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One of the pair of Confederate cannons on the grounds of Albemarle County courts complex aims out at passersby on a recent August day.
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Whole lotta slave-breedin' make for a righteous land o' liberty.
Yassuh, and freedom ain't slowed 'em down none, eithuh!
Give them to John Douglass, the Confederate re-enactor who, in Rebel officers garb and under the Confederate "stars and bars" flag, drags his own cannons into mock battle. The irony? He's the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 5th District. His black voter base is not amused.
And the problem with that is...?
Oh, and if in your hallucination the so-called "stars and bars" is in the shape of an "x", you have no idea what you are talking about. By the way, do you disdain all reenactors, or only the ones who wear gray?
Seriously? Do you all have middle-schoolers doing your writing and editing? I believe 'cannon' should be spelled 'cannon'. Oh wait, you spelled it correctly at least once....


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Former Colts general manager and ESPN analyst Bill Polian said Wednesday he expected either tackle Jared Veldheer or right end Lamarr Houston to receive a franchise tag, given the Raiders stated preference for bring back their own players and their room under the salary cap.
The Raiders are presumably negotiating with both players in hopes of having them signed before Saturday, when they can begin fielding offers from other teams. No contracts can be signed before March 11, with the open period giving Veldheer and Houston a chance to assess their value on the market and bring their top offer back to general manager Reggie McKenzie.
"It might have been that the demands of the agents were out of line," Polian said on an ESPN national conference call. It could be that maybe the cash demands were something they didn't feel they could deal with or meet. Only Reggie can answer that question."
Veldheer appeared to be the most likely of the two players to be franchised. Despite Houston's status as the most steady defensive lineman on the Raiders, it would have been a surprise had they locked themselves in a situation where they paid him $13.1 million for a season on the franchise designation.
"I was a bit surprised something didn't get done," Polian said. "But we're not there yet, too. They could get something done before we hit free agency, and if that's the case, the question will be answered."
— The Raiders tendered six exclusive rights free agents _ safety Brandian Ross, cornerback Chimdi Chekwa, running back Jeremy Stewart, linebacker Kaelin Burnett, offensive lineman Matt McCants and fullback Jamize Olawale. The club will not announce those transactions until they have actually signed contracts.
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Apparently Jesus Hates Soccer
Ever notice how one day it's May, and then you blink and it's the middle of June and you're all "OOPS I WAS WATCHING THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS AND FORGOT ABOUT MY BLAWG LOLZ!!!"?
Yeah, me neither.
Anywayz, check out this stupid shit (from the Huffington Post):
Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.
David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.
[Police spokesman Mothemane] said he was not sure what the family used to kill Makoeya.
"It appears they banged his head against the wall," Malefo said. "They phoned the police only after he was badly injured, but by the time the police arrived the man was already dead."
So, I know this is tragic and horrible and everything, but don't you think the irony of this whole situation is just a little bit hilarious? No? Just me, then. I guess I'm a terrible person. Not as terrible as this poor soccer fan's family, of course, but still pretty terrible.
Matthew 5:20-22 says:
"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,*' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Plus, you know, the 9,000 other verses in the Bible that condemn violence. What were these people thinking? Who kills someone so they can watch Gospel TV, which is boring as sin anyway (ha!)? And don't they know that Jesus love soccer?
Seriously, though, FIFA (the organization that runs the World Cup) does a lot of awesome stuff with soccer, including promoting social development in developing nations, helping Africa not suck, and bringing together different countries way better than the U.N. has been able to (FIFA has 16 more member nations). I'm pretty sure Jesus would approve of that. What he would not approve of, however, is BEATING YOUR HUSBAND/FATHER TO DEATH FOR WANTING TO WATCH A FECKING SOCCER GAME!!!! Gospel TV-watching crazy ladies, WTF would Jesus do?
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If you need the cover altered slightly, you can discuss that with him, as that may cost extra. These bargain prices are as-is. The same goes if you need a back cover for a Createspace print version--he can do it, but it'll be a few more bucks.
As I've said a gazillion times, a professional cover boosts sales. When I began using Carl's covers over my old homemade ones my ebook sales tripled. If you're writing an ebook, or already have an ebook with a mediocre cover, I'd advise you to buy one of these, pronto. Because when they're gone, they're gone.
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Not only is PapaEcho a skilled Toy Box artist, he also has a special way with building block sculptures. The DisneyInfinityFans.com INF Toy Box logo was kindly created for us by PapaEcho.
On behalf of all of the interested Disney Infinity Fans we asked some questions.
What is your real name?
Patrick E (USA)
What is the origin story of your Toy Box submission username?
The name comes from my initials as said in the Military Phonetic Alphabet. It dates back to my college days - my group of college buddies always spoke in code, which came in handy for things like top secret prank operations.
What made you decide to buy Disney Infinity?
They had me the moment it was announced at the El Capitan Theatre. It's like they made my dream game: It combined my desire for a level builder like Little Big Planet, my fascination with the technology behind toys like Skylanders, and then they covered it with 8 layers of Disney nostalgia. I had the whole thing prereserved and was playing it day one.
What is your favorite play set and why?
This is a tough question for me. I enjoyed all of them, though my opinion may be skewed. I originally bought the game for the Wii U and the 3DS (we won't talk about the latter). I played through Lone Ranger, Monsters U, and half of the Cars play set before my console died. I had to send it in to get fixed and they had to wipe the memory. I then got the game for the PS3, and played through every play set, including the three I had already done. That being said, some stick in my mind more than others, so I'll give it to the Lone Ranger, since it was my 1st (and 7th) experience with Disney Infinity.
It reminded me of Red Dead Redemption - one of my favorite games of all time. I loved building and improving the city/train and how it integrated into the story. It also made me , reminisce of the VHS Lone Ranger set I once got for Christmas when I was seven, while it simultaneously got the bad taste of the movie out of my mouth. My only critique would be that it needed a few more horses, because this game is sorely lacking in the equine department .
Who is your favorite Disney Infinity character and why?
There are a lot of runner-ups, and you know I like the crystal figures, but that honor goes to Mike. I have a lot of great family memories attached to the Monsters franchise, plus he's the only character who periodically reminds you that you have other work to do!
You are a big fan of the Infinite Series (Crystal) figures. Who is your favorite crystal figure? Why?
Sulley. He is the most radically different. He looks like the Abominable Snowman. I hated it at first, but it grew on me. Sulley was picked by Disney Interactive to showcase my first and most recent Toy boxes.
Which character would you like to see included that hasn't already been and why?
The number one essential figure I would include is Donald Duck. He would help satiate the cry for more classic Disney, and would just feel right running around any toy box. He's been thrown into a ton of different universes and settings before (Three Cabelleros, Philharmagic, Fantasia 2000, Kingdom Hearts, Math Magic Land, that World War II cartoon no one talks about) so he's perfect for the kind of mix ups this game creates. He's also suited for the kind of punishment the toy box can bring. It's always a little weird and slightly off-putting for me when I see some characters take a frying pan to the face or step on spikes, but who wouldn't want to hear a Donald Duck tantrum after getting hit?
When you hear of a new challenge, what steps do you take to make your idea for a Toy Box a reality?
It starts with brainstorming. I typically will try to come up with 2-3 ideas per box. I usually eliminate the first idea I come up with, under the assumption that if it's my first idea, it is probably the first idea of many, many people. Once I have settled on an idea, I open up a blank toy box, scroll through the items, and lay down every possible item that could tie into the theme. I also recommend looking at the terrain power discs and seeing what they can turn the various "plants" into. From there, I usually try to come up with one or two possible structures that I can create with blocks.
From there, most boxes follow this procedure:
-pick the terrain, sky and music
-put the main pieces in place
-form the terrain so it doesn't just look like one rigid block. I always make sure the "edges" of the map are defined by either trees, terrain, decoration, or some blocked line of sight.
-connect the logic toys
- fill the remaining space with plants and trees.
They don't always follow that order, and I'm not sure I'm aware most times of what "phase" I am in. For me, I feel there's an element of controlled chaos to the whole thing. When a new idea or addition pops onto my head, I usually stop what I, doing and try to incorporate it. I should also say that most of my work is done via the iPad, and then I do the final testing and submission on the console.
How long did each of your featured Toy Boxes take to build?
I have honestly made an effort not to figure out how much each one has taken. I remember playing Pokemon Red back in the day, and those games would always keep track of your total cumulative play time right at the start screen. The whole thought of it bummed me out. Just know that if I have free time to play video games, it goes to Infinity!
What do you consider to be your specialty when building Toy Boxes?
I suppose it has to be block building. I don't think I can do a single toy box without making some giant block creature or structure.
What is your favorite Toy Box that you have built?
That's a tough call, since they all have a lot of good memories attached. MegaGizmoduck has a special place in my heart for being my first submission and winner, but I think I was most satisfied with how Blackbeard's Map turned out. For me, I feel like it was the most polished box I have made.
Besides Fantasmic!, what is your favorite Toy Box that someone else has built?
I think for me, the most influential boxes were the ones during the "Disney Movies" challenge, which featured boxes from fellow forum members SorcererMickey, Father, and MightyGitis. It was during that week that the community-made boxes caught my attention, and I started to consider creating and submitting a toy box. I was amazed how these boxes could create movie scenes from resources that featured little to nothing from the source material!
What are some of your classic Toy Boxes that have not been a featured top 5 Toy Box?
Test Track - My first real-deal box modeled after the original version of Test Track. The idea came to me as I was unlocking items the Cars play set. My original plan was to just build boxes based on park attractions and forego the themed competitions. That obviously changed somewhere along the way. It was entered into the Disney Parks Challenge, but sadly it didn't make it. I guess it needed a redesign like its real life counterpart.
Main Street - I feel a lot of people have some recreation of this on their systems. Mine was built for the Parade Challenge. It was going to feature a Magic Kingdom parade, where you had to corral park guests to the viewing areas so the parade could march through. Unfortunately, the Marching Order toy was driving me nuts and I had to abandon it in the eleventh hour. I'd love to use it for something else, but the dang meter is almost full!
Small World- I built it for the Disney Parks Challenge as well. Apparently the judges found it to be about as exciting as the ride itself (joking!)
What is your dream Toy Box challenge?
I think everyone would love to see a few more rounds of the Disney Parks Challenge, but I think the neatest challenge would be an "Anything Goes" Challenge. (Maybe reword that to the "Infinite Possibilities" Challenge.) You know there are so many people who have made that one toy box that is special to them, yet hasn't fit into any particular challenge. I think this would be an awesome one for the final challenge for DI1 before DI2 comes out - make it the Super Bowl of toy box building!
Do you place any hidden tributes in your winning Toy Boxes?
If I ever had room, I would definitely consider it. Sadly, most of my boxes are right at the tipping point! I suppose the closest thing I have as a tribute would be in my pirate map challenge. I modeled the lighthouse after some of the lighthouses in the Outer Banks in North Carolina. I vacation there a fair share, and it's my home-away-from home. (not counting the 'World, of course!)
Your most recent Toy Box submission had a Marvel's Avengers theme. What made you chose this theme? Which Marvel character is on huge top of your wishlist for a future iteration of Disney Infinity?
I chose to do a Marvel toy box because I, like the general populace of Infinity fandom, have been clammoring for some Marvel content. When I heard of the "Ultimate Battle Challenge," my mind went instantly to the Ultimate line of comics that Marvel offers.
I would chose Captain America, though I think the Hulk would make for the most interesting interaction. Can you imagine him interacting with the Disney characters? "Hulk like talking mouse. Hulk no smash him."
Share a story of adversity from when you were building one of your Toy Boxes that you had to overcome.
Most adversity comes from my own lack of planning, testing or foresight. Sometimes my toy boxes have filled up before I anticipated. Other times, a logic toy doesn't work as you would expect. All these could be avoided by testing them in advance, yet I haven't learned my lesson - I enjoy diving straight in! I feel that when you hit a bump of some sort in your creation, that is when the real creativity sets in! How do you work with these new limitations and parameters? With MirrorMirror, it was never originally an obstacle race. It was a 2 player "paper-rock-scissors" simulation of sorts. When the logic toys didn't work as I intended, I looked at the map and attempted to repurpose it.
The only time I had to start all the way back from the drawing board was with my original idea for the 2014 Fireworks competition. My original idea was Tron-based - I was going to take the theme from the angle of the Y2K bug, and the player would have to go into the grid to save New Years. Problem was, my Toys R Us didn't get the Tron Terrain disc in on time. I had to abandon the grid, but the arcade is still built, just waiting to find a challenge to be recycled for. On the way home from the store, I came up with the time traveling idea that turned into BlastFromthePast.
Share a funny story from when you were building one of your Toy boxes.
Let's see... I can think of a few.
On Blackbeard's Map, I had a mermaid made of blocks that I was afraid would be interpreted as topless, yet every time I tried to fix the problem it only "accentuated" it.
On SochiSlaloms, I think I submitted my box about three different times because I kept finding things wrong with it. The description on the third submission simply read "Final edit, super serious this time. Did I mention I am really sorry?" Those testers have a ton of patience, and I know I am appreciative of it!
It wasn't while I was building, but I remember waiting in line at Target the morning the series 2 power discs came out. I struck up the conversation with the girl behind me, who turned out to be zer0tobackdown, the winner of he racetrack challenge I believe. Granted, it was before I started submitting toy boxes, but what are the odds of meeting another Toy Box Artist randomly in real life?


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less chance of diarrhoea and vomiting and having to go to hospital as a result fewer chest and ear infections and having to go to hospital as a result less chance of being constipated less likelihood of becoming obese and therefore developing type 2 diabetes and other illnesses later in life less chance of developing eczema less chance of asthma-related symptoms
A researcher at Generation R and lead author from the Erasmus Medical Center in The Netherlands, Dr Agnes Sonnenschein-van der Voort, had this to say in regards to a study conducted on respiratory problems in childhood: "The link of duration and exclusiveness of breastfeeding with asthma-related symptoms during the first 4 years was independent of infectious and atopic diseases.
These results support current health policy strategies that promote exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in industrialised countries. Further studies are needed to explore the protective effect of breastfeeding on the various types of asthma in later life." 2 Compared with children who were breastfed for 6 months, those who were never breastfed had overall increased risks of wheezing, shortness of breath, dry cough and persistent phlegm during the first 4 yrs (OR 1.44 (95% CI 1.241.66), 1.26 (1.071.48), 1.25 (1.081.44) and 1.57 (1.291.91), respectively).
Similar associations were observed for exclusive breastfeeding. The strongest associations per symptom per year were observed for wheezing at 1 and 2 yrs. Additionally adjusted analyses showed that the associations of breastfeeding with asthma-related symptoms were not explained by eczema but partly by lower respiratory tract infections. 3
New Study on ADHD shows a lower risk to breastfed babies:
Now researchers from Tel Aviv University have shown that breastfeeding may also help protect against Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most commonly diagnosed neurobehavioral disorder in children and adolescents.
Dr. Aviva Mimouni-Bloch, of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Child Neurodevelopmental Center in Loewenstein Hospital, and her fellow researchers completed a retrospective study on the breastfeeding habits of parents of three groups of children: a group that had been diagnosed with ADHD; siblings of those diagnosed with ADHD; and a control group of children without ADHD and lacking any genetic ties to the disorder.
In their study, the researchers compared breastfeeding histories of children from six to 12 years of age and found a clear link between rates of breastfeeding and the likelihood of developing ADHD, even when typical risk factors were taken into consideration. 4
At three months, only 43 percent of children in the ADHD group were breastfed compared to 69 percent of the sibling group and 73 percent of the control group. At six months, 29 percent of the ADHD group was breastfed, compared to 50 percent of the sibling group and 57 percent of the control group. 5
While researchers do not yet know why breastfeeding has an impact on the future development of ADHD -- it could be due to the breast milk itself, or the special bond formed between mother and baby during breastfeeding, for example -- they believe this research shows that breastfeeding can have a protective effect against the development of the disorder, and can be counted as an additional biological advantage for breastfeeding. 4
ChemistDirects Superintendant Pharmacist Omar El-Gohary states: Breastfeeding plays an important part of a babys development. Studies have previously established a link between breastfeeding and IQ, and now this latest data demonstrates the impact it can have in lowering the risk of developing behavioural disorders.
1) http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/why-breastfeed.aspx#close
2) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721212452.htm
3) http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/39/1/81
4) http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=18883
5) http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/bfm.2012.0145
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Russia currently has a much reduced programme for examining a range of GM crops for use in Russia and in neighbouring former Soviet Republics. The main foci of interest have been herbicide tolerance (for example glyphosate tolerant beet) and insect resistance in maize and potato.
In 2006, the Ministry of Health and Social Development resumed approval of biotech crops for food use and food industry processing. Two crops were registered for food consumption and food processing in December 2005 and May 2006. Monsanto's H7-1 sugar beet was given approval for an unlimited period, which has never happened before.
Maize MON 88017 is the first stacked product submitted for food registration. Its registration time has exceeded the normal time period and experts say this is partially due to the fact that no regulations exist for stacked crop registration.
Biosafety approval for cultivation was given to two potato varieties, but neither of these crops were approved for commercialisation. Currently, no agencies are authorised to grant approval.
Feed use registration was discontinued in 2004, along with the reorganisation of the Ministry of Agriculture, and has not been renewed. Therefore, no new crops have been approved for feed use since March 2004. Prospects of registration renewal are cloudy at best.
A list of GM crops which have been approved in Russia is linked below.
Two genetically modified Bt potatoes [Russet Burbank NL (Monsanto) and potato Superior NL (Monsanto)] for protection against the Colorado potato beetle have been approved for commercialisation in Russia. A glyphosate tolerant soybean, and a Bt maize for protection against the European corn borer have been extensively tested but not approved.
However officially, Russia is not currently commercially cultivating GM crops and the situation surrounding the Bt potato varieties has not changed. These crops received biosafety approvals in 2002 for a period of five years. However, Article 50 of the Federal Law of 2002 "On Protection of the Environment" made biosafety registration practically impossible, as this law created enormous requirements for environmental protection, for example that "it is prohibited to produce, grow and use plants, animals and other organisms not typical for natural ecological systems, or created artificially, without developing effective measures to prevent their uncontrolled reproduction, obtaining a positive state ecological expert's conclusion, and permission from the federal bodies of executive power." (Article 50 "Protection of the Environment from Negative Biological Impact" of the Federal Law). These requirements are still in force, as no amendments to this Federal Law have been made to date.
As long as the present biosafety requirements stipulated by federal law exist, genetically modified crop registration for production will be unlikely. In addition, due to restructuring of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and the suspension of new variety registration in the Federal Register of varieties and hybrids allowed for planting in Russia, these two biotech potato varieties cannot be used commercially. Commercial production of new approved, tested seeds is allowed only after registration of these new seeds in the State Register of Seeds. Moreover, in the course of the administrative reform that began in spring 2004, the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology was eliminated, the Bio-safety Commission of this ministry disappeared, and all biosafety registration was halted. The Bio-safety Commission has not been reestablished and possibly will not be, as Russia continues developing a new structure for safety standards including technical regulations that will determine basic safety requirements.
Biosafety field trials of GM crops have been interrupted and there are only limited experiments on vertical gene flow in maize in relation to co-existence.
The interrupted field trials include studies of Monsanto's glyphosate tolerant soybean 40-3-2 and maize NK 603 which were being conducted on isolated, certified fields at the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Phyto-pathology (Moscow oblast) and at the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Biological Plant Protection (Krasnodar kray).
Studies of insect resistance and ecological effects have commenced on field trials in several areas. These have included studies by the Bioengineering Institute (Moscow) of potential hybridisation and gene flow between wild soya and GM cultivated soya in centres of diversity and origin of wild soya in the Russian Far East.
In addition expeditions to study wild-growing beet in the Caucasus region of Russia are being conducted.
However, none of the crops are expected to pass commercial use approval in the near future and certainly will not appear in the market within the coming year. Moreover, submission of an application for approval of any of these crops, even if the field trials are successful, is possible only after registration procedures for planting are developed.
Some neighboring countries (for example Ukraine and Romania) have widespread GM crop cultivation. Some GM seeds and their products may be entering Russian cultivation from these countries.
Russia is importing a range of GM products (mainly soy, maize, beet, and potato), which are used in both food and feed, but specific trade data on imports of such products is not collected. Most bio-engineered product imports are produced from either maize or soybeans or have maize or soybean components.
From July 2005 through March 2006, Russia imported 156,478 tonnes of maize (20 percent less than in the same period last year), 2,198 tonnes of soybeans (15 percent less than in the same period last year), and 429,529 tonnes of soybean meal (11 percent increase from last year). Soybean meal was imported from twelve different countries, dominated by Argentina and the Netherlands (77 percent of total imports). Imports of soybean meal from the United States were 12,568 tonnes.
Most soy products imported from the Netherlands contain US origin soybeans that have been processed in the Netherlands or other EU countries. Imports of soybean meal from the Netherlands increased after a phytosanitary ban placed on imports of plant products from EU countries was lifted.
All imported products may contain only registered biotech crops. As for feeds, the product itself must also be registered and certified, based on the registered crop it contains.
Registration and certification are required both for foods and feeds, but registration procedures for biotech food and biotech feeds are different.


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My recent video answering the question "Why are some languages so complicated?" sparked a great discussion among some of our readers—and it raised some good questions. I thought I'd reply to a few of those questions in an attempt to dispel a few common myths about language.
First, the idea of complexity in language is a matter subject to intense debate among linguists. Chinese, for example, is very simple in the structure of its words, but extraordinarily complex when you consider its tonal system or the fact that speakers must use other means of indicating what part of speech a word is or what function it's serving in a sentence. In fact, there's still a great deal of debate as to whether there's really any such thing as a "more complex" language.
But even if it's true that languages do become simpler over time, then why
do we see any complicated languages today at all? Similarly, if writing makes a language simpler, why are some languages with long traditions of writing—like Arabic or Hindi—still so complex? Plus, as my good friend, Fulbright scholar Lydia Green (PhD candidate at Newcastle University and former intern in the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program) likes to point out, there's really no such thing as an "old" language. Before Spanish was Spanish, it was Latin; before it was Latin, it was Proto–Indo-European (about 2,500 years ago). That particular line of languages does seem to have become somewhat "simpler" over time. But, before Mohawk was Mohawk, it was Proto-Iroquoian (which, in fact, dates back even farther than Proto-Indo-European, to about 3,500 years), and that line of languages is still very complex. In addition, many languages can even become more complex over time. Guy Deutscher illustrates how this can happen in his fantastic book The Unfolding of Language.
So why might languages become "simpler"? Linguist John McWhorter suggests in his book Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress? that languages become simpler and more pidgin-like as they become larger and spoken by more people. He also shows that the world's simplest languages are creole languages (which are also the world's "newest" languages). To test this claim, Gary Lupyan and Rick Dale surveyed 2,236 languages and found that this does indeed appear to be the case: larger languages are simpler languages. (You can read the whole article for free here.)
Another common line of thought suggests that certain concepts are simply unthinkable in particular languages, and that more "precise" languages are needed in order to think those concepts. This belief is a form of what is called linguistic determinism. But, first, if language limits thought, then how do words and their meanings ever change over time? How are new languages and words created if our thought is limited to the words and languages we already know? Second, lacking a word for something doesn't prevent us from conceptualizing it or talking about it. For example, Lolovoli (a generally unwritten language spoken by about 5,000 people on Ambae Island, Vanuatu) has the word hagemai, which means "to come toward the speaker while traveling uphill," and another word, hivo, that means "to go away from the speaker while traveling levelly or across a slope." (You can read more about this and other fascinating languages in K. David Harrison's excellent book When Languages Die). Are English speakers unable to think about these concepts because we lack words for them? Of course not! Third, most of the world's unwritten indigenous languages—the ones many people think of as "crude" or "primitive"—tend to be extremely precise in a variety of ways. Many languages exhibit a feature called evidentiality, for example, which allows a verb to tell you how the speaker knows the information—whether firsthand or through hearsay. Poor English, so imprecise by comparison! And how useful this feature would be in debates! And, while Greek may have a long tradition of literacy, classical Greek had one word, logos, which meant everything from "mind" to "logic" to "speech." Yet, using such vague words, the ancient Greeks managed to construct a foundation for all of Western philosophy. It would seem, then, that there is no correlation between "precision" in language and sophistication of thought. (For those interested in reading more about this, be sure to check out Guy Deutscher's book Through the Language Glass.)
Finally, when talking about a feature of a language, it's important to compare apples to apples. Sometimes, for example, the number of tenses (such as past, present, etc.) can be confused with the number of forms a verb has (for different persons and numbers, etc.). Generally, languages have a few tenses but many, sometimes hundreds or even thousands, of verb forms. Classical Greek only had three tenses (past, present, and future) and three aspects (the simple, the aorist, and the perfect). By comparison, many dialects of African American Vernacular English have eight tenses and four aspects, while standard English only has three tenses and three aspects, just like Greek.
I hope I've managed to challenge a few ideas, and maybe even spark some interest about the amazing ways that languages work along the way. If you're interested in reading more about some common misconceptions about language, check out the wonderful, short book Language Myths, by Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill.


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Culture- ART FEATURE- Mind games: Gaskell's missing memories
The "unreliable narrator" is a device employed by filmmakers and writers involving a character who reveals key information about a past event— but from a skewed perspective that fails to disclose the whole truth (think The Usual Suspects or Memento). The trick is difficult to pull off, but it's when done effectively, it keeps the audience enthralled and off-balance as they try to figure out what really happened.
Celebrated photographer and video artist Anna Gaskell twists this device to expose memory as the ultimate unreliable narrator. Her photographic installation "1991" and video "Erasers"– on view at Second Street Gallery in the exhibition "Everything that Rises"– probe how memory betrays us as we try to grasp and make sense of life's most poignant moments.
In the main gallery, "1991" grew out of Gaskell's realization that she and her three brothers diverge in their recollections of the death of their father, whose body was found in a park across from the family's house 15 years ago. The 10 C-prints, ranging in size from 8" x 10" to 4' x 5' (after all, some memories are larger than others), hang in a spare, non-linear arrangement that compels viewers to fill in the gaps, adjusting and re-adjusting their interpretation of what Gaskell presents.
Parental mortality transforms us all into bewildered children, and Gaskell intentionally blurs the line between make-believe ("bang, bang, you're dead") and real-life trauma. The faces of her recurring characters remain hidden, sometimes falling outside the frame altogether. In one image, a little girl hangs from a tree with her head thrown back, but it's unclear whether her expression is joyous or anguished.
Gaskell pushes the viewer off kilter by playing with the boundaries of her images, often abruptly truncating action while glorifying seemingly extraneous details (e.g. the pinkness of a cherry tree). She also defies viewers' expectation of receiving the camera's factual point of view by reversing some photographs' orientation.
The 10-minute black-and-white video "Erasers" is more straightforward. In a variation on the game of "gossip," a series of 12-year-old girls face the camera to recount the accident that killed Gaskell's mother when Gaskell herself was 12. Some narrate the event as if it happened to them, while others remain detached, speaking in the second- or third-person. Several are exquisitely explicit– for example, recalling ashes in a carpet– while others' fudge and fabricate details.
Gaskell's work, at once tender and violent, playful and somber, crisp and hazy, uncovers the way we each lovingly lie to ourselves in order to live with the past.
Anna Gaskell's exhibition, "Everything that Rises," is on view at Second Street Gallery through September 30. 115 Second St. SE (in the Charlottesville City Center for the Arts). 977-7284.


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HPC in Education
Ignatios Vakalis, Professor at Capital University, Greg King, Educator, Dublin Coffman H.S. and Amy Lui, Student, at Hoover High School
Ignatios Vakalis: Capital University, since September of 2004, created the Center of Computational Studies. The main mission of the center is to create industry connections and find internships for undergraduates with the training on piloting computing and computational science to get involved with research projects with interested mentors.
Greg King: One of the things I am kind of excited about is, I have a fair number of students who take AP computer science sophomore or their junior years, and I would really like for them to learn some parallel processing.Amy Lui:


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It was touch-and-go for a while — I arrived at the Dublin airport with over 2 hours time left, but then American paranoia struck. Would you believe I had to wait in a long, slow-moving line to get my boarding pass, because they'd also check your passport and give you a long grilling about all the mischief you'd been up to in Ireland? And then you'd line up for Irish customs? Then Irish security? Then to enter the American Pre-Clearance Zone? Then for American customs? Then American security, again? I spent over two hours slowly shuffling forward in line. When I finally emerged from the mess, the plane was finishing up final boarding and they were about to close the jetway doors.
Very exciting. I'll have to remember to give myself plenty of leeway next time I'm in Ireland (may there be many opportunities!)
Anyway, I'm still not home. I'm in Chicago. Then Fargo, then the drive, then the shamble into the shower and the collapse into the bed.


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First Meeting
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
U.S. Department of Education
1990 K Street, NW, Eighth Floor Conference Center
Washington, DC 20006
Agenda PDF (440K)
Meeting Summary PDF (2.52M)
Session 1: Defining the Issues
Background Paper PDF (164K)
Background Slides PDF (268K)
Session 2: Surveying the Landscape
American Association of Community Colleges' Voluntary Framework of Accountability
National Governors Association's Common Completion Metrics PDF (453K)
National Postsecondary Education Cooperative. (2009). Information required to be disclosed under the Higher Education Act of 1965: Suggestions for dissemination (updated) (NPEC 2010-831v2). Washington, DC: National Postsecondary Education Cooperative.
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Telecommunications technologies serve as the "walkie-talkies" that enable spacecraft operators on Earth to send commands and receive data faster and in greater amounts. Below are examples of the way in which the Mars Science Laboratory mission benefits from past technological development.
Inherited Technologies
The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, is able to "talk" to Earth using any one of three antennas. During the mission, the rover's primary means of communication is via UHF frequencies -- similar to those used for television broadcasts. During "conversations" scheduled twice each day, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, now in flight above Mars, serves as intermediary and records the information for transmission to Earth. Each conversation lasts about 15 minutes, the length of time it takes for the orbiter to pass from horizon to horizon. The orbiter then relays the information to Earth.
In a pinch, NASA's Odyssey spacecraft, also in orbit above Mars, serves as a backup for relaying information in the same manner. Odyssey has transmitted most of the data from NASA's two Mars Exploration Rovers since they landed on the red planet in 2004. On occasion, the European Space Agency's Mars Express may also serve as intermediary.
The rover has two other antennas for communicating directly with Earth, similar to those used on the Viking landers in the 1970s, the Pathfinder mission in the 1990s, and the Mars Exploration Rovers. One is the Low-Gain Antenna, the other the High-Gain Antenna. Both are similar in appearance to satellite television dishes but transmit signals at much higher frequencies known as X-band frequencies. These higher frequencies can transmit more data in the same amount of time using smaller, shorter wavelengths, but the transmissions must be more narrowly focused to be received at the other end.
The Low-Gain Antenna, transmitting broader, less focused signals, served as the rover's primary link to Earth for the first several sols, or Martian days, after landing. These signals spread out as they leave the antenna, so that no matter which way the antenna is pointed, the signal will reach the Earth. Once mission controllers determined the rover's precise location and attitude -- that is, which way its various parts were oriented relative to the Sun and Earth -- they switched communications to the High-Gain Antenna. The High-Gain Antenna sends a more efficient signal focused directly at Earth, to be detected, like all transmissions from Mars, by NASA's Deep Space Network of antennas.
Another way the Mars Science Laboratory rover can communicate is via the Electra experiment on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Electra has a very important role in helping determine the precise location of the rover as well as any other spacecraft on or above Mars.


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A shotgun was brandished from a window of a Honda Element at Jewel Feldman on Indian Wells Highway on June 21. A passenger was holding the shotgun and pointed it toward Ms. Feldman, who lives in East Hampton.
Caitlin Odwyer, a lifeguard at Atlantic Avenue Beach, reported that her car's rear window was shattered in the beach parking lot while she was at work last Thursday. She said the damage would cost $500 to repair.
East Hampton
A $400 iPhone and $300 in cash that belonged to Patricia O'Donnell's daughter were taken from a dresser in a house on Cedar Drive on June 10. The daughter was there with a number of other people that day.
Dominic Annacone of Three Mile Harbor Drive told police that his mailbox, which he valued at $175, was smashed on June 21. As this is an ongoing occurrence, Mr. Annacone requested extra patrols on that street and on Hand's Creek Road. He said there has been partying in the area.
Sarah Johnson of Oakview Highway reported that her iPhone and pink silicone case, valued at $255, were stolen from her table at East Hampton Point restaurant on June 22.
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Neil Aronstam informed police on June 20 that dogs on Dunemere Lane had been barking incessantly for days. The dogs' owner, Alexandra Wentworth, said they were reacting to a deer that will not leave her property. Ms. Wentworth took the dogs inside.
Beverley Leopold told police that she suspected a bullet hole had been made in an upstairs window at her house on Main Street on June 20. Police said a bird had probably caused the crack.
Three cast-iron planters belonging to Kimberly Thier were tossed into the pool at her Apaquogue Road house on June 21.
Two female juveniles were caught shoplifting $126.04 worth of beauty supplies from CVS on Pantigo Road on June 21. Police took them to headquarters, where they were released into their parents' custody.
Giovani Neso noticed a dog inside a black Ford with its windows rolled up on Newton Lane on June 22. When the owner, Kevin Gray, returned to his car, he said it was raining but that he would open the windows for the dog.
A summons was issued to Kerri Dollinger, the manager of the Corcoran Group's office on Main Street, relating to a real estate sign having been placed on public property on June 22.
Frank Pulka complained to police about loud music coming from the Beachhouse restaurant on Montauk Highway on June 25. Police told Katherine Honaker, the manager, to turn the music off. She was issued a violation.
Paul Sulph said Rolando Mendoza of East Hampton and a woman dodged paying a $60 taxicab fare on Newton Lane on Saturday. An officer subsequently found the two in the Lumber Lane parking lot, where they paid up.
A Lee Avenue resident told police that a man was trimming a hedge on nearby Ocean Avenue after 6 p.m. on Sunday. The man was advised of the village code, and he said he would stop.
Ashley Reilly reported that $200 in four plastic bags went missing from the Lindy's Taxi office on Montauk Highway last Thursday. There was no sign of forced entry. The bags had been left on a desk.
A flat-screen TV said to be worth $500 was taken from the Royal Atlantic Hotel on South Emerson Avenue between June 13 and June 17. Police found pry marks on a door.
"Ba Shoro" was spray-painted in white on the walls of the men's public restroom on Edgemere Street over the weekend.
Lauren Michaels of New York City said the hood of her Jeep Wrangler was scratched Saturday night while she was at the Twin Ponds Motel.
A portable bathroom, valued at $200, at the Sloppy Tuna on South Emerson Avenue was marred by green graffiti recently. Similar markings were found on a stop sign nearby.
Kim Cattrall told police that her next-door neighbors were inside her gated property and headed toward her house on Gerard Drive on Saturday. It wasn't the first time, she said, but she did not want to press charges. The neighbors said they didn't know that Ms. Cattrall was home. Police advised them to stay off the property.
Drucilla Raley of Cedar Drive told police that someone drove onto her front lawn, ran over a bush, and then plowed into her fence on June 18. The damage to the bush was estimated at $30.
Heather Larson of Hog Creek Road reported that a car hit a rock at the front of her property and then destroyed a bush on June 18. Ruts were left in the dirt by the bush, which was valued at $60.


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Irregular Palestinian Arab bands blocked the roads of approach to Jewish settlements, thus cutting them off and isolating them. 'Sherut Ha'avir' - created just before the UN decision - was the only aerial force resisting the Arab assaults. The core of Sherut Ha'avir was made up of a handful of pilots - mostly Israeli-born - succoring the Jewish settlements and fighters on the different fronts with just a few light planes.
Attacks by Fedayin infiltrators along the border with the southern neighbor, the closure of the Tiran Straits and Egypt's growing military might - with Soviet assistance - were the reasons for initiating the war. The operation was coordinated, politically and militarily, with France and Britain, which were launching their own offensive, Operation 'Musketeer', aimed at taking control of the Suez Canal - which had been nationalized by Egypt's president Nasser on July 26th 1956.
Tension between the countries was at a record high, with Syria engaged in incessant shelling of Israel's northern settlements, and carrying out various forms of sabotage against Israel. On May 14th, Egyptian President Gamal Abd El-Nasser ordered a large scale movement of troops into the Sinai, and a few days later closed the Tiran Straits. The war was now a matter of time.
IAF jets began pounding terrorist concentrations in Jordan as well as Jordanian artillery, which in turn was busy shelling the Jordan Valley settlements. IAF helicopters were sent on chases after terrorist infiltrators from Jordan. Along the Suez Canal, there was daily fighting with Egyptian forces.
It was to be the IAF's most difficult war. Egyptian ground forces crossed the Canal, and Egypt's planes swooped down on Israel's soldiers along the front line. Syrian planes also punished IDF positions, as Syria's artillery shelled Israeli settlements, and hundreds of its tanks swarmed westwards, wresting control of a large part of the Golan Heights.
ceasefire declared in July 1981 was broken: the terrorists continued to carry out attacks against Israeli targets in Israel and abroad, and the threat to the northern settlements became unbearable. On June 3rd 1982 terrorists shot Shlomo Argov, Israel's Ambassador to Britain. Three days later, on June 6th 1982 the First Lebanon war broke out.


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The Bengals, despite plenty of bad years and worse teams, have had plenty of good players. Four of them earned spots on the team's Mt. Rushmore.
Unveiled on Tuesday's Pro Football Talk on NBCSN, the four men on the mountain include Ken Anderson, Anthony Muñoz, Corey Dillon, and (yes) Chad Johnson/Ochocinco.
Though he took the playfulness and frivolity a bit too far later in his career, Johnson had a great career with the Bengals, as explained in the segment from the show posted below.
Shaun King agreed with me. But PFT Planet didn't. Ochocinco and Dillon were replaced by Boomer Esiason and Paul Brown.


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Have you ever been tired? I mean really tired, from a very long and very busy day. Chapters 3 and 4 of the Gospel of Mark describe such a day for Jesus and His disciples. Jesus was out healing the sick and driving away demons. He went into a house to eat a meal, but so many people crowded into the house to see Him, that He could not eat. Soon, a group of friends or relatives showed up to take Him away because they thought He was crazy. Scribes accused Him of being demon possessed.
Then, His mother and brothers showed up and they wanted to take Him away also because they also thought He was crazy. Jesus wanted to teach, but the crowds were pressing in around Him so He got into a boat and taught at least four parables while sitting or standing in a boat. Some people got into other boats and crowded around the boat Jesus was in. In between the parables, Jesus was giving private explanations of the parables to His disciples, thus any possible rest time was forfeited. He must have been worn out. The Man was tired!
It is no wonder that when evening came, Jesus told His disciples to row over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had spent the whole day teaching his disciples through healings, spoken parables, private explanations, etc., but their day's education was not over. It would continue into the night. Surely they were not as exhausted as Jesus was, but certainly they must have been pretty tired.
This nighttime trip across the Sea of Galilee is recorded in Matthew 8 and Luke 8 as well as Mark 4. The language in all three passages indicates that the storm which interrupted their voyage was a violent, raging whirlwind. This tempest provided one more opportunity for Jesus to teach a very important lesson. The exhausted Jesus was asleep in the back of the boat on the raised seat for the helmsman. His perch above the floor of the boat kept Him from getting wet as the waves were crashing over the side of the boat and filling it up. Jesus' frightened disciples woke Him with a very understandable question, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?" (Mark 4:38 NASU).
Jesus responded in two ways. First, He rebuked the wind and the waves by telling them to be still and be muzzled. In fact, Jesus used the same term that He used in Matthew 22:12 for the man who was speechless at being thrown out of the Lamb's wedding feast. The fact that the wind and waves obeyed Jesus command made the frightened disciples even more afraid. Mark 4:41 states that they had a "mega phobia." They were afraid because they were in the presence of the One who can command wind and waves.
Second, Jesus rebuked His faithless disciples for having not learned this lesson earlier in the day. Jesus has all authority and all power over all things, whether disease, deformity, disease or nature. The disciples responded with another very understandable question, "What manner of man is this?" (Mark 4:41 KJV). The lesson of the day had been taught in many ways and many forms. The answer to the question is that this man is Creator, Provider, Sustainer, Master, Judge, Advocate, Redeemer and Savior. In short, He is Lord!
The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God. However, blind faith is not required. The fact that he heals the sick, makes the lame to walk, restores eyesight to the blind, drives away demons, and commands wind and waves is evidence that He is indeed more than an ordinary man. He is King of kings and Lord of lords.
Steve Ellison's years coaching and teaching in public schools have given him a love for high school students. He was on staff with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which fostered an interest in sports ministry. His life's purpose is to teach the Bible in a way that will capture the attention of a world that needs it. He works as camp administrator at Ouachita Baptist Assembly, providing preaching, revivals and youth events. Email questions or comments to email@example.com on 05/05/2018
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May 15, 2019, 11:37 pmMalcolm Brogdon - G - Milwaukee Bucks
Malcolm Brogdon played well in Game 1 on Wednesday as he had 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting in a win over the Raptors.
Brogdon led the team in plus/minus in Game 1 with a plus-18 in 27 minutes of action. He led the bench scoring and George Hill led the bench defense as he delivered four steals and one block to the box score. If the Bucks continue to start Nikola Mirotic, Brogdon and Hill will be a formidable bench duo that could push them to the NBA Finals.
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May 21, 2019, 12:02 amDamian Lillard - G - Trail Blazers
Damian Lillard had his best game this series in Monday's 117-119 Game 4 loss to the Warriors with 28 points and 12 assists to go with four rebounds and four 3-pointers.
Lillard went 11-for-24 from the field and hit a signature logo 3-pointer, but in the end he couldn't convert on his layup or his 3-pointer in OT to keep the Blazers' season alive. He's been playing through a rib injury which explains why he's been a bit off on offense. Tonight he brought it all in an attempt to survive, but it just wasn't enough against the juggernaut Warriors.
May 21, 2019, 12:00 amCJ McCollum - G - Trail Blazers
C.J. McCollum scored 26 points on 10-of-22 shooting with two rebounds, seven assists, a steal, two blocks and five 3-pointers in Monday's Game 4 against the Warriors.
McCollum has been the Blazers' most consistent threat on offense in this series, but he was unable to convert on some tough shots late in OT to keep the Blazers' season alive. He's improved upon last postseason, but this year ended the same as the Blazers were swept.
May 20, 2019, 11:59 pmMeyers Leonard - F/C - Trail Blazers
Meyers Leonard had a career-high 30 points on 12-of-16 shooting with 12 rebounds, three assists, a steal, a block and five 3-pointers in Monday's Game 4 loss to the Warriors.
Leonard had 25 points in the first half thanks to his 5-for-6 shooting from deep and both of those numbers already set new career-highs. Thanks to his hot hand, the Warriors had to respect him out on the 3-point line which freed up space for Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum to operate on the perimeter.
May 20, 2019, 11:58 pmAl-Farouq Aminu - F - Trail Blazers
Al-Farouq Aminu scored zero points on 0-of-2 shooting with a rebound and a block in Monday's Game 4.
Aminu stunk it up again, but the Blazers didn't get much help from their bench either. Rodney Hood (40 minutes, seven points on 3-of-11 shooting with two rebounds, two assists, two steals and a 3-pointer) and Evan Turner (six points on 3-of-4 shooting with two rebounds and a steal) didn't do much, showing that coach Stotts didn't have many options to choose from.
May 20, 2019, 11:56 pmStephen Curry - G - Golden State Warriors
Stephen Curry led the Warriors to a 119-117 OT Game 4 on Monday with 37 points on 11-of-25 shooting with 13 rebounds, 11 assists, a steal and seven 3-pointers.
Curry put on an off-ball clinic tonight, running circles around the Blazers to get open even though he drew consistent triple-teams. Steve Kerr wanted to end this series tonight so Curry played the entire second half including OT and the move paid off. There shouldn't be any more noise about Curry's ability to perform in the playoffs as he destroyed the Blazers in every coverage they threw at him. It'll be all eyes on Curry again in the Finals as they look to three-peat.
May 20, 2019, 11:54 pmDraymond Green - F - Golden State Warriors
Draymond Green notched a 18-14-11 triple-double to go with three steals, two blocks and a 3-pointer in Monday's Game 4 win over the Blazers.
Green has proven over the past two games that he still has the ability to kick it into high gear. His defensive tenacity and anticipation might be the best in the league as he's a one-man wrecking crew on that end of the floor. His only triple was a big one late in OT and his ability to ignite the Warriors on a big run thanks to his defense and passing were huge reasons why the Warriors swept the Blazers.
May 20, 2019, 11:52 pmJordan Bell - F - Golden State Warriors
Jordan Bell started in Monday's Game 4 against the Blazers and scored seven points on 3-of-5 shooting with two assists and a steal.
Bell drew his first career playoff start after Damian Jones (DNP-CD) looked overwhelmed in his Game 3 start, but ceded the closing minutes to Kevon Looney (29 minutes, 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting with 14 rebounds, a steal and a block) who played the best out of all the Warriors' centers. Looney's timing and offensive rebounding have been huge for Golden State and his ability to switch on to perimeter players has also been a huge reason as to why he sees the floor more than the other bigs.
May 20, 2019, 11:52 pmKlay Thompson - G - Golden State Warriors
Klay Thompson struggled in Monday's Game 4 win over the Blazers with 17 points on 7-of-21 shooting with six rebounds, two assists, two steals, a block and three 3-pointers.
Thompson has been forced to put the ball on the floor more with the Warriors lacking playmakers and you can clearly see him out of his comfort zone. His defense was stifling tonight in crunch time as he perfectly contested both of Damian Lillard's shot attempts at the end of OT.
May 20, 2019, 11:49 pmAlfonzo McKinnie - F - Golden State Warriors
Alfonzo McKinnie started in Monday's Game 4 win over the Blazers and scored 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting with two rebounds and a 3-pointer.
McKinnie drew the start in place of Andre Iguodala (calf strain) and had the worst plus-minus out of all the starters but came up with some big offensive rebounds in OT. He can't space the floor any better than Shaun Livingston (22 minutes, eight points on 4-of-4 shooting with a rebound, an assist, a steal and a block) who plays much better with the Warriors' starters so the starting job is just in name.
May 20, 2019, 9:02 pmJordan Bell - F - Golden State Warriors
Jordan Bell will start at center in Monday's Game 4 for the Warriors.
Bell has played between 11 and 15 minutes in the three conference finals games, and he's unlikely to play too much more than that tonight. Look for Kevon Looney to continue to get more minutes than Bell tonight.
Source: Anthony Slater on Twitter


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They still come to Sundance, the performers do, even in a year like this one, a year when the festival faces an unusual danger: being overshadowed in its hometown.
For in less than a month, about 32 Winter Olympic events, one third of the total, will take place in town or nearby, and the signs, physical and psychological, are everywhere. Taped notices on local bathroom walls are as likely to be offers of Olympic tickets as fliers for films, the banner headline in the Park Record on the festival's opening night read "Workers Brace for February Commute," and KPCW, the town's radio station, frequently reminds listeners that "next month, Park City takes the world's stage."
That overshadowing takes monumental form right in front of the hotel that is the festival's headquarters, where the enormous giant slalom run, complete with empty stands and a silent scoreboard, looms over the building, for all intents and purposes a relic of some lost yet terrifying civilization like the ones imagined by fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft.
None of this, however, matters much to actors who are here with their films, whether beginners such as Agnes Bruckner or world famous such as Robin Williams. Bruckner, all of 16, is a gifted young actress whose heartfelt performance made the coming-of-age drama "Blue Car" (unaccountably not in the competition) one of the festival's first successes, complete with a sale to Miramax.
"Oh my God, I've been just so emotional, it's been so exciting I've been crying all day," says Bruckner, who lives with her family in Burbank and is understandably elated. "For me, everything has just built up to this moment. I'm finally here, I've finally arrived."
With four Oscar nominations as an actor (and a victory for "Good Will Hunting"), Williams couldn't be more established, but he is almost as excited to be here: "I have seen the mountain," he says in one of his infinite accents. "It was good." And in some ways his new film, "One Hour Photo," written and directed by music video auteur Mark Romanek, represents as important a milestone in his career as Bruckner's does in hers.
Williams plays Sy Parrish, a photo booth operator at a local SavMart who becomes terrifyingly obsessed with a particular family. Not only does Sy have grotesque nightmares in which blood spurts from his eyes, he ends up acting in such a savage, sadistic way that Williams himself said, "This is a bizarre, creepy movie," when he came out to take a bow and answer questions at the premiere.
"Now," he added in his trademark style, "I have to come out and make people laugh, be an emotional sorbet."
Williams, whose interview mode ranges from the thoughtful to the wildly funny, is well aware that this kind of a role--perhaps his first chilly part since a cameo in Kenneth Branagh's 1991 "Dead Again"--is not what's expected from him after a spate of warmly sentimental films. His agent pursued the script "as a wild shot; I wasn't even on a list, no one's going to send this to me off the bat." He had lunch with Romanek, "who thought it was one of those token meetings.
"When I said I wanted to do it, he went, 'No!' I think it really shocked him."
If people are going to be shocked at Williams in a non-Patch Adams mode, they are going to have to get used to it. The actor has at least two similar films coming out: "Death to Smoochie," directed by Danny DeVito ("he's the darkest guy around; when I asked if he wanted me to lighten up he said 'No, no'") and "Insomnia," co-starring Al Pacino and directed by "Memento's" Christopher Nolan.
Though he's looked at things such as interview tapes with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to prepare for these roles, Williams is not the kind of actor who takes his parts home with him. "Once you have a family, the method stuff goes away very quickly. I did it on one movie, and it scared my kids. You can't say"--a lightening voice change here-- "'I'm going to my study. Don't mind the noises of an animal being sacrificed.'"
Though he joked at the premiere that he did "One Hour Photo" because "'Mister Rogers on Ice' was already taken," it was a combination of factors that led to this spate of darker material, starting with Williams' feeling that "for me the job is to play as many different characters as possible."
Williams is also aware that critics and audiences have not invariably applauded his choice of roles. "I know it's out there, there's been negative response to certain films. People will come up to you and say, 'If you ever make another movie like that, I'll hurt you.' This is interesting feedback. Does it make me deny the validity of what I've done? No. Does it make me want to look for other things? Yes.
"Going too much one way is not good. 'Goebbels: The Musical,' that I don't want to do, but the moment you start limiting yourself, it's bad news. I want to change the perception."
Perhaps the biggest factor in Williams' shift was a birthday. "Once I hit 50," he jokes, changing his voice, "I'm looking for characters. The romantic parts are over. Mr. Pitt, he gonna take it now." More seriously, he says that at 50 "you hit this phase where you look at stuff. The time is changing, you're on the clock now, it's like, 'This is it.' You want to maximize what you do."
One result of that is a determination "not to rush off and do things. If I have to wait for something, I'll wait. There have been times when I rushed into things. Sometimes it was pure greed, sometimes it was 'we'll make it better.' I don't believe 'we'll fix it' anymore. Don't ever go that way."
If Williams was gratified at the response "One Hour Photo" got, Bruckner, so unfamiliar with Sundance she "brought this suitcase full of all these fancy clothes because I thought it was going to be a red-carpet type of place" was even more so about "Blue Car." "People are clapping at the screenings. One night I got this ovation and when I got to the mike I was so blown away I was speechless," she says. "One of my friends is here with me and she started bawling, telling me how proud she is of me."
Unlike young actresses such as Claire Danes and Natalie Portman who've been at it most of their lives, Bruckner started taking acting lessons only "three or four years ago" at the suggestion of her mother, Nina Bruckner. At first, she says, "it was 'my mom put me into this,' then it was 'my mom and I are in this together,' now it's 'I'm doing this.' I just grew to love acting; I can't imagine not doing it."
"My mom has been my hero, my everything," Bruckner says with her usual emotion. "She always told me you have to be very, very strong to survive in this business, that 90% of the time you're going to be denied. She's been there by my side when I didn't get parts, she'd say, 'Agnes, we didn't get this job, but we'll get the next one.'"
Gradually, the parts started arriving, from a year-and-a-half stint on "The Bold and the Beautiful" to supporting parts in last year's "The Glass House" and Barbet Schroeder's forthcoming "Fool Proof," starring Sandra Bullock. But Bruckner's starring role in "Blue Car," strongly written and directed by Karen Moncrieff, where she plays a high school student from a broken home who pursues poetry seriously on the suggestion of a male teacher, is the biggest thing she's ever done and clearly a breakthrough performance.
"I had a lot of drama going on in my life, personal things I brought with me," says Bruckner, whose own parents separated a year and a half ago. . "I brought all this emotion with me, and it just worked, it just clicked."
It's not only her success at Sundance that Bruckner can't quite believe, it's her whole career. She especially remembers the day she signed with Paradigm Agency.
"I was sitting at the end of this long conference table and all these agents were looking at me. They said, 'We're going to sign you, you're going to be a star.' And I'm thinking 'Oh my God.' Since then, since I got the role on 'The Bold and the Beautiful,' I've been practicing what I'm going to say on the Jay Leno show."
Maybe now she'll get the chance.


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I've been
We are in back to school mode in W&F world.
I started school/work today.
Eli has meet the teacher day tomorrow.
Ben Henry goes back to preschool on the 19th.
Ryan starts a new sitter just 2 days a week next week.
Its pure INSANITY
School Supplies & uniforms have all been purchased.
All the extras have all been purchased.
Tonight I am sitting down to cut vinyl to label all of Ryan's baby things.
I've never had to do that for my boys before :(
They always stayed with my mother in law until they were a year old.
Kinda makes me sad...like he's a big boy already.
Nope just a 3 month old TOMORROW!!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
The day a cow charged at my kid {and I laughed}
I know I have posted on my blog before that my grandfather owns property where he raises cattle.
He and dad raise the cattle together and my dad has a garden there where he grows veggies.
My boys {LOVE} to go there.
They ride the tractor, the gator {a small scooter like thing}
see the cows, and the horses that live next door to the property as well.
Yesterday was one of those days when we took a ride "down the road" as they call it to see the cows. My dad was already there watering the garden.
I had already told them that it would be a quick trip, just to see the cows
but no riding on the tractor or the gator.
But PawPaw had different plans.
So yesterday became the day -
Yes, you read correctly- the cow charged at my kid and I laughed.
My child was NOT hurt, and the cow was behind a gate.
But the look on my kids face was priceless.
Here's what happened.
We get to the farm, and PawPaw was already there, they hopped out of the car and the boys run to the gate where the cows are fenced in. Here's what it looks like.
The cows are pretty standoff-ish and not really worrying about the boys at all.
But as all PawPaws do - down the path he came with the gator and took the boys for a quick ride
even though I had already told them their would be NO rides.
I love their faces in the picture on the right. They love riding with their PawPaw!
So after the ride was over we had to saw goodbye to the cows. Here is where is got a little funny.
Now I know bulls will charge when you have a red shirt.
And I didn't even think a thing about the fact that all 3 of them had on red but after the fact we did.
So this happens.
And it always does, so its not out of the ordinary for any of the grandkids to be on the gate so that's not what made the cow charge - but anyway- Eli is on the top of the gate and talking to the cows and as he is saying whatever to the cow in the front the cow out of no where charges at the gate-
I have never in my life seen him jump down, run so fast, and scream, while laughing, mind you. He was laughing and screaming, "stupid cow- don't charge me, don't charge me!"
I know I probably should have been more concern but I wasn't it was really funny and I knew the cow was behind the gate and wasn't able to get out.
So there is the story of the day my child was charged by a cow and I laughed-
in my defense he laughed too!
Monday, July 29, 2013
Saying Yes to the Dress!
Sorry to leave y'all hanging this weekend-
Saturday morning I went WEDDING DRESS shopping with my cousin Kayla-
I really was honored to be invited to go dress shopping with her and her entourage.
Kayla grew up in the house next to me, her mom and my mom are sisters.
She is like one of my little sisters. I am so excited she and Drew are getting married.
She also knows how much I {love} weddings.
I'm not sure if you can see it, but that is my mom commenting under my post
saying how I will get crazy-
In my defense I did say I have a tendency to become obsessed but all she had to do was say stop ;)
Here is the entourage after she said "yes to the dress!"
The 2nd dress she tried on! It is beautiful and she is going to be {STUNNING}!
Can not wait until April!
{and look Baby Ryan even made it into the picture}
Friday, July 26, 2013
Happy Insta-Friday!
Holla! It's Friday! and that means its time to link up with the lovelies at Life ReArranged for
I've got pics of the kiddos, pics of things I've found online for friends & family, not so nice things, and very very funny things, so sit back and just look at the pics.
Everyone knows that is the most fun- looking at every one's life!
Grab some coffee, diet coke, or hey its Friday, grab a drink!
Take a peek into my life this week!
Apparently this week was a big week for me online :)
I was into Pinterest a lot as well. Spent a lot of time there and found things that made me think of family and friends. Some of these pins have not such great language so excuse that- but they immediately made me take a screen shot and text it to a friend.
{you know who you are }
Some days, I really crack myself up Phwaa!!
On Wednesday or Thursday I got an email from The Chirping Moms, that I had won their giveaway and I won this!
Yay! No more broken pack n play for us!
So exciting! Since Ryan is our last baby
we were just going to make do with our messed up Pack n Play.
Now we don't have too!
Yay for giveaways! and yes people do actually win! ;)
In other news- Mr. Seriousness was 11 weeks old on Wednesday! We had a tiny photo shoot!
Again we had some Tummy Time, again, he was less than thrilled!
And today was the best day of all!!
Yay! Momma feels human again!
A full nights sleep!!
Happy Friday!!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Brothers Shared Space
Eli & Ben Henry started sharing a room some time in late March, early April.
I have yet to decorate their room the way I want.
The wall still looks like this
The wall are not this yellow. The picture is just really bad, please excuse my iphone :)
The walls are a beige color called Macadamia by Sherwin Williams, not sure why it is SO yellow in this picture.
Anyway, Ben Henry's bed is a trundle, its hidden underneath Eli's so they have space to play in the room during the day. We have a shelving unit on one side of the room for all their toys,
a dresser for clothes against the window with curtains covering the windows,
and a small night stand with the TV on it.
That all that fits in the room
So I really want the wall to be cute and make a statement. We are changing the bedding too. Right now it is white with teal and brown writing but its just the duvet cover. Neither of the boys are really into the music theme right now so I am going to go with the red comforter that is inside that duvet.
{Can you believe you cant see a red comforter inside that white duvet cover?}
So help me!
I have pinned some ideas on my boards over on Pinterest.
Anyone have any opinions?
|Gallery Wall from The Sweetest Pear
I wouldn't do mirrors, but maybe picture frames of different styles & colors.
Could put pictures of them and their artwork.
|I also like these garlands from Land of Nod- they come in cute colors,
a few of these would be really cute too!
|I'd like to add the letters of their first names to the wall too!
Just don't want it to get to crazy and look like a mess!
So everyone! Give your opinions!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
So what Wednesday...
SO WHAT if....
I am still exhausted from this weekend and its Wednesday.
I am THRILLED that they are playing The Hills reruns every single morning on Mtv. I am wasting every single morning watching them.
These boys are driving me BANANAS- back to school can not come soon enough. Please stop the fighting!
We booked a beach trip with our friends for September, late September and I have already started a countdown. I need something to look forward to! 50 days!!
Happy Wednesday :)
These boys are driving me BANANAS- back to school can not come soon enough. Please stop the fighting!
We booked a beach trip with our friends for September, late September and I have already started a countdown. I need something to look forward to! 50 days!!
Happy Wednesday :)
Monday, July 22, 2013
Case of the Mondays-
This weekend was Eli's 6th birthday party.
We had it at the bowling alley.
He had so much fun.
I was very excited for him because all of him friends from school came.
We had some friends over after the party and that lasted most of the night ;)
Then on Sunday we spent the day at a friends house swimming & hanging out.
Our weekend was spent hanging out with friends and it was lovely.
I really wanted to do a recap of the party and post pictures
but I've got a case of the Mondays I think.
Happy Blah Monday! ;)
Friday, July 19, 2013
Yellow Friday !
My fabulous friends Courtney & Julie over at The Chirping Moms are hosting a Yellow Friday Party.
They have joined together with a great group of shops
to bring you some awesome deals for "back to school!"
Yes, I just typed those words on my blog.
It's back to school time all ready!
Each shop has some sort of super awesome deal going on.
So hang out for awhile, check out the links, and shop till you drop.
Remember to use the code {yellowfriday} when checking out!
Yellow Friday: Back To School Sale is here!
For all deals, use code: yellowfriday
1. Conniption Prints: 25% off
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3. From the Heart Creations: 20% off
4. Lily Pie Baby: 20% off any purchase over $5.00, Free Gift with purchases over $25
5. Olivia & Owen: 40% off
6. One Good Name: 10% off PLUS a free additional 2 inch monogram or name vinyl with each order
Shop the Sale : Learn More About the Shop
7. Seesaw Society: 20% off + free shipping Friday, 15% off + free shippingSaturday & Sunday
8. Sila Boutique: 15% off
9. Spark and Spark: 30% off Back to School items
10. Smock Candy: $10 off Purchase of $30 or more, free shipping, AND spend $75 & receive a FREE bubble gum necklace worth $15
To shop this sale: shop in Facebook album "7/19/13-7/21/13" .To purchase an item, comment under the picture with the instructions listed. To redeem the coupon code, message Smock Candy after you comment.
11. Teapots & Toads: Take $10 off any purchase of $30 or more
12. Too Cute: 15% off
Happy shopping!
Christmas in July~ Christmas Trees
Happy Friday everyone!
Today is the last installment in my Christmas in July series.
I think the best way to end the week is to wrap up with Christmas Trees!
I love to have my tree decorated as early as possible that way I can enjoy it all Christmas season long.
We always keep our tree decorated until Jan.6th, which is All Kings Day,
the start of Mardi Gras Season in New Orleans.
Some people in New Orleans actually decorate their artificial trees for the Mardi Gras season.
(I may have to do a post on that!)
|Kari & Becky @ U-Create Crafts
|Kari & Becky @ U-Create Crafts
Happy Friday everyone!!
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