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I need a logo designed for photography. I am a beginner of photography, and i need logo, and banner for facebook.
20 photographs and an 2minutes videos including video and photos editting
Hello dear freelancer, We are a games company and looking for a photographer or photographer team which can provide us with great images for our new website expansion. The images should show people who are having fun while playing a new kind of scavenger hunt like outdoor game and mystery murder game for indoors, both with iPad in the city and/or on great landmarks (similar to Pokémon go, ...
We need a photography website for both browser and mobile (responsive).
I need a product photographer from Delhi/NCR who could come to Noida to click pictures of artificial jewellery. Preferably on the coming Tuesday i.e. 20th Nov. I have a total no. Of 20-25 products. No models required. Only lifestyle flatlay images and product placement on holders (mostly necklace holders and earring holders)
Please bid on this project if you have access to an industrial setting for photography. Actors needed as well.
...a logo which can be used as icon, e.g. on Instagram, my online portfolio or business card. This may include an abstract icon of a camera or similar (something related to photography), and my business name: Julia's Lens. Please be creative. Please make use of the colours white, black and blue. Thank you and I am already looking forward to your entries
We need a food & restaurant photographer to work for 3 soon to open restaurants in Doha. Food photographs will be used for the menus; interior and exterior shots will be used for restaurants' websites and profiles.
...interior photos...No need like royal photos. I need a nice, easy, warm light photos(like your home photos) The main goal is a nice clean wall and some furniture, I want to put my product on the wall, it will be like an advertising wall... Kid room, kid playroom, living room, public room(coffee tea room) We can star from 20-30 photos. Photo quality stars
We are a young and vibrant company based in Hong Kong :) We help a range of clients maintain their Social Media activities. For B2B business, to party event companies to F&B. We are looking for creative designer(s) to design content for us on a regular basis (weekly) i.e, A Facebook / Instagram Ad post. The designer shall be approachable and responsive. Ability to design both English and Chine...
I'm looking to do a photo shoot demonstrating my foot fetish. This would involve me sucking a lady's toes. Either a female photographers toes or someone else. Im after photos that capture my passion.
I'm looking for a photographer take some photo of me for my social media
I need some help with finding some leads for Indian couples seeking makeup artists and photographers. Minimum budget for makeup will have to be 25000 and for wedding shoot - INR 1,00,000/- We will be willing to pay upto INR 400 per verified lead. Target cities are Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Mumbai
Take photographs of jewelry and handbags for use on an online store.
HI there, I got a new product to sell on amazon so i want someone very professional who will create a professional listing including product photos . Must have a good experience in creation of amazon product listing . regards
Hello there, I am a wedding and family photographer based in Belgium and I need a logo for my business. The logo should include" Yating Wang Photography". I like hand drawing style and eucalyptus on my logo. Some examples: [login to view URL] https://www
We need you to design a logo for a photo studio. Name of the studio is Laviin Photography. Logo should be in one colour, please prepare both black on white and white on black options. We would like to have calligraphic element in it but it is not a must. We intend to use it as logo and as a watermark on our photos. I've added 2 font samples: we
I need a product photographer to take white background, function and moodshot images of over 500 products launching in January 2019. This work neds to be completed by the end of the first week in December. Preferably this person will have access to their own kit and studio. Thanks Stephen
Most of working for corporate sectors.
I need the shadow to be taken out of this image and for it to be enhanced. Look like a shiny piece of metal
I would like to hire someone to do some photography work and possibly a video from 13th to 15th Nov. for a trade show.
I need a logo designed and copyright also when i shoot any photo i need copyright and my personal logo make me logo design
I am flying at to the Czech Republic in Brno, but will also be around Prague. I am looking to shoot a music video and have pictures taken for my ep. My ep is a mixture of what I have been through the past 2 years and many people could relate to the music on it. attached are some songs that are on it. I want to take pictures and videos at some local venues, nightclubs, ice cream shops and histori...
I need a logo designed.
Photos of commercial spaces in Madrid
I need an Android app. I would like it designed and built. Deepayan photography
I need someone to alter some images.
Pictures of an informal wedding and family pictures. About 1.5 hours of work in St Augustine FL
...showcase the sunglasses fully and these same angles on different backgrounds of white, red, yellow and black These need to be top notch, crisp, premium, professional, hi-res photography, that are cleaned-up, retouched, colour corrected to pop that will catch the consumers eyes, deep-etched if needed. The images supplied should be resized for web use and
Hi, I'm looking someone who can do photography or video in Frankfurt Germany (local job). No need expert, but at least can get some good photos for me. Thank you :-)
I need a logo designed for my photography website. It's need to be simple and unique. I use this logo as a watermark in my picture what I capture and also I use it in my website. Name will be ( shuvo's photography or photography by shuvo) chose one name what you comfortable.
Hello, I have a real estate photography agency in Miami Florida. I need a person who knows how to create effective scripts and make the cold calls to realtors to offer the service. The expectation is to contact 50-100 people in 2-3 hours and make at least 1 effective sale per day. It is also required to send the emails or text messages providing
Hi ! I need a photography portfolio within one week with Wordpress. I have the url, the theme and know what I want as a design. Only problem: I need the job done in one week. Is someone willing to help me?
...textile product photographer who has experienced of such photography as photography of clothing is different from food photography. I have men's denim jackets, denim trousers, girls blouses. All items are in different sizes so you should be able to take photograph accordingly (on Mannequin or on hanging) Will be needing 2-3 angles per product. Attaching
We require a freelance photographer for our diverse variety of corporate gifting products.
I offer an event photography service. I need help with domain registration and web design start to finish. The website needs to portray sample images as well as a couple of 360-degree panoramic views. Freelancers who know what a 360 VR is, pls apply.
Hi there, We have 10 photos that we need edited. It is minimal retouching and colour correction. You will see the images and it will be very clear. Thank you,
I need a new website. I need you to design and build a landing page.
I've been selling cameras and photography equipments internationally last 5years internationally through eBay. I need a website similar to eBay which let sellers and buyers to have same features same as eBay. please contact me with price and the time it takes. I have uk registered company. I'm also able to make contract with registered companies to
Need Freelance photographers from all over India for a corporate event.
...2-create recipe videos 3-nicely styled photos with our product 4-take pictures with our products 5- make recipes with our products You will be asked to provide 5 pieces of content a week. We will provide illustrator files of our products first and then if all goes well we will ship you the product to take real pictures with ideally you are a graphic
...include product shots, flat lays, etc. on white with and without props. we would like to pay a day rate or half day rate for you to shoot in your studio. we will provide props and product. we will take all raw photos. no editing involved. this will be an ongoing gig if you are chosen. please provide samples of cool, edgy beauty product images
I am building my personal brand. I sell myself as a branding. Therefore I need a good result to achieve my goals. Picture and creating content is my tools to boost and increase the market.
Hi, Looking for product photographers in Delhi. These are FMCG products. 100-120 products need to be clicked and edited for use in brochures and on the website. Thanks
I'm looking for a photographer who can take portrait photographs around 2 to 3 pics edited ones. Ready to come to there location. (all the other stuff like hair styling and dress will be taken care by myself)
I would like to create Photo Realistic Images of My products. The products are Wooden Chess Pieces. Have attached some samples references for the kind of work that I am interested in. They are screenshots taken from competitors website. Initially I would be interested in a sample but If I like the work, then I would like to extend it to all my products. Scope is approximately 300+ images. The imag...
...e-commerce business, and are now promoting our Yoga Mat product line through Amazon.co.uk. We need a freelancer based in London to take pictures of our yoga mat, edit these using a suitable photo editor and preparing them for upload on Amazon. To apply for this role, please share a portfolio of Amazon product pictures you have taken in the past and confirm
I have been doing photography learning on my own, but some how I am not able to do clean post processing. If some one teach me fast track session to take portrait pics and do post processing to look good quality pics.
Photography - to take pics of property to showcase quality and space of property. 5 rooms, kitchen and 2 bathrooms to be photographed
I need an mobile photographer for a instagram photo to increase my audience


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"The title of this article may shock you, because the trophy system is honestly a very well built system that has had some nice improvements over the year, and it is my favorite system over all consoles for many reasons, but in all honesty, it is actually hugely limited as to what it could actually do, what I actually envision it to be one day. If you find the trophy and achievement systems on Microsoft and Sony's official consoles to be the best that they can be right now, then I really advise you to read this article. I used to think they couldn't add much more to the trophy system than it has already, but then I started thinking…"
I think it is well built and does what an achievement system should do. Saying this I agree with the progress bar. What a great idea.
They should really expand on trophies especially online. Sony should create an official website like psntrophies or playstationtrophies and have all crazy rankings and stats, that would be popular.
They're really addicting especially because of platinums and ability to just compare trophies isnt enough
like this Sony showed off
You're already able to look at trophies on the playstation site.
And hey, this site must be taking notes from Kotaku; report a story or write an editorial and then go after the subject of that article with another article.
yea. that shiny blue platinum trophy is what makes the difference. i need more of those.
i would so get more into home, if that trophy system was implemented that errod88 linked. i haven't logged into home for at least 6 months maybe more
It would be better to just get a life then waste time away on worthless trophies.
p.s on xbox 360 you can delete games which have 0 achievements.
So that people don't know you suck at them? I don't think so...
Yeah pretty sure most of us don't care what random gamers who think trophies are some kind of social standing think about 0% games.
@Crow, calis, and agreers
Pretty sure I'd rather not have my trophy list cluttered up with garbage I just wanted to try out for 5 minutes.
0% has nothing to do with sucking at the game and more to do with the game sucking.
The way it is now, if you don't want your list cluttered, you have to go onto a different profile to test games and demos (just in case they add to your list also, like the Free Realms demo). It's a dumb, wasteful process. Just give the ability to remove or hide trophies you don't want.
I'm in your corner. I personally do not care about my trophy numbers, or why they should be added if you're just testing a game but I also do not get why there is no option to remove them.
I like trophies but I have one disagreement that trophies and achievements share, and that is the stupid simple achievements/trophies. An example is you enter online multiplayer and you get a trophy. Kill your first enemy and get a trophy. All trophies/achievements should be worthy of achieving and not just handed to you.
ever since the new PS store update it now takes forever (minutes!) to look at trophies, I think it's safe to say now that the only person that would take the time to look at your trophies is ... you
and what I don't understand is if you just go to this web page (replace the XXXXX with a psn handle) it comes up instantly
The only flaw I find with the system is the status bar for each game. I have 100% on most games I've played but that damn DLC addition kills my 100% and knocks me down to 60 or 70. It's beyond infuriating for a completionist like myself.
Don't bother telling me to buy the DLC and beat it because DLC is just another word for content that should have been in game but was cut due to greed.
Isn't there already a progress bar when you look on your profile when you are on the firend's list?
Some games have a built in "progress bars" like Resistance 3 and Gears of War 3. But yes their should be a universal one.
I rather have trophies than achievement points
There are many thing any did wrong this gen and many ms did right with xblive
Cross game chat-good
Xblive points system instead of real money-bad/stupid
Achievement-ms started something nice
Ps3 trophies Sony took the achievement idea and made it more gamer friendly, I mean who doesn't like trophies
So while the trophy system could use SE small tweaks that I am sure will get for ps4 launch p, I am not sure t needs an over haul
Even if it's the best there's always room for improvement, just don't fix the things that aren't broken.
Game percentage and DLC percentage can be separate, but it's up to the developers to programme it that way.
Just as a point of note.
Game trophies and DLC/add-on trophies can, in-fact, be separated as far as organization goes. However, when it comes to seeing the game's total percentage in the list of games, it could be at 100% after the game releases, but could drop to say 85% when DLC comes out, then when selecting the game you can see the progress of the main game then all the pieces of DLC. I don't mind it too much and see how it makes sense, but it is still a fairly popular requested feature to make two percentage bars, one for the main game, and one for all the cumulative DLC
The only problem could come with those games that have multiple pieces of DLC that all have their own trophy lists. If you have something for a game like, let's say, Burnout Paradise, that has a few DLC packs that add new trophies to the game, the amount of bars that would end up being there would just crowd everything up, and the end result would just get messy. Where would all those bars go that would keep things as neat and tidy as they are.
I could understand if a game has one major DLC item that added some trophies (and even that is questionable), but for a game that has several additions, it's going to get dumb in a hurry, I think it's much more feasible to be able to use the main menu item as a folder, and it's not broken.
I hate that. It makes it seem like i didn't even try to finish some games.... I get 100 percent, look at it later and its at 65 percent.... I don't feel like buying every piece of overpriced DLC to "finish" these games.
I RARELY compare trophies, it takes way to long to sync
Took me 15 mins to sync once. Truly pathetic.
Agreed. Honestly, that could really be the only thing I would complain about. Sony's trophy system would be perfectly fine if it synced faster. On my old account (back when I got a PS3 at launch) ?I never bothered to look through my trophies until like last year, and I was level 18... I left my PS3 sit on over night while my trophies synced and they still weren't finished by the time I woke up (about 6 hours later). I just gave up and have never bothered to try syncing them since lol.
If it does it again, try "rebuilding the database" on your PS3. I had the same issue, I did that, and now it syncs up faster. It keeps getting slow though, and "comparing" trophies still sucks. I hate how it locks up too, so if you accidentally press it you are screwed for 5 minutes.
plus helps for that. also doing it more frequently helps to
I Dont see why you should get plus just for that. It should sync when you unlock. The fact the vita is the same is ridiculous because it means Sony have built a stupid system and can't fix it.
It should sync when you unlock it? You mean, even if you're offline?
The Vita, by the way, is NOT the same: trophies you unlock are synced instantly, provided you're online. Never had any trouble with that on mine.
And you wouldn't get Plus JUST to sync trophies, but it's a welcome bonus.
The only thing stupid is the entirety of your comment. Luckily, you've got another bubble; you should try and fix it.
As for the trophy system itself, it's not so much that it "seriously needs some work." The title makes it seem like it's a broken system, when it seems to be more about what improvements or additions they'd like to see.
Hicken, you really shouldn't get so offended by what some guy on an internet forum says. We can all have different opinions without resorting to petty personal insults can't we?
As for bubbles - until last week I had a good track record in this place, but then in an article about the new Microsoft London studio, it was filled with idiots. My comment was literally "I can't believe there are so many troll comments above me" and I predictably got reported and banned for three days. So if you could give that back as it was probably you who took it from me in the first place, that would be great.
I have a Vita and I have never noticed instant syncing. I do tend to play only classics on it though, so maybe that's why and an unfair assumption on my part. If that's actually the case then fair play, and disregard my last comment. I hope this is in PS4.
My first comment still stands though - it's ridiculous that the PS3 can't do that. And obviously, if you're offline, it would sync automatically when you sign in. It can't be that hard, the other console has done it for 7 years.
DOM's right, auto syncing shouldn't be a caveat of Plus, Sony should make all technological improvements open to everyone who bought the console.
The Vita allows you to always view your trophy list and if you have trophies that need to be synced, then those trophies are synced in the "background" when viewing your trophy list. It shows the progress bar for the sync at the top-left while you are in the trophy app and doesn't disturb or interrupt you viewing your trophies,
A much better way of doing it, but still not exactly instant syncing once the trophy is awarded
It was better than nothing
And I'm very happy with it
I think they should reduce the number of trophies it requires to gain levels. I mean jesus, I have 1000+ trophies and I'm only "Level 12." That's years of gaming. I should feel like level 40 or something.
Not that it really matters. But if they are trying to give people a sense of playing a big RPG and be more addicted, then they should lighten up the requirements.
If you had high level you will see it as a silly thing and sony dont want you to feel like that . they want you to buy more games ..
I would mind some trophy currency addition. For like exclusive themes/avatars etc. Something to make me feel like it's worth it to buy x multiplat game on a Sony console.
Very nice idea, and a specific currency for getting trophies to get rewards! You'd actually be getting things for your accomplishments
They were actually working on something like that with "PlayStation Rewards" (I was in the beta a few years back). I dont know what happened to it tho. Seems like they scraped the idea. It was pretty cool. Got some exclusive avatars and themes out of it. . . avatars that no one else will be able to get. :)
I'm pretty sure they canceled it because people started hacking the PS3 and giving themselves trophies. So rather than implementing a system that could detect "fake trophies", they just ditched Playstation Rewards.
We'll most likely see it launch with the PS4 though (most likely be available on PS3/Vita at that time too).
@tron That makes no sense though because Sony said it about 500 times to everyone in the beta. "Trophies do not directly increase the rank"
Yeah they still had an effect, but if thats the issue then why not just actually keep that true?
I was part of that beta myself, i had reached legendary, alot of that was based on your PSN purchases as well, as completing certain tasks
@TronEOL. PlayStation Rewards wasn't based on trophies. Dont know where you got that info from. :-/
I love trophies...but i hate how they are implemented.
It was a little more acceptable when you could view them offline, but you are telling me I have to sync for 20-30 seconds everytime I earn one if I want to look at them?
There had to be a reason they made them online only, but I really have no idea.
yea that sucks. Whenever i get one and want to see what other ones i need in the game and it takes 30 secs to sync it is kinda crazy.
My solution to this is that when I am trophy hunting, I turn the trophy mode to offline; no sync happens and I can quickly check which ones I need. And if you have PS+, you can set your PS3 to auto update the trophies to the server at like 6 am. This is what I do and I thoroughly enjoy collecting trophies.
like imtheman says, if you check them while you're in the game you can turn the offline mode on. Nothing sync anymore and it shows right away all the trophies. If you do while you 're in the XMB it could start the sync, but if i don't want to wait, for example, i just press circle and i check them all (stopping the sync).
At least with PS+ it does the sync alone while i'm not using the console.
You can set the system to view them in offline mode so you only see the ones that are on your system.
To do so you press triangle on the XMB where it says trophies(not the whole list, but the main selection), and I believe the selection is "mode", or something to that effect.
If your in a game it will not sync the trophies if you go to view the list. If you are connected to PSN and not in a game it will then sync up new trophies with the server, and takes about 15-30 seconds.
The reason they went with an online mode was because you can now use it to view Vita trophies.
If you should ever lose all the trophy info on your system...say install a new hard drive...then you can still sync it and get them all back on your system. Off-line mode will not show you Vita trophies however.
press triangle and press x on "OFFLINE MODE"
edit well my post was pointless
I wish they would add that STUPID trophy room to Home...and give Home a full release on the PS4. It's a huge money maker for Sony, by the way. Will full integration on PS4 and an upgraded graphics/physics system, it could work so well!
Thinks they need to do about the trophy system:
Faster trophy added to your list without have to syn it.
An maybe adding a place in Playstation Home that has a room that holds all your trophy's in it with the name of the game above it.
Other then that, theirs really nothing that needs to be change.
I don't want to go into to much detail but I think for the ps4 they should turn PS home into an mmo, and use trophies u get in the games u play as currency for weapons and armor. It would give Sony a instant game with every ps4, a reason to log onto home if it was a pretty good mmo, and it would get people wanting to play more games to get more trophies. It would make trophies even more addictive and give an actual in game reason to go for platinums and all trophies. It would take a lot of work but if done right, i believe it would be a huge success.
*facepalm* This article is so ridiculous. And umm, there is a progress bar, it's an overall level progress bar. If you want a specific trophy progress bar, that's on the developers to include, not Sony. Everything in this article is just stupid.
Actually, any "system" involved with the console is up to Sony to provide. The developers are only obligated to develop the games (and now include trophies/achievements).
To include a per-trophy progress bar should be a simple task on Sony's part and should be included in the trophy menu, not just in-game.
Nah, it's up to the developers because they create the specific trophies and their conditions to obtain them. Or maybe it's up to both of them, but it in no way is a Sony only issue.
And in all honesty, there hasn't been a more nitpicky thing to talk about this entire gen. Honestly, it's ridiculous.
I was talking about specific trophy progress bars, and it is not up to the developers to include, as there is no such feature that's built into the trophy system, the only thing developers can do is show you your progress through stats in their start menu.
I'm talking about viewing your trophy list and seeing actual progress bars under trophies you'd normally have to keep a checklist for.
Not a fan of trophies myself. This is something i think sony needs to just do over. They make it too painful to do simple things like sync them. It takes too long. MS makes it simple and its more unified and much faster and simpler. So far it's achievements > trophies until sony improve things.
I definitely agree with wanting to be able to delete games which were mistakes or whatever. I don't like seeing a trophy list for a game I never play.
The only thing wrong with Trophies is having to synch them all the time, and even then you can get around it buy turning Trophies to offline
Thats pretty annoying and theres a ton of games that require you to refresh your trophies before playing them. But thats a minor issue that i expect will be fixed with the PS4.
i love trophies and the leveling system just fine
all sony needs to do is reward you with something for every platinum - avatars would be perfect cause theyre cheap and you can show em off
take god of war ascension coming up for example, if you can get the platinum then wouldnt it be badass to get a god of war avatar that cant be bought only obtained?
how awesome would it be to get a MGS4 platinum avatar?
The only gripe I have is to put the system back the way it was as the loading times in game are apauling. At leased before the update you did'nt have to load the trophy's, they were there too look at ingame straight away.
Having said that though, I have'nt read this article yet.
generally PSN sucks! so many problems with region locked payments, PSN cards, trophies have to synchronize manually everytime i wanna take a look at the list, the Store sucks, Vita PSN implementation is the poorest ever seen, worse than PS3 in 2006... no way to compare trophies with friends from trophy screen you need to open friends and compare...
i dont care about leaderboard and things like that i'm not trying to be number one in trophies but i'd like everything PSN related to be more user friendly by not requiring infinite loading times and by making thing smarter cause Sony loses loads of money by locking PSN and by not allowing multi account on vita.
Actually you are able to compare with friends directly from the trophy app, at the top-right of the app, there is a large button that says "compare trophies" and when you press it, there are options to share with friends of people from your players met list.
Regarding Vita being worse than PSN was in 2006? Hell to the no, I was there in 2006 and can say that is certainly not true, but I do agree that PSN needs some more work with integration and seamlessness.
The headline is misleading. What is mentioned is not "serious work" just some additions that are already supplied by non-sony websites.
i had a cool idea. Sony should let you pick your favorite trophy that you have gotten and it should show the trophy pic on your psn player profile on the bottom right. That way people can see one trophy that your most fond of. Some platinum trophies look badass and it would be cool to show them off to other players.
i got 23 platinums but now Im starting to out grow it. If I get a trophy while playing fine Im so backed up on games trying to platinum it its not even funny. Doesnt help that I have a life outside my gaming world working a lot of hours in everything else. Demon souls took forever to platinum i put 48 hours in that game then accidentally erase my game cuz I was half sleep loading it up then put 65 more hours in it and platinumed it. I have to say that was the hardest platinum I got out of all of them then bayonetta.
The Trophy system is fine. It is a step up from the GamerScore achievements on 360. The trophy system has a easy and simply representation of games you have got all the trophies for, indicated by the platinum trophy.
If anything 360 needs this. Having a Gamerscore of 34,520 is meaningless, as it doesn't mean you got 34 platinums so to speak.
Of course you can improve, but saying it needs 'drastic improvements' is silly.
Hell of a lot better than achievements. At least the trophies give you something to work for. I always loved trying to platinum a game I really liked on the Ps3. But on the 360 something like a platinum achievement is not available. They're just there...Xbox needs a leading achievement. Similar to a platinum trophy.

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Madison Gallery will ring in the new year with a new exhibit by Canadian-born artist James Verbicky.
Starting with an opening reception on Jan. 19, the gallery, located at 1020 Prospect St. Suite 130, will feature Verbicky's mixed-media pieces titled, as a collection, "ERA."
Verbicky, who is of Polish descent, came to the United States as an adult and, after working as a artist and struggling with citizenship for several years, was awarded a green card for "extraordinary ability," a status rarely given by the U.S. government, because of his involvement with many American museums, galleries, charities and publications.
Verbicky exhibited at the Louvre in Paris in 2008, with the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He has developed an international following with his media paintings and exhibits around the world. His work has been auctioned by Sothebys and Christie's, and his originals have been hung in thousands of private public, celebrity and museum collections.
With his use of and depiction of media in his work, he often laments the downward trend of print as the dominant form of communication, and challenges the viewer to contemplate our history and future through the various forms of media to which we are exposed.
"ERA" will feature Verbicky's media paintings, as well as never-before seen works from his new series, "Future Primitive."
Madison Gallery's opening reception will be held on Jan. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m., and the exhibit will run through Feb. 19. For more information, visit www.madisongalleries.com, email email@example.com or call (858) 459-0836.
LJAA celebrates the holidays with art
Local artists and art lovers will come together on Dec. 21 to celebrate the holidays with a party and artist reception at the La Jolla Art Association's "Happy Holidays, the Season for Giving" event.
Featuring a display of paintings, photography, silk wearable art, jewelry and sculpture, the event will allow guests to party and shop while supporting the nonprofit art association as it celebrates its 95th year in La Jolla.
From 6:30 to 8 p.m., the association will offer art viewings and holiday gift ideas as violinist Maryam Parto entertains the crowd with live music.
Prior to the party, starting on Dec. 17, the association's gallery will feature two works of art that should not be missed.
"Le Marais" depicts a scene from Paris' Quartier Juif, the old Jewish quarter in the city's third and fourth arrondissements. Guests can also view "Our Lady of Kazan," a painting on silk depicting a Russian Orthodox icon whose history dates back several hundred years.
The original painting of "Our Lady of Kazan" was discovered in 1579 in a garden in Kazan. From then, the original followed a long and sometimes dangerous journey. Taken along during a war between Russia and Poland because of its symbolism, it settled in Moscow following the war. A handful of replicas were made, and today it is unknown which, if any, of the paintings are in fact the original. In the early 20th century, what was then thought to be the original was stolen (perhaps for its gilded frame). One of the replicas, though likely not the original painting, was acquired by the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima and given to Pope John Paul II, who kept it for 10 years. It was returned to the Russian church in 2004.


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Below is a brief summary of the itinerary. For a full description, see "Itinerary". The hours in parentheses ( ) indicate time on the motor coach between stops.
DAY 1 - Overnight flight from the U.S.A. to Europe.
DAY 2 - Arrive at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Meet your tour manager and transfer (1 hr) through the neatly-groomed Dutch Lowlands to your hotel in Rotterdam followed by a welcome dinner. (Dinner)
DAY 3 - This morning travel (½ hr.) to Delft for a morning visit. Continue to Amsterdam (1 hr.) for an independent lunch and individual exploration. Return (1 hr.) to your Rotterdam area hotel for an included dinner (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 4 - Depart Rotterdam and travel through the Netherlands towards Belgium (1¼ hr). After a morning stop, continue to historic Antwerp (1¾ hr). Free time in Antwerp. Then, travel (2½ hrs) to Margraten, site of the American WWII Cemetery. Continue (¾ hr) to your hotel in Maastricht, Belgium and Germany. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 5 - Cross the border into Germany's North Rhine area (2 hrs). Take a break, before continuing (1 hr) through the Rhine River Valley to Boppard. Board a river boat for a 1½-hr upstream cruise on the legendary, castle-lined Rhine River. After disembarkation, proceed (2 hrs) to the old town of Heidelberg. Transfer (¼ hr) to your hotel in Schriesheim. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 6 - Scenic travel (2½ hrs) to the beautifully-preserved, medieval, walled town of Rothenburg. After a generous visit in Rothenburg, follow the Romantic Road (1¼ hr) and pause in one of the charming, old-world villages. Continue (1¼ hr) to Adelsried for overnight. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 7 - Motor (1½ hr) to the elegant Bavarian capital of Munich for a panoramic tour and free time in the pedestrian-only old town, with opportunity to visit the famous Hofbräuhaus. Cross the border into Austria, and follow the Inn River (2¼ hrs) to the Imperial City of Innsbruck. Free time for independent sightseeing in Innsbruck. Proceed to a nearby Tyrolean village (½ hr) , for a two-night stay. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 8 - Free day to explore on your own. Or, join the optional, full-day Bavarian Palace excursion during which you will take the Seefeld pass to Linderhof Palace (1¾ hr). Continue to the village of Obergammergau (½ hr). Return to your Tyrolean Village (2 hrs). Independent dinner or join the optional Tyrolean Show & Dinner excursion (½ hr transfer, each way). (Breakfast)
DAY 9 -Cross the spectacular Europa Brücke (Bridge) through the Dolomites (2 hrs). After the customary morning break, continue to subtropical Lake Garda (2 hrs) . Free time for independent lunch and relaxation. Continue (1¼ hr) to legendary Verona of Romeo & Juliet fame. After independent dinner, transfer (½ hr) from Verona to your hotel. (Breakfast)
DAY 10 - Head to Venice (2 hrs). Water taxi to St. Mark Square. Guided walking tour, including glass blowing demonstration. Afternoon free, with opportunity for a Gondola ride (about $45 p.p. based on 6 people per gondola) through the canals and under the bridges of Venice. Have dinner on your own, or join the optional Venice Dinner excursion. Return (2 hrs) to Verona. (Breakfast).
DAY 11 - A full day of travel to the Eternal City of Rome. Travel times today are 1½ hr to the morning rest stop, 2 hrs to the lunch stop, 1 hr to the afternoon stop and 2 hrs to Rome. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 12 - Morning motor coach tour of Rome with a local guide (3 hrs). Optional afternoon Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel excursion. Optional Rome Dinner excursion followed by transfer (½ hr) to Rome hotel. (Breakfast)
DAY 13 - Transfer (½ hr) to Rome for a free morning or join the optional Colosseum excursion. After lunch time in Rome, travel North (2 hrs) to the afternoon stop, before continuing (2 hrs) to your Tuscany hotel in Montecatini-Terme. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 14 - Morning ride (1 hr) to Pisa, with its famous Leaning Tower. Around 11 am, leave Pisa for the beautiful Byzantine city of Florence (1½ hr) where a local guide provides a walking tour followed by free time. Toward dinner time, return (1 hr) to Montecatini-Terme. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 15 - Travel north (2½ hrs), with a morning stop. Continue (2 hrs) to Lugano, Switzerland. With its stunning lake-side setting against the Swiss Alps, this is a perfect spot for a lunch break. Motor through the St. Gotthard Tunnel or Pass (2hrs) with a short stop. Then, proceed (1 hr) to your hotel in the beautiful Swiss Alps for a two-night stay. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 16 - Short ride (½ hr) to the mountain resort of Stans this morning , with opportunity to take an optional Swiss Mountain funicular ride. On to Lucerne (½ hr) for sightseeing and the optional Swiss Lake Boat Ride excursion. Return (½ hr) to your hotel in the Swiss Alps. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 17 - To Basel (1½ hr), at the conjunction of Switzerland, Germany and France. Cross the border into the Alsace Region of France (2 hrs). Arrive Beaune by mid-afternoon (1½ hr) to check-in and explore this medieval village in the Burgundy wine region. (Breakfast)
DAY 18 - Depart Beaune to a morning stop (2 hrs), then continue to Paris (2½ hrs). The remainder of the day is yours to explore Paris. Optional Paris Evening excursion (¾ hr transfer in each direction). (Breakfast)
Day 19 - Free day in Paris to pursue your personal interests and . . . of course, shopping at the renowned Parisian boutiques, department stores and open air markets. In the morning join your tour manager for an optional Seine River Cruise. In the evening there is an optional Paris Dinner and Cabaret Show excursion. (Breakfast)
DAY 20 - Transfer (½ hr) to the train station. In less than 3 hours, the high-speed Eurostar train will take you under the English Channel to the British coast and onward to London. Afternoon sightseeing tour (3 hrs) of London. (Breakfast, Dinner )
DAY 21 - Free day in London, with optional morning Tower of London and optional evening London Dinner & Theatre excursions. (Breakfast)
DAY 22 - Transfer (2 hrs) to London Heathrow Airport for the return flight home. (Breakfast)


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Varlamov stops 25 shots, Landeskog has two points in Avs' 3-2 win over CoyotesNHL.com @NHLdotcom
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche's big win over the Phoenix Coyotes might have come at an even bigger price.
Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves, Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist, and Colorado beat the Coyotes 3-2 on Thursday night.
Kevin Porter and Stefan Elliott also scored for Colorado, which went 8-1 at home in December. But Colorado's celebration was tempered because of a right knee injury sustained by centre Matt Duchene early in the first period.
Duchene was hurt as his right skate got caught in a rut in the ice as he tried to deliver a check. He skated to the bench and went immediately to the locker room. Duchene wore a brace on the right knee after the game.
"I just saw it on video, it looked like he tweaked it," Colorado coach Joe Sacco said. "He'll be re-evaluated in the morning."
The 20-year-old Duchene leads the Avalanche with 12 goals and is second on the team with 24 points.
"He's without a doubt one of the best players in the league," Landeskog said. "It's definitely a big blow to us, but at the same time we have a good team in here."
Mikkel Boedker had two goals, and Kyle Chipchura had two assists for the Coyotes. Jason LaBarbera stopped 32 shots in the loss.
Landeskog netted the winning goal after Chuck Kobasew did the dirty work. Kobasew battled Adrian Aucoin along the boards before floating a pass to Landeskog, who beat LaBarbera between the pads with 10:50 remaining.
"Chucky did a great job of staying with that puck," Landeskog said. "He kind of fed me, and I got some room there, I tried to get it low on net and was able to sneak it in five-hole."
LaBarbera went off for an extra skater with 50 seconds left, but the Coyotes couldn't get the tying goal.
Boedker's second goal with 2:21 left in the second period got Phoenix even 2-2. The game then got chippy when Lauri Korpikoski ran into Varlamov, irking the goalie's teammates.
With 1:38 left in the period, Raffi Torres hit Colorado defenceman Jan Heda in the head with a check while Heda was vulnerable. Heda was down on the ice for a few minutes before skating off with help from the Avalanche's trainer. Heda returned to the game in the third period.
"I thought the referees, obviously, they had a tough night," Sacco said. "They missed that hit there, but we're fortunate Jan was able to come back."
Phoenix's Oliver Ekman-Larsson was awarded a penalty shot when he was tripped by Daniel Winnik on a breakaway. He failed to give the Coyotes the lead when his shot flew high and wide.
"It's frustrating. We've played a lot of tight hockey games and we can't find a way to get on top of them," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. "That's seven one-goal games in a row, and we've only won two of them."
Porter used good timing to put the Avalanche ahead 1-0. After serving a penalty for too many men on the ice, Porter jumped into an odd-man rush and redirected Paul Stastny's centring pass past LaBarbera 7:44 into the game for his third goal of the season.
Boedker tied it 1-1 when he sent a rebound over Varlamov's right shoulder at 12:31. Elliott gave Colorado a 2-1 lead when he skated into the Phoenix zone and beat LaBarbera with a shot from the slot with 4:32 left in the first.
"Just trying to shoot the puck," Boedker said. "That's something I've got to do more of ??? shoot the puck and take it to the net. It's not very fun after a loss."
NOTES: Colorado leads the NHL with 14 one-goal victories. ... The Avalanche's eight home wins in a month tied a franchise record set in March 2008. ... Colorado has allowed three power-play goals in eight games. The Avalanche have killed 27 of 30 penalties in that stretch. ... The game marked the sixth set of back-to-back contests for the Coyotes. They are 4-2 in the second game. ... Kobasew returned to the lineup after missing eight games with a head injury.


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Defender Kezi Lara had to leave Friday night's game with Furman and is not expected to play Sunday afternoon at 1 when the Bisons play Wofford in round two of the South Carolina-Tennessee Soccer Challenge in Spartanburg, S.C.
Josh Lind filled in for Lara and is expected to be in the line-up against Wofford, but Bisons coach Charles Morrow knows it is going to be a difficult hole to fill.
"We just don't have anybody who plays in the back who has that kind of pace," said Morrow. "We met with individual players Saturday and talked to them about how we are going to have to play differently without him.
"The great thing about Kezi is he is able to cover up mistakes that we get away with. Without him we can't cover those mistakes."
The Bisons lost 3-0 to Furman Friday in Greenville, S.C., a loss that Morrow stresses was partially the result of the loss of Lara.
"Furman is a very talented team," said Morrow. "They have four or five guys that are very dangerous if they can get a step on a defender.
"They did a good job of capitalizing on our mistakes. For the first 25 minutes we were playing really well. When Kezi went out the game slowly changed. We didn't react well and we didn't adjust well to losing him. The goals we gave up were bad."
The Bisons have a 4-4 record overall against Wofford, including a 1-0 win last season. Morrow is expecting Wofford to be a much better team than the one the Bisons played in 2008.
"I have a lot of respect for Wofford's coach," said Morrow. "I am sure they are going to be more organized. We are not going to take them lightly. They do some things that will give us some problems for sure."
Brent McGee is expected to get the start in goal.
Wofford is 3-0-2, 2-0-1 at home. The Bisons are 3-4-1, 0-2-0 on the road.


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The summer heat is finally relenting and it's starting to feel just a little bit like fall. I have to admit, I'm pretty ecstatic. Cooler weather, changing leaves, pumpkin pie, Oktoberfest and of course, Halloween candy!
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The Cubs' problems have gone from bad to worse as Carlos Zambrano's arm has gone from "tired" to iffy.
Zambrano left Tuesday night's 9-7, 11-inning loss to Houston after five innings and 86 pitches and "told pitching coach [Larry Rothschild] he wasn't feeling good," according to manager Lou Piniella.
Wasn't feeling good, as in ...
"It has to be in his arm," Piniella said. "I'll let you know [more] tomorrow."
Zambrano will visit Cubs orthopedist Stephen Gryzlo on Wednesday, but it's obvious he will be shut down for several days, which would put his effectiveness for the playoffs in doubt.
"If he can pitch, he'll pitch," Piniella said. "If not, we'll put [Sean] Marshall in the rotation and go from there."
Zambrano hit 96 m.p.h. on the radar gun in the first inning but issued back-to-back walks as the Astros tied the game 3-3 in the fifth inning with two runs.
Zambrano's health has been questioned since he was pushed back from his Sunday start to give him an extra two days of rest. He has insisted his arm is just tired and isn't hurting, and that this has nothing to do with an earlier trip to the DL with a shoulder strain.
Piniella insisted before the game "there's nothing wrong with him," even though he was 1-1 with a 7.43 ERA in five August starts.
The news on Zambrano put a further pall over the Cubs' fourth straight loss at Wrigley Field, even though they ended their power shortage with four solo home runs and 11 other hits.
"We're in a stretch where things aren't going our way," Piniella said. "We just have to battle through it. Did anybody think this was going to be easy? You haven't heard that from me all year."
More than two hours after Zambrano left, the game was decided when Geoff Blum shot a power ball into the right-field bleachers, although many of the 39,846 fans had gone home.
Blum's homer -- similar to the one he hit in extra innings in Game 3 of the 2005 World Series for the White Sox against the Astros -- made a loser of Kerry Wood (4-3), who was in his second inning of work. It also came with Hunter Pence on second base thanks to an infield single and Aramis Ramirez's third error in three innings.
The wildest innings occurred after Zambrano left, with the Astros scoring four runs in the sixth off Bobby Howry and the Cubs answering with three. Two of those runs were courtesy of Ryan Theriot's double to right, and the other came on Mike Fontenot's single.
The seventh featured Angel Guzman's first major-league appearance since June 1, 2007, after elbow surgery. He pitched a scoreless inning, allowing a hit and walk.
Alfonso Soriano, who had the last extra-base hit before the Cubs' all-singles three-game stretch with a seventh-inning homer on Friday, ended it with his fourth leadoff homer of the season. In between were 27 singles.
Mark DeRosa and Geovany Soto hit homers in the fourth inning to give Zambrano a 3-1 lead. Jim Edmonds tied the game 7-7 in the seventh inning with his first homer since Aug. 13 before the Cubs' bats went into a slumber again. They had only two hits and left six runners on base in the last four innings.


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The Impossibility Of Google Blocking All Pill Factories From Advertising
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But the bigger issue is this idea that Google somehow has to magically block all pharmaceutical ads or face additional lawsuits. Already, it appears that Google is failing in this endeavor. John Nagle noticed some indications that ads for fake drugs were still getting through, and presented some evidence. In exploring the example he presented, I think he might have confused advertisements for (somewhat questionable, and probably useless) herbal supplements that are named like some prescription drugs, but that's not necessarily advertising fake pills. It's sketchy, but it's not clear that it completely violates the "no fake drugs" rule.
However, continuing to look through some similar examples suggests that other sellers of fake drugs are still very much advertising on Google. I'm not going to provide links here, but it didn't take long before I saw a series of Google AdSense ads, such as the following:
Furthermore, this seems to highlight the increased risk people are put at due to this effort by the Justice Department. The Canadian pharmacies that Google got in trouble for dealing with weren't selling fake pills. They were selling legitimate pills for re-importation into the US. On the other hand, it seems likely that what's left and getting through in the ads, such as the one in the screenshot above, is almost certainly fake... and potentially dangerous. Wouldn't people be better off getting ads from actual certified pharmacies, rather than from something like what you see above?


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The center is funded by a $7 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Failure of hormone deprivation therapy used to slow prostate cancer in patients leads to castration-resistant prostate cancer, a lethal form of advanced disease with limited treatment options. Endostatin, used in combination therapy, may help delay onset of castration-resistant disease.
UAB is one of 13 universities participating in a summer learning experience in health care for students underrepresented in the health professions.
Several UAB programs ranked among the nation's top 20 in 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools."
The Birmingham Business Journal's award recognizes UAB's next generation of leaders for their efforts in health care policy and strategic planning.
An interdisciplinary effort among the College of Arts and Sciences and several schools across campus results in a $2.5 million grant.
A one-year, 20 percent increase in research grants elevates UAB to No. 10 among public universities receiving National Institutes of Health funding.
"Twitch," a film about a young woman's journey as she is tested for Huntington's disease, will be previewed on campus.
The new program offers a team approach to weight management, in which the physician, dietitian, behaviorist and exercise trainer play critical roles in helping the patient achieve goals.
Leaders in obesity research and clinical care will provide scientific insight, consumer wellness information and expert spokespersons for the media.


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By Amina Khan
By Amina Khan
Los Angeles Times
Squinting deep into the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope picked out what may be the most distant galaxy found, observed as it appeared about 380 million years after the big bang, astronomers said Wednesday. This potential record-breaker is one of seven newly discovered galaxies formed more than 13 billion years ago, near the cosmic dawn, the era when the first big galaxies formed.
A team of scientists led by Caltech astrophysicist Richard Ellis used NASA�s famous orbiting telescope to look deep into a slice of sky known as the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The researchers hoped to pick up signs of distant galaxies as close to the edge of the universe as Hubble could see, because as they look deeper into space, they�re also looking farther back in time.
To determine a galaxy�s age, scientists measure what�s known as redshift of the light they see coming from it: As the universe rapidly expands and the galaxies speed up, the light from those galaxies is stretched into longer, and redder, wavelengths. From the degree of this redshift, astronomers can determine how fast an object is moving away, and thus how far away it must be. The more extreme the redshift, the farther it must have traveled � and thus the older Hubble�s snapshot of it is.
Astronomers know that universe began in a big bang roughly 13.7 billion years ago because they see evidence of the event in the cosmic background radiation that permeates the universe. They have a good sense of what it looked like in its adolescence and adulthood, because telescopes can look far enough into space to capture snapshots millions and billions of years into the past.
But the earlier period lasting a few hundred million years after the big bang remains something of a mystery, Ellis said � and this study helps fill in the gaps.
Theoretical astrophysicists have wondered whether the once-dark universe began to light up all at once, as ultraviolet light from the growing number of stars and coalescing galaxies ionized surrounding gas. But Hubble revealed a sloping decline in the number of galaxies as the astronomers looked further away � and thus farther back in time � suggesting that this was a gradual process, not a sudden one, Ellis said.
The galaxies the team found were formed about 350 million to 600 million years after the big bang, when the universe was less than 4 percent of its present age � practically a toddler. This is about as far back as astronomers can look for now, Ellis said. Hubble�s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, will look further into the infrared light spectrum and should pick up galaxies hovering closer to the universe�s birth.
The work, accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal Letters, teaches researchers about the building blocks that helped form the universe we know today, said Harvard astronomy professor Avi Loeb, who was not involved in the study.


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CHICAGO – Kenny Clelland stood outside of a men's room in the Wrigley Field concourse Monday afternoon and pondered the question.
Before this moment, it was a subject Clelland never had considered.
"I think the only other place I've peed in a trough was when I was in the Marine Corps," said Clelland, 41, who served from 1990 to 1998. "But that was military stuff. This is domestic."
This is Wrigley Field.
A big announcement about the 99-year-old stadium was expected to arrive before the Cubs' home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was supposed to do with a $500 million renovation project to fix up the ballpark that opened when Woodrow Wilson was president.
The announcement never came. It's apparently in a rain delay, minus the rain.
Meanwhile, the ballpark at Clark and Addison streets turned another day older.
I mean this as a statement of fact rather than a snide remark, but Wrigley Field is a dump. It's a wonderful place to watch a baseball game, but it's a dump.
So I plunged into the most blighted areas of Wrigley Field to come up with a priority list for renovations. Think of it as a favor for Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts, who could use my list whenever the project is approved. We Toms should look out for each other, after all.
I figured that fans would like my imaginary spending spree to renovate the stadium. I figured wrong.
Take first-time visitor Adam John of Kansas City, Mo. He sat in Section 228, which is beneath the upper deck, which meant that black wire netting rested many feet above his head.
The netting was there, in theory, to catch falling chunks of concrete. Hopefully.
But John savored the crumbly character of the stadium. He read about Wrigley's proposed renovation project, and he decided to visit the stadium before too much changed.
"If it were to collapse on us, it would be kind of a dream come true," John said with a smile. "The ultimate souvenir: 'Wrigley fell on me.' "
Gosh, I thought that my stand against falling concrete would be a no-brainer.
Maybe John was in a good mood because he had a clear view of the field. The same could not be said for hundreds of fans who sat in obstructed-view seats near giant poles that connect the lower deck to the upper deck.
Surely, these people would be grumpy.
Or not.
Take Derle Rolfe, who could reach out and touch the concrete tower in Section 235.
"It's unique because you've got to lean around it sometimes," Rolfe said. "But it's Wrigley.
"There's always a chance you'll be behind a big pole. That's a chance you take coming here."
It's a chance worth taking for people such as Rolfe. The 29-year-old grew up in California, but he fell in love with the Cubs on TV and has made several pilgrimages since.
"Actually, Wrigley is part of what made me a Cubs fan in the first place," Rolfe said. "It was the combination of Wrigley Field and Harry Caray."
OK, so the poles can stay.
Hey, what about putting in some escalators? Everybody loves an escalator.
I hiked the ramps to the upper deck and waited about 45 minutes until my heart rate returned to normal. Almost every other stadium caters to its customers with those fancy electronic staircases, but at Wrigley, you climb the ramps until you can climb no more.
Once I could breathe, I waited for a couple of people to traverse to the top of the upper deck. I pounced as they reached the final steps of their journey.
So, escalators. Great idea, huh?
"I like the walk," said Lindsey Cassel, a 26-year-old who was visiting from Toronto. "I feel like you lose some of the feel with escalators."
Alex Courneya nodded her head in agreement.
"From a tourist perspective, it feels a lot more authentic to have to do this," Courneya said. "I like that. I like the feel of this place."
Besides, if they wanted to ride an escalator, they could have stayed home in Toronto. They told me that the Rogers Centre, formerly known as the Sky Dome, is nothing but a gigantic building with zero personality.
"It's really boring," Cassel said.
Boring, Wrigley is not.
A howling wind makes every fly ball an adventure. An ancient organ cranks "Start Me Up" before the first pitch. Everywhere, fans stand in bottleneck lines to get to their seats.
And there are the troughs, of course.
I would have renovated those, too, until Clelland made a case for them to stay.
"It would be weird to come here and not pee in a trough," Clelland said. "You would miss that. I know it's weird, but you would."
• Northwest Herald sports columnist Tom Musick can be reached at email@example.com and on Twitter @tcmusick.


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|February 12, 2013, 07:51 PM
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AR-15 stock issue
Is there a fixed stock that I can just throw on my AR (with a 6 position buffer tube) without having to get a whole new buffer?
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Magpul MOE Fixed Carbine Stock - Mil Spec
Magpul MOE Fixed Carbine Stock - Commercial
Looks like neither is available just yet, though.
I'm not familiar with the new laws in NY, but couldn't you take your collapsible stock and have it pinned at a comfortable length?
|February 14, 2013, 10:06 PM
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Thanks a bunch! I searched forever for something like this before I came here.
They dont go into affect until april except for the 7rnd mag BS. As far as I know it gets rid of being able to have pistol grips and having to register it (adjustable stocks, and threaded barral already being illegal) unless you had one before then it gets grandfathered in. Im only in school for another year and plan on getting the heck out of here! I bought this in PA (where I go to college) cause I wasnt paying 1k for the S&W M&P15 300 AAC Blackout with a fixed stock and pinned compensator in NY. Once I get out of here I want to get a silencer and prefer an adjustable stock.
This is the reason I dont want to pin my stock and ruin a prefectly good stock and have a hole in my buffer tube(guess I have a little ACD about it haha). The only reason Im worrying about it now because my parents until the new laws didnt care and werent on my case. Even though I only shoot it on private land. This just has to last me for a year and get my parents out of my ear haha.
Anyways thank you again appreciate the reply!! Ill just end up waiting for the stock you just showed me.
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Glad I could be of help!
I wish you luck in your evacuation plans. I may have to prepare my own soon.
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We still accept refugees from your area.
|February 17, 2013, 08:31 PM
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^^LMAO I was thinking texas but ill keep alaska in mind!
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Professor Bill Cook Lectures Tonight• April 22, 2010 Share:
William R. Cook will present the 2010 John F. Charles Memorial Lecture at Wabash College. Cook's lecture, "The Head of St. Catherine of Siena," will be presented at 8 p.m. Monday, April 26, in Baxter Hall, room 101.
Cook graduated cum laude from Wabash College in 1966 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After Wabash, he was awarded a Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Lehman fellowship to study medieval history at Cornell University, where he received his Ph.D.
Since 1970, he has taught at the State University of New York at Geneseo and currently holds the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor. For the past two years, Cook has served Wabash as Visiting Professor of Religion and History.
Cook is the author of four books and numerous articles about medieval and Renaissance history, and is internationally known as a speaker. In recent years, Cook has done programs for Friends of Florence, an organization that restores art in Tuscany, and YPO, an international organization of CEOs. In addition to Italy, Cook has been an invited speaker in Mexico, England, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Ireland, Greece, Turkey, Kenya, Japan, and China.
He has won many teaching awards including three at the national level. In 2009, Cook took two groups of Wabash students to Italy for immersion learning.
The John F. Charles Memorial Lecture was established by one of Professor Charles' former students, Bruce Baker '65. Baker funded the lecture out of his admiration for and love of his world history teacher. Professor Charles taught on the faculty of the College from 1940 through 1980 and was esteemed as a scholar and teacher, on campus and among his academic peers.
"Bruce has established this lectureship to honor Jack Charles' multifaceted teaching in Classics and History," said Dean of the College Gary A. Phillips. Because Jack was such an impressive, memorable lecturer, Bruce wishes that we feature such when we select the annual lecturer: Bill Cook certainly fits the mold.
"The lectureship is intended to bring before students and faculty a scholar in the classical mold of Jack Charles who can engage them intensively over a short period of time --say a week--in an on-campus Classics 'immersion' experience to provide students with the type of stimulating, and potentially life-changing, experience that Bruce himself had," Dean Phillips added. "Bill's two years here have been that in a manner of speaking."
His talk is free and open to the public.


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Date: Oct 30, 2012
Press Release Number: 170-2012
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has reopened Outerbridge Crossing, George Washington, Goethals and Bayonne bridges. However, all motorists are urged to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary.
Port Authority staff and engineers are on site at all Port Authority facilities to inspect conditions and assess damage. Our primary goal is to ensure the safety of our workers and those who use our facilities. We will resume operations at our other facilities as early as possible and when it is safe to do so.
For up to date information on our facilities follow us on Twitter @PANYNJ. For further information for New York State, visit http://www.governor.ny.gov/stormwatch. For New Jersey, visit www.ready.nj.gov.
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Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where construction crews are building the iconic One World Trade Center, which is now the tallest skyscraper in New York. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the state of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency relies on revenues generated by facility users, tolls, fees and rents as well as loans, bond financing, and federal grants to fund its operations. For more information, please visit http://www.panynj.gov.


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InfoGrid and Multigraphs
Graph theory distinguishes between graphs that are multigraphs and those that are not, i.e. between graphs where there may be more than one edge between any two nodes, and those graphs where there can only be one edge between any two nodes.
On the first glance, InfoGrid does not support multigraphs. On the second glance, InfoGrid is a bit more powerful than it appears; not an unusual occurrence Let me explain:
Here is how we create an edge between two nodes in InfoGrid:
MeshObject node1 = ...; MeshObject node2 = ...; node1.relate( node2 );
If we try to do the last statement again, InfoGrid will throw a
RelatedAlreadyException. That clearly says that multiple edges between the same two nodes are not allowed.
We do this in InfoGrid because unless there is some associated information with each of these edges, we cannot distinguish them and so there is no point in having two. The way we do that in InfoGrid is to bless the edge with more than one
RelationshipType, such as:
node1.blessRelationship( PARENT_TO_SON, node2 ); node1.blessRelationship( CUSTOMER_TO_VENDOR, node2 );
These two relationships express that node1 is a parent of son node2, and that node2 (the son) has sold something to customer node 1 (the parent). Very different semantics associated with the same edge. Just like multiple edges in a multigraph.
So: InfoGrid supports multigraphs just fine, just perhaps not entirely as you would have expected.


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There was no information developed during the investigation that would suggest that anyone other than Agostino Samson killed Scott Libby, and my office and the state police still strongly believe that he's guilty of murder.
He also said, regarding the acquittal,
Obviously, I was not present in the jury room during the jury deliberations, and I'm not going to second-guess their decision. Their view of the evidence was simply different from that of the state.
The family is grateful to the Maine State Attorney General's Office, the Maine State Police, and everyone involved in the investigation for their fine work, and again, all friends and family who have been supportive throughout this process. At this point, we are simply attempting to move on.
On an administrative note, I intend to leave this site up indefinitely for future reference, but this will likely be my last posting. Take care, everyone.


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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (US - BD)
Gabe ends the year watching an almost unbelievably lame courtroom thriller...
High powered district attorney Martin Hunter (Michael Douglas) has a nearly perfect track record in court, and is on his way to becoming the next governor. Upstart investigative journalist CJ Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe), who happens to be dating Hunter's assistant DA Ella (Amber Tamblyn), has possible proof that the DA is planting DNA evidence, but can't get anyone to listen to his claim. In hopes of exposing Hunter, and of a Pulitzer Prize for himself, CJ hatches a plan to purposefully incriminate himself in a murder investigation using circumstantial evidence. Unfortunately this incredibly stupid plan, which will place him in prison as the only suspect, does not go off without a hitch.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is an incredibly predictable episode of Law and Order that somehow found the funding to be made into a 'real' film. Apparently a remake of a Fritz Lang film from 1956 (which I have not seen), this remake ports the original plot into modern times without taking into account how clearly hackneyed the idea would be outside of 1956 noir, where I'm sure it worked just fine. With realistic modern sensibilities in place the lead character's actions are painfully idiotic, and the dialogue is awkwardly and unnecessarily wordy, not to mention tired and strikingly unoriginal. If the filmmakers had no good reason to retell the story, or new twist to put on the story other than some modern criminal investigation and forensic operations, they probably should've left it alone. I mostly feel sorry for the young actors, who really give it their all, but are still overshadowed by the bad script, and Michael Douglas' bored walkthrough.
The film goes from obnoxiously unlikely to full on dumbass when for some reason the crack investigator leads only make two copies of their DVD, and don't have any of them on their person at all times. This leads to the less attractive half of the duo's death, via a car accident, and a lit cigarette that blows up the car. The scene around the 90 minute point where two nerds explain metadata to the female lead appears to be the low point, but as she leaves she's menaced by a would be killer that apparently has no interest in getting the hell out of his car to do his business. And then there's a last minute twist, and the stupid stuff gets even stupider. The film's most clear cut (pun intended) technical problem is its editing, which is a rhythmic mess of arbitrary choices. These choices are jarring for all the wrong reasons, including both sudden leaps in time and unnecessarily chopped bits basic character interaction. This is especially troubling considering the technically adept resume of writer/director Peter Hyams. Hyams has never made a great film, but he's clearly above such obvious shortcomings. Hyams' cinematographer's eye serves the film visually, of course, but nothing beyond a particularly well endowed television series.
It isn't a very good movie, but Anchor Bay's Blu-ray scores pretty big points in the video department. The transfer is very sharp, and incredibly crisp. The whole film is visually defined by a lot of gels, usually warm yellows and oranges, but occasionally cool blues (and in one case everything is gelled entirely green), which leads to some gloriously deep blacks that feature perfectly sharp edges. The majority of harsh whites are slightly diffused, and generally less sharp, clearly on purpose, but no less clean. Some of the darker scenes feature blotchy noise instead of grain, leading me to believe that someone got a little happy with the DNR on this transfer. Signs of this can be found in the general lack of fine grain throughout the film, but it's only an issue here and there, including some less than even background color gradients.
Beware, your Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Blu-ray will default to a compressed Dolby Digital 5.1 track, even though there is a slightly superior PCM 5.1 track to sample. The film is mostly a frontal assault, excepting some of the musical cues, and some decent echo effects. The mix is acceptable, but not exactly perfect. When outdoors the front speakers are pretty consistently lively with wind, car, and chirping bird effects, while indoor shots feature crisper and less ambiguous effects, with more pointed directional origins. There isn't a lot here concerning sheer quantity, but it's fine considering the film's less than action packed or stylized origins (two reasonably loud car chases notwithstanding). The dialogue is the major problem, featuring awkward echo effects in the stereo channels, and an odd sounding LFE presence. The PCM track is a little better than the DD track in this regard, but not terribly so. The film's musical score is as predictable as the plot, but sounds pretty rich, and has a beautifully punchy LFE presence.
Extras begin with a half hearted commentary track featuring director Peter Hyams and lead actor Jesse Metcalfe. The participants are pleasant enough, but don't exactly dive headfirst into any particularly technical discussion. Mostly the focus is set upon hand shakes and back slaps, and there's almost no discussion of the original film. This seems to be a case of under-preparation, not any kind of malicious intent, but the blank spots are pretty numbing. Next up is 'The Whole Truth: The Making of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (3:10, HD), which is very much an elongated trailer, and not a real making-of featurette. 'Criminal Forensics – The Burden of Proof' (3:30, HD) threatens to be an interesting real world look at the film, but this too feels more like another trailer. Ironically enough this is followed by…a trailer, and trailers for other Anchor Bay Blu-ray releases.
Any film that ends with the line 'I just thought of one more thing (long pause) …fuck you' can't be all bad. Especially since we're talking about a PG-13 movie here. That means that Peter Hyams saved his one f-bomb for that moment. It was supposed to mean something. That has to signal that the entire film is a joke. IF it didn't, I am sorry to say that this was one of the worst professionally produced films I saw all year. The movie moves, is attractive, and the young actors are solid, but that's about it, I am sorry to say. The video quality is quite impressive, and the audio options are good despite a few minor quality quibbles, but the extras aren't particularly impressive, basically amounting to a series of ads for the film.
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Peter Hyams used to make the best films: The Star Chamber, Running Scared, The Presidio, Stay Tuned, Timecop, End of Days, The Musketeer. Now, he's reduced to making stuff like this. When he goes back to making the movies that I enjoyed in my youth, then, give me a holler. Great review, btw.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd December 2009
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: PCM 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Director and Actor Commentary, The Whole Truth: The Making of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Criminal Forensics - The Burden of Proof, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Dave Jensen
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 105 minutes
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