user journeys. So much so that later in the project when the team was 'running on rails' by the scrum system I implemented, I stepped down as project manager and dedicated myself entirely to quality control where my main function was play testing.
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Classic Game via Javascript
function learnJS (positive, negative) {
if (positive > negative) {
you've learned some javascript!;
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take a break and run this again!;
Pong almost needs no introduction. It is the grandfather of video games after all. My version of pong adds nothing new to the classic formula. The fact that it's in javascript isn't even novel. What is of note is the journey it took for me to complete Pong via javascript and how it ended with me being happy I lost a mind boggling fortune.
I had to code Pong from the ground up for my Web Game Design class at Drexel. At that point I grasped the basics of javascript but this class was asking for advanced execution from day one. I really struggled to keep up in the class and I started to think that perhaps the web development and design industry wasn't for me.
The thing was I worked really hard to get to that point in my life. I had a lot of things riding on my success. After what seemed like a forever later, I finally started to 'get it'. Things started to click. All the late night hours on YouTube, Stackoverflow, Quora, etc. started to finally pay off. I wasn't suddenly Neo from the Matrix but I wasn't Fred Flinstone writing code with sticks and stones either.
Rewind back about two years ago. It was the last evening the Powerball ticekts were on sale for a prize of more than 200 million. However, I didn't want to use the store's RNG to determine my numbers. I wanted javascript to do it. Minutes before the tickets stopped going on sale, I wrote a Powerball number selector for myself.
I didn't win of course but I realized a few days later that I did write a javascript program, on the fly, without really thinking about it. That's in stark contrast to the beginning of my Web Game Design class where I had little to no hope.
You wrap all this up I can gladly say I've never been so happy to lose a fortune in my life.
Oils on Acrylic Wash
'Jane Doe' was one of the more fun pieces I've done. Not only did it employ techniques I never used before but a lot of the pressue to make it visually appealing was already solved since it was an adapation of the band Converge's 'Jane Doe' album cover art.
The piece started with an acrylic wash. I layered on acrlyics with a wet brush. While the paint was still wet, I sprayed it down with a Dollar General spray bottle. The more water added, the more diluted the acrlyics became. Hence the white 'column of light' in the background is where I sprayed the most water.
Once the wash dried, I painted the Jane Doe oil portrait on top of it. It features an achromatic female figure and a monochromatic ground.
After the oil portrait was done, I then layered a cardboard square of the same size on top it, taped it down, and then splattered black oil paint around the edges. I removed the cardboard and this is what gives the portrait its black 'splatter frame' effect.
To see more of my art, check out my gallery.


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ST. CLOUD — The city's summer recreation program has become so popular that officials say they now must limit enrollment for the eight-week schedule of sports and games.
Parks and Recreation Director Chuck Pula said late Tuesday 184 children had registered for the second-year program. He said the city only has enough counselors to supervise 200 children aged 5 and 12.
St. Cloud hired a full-time director and assistant director this summer to better organize and run the recreation program, Pula said. He said officials may enlarge the program next year to accommodate more children.


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"You know," I began again, "once, in 2011, she left a comment on my blog."
"I've made a conscious effort to not talk about it anymore. Not… out loud. But I would write stuff on my blog. Even… now. Sometimes I write about them – though not as frequently as back then. I don't name names or anything, but if you know me in real life – chances are, you'd know who I'm writing about, which is why I'm iffy to give other friends my blog link. If you find me, that's fine. Maybe just… don't tell me you're reading me. But even if I never wrote about you before – to be honest, I can't guarantee I won't. Because I write about things that happen in my life, you know? They're all real, everything I've written about. Mostly though, it's about what I feel as these things took place. I… write about the past a lot because that's my way of trying to understand what happened, everything that's happened."
I digress.
"You know how everything started from a blog entry? Blogging was the trend when we were in high school, so we shared our links with each other – we all read each others' blogs. I wrote about people even back then, but I guess I had zero filter then – I'm slightly better now – and I just, people need to tell me when they're offended, you know? You know me! I'm oblivious to these things, I don't get hints and stuff. So I didn't know – I genuinely had no idea at all – that I'd apparently hurt some of them with the stuff I wrote about them. To me they were no big deal, but apparently they took offense. Things escalated from there."
"But anyway, I stayed with my blog. I gave you the link once, if you remember? But it's fine, you don't need to read it or anything. But yeah, I still have the same blog, though I think I've told… only five real life friends in total? Plus it was so long ago that I've no idea if they still remember. For those girls at least, I definitely thought they'd stopped reading after what happened, especially since the whole drama started because of my blog. I don't know about them, but I kept my space. I wrote about my life in general, but I never… I never really got over what happened – not until I met up with her in Edinburgh during spring break of 2012. Man, I hesitated so much and for so long about meeting up with her there! I thought about it over and over, uncertain, but finally decided to go ahead. I think she worried over this too, but it turned out well. It actually went well. That was the first time when I realized that we've… grown up. We've built lives separate from the past we shared – our friends, when we spoke about those by our sides, they were names and faces that were unfamiliar. She didn't know who I was talking about and neither did I, about her friends. And I mean, we know this about her – she's a nice person. She's truly, sincerely, a good person."
My friend nodded her head in agreement.
"So I mean, when I think about that comment she left on my blog in 2011 – it was like… it was the kindest form of retaliation. Crazy, or crazy? I'll be honest. That was so… frustrating because ugh, even then, she acted as the bigger person like the good person that she is. While I- I… sigh, my blackened heart."
"What did she say? What did she write?"
"So it was an entry I wrote about them, because sometimes I have… episodes. I never really got over what happened until after I met her in 2012, so in those years between 2008 and 2012 I wrote about them sometimes… and this one was a relapse. I think I came across an old photo one of them posted on Facebook and it… hurt. So I wrote about how they kept driving home the point they're six, conveniently and deliberately avoiding any mentions of starting out as seven friends."
I had to stop for a second to compose myself; I could feel heat rising up my cheeks from embarrassment and mortification. Saying these things out loud now, after so many years – my god, no wonder my friend's default expression that night was half-amused and half-sympathetic. I sounded foolish even to my own ears.
"I was so surprised when I got the notification that she left a comment. I thought… I was so sure they'd all forgotten about the existence of my blog, since they'd abandoned theirs and moved on to other platforms. She was… kind, you know? That's who she is, who's she's always been. She said something like unlike what I thought [about them], when they meet up, they'd never fail to ask about me – "How's Jane? I wonder what she's up to now? Is she still in the US?" – and that to her, or maybe to them, they – we – were always seven. I think she might've apologized in that comment, but it's that part about not forgetting me and about remembering being seven that I still remember."
"Did you reply to her comment? What did you say?"
"I… can't remember. I think I thanked her for her kind words, but what does it change now? Even that time when she left that comment, sweet as it was, I couldn't… I couldn't accept it for what it was – because she was wrong about one thing: we don't know each other anymore. We've got that childhood past between us as our shared history, but even if we'd patched things up from there and I was back in their fold …no. First of all, no matter what, no. That past is gone – why the hell would I want to recreate the friendship circle? I don't know them anymore and neither do they, with me. I didn't say this of course and at that time, honestly, the pain was still raw – I think I just thanked her and maybe I apologized. We left it at that. But I haven't forgotten, until now, that she actually left that comment. Because… it's her. Of course she would do something like that."
My friend shook her head for the umpteenth time, not exactly frustrated with me – not yet – but it's clear she wished I would listen to myself more.
"You should've taken that apology she handed at that time. You should've taken it. And you know why you didn't? More than anything, your pride didn't let you. Even then, it stood in the way. That was her acknowledging she made a mistake in the past, that she treated you poorly. But Jane, you… could've been the bigger person too. Your ego-" she started again, but for reasons undisclosed, decided against it and dropped it altogether.
As I write this, it is only now that I understand something else: I was wrong.
It wasn't me who handed forgiveness first – of course it's her. Always the bigger person. Always… the kinder soul. The girl I could never be. But in that moment when this conversation took place, between my old friend and myself, as we sat side-by-side on my sofa with my emotions and nostalgia raining down upon us, I hope she forgave me, just that once, for that moment in the past when I'd let my pride take over. Because even though I understand where she's coming from – I really do – I also know that there was just no way that the girl l was at that time would've, could've, accepted and handled it maturely. Back then in 2011, although it was 2011 by then – the pain was still so raw.


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Although I wasn't planning on buying many books, I somehow managed to end up with four new ones. Now I only need time to actually read them. Maybe I will start reading a few pages each evening before going to sleep. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to share with you my latest bookish buys. Maybe, this will give you some ideas about what you can read in september. If you've already read some of these books than please let me know in the comments if you liked them or not. I would love to know your opinions.
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children by Ransom Riggs
This is a book that I've come across many times. Both in book stores and in many YouTube videos. At first, I didn't buy this book, becaus it looked so creepy. However, it is intuiging as well. Recently I came across this book again and I decided to get it. It is a creepy story about young Jacob who stumbles upon the ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and, as is stated on the back of the book, these peculiar children may still be alive. What made this book so creepy for me are the pictures that have been added. They are terrifying. However, I want to read the book before I go and see the movie adaptation that will be released. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
I love a good graphic novel and I've come across Nimona so many times that I feel that I should read it. All that I know about this graphic novel is what I have read on Goodreads. Nimona, a young shapeshifter, and Lord Ballister Blackheart, a villain with a vendetta, work together to prove that Sir Ambrosius Goldeloin and the institution of Law Enforcement and heroics aren't the heroes of this stories. On the Goodreads site there is also a small comment regarding Nimona's wild side and mysterious past and powers. I cannot wait to figure out the plot of this story. Dreamhouse by Marzia Bisognin
I regularly watch Marzia Bisognin's videos on her youtube channel CutiePieMarzia. She seems like a very creative and inspirational person. So when she announced that she would be releasing a book I was really excited. I bought it as soon as it came out. From the description on the back of the book it seems to be based on your standard haunted house story, but there might be some plot twists in there. You follow Amethyst on her journey to figure out just what is going on with the beautiful house that she is staying at. I'm curious to see what kind of story Marzia has created. The annotated Brothers Grimm edited by Maria Tatar
I received this book as a graduation gift from my family. It was to celebrate that I finally received my MA degree for literary studies. I wrote my thesis about the story of Little Snow White so this gift felt very appropriate and honestly I love beautifully illustratred fairy tale books. I really want to re-read these fairy tales. The complete Alice by Lewis Carroll
Although I've read the stories about Alice before, I don't really own a nice version of this book. So I fell in love when I saw this edition. I love the simplistic, beautiful, white cover with the red pages. I may have to do a re-read of Alice in Wonderland now. Also I'm really curious about the extra information provided in this book. I'll probably check it out on a quiet afternoon. These are all the books that I bought during the summer. What do you think? Will you be reading some of these? I personally cannot wait to start reading these. Unfortunately I will be busy with work. So I may end up reading them on the train. Now I only need to decided which one I'm going to read first. The tough decisions in live :p.


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Definitely a worthy one!! Gonna pass it on to my colleagues who always make fun of my hand moving in the office!I do agree that this may make people think that Italians are more rude than they actually are... or are we? :)From a Modenese to a Bolognese, grazie Filippo!


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On Saturday, October 1st, join Bici Digna at the CARECEN Day Labor center for a mobile bicycle workshop that will show you how to adjust your brakes and gears! You know, for maximum bike-awesomeness.
Every first Saturday of the month, Bici Dignarios hit up the day labor center near Wilshire and Union for a free mobile bicycle workshop. Bring your bike, your ganas, and your good vibes. Bici Digna will be doing minor bicycle repairs for free, and for this upcoming workshop, we'll also be showing you how to adjust your brakes and gears so you can do that on your own! Isn't that cool?
So join us, Saturday, October 1st from 8am to 12pm. 1600 Shatto St, LA CA 90017.
This workshop is made possible by a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services through the Los Angeles County Department of Health.


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Sterling Silver Tree of Life Disk Necklace
The Tree of Life is a universal symbol found in many spiritual traditions throughout the world. A tree is a metaphor for strength, beauty and peace. Trees are also known for their grounding and centering qualities. The Tree of Life is also known as the Tree of Knowledge or Wisdom.
In Yoga philosophy, the ancient seers of India (rishis) perceived the brain and spine as The Tree of life.
This Sterling Silver Tree of Life Necklace is on a 16"Link Chain. Tree of Life Pendant measures 1/2"
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In 1962 a U.S. solider sent to guard the peace in South Korea undertook an extraordinary journey, at the height of the Cold War he deserted his unit and walked across the most heavily fortified area on Earth and defected to an alien communist state, North Korea. The existence of an American defector living in the hearth of the Cold War enemy was denied for decades by both the United States and
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Abraham Lincoln could be considered the greatest president America ever had, he was ernest, a visionary and heroic, he also earned the respect of the world but where are the hero's now asks reporter Jeremy Paxman. As November quickly approaches, Paxman travels to Washington in a bid to understand how it is that the two current presidential candidates are two of the most hated and distrusted of
He was one of America's most successful presidents on the international stage, lauded as a world statesman who thawed the cold war. He was reelected in one of the biggest landslide victories in American history, capturing 49 out of 50 states. This being said however, Richard Nixon was the only president to ever resign from office, forced out of the Whitehouse in abject disgrace. Over 40 years o
Over the past few years terrorist organisations have developed not only as performers of attacks but also as story tellers. They seem to employ professional media departments in order to produce a constant flow of propaganda in which the romance of the Islamic brotherhood is ascetically mixed with what can only be described as ultra violence. These heinous acts committed are often filmed from t
In December of 2015 many of the world leaders had finally come to an agreement to stop climate change, it was an occasion to be celebrated because the deals lengthy negotiations had finally resulted in the decision to prevent a catastrophic warming of the Earth, but was it really the political victory it was made out to be? This story tells us why now after 20 years of ineffective negotiations
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She is Fixed!!!
April 26, 2010
Thanks for Keith from EBC Serenity got fixed and I got to keep the tiny yet sharp rock that did the deed:) So hopefully tomorrow it doesn't rain and I can get a quick ride in after work!! Yea!:)
Also, I may have a lead on a Vintage Raleigh step-through. More details as I get more information. Squee!!
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!!! Excited to know that Raleigh will be going to a good home!
Brian let us take a peek upstairs at her when we (Angel and I) were at EBC on Monday evening. She's every bit as lovely as we knew she would be when we found her out in the snowy yard in February.


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Your kidneys are located right under your rib cage. They are of vital importance to you, and clean about 150 quarts of blood per day.
Their function is essential in order for all the other organs to function properly. They make more red cells, keep the blood pressure within normal boundaries, keep the bones healthy, regulate the electrolyte levels and are responsible for the waste material from the body.
If your Kidney Gives you these Signs
If the kidneys happen to be in any sort of trouble, then your entire health is endangered. Here are some signs how to notice that your health is not in order and that there is kidney damage or failure.
The joints, limbs and face will be swollen. This means that the kidney is not doing it's job properly and cannot get rid of excess fluids that easy.
You will experience trouble when urinating – you will feel pressure, your urine will have a pale color and you will urinate frequently, in large amounts, or your urine will be dark and you will urinate frequently but in small amounts. Finally, you may have a foamy urine and get up in the middle of the night often to urinate.
The buildup of the waste in the body can only get to a nasty skin rash. This is linked to kidney failure. All the waste piles up in the blood, making the skin look dry, irritated and unhealthy. In this situations, lotions and creams can help you, but they will not solve the problem because it comes from the inside.
You will experience fatigue and shortness of breath. When the kidneys are healthy they produce the right amount of red blood cells who provide us with oxygen.
But when the number of the red blood cells lowers you will of course experience fatigue and this can even have an effect on the muscles and the brain. It can also be a sign of anemia. This will make you experience shortness of breath as well. Furthermore, the worst part is that if you happen to suffer from anemia, then you will experience dizziness, lightheadedness, bad concentration and focus, and memory troubles.
Poor appetite, a severe change in the eating habits, and all the waste that is flowing in your blood will lead to having a taste of metal in the mouth and bad breath, all of the time.
At last, an upper back pain – that is what you will experience if your kidneys are in danger because this is the area in the body where they are placed.


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Here are just some random pics of all the fun we had in New York. We saw the Letterman Show, ate loads of chinese dumplings, went to many shops in the Soho area Melinda Beck suggested we would enjoy, walked in Times Square and all in all had a wonderful time. Chi-Wen went with us for a whole day. Can't wait to go back.
former student Hannah who is a page at Letterman