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ROCKFORD — Franklin T. Byrd had spent the day on his mother's couch watching music videos, a Norinco semi-automatic assault rifle across his lap and a .45-caliber Colt pistol on the cushion. It was May 22, 2009.
ROCKFORD — Franklin T. Byrd had spent the day on his mother's couch watching music videos, a Norinco semi-automatic assault rifle across his lap and a .45-caliber Colt pistol on the cushion.
It was May 22, 2009.
When his mother, Leslie, arrived home from work that evening, Byrd was still on the couch, waiting. The assault rifle was loaded with a 38-round ammunition magazine, and he had another 38-round clip in a black duffle bag. The Colt semi-automatic was loaded.
Police responding to her 911 call, which recorded some of the incident, would soon find the 42-year-old woman's broken body, wrapped in bloody blankets, riddled with bullet wounds in the kitchen of the house in the 1200 block of Greenwood Avenue.
"I was going to bury her in the backyard," Byrd told Rockford police detectives who videotaped their interrogation of Byrd hours after the shooting.
Jurors in his first-degree murder trial watched the recording over two days this week. Their verdict could, in part, come down to how much stock they place in Byrd's statements on the video.
Byrd, who was 25 at the time, has pleaded not guilty.
Winnebago County public defender Margie O'Connor, who has sought a mistrial at least three times this week, argues that Byrd merely repeated back to detectives what they said to him and adopted the facts they suggested.
Shirtless in a small interview room with a table and three chairs, Byrd is heard telling Detectives Michael McDonald and Mary Ogden that he shot his mother in self-defense.
Byrd said he had feared for his life. He was vague about why. He opened fire on his mother, he said, when she reached into her purse "for something."
"I blacked out and that's when I shot her," Byrd said.
Ogden and McDonald didn't believe him about the blackout and disregarded the comment. They thought Byrd knew more than he was saying and pushed for answers. Each time they pushed, his story changed and he added more details.
"No, she wasn't reaching for anything," McDonald tells Byrd on the tape after hearing his claim of self-defense several times. "You know that."
The detectives tried to earn Byrd's trust. They brought him bottles of water and a bag of chips. They spoke as if they understood where he was coming from.
McDonald told Byrd that he could tell he was a "good person" who had "made a mistake."
The detectives said it was in Byrd's best interests to tell the truth so he wouldn't look like a liar. And McDonald told Byrd that he would help him through the process without saying exactly how.
There were numerous instances when Byrd seemed to adopt what the detectives told him in response to their questions.
They asked whether he had been arguing with his mother before the shooting. Byrd said they had. They asked whether his mother had been nagging him to get a job and about eating all the food. He said she had been.
Byrd sketched a diagram of the crime scene at their request. Byrd corrected the diagram when McDonald reminded him about where the weapons were left and added details the detectives didn't provide.
For instance, Byrd described how he retrieved a sheet and blanket to wrap his mother's body. He initially said he wasn't sure what he was going to do with her body; eventually he said he planned to bury her in the backyard.
Byrd described how he got a broom, mop and bleach to clean up the blood and glass — more details that police hadn't seemed to provide.
At one point in the interview, Byrd says his mother fell by a stereo speaker in the dining room. As detectives repeatedly pushed for more about how she fell, he said she fell when he shot her in the legs with the rifle.
Then Byrd said he shot her in the stomach multiple times. He said he walked up closer and shot her in the head, standing in the small interview room to demonstrate how he held the weapon.
Byrd dragged the body into the kitchen, he said. He heard what sounded like "whispers or something."
Byrd said he shot her with the semi-automatic pistol and "just kept squeezing" the trigger until the magazine was empty.
The detectives asked Byrd how he felt.
"I feel sorry about it," Byrd replied. "Remorseful."
"Sorry you did it or sorry you were caught?" McDonald asks. "Be honest."
"I'm sorry I was caught," Byrd said.
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The propeller makes all the difference.
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Three-bladed propellers are the most common, offering good overall performance, top speed, and efficiency for most applications. While a four-bladed prop will provide increased bow and stern-lift and reduce prop ventilation, this normally means more drag on the engine, resulting in lower top speeds and different handling characteristics.
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England v Italy, Six Nations, March 10
Parisse to captain Italy against England
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March 8, 2013
Sergio Parisse returns from suspension to lead Italy against England at Twickenham © Getty Images
Italy have named a side showing seven changes for their Six Nations clash with England at Twickenham on Sunday.
Sergio Parisse returns from suspension at No.8 and reclaims the captaincy with Manoa Vosawai making way in one of five changes to the pack that started the 26-9 defeat to Wales last month. Roberto Barbieri starts at blindside ahead Alessandro Zanni while Quentin Geldenhuys and Joshua Furno form a new second row pairing with Antonio Pavanello and Francesco Minto dropping to the bench. In the final change up front, Alberto De Marchi is preferred to veteran Andrea Lo Cicero.
Luciano Orquera returns to the No.10 shirt with Kris Burton omitted while Gonzalo Garcia comes into the midfield with Gonzalo Canale moving to outside centre and Tommaso Benvenuti named among the replacement.
More to follow...
Italy: Andrea Masi; Giovanbattista Venditti, Gonzalo Canale, Gonzalo Garcia, Luke Mclean; Luciano Orquera, Edoardo Gori, Alberto De Marchi, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni, Quintin Geldenhuys, Joshua Furno, Alessandro Zanni, Robert Barbieri, Sergio Parisse (capt)
Replacements: Davide Giazzon, Andrea Lo Cicero, Lorenzo Cittadini, Antonio Pavanello, Francesco Minto, Simone Favaro, Tobias Botes, Tommaso Benvenuti
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Prolimatech Super Mega Review
Founded in 2008, a relatively new company known as Prolimatech has been producing some of the highest end CPU, GPU, and RAM cooling available on the market. Though Prolimatech may not have such a wide range of products available compared to other manufacturers, it is easy to say that probably every one of its products have been a hit to computer enthusiasts worldwide. Many seasoned users have probably heard of the Megahalems cooler, a massive cooling tower that certainly competed with the best of other brands' coolers back when it was released last year.
Today, Prolimatech has brought its Super Mega CPU cooler to the table. Out of the box, this cooler is only compatible with Intel 775/1156/1366 processors, however a separate mounting bracket should become available for the more recent AMD sockets. If anyone is familiar with the Megahalems, the Prolimatech Super Mega will be quite a familiar sight. The form is almost identical to the Megahalems, but some improvements to the cooler have been made, which I will be exploring in further detail. This review will evaluate the Super Mega's looks, installation, features, and performance, then compare it to the latest coolers on the market. This is the first time I have had my hands on a Prolimatech product, and I'm looking forward to seeing all that it can do.
Closer Look:
The Prolimatech Super Mega is packaged in an elegant white box with a gold logo and the words "Prolimatech" in the top left corner, and "Super Mega" across the top. The rear of the box is identical. The left side of the box has a short list of features offered by the cooler, and the right side of the box has a list of specifications, such as the dimensions, weight, and materials used in construction.
The top of the box is unfastened by releasing the two tabs from the box that are cut into its design. The top of the box has a small plastic window allowing you to get a peak at the top of the cooler, which has the same design as the gold logo stamped on the box. According to the spec sheet, the top is nickel plated, which gives it a unique look. Removing the top reveals the way the Super Mega is packaged - wrapped inside a bag and secured between two styrofoam pads. Next to the two styrofoam pads is a white box with the Prolimatech logo that contains all the mounting hardware, thermal paste, and the instruction manual. I will admit, it's not obvious how to put this together just by looking at the mounting hardware, but that's what the user's manual is for.
With the cooler unpacked, it is now time to start taking a closer look at its construction, materials, build quality, features, and specifications.


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Over the weekend, the News Bulletin learned that the suspect in two Sept. 15 robberies � and possibly a string of similar incidents � was a teenager.
Over the weekend, the News Bulletin learned that the suspect in two Sept. 15 robberies � and possibly a string of similar incidents � was a teenager.
I don�t know about you, but 17, for me, was a time of navigating the trials and tribulations and every-issue-becomes-a-mountain-out-of-a-molehill life that was high school.
You�re memorizing the Periodic Table of Elements to ace chemistry; you�re dealing with cliques; you�re cheering for your football team at the pep rally; you�re aching to win the lead role in the school play or first chair in band; and you�re enduring countless puppy-love heartbreaks, hall gossip and awkward embarrassments along the way.
You�re making lasting memories, but above all, these experiences �never-ending studying, detention, navigating social circles, the bonds formed from good sportsmanship and rallying for a common cause, and even the heartbreaks � help form who you will become as an adult.
It�s crucial to experience these things. Any missing piece of the puzzle could mean a missing link later in life.
Times like these raise questions � and it is my job to ask those questions.
How could a teenager �male or female � successfully deal with life, and the growth opportunities this time brings, while carrying such a secret, a double life that somehow balances a kid being a kid and a life of crime?
How does someone excel in school, build strong friendships and contribute meaningfully to society by day, and wreak havoc by night?
People can point fingers and hasten to judge, but ultimately, someone with such a double life, wearing masks to shield identity during the act of the crime, always watching behind his or her shoulder, cannot live a happy life and likely would see grades and relationships suffer.
Seventeen is too young to put a life of crime above the experiences we endure to become smarter, stronger and more caring. The trade-off isn�t worth it, but some part of the system has failed if anyone thinks it is.
It�s easy to point fingers and name-call, but at the end of the day, a teen who chooses crime over life should give us pause and cause to always set a good example for younger folks whose paths we cross.
Help is available. Today, guest columnist Bob Allen recalls teaching an etiquette lesson to a young student he was mentoring. (I won�t spoil you; the column, �Social graces, etiquette never hurt anyone� appears here.) He teaches the young man other occasions for manners, and the boy follows suit. For the rest of his life, this boy will know how to respect a woman. By his example, women who encounter him will accept no less from other men.
That�s an example of the system working.
Kids with positive influences taking such interest in their lives typically do not end up in serious trouble.
Sometimes, the solution is simple. Water a plant and watch it grow. Maintain honest communication and strengthen your marriage. Impress certain values on kids and they will live by them.
However, though teen crime indicates societal weakness, when a crime is committed, and due process has been observed, justice must be served.
Thomas Boni is the Editor of the Crestview News Bulletin. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com, tweet him @cnbeditor, or call 682-6524.
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Spotify has rounded up its 2012, and revealed that Gotye, Rihanna, and David Guetta had huge years on its service.
According to Spotify, the most popular track this year was Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" both in the U.S. and worldwide. Fun's "We Are Young" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" rounded out the top three most popular songs in the U.S. this year.
Spotify then turned its attention to artists, and discovered that Rihanna was the most popular female artist this year. David Guetta took the top spot for most popular male performer. Guetta's album "Nothing but the Beat" earned top honors for most popular album and most shared album on the service.
Coldplay was the most popular band and Adele was the top shared artist.
Despite some good news this year -- it announced earlier this month that it now has 1 million paid subscribers in the U.S. -- Spotify has faced real trouble competing in the global streaming-music space. Earlier this year, PrivCo, a company that sells data on non-publicly traded companies, said that Spotify generated over $244 million in revenue last year, but lost a whopping $59 million. It was caused by a business model, PrivCo says, that's "unsustainable."
Responding to its obvious troubles, Spotify has become more Pandora-like by offering a free mobile radio service. The company still, however, relies mainly on monthly payment plans to monetize its operation.
Still, Spotify's user base in the U.S. appears to be quite similar to those heading to iTunes to get their favorite tracks. According to Apple, "Call me Maybe," "Somebody That I Used to Know," and "We Are Young" were also the top three most popular songs on iTunes this year.


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SW teams visit Snyder
While it's true that neither Sweetwater or Snyder has had much success on the basketball court so far in District 5-3A., it's nearly always interesting when the two schools face each other.Fans will get a double dose of the rivalry today, as Sweetwater visits Snyder in a 5-3A varsity twinbill that starts with the girls game at 6 p.m. The boys contest is scheduled to tip off at about 7:30 p.m.Sweetwater and Snyder are both 1-3 in girls play with just four games left. But the winner of today's game will take a big step toward gaining the third and final district playoff berth. Snyder won the teams' first district meeting, 46-43, in Sweetwater on Jan. 11. Big Spring, which is also 1-3, plays a non-district game today at Monahans.Sweetwater ended the first half of district play Friday with a 46-39 loss to No. 21-ranked Brownwood, while Snyder fell to previously-winless Big Spring 59-53, creating a three-way tie for third place. Brown-wood (3-1) goes to Wylie (4-0) tonight for a first-place district showdown in today's other matchup.The boys game matches teams looking for their first district win, as Sweetwater is 0-3 while Snyder is off to an 0-2 start. Sweetwater is coming off a 72-45 loss on Friday to Brownwood (1-1), while Snyder was defeated 85-49 by Big Spring (3-0), which leads Wylie (2-0) by a half-game in district but has an open date tonight.In area games, the Roscoe boys (2-2) and girls (1-4) host Munday in District 9-A, Division I; the Highland girls (6-2) and boys (2-4) travel to Ira in District 11-A, Division II; and the Blackwell girls (2-7) and boys (2-5) go to Robert Lee in District 12-A, Division II. All six teams hope to get back on the winning track today after losing on Friday. Highland's girls are still in good shape for a playoff berth in District 11-A, Division II as they are in second place by a half-game over Loraine (5-2) and a full game over Ira (5-3) with four games to play, and a win tonight will greatly enhance their chances.In District 9-A, Division I, the winner of the Roscoe-Munday boys game gets a leg up on a playoff spot. Both teams are 2-2 in district play.Blackwell's girls lost to Bronte 58-28 on Tuesday while the boys fell 57-24. Reccie Roland had 15 points, Jennifer Allen and Jessica Morrow five and Amanda Bullard three for the girls. For the boys, Caleb Mag-ness had eight points, Caleb Jeter six, Mark Monroe four and Brandon Elliott and Jayden Jones two.


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What's Your Connection with John Wayne Airport?
#JWAconnects Commerce, Community and Conservation
John Wayne Airport (JWA) announced in May a new program designed to demonstrate how the Airport connects with local commerce, community and conservation efforts. The JWA Connects program is designed to highlight the many ways the Airport connects travelers, residents, business and the environment in Orange County and Southern California.
"We very much appreciate the vibrant, economically healthy community in which we operate," said Airport Director Alan L. Murphy. "This program helps express our commitment to connecting this great community with travel and tourism and allows us to highlight the value JWA brings to Orange County and the surrounding region."
JWA connects not only business and leisure travelers with a convenient gateway to over 20 nonstop destinations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the Airport also connects thousands of people with jobs. From on-airport services, to off-airport business and tourism, JWA is an economic engine creating 43,000 jobs and contributing $6 billion annually to the regional economy.
JWA connects people with many services that enrich the community. From college students and members of the armed services in need of a safe, convenient route home, to volunteers who offer assistance and provide tours in the Riley Terminal, to exhibition programs that feature local arts and culture, JWA provides a connection to Orange County's community.
JWA adheres to best practices in environmental responsibility and has been an industry leader in implementing policies that provide both sustainability and cost effectiveness. From water conservation and recycling programs, to alternative fuel taxis, to the construction of a central utility plant built to reduce the Airport's carbon footprint and generate its own electricity, JWA connects with conservation initiatives that help limit the Airport's impact on the environment.
The community, travelers and visitors alike are encouraged to share photos demonstrating how JWA connects them to the important things in their lives by posting a photo or commenting on Twitter or Instagram using hashtag #JWAconnects.
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While most people detest Flash for its rather resource intensive operation, and its role in creating really annoying websites where the back and forward buttons don't work, the tool does have an important place on the web. Most internet video players, such as Youtube's, run using Flash, and as such, it's kind of important to be able to run it. eComStation has just taken the first few steps to being able to run the official Flash player - Mensys has received permission from Adobe to distribute the Windows version with eCS, which with a bit of work will work on eCS using ODIN. "This is a first step but the legal block is gone now," Mensys' Roderick Klein writes, "The writing of the code to run the Flash DLL is the next big step!"


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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown and his fellow Democrats are on the cusp of a coveted supermajority in both the Assembly and Senate, giving them the rare power to raise taxes without any Republican support.
No single party has held such a supermajority in Sacramento since 1933.
To cement the dual two-thirds majorities when the Legislature gets down to business next year, Democrats must hold onto one of two Senate seats to be vacated and a few Assembly seats won in tight races. The Senate seats will be filled in special elections expected in March.
The supermajorities would mark a dramatic shift in Sacramento's balance of power, where GOP legislators have aggressively used their ability to block state budget plans and prevent revenue increases to scale back the scope of state government.
Coupled with the approval of Brown's tax plan, Proposition 30, the Democrats now have not only the power but also the money to break free of the deficit that has paralyzed state government for years.


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Chad Ochocinco can't afford a slow start with the Miami Dolphins.
After fizzling out with the New England Patriots amid whispers he couldn't grasp the playbook, the veteran wideout's NFL shelf life is on the rocks. Early reports Tuesday out of South Beach, however, are promising.
Top performer today during OTAs was Chad @Ochocinco. Surprised?- Omar Kelly (@OmarKelly) June 19, 2012
Frankly, yes (and wondering what this says about the rest of Miami's roster). With NFL Films cameras on hand to gather early "Hard Knocks" footage, Ochocinco ran with the second team. James Walker of ESPN.com noted Ochocinco was in shape, moving well during drills and catching a flurry of passes.
"He definitely has a lot of ability left," rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. "Today was the first day he really flashed."
That never happened in New England. Set adrift in a complex Patriots scheme that asks a lot of its receivers, Ochocinco appeared to lose his confidence.
After wrapping a brief media session with NFL Network's Jeff Darlington and a gaggle of reporters, Ocho appeared to be back in fine form -- for now.
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|2007-05-01, 16:11
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Peek a boo
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Animated sig Addicts Anonymous
Hi, I am Riker. I am an addict.
Well, not really. But most of the sigs I made are animated, so it kinda became my trademark. I don't use filters or brushes, they are overrated and overused (because I don't know how to use them). Instead, I utilise various animation effects in my sigs to bring them to life (because I don't know how to use filters and brushes). I usually don't start threads, so I don't know what came over me to make this one. Anyways, I guess I'll start by showcasing all my previous sigs.
The first animated sig I made, IIRC.
It's from Mizuiro 2003, one of the earlier animes I watched. Nothing special about this sig. It's just a slide show of images. However at that time, I was so in love with the anime, I had to make a sig from it. It was animated because a static version would have a harder time trying to convey the message. The sig is currently being used by martino. :3
Next would be Part 1 of the Shuffle! sigs I've made. Why Shuffle? Because it's the first subforum I've actively posted in since I registered. I've also found out that of all the sigs I've made, most are Shuffle sigs. Why divide them into parts? Because Deathie told me not to make my opening post too huge. :3
Here we go, the sig that arguably started my animated sig career(?!): The Flippy Sig.
Back then, mongooseboi requested for a Asa sig. I tried to be different from the rest of the sig makers, thus I came up with the flippy animation through trial and error. It was the first time I truely felt the hardship of keeping animated sigs under 50 000 bytes. He didn't use the sig in the end though. : (
After the Asa sig, I've also made Nerine's and Sia's version.
What really started the demand for the flippy sigs, however, was when Mugen-X requested a Primula flippy sig for another forum. He bascially told me "There is no sig limit, go wild", which I did. : )
Thus I added a background and a foreground image for the sig and fiddled around with the timing of the flips.
Then by chance, Catgirls pointed out that by reducing the dimension to 375 x 120, the size can be kept under suki's sig limit. More people started requesting for flippy sigs since then and the rest, I guess, is history.
I'll just post all the different variations of the flippy sigs I've made.
I think my opening post is huge enough. I'll leave the next batch of sigs for my next post. :3
|2007-05-01, 17:03
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~ You're dead ^__^* ~
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yea here comes rika aka the master of animation to start his own corner thread :3
but seriously if you started out with flippy sigs...then you are a natural XD (cause even now i have limited abilities to do moving gifs )
|2007-05-01, 19:29
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Peek a boo
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Join Date: Dec 2005
I haven't been making avatars for a while, so I'm not sure if I'll include avaters in this thread.
Besides, if I post all my old avaters I might kill the bandwidth of some people. :x
A quick glance at my folder indicates that majority of the sigs lean towards cute, but I did make some rather depressing or dark sigs. I'll come to them soon.
Part 2 of my Shuffle! sigs
A slight alteration to my flippy animation.
Instead of flipping in one fixed spot, I made it look like its actually moving.
Ama! >///<
The next few are what I would call "avatar sigs".
Just take existing avatars and slap them onto a sig.
Kinda a lazy method. :x
I was experimenting with animation effects other that flipping (which I had done for the umpteen time) and came up with this one shot.
Another experimentation with a different animation effect.
Yet another effect. I kinda like this one, The Rollin Sig.
"Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'~"
Tune in next time for Part 3
"What? There's a part 3?" Yea, I made that many Shuffle sigs. :x
|2007-05-03, 02:23
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
I remember back when I was still a visitor to A.Suki forums. I'd always check the 'Shuffle!' section for your gifs. They are some of the most creative I've seen.
I even enjoy seeing your avatars, always gave me a good laugh.
Also, I find it very strange that the first sig you made was a Mizuiro one, the first wall I made was also a Mizuiro one.
Avoiding filters makes more unique sigs that stand out.
|2007-05-03, 03:20
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Certified Organic
Join Date: Dec 2005
yep, if its not animated it has to be done really artistically to get my approval lately.
or it has to be funny
i started out using animated sigs because i like little comics and funny stuff, like a flip book. then people started adding little blinking eyes, etc etc and now I just cant seem to think a seriously dedicated sig as not animated.
its nice to see a mizuiro fan although It didnt not touch me too deeply. I probably just watched it at the wrong time.
i dont make animated avatars anymore though, I leave that to others who really enjoy it. animated or not I can appreciate a nice profile picture
I liked ur flippy sigs but i was really impressed when u did the rolling ones and the water effect and wind effect ones.
oh yeah and the oh noes one was really great too.
what impresses me the most is how u can get them to look so clean and use so few KB. its something I had problems with, I m too lazy to fix all the bad colors when the total colors are reduced
anyway heres a few gifs i made awhile ago
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|2007-05-03, 05:28
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Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: http://www.exciting-tits.com/
You should have a dedicated section for corruptive av ... You have a talent to spot them =3
>.> .. Gratz for being Just really nice >.> .. missed by 6 reps >.<
Damn it was so close >.<
|2007-05-03, 05:59
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阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
"anonymous"? something is wrong here
obviously riker, you are well known, and you deserve it
the usual stunts you do to keep fluent animation without breaking the dreadful "50kb limit" are simply impressive. this is unfair
*waiting for the rest of the gallery*
|2007-05-03, 13:15
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Peek a boo
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Nice gifs btw. ( ^^) b
Now for Part 3 (final) of my Shuffle! sigs
Sia and Kikyou jigsaw theme sig
One of my favourite because of the meaning behind the sig:
Spoiler for Anime spoilers:
Next are the kinda dark and depressing sigs I was talking about earlier. That's because the anime took a serious and dramatic turn around episode 19. It's also the time when I started to use footages from an anime extensively in a sig, which kinda became my style.
Yes I know the tear animation in the 3rd sig sucks. ;__;
The first time I've tried to animate snow. I was trying to emulate Primula's scene in the anime ED. The snow is kinda too fast, because I couldn't afford more frames.
Almost 1 year later, I dug up this old sig and added more frames because I was looking for a sig to use. The snow still feels a bit too fast though.
A sig using the scrolling text from the rollin' sig. Nothing too special, just wanted to use the image Ryo drew for me as my birthday present. Thanks, Ryo. :3
And that concludes all my Shuffle! sigs and avatars. Since we're still on the topic of Shuffle!, I'll also post some of the other stuffs I made.
The first (and only) wallpaper I made. Making the dangling wire was the toughest part. :3
And finally, not forgetting my AMV tribute to Ama.
|2007-05-03, 14:04
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Falling for Ginsama ^3^
Graphic Designer
Riker>> O,O Sugoi! Man all ur sigs and avy's and other works are so awesom! ^^
this is one of the threads Im definitely visiting again and again. ^____^
O man SO MUCH Shuffle!
|2007-05-04, 03:44
|Link #17
Peek a boo
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Now for some Pani Poni Dash! creations. PPD is the 2nd series which I made avatars and sigs from, although I didn't make alot, unlike Shuffle!. In fact, I think I made more Shuffle! stuffs than all the rest of my creations combined. I wonder why. :x
Not forgetting one of my favourite gifs:
Is also an icon for the spoiler button in this forum (for now anyways).
My first PPD! sig. Using the same technique as the modified flippy sig. Somehow, something didn't feel quite right, although I can't really pinpoint the problem. Maybe Klashikari can help? ; )
Thus, I went back to the drawing board to re-design the sig. The result ending up being one of my favourite sigs, because it's kinda fun to watch. Based on the sequence of the 2nd OP (one of my favourite anime OP, go watch!).
Maho! :3
X-ray. :x
|2007-05-04, 04:34
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阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
i think pelli would be more qualified for this ^^' (seriously, animated signature aren't really my field... except if you are asking me some details of the overal look XD)
but, well, if i have to write up, what i feel wrong :
1) the contrast between green and orange/yellow doesn't match at all (at least for me). due the moe aspect of both char and title, i would suggest pink and white but...that's me, and my opinion
2) the background is a nice idea with the rotating picture. however, since it simply cut in half, with the colors with different tones, it doesn't have really an impact. (i would suggest some elements on the brackground, or a real BG...*scratches his head* )
3) this is probably hard to do, and will probably makes the limit problem worse, but the title should "pop" instead of fading in. (due the "moe" aspect of the character and the title, it feels more appropriate for some "toon" movement). an alternative would be the title coming from the left.
4) again, the problem of the size limit : the quality of the rotating pictures are a bit too low (or is it a filter? it is hard to distinguish the outlines), and the title is blurry, and jagged in the same time :x
5) the font of your nickname doesn't match at all.
well... this is how i could pull my head on it... hope wasn't too harsh or completely out of the whack
|2007-05-04, 06:13
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
Color, loop and optimization.. in short.
Color -- not a good choise for that scene IMO
Loop -- seems to snap. Timings a little off too I think.
Optimization -- It almost looks like she's filthy and dirty.
There are also small things like the hair (one of the most important and expressive parts of a anime character) is just one big lump of color.
|2007-05-04, 06:52
|Link #20
Peek a boo
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Ah, thanks for the critiques. ^^
In my defence, that's how it was in the OP. Green and orange. As for the one big lump of colour for the hair, the actual outlines for the hair is of a very similar colour. It's barely visible even in the original size, hence seemed non-existent when resized. The second version of the sig is better, no? (I hope). :x
I still love the OP very much though. It just oozes with style. :3
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By MARK S. SMITH, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 1 min ago
President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez before the opening session of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday, April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Mariamma Kambon, Summit of the Americas, Pool)
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – President Barack Obama extended a hand of friendship to America's hemispheric neighbors on Saturday at a summit where he offered a new beginning for U.S.-Cuba relations and accepted a book about the exploitation of Latin America from Venezuela's fiery, anti-American leader.
At the Summit of the Americas, Obama signaled he was ready to accept Cuban President Raul Castro's proposal of talks on issues once off-limits for Cuba, including the scores of political prisoners held by the communist government. Some countries at the summit pushed the United States to go further and lift the 47-year-old U.S. trade embargo against the communist nation, which has complicated U.S. relations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
To Latin American nations reeling from a sudden plunge in exports, Obama promised a new hemispheric growth fund, an initiative to increase Caribbean security and a new regional partnership to develop alternative energy sources and fight global warming.
"I have a lot to learn and I very much look forward to listening and figuring out how we can work together more effectively," Obama said.
As the first full day of meetings began on the two-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, Obama exchanged handshakes and pats on the back with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who once likened President George W. Bush to the devil. In front of photographers, Chavez gave Obama a copy of "The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent," a book by Eduardo Galeano, which chronicles U.S. and European economic and political interference in the region.
Later, when a reporter asked Obama what he thought of the book, the president replied: "I thought it was one of Chavez' books. I was going to give him one of mine."
Their exchange on the first full day of meetings at the summit followed a brief grip and grin for cameras that the two leaders had on Friday night when Obama greeted him in Spanish.
"I think it was a good moment," Chavez said about their initial encounter. "I think President Obama is an intelligent man, compared to the previous U.S. president."
Obama was taking part in a series of plenary sessions, group gatherings and one-on-one meetings that the White House hoped to squeeze into a busy schedule. He hoped to make time for individual sessions with leaders from Canada, Colombia, Peru, Haiti and Chile, aides reported.
Obama was noncommittal about a possible meeting with Chavez, who criticized past U.S. policy at the summit, but expressed hope that relations between the nations would change.
"I think we're making progress at the summit," was all Obama would say.
At his first meeting with South American leaders, Obama waited several minutes while security officers and members of the media pushed noisily into the room. Somebody accidentally hit a light switch, prompting Obama to ask: "Who turned off the lights, guys?" He said he hoped events would go more smoothly during the meeting where he said he would talk to the leaders about energy, security and other topics. "I have a lot to learn and I'm very much looking forward to listening," the president said.
In an opening speech to the 34-nation gathering on Friday, the president promised a new agenda for the Americas, as well as a new style.
"We have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms," Obama said to loud applause. "But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. There is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations."
He also extended a hand to a leader Ronald Reagan spent years trying to drive from power: Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega. The Sandinista president stepped up and introduced himself, U.S. officials reported.
Yet soon after, Ortega, who was ousted in 1990 elections that ended Nicaragua's civil war but who was returned to power by voters in 2006, delivered a blistering 50-minute speech that denounced capitalism and U.S. imperialism as the root of much hemispheric mischief. The address even recalled the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, though Ortega said the new U.S. president could not be held to account for that.
"I'm grateful that President Ortega did not blame me for things that happened when I was three months old," Obama said, to laughter and applause from the other leaders.
But perhaps the biggest applause line was his call for a fresh start in relations between Washington and Havana.
"I know there's a longer journey that must be traveled to overcome decades of mistrust, but there are critical steps we can take toward a new day," he said.
Earlier this week, Obama ordered an easing of travel and remittance restrictions for Americans with relatives in Cuba. Within hours, Castro — who took over from his ailing brother Fidel a year ago — responded with an offer of talks on "everything" that divides the two countries.
The White House welcomed the offer, but suggested actions would be better, such as releasing some of Havana's scores of political prisoners.
Added Obama: "I am not interested in talking for the sake of talking. But I do believe that we can move U.S.-Cuban relations in a new direction."
Associated Press Writer Vivian Sequera in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad contributed to this report.
At summit, Obama gets friendly with Chavez
good to see him being serious about foreign relations and wanting to make things better with foreign leaders
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Gillian Reny: Marathon bombing survivor's family launches trauma research fund
Gillian Reny: Marathon bombing survivor's family launches trauma research fund
Gillian and Audrey hold hands while napping in the ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Audrey did not leave Gililan's side while she was in the hospital. In the minutes after Reny, now 19, was whisked into the Brigham and Women's Hospital trauma unit, doctors were confident they could save her life. They were not so certain they could salvage her mangled leg. For the next few days, that question hung in the balance.
Danielle Reny crosses the start line at Boston Marathon 2013. Gillian was on Boylston Street with her mother, Audrey Epstein Reny, and her father, Steven Reny, waiting for Gillian's older sister, Danielle, to cross the finish line, when the blasts occurred.
Gillian dangling her legs, inpatient at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Through a series of fortunate turns and critical medical decisions, the teenager was able to avoid amputation.
Gillian in the ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Gillian practicing stairs at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Now, 10 months after two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, her family is launching a campaign to raise $3 million for trauma research at the hospital, which they hope could help others at risk of losing limbs.
Gillian outside of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. The money will pay for research on limb regeneration and transplantation and on the use of stem cells to regrow damaged bones and skin. Some of the work will be done in collaboration with Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. The fund will also support training for plastic surgeons in repairing traumatic injuries.
Gillian Reny, Danielle Reny and Audrey Epstein Reny on Mother's Day 1013. The Renys have been private about the trauma they experienced last April 15 and exceedingly protective of their injured daughter, but they decided to speak about it to bring attention to their fund.
Danielle and Gillian at Gillian's graduation. Though her rehabilitation is ongoing, and she could require more surgery, Reny rarely needs crutches anymore.
Gillian and her prom date, Thor.
Gillian Reny (2nd from left) with friends at the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania, which was her first choice for college, had sent Reny an acceptance letter before the Marathon. She was determined to go as planned, but doctors, especially Harris, were very cautious.
Audrey Epstein Reny, Gillian Reny and Steven Reny at Parents Weekend at University of Pennsylvania. Reny opted, with her parents support, to start college but with a reduced workload — three classes instead of the standard four to leave enough time for physical therapy.
Gillian in her dorm room at Penn. When Gillian Reny arrived at the University of Pennsylvania last August, she longed to be an ordinary freshman. She walks normally, though she is not dancing. She was planning to continue studying jazz dance in college, but it is unclear whether she will be able to do that.
Audrey Epstein Reny and Gillian Reny, Feb. 16, 2014.


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The Big Spring Steers and Lady Steers followed similar scripts to victory against Sweetwater Tuesday – struggle early, use defense and three-point shooting to take the lead, then blow matters wide open in the second half.The results were anything but boring for BSHS fans – the Lady Steers claimed a 53-31 win, while the Steers raced to a 48-37 victory in District 5-3A action for both teams.The Lady Steers improved to 20-8 overall, 3-3 in district play, while the Steers are now 13-16, 3-3.Girl's gameBig Spring 53Sweetwater 31The Sweetwater Lady Mustangs denied Big Spring's inside star Cerbi Ritchey much room to maneuver (much less score), so it was left to the Lady Steers' perimeter players to pick up the slack.With Ritchey held in check, Big Spring's outside players responded with a mini-barrage of three-pointers, knocking down six shots from beyond the arc.Guard Ambra Hill scored 14 points – six from three-point range – and Mary King added nine to lead the Lady Steers.But the real star of the night was the Lady Steers' defense, which harassed, confounded and ultimately overwhelmed Sweetwater Tuesday night.The Lady Mustangs were able to stay close for a quarter, but Big Spring's defensive pressure began paying dividends in the second eight minutes.With Sweetwater holding a 15-13 lead, the Lady Steers' defense went into shutdown mode, holding the Lady Mustangs scoreless during a four-minute stretch of the second quarter.On the other end of the court, the Lady Steers began finding their range: King, up from the junior varsity to replace an ailing Diamond Mayes, tied the game with a pair of free throws, then Big Spring reeled off 11 unanswered points to take a comfortable 26-17 lead at intermission.If Sweetwater found Big Spring's defense worrisome in the first half, however, it became nightmarish for the Lady Mustangs in the final two quarters.The Lady Steers' full-court pressure took any lingering drama out of the game in the second half, blanking Sweetwater for a stretch of more than 10 minutes."Our defense is what won us the game," BSHS Coach Mike Warren said. "You've got to give Sweetwater some credit for the way we played early. They are fighting for a playoff spot, just as we are."The victory put Big Spring on the doorstep of a spot in the Class 3A playoffs – the Lady Steers are one win (or a Snyder loss) from clinching third place in the district standings.But Warren has bigger goals in mind: Next up for Big Spring is a rematch with Brownwood, which is a game ahead of the Lady Steers in second place."We can't start off slow against Brownwood," he said. "We've got to get our offense working early, attack their zone and produce some points."The Lady Steers return to action Friday in Brownwood. Game time is 6 p.m.SWEETWATER (31) – Janell Walker 2 0-0 4; Kinsey Browning 3 1-2 8; Shelby Cason 0 1-2 1; Kendra Cason 6 0-0 13; Suede Shirley 0 0-2 0; Candice Hernandez 1 0-0 3; Alicia Finn 1 0-0 2; totals 13 2-6 31.BIG SPRING (53) – Ambra Hill 3 6-7 14; Logan Yarbar 2 0-0 5; Leshaunte Anderson 2 0-0 5; Dyrshea Vanderbilt 2 1-3 5; Yeneria Tuitt 2 2-4 6; Mary King 2 4-4 9; Cerbi Ritchey 3 0-1 7; totals 17 13-19 53.Sweetwater 9 8 5 9 – 31Big Spring 11 15 19 8 – 53Three-point goals – Sweetwater (Crosson, K. Cason, Hernandez), Big Spring (Hill 2, Yarbar, Anderson, King, Ritchey); Total fouls – Sweetwater 17, Big Spring 9; Fouled out – none.Boy's gameBig Spring 48Sweetwater 37The Big Spring Steers found strength in numbers Tuesday night.Head Coach Cliff Thompson made liberal use of his bench vs. Sweetwater, sometime substituting as many as five players at a time.This continuous wave of fresh legs helped the Steers overcome a shaky start and eventually wear down the Mustangs."They don't have a deep bench, and we do. That was a big difference, particularly in the second half," Thompson said.The first eight minutes, however, were a sort of mini-nightmare for the Steers, who scored only three points in the first quarter as the result of a new defensive wrinkle thrown at them by Sweetwater."They played man-to-man defense against us the last time we played, but this time they dropped back into a zone," Thompson said. "They covered our big men and dared our guards to shoot the ball."In the second quarter, the Steers took that dare, scoring 12 of their 16 point from behind the three-point arc to take a 19-17 lead into intermission.In the decisive third quarter, it was the Steers' pressure defense that came to the forefront, forcing six turnovers and leading to several easy baskets as Big Spring took command of matters and cruised to the win.Chazzell Robinson scored 12 points and Ty'ral Menefield added 11 for the Steers, who find themselves alone in third place in the District 5-3A standings.Thompson was impressed with the way his team rebounded from the rough first quarter, especially with it coming on the heels of a blowout loss against Abilene Wylie Friday."I think it shows a lot about their character, about how they were able to weather the storm, so to speak," Thompson said. "It was good to see that."The Steers return to action Friday at Brownwood. Game time is 7:30 p.m.SWEETWATER (37) – Dylan Bennett 2 0-0 4; Taylor Jones 3 1-3 8; Kaleb Hoover 5 6-10 16; Cole Maxwell 1 1-2 3; Gabe Medellin 0 1-2 1; Tino Martinez 1 0-2 2; Dylan Adames 1 0-1 2; totals 13 9-20 37.BIG SPRING (48) – Ty'ral Menefield 4 0-0 11; Marc Segundo 1 0-0 3; Ryan Pollard 1 0-0 3; Tyler Graves 2 1-2 6; Tavaris Walker 2 0-0 5; Richard Lewis 1 0-0 2; Sealy 2 0-0 4; Chazzell Robinson 5 2-4 12; Chris Nunez 1 0-0 2; totals 19 3-6 48Sweetwater 8 9 6 14 – 37Big Spring 3 16 20 9 – 48Three-point goals – Sweetwater (Jones), Big Spring (Menefield 3, Segundo, Pollard, Graves, Walker); Total fouls – Sweewater 13, Big Spring 19; Fouled out – Medellin.


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The port looks exactly like a DisplayPort connector, but boy, can it do a whole lot more. It supports a transfer speed of up to 10 Gbps, which is about twice the speed of USB 3.0. You can also daisy-chain up to 6 devices through one connector, which is also pretty impressive. It can deliver 10 Watts of power, and has both DisplayPort and PCI Express built right in, and it's bi-directional. By employing PCI Express, you don't need special drivers for each piece of equipment.
"Intel's Thunderbolt controllers interconnect a PC and other devices, transmitting and receiving packetized traffic for both PCIe and DisplayPort protocols," Intel explains, "Thunderbolt technology works on data streams in both directions, at the same time, so users get the benefit of full bandwidth in both directions, over a single cable. With the two independent channels, a full 10 Gbps of bandwidth can be provided for the first device, as well as additional downstream devices."
"Now you can create a professional video setup for your MacBook Pro, just as you would for your Mac Pro," Apple writes, "If you're a video editor, imagine connecting high-performance storage, a high-resolution display, and high-bit-rate video capture devices to handle all the post-production for a feature film - right on your notebook."
It's all pretty damn impressive, and while it's Intel who developed it, it's once again Apple who is first in bringing a promising new connection technology to consumers. They haven't always been successful with this, but with Intel on their side, this technology will be going somewhere.
Can you imagine, in a few years, having a Thunderbolt port on your smartphone? With smartphones becoming ever more powerful, the moment where you can just plug your smartphone in a dock somewhere and have it connected to a high-resolution display and several input and storage devices is coming ever closer.
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Do you know how much sugar is in your diet? See why added sugars are a concern and how to cut back.
If you're like many people, you're probably eating and drinking more sugar than you realize because it's added to so many foods and beverages. Added sugars add calories without adding nutrients.
Some evidence suggests there's a relationship between added sugars and obesity, diabetes and heart disease, but this relationship isn't entirely clear.
Read on to learn more about added sugars, including where they're most commonly found.
All sugar, whether natural or processed, is a type of simple carbohydrate your body uses for energy. Fruits, vegetables and dairy foods naturally contain sugar.
"Added sugars" are the sugars and syrups added to foods during processing. Desserts, sodas, and energy and sports drinks are the top sources of added sugars for most Americans, but many other foods contain added sugars.
Sweetness has an almost universal appeal. So adding sugar to processed foods makes them more appetizing. But sugar is also added to foods because it:
Foods with a lot of added sugars contribute extra calories to your diet, but provide little nutritional value. In addition, added sugars are often found in foods that also contain solid fats, such as butter or margarine, or shortening in baked goods.
Eating too many foods with added sugars and solid fats sets the stage for potential health problems, such as:
The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that added sugars make up no more than 10 percent of your daily calories. For a 2,000-calorie diet, that means no more than 200 calories a day should come from added sugars.
The American Heart Association advises a stricter limit for added sugars — no more than 100 calories a day for most women and no more than 150 calories a day for most men. That's about 6 teaspoons of sugar for women and 9 for men. One teaspoon of sugar has about 16 calories.
To put this into perspective, a 12-ounce can of regular soda has about 160 calories, or about 10 teaspoons, of sugar.
Unfortunately, U.S. adults get 13 percent of their total daily calories from added sugars, which exceeds the recommendations.
Identifying added sugars can be confusing. Most people look at the Nutrition Facts part of the label for the total number of grams of sugar in a serving of the product. It's important to realize, however, that the amount shown includes natural sugars found in certain ingredients, such as grain, fruit and milk. The only reliable way to identify added sugars is to look at the ingredient list.
Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight. If you see sugar listed among the first few ingredients, the product is likely to be high in added sugars.
Currently the Food and Drug Administration is considering updating the Nutrition Facts label to help clarify how much sugar is added to foods.
Sugar goes by many different names, depending on its source and how it was made. This can also make it hard to identify added sugars, even when you read ingredient lists and food labels.
Check for ingredients ending in "ose" — that's the chemical name for many types of sugar, such as fructose, glucose, maltose and dextrose. Here's a list of other common types of added sugars:
Despite what you may have heard, there's no nutritional advantage to honey, brown sugar, fruit juice concentrate or other types of sugar over white sugar.
To reduce the added sugars in your diet, try these tips:
By limiting the amount of added sugars in your diet, you can cut calories without compromising nutrition. In fact, cutting back on foods with added sugars and solid fats may make it easier to get the nutrients you need without exceeding your calorie goal.
Take this easy first step: Next time you're tempted to reach for a soda or other sugary drink, grab a glass of ice-cold water instead.
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Waxahatchee is Alabama's Katie Crutchfield - ex-punk, veteran adolescent, restless twentysomething. Debut LP American Weekend, stamped with confrontational intimacy and nervous tape hiss, chronicled her ongoing self-appraisal, a personal whirlwind of close friends and distant family that rarely overestimated our interest. It was a moving, albeit straightforward document. On one hand it's hard to imagine any plucky teen already acquainted with the Mountain Goats' catalogue burning their braces and breathlessly proclaiming its genius, but in a genre fraught with sinkholes the album stood its ground, shrieking its sorrows and keenly-trained on the territory.
Recorded with friends in their shared Philadelphia hangout, American Weekend's follow-up planes down and turns up with electric conviction. Helping out are three quarters of Swearin' - twin sister Allison's excellent punk-pop band - but you wouldn't know it. There are maximal expulsions, amplified and harmonious, evoking noisier Cat Power or Nina Nastasia. But they issue from Crutchfield's strained voice and peaking guitar rather than frivolous embellishments. There's a reflective, forced composure in the vocal, often double-tracked with Allison's, something invoking the epic and noble assurance of secret diary tirades when she gets going, a pretty squall of spiked reverie and colloquial cadence.
Yet for all its familiar, wooly-sweatered signifiers - eg self-deprecation mingling with outsider cynicism ("this place is vile and I am vile" - 'You're Damaged'; "make up sits on your face like tar" - 'Dixie Cups and Jars') - Cerulean Salt rejects fey-indie typecasting. You picture these entries touching many: the bedroom fanatic, pariah cheerleader, strong, powerful women, quiet sensitive men, prime number-enthusiasts, private geniuses who persevere with Dostoyevsky. It's a smart, smouldering thing, and while its author lives and dies on our empathy, she's precise and engaging enough to most often get it.
Undoubtedly the record culminates rather than surpassing the 24-year-old's years. Often Crutchfield romanticises adversity ("I'll write a tragic epilogue, and you'll act it out") before emptying out residual sentiment like leftover cans: "I will find a way to leave gracefully or I'll escape... I'm an arid abyss". Like much of her audience, she's more interested in problems than solutions. Cerulean Salt's romance manifests in pathos-steeped shrugs. "We'll wake up sober two years later and we're loving", Crutchfield chants mock-sweetly on 'Blue Part II', apparently invoking the routine love-yous of despondence over anything slushier: "The atmosphere is fucking tired, it brings us nothing," the couplet closes.
Ultimately Crutchfield writes for herself and does so well; leaving her music, there's no question whose side we're on. How loudly we cheer, however, is a matter of listener-artist compatibility, and Cerulean Salt is a reliquary of youth to which some will travel more eagerly than others. A spokesperson for wearied souls, Waxahatchee leaves the rest of us intrigued but far from in love.
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This guide is for the elderly and not-so-elderly who may find it profitable and personally gratifying to shop and buy used goods. It is also written for persons who are searching for ways to beat the high cost of living and the anxieties of buying expensive new goods. Included are a set of precautions for those who are inexperienced or hesitant about buying used goods.
Buying used goods offers you a way to beat high costs of new goods and to avoid having a large investment in your possessions. As you may have discovered, the stigma that used to be attached to buying used goods in many subcultural groups has diminished in recent years. More people are buying used goods and there are more opportunities to do so than ever before.
The author recently conducted a study of the buying habits of older adults in Missouri. Respondents in the study identified a number of reasons for having purchased used goods:
Information on where to buy used goods is easy to come by. Radio stations have "trading posts" and "swap shops on the air;" newspapers have expanded their services in helping readers sell and acquire used items; and supermarkets routinely make billboards available for customer use. Perhaps most notable are the weekly shoppers that contain ads for hundreds of used items.
Nearly all cities and many towns have regular outlets for serviceable, used goods. Some outlets operate as businesses, and some are services of church, philanthropic or civic-related groups. Some are specialty shops such as those that sell "vintage" clothes and accessories. Proprietors usually charge substantial prices, but they also pay better prices for the merchandise they acquire. A velvet hat that might bring 50 cents at an auction might bring its owner $5 if sold to a proprietor of a "vintage" clothes shop.
Most used items are either sold directly through media ads, at garage sales or at auctions. Individuals with something to sell may try a number of sales strategies. A common pattern is to advertise an item in the local newspaper or on a radio program. If it doesn't sell, the person may put it in a garage sale. Then if the item doesn't sell, it may be taken to a regularly held community auction. The expected sale price or return on the item may go down with each successive time it is offered for sale.
Estate and consignment auctions are common in both rural and urban settings. Auctions have become the hunting grounds of collectors of precious and semiprecious objects. Elderly hobbyists are increasing in number, and a wide range of things formerly bought for use are now "collectibles," e.g., thimbles, dishes, bottles, insulators, roll-top desks, even automobiles!
Those who buy "for use" may find certain items, particularly at auctions, priced out of range by amateur and sometimes professional collectors. Also, it is advisable to go to a few garage sales and auctions to find out the popularity of certain kinds of goods you might want to buy or sell.
The consumer of any age who chooses judiciously from the array of used goods available in the many outlets can save hundreds, even thousands, of dollars annually. Consider one of the many anecdotes of participants in our recent study of the buying habits of older Missourians.
"About five years ago my neighbor bought a new harvest gold side-by-side refrigerator for $900. To hear her tell it, she has had nothing but trouble with it. Yet, to show you how you can save money, about three years ago I bought an identical refrigerator at an auction for $185. My husband and I hauled it home and installed it ourselves. We also paid $15 for an appliance dealer to check it out and clean the motor. Our total cash outlay was about $215. We've used the refrigerator three years without a problem, and we love it. I think that with my used model I've had the better deal."
Experience may be the best teacher when buying used goods. Many people go to auctions or garage sales not just to socialize, but also to hunt for bargains. However, buying many items should be done with considered judgment and skill as a consumer.
Some large items that sell as secondhand goods — major household appliances, furniture, farm machinery, trailers, automobiles and even houses — involve a lot of money. Such buying is not done without planning and forethought.
The solution to the problem "to buy or not to buy" used goods is not a simple yes or no answer. But, given the prospect of a slowed-down economy, rising labor costs and continuing inflation, buying more used goods may be wise if you go about it in an informed and cautious manner. The remainder of this guide deals in the specifics of good consumer practices for buying used goods.
These pointers may help you make wise use of secondhand goods.
The world of secondhand purchases is a fascinating one. There are risks, as we have pointed out, but of course there are rewards. If you have carefully assessed your needs and have decided to buy something, if you know something about what you are buying and use the same good judgment you have used in buying new items, you will undoubtedly have many successful experiences. Enjoy your shopping.
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My student Samira Daruki recently attended the Women In Theory workshop at Princeton. This is the first part of her (lightly edited) report from the workshop, focusing on the technical talks. For more on the workshop (from a presenter's perspective) see Glencora Borradaile's post.
This past week, I was at the third workshop on "Women in Theory (WIT)" workshop held in Princeton University with about 46 female students and 12
speakers. Most of the students came from different schools in USA: University of Maryland, College
Park, Brown, Oregon State, UMass, MIT, Stony Brook, Berkeley, Princeton,
Columbia, Boston U, Washington, Stevens Institute of Technology, , UCSD, Northwestern, Harvard, UW-Madison,
UCLA, CUNY, GMU, Harvey Mudd and Uta . There were also some international
students from India (IIT), ETH Zurich, Germany, Canada (Toronto), City University Hong
Kong, Moscow Engineering Institute and Israil (Technion, Weizmann, Hebrew).
Participants were from a wide range of research fields like Cryptography
and Privacy, Graph theory and algorithms, Computational Geometry,
Computational Biology, Complexity, Game theory and mechanism design and
Social Networks. But the interesting thing was that you could
find more students working on cryptography than other fields.
Tal Rabin, Shubhangi Saraf and Lisa Zhang were organizers of the workshop
and there were many junior and senior women in the field as speakers:
Gagan Aggarwal (Google), Glencora Borradaile (Oregon State), Joan
Girgus(Princeton), Nicole Immorlica (Northwestern University), Valerie King
(University of Victorial),Maria Klawe (Harvey Mudd), Vijaya Ramachandran
(UT Austin), Jennifer Rexford (Princeton),Dana Ron (Tel Aviv University),
Ronitt Rubinfeld (MIT and Tel Aviv University), Shubhangi Saraf(IAS),
Rebecca Wright (Rutgers and DIMACS).
Beside the non-technical parts of the workshop, there were many
interesting technical talks by different researchers on different topics.
Among them, one of the very wonderful and interesting talks was presented
by Dana Ron (Tel-Aviv University, Columbia) on sublinear-time algorithms. When we refer to "efficient algorithms" we usually mean
"polynomial-time algorithm" and at the best we can try to lower the degree
of the polynomial as much as possible, leading to "linear time algorithms". However when we are dealing with massive data sets, even
linear time might be infeasible. In these cases we look to design even
more efficient algorithms, namely "sub-linear time algorithms". These
algorithms do not even go through the whole input data, so we
just expect to output approximately-good answers. They are
also probabilistic, and so are allowed to have a failure probability (i.e are Monte Carlo).
One such type of algorithms are property testing algorithms, in which one has to decide with high success probability whether an input (like a
graph), has a certain property (for example is bipartite), or is relatively
far from having that property (for example in this case a relatively large
fraction of its edges should be removed so that the graph become
bipartite). In this talk several properties and algorithms were discussed. Other types of sublinear algorithms discussed in her talk were
algorithms for estimating various graph parameters, like the number of
connected components, the size of a minimum vertex cover, and so on.
I think Dana wase able to give a flavor of analysis techniques for sublinear-time algorithms with great clarity, and it was definitely one
of the best talks in this workshop.
Another great talk was given by Ronitt Rubinfeld (Tel Aviv University
and MIT), on estimating properties of distributions. In her talk, she
surveyed a body of work regarding the complexity of testing and estimating
various parameters of distributions over large domains, when given access
to only few samples from the distributions. Such properties include testing
if two distributions have small statistical distance, testing if the
marginal distributions induced by a joint distribution are independent,
testing if a distribution is monotone, and approximating the entropy of the
distribution. In this kind of problems, the classical techniques such as
the Chi-squared test or the use of Chernoff bounds have sample complexities
that are at least linear in the size of the support of the underlying
discrete probability distributions. However, algorithms whose sample
complexity is "sublinear" in the size of the support were shown for all of
the above problems.
Nicole Immorlica (Northwestern University) also gave an interesting talk
about cooperation in social networks, presented as a game among
students. In this talk, she explored the impact of networks on behavior
through a study of the emergence of cooperation in the dynamic, anonymous
social networks that occur in online communities. In these communities,
cooperation (for example in business deal) results in mutual benefits,
whereas cheating results in a high short-term gain.
Some of the other interesting talks was presented by Gagan
Aggarwal (Google) on mechanism design for online advertising, Glencora
Borradaile (Oregon State) on designing algorithms for planar graphs (and it
was the only talk on the blackboard without any slides!), Vijaya
Ramachandran (U of Texas, Austin) on Parallel and Multicore Computing Theory
and Valerie King (University of Victoria) on Dynamic Graph Algorithms for
maintaining connectivity. In her talk, Valerie discussed this problem that
had been studied for over 30 years, and she reviewed the area and described
a new direction for achieving polylogarithmic worst case performance. At
the end of her talk she also mentioned Mihai Patrascu as a pathbreaking researcher who was
taken too soon from us.
Unfortunately there were no talks on topics like Computational
Geometry, but we had a few students working on CG related topics and
they presented their research problems in the rump session. My presentation at the rump session was on building core sets for uncertain data.


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Motivational speaker Travis Brown, otherwise known as "Mr. Mojo," had hundreds of West Henderson High students on their feet Friday afternoon as part of an anti-bullying presentation.
Motivational speaker Travis Brown, otherwise known as "Mr. Mojo," had hundreds of West Henderson High students on their feet Friday afternoon as part of an anti-bullying presentation he takes to schools around the country.
His main message isn't "I won't bully," but rather "If I see another student being bulled, I will step in to defend them," or what he calls "Mojoing Up."
With the kids on their feet, Brown had them repeat after him in loud, clear voices, "I will step in! I will step up! I will be that student who makes a difference!"
Once the students were seated, Brown continued his message.
"You have the power to help people. You have the power to hurt people just by the words you use," he said. "We are all different."
Bullies will pick on someone for being too tall or too short, how much or how little someone weighs, the clothes they wear, the team they play on, their financial situation, or just about any other "difference" the bully can zero in on. When a fellow students stands up for someone being bullied, it can make all the difference in that person's life, Brown said.
"You can make a positive difference if you step in and Mojo up," he said.
Targets of bullies need that solidarity to know "they are OK and can make it."
"Every single day you are here, you can make a difference and have a positive impact," Brown told the crowd of more than 500 students.
He made two presentations over the course of the afternoon so that every student in the school had a chance to hear his message.
"Sometimes we can take things too far" with a cruel comment or a "joke" about someone's appearance. When that happens, "it's time to Mojo up" to stop the negativity in its tracks, he said.
"There are haters out there and they will talk about you, but you never lose your value, your worth, or who you are" because of someone else's unkind words, he added. "When you walk out of her today, I want you to walk out of her different than when you walked in. I want you to say, 'I might be crushed or crumpled today but I still have value. I still have worth.'"
Brown told the students a personal story about his mother, who was teased because of her weight when she was a youngster. One day as she got on the school bus, there were several students who rang cow bells and mooed at her. Her sister, also on the bus, stayed silent. Brown's mother "just laughed" at her tormentors and tried to put the incident behind her, but the emotional scar was seared into her memory.
Brown emphasized to students that "just because someone's laughing" doesn't mean they're not hurt by what's happening — "it's just a coping mechanism."
Sophomore Jerry Jervis knew exactly where Brown was coming from. In the past he has been bullied and "I just stayed quiet about it and laughed it off. Recently I've been working on it, but today I really needed to hear this speech, not just for myself but for other people."
Jervis said the main message he heard from Brown was "how little it takes for a situation to blow up, but how it just takes one person to Mojo Up" to put an end to bullying.
Fellow sophomore Kealey McDaniels said she's also been bullied in the past and "I just ignored it." She found Brown's presentation "inspirational." The bullying that's taken place in her life "doesn't affect who I am, and I don't have to listen to it."
Senior Shannon Miller said she liked Brown's speech "a lot." She felt that "a lot of anti-bullying messages are stereotypes, but (Brown) really connected with us."
Student Jimmy Gash felt the same way.
"He was great," the sophomore said of Brown. "He was really interactive and told some great stories."
Gash said he's never been bullied and has never witnessed bullying, but going forward, if he did, "I would stand up for the person getting bullied and tell the bully that it's not cool to be that way to other people."
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