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Friday, May 20, 2016
Kennedy Grace Creations Grand Opening + Blog Hop
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Wow wow wow Cynde. Your card is amazing. I love this flower stamp!!ReplyDelete
beautiful card. I am intimidated by flower stamps but I may give this one a try.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card, love your coloring of that fantastic flower stamp.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card and congratulations on Kennedy Grace Creation's Grand Opening!ReplyDelete
Lovely cardmaking .It is so very nice to find stamps so perfect to watercolor.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card and congratulations on Kennedy Grace Creation's Grand Opening!ReplyDelete
I really liked that you used the grey color.ReplyDelete
I never met a flower stamp I didn't love. The card is lovely. CongratsReplyDelete
Beautiful cardReplyDelete
Beautiful card. Love the color comboReplyDelete
Very pretty card!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! You'really right: the pink and teal are the perfect combination! I love love love the gray sentiment and touches- very elegant, and let's the rose hold center stage. Congrats to Kennedy Grace on the Grand opening.ReplyDelete
Fabulous watercoloring - very inspiring! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I just love this stamp set!! BeautifulReplyDelete
I just love this stamp set!! BeautifulReplyDelete
Lovely card!ReplyDelete
gorgeous flower and the stripe is such a great accent!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card. This stamp set is awesome.ReplyDelete
Love this gorgeous rose stamp set! Your card is very pretty -love the aqua with pink combo.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! Love your water coloring!ReplyDelete
This stamp is simply GORGEOUS! TFS Cynde, awesome watercoloring!ReplyDelete
I need to try this technique out! Your card is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Love the embossed strips.ReplyDelete
Lovely flower cad.ReplyDelete
Beautiful new stamp set!ReplyDelete
Great stamp Set AND your creation of Card so lovelyReplyDelete
Beautiful card! That stamp is gorgeous, and so is your watercoloring. I especially love it with the gray.ReplyDelete
I love this color combination. I've been telling myself I don't need the Gansai Tambi set, but I think I do!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card! Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful card - I love it!ReplyDelete
Always love a good blog. Thanks so muchReplyDelete
What a gorgeous card! Pink and Teal are perfect choice!ReplyDelete
WOW Cynde, this is stunning! I have a feeling I'll be seeing even more stunners along this hop. Just gorgeous. TFS!ReplyDelete
The flower really pops with the background coloring. Love the colors and the stamp!ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful flower stamp. I love this card!ReplyDelete
Love the colors.ReplyDelete
O your card is gorgeous. I love the colors. And love that stamp.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card ! Shiny things also made me happy, that's why I love your card !ReplyDelete
Your card is beautiful. This is a great stamp set. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Wow! Your card is absolutely gorgeous! I just adore the colour combination that you used!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful card. That stamp is so pretty.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card.ReplyDelete
Very lovely card!!!ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous card! Your coloring is fantastic and I LOVE the gray!ReplyDelete
Beautifully done....like everything about you design!!!!ReplyDelete
Paper Hugs,
What a beautiful card!ReplyDelete
Tha watercolors really bring this beautiful image to life!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful card!!ReplyDelete
beautiful rose stampReplyDelete
Love what you've done with this great rose stamp!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card Cynde!!ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous card the colors are yummy! Thank you for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
HOLY WOW! This card is GOR-JUSS! Love the colors and the gray ink is so elegant! LOVE it all!ReplyDelete
Fabulously gorgeous! Whoever gets this card is going to treasure it!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! Love the color combo! ❤ReplyDelete
Love the depth you achieved on your beautiful rose card.ReplyDelete
What a very lovely card.ReplyDelete
Love the color combo, beautiful card!ReplyDelete
I am loving your new rose image!!! I have hopped out of order and I am so impressed with the coloring and gorgeous ways to use the image. Your card is gorgeous with the minty teal green.ReplyDelete
Great card - what I can see of it. Would appreciate your web content being a bit more in your face. At a view of 150% it only takes up about 20% of my window... We could love it even more if it filled up the screen. :-)ReplyDelete
Love your color combo...such gorgeous, vibrant colors! And that rose stamp....LOVE LOVE!ReplyDelete
Love the Sweet Rose stamp set, such a beautiful card!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous card. Love the new stamp set.ReplyDelete
So pretty! The gray looks great on the card.ReplyDelete
This is so pretty. Love your watercoloring.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the inspiration to bring out my Gansai watercolor set. Beautiful color selection.ReplyDelete
Great card! Love the stamp and the vibrant colors!ReplyDelete
This is such a beautiful stamp, I love your card,ReplyDelete
Such a beauty! Lovely colors!ReplyDelete
congratulations! beautiful stamp and card.ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful card!! Love this stamp set!!!ReplyDelete
Floral stamps are so big right now. This is definitely one is like to add to my collection. I love the colors you used for this card.ReplyDelete
Love that stamp and the beautiful colors you usedReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing
Beautiful water coloring on the rose. I love how big the rose is and the two little ones that make a perfect trio.ReplyDelete
Cynde, for 'Easy peasy' you did an amazing job on the watercoloring!!! Beautiful card!! (I love the colors you used!)ReplyDelete
Beautiful card! I love your water coloring and the color combination! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful card. Beautiful coloring. Love how you showcase the rose and sentiment with the striped borders.ReplyDelete
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Your card is beautiful!! Love it and this new stamp set:)ReplyDelete
Great showcasing of the stamp; vibrant colouring. Thank you.ReplyDelete
STUNNING card!ReplyDelete
Excellent card! The colors are beautiful.ReplyDelete
Beautifully done. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I like the colors you used on the pretty rose.ReplyDelete
I love the pink, teal and gray color combo!ReplyDelete
The rose stands out in your card. I know you said you wanted to make sure that it was the star and you got it right.ReplyDelete
Wow love your card, it's beautiful! The colours and the layout are great!ReplyDelete
it's gorgeous, yesterday I thought your website wasn't working as I got a lot of blanc space on the top, looked empty, not important, but thought you might like to know ;-)ReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful. The real and pink work wonderfully together.ReplyDelete
So beautifulReplyDelete
Such a pretty card! The watercolouring looks great!!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful flower and a lovely card.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card! Now I need to have the stampReplyDelete
Very Pretty Card and lovely Stamp sets at Kennedy Grace CreationsReplyDelete
Beautiful card! That stamp is gorgeous, and so is your watercoloring. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card! That stamp is gorgeous, and so is your watercoloring. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
WOW! Your card is absolutely stunning! Your colouring looks amazing!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card.. congrats to Kennedy Grace on their grand opening. I can see many beautiful designs coming from them.ReplyDelete
Your card is great. Very pretty colors.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your grand opening. I love to see new stamp companies, especially ones that market good floral images.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card. Love the Grey ink and watercolor background.ReplyDelete
Stunning! Love the green background!ReplyDelete
Oh my - that is beautiful! I LOVE the blue/turquoise behind the pink flower =) TFS!ReplyDelete
Such a pretty card! I love the teal you used on it....it makes it pop!ReplyDelete
Pretty card! The teal adds such a great contrast for the flower.ReplyDelete
Lovely card - really pretty stamp! Thanks so much for the chance to win!!ReplyDelete
Love the idea of using the grey ink. Really shows off the flower.ReplyDelete
Such pretty coloring on the pretty rose! I like the use of the gray ink too, such a great look.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card andReplyDelete
I love roses!
Carla from Utah
Gorgeous card; lovely coloring. Welcome to Kennedy Grace Creations!ReplyDelete
Very cute card Cynde! Really like the grey and blue together. Congrats on opening Kennedy Grace Creations. Love the shop already!ReplyDelete
Sooo beautiful! Love your color combo and the grey is soft, looks awesome. Thanks for sharing and inspiring. Congrats Kennedy Grace Creations! This flower set is just stunning! Good wishes and much success!ReplyDelete


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One often comes across news articles that claim that an earthquake shifted the earth's axis.
If you ignore the influence of other celestial bodies, an internal event like an earthquake surely can't change the direction of the angular momentum of the Earth (unless stuff is ejected out of Earth), since angular momentum has to be conserved in the absence of an external torque. So the axis has to remain fixed.
Am I missing something? Or are geologists trying to say that the resulting movement of tectonic plates causes a change in the point of intersection of the axis (which remains the same) and the plates that include the poles, so that it seems as if the axis has shifted?
EDIT Some articles mention the value of the shift in the axis and also the change in the length of the day. If, as Ted Bunn's answer indicates below, the shift in the axis isn't actually real but is because of the movement of tectonic plates with respect to the axis, shouldn't the shift be different at the north and south poles? How are the shifts and the change in day-length calculated?

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Crank 3 Movie
Directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the guys behind the Crank movie series, have been interviewed by Collider and they've hinted at a third Crank movie, even stating that they're thinking about going 3D with Crank 3!
More information at: Crank 3 Movie Trailer
Crank 3 or Crank 3D, whatever the title, I bet Jason Statham will be back as hitman Chev Chelios in this movie sequel to Crank High Voltage: so much fun for him in those movies!
Amy Smart who plays the role of Chev Chelios' wife should be back too, she talked about Crank 3 to Io9:
Any idea how Jason Statham could get cranked again in the movie Crank 3?


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Welcome to The Card Concept! Every two weeks we post our inspiration photo challenge and we hope you will join in with us and create a card for our challenge gallery. Feel free to use any of the styles we have defined or create your own with a combination of styles. We want you to have fun with our inspiration!
Our design team members will also be selecting a style and will explain how they were inspired by the challenge. So come and join us! We'd love you to try your hand at a brand new style of card making or feel free to work in your comfort zone. It is totally up to you!
The styles are explained HERE.
Now for the design team and their inspiration:
Becca's Inspiration: I was all about that black and white damask and incorporated it into my glitzy background. I also loved the bold red blooms and chose to work in the Classy & Elegant style to give this card a regal finish.
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the wrapping paper, the gorgeous red roses and the bold black and red colour scheme for my Clean & Layered card.
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Kim's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful red roses with a wee touch of green for my Clean & Simple card. I wanted to give my card a clean look with the focus on the roses.
Nancy's Inspiration: It's all about romance this month, and wedding cards! I zoned in on those red roses and the shabby shutters for my Clean & Layered card.
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Susan's Inspiration: The background along with the roses inspired me to make this Clean & (somewhat) Layered card.
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Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the roses along with the red and black colors for my Clean & Layered card!
Julee's Inspiration: I took my inspiration for this Classy & Elegant with a hint of Shabby Chic card from the colors, texture and layout of the photo.
Veronica's Inspiration: I took my inspiration from the beautiful, bold rose, and the black and white patterns of the inspiration picture for my Clean & Layered/Classy & Elegant card.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Adriatic League news round-up
Boisa joines Zadar
Since Zadar is still struggling to qualify for the NLB League Final Four the club's management added another name to the team's roster by signing ex-Union Olimpija's captain Vladimir Boisa(2.07-PF/C) who was playing for the Spanish Menorca since the beginning of the season. Boisa will play already on Friday against FMP as will Marko Car who joined the team on this week and Pavle Marčinković who was returned to the team after being there already during the pre-season.
Helios signed Ivanović
Helios signed a one-month contract with the Serbian center Vuk Ivanović (208, 26) with whom they would like to make the inside line stronger for the decisive games in the NLB League.
Bosna without few players in Split
The last few days were pretty chaotic for Bosna ASA BHT which will obviously travel to the 23rd round game against Split on Saturday with a shortened line-up. Its latest reinforcement Elvir Ovčina, who was signed as one of the key players for the last few months of the season, injured his calf and will be sidelined for at least two months according to the latest diagnosis. Besides that Nikola Vučurović got a flu again and was advices to rest until the middle of the next week while Kemal Avdić broke his nose during the friendly game and Ivan Ivanović injured his back.
source : adriaticbasket.com
Stanojevic returns to Vojvodina
Jovo Stanojevic(2.07-C) returns to Vojvodina that he left back in 1996 and this will be the 3rd team he will be playing for this season after Besiktas and BC Kyiv. He started the season in Besiktas that released him as they were cutting back on costs. Later on he signed with BC Kyiv.
Stanojevic helped Prokom Trefl win the Polish League title last season. Before that he spent five seasons with Alba Berlin, during which he won one German League championships, two German Cups and was named to the all-star team three times. He has also played for Vojvodina Novi Sad, Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade in his native Serbia, as well as for Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana in Israel. As a member of the Yugoslavian national team, Stanojevic won the bronze medal at the 1999 European Championship.
He averaged 12.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in15 games of the ukrainian Superleague as a player of BC Kyiv.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
San Antonio sign Pops Mensah-Bonsu
The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have signed free-agent forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu to a 10-day contract.
The 25-year-old Mensah-Bonsu had most recently been playing with the Austin Toros, the Spurs NBA D-League affiliate. In eight games with the Toros, he averaged 26.6 points, 13.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.50 blocks in 39.8 minutes. His best game with the Toros came on 2/22 vs. Colorado where he had 39 points and 18 rebounds in 47 minutes.
Mensah-Bonsu was signed by the Dallas Mavericks after going unpicked in the 2006 NBA Draft. During the 2006-07 season he appeared in 12 games with the Mavericks, averaging 2.4 points and 1.0 rebounds in 5.9 minutes. That season he also appeared in 26 games for the Fort Worth Flyers of the D-League, averaging 15.8 points and 10.4 rebounds in 30.7 minutes. Mensah-Bonsu was selected to the 2007 D-League All-Star Game where he captured MVP honors after scoring 30 points and grabbing 7 boards.
The 6-10, 240-pound forward was born in London and played collegiately at George Washington University. He spent four years with the Colonials finishing his career second on the school's all-time blocks list (141) while earning Atlantic-10 All Conference First Teams honors during his senior year. Mensah-Bonsu will wear uniform #54.
source : nba.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
BC Tirumph signed Marque Perry
BC Triumph signed american point guard Marque Perry(1.80-PG) that was released from CSK Samara. Rumors have it that more players will follow Perry's move away from Samara. Perry started the season in CSK Samara but now he will be a player of BC Triumph until the end of the season.
As a player of CSK Samara he has averaged 17.3 points 3.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 16 games in the russian Superleague.
Cajasol announced Clay Tucker
Another ex-BC-Kyiv player has found a new team. American scorer Clay Tucker(1.93-SG) is now a player of Cajasol Sevilla as it was announced by their official website. Tucker will be a player of Cajasol until the end of the season. After his impressive last season in Teramo, Tucker found a job as a player of Khimki and this season he signed a contract with BC Kyiv but he had to be released as the team couldn't cover his contract anymore.
Tucker was injured for 3 months so he didn't get to play much for BC Kyiv. He averaged 15.8 points and 4 rebounds in 8 games in the ukrainian Superleague for BC Kyiv.
Bajramovic heading to Turk Telekomm
After releasing Kennedy Winston, Turk Telekom found their new forward: Kenan Bajramovic (2.06-PF). The Ankara team added their roster one of the most important forward of Europe. Bosnian National Team player played in BC Kyiv in that season and he averaged 14.2 points and 5.2 rebounds in Ukraine Superleague.
Bajramovic left the Ukraine team because of the financial problems in early February. He also played in EuroChallenge with Kiev team and he averaged 13.9 points and 7.4 rebounds. If Turk Telekom can go to the final eight in EuroCup, Bajramovic ll help his team in that tournament too.
source : eurobasket.com
Gecevicius to play in Greece?
Martynas Gecevicius(1.93-SG) is rumored to play in Greece for Kavala according to krepsinis.net. This is the 2nd rumor about a player from Lietuvos Rytas with the rumor about Marius Prekevicius(1.94-PG/SG) arriving first.
Gecevicius who did very well in the U-20 Eurobasket championship did not see as much playing time as he would have liked in Lietuvos Rytas. He is averaging 5.3 points and 1.6 rebounds in 15 games in the Baltic League for Lietuvos Rytas.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Torin Francis has an offer from Italy
Torin Francis(2.10-C) has an offer from an italian team according to superbasket.gr. Francis is probably the most important player of AEL 1964 averaging the impressive figures of 16.6 points, 9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 19 games of the greek A1 league for AEL 1964. He is the 2nd best scorer, top rebounder and top blocker and he is one of the best centers in the league.
According to the article if AEL 1964 loses the next game it is almost certain that Francis will migrate to Italy and the greek team will make some money out of the whole process. Latest rumors in Greece say that AEL 1964 and Olympia Larissa that are both based in the city of Larissa are looking to strike a merger deal given the current difficult situation of both teams.
N'Diyae kept against his will
Mamadou N'Diyae(2.13-C) gave an interview to greek website basketblog.gr saying that Panellinios is holding him against his will to his contract. The senegalese center says that he is being held against his will to a 2-year contract and that he hasn't been paid since December 2007 by Panellinios.
It all started last season when the head coach changed in Panellinios and it was evident that coach Zouros didn't want N'Diyae in the team and his playing time was reduced down to 10 minutes. Eventually he was loaned to Zalgiris and N'Diyae accepted it straight away because he wanted to play more. He was unlucky though and had a serious knee injury playing for Zalgiris while he was doing quite well. After he underwent surgery in May 2008 he wanted to find out whether Panellinios would still need him in the next season as his contract stated. He says it was quite strange that his agent at the time, Kostas Pappadakis, was getting his other players signed to Panellinios and he was "kept in the dark".
He never got an answer and he decided to take matters onto his own hands. He even got a diagnosis from the medical team of the Orlando Magic saying that he is fit to play but the administration of Panellinios wasn't convinced and kept sending him to their own doctors that were telling him he couldn't play. He then proceeded to get a diagnosis from 2 greek specialists that said he could play but the administration of Panellinios wasn't having any of it. He even got an offer from Khimik to play in the Ukraine and when the ukrainian federation asked for his letter of clearance Panellinios demanded 20.000 euros as a buy-out clause. N'Diyae is saying that he doesn't even know who asked for that amount from the staff in Panellinios and he is also wondering whether the owner of the team knows where this money is going to end up if they receive it from Khimik.
Finally he said that he is going back to the States to train and although he is 33 now and it will be difficult for him to find a good contract, he says he just wants to play basketball...
Hosley out - Winston in
Kennedy Winston (1.96-SG/SF) is going to play for Real Madrid as it was announced by the Real Madrid website. He will be replacing Quinton Hosley(1.98-SF/PF). Real Madrid decided to release Quinton Hosley because of a recent disciplinary offense.
The talented guard/forward that was playing for Panathinaikos last season will be playing for Real Madrid for the remainder of the season to help them in the play-offs. Winston averaged 6.47 points 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 17 games of the turkish league playing for Turk Telekomm.
Rumors about Rakocevic and the NBA
TAU Ceramica star Igor Rakocevic has recieved a serious offer from an NBA club to sign a three-year contract at the end of the season. Former Red Star captain has been playing the best season in his career, leading the Euroleague and ACB league in scoring. Rakocevic was a member of Minnesota Timberwolves in 2002/2003 season.
- I have not made the final decicion yet, but there is a possibility for me to return to NBA. Being 30 years old I thought that part of my career is over, but I recieved a good offer. I will make the final decision in the summer after I think it through, since that will probably be my last big
contract - Rakocevic said.
Unofficial sources say that Rakocevic has an offer from Houston Rockets for a three year contract worth around 12 milion dollars.
source : talkbasket.net
Monday, February 23, 2009
Coach Giannakis in scrutiny
Coach Giannakis is still feeling the after-shock after Olympiakos' defeat to Panathinaikos and the loss of the first title of the season to the opposition. The fans of Olympiakos are lashing out against the former coach of the National Team of Greece saying that he is not fit to coach one of the most expensive teams in Europe.
Greek website sportdog.gr published a number of opinions of fans of Olympiakos and Panathinaikos alike where, even the fans of Olympiakos sing praises to the talent of Dimitris Diamantidis who signle-handedly won the game for Panathinaikos and also say that coach Giannakis is making the same mistakes he made in the National Team. He can certainly feel the pressure now. There is another game coming up for the greek A1 league between the 2 teams that will determine who will win the regular season and hence the homecourt advantage for the playoffs.
Koufos and Fesenko likely to play in NBDL
With Carlos Boozer likely back from arthroscopic knee surgery, the Jazz will have 15 healthy players — including three who'll be wearing street clothes behind the bench for tonight's game against Atlanta. That in mind, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said Sunday he'd consider soon sending center Kyrylo Fesenko and/or rookie big man Kosta Koufos to the Utah Flash, their Orem-based NBA Development League affiliate.
"We've got to see where (Boozer) is," Sloan said. "But, you know, these young guys have got to improve. They can't improve sitting there on the bench all the time — and our practices, they're not very tough practices right now."
Guard Morris Almond, whose contract option for next season has not been picked up by the Jazz, also is a candidate for the Flash. That parent club can't assign more than two of its players to the D-League at the same time, though.
Sloan dodged when asked if Fesenko or Koufos is currently ahead of the other on his depth chart. "I think both of them has got a lot to learn," he said. "I think they both can play, if they work at it.
"Kosta, he's had a chance to get some minutes he probably wouldn't have gotten if it weren't for (the Jazz injury woes," Sloan added. "But, still, the recognition and different things that come up in a game — where am I supposed to be on this, what am I supposed to do, how do we play on a pick-and-roll — (are lacking)."
source : www.deseretnews.com
Tau to extend Teletovic until 2014
After they won the Spanish King's Cup for the first time together over the weekend, Tau Ceramica and forward Mirza Teletovic(2.06-PF), who was named MVP of the tournament, announced that they have extended their contract by five years through the 2013-14 season. Teletovic has reached three Final Fours in as many years with Tau and this season has made more three-point shots so far, 37, than any player in the Euroleague. He currently ranks fifth in scoring with 18.8 points per game in the Top 16.
Teletovic came to Tau after two seasons with Oostende, with whom he won the Belgium League title, his only other stop after leaving his original club, Sloboda Dita Tuzla, in his native Bosnia-Herzegovina. During three seasons together, Teletovic and Tau have now won a trophy per year, too: the 2006-07 Spanish Supercup, the 2007-08 Spanish League title and now the 2009 King's Cup. Teletovic is just the second player this decade, along with Sergey Monya of CSKA between 2003 to 2005, to play in three straight Final Fours upon entering the Euroleague for the first time.
source : euroleague.net
Alba announced Sekulic
Making a bid to end its winless Top 16 and to keep its Euroleague season alive, Alba Berlin on Monday signed big man Blagota Sekulic(2.09-PF/C) to fill a hole in its frontcourt. Sekulic arrives during a 48-hour window for the last possible Euroleague roster changes this season from Aris Thessaloniki of Greece, for whom he put up 9.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in the Eurocup regular season.
Sekulic is meant to help the German champs make up for the loss of team captain Patrick Femerling to a recent knee injury. Alba has struggled without Femerling to a 0-3 start in Group F of the Top 16 in part because its only center has been Adam Chubb.
After the mutual termination of his contract with Aris, Sekulic agreed to terms with Alba until the end of the end of the current season and might be ready to play on Thursday when Alba hosts Regal FC Barcelona. Sekulic grew up with Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro and made his Euroleague debut for that team in December 2000, at age 18. The next stops in his Euroleague career were Partizan Belgrade, from 2002 to 2003, and AEK Athens the next season. After two-an-and-a-half more seasons in the Greek League for Maroussi Athens and
Paok, Sekulic joined Real Madrid in January of 2007, just in time to help eliminate Alba Berlin in the eighthfinals of the ULEB Cup. Madrid and Sekulic went on to become 2007 ULEB Cup champions. He stayed with Madrid for the 2007-08 Euroleague season, averagin 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds.
source : euroleague.net
Pau Orthez signed Alain Digbeu
Another desperate transfer comes from France this time. Alain Digbeu(1.96-SG/SF) signed a contract with Pau Orthez until the end of the season so now the french veteran will help Orthez in their fight to stay in the league. Digbeu comes to replace Sammad Nikkah.
Digbeu averaged 7.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 13 games for Kavala in the Greek A1 league but it remains to be seen whether he will be enough to save the failing Pau Orthez from the last position of the leaderboard with only 3 wins and 15 losses. The team that won the french cup in 2007 might be playing in the lower divisions next season.
Zaragoza announced Loren Woods
Zaragoza signed american center Loren Woods(2.18-C) and they announced it via their official website. The announcement says that currently only the medical examinations are pending and then Woods will become part of the Zaragoza roster.
The spanish team has high expectations from Woods who has NBA and Euroleague experience having played for the Houston Rockets, Efes Pilsen and this season he was signed by Zalgiris but the lithuanian team had to let him go because of financial problems. He averaged 12.3 points 9
rebounds and 2.4 blocks in 8 games in the Euroleague.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Blagota Sekulic to sign with Alba
Aris BC announced via their official website that, montenegran forward/center Blagota Sekulic(2.09-PF/C), will continue his career in Alba Berlin. Sekulic himself said that it was purely a professional decision for him and his family as he had an offer from an economically stable team during the global crisis.
Aris BC said that this restores the initial design of the roster of the team that would feature 10 pro players and 2 youngsters that would earn their position in the team. Alba had problems with their recent signing of Kenny Adeleke that failed his medical tests and so they were left without enough strong players in their frontcourt. They also thanked Blagota Sekulic and Sean Marshall for offering their services to the team and wish them the very best of the rest of their career. Both players depart tomorrow from Thessaloniki. Sekulic averaged 7.5 points and 6.4 rebounds in 19 games in the Greek A1 league playing for Aris BC.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Maccabi suspended Carlos Arroyo
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv announced Thursday that point guard Carlos Arroyo(1.86-PG/SG) has been suspended from the club until further notice. In an official press release, the club stated that the suspension was due to "inappropriate behavior." Arroyo did not practice with the team on Thursday.
Maccabi is just one week ahead of its most crucial game of the season, at home against Real Madrid in Week 4 of the Top 16. After a 19-point loss in Madrid, Maccabi is looking for revenge and a win with a margin sufficient enough to hold the potential tiebreaker advantage at the end of this stage. In 12 Euroleague games thus far, the guard from Puerto Rico averaged 13.6 points and 4.4 assists per game.
source : euroleague.net
Fortitudo announced Alex Scales
Fortitudo Bologna announced the signing of sharp-shooter Alex Scales (1.92-SG) via their official website. The american scorer played briefly for BC Kyiv replacing the injured Clay Tucker(1.92-SG). After his 3 month contract ended Scales remained a free agent.
Alex Scales played in Russia for CSK Samara last season and he also played for Aris during the season 2006-2007 in the greek league and also in the Euroleague. Scales also played in Korea, played briefly for Real Madrid but he never got his shot to play in the NBA although he was signed with 10-day contracts in the past. He averaged 15.8 points and 3.8 rebounds in 24 games in the russian Superleague for CSK Samara last season. He was also one of the top scorers in the Euroleague in season 2006-2007 in the regular season and the TOP-16. He averaged 10.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 8 games in the ukrainian Superleague.
Paok in more trouble, Gregory to Valencia
According to the latest information from Greece, it is rumored that the current administration of Paok will resign in the next few days, perhaps tomorrow, especially after tonight's defeat at home to Aris.
It is uncertain what will happen with the remaining players of Paok that have high contracts as these players will have to find a new home. The fans want the current administration of Dimitris Drossos to go. Since he has taken up the team in the summer they have already lost 2 vital players(Mulaomerovic and Vasileiadis) and he said that he cannot pay the players' contracts.
Furthermore spanish media says that Kenny Gregory(1.97-SG/SF) is heading to Valencia to replace Ruben Douglas. Gregory scored 15 tonight and before that he had averaged 13.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 18 games in the greek A1 league playing for Paok.
Kyiv released their import players
BC Kyiv released all their import players as they announced it via their official site. The team failed to win the ukrainian cup (lost to Azovmash) and so they decided to release all their high earning players because they couldn't pay their contracts all the way to the end. Kyiv will finish the season with their remaining players and Artur Drozdov will have to lead the team in scoring.
Clay Tucker (1.95-SG), Scoonie Penn(1.83-PG), Brent Wright (2.03-PF/C), Keenan Bajramovic(2.05-PF), Goran Jeretin(1.92-PG/SG) and Jovo Stanojevic(2.07-C) are all now free agents.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Buducnost turned down offer for Micov
According to basketblog.gr Panionios made an offer to Buducnost to buy talented young serbian Vladimir Micov(2.01-SF). Micov seems to be a player that coach Trifunovic was eyeing for a long time but Buducnost turned down the offer from the greek team as Micov is one of the vital players.
He has averaged 13.3 points 3.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 22 games in the Adriatic League as a player of Buducnost.
Mike King to leave Olympia Larissa
Mike King (1.93-SG) is very close to leaving Olympia Larissa due to financial problems that the greek team is having. The owner of the team is facing serious financial problems with his own company and so he won't be able to cover all the contracts in Olympia. King didn't participate in yesterday's practice making it clear that he is on his way out.
He has averaged 15.2 points and 3.9 rebounds in 17 games for Olympia Larissa in the greek A1 league and he will soon be out in the market.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tau to sign Eliyahu in the summer?
According to israeli site one.co.il, Tau Baskonia wants to sign israeli forward Lior Eliyahu(2.07-SF/PF) at the end of this season when his contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv expires. Eliyahu will then become a free agent and according to the article Tau would like to offer him up to a million euros to add him to their roster.
Lior Eliyahu has so far averaged 15.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 13 games so far in this season's Euroleague. He is also a member of the Israel National Team.
Joel Przybilla to get German nationality?
After having successfully integrated Chris Kaman(2.13-C) to the German national team after his German background was discovered by Five magazine, German media market competitor Basket.de came up with a story about current Portland Trailblazer Joel Przybilla(2.16-C) in which the Minnesota native tells readers that he has, besides his already-known Polish roots, a link to Germany through his mother.
This gives Przybilla the opportunity to play for either nation in the upcoming Eurobasket should its federation goes for a possible nationalization process. The question remains if Germany is interested in doing so, however, as the current national team coach announced in a recent press conference that the core of the new national team would be built around young guys like Steffen Hamann, Joe Herber, Philip Zwiener, Konrad Wysocki, Jan Jagla, Sven Schultze, Tim Ohlbrecht, Gordon Geib, Heiko Schaffartzik, Dominik Bahiense de Mello and Philipp Schwethelm.
source : ballineurope.com
Kalampokis to stay in Panionios
Giannis Kalampokis(1.95-SG) decided to decline and turn the offer from Valencia, down. The greek shooting guard said that he remains loyal to Panionios and that he will stay with his team until the end of the season. Valencia is still on the lookout for a player.
Kalambokis has averaged so far 9 points and 2 rebounds in 17 games of the Greek A1 league and 7.8 points and 2.2 in 9 games in the Euroleague.
Krka signed Ivan Tomas
Problems with injuries among the key players forced Krka from Novo mesto to add a new name to the roster on Monday when the Croatian guard Ivan Tomas (1.93-SG) signed the contract until the end of the season according to the Adriatic League official website.
Ivan Tomas started the season in Lokomotiv Rostov but he was released from the team and he decided to transfer to the Adriatic League and Slovenia to play for Krka. He averaged 6.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 11 games with Lokomotiv Rostov in the russian Superleague.
Roma announced Ruben Douglas
Virtus Roma announced Ruben Douglas(1.93-SG) today via their official website. Douglas passed the medical tests and signed his new contract until the end of the season. He was released a few days ago from Valencia and it didn't take him very long to find a new home.
He has also played for Dynamo Moscow, Fortitudo and Panionios in the past. This season he averaged 10.2 points and 3 rebounds in 20 games in the ACB with his performance dwindling down during the last few games.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Valencia made offer for Kalampokis
According to superbasket.gr, Valencia wants to buy Giannis Kalampokis(1.95-SG) from Panionios and they made an offer to the greek club. The article says the Valencia is offering 50-60,000 euros for the greek shooting guard and it seems unlikely that Panionios will want to sell one of their vital players for such a small amount.
Kalambokis has averaged so far 9 points and 2 rebounds in 17 games of the Greek A1 league and 7.8 points and 2.2 in 9 games in the Euroleague.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Rytas to loan Prekevicius to Kavala?
Lietuvos Rytas may loan Marius Prekevicius(1.94-PG/SG) to Kavala BC in Greece according to lithuanian website krepsinis.net. The article says that there have been negotiations between Kavala and Lietuvos Rytas via the player's agent in order to loan him until the end of the season. Kavala has 2 more lithuanian players, Antanas Kavaliauskas(2.11-C) and Giedrius Gustas(1.90-PG).
Prekevicius who was transferred from Siaulai doesn't get a lot of playing time in Lietuvos Rytas and Kavala might be an ideal team as they are trying to avoid the relegation at all costs and Prekevicius can be a useful addition for them. When asked about it, Prekevicius said that nothing is final yet. He has averaged 4 points 1.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 11 games of the Baltic League as a player of Lietuvos Rytas.
Le Mans announced Bobby Dixon
Le Mans signed american point guard Bobby Dixon (1.78-PG) and they announced it via their official website. Dixon was initially signed by Cherkassy Monkeys in the Ukraine but he left them to go and sign with Benetton in order to replace the injured Dashaun Wood. He was a player of Benetton until recently.
He spent the 2006-07 season in France split between Saint-Etienne and Gravelines Dunkerque. Dixon enjoyed an outstanding college basketball career, first with two seasons at Kankakee Junior College, which he finished as the school's all-time leading three-point shooter. He then transferred to Troy St. and was named to the All Sun Belt Conference first team after averaging 17.9 points and 6.6 assists per game as a senior. As a player of Benetton he averaged 12.4 points 2.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 17 games of the LegaA1.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
KK Split to sign Grgurevic?
According to the Adriatic League website Ante Grgurevic(1.99-PF) appears to have agreed to sign until the end of the season with KK Split. The deal, if it actually exists, has not been announced by KK Split. Grgurevic is a seasoned veteran of the european courts and he is known for his strength and his ability in rebounding. He has been out of action for a while as he hasn't played since the end of season 2006-2007.
Macijauskas and Olympiakos locked horns..
The lithuanian superstar, Arvydas Macijauskas, who came as the messiah that will give the championship to Olympiakos is now considered an outcast to the team and he is not backing down claiming his entire contract for the next 2 years.
The recent court battle's outcome was that Olympiakos cannot dismiss Macijauskas' contract from the team as he wasn't officially summoned for explainations before the administration of Olympiakos decided to kick him out of the team and start proceedings to get rid of his contract. But the former Hornets player is not budging. He wants to "sit" on his lucrative contract that gives him 2.2 million euros per season.
He has stayed out of action this entire season and recently he told the lithuanian newspaper Lietuvos Rytas that this has been one of the worst years of his life. The truth is quite simple though. He won't budge, they won't budge and that's it. Besides, not many people would complain making 2.2 million euros per year just to train by themselves.
Tsiakos moves from Ventspils to Kavala
Georgios Tsiakos(2.05-PF/C) will be returning to his homeland as BK Ventspils and the player decided to mutually end their agreement. Their announcement says that since the injury in October that left him out for 2 months, Tsiakos did not manage to perform according to what they were expecting.
Kavala BC on the other hand were more than accomodating with the young forward that they decided to sign him until the end of the season to help them in their battle against relegation. Tsiakos has not been officially announced yet by the website of Kavala but this will be done very soon. As a player of Ventspils he averaged 8.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in 9 games of the Baltic League.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The players of Paok went on strike
The players of Paok decided that they wouldn't take anymore of it and so they went on strike for not being paid. They published an announcement that was signed by all 15 players of the roster of Paok and they e-mailed it to the greek media.
It says that it's not their job to secure the future of the club they're playing in but they are professional players and so this strike is a form of warning for the administration of Paok saying in other words that their hands are clean. This absence from today's training and the statement they made is more of a warning that more will follow if they are not paid the next few weeks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Murcia announced Nenad Mijatovic
Murcia decided to invest into young montenegran Nenad Mijatovic(1.93-SG). Mijatovic who comes from Buducnost is considered a promising prospect, especially running the offense, and so Murcia decided to give him an opportunity to sign.
He passed his medical tests and then he was announced by their official site and he was presented to the press. He's also a member of the Montenegro National Team. He averaged 2.4 points and 2 rebounds in 7 games with the Montenegro National Team.
Menorca announced Frederic Weis
Menorca announced the signing of french center, Frederic Weis(2.18-C) who was recently released by Bilbao, until the end of the season. Weiss will add power and height to the frontcourt of Menorca and he also has 8 seasons of experience in the ACB as a player of Malaga and Bilbao.
He has also played for Paok and Limoges in the past. So far he has averaged 2.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in 15 games for Bilbao. He has also been a member of the France National Team.
Zmago Sagadin joins KK Zadar
After starting the Last 16 of the Eurocup with consecutive defeats, KK Zadar has replaced interim coach Denis Pleslic with veteran Zmago Sagadin. The move came on Sunday night after Zadar lost an Adriatic League road game 79-70 at 12th-place Zagreb. Pleslic, 41, had been running the team since Zadar let go Aco Petrovic in late December. It was announced at the time that Pleslic would be an interim coach, but he subsequently stayed for four Eurocup games, of which the team won one, whichi qualified it for the Last 16.
Sagadin, 56, gained a reputation as one of the top talent developers in European basketball during a decade as head coach of Union Olimpija in Slovenia between 1991 and 2002. While
there, Olimpija won the 1994 Saporta cup and reached the Euroleague Final Four in 1997. He also won the 2002 Adriatic League, as well as 20 Slovenian Leagues and Slovenian Cups with Olimpija. He also coached KK Split of Croatia, Crvena Zvezda Belgrade and Lietuvos Rytas in brief stints, winning the Serbian Cup trophy with Crvena Zvezda in 2004.
source : eurocupbasketball.com
Sunday, February 8, 2009
CSKA Sofia - the end?
The article below was taken from eurobasket.com and it follows an article previously published here that shows the deteriorating situation of one of Bulgaria's most historic basketball clubs that is ironically already history.
Sterianopoulos and Prelevic, president and GM of the team respectively, declared to the bulgarian federation of basketball that the team will no longer compete in the league. The alleged reason for that is "criminal interference", which means that somehow the wages of the players were stolen although no such reports were filed to their respective embassies nor to the Police force of Sofia. Furthermore it explains how the players and coaches left to play for other teams and how they managed to dissolve the team, member by member.
The full article can be found here.
If CSKA Sofia has an official statement to make regarding this article we'd like to hear it as The Hoop would like to get both sides to this story. Thank you.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Aris announced Bracey Wright
Aris BSA announced the signing of Bracey Wright (191-PG/SG/SF) who returns to the team that he played as a pro in Europe for the first time. As it was published previously Aris stroke a deal with Wright who returns to provide much needed scoring. This also means that Sean Marshall will no longer play for Aris.
In his first year in the Euroleague he averaged almost 15 points per game. He graduated from Indiana where he played for the Indiana Hoosiers. Then he moved to the NBDL where he played for the Florida Flame and later that year moved to the Minnesota Timberwolves where he spent 2 seasons. He had his first european experience when he moved to Aris Thessaloniki. He averaged 14 points 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 14 games in the ACB as a player of Badalona and also 12.8 points 2.8 rebounds and 1 assists in 8 games in the Euroleague. In his first time in the Euroleague last season he averaged 14.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in 18 games.
Rumors about Jonas Maciulis
According to the lithuanian website krepsinis.net Jonas Maciulis(1.98-SF) seems to be a candidate to replace Ruben Douglas in Valencia. Douglas was recently released by Valencia and so the spanish team is looking for a player to fill in the gap he left behind.
The article also mentions other names like James White and Dijon Thompson. The name of Maciulis has appeared in numerous rumors since the beginning of the season. He averaged 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 10 games for Zalgiris in the Euroleague.
Lokomotiv Rostov announced Capin
Lokomotiv Rostov announced slovenian point-guard Aleksandar Capin(1.86-PG) via their official site. He started the season with Azovmash Mariupol but he got injured and so he was out of action for about 3 months. The last 2 weeks he has been practicing with Lokomotiv and he finally convinced the coaching staff that he is fit to play and signed a contract until the end of the season. Capin has also played for the Slovenian National Team.
Olimpija announced Marko Maravic
Olimpija announced via their official site another slovenian player, the experienced forward Marko Maravic(2.01-SF/PF) who played for BC Kyiv last season. Marko Maravic returns to Olimpija after 5 years. The last time he played for them was the 2003-2004 season and his contract will last until the end of the season.
He started his career in Geoplin and since then he has played for Krka, Olimpia Milano, Manresa and Menorca. Last season he averaged 11.8 points 4.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 16 games as a player of BC Kyiv for the ukrainian superleague.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Nancy signed Stephen Brun
SLUC Nancy signed the french forward Stephen Brun(2.02-SF/PF) for the remainder of the season and they announced it via their official website. Brun comes to replace the injured Lamayne Wilson(2.02-SF/PF) who had a good start got injured along the way.
Stephen Brun arrived yesterday and has already had his first practice session with ihs team. He started the season in KK Split where he averaged 6.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in 13 games in the Adriatic League.
Tony Parker investing in ASVEL
In these hard economic times, it's never too early to begin thinking about your retirement.
Take Tony Parker, for example, age 26.
The NBA All-Star has just bought himself a nice little retirement package: a French basketball team. In an interview aired on France's Infosport cable network, Parker announced his purchase of the second largest share of ASVEL, France's most titled professional basketball team, and he will, he says, begin serving immediately as the club's Director of Operations.
source : www.people.com
Valencia released Ruben Douglas
Valencia released Ruben Douglas(1.92-SG) after 2.5 season playing for the spanish team in the ACB. Douglas doesn't seem to be in Spahija's future plans and so the administration of Valencia decided to terminate his contract and wish him well.
The panamanian shooting guard is a prolific scorer and chances are that he won't stay without a contract for very long. He has also played for Dynamo Moscow, Fortitudo and Panionios in the past. This season he averaged 10.2 points and 3 rebounds in 20 games in the ACB with his performance dwindling down during the last few games.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Jonas Kazlauskas arrived in Greece
Jonas Kazlauskas arrived in Athens this afternoon and was welcomed by the general secretary of the Greek Basketball Federation, Panayotis Tsagronis. Tomorrow afternoon he will have his final meeting with the president of the Federation and also Fiba Europe Georgios Vassilakopoulos in order to discuss the final details of him taking up the head coach position in the Greek National Team.
When asked about it he said that he is quite happy that the people in Greece are welcoming his presence in their National Team but he didn't want to make any further comments before meeting with Georgios Vassilakopoulos.
Dynamo announced Brian Chase
Dynamo Moscow signed Brian Chase(1.78-PG) until the end of the season and it was announced by their official site. Chase comes to fill the gap than Jannero Pargo and Hollis Price left behind.
Chase graduated from Virginia Tech in 2003 and ever since then he's been trying to get a contract in the NBA taking part in training camps and also playing in the NBDL and the CBA. His last team in the NBDL were the LA Defenders. He also played briefly for Besiktas and this season he started playing in Le Mans where he averaged 13.3 points 3.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 16 games in the LNB league in France and also 12.2 points 2.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 10 games in the Euroleague.
Bracey Wright has agreed with Aris
Bracey Wright (191-PG/SG/SF) is returning to Aris Thessaloniki in order to replace the injured Sean Marshall (198-SG/SF). Sean Marshall injured his bicep in yesterday morning's practice session and the first estimate of his injury says that he will have to stay out of action for about 6 weeks. Therefore the administration of Aris Thessaloniki decided to replace him so that the team doesn't lose a lot of firepower with Marshall sidelined.
Tonight the deal was closed and Bracey Wright agreed to return to Aris that he played for last year after his release from DKV Juventut. The team and the player didn't part on great terms and the administration seized the opportunity to bag a quality player. He averaged 14 points 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 14 games as a player of DKV Juventut. Bracey Wright is arriving tomorrow to Thessaloniki to go through medical examinations before signing his contracts and he is expected to make his reappearance with yellow and black jersey this Saturday.
source : eurobasket.com
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Today, Google released the source code for Chrome OS and promised that devices will be shipping in about a year, in time for the 2010 holiday season. Chrome OS will run only on devices specifically manufactured for it and Google is dictating to manufacturers the hardware specifications. For instance, Chrome OS devices will be netbooks, will not include a hard drive, will have only solid state disks, will rely on specified WiFi chipsets/adapters for connectivity and must have full-sized keyboards, says Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of product management.
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Google demonstrated a prototype of Chrome OS on Thursday and invited the open source community to participate in its development. (It is available here: http://src.chromium.org/) Chrome OS is lauded by its makers as a completely new method of personal computing and it does have a number of features that are intriguing. On the other hand, the device, as envisioned today, is really another incarnation of a concept that has been around a long while, the thin client mobile Internet device.
On the plus side, Google has promised that Chrome OS devices will have the following five goodies:
1. Speedy boot-up, as fast as three-seconds. A Chrome OS device will not store any applications on the device itself. Nada, none, zippo, says Pichai. Likewise, it will include only the hardware, right down to the component level, that Google has approved in its hardware reference specification. The only applications it will use are those that can be run from the cloud in a browser, the Chrome browser, to be specific. One of the primary reasons for this is to speed up boot time. With no local applications and limited hardware, the device doesn't need to run through long checklist looking for devices and drivers, loading programs into resident memory and so on. It should turn on like a television, says Pichai. Flip a switch and the within three seconds browser should be available, showing the most recent browser windows.
2. Security by default. The portion of the operating system needed to operate the device will reside in a read-only section of memory. The rest of the operating system is integrated with the Chrome browser and, like the browser, security updates require nothing more than a reboot. Chrome OS can run multiple Web applications in multiple tabs and each one is locked down from all others, so a vulnerability in one Web app can't lead to exposure in another. User data stored on the device, which is minimal, is encrypted. User data is limited to items such as user preferences. All other data will be stored in the cloud. User preferences will also be synched to a cloud account, so like any thin client. should you lose the device, you would merely log in from another one and your data and preferences should be there.
3. Support for both x86 and ARM architectures. Google promises that it will be writing native code for both popular netbook CPUs.
4. The application menu. As new Web applications come online tweaked for Chrome OS, Chrome OS will showcase them on a permanent tab it now calls the application menu. This will help users find new applications. Developers with new apps will find this an easier method to showcase them, too. Any Web application that runs in a standards compliant browser should work on a Chrome OS device. But Chrome OS is focused on supporting new protocols such as HTML 5, which, among other improvements, natively supports rich media.
5. A surprising way to support Microsoft Office. If you ask a Google executive any question involving Microsoft, you'll hear the cliche answer -- that they company thinks only of users and not of its perceived competitors. But in one of the giggle-inducing moments of Thursday's demo, Pichai, showed how Chrome OS would handle Office documents -- via Microsoft Office Live, the free Web app version of Office available to Windows Live users. If a user clicks on an .xls document, Chrome launches Excel via the browser in Office Live. "Microsoft launched a killer app for Chrome OS …and is working very hard to do that," he quipped.
But Chrome OS also has a number of downsides:
1. It is considered a companion device. Google doesn't claim that this Web-only device is useful in all cases or to all people and in fact thinks that most people who buy it will also own a full-fledged PC. As the device will be too big to be a mobile phone, people will also still need one of those. The big lesson of the iPhone's success is that people want devices that do it all -- and preferably with thousands of downloadable applications, too. Chrome OS devices will neither do it al nor allow applications to be downloaded to the client.
2. Vague support for working offline. The device is built for connectivity. The only way to work with apps and data offline is if the app developer buids some sort of mechanism into the app, supported by Chrome OS, says Pichai.. Google was vague as to how this would be done, but presumably through Google Gears. Gears is the method used by Google Apps for offline access. Applications have to specifically support it and as of yet, few do.
3. Nope, Android applications won't work on Chrome OS devices. Android apps must be downloaded to the device so they are automatically not compatible with Chrome OS.
4. No options for choosing another browser. Chrome is built into Chrome OS. If you want Firefox, or (gasp!) Internet Explorer, you can't have it. However Google points out that Chrome OS is open source. This means that Mozilla or Microsoft or others can grab the Chrome OS code, develop their own Chrome OS operating system, integrate an alternative browser, and convince their own set of OEM manufacturers to build compatible devices. How likely is that?
5. Uncertainty about plug-ins and other methods of customization. As mentioned above, Google says it will lean heavily on HTML 5 for Chrome OS, which, among other attributes, uses a standardized rich media format. This makes it unnecessary to download proprietary browser plug ins such as Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. Of course, few Web sites today use HTML 5. Interestingly, Google executives absolutely promised that Chrome OS would support Flash when devices shipped but they were evasive when asked about Silvelight, saying only that they would share more info on how the OS would deal with plug-ins at some point in the future. Users won't be able to install binaries, so this doesn't just leave Silverlight out in the dark. All plug-ins, widgets, applets and other poular methods for customization are stuck under in the same vague cloud.


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What is it with cushy nooks that makes them so appealing? I'm asking the obvious here, this bed speaks for itself. I love the easy going country style, the pillows collection and the dark wooden beams that frame the nook. Such a perfect hideout for the wintery nights!
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Startups need the right resources to develop from day one. That means having the latest equipment available for your industry.
But what if you lack the capital to finance the equipment you need for success early on?
Luckily, startup founders like you can take full advantage of equipment financing to start your company strongly, regardless of any industry.
What's your industry?
According to the latest data from the Leasing Equipment and Finance Association, professionals finance the financing tools for the following industries:
The transportation industry receives most of the equipment financing, almost 30% of all equipment financing businesses.
IT and related computer businesses represent 21.3% of all equipment financing.
Construction comes 11.5%
Agricultural business receives slightly more than 9% of all financing.
The medical industry reached 4.7%
The industrial and manufacturing sectors received 3.7%
Energy-related companies represent 2.5% of the equipment financing portion.
Now, for the next question we consider. What is the best way to use your equipment's financial loan?
How to Use your Equipment Funding
Also included in the same ELFA report are figures for office machines (4.2%) and material handling (2.8%).
Whether your startup is focused on technology or agriculture, office machines are essential for your startup.
For example, you can use a financial loan equipment to purchase the following requirements for your business:
Fotocopy machine
Communication devices such as fax and telephone
Desktop and laptop computers
Paper cutting machine
Router and Internet modem
Lamination machine
However, it is important to note that computers eventually become obsolete over time. Therefore, you may find yourself already in need of an upgrade as soon as you pay off your equipment loan.
That's why we recommend to consider the financing of office equipment with a longer life cycle.
On the other hand, material handling equipment does not have a short life cycle like a Macbook Pro or Dell laptop.
Material handling equipment is used in all industries, especially in the transportation, construction, agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
This type of equipment usually includes:
Conveyor belt
Silos for farming
Automated Guided Vehicles
Delivery pallet truck
General industrial trucks
Automatic picker
Side loader
Other material handling equipment includes storage-related products such as stacking equipment, shelves, drive-in storage racks, and frames.
Material handling equipment is also important for start-up restaurants and other culinary related businesses.
If you are launching a new food startup, you may want to consider using your equipment financing loan to buy refrigerators, commercial freezers, commercial toasters, and ovens for example.
Equipment Financing: Next Steps
What's great about being a new startup is you can immediately receive your equipment financing to get the ball rolling. In fact, you can even get approval by the end of one business day.
We recommend creating a list of the long laundry equipment you need to start your startup off the ground. It's also important to get your finances to ensure you do not fall into "negative equity" during the first few years of your business as you repay your loan.
As a new business owner, you can take advantage of low equipment financing rates and pay off your loan over the span of 5 years as you work to generate that initial sale.


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A sacred choir style.
Instruments: choirs, timpani
Perfect for any kind of mysterious, sacred cerimonial, liturgical scene (or intro, trailer) in movie or short. Here you have the same track repeated two times where in the second one there a little rhythm timpani add.
Both tracks lenght is about 0:28 (plus 2 more seconds of reverb)


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We hear a lot of questions about the difference between Photography BlogSites and other WordPress solutions for photographers. So we thought it would be good to take a minute to explain why the way we do things at Photography BlogSites is a little different than other WordPress or BlogSite options.
WordPress is an award winning Content Management System (CMS) that allows you to log in and edit your own content. While it is famous for being a blogging platform, it has grown over the years to become a full website management tool. Our sites use WordPress and allow you to combine your portfolio site and blog into one easily editable service.
The old way – Buying Themes
Until now, the idea of having a WordPress site has meant finding and buying a "theme" or template that determines your overall structure and look.
Any theme, whether free or paid, needs to be installed, setup, and maintained. Themes will (hopefully) be built to be compatible with the current version or WordPress. But when the next version of WordPress comes out, themes and plugins are at the very least not prepared for new features (because they did not exist yet when the theme was created) or at worst can break your site because WordPress changes the way they did things.
Recently WordPress has stepped up their production schedule and has said they will release a new major version every 3 months. Just this year we have seen versions 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 is on its way by the end of the year.
How we do things
We provide WordPress as a service – always up-to-date and working, built specifically for photographers. We are an on-call webmaster/support staff and upgrade and test everything so that new versions and features work together without breaking a site.
So the "theme" is actually a very small part of what we provide. But even so, one of the benefits of our system is that you can access all our themes and SnapShots and switch between them at anytime. Any new themes or features are available to you the second they are released as well.
We have upgraded WordPress from versions 2.8 through the current 3.2 since we started developing the sites. Users never noticed because we tested on a beta site, then upgrade overnight, only when it is all working. We have constantly upgraded our themes, added plugins and enhanced features as we went. But again, we only make new changes live when they are fully tested and ready so that users and your visitors get a seamless experience on the sites.
Our pricing is comprised of many factors. We mostly wanted to consider all of the things we are replacing: a portfolio site (some are $39/month just for that – and maybe built in Flash), a WordPress blog (free-$199 for a theme) a hosting account ($60-$100/year even for really bad shared hosting) plus maybe hiring someone to set it all up ($200-???). Then a year later, you might need to hire someone to fix it when WordPress is upgraded and the old theme breaks.
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Furious FPV SILKY 30A BLHELI-S ESC w/ LED (Blue)
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Low cost and high in performance, the FURIOUSFPV SILKY ESC line offers all aspects of capability, such as 2S - 4S programming, MultiShot, and tuneable parameters - all with smooth throttle response and quiet overall operation.
Integrated with coding to prevent synch loss, the ESC performs well under high demand situations and works well with all manners of motors and aircraft. Further this with coding that supports regular 1-2ms pulse with inputs, as well as OneShot125, OneShot42 and MultiShot setups, this ESC is an excellent performer in all aspects of demand.
- BLHeli firmware for excellent performance
- Hardware generated motor pwm for ultra smooth throttle response / quite operation
- All coding utilized damped light mode functionality
- Damped light mode provides regenerative braking capability for rapid motor rpm decay
- Active freewheeling capability
- Supports regular 1-2ms pulse width inputs, along with OneShot125, OneShot42, and MultiShot
- ESC input signal is auto detected upon ESC power up
- Supports beacon functionality to aid aircraft recovery when lost
- Ultra bright green color LED installed on the esc
Technical Specifications:
- Continuous Current: 30A
- Peak Current (10s): 35A
- BEC: no
- Lipo: 2s - 4s
- Programming: Yes
- Weight: 9.1g
- Size: 28x 13mm
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Evidence continues to mount that the U.S. government is keen on tracking its citizens.
The FBI has started rolling out its $1 billion biometric Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, a nationwide database of mug shots, iris scans, DNA samples, voice recordings, palm prints, and other biometrics collected from more than 100 million Americans and intended to help identify and catch criminals.
The FBI has been piloting the program with several states and by the time it's fully deployed in 2014 will have at its fingertips a facial recognition database that includes at least 12 million photos of people's faces.
Privacy watchdog groups have some concerns. According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the NGI system will allow photo submissions independent of arrests.
"This is a problem because the FBI has stated it wants to use its facial recognition system to 'identify subjects in public datasets' and 'conduct automated surveillance at lookout locations,'" the EFF writes in a blog post. "This suggests the FBI wants to be able to search and identify people in photos of crowds and in pictures posted on social media sites—even if the people in those photos haven't been arrested for or even suspected of a crime. The FBI may also want to incorporate those crowd or social media photos into its face recognition database."
When an EFF representative testified at a U.S. Senate Subcommittee hearing on facial recognition in July, the organization said Americans should be concerned about the government's plans to bolster its facial recognition capabilities because it "allows for covert, remote, and mass capture and identification of images, and the photos that may end up in a database include not just a person's face but also what she is wearing, what she might be carrying, and who she is associated with."
And there's much more.
TrapWire is 'person of interest' technology
Last month Wikileaks released a huge cache of leaked e-mail from private intelligence firm Stratfor regarding surveillance software called TrapWire. Used by both private industry and the U.S. government and its allies, TrapWire lets both public and private sector users contribute to counter-terrorism and anti-crime efforts.
"The software uses algorithms and data from a variety of surveillance sources — including CCTV and human-input from spotted 'suspicious' behavior — to, in essence, 'predict' potentially criminal activity," explained ZDNet's Zach Whittaker in a fantastic FAQ on the subject.
According to the leaks, TrapWire is in use in public places in Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, some Canadian cities, and in privately owned Las Vegas casinos.
Apple IDs pilfered from an FBI laptop
A hacker collective known as AntiSec this week published more than a million UDIDs—Unique Device Identifier numbers associated with Apple mobile devices—that the group claims it stole from the laptop of an FBI agent. The information was acquired and released as a political statement by the hackers.
"[Expletive] FBI IS USING YOUR DEVICE INFO FOR A TRACKING PEOPLE PROJECT OR SOME [expletive]," reads AntiSec's announcement on Pastebin.
The details stolen from the FBI laptop included more personal information as well—such as full names, cell phone numbers, addresses, and zip codes, but AntiSec did not release that data.
The FBI says there's no evidence one of its laptops was compromised and AntiSec has followed up with cryptic evidence that it says validate its claims.
In any case, the UDIDs are legit and many people who have looked up the alphanumeric string of characters associated with their Apple devices are finding them on AntiSec's list. So if what AntiSec says is true, the big question is why does the FBI have people's device identification and personal info?
[See more: Apple Device IDs Hacked: What You Need to Know]
Other Evidence
Legislation pending in the U.S. Congress—CISPA in the House and SECURE IT in the Senate—aims to protect the U.S. from cyberterrorism but would actually make it easier for the government to spy on people. The measures would allow companies to share users' private data with the government without a warrant or any oversight.
[See more: 10 Terrible Tech Laws That Have You in Their Bull's-Eye]
And in January the Supreme Court ruled that police and the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment when they secretly attached a GPS tracker to a man's car and tracked him for 28 days. However, in preliminary proceedings surrounding the man's retrial, his attorney says prosecutors have records that indicate the locations of his cell phone for five months.
The American Civil Liberties Union takes issue with this and says tracking someone's cell phone without a warrant is also unconstitutional, yet hundreds of law enforcement entities do it all the time.
The ACLU says the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act currently in Congress would require law enforcement agents to obtain a warrant before accessing a person's location information. To support the legislation, the ACLU has a tool on its website that will auto-generate a message to your legislators urging them to vote for the bill.
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Ever wanted to use your phone as a GPS navigator in the outdoors? Here's a step by step guide to finding the maps, creating trails and waypoints and then using them on your Android phone.
Editor's Note: This guide might look impossible at first glance, but Henry walks you through the steps so thoroughly that even I managed to use it to create the above maps of Sir Edmund Hilary's 1953 summit of Everest in under 90 seconds, on my first try. Should I ever find myself in the Himalayas without cell service, I'll be all set. — Wes
For quite a while, I've been making maps for my backcountry trips, but doing so has been bit of a quagmire. There are map sources, map data, online mapping services, routes, tracks, waypoints...and they don't always come together.
For example, the track of the route you want might come from Everytrail, but the scenic viewpoints might be pointed out to you by an online forum, and perhaps you want to add your own waypoints or tweak the route before you leave. Furthermore, different regions have a different "best" map source.
Well, I think I've nailed down the (almost) free method for getting data onto a decent map using CalTopo, that you can edit without going nuts, print it, then put that map onto your favorite GPS device. Assuming that's Android plus Backcountry Navigator, I've also covered how to get offline maps.
I've written this with hiking in mind, but you could use it for pretty much anything — biking, snowshoeing, skiing, camping all spring to mind. I've broken it up in to sections you can take or leave. For example, if you just want a paper map, just do up to that point, or perhaps you use an iOS device, you can export the data then import it into your app of choice.
The Tools: As I said in the introduction, there are loads of tools to achieve the same end. For this article, I'm going to skip the debate and show you what works for me.
- Maps: CalTopo, a free map resource developed by a Search And Rescue volunteer.
- GPS Navigator: Backcountry Navigator, a powerful Android app that works outside of cell reception.
Those two are the main two you will need, but there are a few others worth mentioning.
- Image-based Map Maker: GPS Visualizer Create-a-Map
- 3D Visualization: Google Earth
- Conversions: GPS Visualizer Converter
Finding A Map Source That Works: I'm lucky, I live in British Columbia, and CalTopo has access to some great maps from DataBC. You might not be so lucky, or might not like what you see, so in the top right corner of the CalTopo page, you can change your source:
Pull up the loose area you're headed to and see which option gives you the best data and visualization.
Finding Trail And Waypoint Data: You're going to have to look for a source of trails, waypoints, routes etc. These can be from plenty of places, find them with Google. Here are just a few that work for me.
- Everytrail
- ClubTread
- Wikiloc
- Wandermap
- Forums
- Friends
For this example, I'm going to use some waypoints from ClubTread, and a route from EveryTrail. This assumes you want 2 data sources (any number is fine). At the bottom of both pages, you will find download links.
GPX files are the most widely accepted file format for various tools (KML is probably second). For this guide, we'll just stick with GPX files. It's important to know that they only contain a small set of objects, like tracks, waypoints and a few others. They do NOT contain the image of the map you overlay them on.
Adding Trail And Waypoint Data To The Map: Back to CalTopo, time to import both those GPX files!
Once you've imported the waypoints, they'll show up on the map.
Now you need to import the trail using the same method described above. Then you'll end up with both waypoints and trail, pulled from separate sources, on the same map.
Et voila, the trail of your choice combined with custom waypoints, all on top of a detailed topo map.
Now's a good time to save your work! Create an account if necessary.
Let's say you want to add your own objects to the map, you can, in the lower left. For this example, I'll add a simple marker (lower left of the interface).
Printing A Paper Map: Never go into the wilderness without a paper map. No matter how good your GPS navigator is, it can run out of power or break in a fall.
Click "print" in the top right corner. I personally like creating PDFs for this bit, so the guide will show that. The print from browser tool is very good as well and a fine choice, so go right ahead and use it if you prefer.
Import tracks and waypoint
A full-size image of the CalTopo PDF. That's some nice detail and a totally customizable map you can make and print for free. Using this method you can create exactly the map you need with exactly the data you need on it. Pack a compass and you need nothing else for navigation.
You might want to add some pages or print again for some larger, area maps. It's easy to make a book-style map for yourself. I recommend taking maps of the area, not just the exact route and nothing else, in case you get lost.
How to make these waterproof you ask? A resealable bag works as good as anything I've used.
Exporting To A GPS Device: Remember GPX files? You're going to export your own from CalTopo.
Send the resulting GPX file to your device (check your manual on how to do this).
Using These Maps On Your Phone: This brings us now to the other tool I really love in the wild, Backcountry Navigator. I very much recommend you spend the $12 on the Pro version as it does a LOT for that.
Before we start though, let me make it clear that you should always go into the backcountry with a paper map, compass and knowledge of how to use them. Smartphones and non-smartphone GPS devices can and do run out of power, may not be water resistant, be broken in falls or you may have forgotten to set them up before you left. The guide up to this point shows you how, so you have no excuse.
To ensure this part stays up to date, I'm going to link to their getting started guides on how to download maps and use the app.
However, here we are going to import our map data and download some maps for offline use. Do this before going into the backcountry where you will likely not have phone reception or data service.
A prerequisite step, not shown, is transferring the files to your device. Email them to yourself, plug in via a USB cable, use the beloved AirDroid or Dropbox…there are lots of ways.
As I was creating this, it turned into a screenshot lead tour, so for this next part, here's a gallery, in step by step order.
Let's load the GPX file from earlier.
Import tracks and waypoint.
Find the file you need.
Create a new trip database (or add to an existing one if you need to).
In notifications…
It's our data from CalTopo! Shown with the OpenCycleMap map layer below.
But lets choose the more familiar map (sorry, I messed up this screenshot a bit and had to pixelate it to avoid confusion).
Head to more map sources.
Find the maps you prefer (note that I'm in the USA maps here for Caltopo, there is also a Canada maps section).
CalTopo map layer.
In Map Layers, we can also download maps for offline use.
Select the area you want.
Not shown, but choose the maximum zoom level to download, then create a new map package and name it.
Estimated size will be shown, tap proceed.
In notifications…
Once done, you can change to offline maps in Map Layers (also, to go back to "online", change to the Preview Cache).
The results! Remember, if it's not downloaded, it won't show. Be sure to download before you go to the backcountry.
When you're out in the wilderness, you can find your position (well, as good as your phone can tell you) using the options under this menu.
Remember: GPS uses considerable power, but will work when you don't have phone reception (you'd be surprised how many people think you need a phone signal, in fact, you don't, but you do need data service if you have not stored the map offline).
You're Done: Hopefully now you have a paper map from CalTopo and an Android phone/tablet running BackCountry Navigator with your route and maps available offline.
Remember to waterproof your phone somehow and bring an external battery (like a Mophie Juice Pack).
This article originally appeared on Henry's personal site and is reprinted here with permission.
A big thanks to the makers of all the tools and data sources used in this article. Many of them are free, open source or low cost for high value. Consider donating or purchasing. CalTopo's About Page has details on how the developer likes support, and they have an awesome blog too. Backcountry Navigator is made by CritterMap Software and can be demoed for 30 days and/or purchased on Google Play.
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