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I downloaded the tarball from CPAN and used the standard Perl Makefile, make, sudo make install commands and
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Over the last few days I've added a few features to my blog which other blogs have had for ages…
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- Tag cloud. Seemed an obvious thing to add to the side bar, given the time I'd spent tagging old posts.
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As, I assume, most people will be reading this through a feed reader, all of my tinkering will be irrelevant/invisible. Which means you won't see the long (pointless?) sidebar of widgets now on display.
Does anyone ever look at these sidebar widgets? I'm sure when I view others' blogs/sites I tend to block out anything down either side of the page assuming it's peripheral, unless it looks like a menu for navigation. So why should I expect anyone to look at the ones on my site?
On the OpenLearn project the number of Moodle blocks (down either side of the page) grew to an unmanageable number. Deciding which (or rather whose!) block should be removed or put at the top was a tricky task. Though, this problem has now been solved by moving all the tools into one block.
[The photo above, which I took yesterday, has nothing to do with this posting, other than to show I have done something else over the last few days apart from tinkering with my blog.]


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Impressive performances at UFC 111 were worth an extra $65,000 to a few lucky fighters on Saturday night. Kurt Pellegrino nabbed the Submission of the Night bonus for his rear naked choke finish of Fabricio Camoes. Shane Carwin pocketed the Knockout of the Night bonus for battering Frank Mir into a surreal dream state, and prelim fighters Jared Hamman and Rodney Wallace got the nod for Fight of the Night after their three-round slobberknocker that resulted in a decision win for Hamman. Other notes to come out of UFC 111:
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Alliance for Justice (AFJ) reports that President Barack Obama will likely finish his first term with many more vacancies in the federal judiciary than when he was inaugurated. Today, seventy-five seats on the federal bench remain open, compared with fifty-three in January 2009. The shortage of judges has generated a backlog such that approximately thirty courts have been officially designated as being in a state of "judicial emergency"—that is, more cases per judge than he or she can handle fairly and efficiently—compared with only eighteen in 2009, thereby leaving important issues of law unsettled and many injuries unredressed.
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"The mind is its own place, and in itself
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CHAPTER 1 – Roses and Ivy
---Harry ---
It's a perfectly ordinary evening after a perfectly ordinary day. I sit in the Gryffindor common room next to Hermione, pretending (even to myself) to read. She is calm and collected as she usually is these days, no longer the over-energetic little girl who gets on everyone's nerves. She turns pages, takes notes, looks up at me once in a while and smiles in a way I can only describe as reassuring. I don't know why she thinks I need to be reassured. But maybe I exude indecision or uncertainty or anxiety. Maybe she just feels it before I do. Because suddenly my skin crawls and I feel as if I'm going to pass out. The room is too stuffy, too hot, too noisy, too full of people. I can't breathe, it's like the time I rescued Ron from the lake and the effect of the gillyweed wore off before I had reached the surface. I'm afraid I'm going to be sick. I'm afraid I'm going to cry. I stand up and my chair clatters to the floor behind me. I brush aside Hermione's alarmed exclamations, run out of the room and down the stairs. Hermione means well, she always does, and I feel my conscience sting me, but tonight I just can't take her anxious questions on how I feel. The truth is I don't know how I feel. But she won't take "strange" for an answer.
As seventh year students we're allowed to use the gardens in the evenings, as long as we're back in our dorms by eleven. The gardens spread out wedge-shaped from the school to the lake, with terraces marching down the slope. They are criss-crossed with high, clipped hedges and dotted with old, tangled thickets of roses and patches of fragrant herbs. There is even a small walled-in orchard with apple trees, and peach and apricot trees trained against the brick walls, competing with ivy for space. There are plenty of places you can go for privacy. It always surprises me that so few students make use of it, even on a beautiful night like this.
I stand on the lawn for a while, taking great gulps of the clear night air. It's an unusually warm night for the season and some late roses still open their pale, scented semi-spheres. The sky is an enormous dark blue vault pinpricked with stars, and the almost full moon bathes everything in a chalky blue light. I walk slowly across the grass, knowing where I'm heading but in no hurry to get there. At the bottom of the garden there is a secluded part of the terrace with a stone balustrade running along the edge, overlooking the lake. It's a spot where you can go to be alone, to clear your head and think. Feeling lonely in the crowded common room pushes me to the edge of breakdown. Being alone is soothing. It takes the loneliness away.
But tonight I have company in my private spot. Someone is sitting on the balustrade at the edge of the terrace. I stop cautiously in the deep shadow of a big cedar tree, not sure why I stop, but I can sense that whoever is sitting there doesn't want to be disturbed. And I don't really want to be seen, either. I don't want to talk. Talking would shatter this fragile evening like glass. It's a night for held breaths.
The boy on the stone balustrade is Draco Malfoy, the very reason why I had to run outside and gulp night air. He sits with his back against a stone pillar which is covered with ivy and the rampant climbing roses. Near his head some of the white flowers glow faintly in the strange light, shimmering and floating. The moonlight glitters on the lake behind him, but he doesn't look at either the lake or the roses. He sits half turned towards the gardens, and the rippling light on the water behind him obscures his face. He has taken off his robes and his shirt. They hang neatly folded over the balustrade beside him and he is naked to the waist; the smooth planes and curves and hollows of his upper body sculpted with moonlight and shadow. As he leans his head back against the stone pillar to look up at the starry sky, the cold light catches his sharp face, and his strange, grey eyes hold nothing of their usual arrogance. They look dreamy and slightly puzzled, as if he is thinking about something that gives him pleasure but which he does not quite comprehend.
I stand frozen in the deep shadow under the big cedar tree. If I had wanted to keep up our antagonistic relationship I would be in the perfect position to humiliate him – after all, he sits there half-naked under an arch of roses like a slightly indecent fairytale prince. I could just saunter up to him and start our conversation with "Moonbathing, Malfoy? No wonder you never get a tan," but the temptation isn't there. Instead I have trouble breathing again, and I know that if I go up to him now, the temptation will be a very different one. A night for held breaths. Only Malfoy can arrange himself in a tableau like this and manage not to look ridiculous in the least, just completely natural, graceful and poised. He has a cat-like instinct for decorativeness, placing himself where he is shown to his best advantage and making it all look very casual. I literally hold my breath. I don't want to break the moment. I just want to stay in the shadow and hold this perfect picture. Dark foliage, glittering water, the dreaming boy with the light playing over his pale face and silvery hair. My fingers twitch. I want to trace them over that white, perfect skin. Is he hot or cold to the touch?
There was a time when the only physical contact with Malfoy I desired was letting my fist connect with his jaw. I would have loved to see that haughty smirk break up in confusion and pain. Now there is no trace of a smirk on his face, and I can't help myself. I give in. I eat him with my eyes; I let them slide from his lips down the delicate neckline; I rest them on the soft shadows above his collar-bones, on the almost unnoticeable rising and falling of his chest, wondering what it would be like to feel his pulse beat against the tip of my tongue as I touch it to the hollow at the base of his throat.
My red alert system is screaming and flashing inside me but I just stand there helplessly. There is nothing even remotely attractive about him! this wild little voice inside me shouts. That beauty is nothing but surface! Scratch it and you will find darkness and ruin. He is dangerous. Anyone who takes pleasure in other people's pain is dangerous. You had more sense when you were eleven years old and turned down his dubious offer of friendship.
I back away cautiously from under the tree. I feel vaguely ashamed, as if I have seen something I should not have seen. I'm sweating and shaken, hot and cold as if I have fever. I cross the lawn quietly and walk up through the dewy terraces back to the castle. The Fat Lady is dozing but she jerks awake to let me into the common room, gives me a motherly look and says sleepily: "You're all damp, dear; be careful you don't catch cold". I go up to the dorm and go to bed, but I can't sleep. I toss and turn behind the drawn curtains of my four-poster, thoughts whirling in my head. Just one thing stands out clearly: The picture of the half-naked boy in the garden, so beautiful he almost does not look human.
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At breakfast I carefully place myself with my back to the Slytherin table. Most mornings I allow myself the pleasure of watching Malfoy's sleek, well-groomed head bend over the plates, but today I don't want to look at him. I usually try not to look at him too much, I don't want to be obvious, but I find it very hard to resist. And quite often, when I let my eyes wander over to the Slytherin table, I find his eyes already resting on me, or lifting to meet mine. Usually we both quickly look away, but sometimes one of us holds the other's gaze, almost like a challenge. The intoxicating mixture of pleasure, fear and desire that washes over me when we do is addictive, like a very potent drug. It's so strong I can't believe he doesn't feel it too. It lives in me like a tropical fever – dormant for long periods, but breaking out in sudden bouts that leave me confused, trembling, sweating. Today I don't want to risk it. I'm afraid my own eyes will betray me if they meet his; give away what I saw last night. I try to concentrate on my cereal and on Ron talking to me across the table about a letter from Bill that a distracted owl has just dropped into his plate of scrambled eggs.
It's simply impossible to concentrate. I feel Malfoy's presence like insects climbing up my back. When there are five hundred people in the room I see only him. He stands out as if someone has put a Luminous charm on him. It's as if the hall is all misty and blurred and he is the only clear figure in it. When I hear his voice I feel a shiver go down my spine. I recognize all these symptoms as ones of being in love. But I can't accept that. Physically attracted, yes. In love, no.
I catch Hermione watching me with this worried look she's reserved for me for weeks now. But she doesn't say anything, and neither do I. I don't know why I have developed such an obsession with Malfoy and it worries me, but it's nothing I want to discuss with either her or Ron. Well, my face is not exactly inscrutable. They both know me well and they're not stupid; of course they come to their own conclusions.
I go to Potions class with Ron and Hermione walking on either side of me like body guards. For some reason, Snape is in a very good mood this morning. He doesn't exactly smile but his lips curl in way that, with Snape, must be interpreted as mirth. He even makes a not-too-nasty joke about my failure to tame my unruly hair. I'm in the process of chopping up a bunch of thick dragonweed stalks, and my knife slips in surprise. A few drops of the blood-red sap splash up and hit my cheek, leaving a hot tingle on my skin. The sensation is not unpleasant. Snape, who never misses anything, says: "Well, Potter, go ahead and taste a few drops now you have the chance. Pure extract of dragonweed is a powerful pick-me-up. Could give you a better memory for your potions." He's almost cheerful. The inevitable snicker from the Slytherins moves like a wave through the dungeon and I hate myself for taking notice of it. I wipe the dragonweed sap off my cheek with a finger and lick it tentatively. It has a fruity, slightly spicy taste, and I remember Ron saying that wizard parents give their children dragonweed extract just like Muggle parents give their children extra vitamins.
I'm suddenly acutely aware of someone looking at me. I raise my eyes cautiously, thinking that Snape is still hovering over me like a malevolent bat, waiting for some curious reaction to the dragonweed. Instead I meet Draco Malfoy's strange, silvery eyes across the room and I almost jump. They're not dreamy like last night. There is a disturbed light in them; they are intense and very steady. He holds my gaze almost fiercely and I half expect a crackling ray of blue light to appear between us. He's telling me something, but I can't read it.
The next moment I realise that even if my mind can't read his message, there is no doubt that my body can. The heat of it hits the pit of my stomach and melts down to my crotch. Oh, no. Not now. I avert my eyes, desperate to break the connection.
I'm not sure when my obsession with Malfoy started, but I know I have spent an inordinate amount of time during the past six months or so thinking about him. Not always consciously or in any structured manner, but somehow the image of him is always there at the back of my mind, nagging and persistent like a song you have in your head when you wake up in the morning.
His general behaviour has changed very much over the last year. Not that there's anything strange about that, really. People mature. Hell, even Malfoy has to mature. He used to be obnoxious but he has never been loud. These days he is very withdrawn and quiet, but he looks as if he misses very little. He still has the same smooth, arrogant stride, but there is no more taunting. Come to think of it, I haven't heard him talk about Mudbloods for ages. He even leaves Hermione alone. He rather seems to avoid me, apart from the times when our eyes meet. If it hadn't been so unbelievable I would say that Malfoy at times, when he doesn't know he's being watched, looks troubled, vulnerable even. But why should I be so interested in what goes on in his mind?
Perhaps it's not that surprising. He has never allowed me to forget his existence since that first time we met, in Diagon Alley when we were just kids. I've always watched him closely, if only just to see where the next attack will come from. Malfoy always evokes strong feelings, not only in me. Perhaps the really strange thing is I haven't been intrigued by him before. Or noticed his looks. It's not just his character that has matured. His face is less pointed; it's a strong face with clean, sharp features and those strikingly beautiful eyes. His body has lost its boyishness. He is tall and lithe and athletic, well-muscled but not overly so. He has a runner's body. Or a flyer's.
Notthe right thing to think about right now.
I'm aware of Ron watching me intently with a strange expression on his face, and I gather myself together as best I can.
"You OK, Harry?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why does everybody keep asking me that? I was just a bit distracted by this dragonweed thing. It doesn't taste bad, actually. Did you say it's like vitamins?"
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House, car loans and special needs of her daughter are fixed and therefore it is necessary to put aside money each month to pay. Your credit card borrowing is too high and I imagine that you are only the minimum payment at a rate of interest. If you are doing this, then you will never be able to pay its debts. Can test whether your budget of income after paying their monthly mortgage loan automobile and payment of the essentials of daily living including property taxes, heating, gas, water, cable TV, telephone, bills cell phone, you still have some money to pay your credit card debt. To be able to do this, you need discipline, willpower and tighten belt. When you see something you want to buy, first the question, "Can I or my family without him? So if the answer is Yes, only walk and never look back. There is a difference between needs and wants. With the extra money, try to pay their credit card debt first. Use money cash for their needs and stop using credit card until it is fully paid. There is no other way to save as much as possible each month and put that extra money in your credit card debt. If possible try to negotiate with your credit card company to explore ways they can help resolve the loan load or less manageable for you and your husband each month based on combined income. What is the purpose of having to work so hard in his life just to pay their loans? That is not life. Think about it. I sincerely hope you can overcome this problem.


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Posted: 7 FEB 2007
The latest update to this World War II strategy title is locked, loaded, and ready for action!
Matrix Games and 2by3 Games (www.2by3games.com) have released an update for the longstanding operational South Pacific strategy game, Uncommon Valor. Almost 5 years after its release, gamers can download the version 2.5 update to fix an issue with random disappearing aircraft and two brand new interface features: the assault value of each land unit is now displayed on the unit orders screen and the number of defensive mines at a base now appears on the base orders screen.
Posted: 4 APR 2005
Additional Fixes Based On Player Feedback Matrix Games and 2by3 Games (www.2by3games.com) are very excited to release the final 2.41 update for Uncommon Valor, which updates the 2.30 and 2.40 versions with additional fixes based on player feedback.
Posted: 12 FEB 2005
Final Update for Uncommon Valor Adds New Features and More! Matrix Games and 2 by 3 Games (www.2by3games.com) are very excited to release the final update for Uncommon Valor, which adds a few new elements found in the 'sequel' game War in the Pacific and fixes a few issues reported since the last update
Release Date: 1 MAY 2002
Language: English
Genre: Operational
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Complexity: Advanced
Period: World War II
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Release Date: 8 JUN 2007
Carriers at War is a simulation of fleet carrier air and naval operations in the Pacific theater from 1941 to 1945. The game focuses heavily on carrier fleet command strategy. Other units are represented and play a part in battle, but as the title suggests the queen of the sea is the focus.


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Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What's so exciting about movies?
John Reich, Genesee Community College
Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production.
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Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals
Alan Martin, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Alex Haas, Emily Carr University
Ken Jeffery, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Roberto Medeiros, Ricoh Canada
Steven Tomljanovic, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Wayne Collins, British Columbia Institute of Technology
This textbook -- written by a group of select experts with a focus on different aspects of the design process, from creation to production -- addresses the many steps of creating and then producing physical, printed, or other imaged products that people interact with on a daily basis. It covers the concept that, while most modern graphic design is created on computers using design software, the ideas and concepts don't stay on the computer. The ideas need to be completed in the computer software, then progress to an imaging (traditionally referred to as printing) process. Keywords are highlighted throughout and summarized in a Glossary at the end of the book, and each chapter includes exercises and suggested readings.
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Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning
Pamela Sachant, University of North Georgia
Peggy Blood, Savannah State University
Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses.
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Music and the Child
Natalie Sarrazin, College at Brockport, SUNY
This book explores a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children's lives through play, games, creativity, and movement. Additionally, the book explores ways of applying music-making to benefit the whole child, i.e., socially, emotionally, physically, cognitively, and linguistically.
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Music Fundamentals 1: Pitch and Major Scales and Keys
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Terry B. Ewell
This collection is the first of five dealing with the rudiments of music.
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Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Terry B. Ewell
This collection is the second of five dealing with the rudiments of music.
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Music: Its Language, History, and Culture
Douglas Cohen, CUNY Brooklyn College
The chapters in this reader contain definitions and explanations of musical terms and concepts, short essays on subjects related to music as a creative performing art, biographical sketches of major figures in music, and historical and cultural background information on music from different periods and places.
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Sound Reasoning
Anthony Brandt
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"Sound Reasoning" is a web-based, introductory music appreciation course. It offers a new approach to music appreciation for adults, focusing on style-independent concepts.
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Theatrical Worlds
From the University of Florida College of Fine Arts, Charlie Mitchell and distinguished colleagues from across America present an introductory text for theatre and theoretical production. This book seeks to give insight into the people and processes that create theater. It does not strip away the feeling of magic but to add wonder for the artistry that make a production work well.
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Catherine Schmidt-Jones
An introduction to the expanded music theory course, with suggestions on how to use the materials.
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Alan Clark, Middle Georgia State University
Elizabeth Kramer, University of West Georgia
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David Hasselhoff, Ice T and Coco, Lance Bass, Fran Drescher, David Cassidy, Debbie Gibson, the Simmons family and Rick Harrison open up their homes to auction off their valuables for charity
Darren Julien and Martin Nolan join host Kit Hoover
Julien's Auctions, the auction house to the stars, will now be the subject of the new unscripted series "Celebrity Home Raiders" on the Lifetime Television Network. Celebrities welcome viewers into their homes for a trip down memory lane and an exclusive look into their lives and prized possessions in the all-new unscripted series, which premieres Thursday, March 6, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
In each half-hour episode of "Celebrity Home Raiders," host Kit Hoover ("Access Hollywood Live") and renowned auctioneers Darren Julien and Martin Nolan from Julien's Auctions reminisce with celebrities as they search through their belongings for beloved treasures to be auctioned off, with proceeds benefiting a charity of each celebrity's choice. The stars invite Kit, Darren and Martin into their homes to discuss the history and sentiment of their personal memorabilia while haggling over each item's value.
Potential items up for auction include David Hasselhoff's replica of KITT from "Knight Rider" and an Axe guitar owned and used by Gene Simmons of KISS. Will the objects' final price meet the celebrities' expectation and - more importantly - will they reach their charitable donation goals?
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Recently a client wanted to change the comment form on a WordPress site I was building for them. Specifically, they just wanted to have a Name field and the Comment field – omitting the E-mail and Website fields. They also wanted their labels to have particular wording.
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Orkut History
In bullet points, here are the things you should know about Orkut:
- Orkut was named after its creator - Orkut Büyükkökten.
- As of December 2009, 51.09% of Orkut members are from Brazil, 20.02% from India and only 17.28% are from the U.S.
- Orkut is managed by Google Brazil
- Orkut ranks 60th in Alexa Traffic count
- Current Orkut members - 100 million
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Orkut Social Networking Features
Orkut works and runs just like any other social networking site. You create a profile, build a network of friends, and then interact with the community by posting updates about yourself, uploading photos and videos, and practically everything else that you normally do in a social networking site. Nothing special here, really.
One notable feature of Orkut is a facility for integrating Gmail's Instant Messaging service- GTalk. That means you can chat directly with your Gmail contacts right inside your Orkut profile page. You can also create community polls from time to time to ignite activities in your Orkut update stream.
Another feature of Orkut which I find cool is the facility for rating your friends. You can indicate whether a particular friend is "Trustworthy", "Cool", or "Sexy" on a scale of 1 to 3. This is aggregated in terms of percentage.
One feature which you may not like is that Orkut allows everyone to see your profile even if they are not in your list of Orkut friends. If you're a Facebook user, you might not like this feature. But if there is a particular person that you don't want to allow viewing of your profile, you can simply put them in your "ignore list."
Other features of the Orkut social networking site include profile customization, profile restriction, a "Crush List", and listing of friends by the order of their login time on the site.
MySpace and Facebook? Actually, Ning is a more direct competitor, as they allow creation of social networks which are similar to Orkut's communities.
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Problems, Issues, and Challenges of Orkut
Like many other social networking site that runs on a free environment, Orkut also faces several problems including spammers, flooders, users who create false or misleading profiles, users with malicious intent, and more. But the Orkut team are quick to address each of these problems. While some may have successfully rectified these problems and issues, some may still be prevalent. Some of the measures implemented by Orkut are automated systems for preventing spam, restrictive policies on the Orkut community forums, stricter anti-worms and anti-virus systems, and many other programs and systems.
When it comes to challenges, I would be inclined to think that Orkut's major challenge is its inability to achieve exponential growth to at least reach the popularity levels of major social networking sites. You would expect that a web service owned and managed by Google would be able to achieve such status. Unfortunately, Orkut does not achieve this.
Perhaps, Google might want to take a closer look into Orkut, evaluate, examine and come up with a viable marketing strategy to spike user interest in Orkut. Orkut needs Google's support badly.


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Back where they belong
Eagles end two-year championship drought
Two years without any sort of postseason title doesn't constitute a drought — at most schools anyway.
For some others, championships are an expected occurrence every spring. When they aren't collected annually, players, coaches and even fans are left with an empty feeling.
So it was with Sandburg. While the Eagles certainly hadn't tumbled into the abyss — 69 victories since the start of the 2012 campaign provided proof of that — something was still missing.
Now, it's not. Behind the combined pitching efforts of Bryan Pall and Matthias Dietz, Sandburg defeated host Lincoln-Way Central 5-1 on Saturday to claim its first Class 4A regional crown since 2011 and the first under coach Jim Morsovillo.
Morsovillo and assistant coach Chuck Peters are both ex-Eagles who contributed to Sandburg's lengthy run of playoff success under former boss Doug Sutor. After the Knights were vanquished, both men were as elated as their athletes to advance to the sectional round.
"We finally got it done," Peters said. "We got the hump off our back and it was really nice to do that. It helps having some good arms to go throw [at opponents]."
The Eagles, who meet Providence Catholic today in an Andrew Sectional semifinal, broke a 1-all tie with Lincoln-Way Central by scoring twice in the fourth. Alec Martinez and Julian Gutierrez (doubled) supplied the RBI.
Martinez finished with two hits and a pair of RBI and Peter Paxinos also hit safely twice. But a bigger story was the pitching.
Pall fanned six even though, by Peters' estimation, he "didn't have his sharpest day. He was still great, but they had some decent swings off him." Enter Dietz, who fell behind the first batter 3-0 before roaring back to strike out all but one of the 10 guys he faced.
"He was, needless to say, on his game," Peters said. "When he went 3-0, their dugout started to chirp. It was a great atmosphere, but Matthias is one of those kids who feeds off that. [He basically said], 'Tell me I can't do something.'
"He threw three fastballs after that and he was probably at 90 or 91 [miles per hour] in that game."
In reality, the Knights were likely following Sandburg's lead. According to Peters, the Eagles "got under their pitcher's skin a little bit [because] we were pretty loud in the dugout" in the first inning.
Sandburg did tally once then, but it wasted a bases-loaded situation in the second and Peters was hoping that failure didn't eventually come back to haunt the Eagles.
"When you're playing a team you think you're better than, the longer the game stays close the more they start thinking they can win," he said. "You've got to have a little bit of luck in baseball and we can't squander [scoring] opportunities."
While winning was obviously on everyone else's mind as well, Peters said no member of Sandburg's coaching staff wanted to place too much emphasis on the recent postseason shortcomings of their own club.
"You can't let players feel that," Peters said. "The last thing you want to do is put more pressure on them.
"The practices we had going into that game were really efficient and I knew on the bus we were ready to play. You can tell if they're loose and ready to go, and they were blasting music."
One of the practice activities was "27 outs," where players have to make that many consecutive clean defensive plays. One error brings the count back to zero.
"That's something I did in college, and a lot of colleges do it," Peters said. "You're never going to be able to replicate game-time anxiety, but you have to do the best you can."
Sandburg 7
Crete-Monee 1
The Eagles opened regional play with a win over the Warriors last Wednesday, although Peters insisted it was "a very tough matchup we had in the first round. Their pitcher was pretty good, but I don't think he was ready for that big stage."
Four runs in the first inning had Sandburg sitting pretty, and it added a deuce in the fourth and one more tally in the fifth to complete its scoring. Crete-Monee didn't expunge its shutout until the seventh, which was also when it finally recorded its initial hit off Eagles starter Sean Leland, who racked up 13 strikeouts.
"That's probably the best game he's pitched," Peters said.
Jim Roche had three hits to pace Sandburg's offense, while Paxinos (two), Martinez and Chris Stearns were the RBI men.
Crete-Monee 000 000 1 — 1
Sandburg 400 210 x — 7
Sandburg RBI: Paxinos 2, Martinez, Stearns. WP: Leland.
Lincoln-Way Central 001 000 0 — 1
Sandburg 100 202 x — 5
Sandburg 2B: Genoa, Gutierrez. RBI: Martinez 2, Gutierrez. WP: Pall.


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Edmonton, Alberta White Bright Light
Date: February 11, 2005
Time: 5:30 p.m.
02/11/05 About 5:30 p.m. Edmonton view from downtown looking North East towards Grant McEwan College witnessed from 9th story apartment window. White bright light, size unknown?, above and behind Grant Mc McEwan College, bigger and brighter than Venus or Sirius, so bright at first I thought it was a plane landing and thinking it had just turned and its light was facing me as we're close to the city center airport. I've been watching the skies around here for 3-4 years now by this airport so I'm pretty familiar with the area and I've seen planes turn in like that many times and all of a sudden there's a bright light in the sky as cause the plane is facing you. I've seen lots of planes land and take off, the Air 1 cop heli all night many nights for the past 3 years zipping around the city, along with Stars the medic heli also some military and army helis that sometime look black. What ever it was last night it was at the altitude as if it was a plane coming in to land and just appeared out of nowhere abit above McEwan College. It was about 5:30 p.m. were looking at the computer monitor ordering food off B.P's menu online, the computer is against the wall right beside the window all I have to do is turn my head 15 degrees to the left and I'm looking at the area I witnessed it in last night. It was really bright I found it abit low in altitude to be a plane coming in to land, I thought maybe it was Air 1's searchlight than cause it was that bright and seemed like it wasn't descending in altitude like a plane does. Just hovering in low altitude. At that moment I said to my wife in a sarcastic manner "look a UFO", thinking it was Air 1's searchlight.
I looked back at the monitor for 5 seconds still seeing it out of the corner of my eye and than I looked back at it thinking I should grab the binocs which were at arms length on the table but thought I had seen white wings by the lights? Anyways looked back at the monitor for another 5 seconds or so than looked back out and it was gone. I got up out of my seat right away and had my face pressed to the window, which is 2-3 feet away as I couldn't see a plane or heli as I expected. Green and red blinking light of a plane or the red light of the heli. Nothing! If it was the heli it would have been somewhere close in the vicinity and there was nothing. If it would have been a plane it would have crashed into one of Grant McEwan Towers by now or where Safeway is mini mall strip is??? I stood there at the window scanning the sky for something, but nothing could be seen. I was flipping out on my wife who by than had taken my seat and was looking at the menu now "Honey, that really was a UFO"! Total time of sighting: 15-20 seconds.
Thank you to the witness for the report.
Brian Vike, Director
HBCC UFO Research
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This story is great fun to introduce the topic "clothes".
I've used it while working on a project about the solar system.
Because it had this "imaginary" associated with aliens and it also had vocabulary about family and clothes, I thought it was a good option to take it to class.
Here's how I've made the plan to use it:
Before reading the story or showing the book cover the teacher should arouse students' curiosity and lead them to the main topic by asking questions like:
"Do you like your t-shirt?"
"What are your favourite clothes?"
"What about aliens? Do they like t-shirts?" "Do they like jackets?"(…)
While Reading:
While reading the story the teacher should show the pictures, make complementary gestures and use different tones of voice to help the students understand the meaning.The new vocabulary (about underpants) must be explored by getting the students to repeat the words or answer questions.
Post Reading:
The activity of post-reading is a drawing of the different underpants that appeared in the story, labeling them with their correct names: (Knickers, bloomers and Long-johns) and associating them with the members of the family which were in the story as well.


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In this post I will attempt to do something I never do, totally expose myself to the world, allow you to see the real me, even more of myself than I usually share on this blog. In the 8 years that I've been on my own living life as an adult, a performer, a gay man, a manager, and now an activist, I've had some wonderful highs and some depressing lows.
My life hasn't always exactly gone according to plan, their has been some sweet surprises and some surprises I could have done without, but in the midst of it all I have learned that I'm a lot stronger than I could have ever imagined.
My father affectionately refers to me as the "nomad" in the family because I've lived in more cities than he's ever thought about visiting.
In a conversation today with my boss I remembered the 21 year old dancer who moved to LA with 400 dollars in his pocket, a beat up Geo Prizm packed with suitcases, barely a couch to sleep on, and no job lined up. 4 years later I'm still here and not just surviving but thriving.
In many ways I feel blessed because I've always had a sense of purpose and I recognized early on that my life was not a mistake.
My journey is my journey and if I could go back and re-write history I probably would, but I wouldn't be the person I am today. Those experiences are apart of the reason why I'm writing this blog today.
So why can't I tell my parents about my new passion? Why am I afraid to live out loud to the people who already know my truth but choose not to speak about it? Does that make me a hypocrite or just afraid?
I don't usually take the time to reflect on my life and my accomplishments becuase I'm always pressing towards the next
goal, but I can honestly say this blog and the responses I've received from people all over the country has assured me that
what I'm doing is bigger than myself or any fear that may enter my mind.
The above clip is of Heather Headley and the original broadway cast of The Lion King performing "Shadowland".
My favorite line of this song is, "where the journey may lead me......let your prayer be my guide". It really describes the space I'm in right now and how I'm adjusting to life changes. I hope it touches your heart as much as it has touched mine.


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Spyro Contogouris sat down at his computer in August 2005 typing out reassurances to his boss. Spyro worked for a hedge fund. He would be arrested for felony embezzlement in a real estate scam the next year but of course didn't know that at the time. Spyro had been hired to destroy Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian insurance company. His billionaire boss not only wanted the company to fail, he wanted its Indian CEO and Canadian immigrant Prem Watsa to be disgraced. On that day Spyro was assuring his impatient boss that he would fulfill his duties. The vindictive hedge fund boss was a fixture in high society and received the adulation of the press for his great taste in art and his vast art collection.
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Verizon confirmed last month that it plans to offer Motorola's new Moto G with its prepaid service, but the only availability detail that the big red carrier have offered so far is that it's aiming for a launch in the first quarter of 2014. That's no different today, but one thing that is new is a photo of Verizon's Moto G, complete with its retail packaging.
Posted to Google+ by user Josue Joseph, the image shows a Moto G encased in its plastic blister pack home. Joseph's profile claims that he works at a Best Buy Mobile store, and attached to the photo is the sentence "Look at what just arrived !!," suggesting that Verizon's Moto G is starting to make its way into retail stores. Joseph went on to say that he can't sell the Moto G yet and doesn't know what its launch date is, but that "it looks like it's going for $100."
The Moto G is the low-cost sibling to Motorola's flagship Moto X, packing a 4.5-inch 720p display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2070mAh battery. Motorola kicked off sales of the GSM Moto G in late November, meaning that any consumers that are waiting for the CDMA-ified Moto G have had to sit by and watch as their GSM buddies enjoy their new phones and an update to Android 4.4 KitKat. Here's to hoping that, now that the Verizon-flavored Moto G appears to have started infiltrating retail stores, an actual launch isn't far off.
UPDATE: Some new images have surfaced that reveal more details on the Verizon Moto G's pricing and availability. First up, the folks at Android Police have shared a photo that shows the unit on the shelf at a Best Buy, complete with a price tag of $99.99. It's worth noting that, because Verizon will be selling the Moto G with its prepaid service, that's its no contract price.
The second image comes to us from Droid-Life. It mentions that the Verizon-flavored Moto G has a "hard street date" of Jan. 9, meaning that the device may be just a little over a week away from launch. While unconfirmed for now, that'd certainly fit within the Q1 2014 launch window that Verizon has given for its Moto G variant.
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Sexy underwear is always a popular choice at this time of year – but buying the right style for your partner is never an easy task.
Luckily SalesGossip has sourced the best sales where you'll find lingerie and nightwear for less. Remember, the money you save can be spent on a cute card and a candle lit dinner for two…
For Her
For lashings of seductive silk and lace, Myla London is the place to look. The red and black Elvie collection is guaranteed to bring out her devilish side this Valentine's – and selected items are half price!
The Elvie basque has been marked down from £250 - £125, and the matching knickers have been reduced from £85 - £42.
La Perla
Get a glimpse into the scandalous lives of the Upper East Side elite on a Brooklyn budget. At the La Perlasale prices have been stripped on the sexy Gossip Girl lingerie collection which comes in nude, black and blue colourways. Gossip Girl balconette bra; was £72 now £43, and g-string; was £31 now £19.
Ann Summers
Naughty girls love Ann Summers. If the lady in your life has been busy reading Fifty Shades of Grey, items from the bondage collection are 3 for 2. Plus, right now you'll find selected sexy nightwear half price – including the Halle nude pleat babydoll; was £40 now £28.
Marks & Spencer
On the high street, M&Scan always be relied on for affordable lingerie ladies love. In the sale you'll find items from the covetable Collette by Collette Dinnigan collection reduced, including this floral embroidered set. Collette padded bra; was £22 now £16, and Brazilian knickers;were £12 now £8.50.
House of Fraser
A satin dressing gown will make her feel special this Valentine's Day. Proving a little piece of luxury needn't cost the earth, the Georgina satin wrap by Lepel has been reduced from £35 - £24.50 at House of Fraser.
For Him
Is your man in need of some new tighty whities? Right now there's 40% off Calvin Klein underwear at Debenhams, including these flexible fit trunks, reduced from £24.50 - £14.70.
Tommy Hilfiger
If you can't choose between the patterned pants or the plain ones, buy both! The 2 pack of Payton boy shorts is the perfect buy, reduced from £35 - £18 at Tommy Hilfiger.
Hawes & Curtis
Hawes & Curtis don't just take care of your work wardrobe. Shop now and you can choose 3 pairs of boxer shorts for £25.
Eden Park
Rugby boys will love the sporty clothing, underwear and nightwear styles at Eden Park. These low-rise briefs with embroidered pink bow tie logo are reduced from £20 - £12.
Ok, Boots the chemist aren't known for their underwear or nightwear, but all Marilyn Monroe wore in bed was Chanel No 5 – nod, nod, wink, wink! Many fragrances are half price in the lead up to Valentine's Day, so why not treat your man?This YSL L'Homme gift set has been reduced from £46 - £30.66.
Find all the latest Valentine's sales for him and for her over on SalesGossip now.
Check out 3am's guide to celeb-inspired Valentine's gifts here:
From cool girls like Beyonce to angry ones like Perrie Edwards, it's 3am's celeb-inspired Valentine's Day gift guide


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For the very first time today, Train Spotting World has acquired a Google Page Rank rating. It's on the main page, but only in the http://train.spottingworld.com version, not the one with the "Main_Page" suffix.
We're rather pleased about this because it means that the site is being indexed well and crawled well by Google, and, by implication, by other search engines. Where Trains goes, Planes will follow. Hmm, that looks like appalling grammar.
What this means to our users and visitors is that better search engine listing means more visitors, which means – because of the power of crowds – better information, better news, better spotting reports.
So, this is cause for a minor celebration.
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Are you excited about what we could soon learn about Mars—including the possibility of life on the Red Planet?
The one-ton rover Curiosity drew the world's attention when it landed on Mars. But ManTech's engineers and scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Goddard Space Flight Center have supported the development of rover Curiosity for the past eight years. ManTech assessed the reliability and risks of all flight hardware systems through processes that included complex circuit simulation, natural space environments modeling and testing, systems safety analysis, and quality assurance. We performed more than 450 highly technical component, circuit board, systems, and spacecraft analyses at JPL to identify any reliability issues that could compromise the mission. Our team also predicted natural space environments through extensive modeling simulation, and performed environmental testing on critical flight hardware systems.
ManTech engineers at Goddard supported the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite of instruments onboard NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The rover will use the scientific instruments to investigate the past and present ability of Mars to support life. The laboratory of instruments will explore molecular and elemental chemistry relevant to life through a search for organic compounds, the chemical state of light elements (other than carbon), and isotopic tracers of planetary change. So, as the rover continues to send images and scientific discoveries home, it will use hardware supported by ManTech expertise and innovation.
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An insurance company's credit rating is determined by independent rating agencies, including A.M. Best, Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's, according to Investopedia. Each credit rating agency issues a rating based upon evaluation of a company's overall financial strength, which is defined as its ability to pay policyholders' claims.Continue Reading
Each rating agency uses an alphabetical rating scale, though each of the rating agencies uses a different rating system, according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Therefore, ratings can differ from one rating agency to another, making comparisons across agencies difficult. For example, explains Investopedia, A.M. Best's A+ (superior) is its second-best rating, whereas A+ (strong) is Fitch's fifth-best rating. Furthermore, each insurance company may consist of several subsidiary companies, each with its own credit rating.
Consumers and investors can obtain credit rating information from several sources, explains the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, including financial services magazines and other publications readily available at a public library, or from each rating agency's website or customer service department.
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Madden 18 is hunting superior with each new information release and reveal.
On Saturday, we saw an extended trailer for the new story mode named Longshot. I was blown away by the visuals, voice acting, compelling story and excited by the prospective depth. Take a look for your self.
Those positive vibes grew once I watched the deep dive on EA's Twitch channel moments after EA Play ended. I gained a little bit extra data right after reading a revealing interview with creative director Mike Young by Games Radar's Ben Wilson.
As a fan with the sport and gaming, it is challenging to contain my excitement. As a critic and journalist, I'll hold on to some skepticism until I play the retail version.
Let's begin together with the good. This game looks gorgeous. You may clearly see the effect on the Frostbite Engine inside the environments and player detail. Whenever you hear men and women rave concerning the game's beauty, this isn't fake news. Madden 18 looks set to be one of the best-looking games in the year.
Component of what will earn it that crown may be the Longshot story mode. It took 4 years for EA to create and direct the cinematic aspect of their new story mode, and with FIFA 17's The Journey as a precursor and Fight Night Champion's Champions Mode prior to it to add additional validation there can be a explanation to become pumped for Longshot.
The aforementioned deep dive made reference to alternate endings for the lead character Devon Wade. That is one thing we've yet to find out in any story inside a sports video game. There was also the usage of real NCAA teams. Texas and Oregon were shown within the trailer.
It was wonderful seeing any semblance of NCAA Football in a video game. It has been 4 years since the series was canceled.
Will we get a likelihood to pick which group Devon plays or played for? We do not know, but we do know the whole mode ends prior to he even makes it for the NFL. Initially, that bit of information caused me to pause, but then I began to consider what it could mean.
Is Longshot going to become a entirely exclusive knowledge that tells a compelling story, teaches and/or tests gamers' football IQ even though possibly branching into an additional mode? We do not have any indication of this, but could among the list of rewards of finishing Longshot be a Devon Wade MUT card or perhaps a draftable version of him in a Connected Franchise draft class?
If it really is as interactive since it is engaging, EA Sports may have made another outstanding athletic cyber drama.
All in all, I came away additional eager for the release of Madden 18(buy MUT Coins) on August 25. Keep tuned mutcoin.com for a lot more information as it becomes available.


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A recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Commission on Humanities and Social Sciences demonstrates the importance of a balanced education in the modern world. The educational focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) is a necessary part of building the economy and improving the United States' stance in the world; however, losing sight of the humanities and social sciences can have a dramatic impact upon the future of the country and the world at large.
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April 24, 2011
An Old Robe With a New Purpose
So what do you get when you combine this old robe ...
with this new fabric I found at Jo-Ann?
You get four-legged cute! Here is Louie modeling his new coat ...
and Miles lounging in his (is he cool or what?) ...
I combined ideas from several different dog coats I'd seen, measuring each dog to create custom patterns from freezer paper ...
They're soft, warm, cozy, and even reversible ...
They're easy to put on and take off with the velcro tabs and Miles and Louie really seem happy and comfortable wearing them. With no work or school last week on Good Friday, we took the Granddaughter on her first trip to the Grand Canyon, then spent the night in Flagstaff, Arizona, where the puppies were very glad to have their new little fur coats to wear after the sun went down.
I'm so pleased with the way they turned out and so glad I decided to repurpose that wonderful robe instead of spending the money to buy new furry fabric. Looking through the closets, I'm getting ideas for other things that I could make -- I wonder if Hubby would miss that shirt???
12 comments:
- Baby Sister said...
Those are adorable!! They look so cute!! Good luck with Hubby's shirt. ;)
- April 24, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- Tiffanee said...
Wow! What a great recycling project. Love it and those cute dogs! Go with the shirt!! HA HA!!
- April 24, 2011 at 10:43 PM
- heavenisabookstore said...
Did Louis really just stand there while you affixed that pattern paper?? They are just too cute.
- April 24, 2011 at 11:03 PM
- Snowcatcher said...
That last paragraph makes me think of all the craft magazine ads where the two women are quilting with pieces of the husband's shirt, and he's snoozing in front of the TV, with holes in his shirt!
How wonderful that you were able to match those two fabrics together as if they belonged! What a perfect combo, and the pooches look so adorable!
- April 25, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- Connie said...
You are just too clever! And....those are 2 lucky pups!
Loren's mom
- April 25, 2011 at 4:37 PM
- Pepsi Breath said...
Fate obviously brought you, the dogs, and those two fabrics together. It was meant to be and you did such a great job. Love the pic of modeling the paper pattern!
- April 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- jayayceeblog said...
#heavenisabookstore - Yep, he just stood there like the sweet boy that he is. You'll notice I didn't even attempt to try the paper pattern on Milesyoulittlebastard! =D
- April 26, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- caite said...
they look very handsome...especially Milesyoulittlebastard..lol
- April 26, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Loren said...
Oh my gosh!! You ARE....
These are so adorable! I would LOVE to see your husbands face if you got daring enough to use one of his shirts!!! LOLOLOL I can only imagine the laughter!
SOOO glad you are back! I have missed you so :)
- April 26, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- blueviolet said...
They're adorable! That's a terrific way to repurpose!
- April 26, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Tightwad Mom said...
The boys look very dapper in their new coats! You are a genius for repurposing the Granddaughter's old bathrobe. Looking beyond the obvious is a definite talent!
- April 26, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Debby@Just Breathe said...
Absolutely adorable. You are very creative!
- April 26, 2011 at 6:38 PM


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Knowles, Walton-Moss help Cabrini top Hampden-Sydney in NCAA first round
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Cabrini held on to defeat Hampden-Sydney 80-78 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
Senior Jeremy Knowles led Cabrini's charge with 24 points, including six 3-pointers and three steals. Sophomore Aaron Walton-Moss recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds to go with six assists. Junior Fran Rafferty added 12 points.
Hampden-Sydney jumped out to an early 3-point lead in the game's first minute, but the Cavaliers responded, as a Rafferty jumper gave Cabrini its first lead of the night at 6-5. The lead went back and forth until the Cavaliers broke it open with a 14-0 run, keyed by a pair of 3-pointers by Rafferty and Knowles each.
The Tigers fought back with a 9-2 run, cutting Cabrini's lead to 35-29 with 4:30 until the break. Hampden-Sydney continued to chip away, as the Cavaliers' advantage had been whittled down to just three points at 42-39 at the halftime break.
The Hampden-Sydney run continued early into the second half, as the Tigers grabbed a slim one-point lead three minutes into the half. A Walton-Moss layup and Knowles 3-pointer returned Cabrini's lead to four points. At the 12:06 mark, senior A.J. Williams capped a 9-2 spurt as the Blue and White extended its lead to 58-51.
Cabrini's lead extended to 72-61 on junior Tim McDaniels' jumper with five minutes to play. Minutes later, senior DeLeon Floyd completed a three-point play, giving the Cavaliers a 79-71 lead with 1:51 to play. The Tigers responded cutting Cabrini's lead to 79-78 with just 42 seconds to play.
The Cavaliers missed a pair of layups in the game's final seconds but secured offensive rebounds on both to maintain possession. With eight seconds to play, the Tigers fouled Williams, sending him to the line for a one-and-one. Williams hit the first and missed the second before Hampden-Sydney's game-winning 3-point attempt bounced off the rim to end the game.
Cabrini's inside duo of Floyd and junior Jon Miller recorded nine points each and combined for seven boards. Williams finished with eight points.
George Harrison led Hampden-Sydney with a game-high 25 points and five steals. Greg Lewis added 13 points and a team-high seven boards, while Leon Hargrove contributed 12 points.


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A one day EPSRC-funded workshop (at which yours truly presented) in Oxford at the Complex Agent-Based Dynamic Networks group (CABDyN) at the Said Business School (1st December 2011) had five interesting speakers all talking about the new social physics of cities and economies, focusing on regularities and irregularities in the structure and dynamics of these systems. Didier Sornette from ETH Zurich threw down the challenge telling us that scaling was boring and that all the action should be on departures from scaling – in the case of Zipf laws, departures from such regularity where the biggest cities, incomes, firm sizes and so on are substantially less or more than what Zipf's Law might predict.
I kicked off the day with a talk on Scaling Laws for Cities, the pdf of which you can get if you click here and then Luis Bettencourt of Santa Fe talked about Scaling and Allometry with respect to what happens when cities get bigger. The essential insight from Bettencourt and West and their other collaborators is that big cities generate more than proportionate returns to scale – positive allometry or superlinearity for things like creative industries, patents, incomes and so on, linearity for local consumption at the individual level, and sublinearity for the use of physical resources such as roads and utilities. There are profound implications for bigness from these results and a lively debate ensured which involved ourselves at CASA where our own results are more controversial. It looks like cities by size do not scale superlinearly in the UK but here lies a puzzle – we need to factor out the effect of the primate city which is London and then look at residuals. Very positive suggestions from Luis Bettencourt on this from the meeting.
Didier Sornette from ETH went first after lunch talking about cascades arguing that there were distinct discontinuities caused by endogenous and exogenous factors – he presented a great classification of dynamics. Then came Tim Evans from Imperial on citations analysis which revealed the same kinds of issues related to defining the objects of interest – in this case papers – as we find in defining the size of cities. As you drill into these areas, definitional problems abound. The objects of interest in the social science are essentially blurred, ambiguous and fuzzy and this was widely recognized at the meeting.
Geoff West from Santa Fe summed up and posed twenty critical questions that pertain to how we might articulate the physics of social systems. These provided the essence of how we might tackle the future of this field and many open questions were posed. At some point, Felix Reed-Tsochas who runs the group at Oxford will post the pdfs I guess but the batting order for the day can be retrieved by clicking here.


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Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Justin Mikita: Venice Beach Lovebirds!
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his boyfriend Justin Mikita stroll down Abbot Kinney Boulevard on Saturday (September 3) in Venice Beach, Calif.
The 35-year-old Modern Family actor and his entrepreneur beau bought some icy cool drinks and held hands as they made their way down the street – the lovebirds even had on matching orange shoelaces!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jesse Tyler Ferguson
In late August, Jesse and Justin went on a Hawaiian vacation together! The two went snorkeling and shared a sweet smooch in the water.


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Monday, June 01, 2015
Posted by: Shivansh Verma // tweetShivansh | Monday, June 01, 2015 | Labels: Blogger Tips
Did you ever seen short urls? If not, then here's the definition. Short URLs are the short form of URLs that redirects to a long URL. For Example, visit this Bit.ly's Short URL. It will automatically gets redirect to our second blog, Windows Guider. So, what you think? Short URL are easy to remember or Long URL? Of course, short URL. Their are number of services available on internet that allows anyone to short there URLs for free. Some of the services are goo.gl, bit.ly, adf.ly. But now, adf.ly is banned in India. In these three services, the best one is bitly.com (or bit.ly) because it allows anyone to create custom URLs (bit.ly/WindowsGuider) but when we talk about any other service, say goo.gl (Google's Service), they create short URLs like goo.gl/gd84j and thus, short URLs that are created by goo.gl, does not give a professional sound.
Now, let's know how to create short URLs using bit.ly:-
How to Create Short URLs?Here's a simple & short tutorial that will let you learn how to create short URLs from bit.ly. Let's talk about what is bitly. bit.ly is a service that allows you to create custom URLs for free but there is a limit also. You can create up to 10,000 short URLs and after it, you have to give them some coins. 10,000 is not a little number. So don't be tense. :)
Now, let's know how to create short URLs using bit.ly:-
- Go to Bit.ly's Sign Up Page
- There, type any username you want, type your email and password.
- Now, Bitly will send you a verification email in your email account. Verify it and move to the next step.
- Have you able to see the box at the top-left corner? Just type any long URL there and press enter key from your keyboard.
- Now, a window will appear in front of the page telling you that you have saved the short URL one minute ago (as shown in picture)
- Congratulations! You have created your short URL.
Advantages of Short URLslet's talk about advantages of Short URLs.
- Useful When Posting a Tweet on twitter:- Every person that uses twitter know that twitter have words limit of 140 words while tweeting a tweet. So, if you are going to post a tweet about your new post, then you'll surely include that post link. Right? and that link will take upto 40-50 words. So, you can use short URLs and write more on tweets.
- Extremely Easy to Remember:- Bitly short URLs are really easy to remember. Because we can short them in just one minute and we all know our brain can learn short things faster than long things (let's take an example of Social Studies Questions).
- We Can Make Them For Free:- Yeah! You all know that we can make short URLs for free. Bit.ly have a limit of shorting 10000 URLs per account but if we talk about any other services, e.g., goo.gl, they don't have any limit!


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What are we awarding points for?
- Progress & Achievement
- Effort
What do points make?
KS3 -50% off reward trips
KS4 -50% off trip to Winmarleigh Hall
-50% off your prom ticket
+ vouchers for attendance
Bronze badge = 50 points
Silver badge = 100 points
Gold badge = 150 points
Platinum badge = 200 points
Limited edition Black badge = 800 points
Subject Badges
Subject badges are nominated by class teachers and are awarded for sustained improvement in achievement and effort.
Social Badges
The social badges are released for a limited time throughout the year and staff are asked to nominate students they feel qualify for the badge. The badges we have released so far are Social Conscience and Teamwork badges. The team work badge is this terms goal, for students to be nominated they must:
- Work well in a group during lessons
- Showing care and responsibility as a group round school at break and lunch
- Showing your teachers how well you can collaborate together to learn