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We've got this sharp young kid that has been working with us at Piña Vineyard Management for about a year and a half. Justin is a youngster half my age, married with a 2 & ½ year old daughter. He continually amazes me with how much he knows about grapes and how much he has learned about the vineyards we care for. In addition to that, he's humble and has a great attitude. Recently, he wrote an in-house summary of the 2013 growing season. I thought it was very well written. He included just enough technical information to satisfy those that need it, but not so much to lose the interest of those that don't.
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2013 Growing Season
by Justin Leigon
The winter leading up to the 2013 growing season was a repeat of the previous year. It was exceptionally dry. Of the ~25" of rain that fell from 11/1/12 through 3/31/13, 10.5" fell over five consecutive days: 11/28-12/2. There were a few showers to follow in December, but after the first of the year we only received ~3-5" of rain by the end of March. This led to soils drying out much earlier than normal. In many vineyards, irrigation was started during bud-break in order to ensure healthy early season growth.
Similar to 2012, bud-break was 5-7 days later than average. Fortunately, the warm weather in April allowed things to catch up. April had an average daily high temp of 77°F. Approximately 10 days of April were above 80°F, and on 4/22 we saw temps in the 90s. There were only a handful of frost days with some areas never needing to run their wind machines.
The nice consistent spring weather led to an early bloom. Most locations were ~7-10 days early. In some of the later areas such as Howell Mountain, Calistoga, and Pope Valley there was shatter as a result of very cold mornings during the critical bloom stage. Unusual late season frost damage was even seen in a few locations because of the mornings of 5/22 & 5/23 where temps reached the low 30s.
The weather continued to be moderately warm throughout the spring with very little rainfall. The early season heat helped with grape skin, tannin, and overall flavor development. Yields appeared to be average to slightly above average with potential for an exceptional vintage. A brief scare occurred during the last week of June when temps broke 100°F for a few days. Some areas saw close to 110°F. Fortunately, veraison had yet to begin so the berries were still hard and protected.
Most areas were 10-14 days earlier than average for veraison. With the exception of some minor fruit thinning to balance out vines, the rest of the 2013 season was thankfully uneventful. Some areas needed to be dialed back on the irrigation in order to conserve water, but the vines were able to manage throughout the rest of the season.
Harvest for Piña began on August 8th with Rutherford Sauvignon Blanc. This was 20 days earlier than 2012. Most areas were ~2 weeks early. Yields were similar to last year and slightly bigger in some areas while slightly lower in other areas. The perfect weather allowed winemakers to choose the flavor profile they were wanting. The warm season led to some vineyards having high sugars but needing to wait a little longer for the flavors to catch-up. This was actually a blessing for some winemakers, as the fast & furious harvest left many wineries with no available tank space. A few windy days during the middle of September led to accelerated dehydration and a raisin thinning pass was required in a few areas of the valley. Brief showers occurred around 9/21, but advantageous weather followed and the fruit that was still hanging dried out quickly. For a lot of wineries, harvest wrapped up by the end of September. This was one of the earliest that most winemakers can remember.
The general consensus is that the 2013 vintage is one for the history books. The season had days full of beautiful weather and cold nights to maintain grape acidity. Thick grape skins with rapid sugar accumulation allowed winemakers to pick based on flavor development. Let's hope for a repeat in 2014!


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The execution of Delma Banks Jr, has been halted by the US Supreme Court about 10 minutes before he was due to receive a lethal injection.
This would have been the stateís 300th execution since Texas brought back capital punishment in 1982, maintaining the its record as the most merciless judicial killing machine in the Western world.
Banks, 44, was convicted of murdering a 16-year-old co-worker in Nash, east Texas, in 1980. But many doubts over his guilt still remain.
One principal witness was a paid informant and another a convicted felon who was offered a sentencing deal in exchange for his testimony ñ an arrangement that was withheld from the defence at trial.
Other witnesses put Banks in Dallas, more than a three-hour drive away from the location of the murder.
A black defendant facing an all-white jury in a notoriously racist part of Texas, he received dubious legal representation.
His case has been described by one civil rights lawyer as a "one-stop shop for what's wrong with the administration of the death penalty".
The appeals courts however remained unmoved, even though Banks' cause has been taken up by three former federal judges, including William Sessions, an ex-FBI director.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this week refused to block the execution, and the parole board dismissed a reprieve petition on the basis that it was filed too late.
Banks was in a holding cell next to the death chamber at the Walls Unit in Huntsville when he was informed the court had stayed his execution.
"I just thank the Lord," he told a prison official. "Give Jesus all the credit."
Banks had already eaten his last meal of two double meat cheeseburgers with trimmings, two orders of French fries, and a glass of orange juice, according to prison spokeswoman Michelle Lyons.
He was immediately returned to death row in Livingston, Texas. It was the 16th time his execution date has been cancelled.
The Supreme Court halted the execution to determine if the issues raised in the new appeal deserve appellate review. Banks attorneys were expected to ask the high court to hear issues of ineffective counsel and racial discrimination in jury selection.
Banks, who had no previous criminal record, has maintained his innocence since his arrest and refused to plead guilty.

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NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., a subsidiary of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. (TYO: 7832), announced during the ShiftyLook Panel at San Diego Comic-Con this week three new webcomics titles and its first two web animation series. Announcements coincide with the re-launch of the ShiftyLook website and new retro-inspired logo. New titles will join nearly a dozen webcomics already available through ShiftyLook, including Bravoman, Dig Dug and Wonder Momo. All ShiftyLook content can be accessed online, free of charge at shiftylook.com.
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Novak Djokovic underlined his world No. 1 ranking with a dramatic victory over Roger Federer to win the ATP World Tour Finals.
In a fitting finale to the season, the world's best two players thrilled the crowds at the O2 Arena, with the Serb eventually emerging triumphant with a 7-6(6) 7-5 victory to claim a second year-end title.
Djokovic was not at his best for much of the match, but battled from behind in both sets to deny Federer a third successive victory in London.
Djokovic, who deposed Federer at the top of the world rankings last week, was punished for a sluggish start by the Swiss, who set the tone with an early break.
Federer, who had to battle past Andy Murray in the semi-finals, fired an early statement of intent, kicking off the match with an ace as he romped through his opening service game to love. By contrast, Djokovic started with a double fault and was broken to love as he was helpless to prevent Federer racing to a 3-0 lead.
It was a tentative start from Djokovic, but he began to find his range, and despite being on the back foot for much of the early exchanges, broke back to claw his way back into the opening set. Federer then swiftly quashed any hopes Djokovic had of winning a fourth successive game with a comfortable service hold.
Despite being some way off his best, Djokovic kept chipping away and Federer was forced to save two break points at 4-4, but he was unable to fend off a third, dumping a forehand into the net as Djokovic got his nose in front for the first time.
But in a topsy-turvy opening set, Federer broke straight back as they headed for a tiebreak. Djokovic won 27 per cent of points on his second serve, but he dug deep to clinch the opening set, converting a second set point after Federer had saved the first with a sublime backhand winner.
As the pair battled for the ascendancy in a lengthy opening game of the second set, Federer once again started the better, converting a fourth break chance to keep his hopes of victory firmly alive.
The Wimbledon champion had the chance to grab a double break and all but secure the second set, but his forehand failed him as Djokovic somehow contrived to hang on once again.
As the match edged closer to the two-hour mark, Djokovic's chance to break back appeared to have gone begging when the ball sat up off the top of the net, only for the Serb to flash wide as Federer held on for a 5-3 lead.
Just as it looked like the match was heading for a decider, a magnificently crafted drop shot from Federer proved to be in vain as Djokovic held serve to force his opponent to serve for the set. The 31-year-old saw two set points pass him by as Djokovic, playing with a renewed determination, roared back to level.
In a remarkable turnaround Federer, now serving to stay in the match, handed Djokovic match point following a pair of sloppy strokes, and the top seed made no mistake as a sensational backhand winner proved a fitting end to a dramatic contest.


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While Scotland and the north can expect snowfall on higher ground much of the UK will again be battered by gale force winds similar to those experienced during Storm Barney earlier this week.
Strong to gale force north or northwesterly winds are also likely Friday night and Saturday across much of Britain and will enhance the cold feel in what will be the coldest air of the season so far. There is a risk of severe gales with gusts of 60-70mph in the most exposed locations.
Yellow 'be aware' National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued for the risk of impacts as a result of the snow and wind.
Chief Operational Meteorlogist Frank Saunders said: "With strong winds and some snow forecast for this weekend there is the likelihood of some difficult driving conditions and disruption to transport. There remains some uncertainty regarding the strength of the wind and snow amounts and so if you have travel plans over the weekend we'd advise that you keep an eye on the warnings for your area."
This cold spell will be fairly short-lived with temperatures expected to return to more typical values for the time of year early next week with the weather remaining unsettled.
The following is the Met Office's full forecast for the east this weekend.
Today: Thicker cloud may bring a little rain to the far south of the region for a time this morning, otherwise some sunny spells by midday, and just the odd shower developing in the afternoon. becoming windy by evening. Maximum Temperature 9°C.
Tonight: Showers dying out for a time, but more general showery rain developing by morning, heavy at times, and with a wintry mix in places. Winds becoming strong to gale force. Minimum Temperature 0°C.
Saturday: Sunny spells and occasional wintry showers, these tending to become confined to East Anglia during the afternoon. Strong to gale force northerly winds moderating later but still feeling bitterly cold. Maximum Temperature 6°C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Cold with further wintry showers on Sunday. A frosty start on Monday then bright or sunny intervals and a few showers. Milder on Tuesday with rain spreading east.


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MONDAY, Jan. 28, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Ever had a hospital stay and felt neglected by harried, distracted doctors?
You may not be alone: A new study finds that four out of every 10 doctors working in U.S. hospitals say they are overworked, and one out of five says these jammed schedules could threaten patient safety.
According to the survey of more than 500 hospital-based doctors, 20 percent said their level of overwork could mean incomplete patient discussions, delayed diagnoses, ordering of unnecessary lab tests, medical errors and even patient death.
Fully 36 percent of doctors reported that these issues occur more than once a week.
The findings may be important to efforts aimed at reducing medical errors in the nation's hospitals. According to a landmark Institute of Medicine report issued in 2000, as many as 98,000 people die each year while in the hospital due to preventable medical errors.
"The new study recognizes that not only are [overworked doctors] a problem, but it's a very common problem that is experienced across the country in different types of hospitals with different kinds of patients," said study co-author Dr. Henry Michtalik, an assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
"I was surprised by the high percentages," he said. "We did not expect the numbers to be minimal, but we did not expect them to be as high as 40 percent."
So how many hospital patients are considered too many for doctors? "More than 15 patients a shift is perceived as leading to greater potential of being unsafe," Michtalik said.
The findings, which appear in the Jan. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, should spark a discussion about the constraints placed on doctors and how to best address them, he added.
Michtalik said numerous factors have come together to put the squeeze on already busy doctors. First of all are new limits placed on the hours that resident physicians (new doctors in training) can work, and some states have also passed laws that seek to fine-tune the nurses' working environment.
Although well-intentioned, these measures often lead to more work for doctors working in hospitals, Michtalik said.
Other factors are conspiring to increase physician workloads. The aging of the patient population and the complex nature of chronic diseases, as well as recent changes to the health care system may make this situation worse before it gets better, Michtalik said.
"The type of patients that come in through the emergency room tend to be more complex," he noted. "The straightforward ones are usually treated by their primary-care doctor as outpatients."
There is some truth to the findings, said Dr. Prakash Karki, co-director of a program at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind., that is aimed at helping doctors working at the hospital.
"Our workload is changing and becoming more challenging," he said. Many subspecialists are doing less in-hospital work due to financial issues, which results in more responsibility for hospital-based physicians.
"We are becoming the jacks-of-all-trades," Karki said. What's more, "patients are older and coming to the hospital with more and more problems," he said. "A simple pneumonia patient may be out in three or four days, but we have patients with complications and infections that are resistant to antibiotics."
As far as how many patients per shift is too many, the new study may have set the bar too low, he said. "Fifteen patients is an easy day for us," Karki said. "We have some really busy days."
He agreed that these conditions could result in medical mistakes and preventable errors, including unnecessary patient deaths. The solution, Karki said, is that "we need more [hospital-based doctors] and legislation to help regulate our hours."
More information
There are tips on what you can do to safeguard your health after a hospital stay at the National Patient Safety Foundation.


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The gym at the North Branch YMCA was transformed into a worship service Friday morning for the Somali community at the start of a three-day Muslim holiday.
About 200 people sat on prayer mats spread out across the floor and bowed their heads for prayer and worship during Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice.
Eid al-Adha is considered a major holiday for the Muslim religion, outranked only by Ramadan.
It's a celebration to honor the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his first son, Ishmael, as an act of obedience to God.
Hassan Shire, president of the Amarillo Somali Community Center, said the Somali community is grateful to the YMCA for letting them use the facility.
"We really appreciate the YMCA for giving us a place to worship, and we really appreciate the Amarillo people because we feel our home is Amarillo," Shire said.
Jenna Hodges Struble, the executive director for the North Branch YMCA, said the YMCA is pleased to serve families of all faiths.
"In 1993, the Jerusalem YMCA was nominated for a peace prize because it was the only place where Christians, Muslims and Jews could meet peacefully, and we want to honor that tradition," she said.
Shire said many of the Somalis who came here as refugees have gotten U.S. citizenship.
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Actress Lucy Lawless has been sentenced to community service alongside six activists for her role in staging a demonstration aboard an oil ship docked in her native New Zealand.
The former Xena: Warrior Princess star was among a group of Greenpeace campaigners who climbed on the Noble Discoverer in Taranaki in February 2012 and chained themselves to the ship's tower to protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.
All seven of the group were arrested following the 77-hour protest and they were sentenced to 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay a total of $4,438 in reparation to the Port of Taranaki.
Speaking outside Taranaki District Court, Lawless said, "We are proud to have taken part in our attempt to stop Shell's reckless plans to drill for oil in the pristine Arctic."
"Since we occupied the Noble Discoverer, it has become evident to everyone watching, from the millions who have signed Greenpeace petitions to the U.S. Government now examining Shell's plans, that it can never be safe to drill in the Arctic."
"Shell's Arctic program has cost them billions and it's now regarded as an eye-wateringly expensive failure. Let's embrace clean energy – we're going to have to anyway, so why not do it before they cause a major oil spill in the Arctic, and consign our grandchildren to an uncertain and dangerous world?"


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offline distractions have kept me away for longer than anticipated but the chance to send you happy thanksgiving wishes along with a pretty island discovery offered by anthropologie prompted me to log-in and say hello!
i happened across these gorgeous limited edition paddleboards last week and immediately fell in love with their bohemian patterns which remind me of stepping inside doris duke's dreamy diamond head estate shangri la. the hawai'i connection comes by way of saffron james (better known as the indie fragrance house founded by big island lovely kate growney) which had the fabulous idea of stylizing a handful of boards with custom textiles evocative of a faraway land.
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Thanks to Newton Running shoes, five years ago I changed my gait from heel-striking to mid- and fore-foot landing. So the move to Vibram Five-Finger running shoes — or whatever they are (Shoes? Part of a lizard costume?) – wasn't a transformational change.
But still, it was a biggie. The FiveFingers come without support. The only thing between my feet and the ground is a thin layer of Vibram. Before going on vacation in Dinosaur National Monument with a group of Boulderites (and a rogue bunch of Basalters), I spent a few weeks walking around in them, and even going on one three-mile mountain hike in Boulder.
In addition, I walked the 10k Bolder Boulder with my family in the shoes (and that ended up being 10 miles of walking because the wait for a bus back home was too long). But in the Utah desert, I was going to run. And I wondered: Would I ditch the shoes after a mile and return to normal trail-running sneakers? Would I destroy my arches and calves? Would I bang my toe on a rock and break something? I already had one broken toe, the result of a soccer game played truly barefoot a week before (I didn't have proper shoes, we were just playing a bunch of kids, so I went barefoot. D'oh!)
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Arguments that have raged for more than three decades over abortion rights and states' abilities to regulate the controversial procedure flared up Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
The Senate Judiciary Committee debated legislation on the validity of various state regulations aimed at limiting access to legal abortion. The Women's Health Protection Act would make abortion restrictions "that are more burdensome than those restrictions imposed on medically comparable procedures" illegal.
Witnesses from both sides of the abortion debate focused on states like Texas and Mississippi where pregnant women are required to undergo ultrasounds or pre-procedure counseling before getting abortions.
Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., the bill's chief sponsor, said the goal is to create uniform national regulations governing access to abortion. The legislation has 124 co-sponsors in the House. It has a companion bill in the Senate.
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But Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., disputed whether abortion should be categorized as a medical procedure.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a senior member of the Judiciary panel, said the committee should keep in mind states' rights and whether the federal government should be allowed to override state abortion laws.
"I'm in my 38th year, here in the United States Senate and on this committee, and I don't recall Congress ever passing a law that prohibited states from enacting an entire category of laws simply because Congress says so," said Hatch, who opposes abortion. "Why is abortion so unique that Congress has this authority in this area, but not in any other?"
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Well, it certainly wasn't the blowout that we were expecting and hoping for when we heard early Saturday morning that Ben Roethisberger wouldn't be gracing the field with his big dumb concussed self, but we'll take a win any way we can get it over Pittsburgh.
If "any way we can get it" includes prime time, a national audience, and handing out the type of crushing loss that we've been on the other end of all season, well then, all the better.
First things first, you have to hand it to Dennis Dixon. A guy that has never even practiced with the first team offense stepped in and hardly missed a beat. He had the Steelers in a position to win the game, thanks to his 33-yard touchdown pass in the first half and 24-yard TD scramble with just over six minutes to play. Luckily for the Ravens, he finally made the critical mistake, when he misread the zone blitz and delivered the ball directly to the waiting palms of Paul Kruger in overtime, which set up the game winning field goal for the good guys in purple.
By the same token, as good as Dixon was, that's how bad the Ravens defense was to get burned by a guy making his first career start. They routinely got torched on first down, setting up 2nd and 3rd and shorts aplenty for Dixon and offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. Even when EVERYONE IN THE STADIUM knew Pittsburgh was going to run the ball, they still pushed around the Ravens' front seven easily, and 6 or 7 yards from Rashard Mendenhall (who finished with 95 yards) was the rule rather than the exception. Sloppy tackling, no penetration, and an overall lackluster effort from the tackles and linebackers nearly cost the Ravens this very winnable game.
In the secondary, Lardarius Webb, filling in for the injured Fabian Washington, proved to be the least of the Ravens' worries. Dominique Foxworth continued his trend of abominable play, getting turned around and burnt like toast by Santonio Holmes on the 33-yard touchdown, and then failing miserably to tackle Holmes or force him out of bounds despite having about 15 yards to make a play. DIVE AT HIS LEGS MAN!…instead of getting stiff armed all the way to paydirt. Holmes has now scored a touchdown in something like 34 straight games against the Ravens. Ah well, better him than Cheap Shot (who was gloriously spotted with tears in his eyes again after the game…always a heart-warming sight.)
On offense, it was again a story of two halves for the Ravens. This time though, the usual was reversed. They played extremely well in the first half, building a 14-7 lead, moving the ball on the ground and through the air, and most importantly, keeping Joe Flacco clean. However, in the second half, Dick Lebeau's defense made the necessary adjustments, and Cam Cameron had no answers, as the Ravens managed only 3 points, which came with under two minutes to play. The Steelers sacked Flacco five times after intermission, and caused three fumbles, two of which they recovered. Michael Oher and Jared Gaither, who dominated Steelers' LBs James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley in the early going, appeared to wear down as the game went on, and Flacco was under ever increasing duress.
Fortunately, Kruger's INT return set the Ravens up with good enough field position where the Steelers' pass rush was a moot point. Four rushes by Ray Rice and a kneel from Joe Cool were enough to set up Billy Cundiff for a chip shot 29-yarder to send the yinzers, both real and wannabe, and their beat up team home with a big loss.
Cundiff had missed short on a 56-yard attempt as regulation expired, a try that was rushed due to more poor use of timeouts by John Harbaugh. This week his head-scratcher came with 14:50 to go in the game, when he called timeout on 4th-and-7 from the Pittsburgh 34, only to come out and punt the ball anyway. It will be interesting to hear his explanation for that one (BTW, if anybody has heard it, please, enlighten me).
John made up for it later though, as what could have been a disastrous decision to go for it on 4th-and-5 from their own 46 with 3:31 to play ended up looking like a stroke of genius when Flacco found Rice, out of the slot, and Mighty Mouse made a few Pittsburgh defenders look silly on his way to a 44-yard gain that set up the game-tying field goal.
Speaking of Ray Rice…wow. Praise continues to be heaped on the second year back week after week, and he just keeps on coming up with bigger and bigger plays. Rice put up over 100 yards of total offense for the eighth consecutive game, and on one 3rd-down conversion where he needed 12 and picked up 18, he juked about four Pittsburgh defenders completely out of their jocks. I went from screaming at Flacco for checking down to jumping for joy as Rice made the guys wearing white look like Pop Warner newbies.
Special teams was a disappointment on kickoffs, but Chris Carr actually made some plays on punt returns, much to the surprise of…well, everyone. Of course the Ravens' get flagged for an illegal block on pretty much every return though, so most of it was for naught. Why can't we tell the difference between the front of someone and their back? HEY TAVARES GOODEN – THE FRONT IS THE SIDE WITH THE FACEMASK! (Gooden proceeds to grab the guy by his facemask and throw him down).
Also, before I forget – thanks to HEEEEEEEEEEEEATH Miller for being scared of FRANK WALKER and doing a turf-dive instead of fighting for a first down in overtime. You da man, Heath.
Pittsburgh fans will of course belittle our nice win by droning on about Polamalu and Benny Boy not playing, and that's certainly their prerogative. However, I seem to remember a game last season, where the home team won on an overtime field goal despite the visitors' quarterback making just his third career start, in a hostile environment, on national television.
Steelers 23 Ravens 20, Week 4 2008.
The towel-wavers didn't apologize for that win, and we're not apologizing for this one.
With the win, the Ravens move to 6-5 and in a virtual tie with Jacksonville and Pittsburgh, just behind Denver for the AFC Wild Card spots. Let's hope this hard fought, emotional win can propel them to a nice stretch-run winning streak.
A fun sub-plot that emerged from this game reared its head in the form of the pre-game interview between Bob Costas and Cheap Shot. Shot, much like the past hits NBC showed him delivering to Ed Reed, blindsided his quarterback. Basically, Shot had this to say regarding Baby Ben sitting out the game last night:
Paraphrasing, of course: "Ben is a pansy. We've all played with injuries before. He should have lied to the doctors and said that he was fine."
Wow. We've always known Shot was far from anything resembling a class act, but to call out the guy who has helped you to two Super Bowl rings and gobs of victories and good feelings, on National television no less, for not jeopardizing his future health and well being, all because losing to the Ravens makes your eyes well up like they did the first time you watched Titanic?
Locker room strife in Pittsburgh? Make mine a double.


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"Crossings" is not about surfing. But surfing is woven throughout and, hey, there's a groovy dude with a board on the cover. So what's this stout 480-page book saying, and why should you go to Surfbeat Galerie this Saturday eve? The fact that I'm both interviewer and subject here makes for a dubious and literally self-absorbed riff. And — upon today's arrival of my third printing — shamelessly self-promoting. For this, I apologize. Profusely. Sort of.
MICHAEL: What birthed "Crossings?"
KEW: Three things. A 10-year (starting in 2001) chunk of world travel, Lulu.com, and New Year's Day 2012. Self-publishing a book has become incredibly easy, and once 2011 died, I felt it was appropriate to cram a bunch of my travel stories together and boil them into one neat little package that you could set on your nightstand or stuff into the back pocket of your MC Hammer-style parachute pants. You still have a pair, right?
|MC Hammer.
MICHAEL: I never wore those.
KEW: Liar. You're a child of the '80s. You had MC Hammer tapes and you liked his videos on MTV.
MICHAEL: Did you just say I lied?
KEW: Did I? Anyway, moving on. When I was 25, I earned a stack of cash by writing for an online start-up (thanks to Evan Slater). I was homeless, and, aside from a few childhood trips to Baja, had never left the United States. This was because I had zero dollars growing up, zero dollars in college, and despite reading about the world in National Geographic and Surfer and worldly mags like that, it was easy to hang in California and breathe familiar air. It still feels that way, but eventually city limits end up being just that: limiting.
|Carwyn Williams.
MICHAEL: Where did you go first?
KEW: France. Almost everyone in the plane clapped when we landed in Paris. That was cool. (The only other time I've since experienced such patriotic clapping joy upon landing was last summer in Kingston, Jamaica.) So, at the urging of Surfer's Steve Barilotti, one of my mentors, I aimed to rendezvous with Carwyn Williams, a legendary Welsh surf star who had expatriated to Seignosse. I don't recall why, but I wanted to write about surfing in Wales. Carwyn was supposed to take me there. From Paris I flew to Biarritz, where Carwyn and a hilarious carload of dudes collected me. We drove straight to a pub and got drunk off of Stella Artois lager. I spent most of my two weeks in Seignosse down with influenza, but I did get to share a room in Carwyn's house with Ted Grambeau, another one of my mentors, and that led to a jaunt to Norway's Arctic Circle, my first official trip for Surfer magazine. We found epic waves. But Carwyn never left Seignosse; I still don't know why. After Norway, I ended up in his hometown of Mumbles and survived to pen a story about it for The Surfer's Journal. I wrote nothing about France.
|Ted Grambeau.
MICHAEL: In those 10 years, did you visit other countries and write nothing about them?
KEW: Yes, probably about 20. Greenland is one I really should have documented.
MICHAEL: Greenland must've been interesting.
KEW: You can say that again.
MICHAEL: Greenland must've been interesting.
KEW: Dude….
MICHAEL: Haha, okay…so why should anyone want to read "Crossings?" Why should anyone care?
KEW: Anyone with even a dusting of global curiosity will enjoy this book. It's not about surfing, so a non-surfing reader won't be alienated. It's travel writing, not surf-writing. It's world culture, world environment, world politics, and occasionally world-class waves. It's an intimate, personal portal into some of Earth's obscure regions, mostly small dots on the map. And much of the travel was done solo, exposing me to cultural experiences I would not have had if I was insulated behind a gaggle of jockish pro surfers.
MICHAEL: How can somebody get a copy of "Crossings?"
KEW: Easy. Up on the right side of this page, click on the PayPal "Buy Now" button. Or, if you come see me at Surfbeat Galerie on Saturday, flip me a Jackson and I'll hand you signed copy. A trip around the world for $20? MC Hammer would dig that.
BE HERE: Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m., Surfbeat Galerie, 22 Anacapa St., #5, Santa Barbara, Calif. Phone 805-450-6268. Live music by Brother Bird (who is Catherine Clark, Johnny McCann, Travers Adler). Beer and wine. Art by Ricky Brotini. "Crossings" readings and signing and sales. Yes. Good vibes. Yes.


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Pro Pinball®: Revived & Remastered
Legend Pat Lawlor and Pro Pinball® join forces to redefine the state of the art and create the ultimate pinball game.
Pro Pinball®: Revived & Remastered
Legend Pat Lawlor and Pro Pinball® join forces to redefine the state of the art and create the ultimate pinball game.
Back in nineties we created the hugely successful award winning Pro Pinball® series of pinball simulations, which are still regarded by many as the best ever made. Now, with your help, we want to take the series to even greater heights, redefining the state of the art and blowing away everyone's expectations of what's possible.
We need your help to completely rebuild the four classic games from scratch;The Web, Timeshock!, Big Race USA and Fantastic Journey. Only we have the ability and technology to make them by far the best possible pinball simulations available on all platforms, looking and playing as if they were the real thing!
But there's more! We want to create a brand new ultimate Pro Pinball game, that you can help design, and to push what is possible to the absolute limit, we have teamed up with pinball legend Pat Lawlor, designer of The Addams Family and The Twilight Zone! This is surely destined to become the jewel in the crown of the Pro Pinball series!
We are embarking on a journey that will take pinball into an exciting new future and we want YOU to join us!
The Plan
Not a week has gone by without someone asking us to either bring the original tables to modern platforms or to create a brand new table in the series. Now with your help we'd like to do both these things and more!
Firstly, we want to Revive the series with a brand new ultimate Pro Pinball table for PC, Mac, iOS, XBLA, PS3, PS Vita, Linux and Android (including OUYA and Kindle Fire). To do this we have teamed up with pinball legend Pat Lawlor, creator of the best selling pinball table of all time; The Addams Family, and the highest rated pinball table of all time; The Twilight Zone. Unhindered by the financial constraints of designing for the real world, Pat will be free to design the ultimate game he has always dreamed of making. Just like the original Pro Pinball classics, this new table will be designed in such a way that it COULD be made for REAL... one day.
What's really cool is that you can even help choose the theme of the new table. With your input we will draw up a short list of themes, then for a high enough pledge you can actually vote for which theme Pat will go with!
In addition to Pat Lawlor designing the new game, John Youssi, the artist responsible for the fantastic backglass artwork for The Addams Family, The Twilight Zone and Medieval Madness, amongst others, will be creating the backglass artwork, which backers will have the opportunity to appear on!
So, with our fabulous backers choosing the theme, Pat Lawlor design, John Youssi art work and Silverball Studios' Pro Pinball technology, we will create something truly special and unique!
Secondly, we want to fully Remaster the four original classic tables, also for PC, Mac, iOS, XBLA, PS3, PS Vita, Linux and Android (including OUYA and Kindle Fire). Back in 1997 a lack of foresight meant we only supported resolutions up to 1600x1200, what were we thinking? But now we want to support resolutions up to and including 1080x1920 (portrait mode Full HD), 1536x2048 (new iPad) and even 2880x1800 (MacBook Pro Retina). This won't be a quick and dirty job, we want every pixel on these new displays to be perfect as can be, so to do that we will be remodelling all the original tables from scratch in extreme detail!
With your help, we can make the original classics better than ever before and bring them to new audiences and to new platforms such as the iPad and OUYA.
Old State of the Art
New State of the Art
- The ultimate pinball physics engine made even better!
- Beautiful photo realistic graphics at insane resolutions
- Hundreds of top quality dot-matrix display animations
- Operator's Menu lets you customise and experiment with the tables
- A brand new official Pro Pinball forum, with a special VIP section for some backers featuring developer diaries and more (forum to launch when the Kickstarter campaign ends)
- Unified world-wide high score leaderboards (backers can get special Kickstarter exclusive insignias next to their leaderboard entries and Pro Pinball forum posts for all to see)
- Tables designed specifically for extended home play
- Head 2 Head mode with ladder (only Big Race USA and possibly the new table)
- Glass-Off mode (exclusive to Kickstarter and only for some tiers) - lets you take the virtual glass of the table and push the balls around the table with your finger or mouse!
- Each table has more content packed in than many regular tables put together - Multiballs, Wizard Modes, Video Modes, Spinners, Jet Bumpers, Magnets, Drop Targets and just about everything else you can imagine!
We need a year to design, refine, test and tweak the new table. Which means a release date of October 2013. However, the remastered games can be done much more quickly and should start to appear early in 2013.
PC, Mac and iOS
- Timeshock! - February 2013
- Big Race USA - April 2013
- Fantastic Journey - June 2013
- The Web - August 2013
- Pat Lawlor's ultimate new Pro Pinball table - October 2013
XBLA, PS3, PS Vita, Linux and Android (Including OUYA and Kindle Fire)
- Timeshock! - June 2013
- Big Race USA - July 2013
- Fantastic Journey - August 2013
- The Web - September 2013
- Pat Lawlor's ultimate new Pro Pinball table - October 2013
Why Kickstarter?
Firstly, the Pro Pinball series was originally developed with a hardcore no compromise approach. We have some funding in place already and have purchased the Pro Pinball rights, but we need additional funds from Kickstarter to be able to keep this ethos and create a simulation that's not only great fun but absolutely the most realistic ever seen.
Secondly, we want input from you, the fans, and Kickstarter is a great way to get it. If you back the project at any level you can make suggestions on the type of features you'd like to see included. At the $100 level you can actually vote on the ultimate new table's theme! Then at $250 you can even become a Beta tester, play the game first, and give us valuable feedback as the project progresses.
Only with Kickstarter funding can we make this project happen, so please consider backing us and take a good look at the exciting rewards we have on offer.
Where will the money go?
All four classic games need to be completely rebuilt from scratch. A brand new graphics engine needs creating for many platforms we support, and the physics engine needs to be completely overhauled and revamped. Then of top of that the there's all the design work to create the brand new game.
As with virtually any other video game the bulk of the costs come from paying our hardworking staff. We have programmers, designers, 3D artists, 2D artists and testers. On top of that we will need to commission 20+ original music tracks, record speech using talented actors and source the best possible sound effects.
Acclaim for Pro Pinball
When the Pro Pinball series was created in 1995, it pushed the limits of what was possible back then. The four tables we created are still regarded to this day by many as the best ever made.
The Web: "The graphics and ball movement are so stunningly accurate, you'll almost feel as if you're controlling a real table." - GameSpot
Fantastic Journey:"the details and textures would make you swear it was a real table that had been photographed." - Gamezebo
Timeshock!: "the closest thing you'll find to real pinball on the PC." - GameSpot
Big Race USA: "sets the standard for realism, ball physics, and graphical detail among all computer pinball games. Its one well-designed table contains more neat features than all the multiple tables in other games put together." - The Adrenaline Vault
Good Old Games also has a great selection of reviews from some of our fans:
With the technology now available well over a decade later and with knowledge we've gained in the meantime, imagine what we can do NOW with your help!
In consultation with some of our fans we have come up with a varied list of exciting and exclusive rewards. All the physical rewards are exclusive to Kickstarter.
We've tried to keep things clear and simple. In most cases each reward tier also includes all the previous reward tiers.
Kickstarter exclusive highlights include: Signed and numbered boxed copies of all the tables in the series, classic and new - featuring a really cool double gate fold box! Your own personalised dot-matrix sequence and the opportunity to appear on the backglass of the new table, drawn by the great John Youssi.
We are also creating a series of really cool metal plated Pro Pinball pin-badges, in real Bronze, Silver and Gold, all of which will only be available to our Kickstarter backers.
A detailed breakdown of all the rewards can be found at the bottom of the page.
A Taste of Things to Come
The remastered games will feature variable levels of general illumination, which will let us do ultra dynamic flasher effects and more!
Everyone on the team is incredibly excited about the possibilities this Kickstarter will unlock. Like you, we've long dreamed of being able to bring Pro Pinball back. If you share that dream, if you've always wanted to have a say in the design of a pinball table, this is your chance. If you don't want to settle for second best and want to get the ultimate pinball experience you really deserve, then please do it by funding this Kickstarter.
Thank you!
Detailed Reward Tier Breakdown
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"So you've had a threatening letter. What can you do?"You can download it for free from the Sense about Science website, here (.pdf).
The background to the document is copied below from the Sense about Science website:
This guide was prepared following Sense About Science's recent survey of the impact of the libel laws on online discussion.
To coincide with the guide's publication, Sense About Science is making available a summary of the effects of the English libel laws on bloggers, drawn from cases that have come to attention since the start of the Libel Reform Campaign and from the recent survey of bloggers. The summary identifies the particular ways in which online forums are affected by the current laws, notably:
* the individual and non-professional character of much online writing, and therefore the more pronounced inequality of arms, particularly where people are writing about companies, institutions and products;
* related to the above, the relative lack of familiarity with libel law and access to advice about handling complaints;
* the liability of ISPs, leading to material being removed without consultation with authors;
* and the vulnerability to legal action arising from the international availability of Internet material, and it being possible to republish old material by downloading it.
Reform of English libel law has been promised, and if campaigners are successful, then changes that will give better defences to online publishers and writers may come into force in 2012.
This leaflet is certainly not a substitute for legal advice, but it does provide information which other bloggers and writers who have experienced libel threats say they wished they had known at the outset.
The publication of the guide comes on the day that Yahoo!, AOL UK, Mumsnet and the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) are writing to the Prime Minister calling for urgent reform of our libel laws, and in the week where the summary of the effects of libel law on bloggers has been shared with the Ministry of Justice.
This is in conjunction with the blogpost earlier this month
"Mass Blog for Libel Reform"which was headed up by Simon Singh, who was sued by the British Chiropractic Association for an article he wrote in the Guardian on the lack of evidence for Chiropractic. After much legal wrangling, the BCA eventually withdrew their claim but face legal bills of upwards of £250,000.
So, well done Sense about Science for producing this guide (and all the other organisations involved) - I hope I never have to read it.


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The Houston Texans announced Tuesday that 2013 draft pick David Quessenberry will be placed on the NFL's Non-Football Illness (NFI) List after being diagnosed with lymphoma.
The team announced that Quessenberry experienced fatigue and a persistent cough over the past week and was diagnosed after seeking a medical evaluation to find out the cause.
"Im gonna kick the crap outta this thing and come back even stronger! I will win this fight!" Quessenberry told CSN Houston.
"He's a guy that wanted his teammates to know first that he was going to fight this thing and he was going to beat it," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said told reporters, per ESPN.com. "The one thing that's stood out to me and our coaching staff ... is what an impressive young man this is."
O'Brien added: "We want everybody to know, especially David Quessenberry, that we're very much in David Quessenbery's corner."
A sixth-round pick in 2013, Quessenberry missed all of last season with a broken foot.
UPDATE: Quessenberry addressed his illness Tuesday on Twitter:
I have been diagnosed with cancer. My fight has just begun. As long as I have breath in my lungs I will fight this disease, and I will win.â
David Quessenberry (@DavidQberry)
June 10, 2014
The end to the latest Around The League Podcast is full of shock and awe.


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Forum Necromancy Power Go!
Only really have one photo of my apartment and it's just my living room/gaming setup..
Forum Necromancy Power Go!
Only really have one photo of my apartment and it's just my living room/gaming setup..
Archimedes was an ancient G eek mathematician.
That's a nice setup Kenny!
I need to clean my room out so I can replace the floor and paint. Once I do that I'll have to try and remember to take a picture
That is a great looking setup Kenny! Once I get my room clean from the mess from coming back from the marathon I'll post my current setup
You want to see my tiny room? Okay.
And it's literally my whole room in this shot. The only thing I left out was my wardrobe (which is so crammed in behind my bed the doors can't open properly). No room for a TV or proper desktop. That laptop? It's my lifeline. I stream from that laptop, to give you an idea.
AC:NL Dream Suite Address - 6000-3011-1687
Pokemon X and Y Friend Safari - Type: Electric, Pokemon: Pachirisu, Electabuzz and Zebstrika.
Wow Apple, that's tiny but your room's so pretty and full of cute stuff! <3 I wish you had more space, though.
I'd love to show my room, but yeaaaaah, it's too littered and I lie in bed with my laptop most of the time. I keep telling myself I'll clean up my desk and start sitting there more often again, but it's just not happening so far. DX


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Video Apps for Government
This week is National Telework week. I'm working from home using WebEx video to collaborate with Cisco colleagues around the world.
My 3-day telework pledge will save me $81.90 in transporation costs and 122 pounds of pollutants for the week. If I continue the 3-day telework routine for a year, I will save $4,095 in transporation costs and 6,120 pounds of pollutants or 3.06 tons for the year. Imagine how much we could all save if every government worker and citizen was able to use network collaboration and video to work from home.
Also this week, the President members of the Pacific Alliance participated in the first Virtual Presidential Summit through TelePresence without the need to travel. During the 90-minute "Historic Presidential Summit," the Presidents of Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica and Panama (by telephone) were able to specify the fundamental points for the signature of the treaty for the "Pacific Alliance."
There are many exciting video applications for government including:
- Telework
- Government leader summits and meetings: The Australian Government is using TelePresence to meet face to face without the need for costly travel
- Public safety and collaborative incident response
- Training and Distance Learning
- Connected Justice: Law enforcement, courts, and corrections
Please let me know how you are using video apps in your government agency to cut costs and enhance services for citizens and constituents in your community.
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F.I.S.H. (Friends In Service Here) of Sanibel will host the twice monthly Mom and Toddlers Group for all island moms of children aged from birth through four years of age. All are welcome, either with your children or just on your own. The group's focus is learning, fun, and relaxation with other moms.
There will be a social time following a short educational presentation on 'Setting Positive Boundaries' by Healthy Start speaker Shelly Greggs. The group meets at 10 a.m. Sept. 12 at the FISH Community Room located at 1630 Periwinkle Way Unit B, Sanibel.
If you are interested in attending this session, call Christine Swiersz at FISH on 472-4775 to confirm attendance or to ask for further information about the Island Mom's Group.
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Mom and Toddlers Group
hosted by F.I.S.H. of Sanibel
10 a.m. Sept. 12
Community Room at F.I.S.H.
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Nation & World
Officials appeal to frustrated HealthCare.gov users: Come back
Confident that repairs to its HealthCare.gov website are progressing as planned, the Obama administration has begun notifying some 275,000 people who couldn't enroll in coverage at the troubled website's Oct. 1 debut to try again.
"Those consumers who have perhaps created an account, but not submitted an application; those consumers who have submitted an application, but not selected a plan; those would be the kinds of individuals that we anticipate reaching out to and speaking with directly over time," said Julie Bataille, the communications director for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Consumers in 36 states served by the federal health insurance marketplace were frustrated when the system portal, HealthCare.gov, malfunctioned minutes after open enrollment for 2014 coverage began. The problems, which stemmed from inadequate testing and a lack of capacity to handle the deluge of users, continued for weeks, leaving people unable to open personal accounts and enroll in new health care offerings.
The botched rollout spawned a series of congressional inquiries and has become a political and public relations black eye for President Barack Obama and his signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.
A team of government and private IT experts has been working to fix the website and the improvements have been noticeable, with faster speed, more efficient page loads and a decline in error messages. While problems remain, officials say the marketplace will be functioning properly for the majority of users by the end of November.
With that in mind, administration officials on Tuesday began emailing the first wave of 275,000 initial users who didn't complete the enrollment process to ask them to revisit the website and finish what they started.
"We want to make sure that we are inviting individuals to come back into the system and that their experience will be a positive one," Bataille said. "Let me be clear that by the end of November, the site will work much better for the vast majority of users. Having said that, our focus is certainly working 24/7 to ensure that the necessary fixes are put in place to make that a reality."
In addition, Bataille said officials at the Department of Health and Human Services would continue to advise people that they also could enroll in marketplace coverage by phone, in person with trained counselors and through paper applications.
Meanwhile, a noted insurance industry consultant said the federal marketplace probably had enrolled just 40,000 to 50,000 Americans in new coverage in October because of the technical problems and glitches.
The estimate by Robert Laszewski, the president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates in Alexandria, Va., appears to square with recent news reports from unnamed administration officials who estimated that about 40,000 people had enrolled in private coverage on the marketplace last month.
Laszewski also said he was doubtful that the site would be functioning properly by the end of November.
"That is a huge question mark," he said. "When are they going to fix the system so that people can smoothly sign up, so that the system is not a detriment to enrollment? When they do that, they can go gangbusters with the public relations campaign."
He said an email from an industry executive who ran a health plan and had access to the enrollment data suggested that the estimate of 40,000 to 50,000 might be high.
"And he's closer to it than I am," Laszewski said.
The administration is expected to announce official enrollment numbers for October later this week.
Neither Bataille nor White House spokesman Jay Carney would confirm the numbers that The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week.
At his daily briefing, Carney said the numbers would be low because the history of similar programs showed that enrollment was always slow early on. Also, he said, because the website "has been so challenging, so problematic, in that first month means that the enrollment numbers will be even lower than expected. I can guarantee you that the number that's released will be lower than we had hoped and anticipated because of the problems with the website."


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There's a setting that acts as a "ON/OFF switch" to keep Facebook apps and other websites from sharing or accessing your information. It's a useful trick that many people don't know about, especially if you want as much privacy as possible while maintaining your account.
It's called "Platform." It's the way third-party games (like Candy Crush) or websites ("Would you like to sign in using Facebook?") are integrated with your profile.
It allows not only the apps or sites you visit to access your data, but the apps and sites your Facebook friends visit as well.
This is how you turn it off:
First, go to the right hand corner and click "Settings":
Then, select "Apps" from the left hand side:
At the top of the screen, you'll see "Apps you use". If that feature says "On", you want to turn it off. Click "Edit":
Now you can turn off "Platform". Remember, this means you won't be able to log into websites or apps using Facebook, and friends won't be able to share information with you through apps.
Read before making your decision:
And ... you're done!
And no more apps sharing my info and post on my behalf...


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Here's a new trailer for the upcoming Assassin's Creed III Liberation, the Vita version of Ubisoft's popular action series that will be out October 30.
It's set in 18th-century New Orleans, and it's the first Assassin's Creed game to star a female protagonist, a stylish assassin named Aveline. Go ahead and watch as she dives off buildings, walks tightropes and does other cool assassin-type stuff.
I know what you're thinking, and no, you cannot pull off that hat.


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This is a life-size bust of Mortal Kombat's Sub-Zero. That means, yup, if you held it up to you own head, unless you are still a small child (GO TO BED), it'll be about the same size.
Hopefully that's where the similarities end, though. Because if your face could pull an expression like that, you'd be walking nightmare fuel. Or a walking meme. Maybe both!
It costs $US700, and will be out in December. Maybe you could get it for a naughty kid if you can't find any coal nearby.
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Six Day Technology needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 329 designs submitted by 73 freelance designers.
Our new company, Six Day Technology, Inc. needs a company logo. We are a new software company that builds custom software for businesses, plus we are working on our own project.
The winner of this contest will have a good chance at winning our project logo contest after this one.
Six Day Technology, Inc.
We are a software company and our target clients are businesses who need custom software.
We are working on a tagline for Six Day Technology. For the design, if you want to include a tagline you can use:
- Six Day Technology: Creative Software SolutionsWe should be able to replace this by editing the vector file. In other words, if you include the tagline it should not be integral to the design.
We are also building a cool website. It is called sixdayweb.com. This will be like blogger, but instead of helping people make blogs, it will allow churches to easily build themselves a church website. We will need a logo for this eventually. We considered including that in this contest, but I think we'll run a different contest after this one closes.
If you win this contest, and enter the next one with a similar design you will have an excellent chance at winning that one as well.
- Vector Files (preferably .ai)
- A simple, unique design
- All or part of the logo should be distinguishable when shrunk to a favicon. e.g. recognizable at 16X16
- Andrew, my business partner, is partial to blues
- I don't care about the colors as long as they look good. I'd like a strong accent color, I guess.
- Stress "Six Day" over "Technology" in the lettering.
- Be sure that the design doesn't make us look like a TV station.
- An overly complicated design
- An ugly design (that's why us programmers are not making it :)
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
An online course for grades 3-5 teachers; 6 three-and-a-half hour sessions; graduate credit available
This series was discontinued on December 31, 2018.
Session 1. The Process Standards
This session introduces the course content and structure, providing examples of all the activities in the course. The five-part structure of each session — Observe, Explore, Define, Apply, and Evaluate — is explained in detail. Go to this unit.
Session 2. Communication
Discover the role that communication plays in your teaching and in your students' learning. Topics covered include effective questioning, helping students understand and use precise language, and using writing assignments and presentations to help students clarify and deepen their thinking. The session also includes content and activities designed to help you better assess your personal formal and informal mathematical communication. Go to this unit.
Session 3. Problem Solving
Explore problem solving as a key means to introducing new material and building conceptual understanding in your students. Topics include problem selection and how to help all students develop a problem-solving disposition. A range of approaches and strategies to solving problems is introduced, as is advice on helping students identify and solve problems in contexts beyond the mathematics classroom. Go to this unit.
Session 4. Reasoning and Proof
Investigate how reasoning and proof provide the foundations of mathematics, at all levels and in a broad context. Topics include ways to integrate the concept of deductive proof and reasoning into instruction, particularly in subjects beyond geometry. Help students understand how mathematical arguments work and the meaning of concepts like deduction, induction, validity, and conjecture. This session also introduces types of reasoning and how mathematical proof relates to and differs from proof in other subjects. Go to this unit.
Session 5. Representation
Discover how mathematical representations connect concepts and prompt problem solving and communication. Topics include how to help students understand and move fluently among representations, refining informal models, and understanding when and why to move to standard representations. Activities that demonstrate how to use mathematical representations to model real-life phenomena are included as well. Go to this unit.
Session 6. Connections
Explore the interrelated nature of mathematics in this session. Topics include information on how to connect concepts within mathematics to related science, engineering, technology, and non-technical topics. The session includes exercises designed to help you see how mathematics builds as a coherent, connected whole, both from grade to grade and across subject areas. Go to this unit.
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The Desert men's pocket comb is made from a beautiful Italian acetate with black and brown hues that create a smoke-like pattern throughout this luxury hair comb. The August logo is discreetly stamped in gold on the top corner.
- Genuine soft suede fitted case (offered separately)
- Comes in a custom designed box
- 5.5" wide x 1.5" height
Each August comb is handmade in Italy, using a classic process to shape each piece with precise detail from select-grade acetate. Although more difficult to make, each comb is designed with a larger handle to give a more substantial feel.
We have designed the teeth of the August comb to give the perfect amount of bite, not too dull yet not too pointed, giving a therapeutic sensation when using.
The August collections are offered in two sizes, the pocket and vanity. Both sizes are ideal for travel, in a briefcase, toiletry bag or car counsel. The pocket is designed to carry on you while the vanity is designed for your bathroom vanity or cabinet.
Given the nature of patterns in the material used for the August collections, no two combs will be exactly the same, making each piece genuinely unique.
The August case is made from soft, genuine Italian suede. The design is slim & sleek, made to hold the comb securely with enough slack to remove the comb with ease. The August logo is discreetly embossed on the back of case. The combination of the comb & case results in a clean, sleek look.
You can select to personalize the case with up to 9 characters in length. Given the nature of the genuine leather material, the results can vary. The personalized characters will be stamped on the bottom center of case on opposite side of the August logo.
Please note: The tan case has a wavy textured pattern which makes a more subtle result when we stamp the characters versus the green and navy cases.