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Last night the comment that struck me was tucked in his chapter about what to do when your story stalled, and among other suggestions Block wrote that it sometimes helped to talk that part of the book through with somebody.
"Not every friend will do for this process," he warned, "and you have to experiment to determine which of your acquaintances serves you best as a sounding board. Some people—well-meaning, certainly, and often creative themselves—serve only to stifle your imagination. Others prove enormously helpful, perhaps because they're capable of listening so attentively. The person you select may be an agent or an editor. It may as easily be someone unconnected with the business, someone who doesn't even read much. You can try different people to see who does you some good..."
The reason this piece of advice struck me is that I realized I do it a lot—all the time, to be honest. My mother's my sounding board.
We talk at least once a day on the phone, and whenever I'm trying to work out a kink in the plot, or decide what my characters ought to do next, I will often discover the answer by talking it through with my mother. Or to be more accurate, by talking to my mother, since she doesn't actually have to be saying anything back to me at the time of this discovery (and to be perfectly fair, when I'm talking on the phone, it's hard for anyone to get a word in edgewise to begin with).
The conversation usually goes something like this:
ME: So the characters are heading to the airport.
MOM: Oh, yes? That's nice.
ME: Unless...unless they stop and see her grandfather...
MOM: Uh-huh.
ME: Yes, they could stop and see her grandfather, and maybe he could give her something...maybe...
MOM: (Respectful pause)
ME: ...a book. Hang on now, what if she's already phoned him ahead of time, asking if he could loan her the book, and then they could stop on the way to the airport, and while they're there I could sort of bring out the complications of how they get along with each other, and then he could give her the book, and if it had maps and old photographs in it then it might come in useful to them later on.
MOM: Uh-huh.
ME: And maybe the reason he doesn't mind giving her the book is that he never really wanted it in the first place, because he doesn't want to be reminded of where he came from, and maybe it was a gift from her father...
And on and on it goes, until I've got a whole new scene I never knew that I was going to need, complete with new thematic threads and everything.
This only works, for some reason, when I'm talking to my mother. No one else provides quite the same kind of a sounding board (much to my father's dismay, since I usually phone while they're washing the dishes and he has to finish up all by himself while my mother sits off to the side saying "Uh-huh" for half an hour...)
I'm not sure why this is, or how the whole process works, in all honesty, but reading Lawrence Block's book last night started me thinking, and wondering...
Anyone else have a sounding board?
(Sorry I'm late with this post, by the way—it's been crazy at my house this week. Come back Thursday for Julie's next post).


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Sunday, September 6, 2009
TODAY'S THRIFTY TREASURES and METAMORPHOSIS MONDAY
Just down the street on Saturday were 2 garage sales. I picked up a few items of clothing at one and then spotted this mirror at the other. It was marked $5, which I was more than happy to pay. It works perfectly in my newly remodeled kitchen. I love the gold frame and the beveled glass/mirror.
Earlier last week, one of my devoted dog collar customers, Ellen, sent me a link to something she wanted to see if I could start making. I thought this would make a perfect entry for the Metamorphosis Monday blog party hosted by Susan of Between Naps on the Porch.
The link she sent was for items called "collarettes", which are made by refashioning the collars for shirts to be embellished as neckwear for dogs. They are just too cute! So off to the thrift store I did go, dropping EVERYTHING else to tackle this new "adventure". I picked up a just a few shirts to use as trials--averaging about $2.50 each (I have since found better deals on shirts).
I removed the collars, added a button here, hook and loop there, maybe some trim, and now they are in my Etsy shop as "CLASSY COLLARETTES".
This last one flew off to Oregon to be with my customer, Ellen, and her adorable little Siri!
I am working on several more right now to add to the shop.
One last thing: Monday, Sept. 7 is the First Monday Sales Event hosted by Etsy Texas Crafters. I'm joining in and offering 15% off all regular priced items (clearance/custom orders/shipping excluded) all day this Monday. Please read my CRAZY FOR COLLARS shop's announcement for the full details.
Drop on by and SAVE!
Have a great week everyone!
18 comments:
- Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality said...
Suzanne, Love that mirror! That's a great find.
- September 6, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Wendy said...
That mirror is great! But omg those collars are SO Cute!
- September 6, 2009 at 2:40 PM
- Ellen said...
Siri awaits her collar; I am sure it'll be here Tuesday and I'll take a photo pronto. Meantime, I am loving your collar embellishments and it's fun to watch you take off on your new adventures in Collaretteland!
The mirror is fabu!
- September 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Joan@anthinggoeshere said...
Love the mirror! And the collarettes are very cute. I have seen several blog dogs wearing ties also.
- September 6, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Sue said...
Those new doggie collarettes are just too adorable! How clever and fashionable. I wish I had a pupster to dress! Great find on the mirror, too, Suzanne.
:-) Sue
- September 6, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- Glenda/MidSouth said...
Really like the mirror, and those collars are adorable.
- September 6, 2009 at 6:31 PM
- Alicia said...
The mirror was a great find! I think the collars are such a cute idea!
- September 6, 2009 at 8:17 PM
- Goodwill Haunting said...
The mirror was a great find! But I have to say the collarettes are absolutely cute! You are so talented!
- September 7, 2009 at 2:36 AM
- Helen Joy said...
What a cute idea those collarettes are!
- September 7, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Jane (Frugal Fine Living) said...
I love the dog collars! You are so creative!
- September 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- jskell911 said...
Those collars are just adorable!
- September 7, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Jan said...
The mirror is fabulous! And collars are the cutest things!
- September 7, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- Wsprsweetly Of Cottages said...
What a beautiful mirror! You begin to wonder why people spend SO much money on new things when you can find such gorgeous things that others are discarding. Wonderful find!!
Your dog collars are the cutest things!
I have never seen anything like them! Good luck on your new adventure. People are always looking for some cute thing for their tiny furry children. :)
- September 7, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Kristina said...
I love the collarettes, can you do a tutorial on how to make them your way? I really want to know how to make the little bows you are putting on the front.
- September 7, 2009 at 7:11 PM
- Ashley said...
Those collars are the cutest things I've ever seen!!!
Thanks for the nice comment today ;) I like to keep things as easy as possible!
- September 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM
- somedaycrafts said...
Love the dog collars. Seriously I love them. They are so cute. I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com Grab my "featured" button. You have such great ideas ALL the time!
- September 7, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- ~ ~ Ahrisha ~ ~ said...
Love the doggie collars! Such a great idea for the classy pet.
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
- September 8, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- laurie @ bargain hunting said...
Oh that mirror was an amazing find! And I do love the collars. laurie
- September 8, 2009 at 10:01 PM


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Petunia basked in the reflected glory of this child and wished... oh so wished... that she were mine. This smiley child with eyes like pools of black framed by long lashes.
Meet Beanie... again.
Beanie can talk a little now and she understands everything we tell her. To convince her to leave the poolside... because she was trying to maneuver me with her big and determined eyes to put her IN the pool, I told her that she should go indoors and ask her Mom to give her fish food for the carp in the pond.
Mom of course didn't know what Beanie wanted... and no one really understands Beanie yet even though she understands all of us perfectly well (which just goes to show that kids ARE smarter than adults). Well... one thing lead to another and Beanie started wailing.
Anyway... one packet of toddler crackers went into the carp pond and Beanie was happy again.


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What Did The Cross Accomplish?
Throughout the centuries, Christians have cherished and grappled with this mystery of how His death brought about reconciliation with God. The canonical Gospels devoted such disproportionate attention on events surrounding the final week of Jesus' life on earth that they were sometimes described as "passion narrative with an extended introduction". It is as if the action shifts into high-definition, bullet-time motion when the story reaches its climax in the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. But what exactly did Christ accomplish on the cross of
Calvary? Several frameworks for explaining the atonement have consequently gained
wide acceptance in various historical contexts.
Every religion or ideology has its representative symbol. The lotus flower depicts the emergence of purity from murky waters in Buddhist thought. The Star of David is a symbol for modern Judaism while the crescent moon became internationally associated with Islam. Even secular Marxism is signified by a hammer and sickle to represent industry and agriculture of the proletariat. At least since the 2nd century A.D., the cross has been used as the visual emblem for Christianity. For believers, it signifies that the death of Jesus is central to their faith even though crucifixion was a much-feared form of capital punishment.
Throughout the centuries, Christians have cherished and grappled with this mystery of how His death brought about reconciliation with God. The canonical Gospels devoted such disproportionate attention on events surrounding the final week of Jesus' life on earth that they were sometimes described as "passion narrative with an extended introduction". It is as if the action shifts into high-definition, bullet-time motion when the story reaches its climax in the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. But what exactly did Christ accomplish on the cross of
Models of the Atonement
Surrounded by pagan occults, many early Greek Fathers interpreted Christ's death as a ransom paid to Satan to redeem captive humanity from his clutches. In Mark , Jesus said, "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Origen has a popular analogy that likened Satan to a ferocious fish that swallowed the bait of Christ's human form and got caught by the hook of His deity. The forces of hell bit off more than they could chew when Christ rose victoriously from the grave.
Drawing from these patristic sources, Gustav Aulen, a Swedish theologian, viewed the cross as Christ's public triumph over evil powers in a cosmic battle to unshackle humanity from bondage. The Christus Victor motif found biblical support in passages like Hebrews 2:14: "Since the children have flesh and blood, (Christ) too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death."
Influenced by Roman legal codes, early Latin Fathers such as Ambrose construed the cross as Christ satisfying the requirements of God's law. They drew support from Galatians 3:13, which read, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us". During the medieval period, the satisfaction theory of the cross was developed further by Anselm as satisfying God's honor. In feudal societies, an overlord whose dignity was offended could either punish the guilty peasants or forgive them when his honor is satisfied by another. Although God was dishonored by our rebellion, Anselm believed that we are forgiven because Christ's obedient, meritorious death compensated for His honor.
Peter Abelard, a younger contemporary of Anselm, reacted strongly against the prevailing theories and insisted that Christ's suffering is primarily a display of how great God's love is for us. "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). His sacrificial death melts away our enmity, awakens moral change and moves us to seek forgiveness. Some proponents of the moral influence theory also reject any objective requirement to appease God's anger. Rather, the sole obstacle to salvation lies in the subjective resistance of sinners. Consequently, the cross as an expression of God's love is required to inspire us to imitate Christ's self-giving ethics.
Last but not least, some influential Church Fathers such as Athanasius in the East and Augustine in the West (to name just a few) also held that Christ took upon Himself the deserved penalty of fallen humanity as a sinless substitute in their place. The penal substitutionary view was further developed by the Reformers. 1 John 4:8-10 declares, "God is love. . . . This is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." In explaining this biblical passage, Calvin wrote that God, at the same time when he loved us, was also hostile to us because of our transgressions. [1] Reconciliation was made possible because Christ appeased His holy wrath and opened the way for our pardon. By doing so, God can be both just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus (Romans -26).
Pierced For Our Transgressions
Although penal substitutionary atonement has been the predominant theme in evangelical preaching, some theologians today seem to favor a plurality of atonement theories. In differing degrees, the various models stress crucial facets of Christ's work on the cross that should be recovered. They need not be mutually exclusive. Indeed, it appears that when we understand the centrality of the cross as something accomplished primarily in relation to God Himself that its implications for the cosmos, demonic powers and ethics come into more balanced perspective.
Let us attempt a synthesis of these themes: The heart of the cross is, first and foremost, Christ's vicarious sin-bearing to take upon Himself the just wrath of God (Isaiah 53). He absorbed the punishment that we deserved as a substitute so that sinners may be forgiven while satisfying the righteous demands of God's law. However, the moral law ought not to be seen as a higher abstract entity independent of the Law-giver, but a reflection of God's own holy character.
Unless the cross objectively rescues us, it would be an empty show of sentimentality just like a silly lovesick boy who declares, "Darling, I will prove my love for you by jumping off
". It is only a meaningful act
of love if the beloved is in real danger so that diving into the waters would
be an attempt to rescue her. And would it not be inappropriate to
conceive of the cross as Jesus paying the devil a "pound of flesh"? God owed
the devil nothing but retribution. Rather, the ransom was paid to God on behalf
of sinners so that we now could belong to Christ. Niagara Falls
And yes, by looking at the cross, we can learn much about Christ's obedience even unto death and denying one's will to do the Father's. 2 Peter says, "Because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." Yet, it is because Christ has rescued us from moral condemnation that we have the most powerful, liberating motivation for obedience in life. Otherwise, our moral performance degenerates into yet another self-salvation project.
Furthermore, a painful death by crucifixion is not apparently victorious if we conceive it exclusively as cosmic warfare. The demonic powers were stripped of their condemnatory weapons and made a public spectacle precisely because Christ forgave our trespasses by nailing our legal debts on the cross (Colossians -15).
The first Passover serves as an illuminating paradigm for connecting the deliverance of God's people from spiritual bondage with penal substitutionary atonement. Nine plagues had fallen upon their Egyptian oppressors while the Israelites were spared in a protracted "power encounter". But Pharoah stubbornly refused to let His people go. The stage was set for the climactic "judgment on all the gods of
" (Exodus ). If the tenth plague followed the same pattern as the
preceding ones, it would be a coherent narrative of how divine judgment liberated
humanity from evil powers. But unlike the other plagues, the firstborn of the
Israelites were not automatically
spared when God struck down the firstborn of Egypt . Instead, they were
instructed to slaughter a spotless lamb and apply its blood to the door so that
the wrath of God would
"pass over" them. The Passover lamb was a sacrificial substitute for the
Israelite firstborn so they may be spared from divine judgment (Exodus -16). What a sobering caution against
triumphalism to realize that God's
people are not merely victims but guilty sinners in need of atoning grace! Similarly, our own liberation from Satan's accusing
condemnations is secured on the grounds of Christ's once-for-all atonement as
the Lamb of God (Hebrews 9). Egypt
The Divine Conspiracy
In summary, we can make much sense of various biblical themes of atonement through the lens of Christ's vicarious sacrifice. But in and of themselves, these motifs are emptied of their power. Unfortunately, this doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement has recently been described by critics as 'cosmic child abuse', portraying a fierce Father who needs to punish the innocent Son before He could forgive the guilty. But the objection fails to see that Jesus is not just a third-party bystander.
He is the Judge Himself receiving the punishment. He is the incarnate God, eternally one with the Father. The cross is biblically portrayed as a Trinitarian conspiracy of love where the Father 'so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son' (John ) and the Son voluntarily accepts the cross as the supreme expression of His own love: "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends." (John 15:13) That's the kind of love that continue to inspire countless choruses of worship devoted to the Sinless One who became sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him:
In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fulness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.[2]
Fulness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.[2]


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This last weekend I spent at Reading Festival 2013 which is one of the biggest rock/indie festivals in the UK. Copious amounts of facepaint, henna and glitter were applied throughout the week and my disposables basically show the wreckage that was our campsite but it was all worth it for the acts I got to see. Imagine Dragons were probably my favourite act of the weekend and since I was right on the barrier the experience was incredible. I'll leave my disposable photos to talk for themselves but looking through I realise I have some pouting problem as every other photo I have whacked out the cheesy pout. I think I need and intervention before it gets too out of hand.
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This might turn into a regular thing here. I'm not sure yet. But the point of it is to catch up on things that I and likely others had missed out on. They won't be full-on reviews, but they will be deep considerations on the core of the subject, and today, it's all about The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Also, yes, there will be light spoilers. Nothing too serious, though.
I believe a great deal of what you get out of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is how much you identify with its themes. Mitty himself, a chronic daydreamer played by Ben Stiller and working as a negative assets manager in the last days of the print version of LIFE magazine, is someone nearly everyone can relate to. He's at least not unhappy with his job, his superiors are dicks, and his love life is nonexistent, mostly for lack of trying.
But it's not him the person that you are supposed to relate to. It's a bit tricky considering how the movie opens. Mitty, recently signed up for eHarmony, is trying to send a Wink to a coworker that he has a crush on (played by Kristen Wiig). He sits there, finger hovering over his mouse, trying to will himself to click the button. And finally, through a moment of Fuck It, he jabs at it. Terror takes hold, regret, and…it fails. Then it fails again.
This, I suppose, sets up many people to believe that Mitty is the conduit through which we ally ourselves in this 2013 drama. Whether it's taking a shot at the bar before you approach the guy or gal that has caught your eye or psyching yourself up before a big job interview, we've all experienced this moment. No matter what anyone says, nerves are universal. It's just whether they get the best of you that makes a difference.
That scene, however, is deceptive. In that categorical consideration, we shift our perspective behind Mitty, shadowing him physically and emotionally for the next two hours. But the truth is that we should be standing behind Todd Maher, an eHarmony customer service representative Mitty calls shortly after he fails to send that first Wink.
Todd is the film's equivalent of a Greek chorus. Detached from the actual proceedings of the movie's narrative (for the most part, anyways), he simply comments on Mitty and his life. Mitty's eHarmony profile is blank. He has nothing to contribute to his Been There, Done That section. He can't even muster up the courage to ask out a girl he sees every day, opting to throw in an online proxy between them and his self-determined rejection.
Todd sees all of this and cuts right through it. How can someone, as old as Mitty is, not have anything noteworthy to contribute to his own, self-promoting dating profile? How can someone never been somewhere or done anything? How can someone not be willing to take a chance on something they want so badly?
In that last question, we find the true heart of The Secret Life. As determined as some people are to make this out as an ode to the triumph of the human heart, that love and will can guide you through the sea and storm—a real "Just Do It" ad as Variety's Peter Debruge puts it—the movie is actually about the other half of that equation. It's about the people that see the possibility and don't do anything about it, not the ones that go the way of Mitty and jump out of helicopters and escape volcanoes.
It's because we are Todd. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Todd is a happy man working a decent job and making new friends like Mitty all (or at least some) of the time. But Todd is also never going to do the things Mitty does. We see and we observe just like Todd. We make the same comments and ask the same questions, and just like Todd, we stop the train there.
Only tangentially are we connected to this meaty story. It can be a depressing notion, but it's one that eventually everyone accepts. Every step along the way Mitty was set up for failure, and not just in the conventional sense. Had LIFE not been going down the toilet and forced to transition to an online entity, he would never had to engage in the first steps of this adventure. He could have died at the hands of the helicopter pilot, or the volcano, or in the Himalayas.
We would have. We would have gone down so easily because the absolute core of the film is that Todd wouldn't have made it. He couldn't have fended off the shark or skated down that long, winding Icelandic road. And in our case, it wouldn't matter either. Sometimes we simply aren't the heroes of the story. We often play the bit roles, supporting others as they accomplish their goals. Your existence, in the majority of its moments, is nothing more than an extra on set.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, however, encourages you to be okay with that. Or at least shows that there's nothing wrong with it. Todd is a great guy, but he doesn't have what it takes to be Mitty because this story is about Mitty. We just see what he does, and all we can do is cheer him on. And that is a pretty good time any way you slice it.


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Sunflower Revolution IV cochairs Rob Braun and Joe Broderick, MD, are heading up the fourth annual Sunflower Revolution gala, which features a dinner and auction to raise money for Parkinson's disease research.Braun is the news anchor for Local 12, WKRC-TV, and Broderick is the chair of neurology at UC and the research director of the Neuroscience Institute at UC and University Hospital.
At last year's event, Davis Phinney, the former Tour de France stage-winner who suffers from Parkinson's disease, brought the audience of 400 to its feet with his heart-tugging remarks:"If you have a challenging or disabling disease like Parkinson's, you have to look at victory as being very, very close to home," Phinney said.
"And so a victory might be the simplest thing. It might be a good conversation, a smile. There are so many ways you can define victories that make your day better. And if your day is better your week is better, and if your weeks are better, your year is better. And you live well."
The Sunflower Revolution is a celebratory, three-day event whose mission is to raise money for Parkinson�s disease research and wellness, and to provide education and networking opportunities for patients, caregivers, and physicians confronted by this incurable disease.
Launched in 2004 by the Davis Phinney Foundation and the Cincinnati community, the Sunflower Revolution includes:Friday: A gala and auctionSaturday: An educational symposium and Parkinson�s expo for patients, caregivers, and physiciansSunday: Bike rides of 100k, 40k and 10k
The Sunflower Revolution was named by Kathleen Krumme, a Cincinnati cyclist and bicycle shop manager whose father suffered from Parkinson�s disease. The sunflower is not only a ubiquitous sight at the Tour de France, the world�s most famous cycling event, it is also a symbol of hope. Those who support the Sunflower events are helping fuel research that will lead to a revolution in the care of patients with Parkinson�s disease and, ultimately, a cure.


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Master Gardeners Graduate
Penn State Cooperative Extension Office is proud to announce that several local residents are now official Penn State Cooperative Extension master gardeners. Through the advances of technology, these residents were able to take the 12- week master gardener class at the Fulton County Cooperative Extension Office using Video Teleconferencing.
The fall/winter 2008 master gardener class included Jim and Marian Sickles, Kathaleen O'Connor, Donna Shasserre, Linda Kasper and Anne Comins. The class is being mentored by current master gardeners Monica Schall, Lorraine Milroth, Lori Glazier and Will Ford.
As part of the master gardener requirement, the group will be providing service hours to the community. Its first service project will be to design small gardens and landscape features at the Mc- Connellsburg Little League fields in cooperation with retired county extension director Don Fowler. The group will staff the master gardener hotline later this spring to answer questions from the public on gardening topics.
Anyone interested in becoming a master gardener should call 717-485-4111 to be placed on the contact list for the next class offering.


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So really, liberals, we can see you. I hope the US Secret Service is kept very busy hunting down and charging all these assholes over the next couple of years.
As for those eeeeevile Republicans who are going to do all manner of horrid things... I don't recall there being a #assassinate tag for Barry back in 2008 and 2012.
It would seem many special snowflakes are upset.Never forget my friends, Lefties are sore losers.
But that message of inclusion was apparently lost in social media circles, particularly Twitter, where a simple search can reveal dozens and dozens of calls to gun down the next leader of the free world. Some posts called for both Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to be assassinated, and there's even an #AssassinateTrump hashtag.


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Decent shout: Brady (Hull) – e/w first goalscorer @ 12/1 [Bet365]
Watch in-play : Sutherland (Blackpool)
Sky start our football season viewing with a colorful affair at the KC stadium in the battle of oranges of Hull and Blackpool.
The former Premiership underdogs find themselves back in the Championship looking to get back into the big time.
Blackpool's task looks harder at the minute with the loss of most of their firepower last season including Charlie Adams and DJ Campbell.
Hull consolidated under a new manager last term and hope to kick on this.
Let's take a look at the goalscoring options available to both teams.
With McLean and Simpson doubt's for this game the striker roles are limited to Fryatt and new signing Adebola.
Never seen Adebola as a main source of goals, so proven scorer Fryatt looks the obvious choice here with Hull the favourites to win.
Captain Koren can weigh in with goals but Man U loanee Robbie Brady looks a good price @ 12/1 to net first and show his Premiership potential with 4/1 if he nets any other time.
As already mentioned, Blackpool have lost some firepower and replaced them with Super Kevin Phillips and Barry Ferguson among others.
Phillips should still do the biz at this level but is getting on a bit, as is Ormenrod. The likes of Billy Clarke and Taylor-Fletcher will look to star at this level again but it's youngster Craig Sutherland who's caught my eye.
Had a good pre-season after coming over from America, the young scot may not start but if he comes on, maybe worth keeping an eye on his price in-play for the next goal.
He's first goalscorer price has already shrunk this week.
A few have predicted this to be a low scoring contest which makes the 10/1 no goalscorer quite interesting.
However, I can't see Ollie abandoning his attacking tactics and with the same leaky defense, Hull should take advantage.
Fryatt for me today with a little interest on the new boys in the teams.


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The latest problem was an error message from VS2008 which said:
To access local IIS websites, you must install the following IIS components:
IIS6 Metabase and IIS6 Configuration Compatibility
Windows Authentication
This was actually a remarkably accurate error message - it just took a while for me to work that out and to work out where to turn them on. This post on iis.net helped - thanks:
Follow these instructions to make these configuration changes:
- Windows Features
- In Windows Vista, open Control Panel and then click Programs and Features.
- In the right pane, click Turn Windows features on or off. The Windows Features dialog box opens.
- Select the Internet Information Services check box.
NOTE: Certain necessary related features will automatically be selected when others are selected
- Double-click (or expand) Web Management Tools, double-click IIS 6 Management Compatibility, and then select the IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility check box.
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Little Falls volleyball player Dylan Krowicki. (appeared in March 20, 2010 edition of The Evening Times)
Team: Little Falls Mounties
Sport: Volleyball
Age: 18
Year in school: Senior
Position: Setter/Middle Hitter/Outside Hitter
Sport to play: Volleyball
Sport to watch: Baseball
Athlete: Jon Lester
Team: Boston Red Sox
Class: Calculus II
Movie: 300
TV show: Mythbusters
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Song: Bigger than my Body by John Mayer
Band/musician: Graham Colton Band
In three sentences, explain what you enjoy most about your sport and athletics.
I enjoy being able to perform with my teammates in such a high intensity environment. Winning is obviously a big part of it but playing with so much adrenaline is really fun. Athletics teach people how to cooperate with each other while competing and I really enjoy that.
What is your most memorable athletic moment?
My most memorable moment would be getting tournament MVP in the Little Falls tournament after beating Mount Markham and Sauquoit during the playoffs.
Tell us about someone who inspires you in sports and why
Someone who inspires me is Jon Lester, because he has gone through so many challenges and has overcome them to be the amazing athlete that he is.
What are your greatest challenges balancing academics and sports?
My greatest challenge is definitely fitting in all my homework around a busy sports schedule, sometimes it can get really difficult to come home from a match at 10pm and sit down and do schoolwork.
What are your plans after graduating from high school?
My plans are to attend SUNYIT and major in Mechanical Engineering, I also intend to play college volleyball there.
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My opinion's mainly formed from other's arguments. The t1 maa buff is commonly brought up by players whenever they take issue with balance. It's certainly an area talked about a lot, I'll just take a few quotes that I searched on the forums.
Farmsletje wrote:I know i'm 1 year late with this, but...
Right now you can just go first second third fourth land fac on most maps while making 1 t1 maa to rape all incoming air. The couple of 2v2 games i played with bhedit made me realise i actually have to make second air to prevent air rape. Which meant that from the start there was a constant air supremacy battle going on combined with the usual land battles.
t1 bombers already got nerfed hard, but combined with the t1 maa buff it made early air harassment a lot harder (compared to how easy land harassment is). I'm not saying to revert it back to what it previously was. Just make it atleast a bit more viable for more air action in the early game.
Mephi wrote:JoonasTo wrote:T1 Mobile AA
HP: Nerf UEF and Seraphim HP to 260
I agree, that t1 maa with 360 hp is far too powerful. Although im not sure about the amount yet.
Petricpwnz wrote:
Things like the bomber change. Why is it different? First what was changed: bomber was made much more expensive and slower to build, it's automatic behavior was improved while hover bombing was made much harder making it a strategy with the risk/reward ratio very high.
This produces several detrimental results:
1. Micro is made unrewarding. Absolute most of the time even the best players go for simple targetting instead of attempting hover bombing because the bomber behavior is so unstable and automatic one is consistent enough. This lowers available strategies, this lowers skill gap, this lowers interesting gameplay opportunities.
2. For the second result we have to go and look into the reasoning that was put behind this change. And the main reasoning was that first bobmer was deemed "too strong" for new players to deal with. This indeed caused some ruckus amongst people, some liked it some didnt and it wasn't a mechanic contoversial exclusively to low level players. But what a change like this did is catering to "lazy" players and shallow gameplay. Players who do not want to learn how to split their engineers and react properly, players who do not want to learn how to micro a bomber themselves. If the first bomber was too strong the reaction should have been to nerf it, not completely change and flatten the mechanic. So what is the second result of the bomber change? The opening strategies have become way more static and boring. First bomber is only seldom used on it's best maps like White Fire and never on "normal maps". Realistically I can only imagine myself losing to first bomber on a normal map because I simply don't expect anyone to build it anymore. But it doesn't end there. Air openings were affected all along. Second air has become a much more hard opening to use and more and more I see static openings of building countless land factories before air which eliminates early air raids, eliminates early gameplay variety, makes all games predictable and boring. There is a reason I fell in love with Forged Alliance and it's sure as hell not because it was casual or shallow.
Now my personal, and hopefully still valid opinion:
Honestly I don't really know much about hoverbombing. I was stuck in thermo and astro craters with -100 rating when they made changes to the turn rate or something to remove it.
But the nerfs seem overly harsh to me. When I played in the BHedit tourney, second air was very common, but it didn't at all feel overpowered or out of place. It was more fun, I didn't have to worry about getting spammed to death because I made the wrong type of factory.
And in ladder, the further up I get the less I see early air openings at all. Most opponents seem to be dodging bombs consistently, reacting quickly with maa, and raiding constantly to punish lack of tanks. So second air or even third air feels pretty unviable to me, because I'm not even that high up (you can search my name on the leaderboards to find my current rating) and people already seem skilled enough at dealing with them.
As for the actual changes I think should be made: I'd personally prefer to see a decrease in cost and buildtime, combined with a dps nerf for t1 maa. But I think I'll wait and see what you guys have to say.


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Browns highlights against the Pittsburgh Steelers have been scarce in the Ben Roethlisberger era. One of them was produced Dec. 8 by Scott Paxson.
Scott Paxson?
Yes, he was the guy who toppled the towering Pittsburgh quarterback with a low hit while Brian Schaefering hit him high. As Roethlisberger crumpled to the ground, the two backup defensive tackles fell on him.
"They hit him from opposite sides," Browns defensive coordinator Dick Jauron said. "One of them was going down, and he just got twisted underneath them. It was really remarkable that [Roethlisberger] came back."
Roethlisberger was taken inside for X-rays. After halftime, he limped back to the Steelers' bench, hobbled by what later was diagnosed as a Grade I high ankle sprain. He heroically completed that 14-3 victory against the Browns with a bunch of short passes, one of which Antonio Brown turned into a long touchdown.
Roethlisberger hasn't shaken off the injury. After a painful performance in a loss in San Francisco and then a week off, he expects to play Sunday in the season finale at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
"I hope there's much more to come [from me]," Paxson said of his impact on the Steelers' season. "I hope that's just the start."
Paxson doesn't hate the Steelers like the typical Browns fan, though he has good reason to.
As a high school star in Philadelphia, Paxson was recruited by most of the college football powers in the East. Western Pennsylvania wasn't on his radar.
"Pittsburgh didn't exist [in my mind]," he said. "Pittsburgh feels like 'We're real football' and Philly kids are just 'city kids.' "
Paxson signed with Penn State, thinking he'd be the next Kyle Brady, its legendary tight end. He wound up playing defensive end.
"One of our coaches sat me down once and showed me video of Courtney Brown," Paxson said of the 2000 Browns' No. 1 draft pick. "I was like, 'Coach, I'm sorry. I can't do those things.' I mean, Courtney Brown was a freak."
After Penn State, Paxson was signed as an undrafted free agent by, of all teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers. This was in 2006. In four years, the Steelers waived Paxson six times. Six times.
"At that time, they were the No. 1 defense," Paxson said. "One year, they were No. 3. Another year, they were No. 2 or No. 1. I was basically third string, second string, on the No. 1 or No. 2 defense. I played both [end and tackle].
"I filled in for [Casey] Hampton, [Brett] Keisel, played on special teams. Anything to keep my butt there, I was doing. It was a lot of learning.
"Those guys were a little better, and I couldn't find a situation where I could get on the field."
After the sixth release from Pittsburgh, Paxson spent all the 2010 NFL season "on the streets . . . doing odds-and-ends jobs and working out for teams."
The Browns worked him out and sent him home. In January, they called to offer what amounted to a training camp tryout.
He made the final roster but received little playing time until midway through the season. Lately, he's been averaging about 20 snaps a game in relief of No. 1 pick Phil Taylor and mainstay tackle Ahtyba Rubin.
"Pax is great," Jauron said. "He's a great teammate, a very solid player. He plays the one and three technique for us. Plays them well. He's always trying to do it exactly as he's told. He's got a feel for it. A very tough guy. He takes his reps, takes other people's reps, never complains."
Paxson, 28, is hopeful he has finally found a home in the NFL.
"A real good thing about me is just being a good character guy, a smart guy, knowing the defense, a reliable backup," he said.
In parts of four seasons with the Steelers, Paxson appeared in only one game and was never active for a game against the Browns.
"I would say this rivalry means a little more to me now because this is the team I'm with and I'm playing," he said.
Paxson's sack of Roethlisberger could ultimately affect the Steelers' season more than James Harrison's cheap-shot helmet hit on Colt McCoy affected the Browns' season. If Roethlisberger is subpar in the playoffs, the Steelers aren't going anywhere.
Still, Paxson wasn't deluged with Cleveland fan mail after the sack.
"I just got a couple of texts from my buddies in Pittsburgh telling me not to come back anytime soon," Paxson said.


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Meyer, Richard, 1966-
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- Meyer, Richard Evan, 1966-
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- Organization: University of Southern California
- Organization: Stanford University
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- found: Meyer, Richard. Outlaw representation, 2001:CIP t.p. (Richard Meyer)
- found: Info. from pub., July 27, 2000(Richard Meyer, b. Oct. 12, 1966)
- found: Situation, 1991:t.p. (Richard Meyer) p. 18 (Richard Meyer, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Art History, University of Calif., Berkeley)
- found: The narrative progress of William Hogarth's Industry and idleness, 1990:t.p. (Richard Evan Meyer; M.A. thesis, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1990)
- found: What was contemporary art?, 2013
- found: Art & queer culture, 2013:p. 395 (Richard Meyer, born 1966 in New Brunswick (N.J.), associate professor of art history at the University of Southern California)
- found: Lee, Anthony W. Weegee and Naked City, 2008:t.p. (Richard Meyer)
- found: USCDornsife, Oct. 8, 2014(Richard Meyer; coauthor of "Weegee and Naked City") - http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/956/naked-hollywood/
- found: Stanford University, Department of art and art history WWW site, Oct. 8, 2014(Richard Meyer; Robert and Ruth Halpern professor in art history; teaches courses in twentieth-century American art, the history of photography, arts censorship and the first amendement, curatorial practice, and gender and sexuality studies; author of "Naked Hollywood : Weegee in Los Angeles") - https://art.stanford.edu/people/richard-meyer
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Funding the Journey on target for DKK 2bn cost cuts
The headline figures presented by Carlsberg for its third quarter weren't particularly positive. But there were numerous promising indications in the underlying performance to suggest that progress is being made towards the Danish brewer's better tomorrow.
Beer volumes declined for the July-September months, by 4% on an organic comparison and by 6% overall, from 40.0 to 27.5 million hectolitres.
Net revenues declined, but by not as great a percentage, DKK 48.447 billion, a one per cent decline against the same three months in 2016. The difference indicates a lessening reliance on lower margin discount brands in favour of better margin brands.
And there was volume growth in segments specifically targeted by Carlsberg in its current five year plan, namely craft and specialty beers. Volumes were up 34% for the quarter, alongside a 14% gain in alcohol-free volumes in Western Europe. Grimbergen and 1664 Blanc volume growth was 7% and 42% respectively.
In Asia net revenue grew organically by 7%, with a 5% improvement on price mix and a 2% gain in beer volumes to 11.2mhl.
"North east China and other Asian markets were important contributors to the growth of 1664 Blanc. In Q3 our craft and speciality products grew volumes by 34% serving as evidence of our successful focus on craft and speciality," said CEO Cees t'Hart.
"Our alcohol-free brews are also gaining momentum, delivering 14% volume growth in the Western European markets in the quarter. There was particularly strong in markets such as France, Denmark, Poland and Greece."
Tuborg volumes grew by 5% with a strong performance in China alongside market launches in Laos and Vietnam. Flagship premium lager Carlsberg had a modest 1% increase in volumes, with string performances in Poland and China offset by the decline of lower-strength variant Carlsberg Green in the UK and difficult market conditions in India.
In Western Europe the brewer's least controllable element – inclement weather – was blamed for poor performances, especially in the Nordic countries, during the summer months. That said, while volumes fell market share was gained in all Nordic markets save Finland.
In Italy there was volume growth, with a key driver the continuing expansion of the DraughtMaster PET keg system in the on-trade.
In Eastern Europe Carlsberg's organic net revenue declined by 2%. There was a trade-off between volumes and revenues in the region. The price mix improved by 10%; against this volume declined by 10% to 9.3 million hectolitres for the quarter.
Carlsberg CFO Heine Dalsgaard reported that year-on-year volumes in Russia had fallen by "high teens" with the decline accentuated by a very strong, warm weather enhanced, Q3 in 2016.
Dalsgaard explained, "In addition, the market is declining due to the PET downsizing and we lost market share year-on-year as a result of our value based approach due to the PET downsizing."
That said, market share grew slightly from Q2 to Q3 and there was strong performances by brands such as Balitka 3. Price increases were instituted across the portfolio and les volumes in the lower price PET segment, improving the price mix by nine percent.
In the Asian region net revenue grew by seven per cent, boosted by a five per cent improvement in price mix and a two per cent gain in beer volume, to 11.2mhl.
In China volume grew organically by six percent, driven by the performances of international brands Tuborg and 1664 Blanc. Premium brands in China now account for 23% of volumes and 35% of net sales.
In India the implementation of a sales tax, rainy weather and a Supreme Court ban on sales of alcohol near both state and national highways all contributed to difficult trading conditions. Volumes declined by a couple of percentage points. Against this market shares improved and price mix improved as Carlsberg moved to offset the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in July.
Carlsberg's cost-cutting programme, Funding the Journey, is now in its second year and on target to generate benefits of around DKK 2bn, this the uppermost total targeted envisioned when the programme was launched.
In answer to a financial analyst's question concerning an internal target of DKK 2.3bn and if achieved how the additional revenue would be allocated, t'Hart commented, "You're right, if we are to achieve above the two billion target then a higher percentage of those benefits will flow to the bottom line."
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"With our population growing at such a rapid rate and with federal funding being more unpredictable than ever, planning for the future will be increasingly critical as we strive to meet our state's future transportation needs," said retired Lt. Gen J.F. Weber, USMC, TxDOT executive director. "We encourage the public to join us and to provide input so we can best align available resources with areas of need."
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Beginning in the Forties, Harvey Publications produced comics aimed at the younger end of the market, featuring bizarre child characters. There was Hotstuff, the Little Devil who was solid red, with cute horns, a pointy tail, and asbestos diapers. Wendy, the Good Little Witch flew around on a broom. There was Little Lotta, a little girl who was extremely fat, and Little Dot, a child obsessed with round objects. One rather obscure characters was Archie-type teen called Flat-Top who wore a buzz cut that made his head as flat as Frankenstein's. The best known Harvey character was Casper, the Friendly Ghost who was, it follows, a little dead boy. As for Richie Rich, the name says it all, here was a child who had all the money in the world. I don't know how he's doing in today's recession. Is he getting bailout money?
I am delighted to have Rob Kelly returning as Guest Blogger. Previously, Rob walked us through a hilarious, boneheaded 1963 adaptation of Frankenstein from Dell Comics. This time out, Rob documents the momentous meeting between Richie Rich and Frankenstein!
Richie Rich Meets Frankenstein, by Rob Kelly
Yes, the Poor Little Rich Boy's adventures did go beyond just looking for places to store his money. In 1975's Richie Rich Vault of Mystery No.2, (one of approximately 10,000 different Richie Rich titles) Richie and his less solvent pals had all kinds of adventures, none as exciting for monster fans as this issue, when he encountered Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolf Man!
This story opens with Richie and his pal Freckles visiting "The famous old Castle Theater!"
At first, Richie and Freckles think the spooky sound is just the wind, but then an old sandbag comes crashing down the rafters, almost killing Richie! Richie is still not put off, but even he starts to worry when a knife comes sailing from out of the darkness and lands just a few inches above his head!
The guys decide to split, but on the way out they encounter...The Wolf Man! Freckles calls it "The Ghost of the Wolf Man!" — why it couldn't just be The Wolf Man, I don't know. Maybe Freckles knows something we don't. The Wolf Man chases them, throwing stage pegs. He hits a lever on the wall, causing a trap door to open underneath Richie and Freckles.
They land in a room where props are kept and they run into Frankenstein's Ghost (again with the ghost stuff!). They run away from Frankenstein, only to run into the Wolf Man again. They head down another corridor, only to be met by...The Ghost of Dracula! End of Part One!
After a break consisting of two one-page Richie gag strips, we're back to our main story:
Hmm, these monsters seem pretty clumsy. I wonder...
Anyway, Richie's pants get stuck on a nail and, in his rush to escape, he tears off his pocket, leaving a trail of money in his wake. While Freckles runs away, Richie stops to notice that the monsters are happily scooping up the cash! What kind of monsters are these?
Richie and Freckles hide in a nearby sarcophagus (you'd think this would be a perfect time for the Mummy to make an appearance, but no). The monsters think they've scared the kids off, so they resume their "plan", which involves them heading down yet another trap door. Richie and Freckles follow, and we see that the monsters are in the middle of digging through a wall, into the bank next door!
Richie is now convinced these aren't real monsters, or ghost monsters, or whatever — they're just crooks in make-up! Freckles asks what he and Richie can do to stop them, but Richie says they don't need to do anything!
Freckles is confused at that, as the monsters drill through to the bank…
... the end!
While it's disappointing to this monster fan that Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolf Man aren't real, merely crooks involved in a Scooby Doo-esque plot, I am intrigued at the notion that these (or any) monsters do, in fact, exist for real in the universe of Richie Rich. After all, Richie and Freckles don't immediately come to the conclusion that these are just guys in costumes--for a moment, they believe they are the real deal, which I find an intriguing footnote to the world of Richie Rich.
Like most Richie Rich stories, there are no writing or art credits on this story, although it's safe to assume that this was penciled by the great Ernie Colon. He does a great job rendering the three monsters, especially on the cover, which is about as moody as Harvey was going to allow a Richie Rich comic to get.
One other interesting note: in this story, Dracula is clearly the ringleader, yet the group is called "The Frankenstein Gang." But we know who the real star is, don't we?
Rob Kelly is a professional illustrator, a comics expert and a prolific blogger.
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The Monster Lives!, The Dell Comics Frankenstein, by Rob Kelly


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In a move rival Floyd "Money" Mayweather would be proud of, Manny Pacquiao turned heads with his recent purchase of a Ferrari 458 Italia. Pacman has been cruising around Hollywood for training sessions at the Wild Card Gym in the 570-horsepower, 4.5 liter, V8 Italian dream car.
Pacquiao has been living large over the years. Digital Journal reports the eight-division boxing king has a fleet of sweet rides, including a Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Lincoln Navigator and Escalade. Pacman is a true big shot.
How does he pay for it all? Well, EastSideBoxing.com reports Manny is due more than $20 million from his scheduled November 12 bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena with Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao says he's offended by Marquez's claim that he won the previous two skirmishes. "That's why I train hard, because I want to end this, all the doubts. This is our last fight," Manny told the Associated Press.
Freddie Roach predicts Pacman will end the fight before the sixth round.
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With all this RAIN we've been having, these duck boots I thrifted last year are getting lots of wear. You can't really tell in this lighting but the color combo of my cowl from Anne and this little sweater matches the color combo of the boots perfectly. Ha, that sort of thing probably makes me happier than it should.
This weekend brought rain as well as the first day of December. With a certain little person who is VERY enthusiastic about Christmas this year running the show, we kicked off the holiday stuff a bit earlier than usual.
Sunday morning, with the Vince Guaraldi Pandora station (much to Lucas' dismay) setting the mood, we got to decorating our tree.
I realized pretty early on in the decorating process that someone shorter than me had some definite ideas about how things should go down with the ornament hanging. I was going to have to set aside my perfectionist tendencies along with any talk of distributing ornaments evenly throughout the tree. There really was no reasoning with her.
My one attempt at showing her the error of her ways was to make a wide sweeping arm motion across the lower mid-section of the tree and say:
"Look, there's too much STUFF."
Her matter of fact response:
"Mom, that's how Christmas is."
Well played Clover, well played...
She was also concerned about certain ornaments having buddies to hang out with. Like the gnomes...
Zephyr checking out the tree. This time last year he was just a wee kitten, who almost climbed his way to the top of our Christmas tree on multiple occasions. I'm not sure how it never toppled. Now he's this big fluffy white wintery creature. His thick winter coat has come in and he's so bright white that when he's out roaming in the yard at dusk or on a foggy day he practically glows, like an Arctic spirit kitty.
Annoying ornament hanging tendencies aside, it's pretty fun watching Clover really experiencing the magic of Christmas as her own autonomous little person for the first time. When this kid gets excited about something, her enthusiasm will light up a room. It's one of the things I adore most about her, and something tells me we're in for a very bright holiday season!


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Samsung Gear S3 News: Samsung announces new app Partnerships for Gear S3
The Samsung gear s3 is Samsung's current flagship smartwatch. The Samsung Gear s3 doesn't have the same array of apps and support that Google's platform has. Samsung Gear s3 Run on Tizen, not Android Wear. Samsung gear s3 is a creative, and it's long lasting, and it's creative.
Samsung just announced its app partnerships with a variety of companies to bring new functions to their smartwatch, from fitness to music.
First is Samsung's collaboration with Under Armour:
Samsung has all the time reserved a close relationship with the fitness company, and after infinite rumors, they've finally announced an official partnership throughout CES 2017.
As Samsung explains, this new partnership will carry the Under Armour Connected Fitness suite to Gear S3 devices, including apps like UA Record, MapMyRun, Endomondo, and MyFitnessPal.
As you may know, these are some of the most accepted fitness apps around, helping you track your workouts, share your progress, and even access the world's largest dietetic database.
Samsung Gear S3 News: New Gear S3 App to Messaging, Available on App Store
To separate itself, however, Samsung says that with the purchase of a new Gear S3, users will get 12 months of approving access to these apps' premium services.
Not only that, each app will have unique features available exclusively for Samsung Gear devices, such as the ability to log water utilization or participate in fun "Challenges."
To differentiate itself, however, Samsung says that with the purchase of a new Gear S3, users will get 12 months of admiring access to these apps' premium services.
Now On To Music:
Gear S2 and Gear S3 users finally got Spotify on their smartwatches at the end of last year, and Samsung is making that experience a bit better.
Not only can you stream music via Wi-Fi or LTE, the Gear S3 Spotify app will soon support offline playback, meaning Spotify Premium users will be able to play their favorite music even without any internet connection. The company says that this feature will roll out some time in April.
The Gear S3 Spotify app will soon support offline playback, meaning Spotify Premium users will be able to play their favorite music even without any Internet connection.
The Gear S3's HERE WeGo app will also be getting an update to make it even easier for users to see real-time updates on public shipment options, and it will also add an option to send directions straight to your Galaxy Smartphone.
New Yorkers, there is a shipping app specifically designed for you guys – the NYC Transit app allows you to see bus and subway schedules, see where they are, and find nearby stations.
In addition to all this, the BMW Connected app is now available for all compatible connected BMW vehicles, and you can even control your home temperature with the new Gear for Nest app.


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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 6, 2016 —Trustly today announces the appointment of Oscar Berglund as Chief Executive Officer. Berglund will take overall responsibility for leading the company and executing its growth strategy.
Berglund joined Trustly in 2013 as Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Deputy CEO in 2014. His relationship with the company started in 2010 when he was elected to the Trustly Board. Berglund started his career at Goldman Sachs where he spent close to five years in the Investment Banking Division and Financing Group based in London and Moscow. From 2007 to 2012, he was a Portfolio Manager at Alpcot Capital Management where he was part of the team that developed and launched Europe's first actively managed equity ETF. Berglund holds a MSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Over the past year, Trustly has executed a successful expansion across Europe and today provides online banking pay-ins and pay-outs across 29 countries. The company currently processes payment volumes in excess of €3.5B on an annualized basis, maintains offices in five European countries and is expanding in multiple industries. Companies that have recently started offering Trustly's online banking payment method to their customers include Nordic banks Avanza Bank and Nordnet as well as PayPal in six new European markets.
Trustly's co-founder and current CEO Carl Wilsson will move into a new role as Vice President Business Development where he will focus on strategic product development and drive implementation of complex merchant solutions. He remains a Board Director of the company.
Oscar Berglund commented on his appointment: "I am proud to have been given the responsibility to lead Trustly. We are in the very beginning of our journey and I look forward to continue working with the rest of the team in servicing our customers with Trustly's unique payment solutions. I am delighted that Trustly will continue to benefit fully from Carl's expertise and experience as we together with the rest of our colleagues drive the company forward."
Carl Wilsson said: "I have worked closely with Oscar for more than six years now and as Trustly grows, I see this as the right time to hand over the responsibility for the daily operations of the company to him. My ambition has been to build the organization necessary to support a continued high-growth journey. We have a great team in place, and in my new role I will be able to focus 100% on what I am most passionate about: driving our product suite forward and making sure that we implement the best possible solutions for our merchants."
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Secret Loans To Be Banned
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, has outlined plans to ban secret loans to political parties, after the Labour Party has become embroiled in accusations of sleaze, as rich businessmen who have loaned the party money have been offered peerages. The row over how parties should be funded has re-opened, with the Tories saying that the number of M.P.s should be cut to raise funds for state funding of parties, and Lord Falconer has suggested an American-style cap of £50,000 on donations from an individual (but, as we saw in the US elections in 2004, there are many loopholes in this system that can be exploited).
The question of the way Peerages are given has also re-opened: Should Lords be nominated, or does it inevitably lead to sleaze? Should Peers be elected? Londonist feels that whilst the election of peers is not a perfect solution, something ought to be done to alleviate the reliance of political parties on rich donors.
An End To The Stalemate?
The Conservatives and the Lib Dems have offered a compromise on the Government's controversial I.D. cards Bill, which is currently in the middle of a game of parliamentary ping-pong - on its way back from the Lords after being rejected on legal grounds. The opposition parties now want to delay the implementation of I.D. cards to 2012, rather than 2008.
Lib Dem Home Affairs spokesman in the Lords, Lord Phillips said, "Our compromise amendment will mean that no one will be compelled to have an ID card when obtaining a passport before 2012. This delay will allow the political parties to make clear where they stand on this fundamental issue at the next election. In the meantime, anyone will be able to voluntarily take out an ID card. In five years time it will be much clearer what the effects of this scheme will be in terms of cost, technology and public opinion."
A cynic might say that, in reality, the opposition parties are hoping that by 2012, Labour won't be in power, and by delaying the Bill, a possible Conservative government could overturn it, or that when Blair steps down as PM, his successor might not take such a hard line on I.D. cards. We will have to wait and see.


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Awesome layered stamping on both!ReplyDelete
Love your stamping on these!!ReplyDelete
LOVE these cards, awesome stamping and positioning of the stamps.xx {The Journey Is The Start aNNie my personal blog}ReplyDelete
These are so bold and pretty! What amazing stamp layering! That little tiny staple tops off the second card perfectly!ReplyDelete
Love the repetition of the sentiment!ReplyDelete
Such pretty collage cards, Laura!ReplyDelete
Two gorgeous cards Laura, fabulous stamping. Carol xReplyDelete
Very pretty, chic cards. Love the banner of gray sentiments you did in that first one. That's a great technique that i'm going to tuck away in my brain.ReplyDelete
Pretty cards - love the limited CAS background coloring and the sentiments you used:)ReplyDelete
Really fun cards LauraJane - so free and happy! Thanks bunches for such a great inspiration. j.ReplyDelete
So pretty and delicate, thanks for the blog hop and great inspiration KarenReplyDelete
Fun stamping. TFSReplyDelete
Too cute! Love the layering and the colors!ReplyDelete
Love the fonts on the stamp set and your cards are delightful!ReplyDelete
What beauty you have created with these new stamps - you have showcased them so well!!ReplyDelete
Both the cards are superb and cute! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the hop!
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What fabulous use of the sentiment, ghosting it like that. Stunning.ReplyDelete
Pretty cards...love the stamping...ReplyDelete
Two fabulous cards Laura Jane - love the shadow effect with the sentiment stampingReplyDelete
Very pretty, love the shadows.ReplyDelete
Love the designs of your cards! Great use of the new stamp sets!!ReplyDelete
Ooh, I like that stamp set and what you did with it in those very pretty cards! Great designs!ReplyDelete
Love both versions!ReplyDelete
I love how you have made the sentiments the focal point of the cards, really pretty.ReplyDelete
Great way to create a background image with the sentiments set.ReplyDelete
Great cards, love the repeat stamping of your sentiment! ☺ xxxReplyDelete
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Great cards, love the repeat stamping of your sentiment! ☺ xxxReplyDelete
Abulous design! Love the layered stamping that you did :)ReplyDelete
Love your CAS One Layer Wonder card Laura. I have this sentiment set and LOVE IT! TFSReplyDelete
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Lovely CAS creations with repeated sentiment, so pretty!ReplyDelete
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HAMMOND, La. /March 08, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) — The sight of Southeastern Louisiana starter James Currington recuperating from a bullet wound from a shootout near student housing has provided the Lions with new perspective on their program's best basketball season in more than a decade. Regardless of how the Southland Conference's top seed fares this postseason, the … Continue reading SE Louisiana opens postseason amid gun violence fallout