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or Cujacius, a celebrated French jurist, born at Toulouse; devoted to the study of Roman law in its historical development, and the true founder of the Historical school in that department (1522-1590).
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The numerical value of cujas in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
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The numerical value of cujas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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In a controversial vote that will be lamented for generations in Boston, Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez won the American League Most Valuable Player Award over Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez in voting announced Thursday.
This unexpected result in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America rewarded Rodriguez's everyday toughness over Martinez's brilliance on a once-every-five-days basis. But it was the decision of two of the 28 voters to leave the unanimous Cy Young winner off the MVP ballot that swung the election to Rodriguez.

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This project focused on the immediate personnel needs the Division of Research faces in delivering critical research services to support the current and planned increase in research-active faculty. With $45,000 in funding provided through the budget process and additional funding from the division, two new full-time positions in research administration were created to support the anticipated increase in sponsored-program activity. These placements will assist the division to proactively develop initiatives to streamline grants administration, lessen the administrative burden faculty face in meeting the mandated compliance requirements of sponsored-programs administration and support principal investigator informational needs. The impact of the two positions will be monitored to ensure the project's desired benefits are achieved.
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The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission is a voluntary private-sector organization dedicated to providing thought leadership to executive management and governance entities. COSO consults on critical aspects of organizational governance, business ethics, internal control, enterprise risk management, fraud, and financial reporting.
In 1992, COSO and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) established a common internal control model called the Internal Control Integrated Framework (ICIF), used by companies and organizations to assess their internal control systems. The ICIF gained popularity in the early 2000's after meltdowns of several U.S. corporations including Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, and Tyco. This article will address the proposed updates to the ICIF and how the framework applies to local campus internal controls.
Twenty years after its inception, COSO and PWC are updating and improving the existing ICIF, emphasizing a series of updates to the original document, not changes. This project is COSO's effort to align the ICIF with changes that have occurred in the business environment, i.e. stakeholder expectations, financial and regulatory laws, and technology. Input was sought from private industry, academics, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations during the update process. The ICIF updates are scheduled to be completed during the first quarter of 2013.
Why is it happening?
The core concepts of the original framework remain unchanged. However, there may be changes pertaining to the way some of the concepts are applied. Objectives of the project include adding more focus on operational and compliance control objectives, and explicitly identifying principle points of focus to provide efficiency and a basis for evaluating effectiveness of operations. COSO will also produce tools (templates and scenarios) for assessing the overall effectiveness of internal control and a companion guide applying the ICIF over external financial reporting.
What is changing?
COSO's desired outcome is to provide the governance community with the following:
1) Seventeen principles that may be universally applied to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of internal control systems;
2) Expanded financial reporting objectives to address internal, external, financial, and nonfinancial reporting objectives; and
3) Increased focus on operations, compliance, and nonfinancial reporting objectives.
Since the project represents updates and not changes, the impact of the ICIF updates on the University System of Georgia (USG) and individual campuses should be positive. If our control systems currently incorporate the tenants of the original ICIF, the updates will continue to strengthen our internal control system. The updated ICIF should simply supply more details and tools to use in examining control systems, and give greater confidence in our assertions about those systems.
What is not changing?
The ICIF was a well thought-out and useful document. Its original concept continues to be valid, and many points within the framework will remain unchanged. For instance, the definition of internal control remains unchanged:
"A process effected by an entity's board of directors, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the following categories: a) effectiveness and efficiency of operations, b) reliability of financial reporting, and c) compliance with laws and regulations."
The five components of internal controls will also remain unchanged.
The fundamental criteria used to assess the effectiveness of systems of internal control and the use of judgment in evaluating the effectiveness of systems of internal control will also remain in place.
An In-depth Look at the Codification of the 17 Principles
However, the updated framework provides attributes, explanations, and examples of how the 17 principles fit into the control component. COSO believes that the principles were always implied by the language of the framework and that the updates simply reduce to writing principles that were already present. The 17 principles will be defined and described in the next issue of the Briefing.
David Randy Pearman, Associate Director of Internal Auditing
Georgia Institute of Technology
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pokyr 0.1.2
Poker hand evaluating modules that provide fast enumerations.Both C Extension module it's pure python analogies are included.
This is a python library that provides routines for very fast poker hand comparisons to power hand match ups.
Pure python and c-extention modules are included. Using the cpoker module it should be easy to write python code that will, for example, quickly caluculate expected hand strength squared and opponent cluster hand strength (EHS2/OCHS).
Be aware that the main modules use a lookup table of over 30mb, which in the case of the pure python version can take up to a second to build. The rank lookup sceme uses 13 magic numbers attributed to the specialK blog, which I used to supplement my own algorithm. A pure python lite version is also include that leaves a small memory footprint and is still fast. A good use case might be where you can't use third party modules and have limited resources, such as on a free google-app-engine site.
Cards are represented by intergers 0-51 and groups of cards are contained in lists. A Card class is provided for convenience. The pretty_args wrapper allows you to use standard card strings rather than Card objects or integers.
>>> from poker import cpoker >>> from poker.utils import pretty_args >>> #return the evs of a match between any number of hands >>> enum = pretty_args(cpoker.full_enumeration) >>> enum(["AsKd", "8c2s"]) [0.6753362720638392, 0.32466372793616083] >>> enum(["AsKd", "7h 8h", "6c 6d"], "Kc 6h 9h") [0.021040974529346623, 0.44518272425249167, 0.5337763012181617] >>> # percentile on river vs all 990 hand combos >>> pretty_args(cpoker.rivervalue)("As Kd", "Ks Qh Jc 8s 8d") 0.8585858585858586
Compile and Install
OSX -> Easiest is to install xcode command line tools. On Maverick you should be able to open a terminal and just type
$ xcode-select --install
On older versions you may have to download the entire Xcode from the app store.
Linux -> You just need python-dev and gcc and you should be good to go. ie. on debian/ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install gcc python-dev
Then in any case from the pokyr directory:
$ python setup.py install
or with pip
$ sudo easy_install pip $ sudo pip install pokyr
There is an issue with later versions of osx and Xcode 5.1. If you get the error:
clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd' [-Wunused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future]
you can try running this before setup.py:
$ export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments
Apple will hopefully fix this problem in a future release.
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Cash-strapped North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has proposed drastic hike in property tax, saying Rs 790-crore loan repayment to Delhi government depends on property tax hike.
On Wednesday, the civic agency presented the budget, in which it proposed to hike the base unit area value across all categories of colonies by 1.7 times, and an increase of 3 per cent to 5 per cent in the rate of tax across all categories of colonies.
Commissioner P K Gupta stressed that the proposed hikes were necessary to improve the financial health of the NDMC.
Justifying the proposed tax hike, a senior official said, "The cost index has gone up manifold but we have never increased the tax. Moreover, the base unit area value has not been revised since 2004."
If the proposals are accepted, residents in some areas will have to fork out more than double in property tax of what they are paying at present. For instance, an owner of a 100 sq m in Civil Lines pays around Rs 6,000 as property tax, but if the proposed hikes are approved, then the same owner will have to pay around Rs 12,750 as property tax.
The NDMC revised its projected income for the current financial year to Rs 3,712.09 crore, and proposes to generate income of roughly Rs 3,113.19 crore during the financial year of 2013-14.
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Samba behind half time pep talk
It has come to light that a stirring half time team talk from the senior players in the camp helped turned the tide that was building up against Blackburn Rovers during their match with Blackpool.
Chris Samba was leading the charge and chipped in with the captains speech (similar to Scott Parker with West Ham the other week) which lent support to under fire manager Steve Kean.
With even his own fans chanting "you're getting sacked in the morning" at him and his players showing little fight it would have been easy for Kean to chuck in the towel but instead the troops rallied.
Chris is quoted in the Daily Star - "We just said this wasn`t a time to sit back and feel sorry for ourselves.
"We had no choice but to get back out there and show we are better than we were in the first half.
"It was time for us to do something. We were playing for the future of this club and also for our own futures in the Premier League.
"So it was time to go back on the pitch and give everything.
"It wasn`t just the manager, it was myself and some of the senior players - we needed to speak up.
"I was here a couple of years ago when we showed a lot of fight and got out of the relegation zone. A few of us know what it takes to do that and we had to show the younger players."
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The Grand Cafe
84 High St, Oxford, United Kingdom
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The Grand Cafe Oxford Reviews
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Battle of the "oldest" coffee houses in England Jul 15, 2012
Queen's Lane Coffee House advertises itself as 'Europe's longest established coffee house', as Cirques Jobson begin selling coffee here in 1654. This somewhat contradicts The Grand Cafe (situated directly opposite), as this is touted as 'the first coffee house in England' (or at least, it was built on the site of the first coffee house, circa 1651). Apparently, the first coffee house in Europe was actually built in Venice in 1647, so the wording on Queen's Lane Coffee House's sign is accurate (if not a little misleading). It is the 'longest established coffee house', rather than the 'oldest'.
Other than the historical interest, neither cafe was especially great. The service and food at The Grand Cafe were particularly average. Their hiring policy seemed to focus on the attractiveness of their staff rather than any discernible skill in customer service. But then, you probably wouldn't go to the 'first coffee house in England' if you're looking for value for money.
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|M. Balotelli gets yellow.
|Dortmund try to end the night on a high as Lewandowski looks for 18-year-old Bittencourt on the run but Kompany shepards the ball out for a goal kick.
|Zabaleta hopefully crosses into the box from deep but Weidenfeller comes out to catch comfortably. Balotelli then shows dissent towards the referee, after giving away a free kick for swinging an arm out in a challenge against Santana.
|L. Bittencourt enters the game and replaces O. Kirch.
|Aguero slips through Mario Balotelli with a cute through-pass but the Italian is flagged offside as he watches Weidenfeller stop his effort.
|Chance! Sergio Aguero gets in behind the Dortmund defence and races into the box but can't beat Weidenfeller who comes racing out of his goal to make a good block.
|Lewandowski is involved again as he turns brilliantly away from Garcia but then hesitates before shooting allowing Kompany to recover and make a challenge.
|Great save from Joe Hart! It's more good work from Blaszczykowski who plays in his compatriot Lewandowski who takes a touch before having an acute-angled strike blocked by Hart, who did well to make himself big.
|Great defending from Schmelzer in the six-yard box to clear a Tevez cross from the left before Maicon can get his head onto it. Manchester City pressing for the equaliser now.
|Slightly selfish from Lewandowski as he elects to shoot from range rather than pick out Grosskreutz in space out wide. The Polish striker sends it high and wide before receiving a ear bashing from his team-mate.
|R. Lewandowski enters the game and replaces J. Schieber.
|What a chance! Leitner has a golden chance to double BVB's lead but side-foots his effort wide of the near post, after a brilliant cut-back from the impressive Blaszczykowski.
|Manchester City are now enjoying their best spell of possession in the match but aren't working the ball into dangerous areas as they continue to struggle to penetrate the Dortmund defence.
|Felipe Santana looks for Schieber with a long ball from the back but the German striker is caught offside. Moments later, City look for Mario Balotelli with the same ball and get the same result.
|P. Zabaleta enters the game and replaces S. Nasri.
|Pundits everywhere are sharpening their knives as Samir Nasri is replaced by Pablo Zabaleta, meaning Mancini is opting for the much maligned three at the back.
|Chance! Carlos Tevez somehow wriggles his way through three Dortmund defenders before powering a shot straight at Weidenfeller. Mancini's side fail to do anything with the resulting corner.
|M. Balotelli enters the game and replaces E. Džeko.
|Perisic turns one way then the other before attempting an ambitious chip over Hart from outside the area. Meanwhile, Mario Balotelli is greeted by a chorus of boos from the home fans as he replaces Edin Dzeko for City.
|Carlos Tevez finds some space on the right as City bounce forward off a Dortmund attack but Felipe Santana does well to head away the Argentine's cross.
|Almost another for Dortmund! The hosts almost double their lead as Schieber is played through on goal, but the striker underhits his attempt to chip the out-rushing Hart.
|J. Lescott gets yellow.
|S. Agüero enters the game and replaces S. Sinclair.
|J. Schieber has scored a goal for Borussia Dortmund! Assist by J. Błaszczykowski.
|GOAL! The hosts have the lead and it's Julian Schieber who opens the scoring with a tap-in from close range. Second half substitute Blaszczykowski deserves a lot of credit for delivering a delicious low cross which left the German striker with very little to do. Dortmund lead!
|Another good save! Hart is called into action again, this time denying Grosskreutz with a smart stop low at his near post. Two fine stops from the Englishman to keep his side on level terms.
|Good save! Perisic tests Joe Hart with a dipping volley hit with power from just outside the area. The City shot-stopper was equal to the effort and tipped it over the bar.
|Dortmund are the front foot with Lietner and Perisic combining down the left-hand side before Schmelzer horribly miscues his shot, eventually seeing it go out for a throw-in.
|Close! Dortmund are inches away from taking the lead as Mats Hummels comes a whisker away from turning in Schmelzer's free kick at the far post. A far more lively start to the second half from both sides.
|Chance! It's a great opportunity for Edin Dzeko to catch Dortmund napping after the break. The Bosnian rises to meet Samir Nasri's cross but heads straight at Roman Weidenfeller from only a few yards out.
|J. Błaszczykowski enters the game and replaces M. Reus.
|Borussia Dortmund take the kick-off to gets us underway in the second period.
|Two changes to report for Dortmund for the second half. Klopp has taken off Marco Reus, the best player on the pitch in the first half, and replaced him with Poland captain Jakub Blaszczykowski.
|Dzeko fires in a low cross as City look for a late first half lead but Santana puts it out for a corner. The Bosnian forward then beats the defender to the corner at the far post but heads well wide.
|Some neat passing on the edge of the box between Gundogan and Perisic sees the latter curl a shot towards goal, but Joe Hart easily makes the save.
|Dangerous counterattack from Dortmund as Leitner drives forward from midfield before finding Perisic out wide but the Croatian wastefully overhits the final ball toward Schieber.
|Mats Hummels dribbles out of defence and suddenly finds himself running at the City defenders. The big German eventually runs out of ideas and prods the ball in the direction of Reus allowing Nastasic to cut it out.
|Chance! Marco Reus shaves the outside of Joe Hart's near post with a venomous drive from just inside the box. The German only just missed the target after he cut in from the right flank to create space for a left-footed drive.
|Close! Edin Dzeko hits a dipping shot from about 20 yards out to force Weidenfeller into a good save low to his right-hand post. Sinclair sends in a useful-looking cross from the resulting corner but Dortmund survive the danger.
|Nervous moment for Manchester City as Javi Garcia turns into trouble on the edge of his own area. Maicon does well to intervene and clear the danger for Mancini's side.
|Garcia gets booked for throwing Perisic down to the floor before the Croatian can get a cross in from the left. Perisic himself takes the free kick but floats it straight into Joe Hart's grateful arms.
|Javi García gets yellow.
|Marco Reus has a chance to stretch his legs for the first time after Grosskreutz' through-ball releases the young German. Matija Nastasic does really well to keep up with the Dortmund forward and deny him a shooting opportunity.
|Jurgen Schmelzer's cut-back is played just behind Schieber but the striker then recovers only to get minimal contact with his header from a Perisic's cross from the left side.
|Manchester City produce their best move of the game and come close to grabbing the opening goal. Samir Nasri is released on the left flank after 20 or so passes from the visitors. The Frenchman squares the ball for Dzeko in the area but Schmelzer is there just into time to clear for a corner.
|Marco Reus gets a reaction from the home crowd after skipping away from a couple of challenges but is stopped in his tracks before he can have a real run at the City defence.
|Carlos Tevez evades a challenge on the halfway line and makes a run into the Dortmund area before playing it through to Samir Nasri. The Frenchman, however, can't protect the ball from Schmelzer, allowing the German to play it back to Weidenfeller in goal.
|Both sides have been a bit wasteful in possession now. First Javi Garcia's long ball towards Dzeko is misdirected before Lietner misplaces a routine pass into Reus for the hosts.
|Felipe Santana could be one weak link in the Dortmund defence for City to exploit. The Brazilian, deputising for Neven Subotic, has had a few dodgy touches and has given away the ball needlessly on more than one occasion.
|First effort on goal comes from Kirch for Dortmund. His left-footed effort from just outside the area is palmed over the bar by the alert Joe Hart. Decent effort from the BVB youngster but the City shot-stopper always had it covered.
|It's a bit of a slow start to the game. Dortmund haven't yet shown the urgency out of the blocks that we've come to expect from them, while City are struggling to keep possession with Javi Garcia and Gareth Barry in midfield.
|Edin Dzeko tries to dribble his way into the area from the right flank but the Bosnian loses out to Mats Hummels as the City try to make an impression early on.
|Time for Dortmund to strut their stuff in front of their home fans. The German champions give us a taste of the type of passing and interchange that has taken them to the top of Group D.
|Samir Nasri's delivery fails to clear the first man but City keep the move alive through Scott Sinclair. The visitors switch the play before Barry eventually loses out to Lietner.
|Manchester City take the kick-off and we are underway!
|Early chance for the visitors, Gareth Barry delivers a free kick from a deep position on the right side but Dortmund clear for a corner.
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|Who would have thought that Borussia Dortmund would go into matchday 6 with Group D already sewn up. When the groups were drawn BVB would have been happy just to qualify, but Jurgen Klopp's German champions have impressed home and away leaving the more fancied Real Madrid and Manchester City trailing in their wake.
|Manchester City, on the other hand, go into the game with no chance of making the knockout rounds after a run of home draws and away defeats. Roberto Mancini, though, has another dilemma on his hands. The Italian has already expressed his concern over the Thursday fixtures that the Europa League involves but he surely can't send his team out to do anything other than try and win the match.
|Team news to follow..
|Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller; Kirch, Felipe Santana, Hummels, Schmelzer; Gundogan, Leitner; Grosskreutz, Perisic, Reus; Schieber. Subs: Langerak, Piszcek, Gunter, Blaszczykowski, Amini, Bittencourt, Lewandowski.
|Manchester City: Hart; Maicon, Lescott, Nastasic, K. Toure; Garcia, Barry, Nasri, Sinclair; Tevez, Dzeko. Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Meppen-Walters, Evans, Aguero, Nimely, Balotelli.
|So no Lukasz Piszcek, Mario Gotze or Robert Lewandowski in Klopp's starting line-up to face City, although the latter does have a place on the bench. Neven Subotic is also missing for the German champions; Felipe Santana partners Mats Hummels at the back.
|Meanwhile for Manchester City; Scott Sinclair makes his first ever Champions League appearance in a rare start for the visitors. Joleon Lescott and Javi Garcia also return to the side in place of Aleksander Kolarov and Yaya Toure, while Edin Dzeko starts instead of Sergio Aguero upfront.
|There really is a cracking atmosphere inside BVB's steep sided stadium as both sides emerge from the tunnel, just moments away from kick-off now.
|HALF-TIME: Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester City
|Matchday six generally throws up a few dead rubbers as teams take to the field with their fates are already decided. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case tonight as neither Borussia Dortmund or Manchester City have offered up much in the form of excitement so far. It's goalless at the break with Reus coming closest to finding an opener when he struck the post in the 36th minute. Dzeko has threatened for the visitors but Mancini's side have been lacklustre on the whole.
|FULL-TIME: Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Manchester City
|What a bitterly disappointing night for Manchester City and Roberto Mancini. The Premier League champions have once again failed miserably in the group stage of the Champions League, finishing bottom of Group D without a single win to their name; a first for an English club in this competition. Missing out on the Europa League may well be a blessing in disguise as far as the league is concerned, but the club's wealthy owners have previously expressed their desire to build the City brand in Europe. Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, will now be considered as one of the favourites to reach Wembley in May after absolutely storming past City, Real Madrid in Ajax to top the so called 'group of death'.


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FS Investment Corporation Committed Over $600 Million Toward Proprietary Investments in Middle Market Companies During the Second Quarter
Jul 29, 2013, 10:33 ET from FS Investment Corporation
PHILADELPHIA, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FS Investment Corporation ("FSIC"), a business development company focused primarily on investing in the debt securities of private U.S. companies, announced today that for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, it committed over $600 million toward proprietary investments in middle market companies.
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FSIC made proprietary commitments to eight portfolio companies during the quarter, which included both senior secured loan and subordinated debt investments. In connection with the terms negotiated for select commitments, FSIC received upfront fees and other economic benefits that contributed to FSIC increasing its annualized distribution rate (based on FSIC's last public offering price of $10.80 per share) from 7.5% to 7.75% on June 25, 2013. As of June 30, 2013, propriety investments comprised approximately 40% of FSIC's investment portfolio and non-broadly syndicated investments, which FSIC considers as any investment that is proprietary, an anchor order, an opportunistic or event driven investment, or a collateralized security, comprised approximately 70% of the investment portfolio. The proprietary originations in which FSIC invested during the quarter include the following:
- $130 million senior secured loan to Corel Corporation, a global packaged software company and a portfolio company of Vector Capital;
- $155 million senior secured loan to Dent Wizard International Corporation, the nation's largest automotive reconditioning services company and a portfolio company of an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital; and
- $200 million senior secured loan to Infiltrator Systems, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of wastewater products for on-site residential and commercial septic and storm water management systems and a portfolio company of Graham Partners.
"The scale of our platform and partnership with GSO / Blackstone allows us to continue to grow our direct lending business and expand the portfolio's allocation to proprietary originated investments," said Michael C. Forman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FSIC. "We expect proprietary investments to make up a larger portion of our portfolio going forward and believe that growing our direct lending business will help position the fund for a potential successful listing on a national securities exchange."
About FS Investment Corporation
FSIC, an investment fund sponsored by Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. ("Franklin Square"), is a publicly registered, non-traded business development company ("BDC"). A BDC such as FSIC is a type of investment fund that enables investors, including non-accredited investors (subject to certain state-specific suitability standards), to access the private debt asset class. FSIC focuses primarily on investing in the debt securities of private companies throughout the United States, with the investment objectives of generating current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation for its investors. FSIC is managed by FB Income Advisor, LLC and is sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC ("GDFM"), an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP ("GSO"). GSO, with approximately $62.2 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2013, is the credit platform of The Blackstone Group L.P. For more information, please visit www.fsinvestmentcorp.com.
About Franklin Square
Franklin Square is a leading manager of alternative investment funds designed to enhance investors' portfolios by providing access to asset classes, strategies and asset managers that typically have been available to only the largest institutional investors. The firm's funds offer "endowment-style" investment strategies that help construct diversified portfolios and manage risk. Franklin Square strives not only to maximize investment returns but also to set the industry standard for best practices by focusing on transparency, investor protection and education for investment professionals and their clients.
Founded in Philadelphia in 2007, Franklin Square quickly established itself as a leader in the world of alternative investments by introducing innovative credit-based income funds, including the industry's first non-traded BDC. The firm currently manages three funds with approximately $6.9 billion* in assets.
Forbes Magazine ranked Franklin Square 13th on its 2013 list of America's Most Promising Companies. Franklin Square distributes its funds through its affiliated broker-dealer, FS2 Capital Partners, LLC. For more information, please visit www.franklinsquare.com.
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Pickup, David M. and Moss, Rob M. and Qui, D. and Newport, Robert J. and Valappil, Sabeel P. and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) Structural characterization by x-ray methods of novel antimicrobial gallium-doped phosphate-based glasses. Journal of Chemical Physics, 130 (6). 064708. ISSN 0021-9606. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3076057 ) (Full text available)
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Antimicrobial gallium-doped phosphate-based glasses of general composition (P2O5)(0.45)(CaO)(0.16)(Na2O)(0.39-x)(Ga2O3)(x) (where x=0, 0.01, 0.03, and 0.05) have been studied using the advanced synchrotron-based techniques of Ga K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy and high-energy x-ray diffraction to provide a structural insight into their unique properties. The results show that the Ga3+ ions are octahedrally coordinated. Furthermore, substitution of Na2O by Ga2O3 strengthens the phosphate network structure because the presence of GaO6 octahedra inhibits the migration of the remaining Na+ ions. The results are discussed in terms of the use of Na2O-CaO-P2O5 glasses as controlled-delivery devices for antimicrobial Ga3+ ions in biomedical applications. We are thereby able to relate the atomic-scale environment of the Ga3+ ions beneficially to the glass dissolution, and thus to their ability to disrupt bacterial cell activity by usurping the role of iron
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Thread: PS3 Game Mods for CFW Repository
01-23-2012 #1HeyManHRU Guest
PS3 Game Mods for CFW Repository
Here is a thread where you can search for game mods and also share your own, even if it is as little as video mod for a .BIK file. You can also share other people's mods if it isn't already here but make sure to credit the user behind the mod.
Use "CTRL" + "F" to search for a game or mod since this thread is so big.
It is recommended you backup the game before you attempt to apply any mods in case something goes wrong.
Burnout Crash! (PSN) from dekofi
Are you ready for easy 5 stars levels ? I've already tested some levels modded by me. Big bucks & easy five stars. Only few adjustments to levels left. Only little skill needed to full finish whole game. Here's link for you:
Download: http://j.gs/938067/burnoutcrashlevels
Unpack & Copy files to /dev_hdd0/game/ folder
Remember to backup your old files. On some intersections you will need. Specially for 2nd and 4th to get star for blow up sports car.
Levels modified to get highest $$$ by blowing up Gold Cars!
Demon's Souls (For BLUS version only):
Credits to Omnomnom, crustybread1111 and Inaudax for the following patches.
"God" mode - 3.41 _ http://www.mediafire.com/?618gzqt2tsqnrdk / 3.55 _ http://www.mediafire.com/?rwthgza5i84ffap
Full description:
Enemies don't harm you AND souls are maxed out at 999,999,999 AND they never run out. [seriously overpowered].
AI is turned off and you have max souls - 3.41 _ http://www.mediafire.com/?dfc69j6e6voxv5f / 3.55 _ http://www.mediafire.com/?roelrk8jeo274r9
Install the .PKG file as standard, and move your usrdir files to hdd0/DMS_GAME/usrdir
Grand Theft Auto IV (4) mods (For both version, BLES and BLUS):
Remember to delete your game data before you attempt to play a modded GTA 4.
GTA IV WARZ (credits to Nativesith and JDMAlex) or torrent it - http://kat.ph/ps3-gta-iv-warz-cfw-t6158659.html / http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2845363/
God Mode + Weapons = Button Stick Left + Button Stick Right // Good for when you get arrested allows you to get god mode back
Super Speed ON = Button Stick Left + R1
Super Speed OFF = Button Stick Left + R2
Clear Wanted = Button Stick Right + L1
Player Gravity ON = R1+L2
Player Gravity OFF = L1+R2
Ragdoll = L1 (use with gravity to move)
Componentpeds.img goes in
Script.img goes in
nativesith's mod pack - http://www.multiupload.com/D8I76OUZ9B.
- New sexy loading screens.
- Pause Menu with Old English Font
- New HUD
- Exotic Cars and Bikes Take No Damage
- Screen goes Red and Black when Niko Dies.
- Many PC textures imported to Ps3!
- Reality IV Visual PC Mod
- Niko has new Clothes and beard
- Highlighted Weapon Icons
- In Car as one of Camera modes
- No Cops at Airport (EvilB's)
- No Non-Colored Radio Icons
- My Handling Settings
- Latest Importing W/ No Helis or Boats!
- BloodyFX!!
- Colored Blips!
- This mod will not freeze at Dardan Mission , Please let me know if it freezes on you.
- Meant to be used with Evil B's qeens_e.img (The Evil Blunt Airport!)
Common and Ps3.rpf go in BLUS30127/Ps3_Game/USRDIR/
Vehicle and weapon.img go in BLUS30127/PS3_Game/USRDIR/ps3/models/cdimages
Download this (http://www.multiupload.com/D8I76OUZ9B) "PS3.rpf" file if you want animated loading screen and don't want niko's beard.
Evil B's mod pack - http://www.multiupload.com/VOVKPDMYD6
- Can only add 23 cars to the vehicles.ide anymore and the game will loop on menu the limits about 150 cars, i've added 23 already, if you want to pick and choose which ones you want spawning i've added a text file with all eflc car ids.
- Added default handling line for every car and Realistic Handling 1.2 By Killatomate, at the airport about 170 car heli spawns some are eflc cars not all of em missing hashes for some mainly lost and damned cars bikes.
- Boat spawns and the secret island way down south of the airport.
- Vehicles Spawning: apc, avan, buffalo, bullet, caddy, f620, gburrito, pbus, police4, rhapsody, schafter2, serrano2, slamvan, superd2, tampa, towtruck, bati2, hakuchou2, policeb, buzzard, swift, smuggler and floater.
- Modded maps
Open your common.rpf with openiv or sparkiv (http://www.multiupload.com/YVPYMY2TLX) and replace all .dat american.gxt and images.txt with ones ive included in the archive rebuild and place common.rpf in PS3_GAME\USRDIR\
vehicles.img and eflcvehicles.img goes in PS3_GAME\USRDIR\ps3\models\cdimages
queense.img goes in PS3_GAME\USRDIR\ps3\data\maps\east
For the maps:
Open ps3.rpf in openiv (http://www.multiupload.com/YVPYMY2TLX) and add the folder mods to /data/maps rebuild rpf close it
Now open your common.rpf and find file gta.dat extract to desktop and open with notepad and add these lines
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/airportstuntpark.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/derbyplaza.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/discoloop.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/slipnslideempirestate.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/roadstoheavenv3.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/robatoremapmods.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/da420driftteammod1.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/da420driftteammod2.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/da420driftteammod3.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/da420driftteammod4.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/da420driftteammod5.ipl
IPL platform:/data/maps/mods/da420driftteammod6.ipl
Save and replace back in common.rpf rebuild and your ready to play, just place your common ps3 rpfs back in PS3_GAME\USDIR no need to clear game install data when editing .rpf
Channel mods:
Replace the files in BLUS30127/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/ps3/movies
New Looney Tunes episode entitled "Off Duty Cop" (nativesith) - http://www.multiupload.com/4STD5SAM67
Black Eyed Peas "Rock your Body" (nativesith) - http://www.multiupload.com/R5OXEMU0FE
Nicki Minaj "Stupid Hoe" (nativesith) - http://uploadmirrors.com/download/1ZJPYJYK/weazel.bik
Pitbull ft Sensato "Latinos In Paris (nativesith) - http://uploadmirrors.com/download/ZPKPOF5P/CNT.bik
WcW (wrestling) footage (HeyManHRU) - http://uploadmirrors.com/download/GJQFPICR/CNT.bik
Just Cause 2 (For both version, BLES and BLUS):
Credits to establi, SKINS, LIOX and others from justcause2modsps3.blogspot.com for the following mods,
The following mods are only compatible with the 1.02 update so you can download it from here (http://www.mediafire.com/?qh650txj78e3d93).
Create a folder named "dropzone" in "/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/" and move the contents of the mod to that folder and the mod should work. (Video tutorial here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzBjAVZ9fks)
Green Lantern - http://www.mediafire.com/?p4gaqkrtw2r4hq3
Venom Spiderman - http://www.mediafire.com/?nq1oeva7afc9jio
Kick ass - http://www.mediafire.com/?awp2b21dx6ncq5a
Dr. Manhattan - http://www.mediafire.com/?bffqoutabqdc72d
Ironman - http://www.mediafire.com/?0tft7xgjop2i826
John Marston (RDR) - http://www.mediafire.com/?bf6lcwiwu16w688
Zhangsun - http://www.mediafire.com/?ca4uzdbtuhz3h7a
Sicinius - http://www.mediafire.com/?3v5h2bv69ods5jc
Razman - http://www.mediafire.com/?czd63ar5yc9f9yb
Karl Blaine - http://www.mediafire.com/?e9r23eolblqt6ux
Crysis game - http://www.mediafire.com/?1evqa84dt50080t
Spiderman - http://www.mediafire.com/?o3g57itgraq4n47
Ninja - http://www.mediafire.com/?klha6dyfy3p3hqf
Sheldon - http://www.mediafire.com/?8jq7dnyj11uyuv3
First person view (Original Mod by Kaii) - http://www.mediafire.com/?hhpoe0salqte6cn
Invisible weapons - http://www.mediafire.com/?7vb4v2mt42bd0ly
Oblivion (For both version, BLES and BLUS):
(Credits to 950931alonso for porting the mods from the PC version to the PS3 version and credits to the original modders)
Oblivion PS3 Mods - http://www.multiupload.com/VJPBWMLV18
- Midas Spells of Aurum 0995
- Shadowcreek Vineyard
- Waldelf Modified Jungles Nude Spell + Female EyeCandy Body Raplacer 1.0 and Eshmes Bodies v2
Download this file for the tutorial - http://www.ps4news.com/forums/attach...chmentid=28015
WWE Legends of Wrestlemania (For both version, BLES and BLUS):
Randy Savage (Macho Man) - http://uploadmirrors.com/download/A69SJLKO/256.bik
Installation - Move this to the "titantrons" folder in the "movies" folder located in the USRDIR
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 (For BLUS version only):
Mozzer0's mod packs, all 4 mod packs in one .rar file (credits to Def Dave 7 from the thewrestlinglegendsforum.com) - http://www.thewrestlinglegendsforum....ds/Mozzer0.rar
So much more wrestlers like Bret Hart and Jeff Hardy.
A lot of alternative attires for wrestlers like The Rock and Chris Jericho.
Watch this video - or use the "readme" file in the download for instructions.
01-25-2012 #2PsDev Guest
Should get some oblivion ones
01-26-2012 #3HeyManHRU Guest
I just added some now , I would have added a lot more mods for a lot of other games but because of what is happening with all those file-hosting sites it's very hard to do so.
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It will be amazing to have a mod for fifa 13 where we can have the players fly like in shaolin soccer or make them play in funny costumes.. or play soccer in the sky... just saying


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Watching this year's Academy Awards will be like starting a book after you've already skipped ahead to read the ending. Aside from a possible surprise or two (i.e. Bening over Portman; Steinfeld over Leo), the 83rd annual telecast should follow a predictable night with Colin Firth and The King's Speech crowned over The Social Network. Expect Speech to take home about five gold guys with Network close behind with four. Perhaps the most unpredictable aspect about this year's Oscars will be how well James Franco and Anne Hathaway host the event. I suspect the duo will rise to the occasion with a little song, a little dance, and a lot of humor. I also bet we'll see our fair share of celeb cameos engaging with them in planned bits and vignettes. As a whole, the night should be entertaining, drawn-out predictable fun. Here's my take on how the night will play out in all categories. One thing is clear this will be the first award show in some time that doesn't feature Betty White.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
What to expect: This is seemingly a two-horse race between The King's Speech and The Social Network. While I think Speech will edge out Facebook, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if early favorite Network is "friended." The film really personifies this generation and the times in which we live in. The Fighter is the only dark horse here, but it's likely KO'd already.
Best Actor
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
What to expect: Firth, Firth, and Firth. It's his year... his time. He deserves it, and will get it.
Best Actress
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
What to expect: Every time Bening is nominated, I think this will finally be her year. While Portman is the favorite (she delivered the finest performance last year in my book), it wouldn't surprise me if Bening nabs her "lifetime achievement" Oscar. Don't expect that to happen, but if any category this year has shock potential, it's this one.
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
What to expect: Bale should be a lock, but if King's Speech sweeps, look for Rush to win his second Oscar. In my opinion, Rush gave the best performance of his career and his role is far less showy than Bale. That said, Bale's long overdue.
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
What to expect: Early favorite Melissa Leo may have shot herself in the foot by campaigning for herself so I'm giving the edge to Steinfeld. It's been awhile since a youngen won got the gold, and it could happen here. A Steinfeld win would be the Academy's way of honoring True Grit. Adams could pull an upset here as well -- I'd vote for her -- but don't count on it.
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
What to expect: Even if King's Speech sweeps, I think Fincher will take home this award even though the DGA shut him out. Without his skillful direction, The Social Network might've been a long, talky bore.
Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt (screenplay); John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (story)
True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
What to expect: The Social Network's Sorkin will handily win here, and deservedly so. No one comes close.
Original Screenplay
Another Year - Mike Leigh
The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (screenplay); Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (story)
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech - David Seidler
What to expect: The King's Speech will be crowned here as well, but I'm hopeful Nolan's complex epic scores the win here. I still can't believe he failed to get a directing nod.
Best Animated Film
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
What to expect: Toy Story 3 easily. It's sort of a consolation prize in that it never had a chance for Best Picture. If it wins that category by the way (shocking the world of course), I'll smile ear to ear.
Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Algeria)
What to expect: Have a Danish... In a Better World is the frontrunner and should edge out Biutiful.
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
The King's Speech
True Grit
What to expect: Alice in Wonderland seems to be the favorite, and I think it'll win (richly deserved), but this is the kind of award King's Speech could win in an Oscar sweep, so I'm predicting that.
Black Swan
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
What to expect: I can't believe Roger Deakins hasn't won one of these yet. His work on True Grit should break that habit.
Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
What to expect: Alice in Wonderland should easily take this prize. King's Speech had sort of a been there, done that vibe.
Best Documentary Feature
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Waste Land
What to expect: Inside Job has the inside track here.
Best Documentary Short Subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
What to expect: I honestly haven't seen any of these but I suspect Strangers No More will take this.
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
What to expect: The Social Network deserves this and should overtake King's Speech here. Having said that, the real deserved winner -- Inception -- wasn't even nominated. Sad.
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
What to expect: I suspect The Wolfman will take this lame category home. The Way Back is the only real competition.
Best Original Score
How to Train Your Dragon
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
What to expect: While I'd love to see Trent Reznor take home an Oscar, I think his Network score along with Atticus Ross will come up second to The King's Speech's Alexander Desplat. For what it's worth, I would've voted for snubbed Clint Mansell for his spine-tingling Black Swan score.
Best Original Song
"Coming Home" (from Country Strong, music and lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey)
"I See the Light" (from Tangled, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater)
"If I Rise" (from 127 Hours, music by AR Rahman, lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong)
"We Belong Together" (from Toy Story 3, music and lyrics by Randy Newman)
What to expect: I'd suspect another gold guy will go to Randy Newman. Toy Story 3 should be a multiple winner and aside from animated film, this stands as the best chance of that happening.
Best Animated Short Film
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, a Journey Diary
What to expect: I didn't really dig Pixar's Day & Night and I'm a fan of rhyming Mark Ruffalo so I'm going to say The Gruffalo will win.
Best Live Action Short Film
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143
What to expect: Gut tells Na Wewe because it's fun to say outloud.
Sound Editing
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
What to expect: Inception should and will win this. True Grit is the only real competition, and I just don't see it.
Sound Mixing
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
What to expect: Inception should pick up this prize as well although King's Speech could surprise.
Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Iron Man 2
What to expect: Again, look for Inception to clean up on the technical awards. Easily the best visual effects of the year.


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Harlem Wizards Visit Immaculata
The internationally known Harlem Wizards, who have been thrilling fans around the world with their exciting brand of "show" basketball for over four decades, will be coming to Immaculata University on Wednesday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m. in Alumnae Hall Gym.
The Harlem Wizards´ show is built on a foundation of fundamental basketball, serious skill, trick-hoops, acrobatic slams, and dynamic personalities that engage the audience.
The Wizards´ brand of "show" basketball brings the player out of every basketball fan. They have participated in a variety of high profile charity events playing with A-list celebrities including LA Laker star Kobe Bryant, All My Children´s actress Susan Lucci, TV stars Luke Perry and Malcolm Jamal Warner, to name a few.
Seating is limited and tickets for the game are $10 for any student and $15 for general admission. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact 610-647-4400, ext. 3113.
Immaculata University, a Catholic, coeducational institution, is located 20 miles west of Philadelphia, south of the intersection of routes 30 and 352, between Paoli and Exton.
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In June 2016 Edinburgh based artists Karen Fleming and Olivia Turner opened DOK Artist Space at Ocean Terminal. A non profit artist led project that offers affordable studio and exhibition space to Scottish based artists as well as working with senior pupils from local high schools that want to advance into employment or further education in the creative industries.
DOK works with visual artists from various backgrounds and nationalities on an ongoing basis. In their first year they have worked with various artists, theatre groups, the Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh College.
"The Steel Shed" can accommodate anything between 10 and 60 persons a week depending on what they are working on at the time, providing facilities for everything from exhibitions of visual art to film shows in a totally unique environment. Currently DOK provides affordable studio space to six artists, as well as rentable exhibition space in the main building.
One of the key driving factors behind the project is the lack of affordable and unique artist studio space in Edinburgh. Refurbishing The Steel Shed was the first step towards creating a vibrant artistic hub and 2017 will see a second space completed in the form of a 40ft shipping container that was donated by Forth Ports transformed into more studio and exhibition provision.
Another core aspiration is enabling the wider community to engage with DOK projects, as well as giving people the opportunity to buy artwork directly from artists at reduced cost. This process will be beneficial to the artists, allowing them to continue developing ideas and projects that will engage with the community.
DOK Artist Space is located outside of Ocean Terminal next to the blue carpark.
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This time of the year a lot of us are suffering from holiday let down or the Winter Blues. In the North East the days are short and cold, causing many to feel just a little tired. Our rooms can look tired this time of the year as well but adding a little energy is easier than you think and can be just what is needed for a mid Winter pick me up.
As a Boston area decorator here are my 3 favorite ways to add a little UMPH to a room.
1. Bold graphic patterns are not only a huge trend right now but a great way to boost your room's energy. Incorporate a fun bold graphic in your room by bringing in new throw pillows, a rug, or a graphic fabric.
The graphic wall treatment and the three throw pillows add just enough energy to this bedroom to keep the room from looking tired while still retaining a soothing and restful look.
Try swapping out your current neutral rug with one of the new affordable Graphic rugs. This one below is from West Elm and will really add a punch to your room.
Using a colorful graphic fabric for window treatments will definitely amp up your room and add pizzazz to even the most neutral of rooms. I love how the red graphic drapes below really help this room come alive.
2. Changing up your room's floor plan is another way to add new energy and it doesn't cost a dime. Simply by moving things around you will create a new energy and that is sometimes all the refreshing up you need. Try moving your furniture off the wall. Float your sofa or chairs around a coffee table to create an intimate conversation area.
If your room is somewhat square try placing the sofa on the diagonal; it will boost the energy of the room because diagonals are the most dynamic of all the lines.
#3. Color. You can never understate the power of color for adding energy to a room. Bright bold Color is so popular now and and the choices are endless. You can ease into incorporating a bold color simply by adding a bright pillow or go all out and add a statement piece of furniture.
I love these colorful lamps from Lamps Plus and they come in dozens of different colors. They are even color coded to Sherwin Williams and Pantone paint colors . I recently purchased one for my client in SW6882.
Of course if you are really brave and craving some energy you can always paint a high energy color on the walls. Just be sure you surround the bright color with plenty of neutral to give they eye a place to rest.
Using a very bold color in small doses especially with white and black is a great way to add some interest and high energy to a space without overwhelming it. I fell in love with the entrance below. Talk about adding energy to what could be a very boring entrance! It makes me want to run up those stairs to see the rest of the house.
What is your favorite way to add a little energy to your room? Graphic prints? Color? or by rearranging the furniture?
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Tags: Andrew Scott, Breezy Culbertson, mini-comics, Mission District, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, zines
"I'm the needles half," answers Breezy Culbertson, the shop's pigtailed co-owner, seated behind the counter nestled in the back right-hand corner of her store. "The sewing needles half." The pens half, she explains, is Andrew Scott, a former Maximum RocknRoll coordinator and editor of the long-running zine, sobstory. Together the duo opened the quasi-eponymous Needles and Pens a few blocks from this spot, a half-dozen years ago.
"The old store was tiny. It was the size of a one-car garage," explains Culbertson. "San Francisco is so expensive, it was the only place we could afford." Needles and Pens opened up in 2002 on 14th and Guerrero, in storefront that had formerly been home to San Francisco's Black and Blue tattoo parlor, a small but cozy location that shared the block with a handful of kindred commercial spirits. "It was off the beaten path, too, but it was fun, because there was a record shop and a print shop and a gallery and a bike shop," says Culbertson. "We used to have events together and it was like a mini-block party. It was fun. But then they moved on."


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accompanied by some damn strong winds. Hopefully some more will come overnight & tomorrow.
I also have to note that they officially consider a number of the fires the last few days 'suspicious'; considering this includes a guy who saw someone throw something out of a vehicle and fire immediately flare up, I'd tend to agree.
I'm also willing to start a petition to re-institute either a whipping post in the town square or a gallows for people who do shit like this


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|Reviews for It Was The Room, Okay?
| GeekyGenius chapter 1 . 5/9/2014
Funny, charming, and sweet. This series needs more love
| Spiral Loki chapter 1 . 8/9/2011
holy moly!
I love Max Remy and this was just great. trip to memory lane. ah Max, Linden and Toby ~
| R.G.B.The.Duckie chapter 1 . 10/22/2010
Well I'm going to have to use that one day, "It's not me... It was the room!" Just like the doll house threw itself at you?
I really liked this. Despite his bluntness I always quite liked Toby and I think he was very realistic.
Very good! Loved it :D
| Gigglepud chapter 1 . 10/17/2010
I loved it! It's a simple one shot and even if I know nothing about Max Remy, I would still love it.
Anyway, it's a real shame there's very few Max Remy stories, I'd like to make one, but I've got to finish the stories I started first though.
Nice job, btw. I'd like to see more of these ;)
| dreamer773 chapter 1 . 6/8/2010
Haha! This is nice!
They were all in character: Max is clumsy and easily angered (and she would kill me if she read this), Linden is perpetually hungry and a nice guy, trying not to tick Max off, while Toby is almost the complete opposite, looking for ways to piss her off when Linden won't do it. And you already know all that.
Good job, and I hope you write more in the Max Remy fandom. :)
| SoUsay234 chapter 1 . 6/5/2010
Haha. This is really good. Loved this: 'I'm not clumsy - it's the room, okay?' LOL. Great story.


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By Chris Robinson
Last night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, determined underdog Josesito Lopez pulled off the biggest victory in his career after outlasting former champion Victor Ortiz. After nine heated and action-packed rounds, Ortiz, citing a broken jaw, elected not to continue and the fight was called off.
Ortiz was in line for a September 15th pay-per-view date with WBC junior middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez but that now falls by the wayside as Lopez basks in one of the greatest moments of his life.
Taking in the action last night was undefeated featherweight contender Miguel 'Mikey' Garcia, who had a peculiar interest in the bout. Garcia trains out of the II Feathers Gym in Riverside, the same gym Lopez calls him, and his older brother Danny serves as Victor's head trainer.
Speaking to me shortly after last night's wild melee, Garcia offered up some thoughts.
"Like everyone else, I saw it," Garcia would state. "It was a good fight for the fans and they both gave a good show. Josesito kept coming forward and swinging away. Victor was defenseless or whatever, getting hit with punches he might have been able to avoid. He also tried to land some power shots on Jose and Jose just kept coming all night long."
The way the contest ended was bizarre, as Ortiz elected not to come out for the tenth round because of severe swelling in his mouth, claiming to have a broken jaw. Despite his corner pleading for him to push forward, Ortiz opted to look out for his health yet Garcia seems to have his doubts.
"He said that he broke his jaw in one of the rounds before he quit, that's what he told my brother when he whispered something into his ear. Maybe he was complaining about it before that. When he finally did, he told the ref he couldn't continue. I don't know if he broke it or not. I didn't see much swelling like I've seen in other fights with other fighters who have fought with broken jaws. I didn't see that with him.
"I saw him spitting out blood, but that could happen from just a cut," Garcia would continue.
"I've seen fighters with broken jaws; [Paulie] Malignaggi, Arthur Abraham, and local fighters from the area. I think he was just coming up with an excuse to stop the fight. Maybe he thought 'That's it, I'm not made for this sport'. That was his way out."
And while Garcia didn't train alongside Lopez for this particular camp, he had a good feeling well ahead of time that an upset was within reach.
"I didn't see him much this time because they were working on him in the morning and we were working out in the afternoon and sometimes I'm heading over to Big Bear," said Garcia, who had been prepping for a shot at WBA featherweight champion Celestino Caballero. "We did talk a little bit in the first few weeks when the fight was brought up. We were talking with his trainer Henry and with Jose and we said his chance is to make it a rough fight, put pressure on him, and show him no respect.
"Don't show Victor any intimidation and he will crack, he will break down," added Garcia. "Mentally he doesn't have it. He's shown that in the past, in other fights. That would be Jose's opportunity, to show Victor that he's in there for a real fight and that's what Jose did."


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OPP denies racial profiling of migrant workers in sex assault case
The OPP denied carrying out racial profiling after the Ontario Human Rights Commission expressed concern the force engaged in the practice when requesting DNA samples from migrant workers last year.
Last December, Justicia for Migrant Workers, a non-profit group that promotes the rights of migrant farm workers, filed a complaint with the Office of the Independent Police Review Director alleging that police collected DNA samples from approximately 100 "Indo and Afro-Caribbean" male migrant workers near Vienna, a small town in southwestern Ontario, during an aggravated sexual assault investigation in October.
"Racial profiling in any form causes great harm to individuals and in many cases entire communities. We will continue to speak out when we see it happening anywhere in Ontario," said OHRC chief commissioner Barbara Hall.
The commission said it was concerned "the workers were targeted mainly because of race and stereotypes that black men and migrant workers are prone to criminal behaviour" and "the requests were coercive, as migrant workers are particularly vulnerable and rarely seek to assert their rights for fear of being sent home."
The OIPRD says began reviewing the OPP's practices for obtaining voluntary DNA samples from specific groups in March.
On Friday, the OPP said that racial profiling is unacceptable.
"The OPP continues to proactively safeguard the rights and protections afforded all individuals," OPP Commissioner Vince Hawkes said in a statement. "The OPP does not condone any profiling that is contrary to the Ontario Human Rights Code or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Further, The OPP does not use any law enforcement action that relies upon stereotypes."
The agency said it stands by "the conduct of its members who undertook a professional and thorough investigation that resulted in the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for this violent crime."
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Sholay Songs: Koi haseena jab rooth jati hai...
|A tried and tested template: Hero charms annoyed heroine. Both ride, walk or dance either into silhouette or a sunset as the song fades out...
Yes, it is a moment that can only occur in a Hindi film. The unmelodious, no-relation-to-music cast suddenly breaking into melodious song. We have no idea where the accompanying instruments are playing. We have long stopped thinking about it. Our parents didn't think much about it, nor did our grandparents. The thoughtlessness gene has carried over, untouched, unquestioned. We are a patient, understanding Indian audience, cutting across generations, caste, creed, religion and race.
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Why do we still don't mind the 'song spouting from nowhere' thing? Because, popular Hindi cinema is still about people breaking into songs and we absolutely love the songs. No matter how false the movie may be, the songs are of the heart, as our favourite ones go.
Where would music channels, radio FM chatter, redundant TV soaps and lately, even Indian news channels be without the mush of Hindi film songs. It was thus even remotely admirable that the main characters in the mammoth musical hit Aashiqui 2 (2013) were justifiably singers. That is the level of intelligence we have grown up to expect from most Hindi films. Redundancy is passe, an acceptable tradition.
Koi haseena jab rooth jati hai...
The song plays out post another scene that has been repeated in several Hindi films, again as a copy-paste template. The hero fools the naive heroine into believing that he is god's voice. Thus taking advantage of Basanti's religious beliefs, Veeru almost fools her to marrying him. Jai intervenes with a stoic face, leading Basanti to Veeru's ventriloquism exercise. Basanti walks out in a huff, and then the great Hindi film soundtrack takes over. Kishore Kumar is at his playful best and the train whistle touch is almost poetic. Almost.
That little 'something'
The Dharmendra - Hema Malini chemistry is sparkling here.The exaggerated tone of wooing, more than once hints at molestation and eve-teasing. Hindi film heroes are known to stalk and trouble heroines no end, that at times the villain seemed a man with ethics and principles.
We see again in the song audio visual why Sholay is part of Indian film history. Accidentally or otherwise, something invariably has come together in Sholay. There are defining moments all over, things that have repeated in several films before and after 1975, but how Sholay is like a merging point, a high point, blueprint of what the term 'filmy' in the Hindi film context implies.
|The almost poetic train spouting smoke scene
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Sholay Dialogue Baazi: Tera Kya Hoga, Kalia?
Monday, May 12, 2014
Sholay Dialogue Baazi: Kitne Aadmi The?
It is Gabbar's iconic entry scene, and unlike other Hindi films, much is implied. Kalia and fellow dacoits return without any loot from Ramgadh. Word spreads around and we assume that Samba has passed the message on to the boss.
Our outrageous theory
Gabbar considers, "How many people did Thakur hire after all? Can I hire them too? Do they cost much? Will they ask for a 40% hike on previous net salary? Should I put up a counter ad on naukri.com and bid higher than Thakur? After all, Veeru and Jai work only for money (So he has heard). Then Gabbar does his walk and utters:
Our outrageous theory
Gabbar considers, "How many people did Thakur hire after all? Can I hire them too? Do they cost much? Will they ask for a 40% hike on previous net salary? Should I put up a counter ad on naukri.com and bid higher than Thakur? After all, Veeru and Jai work only for money (So he has heard). Then Gabbar does his walk and utters:
Friday, May 9, 2014
Sholay Dialogue Baazi: Kab hai holi? Kab?!
|Don't worry Basanti, Gabbar will crash the party only after we finish lip-syncing the whole song!
Gabbar Singh was human too, he too wanted to play holi. All guns and no mischief made him a dull dacoit. That Ramgadh residents didn't allow him to do so, also contributed to his bitterness, or so we fantasize.
Anyway, post killing three men with six bullets (three fatal, three wasted), Gabbar is seething with insult and he bellows out to his stunned gang: KAB HAI HOLI?KAB?!
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