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The Hope College baseball team travelled to The Czech Republic to compete in the "Prague Baseball Week" tournament from June 26-30. Here is a summary of those games.
Hope 10, Moscow 0 (7)
Sweden 10, Czech Juniors 3
Czech National 11, Slovakia 0 (7)
Australia 14, Prague Select 11
Slovakia 9, Moscow 2
Sweden 4, Australia 3
Prague Select 12, Czech Juniors 0 (7)
Hope 10, Czech Nationals 3
Australia 11, Czech Juniors 1
Czech Nationals 14, Moscow Select 0 (7)
Hope 10, Slovakia 0 (7)
Prague Select 6, Sweden 0
Czech Juniors 21, Slovakia 1
Sweden 11, Moscow 11
Australia 7, Hope 4
Czech Nationals 6, Prague Select 4
Pool A: Hope 3-0, Czech Nationals 2-1, Slovakia 1-2, Moscow 0-3.
Pool B: Prague Select 2-1, Australia 2-1, Sweden 2-1, Czech Juniors 0-3
Saturday Results
Championship - Czech Nationals 5, Australia 3
Third Place - Hope 10, Prague Select 2
Fifth Place - Czech Juniors 10, Sweden 9
Seventh Place - Slovakia 9, Moscow 2
Game Reports
All Results
Saturday, June 30
The Flying Dutchmen celebrated their first international experience by winning the consolation championship of the "Prague Baseball Week" on Saturday.
Playing their sixth game in as many days, coach Stu Fritz's Dutchmen won for the fifth time by defeating the Prague Select allstars, 10-2.
Fritz paid tribute to his veterans and players of the future, especially with the pitching rotation. Steve Tompkins, a first-year player from Glen Ellyn, Ill., started and gained the victory with five solid innings. Matt Schrader, another first-year player who hails from Port Huron, Mich., pitched the next two innings, leaving with Hope ahead 8-2.
It was time for two pitchers who have contributed to Hope's collegiate success in recent seasons. Anthony Pastrick from St. Joseph, Mich. and Mike Rodgers from Saline, Mich. made quick work of the Czechs as each retired the side in order in the eighth and ninth innings respectively.
This game was not in doubt for very long. The Flying Dutchmen scored five runs in the second inning, added three more in the sixth and finished with one in both the eighth and ninth.
Eight Hope players had a hit as the Flying Dutchmen collected a tournament-best 14. Leadoff hitter Matt Sattler Brighton, Mich. had three hits, including a double along with three RBIs, while Jeff Ichesco of Saline, Mich. came off the bench to hit three singles. Collectin two hits apiece were Robby Poll of Grandville, Mich., and Curtis Moran of Allendale, Mich.
Prague 000 101 000 - 2 6 1
Hope 050 003 011 - 10 14 1
Hope Pitching: Steve Tompkins, 5 IP, 1R, 1ER, 4H, 0BB 4SO; Matt Schrader, 2 IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 2SO; Anthony Pastrick, 1 IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0BB, 0SO; Mike Rodgers, 1IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0BB, 1SO.
Winning Pitcher: Steve Tompkins.
Hope Hitting: Matt Sattler 3-for-6, Robby Poll 2-5, Mike VanderVelde 0-1, Curtis Moran 2-3, Scott Sommavilla 0-1, Jeff Ichesco 3-3, Matt VanderVelde 0-1, Pete Zessin 1-2, Matt VanBeek 0-2, Scott Snyder 0-2, Drew Bedan 1-3, Andrew Bedan 1-1, Brock Doud 0-1, Joey Goeb 0-1, Alex Fryer 1-3, Tim Judson 1-3, Rich Burling 0-2.
Doubles: Matt Sattler, Drew Bedan.
RBIs: Matt Sattler 3, Robby Po ll 2 , Jeff Ichesco 1, Matt VanderVelde 1, Scott Snyder 1, Brock Doud 1.
Stolen Bases: Matt VanderVelde.
Friday, June 29 - Australia 7, Hope 4
The Flying Dutchmen met their match on the international stage Friday bowing to the Australian Provincial allstar team 7-4 in a championship bracket game of the Prague Baseball Week tournament.
The loss puts coach Stu Fritz's squad in the consolation championship game against one of two Czech squads, the national team or the Prague allstars. Those teams were playing in a Friday night game for the right to meet Australia in Saturday's championship.
The Flying Dutchmen were forced to come-from-behind against an Australian delegation that is a regular in this tournament. The Aussies were champions in 1999.
The teams were locked in a scoreless duel through five innings. The Aussies put four runs - three of them unearned - on the board. Hope came back with four runs in the seventh inning. Australia answered with three in the eighth.
The Flying Dutchmen used four pitchers. Starter Matt Richardson was chased in the sixth. Reliever Robby Poll was unable to quell the Australia rally and exited after only one-third of an inning. Michael Dekker took the loss allowing three earned run in the seventh. Dustin Wuis closed out the game.
Hope's runs came from an RBI single by Joey Goeb, a dramatic squeeze bunt play that brought two runs home and a bases-loaded walk to Bill Lutke. The squeeze was executed by batter Matt VanderVelde and baserunners Matt Sattler and Mike VanderVelde.
Hope ended with seven hits led by Brock Doud and Joey Goeb with two singles each. All of Hope's hits were singles.
Australia 000 004 030 - 7 8 1
Hope 000 000 400 - 4 7 1
Hope Pitchers: Matt Richardson, 5.1 IP, 3R, 1ER, 2H, 3BB, 0SO; Robby Poll, 0.3 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 0BB, 0S0; Michael Dekker, 1.2 IP, 3R, 3ER, 2H, 2BB, 1SO; Dustin Wuis, 1.2 IP 0R, 0ER, 2H, 1BB, 0SO.
Losing Pitcher: Michael Dekker.
Hope Hitters: Matt Sattler 1-for-4, Matt VanBeek 0-4, Mike VanderVelde 0-3, Bill Lutke 1-3, Andrew Bedan 0-1, Matt VanderVelde 1-2, Brock Doud 2-4, Scott Sommavilla 0-2, Scott Snyder 0-1, Rich Burling 0-1, Tim Judson 0-1, Joey Goeb 2-4.
Hope RBIs: Matt Sattler 1, Bill Lutke 1-3, Matt VanderVelde 1.
Stolen Bases: Scott Sommavilla.
Thursday, June 28 -- Hope 10, Slovakia 0 (7)
The Flying Dutchmen have advanced to the championship game of the Prague Baseball Week tournament after posting their second mercy victory in pool play by blanking the Slovakia select team 10-0 on Thursday.
Coach Stu Fritz's MIAA champions went 3-0 in pool play. Previous victories were recorded over Moscow Select 10-0 and the Czech national team 10-3.
The championship round begins Friday. Hope will play an afternoon semi-final game against Australia, the second place team in the tournament's other pool.
The Flying Dutchmen again displayed their talent on the mound and at the plate. Three pitchers combined to throw a one-hitter, Hope's second of the tournament. Starter Brian Guerriero allowed Slovakia's only hit, a single by the game's second batter. Guerriero went on to strike out six batters over his three innings. Middle reliever Shawn Grose pitched allowed Slovakia only one baserunner with a walk and finished with three strikers. Closer Anthony Pastrick got five of his six outs on strikeouts, three in-a-row in a perfect sixth.
A mixed Hope lineup gave five first-year players an opportunity to start. Hope's 10-hit attack was led by Scott Sommavilla whose three hits included two-run homerun, a double and single. Leadoff hitter Scott Snyder had a pair of singles as did number two hitter Robby Poll. Alex Fryer hit a double.
Slovakia 000 000 0 - 0 1 2
Hope 052 110 1 - 10 10 3
Hope Pitching: Guerriero, Grose (4), Pastrick (6) and Curtis Moran, Andrew Bedan (4).
WP: Guerriero 6SO, 2 BB
Others: Grose 3SO, 1 BB; Pastrick 5SO, 0BB
Hope Hitting: Scott Snyder 3-for-5, Robby Poll 2-5, Mike VanderVelde 1-3, Joey Goeb 0-1, Dustin Wuis 0-0 (pinch runner), Pete Zessin 1-1, Mike Rogers 0-0 (pinch runner), Scott Sommavilla 3-4, Curtis Moran 0-1, Andrew Bedan 0-2, Jeff Ichesco 1-4, Tim Judson 1-2, Rich Burling 0-0 (hit by pitcher twice), Alex Fryer 1-4.
RBIs: Scott Snyder, Robby Poll 2, Mike VanderVelde, Scott Sommavilla 2, Tim Judson, Alex Fryer.
Double: Scott Sommavilla and Alex Fryer.
Homerun: Scott Sommavilla.
Wednesday, June 27 -- Hope 10, Czech National 3
The Flying Dutchmen literally swung a heavy bat Wednesday as they defeated the host national Czech team 10-3 in a nationally televised game.
The victory puts coach Stu Fritz's Dutchmen at 2-0 in pool play at the "Prague Baseball Week" tournament. Hope's final game in pool play will be Thursday against the Slovakia national team. The pool play standings will determine the pairings for the consolation and championship brackets to be played out on Friday and Saturday.
The Flying Dutchmen were greeted by the U.S. Ambassador to The Czech Republic, Richard Graber. Coach Fritz presented the ambassador with a pair of hard-carved wooden shoes. The ambassador threw the ceremonial first-pitch, a perfect strike.
It was all Hope the rest of the way. The Flying Dutchmen scored twice in both the first and second innings.
The Flying Dutchmen collected 13 hits, led by Mike VanderVelde who went 5-for-5 and Matt Sattler who was 4-for-5 with a pair of triples.
Hope has outscored their first three opponents on this first-ever international trip 25-3.
Perhaps the only thing that could slow down this offense is a lack of bats. Hope is playing in a wooden-bat tournament. The team brought 24 new Louisville Sluggers with them. However, on Wednesday the Flying Dutchmen broke eight of them and are now down to 14 bats with three games to play.
Coach Fritz might well be headed to a Prague sporting goods store on Thursday for more bats.
Mike Rodgers, the MIAA's most valuable pitcher this past spring, gain the victory with six innings of work. He left with Hope leading 6-1. He struggled through a lot of the game, but was able to strand nine Czech baserunners. Robby Poll and Michael Dekker finished the pitching chores.
Mike VanderVelde, who set the Hope record for career hits, had five singles and drove in four runs.
Hope 220 101 022 -- 10 13 4
Czech 001 000 011 -- 3 8 4
Mike Rodgers, Robby Poll (7), Michael Dekker (9) and Bill Lutke, Brock Doud; Keprta, Mraz (3) and Winkler.
WP: Rodgers 4 BB, 4 SO.
LP: Mraz 1BB, 6 SO
Hope Triples: Matt Sattler 2
Hope Batting: Matt Sattler 4-for-5, Matt VanBeek 1-3, Mike VanderVelde 5-5, Alex Fryer 0-1, Bill Lutke 1-3, Brock Doud 0-2, Matt VanderVelde 0-5, Richard Burling 0-2, Tim Judson 1-2, Scott Sommavilla 0-3, Scotty Snyder 0-2, Pete Zessin 0-2, Andrew 0-1, Curtis Moran 0-1, Joey Goeb 1-4.
Tuesday, June 26 -- Hope 10, Moscow 0
Hope College opened play in the Prague Baseball Week tournament with an impressive 10-0 victory over a select team from Moscow, Russia on Tuesday.
This historic trip came close to having a historic baseball moment as pitcher Dustin Wuis hurled a one-hitter in the abbreviated seven-inning game, ended because of the 10-run mercy rule.
Pool play continues Wednesday night when a much-anticipated game between Hope and the Czech national team is televised live across The Czech Republic. The U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Richard Graber, is scheduled to throw the opening pitch.
The left-handed Wuis was flirting with a no-hitter with one out in the seventh inning when a crosswind-aided flyball eluded the Hope leftfielder. Wuis, who is from Kalamazoo, Mich., ended with eight strikeouts. He walked two and hit a batter. At one point he retired 13 batters in-a-row.
The Flying Dutchmen bunched their runs, scoring three times in the first inning and then seven in the sixth. Hope had just seven hits, all singles, but took advantage of four walks, four hit-batters and two errors.
Coach Stu Fritz again used nearly every position player. Pete Zessin, of Holland, Mich., collected a pair of singles and drove in two runs. Scott Sommavilla of Holland, Mich. drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single.
Hope's final game in pool play on Thursday will be against the Slovakia national team. The results of pool play will determine the brackets for the championship round to be played Friday and Saturday.
Moscow 000 000 0 -- 0 1 2
Hope 300 007 x -- 10 7 2
Markin, Filepov (6) and Nesvdba; Wuis and Doud, Bedan (6).
WP: Wuis 8 SO, 2 BB
LP: Markin 2 SO, 4 BB
No extra base hits
SB: Matt Sattler, Scott Snyder, Mike VanderVelde, Joey Goeb.
Hope Hitting: Matt Sattler 1-3, Scott Snyder 0-2, Matt VanBeek 1-1, Mike VanderVelde 0-2, Robby Poll 0-0 (BB), Brock Doud 1-3, Andrew Bedan 0-0 (HP), Bill Lutke 0-2, Curtis Moran 0-0 (SAC), Pete Zessin 2-3, Jeff Ichesco 0-2, Scott Sommavilla 1-1, Joey Goeb 1-2, Alex Fryer 0-1, Tim Judson 0-3
Monday, June 25 -- Hope 5, Swedish Nationals 0
Nine pitchers combined to throw a three-hit shutout as the Flying Dutchmen, playing their first game-ever on foreign soil, blanked the Swedish National team 5-0 in a "friendly" game in Prague, The Czech Republic on Monday.
The exhibition served as a prelude to Hope's participation in the 26th annual eight-team Prague Baseball Week which begins Tuesday in the Czech capital.
Coach Stu Fritz approached Monday's game with the goal of giving every player on the trip an opportunity to play. He nearly accomplished that save one player, pitcher Dustin Wuis, who will start in Tuesday's tournament opener against a team from Russia.
Few games in the 137-year history of Hope baseball had as much historic significance as Monday's contest. The Flying Dutchmen played an international opponent for the first time and in a stadium nearly 4,500 miles from Holland, Mich.
Nine pitchers, each throwing for one inning, was also unpredecented. Each threw a single inning in a pre-determined rotation. Matt Schrader of Port Huron, Mich., Hope's seventh inning hurler, was credited with the victory. He left a scoreless game which changed to a 3-0 Hope lead in the bottom of the seventh. The Flying Dutchmen added two unearned run in the eighth. Four of Hope's five runs were unearned as the Swedes committed three errors.
Hope's unique pitching rotation began with Shawn Grose of Fairless Hills, Pa. followed inning-by-inning by 2. Matt Richardson of Niles, Mich., 3. Mike Rodgers of Saline, Mich., 4. Brian Guerriero of Holland, Mich., 5. Pete Zessin of Holland, Mich., 6. Steve Tompkins of Glen Ellyn, Ill., 7. Matt Schrader, 8. Anthony Pastrick of St. Joseph, Mich., and 9. Michael Dekker of Hamilton, Mich.
The pitching corps scored the three hits over three innings combing for three strikeouts and three walks. Sweden stranded eight baserunners, four in scoring position.
The game-winning hit came from Robby Poll on an RBI single with two outs in the seventh. The Flying Dutchmen scored two more in the seventh on a throwing error. Matt Van Beek delivered an RBI fielder's choice in the eighth inning.
Hope ended with 10 hits. Scotty Snyder of Berrien Springs, Mich. collected a pair of singles while designated hitter Drew Bedan had a double and single.


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How to Uninstall Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca from Control Panel from Windows 10
- Click and Open Start Menu option
- Settings option is to be selected on the menu to show all the contents
- Click on System option
- On the system Menu, Click on Apps and features option
- Now Click on Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca to remove it from PC.
How to Eliminate Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca from Windows 8/8.1
Step 1: Press repeatedly F8 to boot PC in Safe Mode. Restart PC and select "Safe Mode with Networking".
Step 2: Press ALT+Ctrl+Del to open Windows Task Manager. After that, search all the Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca related processes and then click to "End Task"
Step 3: Type "regedit" in Run dialog box and open Windows Registry Editor. Search and delete all the corrupt registries added by Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca infection.
Step 4: Go to Start and then click to open Control Panel.
After that, click Add/Remove Program
Uninstall Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca associated programs from Windows 8/8.1
Uninstall Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca From Window 7/vista
Tap on F8 Key to Enter Safe Mode
Restart PC and select "Safe Mode with Networking"
First of all close all running programs and open Task manager by pressing ALT + CTRL + DEL keys on your keyboard simultaneously.
Now Click on Processes menu and select all the processes associated with Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca one by one then click on End Task.
Now go to the desktop, click on Start Menu on the left lower corner. Move to Control panel and use left mouse click over it.
The Control panel window will open, if are getting the view by Category find and click "Uninstall a program" below "Programs" group.
Now select Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca within programs list and click on Uninstall.
Steps to Eliminate Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca from Windows XP
Step 1: Restart PC in Safe Mode by continuously pressing F8 button. After that, select "Safe Mode with Networking".
Step 2: Open Windows Task Manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del together. After that, find and select all the Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca associated processes and then click to "End Task" button.
Step 3: Open Run dialog box and then enter "regedit.exe" to open Windows Registry. Search and then delete all the corrupt and infectious registries added by Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca.
Step 4: Click Start button and then go to Control Panel, click to open Windows Add/Remove Program. Search all the Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca related programs and then uninstall it from Windows XP.
How to Uninstall Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca From Your Infected Browser
A. Guidelines to Remove Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca From Microsoft Edge Browser
How to Reset Default Search Engine to Uninstall Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca
Select Settings after selecting More (…) on the address bar
Click and select on View advanced settings option
In order to input the search engine, Click on <Add new> under option"Search in the address bar with"
Select Search engine and adds as default by clicking on Add as default option.
How to Reset Default Homepage on Microsoft Edge to Uninstall Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca
- Select More (…) option on the address bar followed by settings
- Select specific page or pages under Open with option
- After selecting the Custom option, enter the URL of the homepage you wish to set as
B. How to Delete Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca from Google Chrome
Click to Open Google Chrome and then click on menu icon which is on the top right corner and then select Tools → Extensions
Select all the malicious extensions including Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca and then select trash icon
Again click on menu icon and select Settings and then click to Manage Search Engines under the Search section
In Search Engines, remove all the infectious search sites and set Google Chrome as Default Browser
C. How to Uninstall Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca From Mozilla Firefox
Launch Mozilla Firefox and find and click "Firefox" button on the top left corner on the screen.
A drop down box will appear, navigate to Add-ons option and click on it.
In the next window select and click on "Extensions" in left pane.
Find Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca add-on and click on the center area to see the border exactly and click on Disable button.
Wait a moment and let the add-on get disabled.
Now click the "Remove" button, later on uninstall the add-on Mozilla will ask you to restart the browser.
D. How to Remove Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca From Internet Explorer
First of all Launch Internet explorer by clicking the Task-bar Icon on desktop.
Now Click on Tool Menu on web browser interface.
Select and click on Manage add-ons in the drop down box.
A View and manage your Internet Explorer Add-ons window will open, now click on "Toolbar and Extensions" option in left pane.
A list of all installed ad-ons will appear, select Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca and click on "Disable" button and Reset IE
Guidelines to Remove Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca with Automatic Removal Tool
Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca Removal Tool is one of the best-selling software available in the market and provides full protection to your PC against Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca. The tool is certified by the West Coast Lab's Checkmark Certification System. It is designed with latest technology and helps you to remove Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca along with all its related files from the infected PC. The tool uses powerful scanning algorithm so as to detect and delete Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca. The Automatic Removal Tool offers you 2 way protection. As, software update its database regularly and provide complete protection to your system. Also, it is capable enough to identify and delete even the newly designed threats. It offers you 24X7 tech-support for free so that whenever required you can take help of the computer experts.
Automatic removal tool comes up with unique features like System guard, Network Sentry and Scan Scheduler. It also offers you to download the demo version for free. The tool is easy to use and provides you graphical user interface. Thus, what are you waiting for simply use an automatic removal tool and remove Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca from your Windows PC in just few simple clicks. It is compatible with all the earlier and latest version of Windows operating system.
Automatic Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca Removal Tool: Let's Get Started
Step 1: First of all download and install the Automatic Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca Removal Tool. Click on 'Scan Computer' now button to detect Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca and all other threats that are present in your PC.
Step 2: Custom Scan – It help you to scan particular section such as memory files, cookies, registry entries, rootkit scan and system memory.
Step 3: System Guard – It block the malicious entry and other executable processes performed by the threats. It also protect the Process control, Registry section and Active X control.
Step 4: HelpDesk – It is an unique feature comes with an automatic Trojan.Spy:Win32/Pstsca removal tool. It provides you tech support like Custom Fix System and Support Ticket System, so that if required you can direct chat with the virus removal experts.
Step 5: Network Sentry – It provides protection to your system network and won't allow unauthorized modification. It protect the DNS settings and HOST file.
Step 6: Scan Scheduler – This feature helps to scan the PC even if you are not present. In simple words, you can set a time on daily, weekly or monthly basic and your system automatically scan at the pre-set time.


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California Department of Transportation
March 24, 2011
District 12 – Orange County
Contact: Tracey Lavelle
Phone: (949) 724-2031
Irvine– The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
"From one end of the state to the other, transportation projects are providing jobs and improving mobility for people and businesses in California," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
Highlights of the project allocations include:
- $9.5 million to construct an auxiliary lane on SR-55 between Dyer Road and Edinger Avenue
- $3.4 million to make various enhancements and improvements to local streets off the state highway system in the cities of Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Lake Forest, and Seal Beach
The CTC also approved the first phase of the Interstate 805 Managed Lanes North in San Diego County as the ninth design-build project under landmark state legislation
(SBX2 4) signed in 2009. The legislation provided for a pilot program for the design-build method of procurement, which combines both design and construction into one contract to expedite the construction process and potentially reduce project costs.
The I-805 Managed Lanes North project will be built in five phases at a cost of approximately $615 million. Caltrans anticipates the project will be completed nine months earlier using design-build. The expedited construction schedule will bring more jobs to San Diego County sooner than expected.
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3D scanning has been a central theme of SHOWstudio's content and vision.
I have been creating sculpture from 3D scans for at least the last decade and working with an amazing man, Kev Stenning, from Rapido 3D who can push the parameters of this new medium further than one could imagine.
I have scanned, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lady Gaga, Liberty Ross, and Daphne Guinness to name just a few.
Our second project to ever launch on the fledgling SHOWstudio was called Sweet and was 3D scans of Jane Hows recreation of her favourite pieces from the collections recreated completely from sweet wrappers.
I fell in love with this new way of creating imagery, that combined scanning and photography, but looked like nothing I had ever seen before.
The 3D scan showed the model as a surface as if they were egg shells delicate and precise.
What I loved most was that the scanner could not tell if a reflection was a solid object and wether that object was coming towards it or receding away from it.
Confusing the computer became a game and I indulge in as often as I can, and confusing this one made it create forms that followed a logic unknown to anything I had seen.
The result is beautiful.
Models that fragment and tear, twist like the metal of a tin can and inhabit space in an entirely new way.
All glorious.
The next project on the new SHOWstudio was JWalk, a project investigating Motion capture.
Mo Cap as it is referred to, involves putting a person in a special suit where every articulating part of the body is attributed a small reflective disk and the information from those disks is captured and used to create lifelike human movement. Often used to represent lifelike fighting in video games.
However, I put J Alexander in a motion capture suit and captured his "Naomi Campbell walk".
J Alexander , for those who don't know, is the go-to man to teach the latest 'just discovered working behind the tills in a supermarket' and now Stephen Meisel's latest Vogue Italia favorite, girl to glide and not stomp down the Paris runways.
He is also the wonderful cross dressing presenter in Americas Next Top model.
And at the time it was my desire to combine both the 3D scans from Sweet and the motion capture of JWalk to create a virtual model.
SHOWstudio is the laboratory for new ideas, however some ideas take longer than others to come into reality and not just stay in my mind.
13 years later and many, many 3D scanning projects later, I have at last managed to create my first virtual model.
She is, in fact, the wonderful Ming Xi, one of the most brilliant models I have worked with, and the campaign is for the Chinese Store Lane Crawford.


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Windows Azure is a platform that has you covered, whether you need to write software, run software that is already written, or Install and use "canned" software whether you or someone else wrote it. Like any platform, it's a set of tools you can use where it makes sense to solve a problem.
You can click on the graphic below for a larger picture of these components, or download a poster with more details here.
The primary location for Windows Azure information is located at http://windowsazure.com. You can find everything there from the development kits for writing software to pricing, licensing and tutorials on all of that.
I have a few links here for learning to use Windows Azure – although it's best if you focus not on the tools, but what you want to solve. I've got it broken down here into various sections, so you can quickly locate things you want to know. I'll include resources here from Microsoft and elsewhere – I use these same resources in the Architectural Design Sessions (ADS) I do with my clients worldwide.
There is also a great video series on Cloud Fundamentals here, if you have some time to watch them. It's a great series that covers a lot of ground. And there's a great free book for IT Professionals on Windows Azure here.
Write Software
Also called "Platform as a Service" (PaaS), Windows Azure has lots of components you can use together or separately that allow you to write software in .NET or various Open Source languages to work completely online, or in partnership with code you have on-premises or both – even if you're using other cloud providers. Keep in mind that all of the features you see here can be used together, or independently. For instance, you might only use a Web Site, or use Storage, but you can use both together. You can access all of these components through standard REST API calls, or using our Software Development Kit's API's, which are a lot easier. In any case, you simply use Visual Studio, Eclipse, Cloud9 IDE, or even a text editor to write your code from a Mac, PC or Linux.
Azure Web Sites: Windows Azure Web Sites allow you to quickly write an deploy websites, without setting a Virtual Machine, installing a web server or configuring complex settings. They work alone, with other Windows Azure Web Sites, or with other parts of Windows Azure. Read more about deciding to use Web Sites or Roles.
Web and Worker Roles: Windows Azure Web Roles give you a full stateless computing instance with Internet Information Services (IIS) installed and configured. Windows Azure Worker Roles give you a full stateless computing instance without Information Services (IIS) installed, often used in a "Services" mode. Scale-out is achieved either manually or programmatically under your control.
Storage: Windows Azure Storage types include Blobs to store raw binary data, Tables to use key/value pair data (like NoSQL data structures), Queues that allow interaction between stateless roles, and a relational SQL Server database.
Other Services: Windows Azure has many other services such as a security mechanism, a Cache (memcacheD compliant), a Service Bus, a Traffic Manager and more. Once again, these features can be used with a Windows Azure project, or alone based on your needs.
Windows Azure Mobile Services: A simple framework service which enables you to quickly develop the back-end for mobile services. For the front-end, check out the iOS SDK, news about the Android SDK, and the Windows Phone SDK.
Various Languages: Windows Azure supports the .NET stack of languages, as well as many Open-Source languages like Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, NodeJS, C++ and more.
Use Software
Also called "Software as a Service" (SaaS) this often means consumer or business-level software like Hotmail or Office 365. In other words, you simply log on, use the software, and log off – there's nothing to install, and little to even configure. For the Information Technology professional, however, It's not quite the same. We want software that provides services, but in a platform. That means we want things like Hadoop or other software we don't want to have to install and configure.
Kits: Various software "kits" or packages are supported with just a few clicks, such as Umbraco, WordPress, and others.
Windows Azure Media Services: Windows Azure Media Services is a suite of services that allows you to upload media for encoding, processing and even streaming – or even one or more of those functions. We can add DRM and even commercials to your media if you like. Windows Azure Media Services is used to stream large events all the way down to small training videos.
High Performance Computing and "Big Data": Windows Azure allows you to scale to huge workloads using a few clicks to deploy Hadoop Clusters or the High Performance Computing (HPC) nodes, accepting HPC Jobs, Pig and Hive Jobs, and even interfacing with Microsoft Excel.
Windows Azure Marketplace: Windows Azure Marketplace offers data and programs you can quickly implement and use – some free, some for-fee.
Run Software
Also known as "Infrastructure as a Service" (IaaS), this offering allows you to build or simply choose a Virtual Machine to run server-based software.
Persistent Virtual Machines: You can choose to install Windows Server, Windows Server with Active Directory, with SQL Server, or even SharePoint from a pre-configured gallery. You can configure your own server images with standard Hyper-V technology and load them yourselves – and even bring them back when you're done. As a new offering, we also even allow you to select various distributions of Linux – a first for Microsoft.
Windows Azure Connect: You can connect your on-premises networks to Windows Azure Instances.
Storage: Windows Azure Storage can be used as a remote backup, a hybrid storage location and more using software or even hardware appliances.
Decision Matrix
With all of these options, you can use Windows Azure to solve just about any computing problem. It's often hard to know when to use something on-premises, in the cloud, and what kind of service to use.
I've used a decision matrix in the last couple of years to take a particular problem and choose the proper technology to solve it. It's all about options – there is no "silver bullet", whether that's Windows Azure or any other set of functions. I take the problem, decide which particular component I want to own and control – and choose the column that has that box darkened. For instance, if I have to control the wiring for a solution (a requirement in some military and government installations), that means the "Networking" component needs to be dark, and so I select the "On Premises" column for that particular solution. If I just need the solution provided and I want no control at all, I can look as "Software as a Service" solutions.
Training Resources
Windows Azure Training Kit: There's a full training kit available for Windows Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
Microsoft Virtual Academy: Free video-based training.
Windows Azure Documentation: Official documentation for the product.
Security, Pricing, and Other Info
Security: Security is one of the first questions you should ask in any distributed computing environment. We have certification info, coding guidelines and more, even a general "Request for Information" RFI Response already created for you.
Pricing: Are there licenses? How much does this cost? Is there a way to estimate the costs in this new environment?
New Features: Many new features were added to Windows Azure - and you can keep up to date with community information released monthly here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davidmcg/
Windows Azure Cookbooks: Great resource for architecture solutions - http://www.notsotrivial.net/blog/category/Architecture.aspx
Support: Software Support on Virtual Machines, general support, support plans
Hands-On Labs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/jj618399
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Four truckers are hauling loads in their 18-wheelers from Newark, New Jersey clear across the country to California. The truckers all had different loads and stopped in different cities for rest breaks on the way across the country. These truck drivers were all veterans of this long haul trip and knew the roads and the route well enough to avoid typical commuter-driven traffic. But without a crystal ball, the occasional accident, road construction, or even flooded bridge just can't be avoided. Each of them got caught in traffic from one such event that delayed them for a time, but in general their long hauls went smoothly. Determine the full name of each truck driver, the load each was carrying, the event that caused each of them to get stuck in traffic, and the city in California where each was bringing their load of goods (each was traveling to a different destination).
1. The trucker headed for San Francisco was delayed by the car accident. Bobby's destination wasn't Los Angeles.
2. The town festival delayed the trucker hauling pecans. Rex wasn't going to San Francisco.
3. Mr. Mastiff wasn't delayed by road construction. The trucker whose last name was Judge was delayed by a flooded bridge.
4. San Jose was not the destination for the trucker hauling a load of paper.
5. Bobby, whose last name wasn't Judge, was hauling lobsters. Mike Pendleton wasn't delayed by a car accident.
6. Peter, whose last name wasn't Judge, was going to San Diego. Mr. Bartley was hauling a load of oranges, but he wasn't going to Los Angeles.
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Jan.29 (GMM) Pedro de la Rosa on Monday said the fact Fernando Alonso "wants" to work with him at Ferrari has made him "very proud".The fact test driver de la Rosa has joined his countryman and former McLaren colleague at the Italian team for 2013 was interpreted by some as a further sign of the increasing influence wielded by Spaniard Alonso at Ferrari.2012 HRT driver de la Rosa, 41, said on Monday: "That Fernando wants to work with me makes me very, very proud."Not because he is Spanish, but because he is the best," he said in Spanish at a Santander sponsor event.Meanwhile, de la Rosa denied media reports that he was signed up by Ferrari because the Maranello based team is developing an all-new driver simulator."A new simulator for me? I'm good, but not that good!" he joked."There is no such project," the former Arrows, Jaguar and Sauber driver insisted in Madrid. "We have started a job and will develop what we have, which is perfectly valid."But what is certain is that, with the number of changes to the regulations for 2014, we have a lot of work to do in the simulator. And that's one of the reasons I'm here, because the amount of work formula one teams have to do is huge." Comments powered by Disqus


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Metabolic Syndrome: Lowering Your Heart Disease Risk
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Lose weight, if needed.
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BigMcK wrote:Happy? Both sides should be happy that there has been enough revenue flowing through the league that they increased the salary cap how many years since returning from the past lockout? Save for a few franchises that aren't making money, the league isn't losing money like before. The cap has brought parity and allows for all teams to compete. I would also add that having Phoenix (company team) this far in the playoffs is a good thing for the league.
My guess? No strike or lockout. Both sides should know not to pick a fight with the other side or face serious fan revolt.
Qbert wrote:Is it sad that I'm kind of hoping for next season to be disrupted a little by a work stoppage of some sort? 82 games is way too long. I'd like a nice 50 game season. Something around there would be fine by me.
pekkasteele wrote:How things change, during the last CBA discussions I was really hopping for a cap, this time, well I´m not so sure, it is stopping us a bit, but at the same time, if we did not have the cap, maybe a NYR och DET could offer someone like Staal $10 millions and that would, or should RS not match.
So I don't really know what to hope for now, we need more space, but I don't want to give the really rich teams free hands.
DelPen wrote:It's weird that free agency will still start on July 1 and that the cap will be set in June for next season but the CBA expires in September. How is this going to work? Say a team has tons of cap space, makes great moves and then gets screwed? It would be for the players benefits to get a deal done prior to free agency.
Unless it's extended before the draft I don't see how there won't be a stoppage.
Pens4Life87 wrote:I'm hoping with the new CBA they institute a high bump in the salary cap floor, and fingers crossed some team wants to make a deal for Martin or Michalek hoping that last year was a blip on those players career radar and fills the need of a high priced asset to meet the demands of the CBA.
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text: Hi, guys! I've been fiddling around trying to fix this error for several hours now, and I *think* I have fixed it, but I might have done more harm than good. Word on the street is that the problem is caused by Fast CGI, but none of the fixes seemed to work for me. What I've done instead is to edit my vhost file and substitute: Code: AddHandler fcgid-script .php .php3 .php4 .php5 for Code: AddHandler php5-script .php .php3 .php4 .php5 I won't pretend that I know anything about Fast CGI, why it's used or what it does, but my server now seems to work. My server is used just for Web development, and I am the only user, so as long as I'm not more prone to being hacked, I'm happy. Is there anything I should be aware of? I mean, am I likely to break something, or am I sacrificing speed and/or security? Many thanks in advance.


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Steam threw an error that is apparently caused by it writing data to a bad sector that hasn't been caught by the filesystem yet. Is this normally possible and just very unlikely, or should I be a little concerned for the state of my hard drive?
Windows 10 64-bit
Toshiba Laptop (Satellite P855)
Intel i5 Processor, 2-Core (4 CPU), 2.5 GHz
Hitachi Travelstar HDD, 680 GB, 5400 RPM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (integrated graphics)
Is it bad if an app wrote to a bad sector?
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Is it bad if an app wrote to a bad sector?
"There is this boy. [...] At the art club. [...] He is blind. [...] Maybe I am like that boy, or maybe you are. Maybe everyone is. Doing things you can't do, just because you can."
Re: Is it bad if an app wrote to a bad sector?
Caraise Link wrote:Steam threw an error that is apparently caused by it writing data to a bad sector that hasn't been caught by the filesystem yet. Is this normally possible and just very unlikely, or should I be a little concerned for the state of my hard drive?
The safe assumption is that you have bad sectors on your hard drive. Note that this isn't necessarily a catastrophe - drives get bad sectors. But it's best to play it safe.
The first thing you should do, if you don't already have good backups, is back up anything that is important on that drive. Photos, documents, whatever you cannot afford to lose; put them on another drive. If you don't have another drive, you can grab a USB stick and use that.
Next, follow the steps on that page you linked to check your disk for errors. Please note that, as it mentions in those instructions, that this can take hours to complete. Just let it run.
Ideally, if there are errors, the disk check will fix them - basically by copying data from the bad sectors into new sectors, and then flagging those bad sectors so they aren't used anymore.
Next, assuming check disk finishes without throwing any messages, you can follow the instructions on this page to view the log:
Please look at the logs. It'll let you know whether check disk found nothing (in which case it was a random Steam thing) or if it found errors and fixed them (more on that in a moment) or if you need to start pricing hard drives. Without getting too technical, you're basically looking for words like "unrecoverable" in the results. It's usually pretty obvious.
If check disk found something and fixed it, you might want to also do the following... open a command prompt and type:
[Press Enter]
diskdrive get status
[Press Enter]
After you press enter the second time, what you're hoping to see is "Status" followed by "OK" a couple of times:
You might see more than two OK's but the point is, if you see anything other than OK that means the drives self-diagnosis has detected errors. You can download tools to see more detail on this (just Google for windows view smart status for examples) but the overriding point is that once SMART starts seeing issues, it's time to start looking at replacement drives.
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Shocking? Not quite. To me, it seems like the various holidays creep up on me faster and faster every year. Good or bad thing? I haven't quite decided yet. I'll get back to you on that.
Anyway, we all know how fun holiday-themed goodies are. And being the try-to-be seasonal baker, I obviously want to take advantage of the once-a-year opportunities I have to make certain things. Because, duh, one can never make a pumpkin dessert in the Spring! That is simply preposterous.
So my goal for this upcoming week is to pump out a couple of Eastery desserts and possibly even a little round up of past Easter-themed goodies I've made. You may have to hold me to that though so I actually get it done.
When I think of Easter, my mind immediately jets to Carrot Cake. That classic Carrot Cake with a dollop of thick, rich cream cheese frosting [queue in the drool]. Carrot Cake is actually one of Robbie's favorite cakes, so this time of year is particularly good to him. I was personally never a huge carrot cake fan until I was older, I think the fact that the cake literally has carrots in it made me think there was no way it could be good. But once I took a chance, I never turned back! It got me.
So because of my [and Robbie's] love for Carrot Cake, I'm especially excited to share with you..ta dah!..Baked Carrot Cake Donuts. But wait! This isn't just any old Carrot Cake recipe. Nope. Well yeah, Jess. It's a donut. Yes, you are correct. But! There's also a few added ingredients that make this Carrot Cake Donut uber special. Let's just say pineapple, nutmeg, and toasted walnuts are a few of those uber components. Intrigued yet? You should be.
These donuts were just too good. I must say, they are extremely light and fluffy, you won't get that dense donut most of you are probably thinking of. They're much more cake-like, but absolutely perfect for a morning treat that won't put you in a food coma. I likey .
- I chose to ground up my walnuts because I thought it would look much prettier than the huge chunks. But feel free to leave the walnuts in larger pieces and you don't even need to toast them if you don't like. Completely up to you!
- When making the frosting, make sure to have your cream cheese and butter pretty soft, otherwise you'll end up with a chunky frosting like I did. If this does happen, I popped my frosting into the microwave for a few seconds to break down the chunks.
- Heat oven to 375°F. Spray donut pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside. For the donuts, cream together butter, sugar and salt in large bowl. Add egg, vanilla extract, and yogurt and beat until smooth. Stir in pineapple and carrots.
- Sift together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, and baking soda. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, beating on low speed until combined.
- Fill a ziploc bag with donut batter, snipping off one corner. Pipe batter into prepared pan, filling cavities 1/2 full. Bake 10 minutes. Let cool in pan before removing to wire rack.
- Place walnuts onto baking sheet and bake about 8 minutes or until fragrant. Let cool on baking sheet. Place walnuts into food processor and pulse until walnuts are ground (don't ground them too much, some larger pieces are still desirable). Set aside.
- For frosting, beat cream cheese, butter and pineapple juice in medium bowl until smooth. Slowly add powdered sugar until smooth. Frost cooled donuts as desired and sprinkle with ground walnuts.


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Easter and Christmas continue ancient celebrations of the sun's annual resurrection in the northern hemisphere—the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. According to Christian scholar, the Venerable Bede, who lived around 700 C.E., Easter was named after Eostre, the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. There were many other names for her, among them Ostara, Ostern, and Eostre.
Every spring, ancient cultures around the Mediterranean celebrated fertility in ceremonies honoring goddesses with a variety of names. Some are mentioned in the Bible—Asherah, Astarte, Ashtoreth, and Anath. Modern people are more familiar with Aphrodite, well-known for her connection with fertility. My favorite non-Christian Easter story—favorite because it so perfectly balances the Christian Father-Son bias—is the one I tell in my post Easter symbolized. More about the Mother-Daughter rites in my post Pagan Easter.
The New Testament, of course, doesn't mention Easter. There, the universal and timeless theme of death and rebirth pairs the Christian story with the Jewish festival of Passover. This commemorates the Exodus story in which an angel of God kills the firstborn male of every Egyptian household and passes over the doors marked by Jews with the blood of a lamb.
Christ was said to be the perfect Passover lamb who gave birth to Christianity as the original Passover lamb gave birth to Judaism. The symbols work beautifully. But mature Christians need to graduate past worship of a certain man-god to recognizing the universality of the Holy Week theme.
For me, there's no motif more universally applicable to all of existence than that of dying and rising, because deaths and resurrections form the structure of existence. After our death to the present life, I believe we reincarnate into another life (see the previous post). Even in this present lifetime we go through many, many deaths and rebirths, a reality I meditate on in Resurrection.
Now a postscript. The many names for the Great Mother Goddess expose the fallacy in the Judaeo-Christian boast that our tradition first discovered monotheism. The evidence shows that recognition of one pervading Spirit irrespective of multiple names for what we call "God" existed well before Abraham.
And another postscript. I remembered that I forgot my promise in my April 13 post to distinguish womenpriests from male clerical culture. Holy Week and Easter intervened, but I hope to do it next time.
Resurrection … Reincarnation
"Jesus did not found a religion . . . When did religion enter Christianity?
. . . When Jesus became an object of worship."
Fr. Joseph Comblin, theologian who died in Brazil.
So Comblin implies the first Christians did not worship Jesus, did not relate to him as to a god. I agree. But the same issue of NCR that quotes Comblin also editorializes about the Resurrection:
What happened to Jesus changed not only history but the very cosmos and what we know of human reality on the time-space continuum. . . . [Jesus] opens up for all of us the possibility of life beyond the grave.I don't believe this and a number of Catholic theologians do not. Comblin may have been one of them.
The man from Nazareth manifested holiness to a degree that spawned a movement devoted to him, which developed into Christianity, but Christian historians find evidence of many different Christian beliefs in the early centuries. Uniformity didn't happen until Roman emperors forced it in the fourth and fifth centuries. Only centuries later, with enlightenment science, did the belief develop that Jesus' life and death changed the cosmos and all human reality in our three-dimensional universe. I reject it.
I believe life after death has always existed and explain my belief in my blogspot Channeling & Reincarnation. Belief in reincarnation does not permeate Catholic theology now, but it was a common belief in the early centuries of Christianity and was never doctrinally rejected. Instead of citing evidence for early Christian belief in reincarnation, which is relatively easy to find, I cite something more surprising—a fairly modern prelate, Catholic Cardinal Mercier, who lived from 1851 to 1926, stated that belief in reincarnation is not incompatible with Christianity. Good thing, because about a quarter of European Christians and a quarter of American Christians believe in it.
One of three Americans raised Catholic no longer identifies as Catholic. A PEW study into the reasons for the exodus of Catholics did not ask about beliefs other than the hot button issues of abortion, contraception, homosexuality, treatment of women, and divorce. Social issues really drive Catholics out of the Church, but independent thinking about them encourages independent thinking about core Christian beliefs and about Christianity itself. It's now common to find Catholics and other Christians who question dogmas. That's excellent.
The last comment to my blogpost Channeling & Reincarnation accuses me of lying. A lie is a DELIBERATE false statement. If the early Church did not accept reincarnation but I believe it, my saying so is not a lie. In fact, there is much evidence to support my belief, as a quick Google search shows. So the comment is false, but I won't accuse the writer of lying because he didn't know better.


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It's as "E-Z" as 1-2-3 to use E-ZPass Plus to pay for parking:
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The Jets have identified three former NFL offensive coordinators as candidates to replace Tony Sparano. And while, as ESPN reported this morning, former Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron is the favorite, the list is growing.
Bruce Feldman of CBS reports that Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton will interview for the job on Monday or Tuesday. Per Feldman, Hamilton is "in the mix" for two other offensive coordinator jobs.
Also under consideration by Jets coach Rex Ryan are former Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg and Bengals assistant Hue Jackson.
With Ryan clearly on the hot seat in 2013, it could be hard to lure a coordinator to New York. Whoever takes the job knows going in that it could be a one-year arrangement only.


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Chelsea Clinton and Lily Cole Launch "Impossible" App at Apple Store
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On March 19, 2014, Chelsea Clinton and model/actress Lily Cole discussed Lily's new app "Impossible" at the Apple Store in SoHo, New York. Despite the negative connotation with the title of the app, "Impossible" seeks to help connect people to find others out there with the same interests, connect people to make their impossible dreams come true (sort of like how Craig's List offers services) and also just gives a space for people to just show their gratitude.
The information presented was quite awesome. It gives you the feeling that there can be an self-moderated online community that seeks positivity instead of whining and bitching about all that is wrong with the world. It also seems to present an alternative to the time wasting and ever-present negativity that you find on Facebook and Twitter.
On a personal note, I've fallen for celebrity/politician bullshit many times in the past where you see them speak (either on TV or in real life, for me mostly in real life) and they seem to be such pleasant people, but once the cameras are off and they have the chance to really 'put their money where their mouth is' so to speak, you see a different side of them completely. Lily and Chelsea Clinton spent a good amount of time talking about giving gratitude and being thankful for all their blessings and moments after the talk, Clinton showed her
gratitude true colors by having ZERO intention of stopping to talk to the couple of fans that were interested in meeting her. What happened to all that gratitude she just mentioned? Hmmmm….. The moral of the story: NEVER TRUST A POLITICIAN. I'm grateful that I never have and I never will. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized last week in Jerusalem after a "modesty guard" spilled acid on her for wearing pants.
The attack occurred in Beitar Illit, a Jerusalem suburb where tensions between religious and secular residents are on the rise. Paramedic Dror Eini said the girl told them that "the modesty guards have been threatening her for quite some time."
"If she would have been wearing the same thing in Jerusalem or in Tel Aviv, she would not have stuck out in any way," he said.
A witness said the attacker stopped the girl and asked her for directions. Then, after confirming her surname, he spilled a bottle of acid on her.
The girl was released from the hospital after the attack.
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Hi!! I FINALLY mustered the courage to make a sketchbook on here!! I'm Jasmine, but please do call me Jazz if ya like! It's so much easier! ^_^ I wrote in another thread of mine that I havent the time or energy (or inspiration) to draw very nice things. Well, nothing much has changed, except I HAVE been trying to draw more!
I really wish to improve, especially since I have some personal projects that I'm continuing with. See, I have stories and comics that I wish to create. I just can't seem to draw characters very well. I've lost the heart to do so. I used to REALLY suck at anatomy, but at one point I was into expressions and movement more than I am now. I was also into drawing full-bodied figures more often. Now, I'm surprised I can even draw a full head! I can't!
So, I'll show everyone where I've been and where I am! This first post just has a few sketches, some not so recent. I lost my will to draw for a while there. I did draw from reference though, a few times. One figure-drawing term helped out a lot.
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I got into trying the self-portraits, though I have trouble making out detail. I still wanted to practice finding any detail that I could see. These two are from 2004 and 2005.
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It's too bad I was too tired to shade that latest self-portrait. It was for a CA 101 assignment. But I could've done more to make myself look nifty. (well, my hair makes me look crazy, at least.)
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I was bored at home, so I drew my foot and some wooden model poses.
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Just some figure drawings. The second page of them is actually from a book. I wish I could take that class again.


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The Lions have already cut one of their starting offensive linemen, and they avoided having to cut another Thursday.
According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions have restructured the final year of center Dominic Raiola's deal, which will allow him to stay with the team in 2013.
Since he's in the final year of the deal, "restructure" is another way to say "pay cut." He was due to make $4.05 million, with a $250,000 roster bonus, but it doesn't take much imagination to realize part of that went away.
The Lions cut Stephen Peterman early, right tackle Gosder Cherilus is a free agent and left tackle Jeff Backus is 36, so the Lions could have a drastically different look up front, even though it appears Raiola is now safe in the middle.


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Hello everyone. I'm no longer actively playing World of Warcraft (and haven't for many months). I'm looking for someone to take over maintenance of my addons. If you're interested, and have at least one released addon, send me a message at firstname.lastname@example.com
Addon Description
Magic Marker lets you easily classify and mark mobs simply by moving the mouse over them while pressing a modifier key. This allows incredibly fast marking of trash groups. Although not necessary for the addon to function, you can configure the priority and crowd control methods you wish to use on a per mob basis. You can also customize the marks to use for tank targets and each crowd control method. This allows for consistent marking of targets to tank and crowd control in raid and party situations
- Mob-level configuration to specify the priority, desired category (i.e Tank or Crowd Control) and applicable crowd control methods.
- Automatically learns new crowd control methods as they are discovered.
- Prioritize raid icon configuration for tank targets and all crowd control methods.
- Prioritize crowd control methods.
- Separate priorities for crowd controlling and tanking (optional).
- Marks targets in priority order simply my mousing over them.
- Automatically learn about new mobs as you encounter them.
- Ability to unmark and mark targets manually at the press of a button.
- Ability to ignore mobs you don't want to mark.
- Never use more raid icons for a specific CC method than there are members of the class in the raid/party (i.e if there are two mages in the raid, there will never be more than 2 targets marked for sheeping).
- Option to honor externally marked targets (i.e if someone manually marked a target MagicMarker won't clobber it).
- Option to preserve marks on the raid members.
- Ability to save a template of the marks on the raid and recall them (not persistant).
- Ability to mark members of the raid based on some preset rules.
- Full fledged dynamically generated UI to configure all the details (while using minimal amount of memory).
- Network syncing for marking, unmarking and sharing of the mob database and mark/cc settings.
- Clears used marks when mob dies.
- Send a list of marks, mob name and kill/cc method to the raid / party chat channel.
- Keybindings to manipulate mob configuration (priorities, category) without opening the mob database, makes initial configuration and adjustments easier.
- Ability to select minimum number of mobs to always mark as tank targets.
- Ability to import data from MagicMarker_Data (included in the package).
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#9 DerpoTheInsane Posted Oct 30, 2014
Updated after a whole expansion?
I'm impressed.
#7 _ForgeUser4710210 Posted Dec 18, 2010
Is there an expected release of Magicmarker data? I think the faster mob marker gets standardized the faster heroics will get a bit easier, or at least faster.
thanks a lot, great addonLast edited by _ForgeUser4710210: Dec 18, 2010
#6 _ForgeUser1202064 Posted Dec 2, 2010
Everything working just fine with version r176.
Tested in a few dungeons, no errors, everything marks correctly. Glad to see this addon has been brought back from the dead. Was extremely useful in BC and if Cata turns out to be an expansion that requires a lot of CC (which people say it does require lots of CC), then this addon will save a ton of time raiding and in 5 man instances.
#4 _ForgeUser1202064 Posted Dec 1, 2010
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