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CASCADE LOCKS, Ore.—Only one set of official races was completed on the final day of the Sperry Top-Sider/Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association due to lack of wind Thursday, and Harvard finished the event in seventh place.
The rookie duo of Morgan Russom and Isabel Ruane posted a second straight third-place finish out of 18 boats to cap the competition. That performance lifted the pair into fifth place in the B division with 49 points. They finished the week with four top-three showings, including two race wins. They edged St. Mary's and Connecticut College for fifth by tiebreaker.
In the tightly packed A division, Emily Lambert and Alexandra Jumper finished 10th with 63 points, one back of ninth-place Coast Guard and 11 points outside of the top five. They finished outside the top half of the field just once during the regatta and earned one runner-up finish.
Harvard totaled 112 points as a team, seven more than sixth-place Old Dominion and 13 more than fifth-place Yale. Rhode Island captured the national title with 83 points, followed by Connecticut College (93), St. Mary's (95) and Brown (97).


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Early power, late leather lift Angels in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Little, if anything, has come easy as these star-studded Angels have navigated through another sluggish April. Even when they win. Even when the first three innings against a struggling team sees the offense plate five runs and the starter retire nine of 10 batters.
The Angels beat the Mariners, 6-3, at Safeco Field on Friday night, but they had to sweat out every bit of it.View Full Game Coverage
SEATTLE -- Little, if anything, has come easy as these star-studded Angels have navigated through another sluggish April. Even when they win. Even when the first three innings against a struggling team sees the offense plate five runs and the starter retire nine of 10 batters.
The Angels beat the Mariners, 6-3, at Safeco Field on Friday night, but they had to sweat out every bit of it.View Full Game Coverage
C.J. Wilson allowed nine of his last 16 batters to reach and needed to work out of back-to-back bases-loaded jams. Howie Kendrick needed to make a game-saving play in the seventh inning, knocking down a potential two-out RBI single and twirling to make a perfect throw home. And the Angels' pitchers -- from Wilson to Sean Burnett to Dane De La Rosa to Scott Downs to Ernesto Frieri -- needed to navigate through a lineup that put a runner in scoring position with none out in five of the last six frames.
Angels pitchers finished having stranded 13 runners on base, the most in a nine-inning Angels win since 2010.
"There was a lot of runners on base tonight," Kendrick said. "But even in these tough games, when we come out victorious, it's uplifting. Whether we have to scratch or fight to win or not, wins are wins. I think once the bats start rolling a little more, we start getting the pitching going a little more, I think we're going to be right where we need to be."
The Angels aren't where they need to be yet. Friday marked their ninth win in 22 tries; their third in 10 road games. And it came on the heels of getting outscored 17-3 over the previous two contests.
Nearly four weeks of season have been played, and the Angels have basically had only three lopsided wins. Three others have come in extra innings, and the other three have closely resembled Friday's battle.
"We're really searching for chemistry in a lot of areas on the field," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Part of it is some guys aren't in their game yet. Josh [Hamilton] hasn't hit stride, some of our pitchers haven't hit stride. And some of it is some key players being out of the lineup, when you look at Erick [Aybar] and Alberto [Callaspo], Kevin Jepsen, Jered Weaver. That makes it a challenge to find that chemistry. But we're going to find it."
The Angels built an early five-run lead against a struggling Aaron Harang, getting one of two sacrifice flies from Albert Pujols in the first, a two-run homer from Hank Conger in the second and a two-run shot by Mark Trumbo in the third. Meanwhile, Wilson needed only 35 pitches through the first three innings and looked primed for his first gem of the season.
But a rough inning or two seems inevitable every time Wilson takes the mound these days, and it happened again against a Mariners team that's now 9-16.
The positive from Wilson's fifth start -- in which he went 5 1/3 innings and was charged with three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out nine -- was that he skated out of trouble. When the Mariners had the bases loaded with none out in the fourth, he gave up only one run and struck out the side. And when they loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, he kept them from crossing home plate altogether.
The negative was the one he continually harped on postgame.
"My job is to go out there and throw seven innings and I haven't done that yet, and that's really the most frustrating part of the season for me," said Wilson, now with a 4.30 ERA. "There's a lot of talent offensively. Our starting pitching just needs to go deeper in the games, and I'm the biggest issue. I've been throwing 20 pitches an inning, which is no good."
The Mariners made it a two-run game in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Endy Chavez -- Wilson's final batter -- and an RBI safety-squeeze bunt by Brendan Ryan, which was nearly a base hit were it not for an impressive lunge at first base by Kendrick, who gathered Pujols' flip just before Ryan hit the bag.
Then, nursing a three-run lead in the seventh, Kendrick saved a run when he knocked down Dustin Ackley's two-out single, retrieved the ball in shallow right field, spun and made a perfect one-hop throw home to nail Justin Smoak on his attempt to score from second.
"That was a great play," Mariners skipper Eric Wedge said.
"It was instinct," Kendrick said. "I didn't think of how tough or what kind of a throw it was. I just threw it. It was one of those plays where I knew he was going, and I just got the ball and threw it. It just happened to be in the right area."
The Marines threatened again off an erratic Downs in the eighth, putting the first two runners on before the sage lefty got a double-play ball and a strikeout. They threatened one last time in the ninth, with left fielder Mike Trout dropping Kendrys Morales' fly ball and Frieri issuing a one-out walk. But the Angels' closer retired the next two batters, the last of which was a grounder Ackley almost beat out.
Finally, they could breathe.
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez.

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — These are the stocks making notable moves on Thursday.
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. US:TRW : The auto-parts maker confirmed it has received a nonbinding buyout offer and said it is evaluating the bid as well as other options.
Zumiez Inc. ZUMZ, +1.97% : Same-store sales rose 3.1% in June, up from 1% growth a year earlier. Analysts had projected comparable sales growth of 1.8% for the specialty clothing retailer, according to a Thomson Reuters survey.
United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL, +2.07% : Revenue per available seat mile, a closely watched sales metric in the airline industry, increased by 3.5% in the second quarter from a year earlier.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. ADM, -1.56% : The grain company's shares hit a fresh 52-week high. Earlier this week it said it is buying food-ingredients provider Wild Flavors GmbH in a deal valued at roughly $3 billion.
Crumbs Bake Shop Inc. US:CRMB : An investor group told CNBC it plans to provide financing to the defunct cupcake chain.
Potbelly Corp. PBPB, -0.26% : The restaurant chain forecast weaker-than-expected sales in the second quarter and lowered its 2014 per-share earnings outlook to range of 18 cents to 21 cents versus 43 cents to 46 cents.
WD-40 Co. WDFC, +0.00% : The cleaning and maintenance products company's third-quarter earnings edged up to $10.4 million, or 69 cents a share, from $10.3 million, or 66 cents as share. The company also forecast earnings per-share of $2.70 to $2.83 in fiscal 2014.
Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. LL, +0.73% : The flooring retailer late Wednesday projected second-quarter earnings that were significantly below analysts' estimate.
Cynk Technology Corp. CYNK, +9,900.00% : The stock has rallied almost 25,000% over the past few weeks, pushing its nosebleed valuation toward $5 billion. Yet the company has no assets, no revenue and just one employee.
Tickers to watch
CBS Corp. CBS, +0.08% : CBS has only one show, "The Big Bang Theory," nominated for an Emmy, lagging behind HBO and FX.
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +0.57% : The Federal Trade Commission sued the company for in-app charges incurred by children without the authorization of their parents and other Amazon account holders.
Tractor Supply Co. TSCO, -0.36% : The home-improvement and maintenance company issued a weaker full-year outlook.
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jadiem necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Our goal is to entertain and inspire the world with our films. When they see the Sandcastle logo, they know they are getting a quality, top notch film everytime. We are a small production company looking to establish the Sandcastle brand by producing award winning feature films.
We have 3 divisions in the company all headed by the Sandcastle name: Sandcastle Pictures (our film division, http://www.sandcastlepictures.ca), Sandcastle Video (our videography division, http://www.sandcastlevideo.ca) and Sandcastle Wedding (our Wedding videography division, http://www.sandcastlewedding.ca). We are looking to brand the Sandcastle name across all 3 divisions with a common theme. The text for each logo will be particular to each division but the logo will be the constant.
The goal is to use the Video and Wedding Divisions to brand the Sandcastle name. The revenues generated through these two divisions will be used to fund some of the films through Sandcastle Pictures.
Therefore, the logo will need to represent what Sandcastle Pictures represents: Bringing Imagination to Life.
Think of this image: your on the beach, kids playing around a real sandcastle, waves wash up around the sandcastle, as they recede, the sandcastle is transformed into a real castle. Imagination is our greatest strength.
Sandcastle Pictures is targeting movie audiences, investors, distributors and producers.
Movie audiences want to be inspired and entertained when they watch a Sandcastle film. They want to forget about their problems in life and have their imagination go wild. We want investors, distributors and producers to feel the same way about our logo, that their investment is going to be the source of inspiration for millions of moviegoers.
Sandcastle Video is targeting entrepreneurs who have a need for videography to explain their products and services in order to increase their sales. These are people who want to hire Sandcastle Video to create a quality video at a reasonable cost. This audience we want to attract needs to know that they are in good hands and will get a quality product for their company.
Sandcastle Wedding is targeting those that are about to embark on a journey with the love of their life. This audience needs to know that Sandcastle Wedding will capture every breathtaking moment and create a wedding experience they have never imagined.
Across all 3 divisions, the Sandcastle logo will be prominent.
We would like the logo to somehow incorporate a castle but you are free to get creative in how you see the company and what would represent us best. Therefore, any images and fonts you feel work, please go for it and let's see what it looks like.
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3. Make sure the castle doesn't look like the Disney castle.
4. It should be sophisticated, clear and represent quality.
5. The word Sandcastle can be incorporated into the logo or be the logo itself. Feel free to let your creative juices flow.
Look at the company logo's at the beginning of films: ie. Warner Brothers, Imagine, Paramount, Dreamworks, Universal, Sony, etc.
We've attached some sample logos from established productions companies that are known throughout the world. This is what we want for Sandcastle: to be recognized as a quality production company.
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Maybe the whole cosmos isn't in this pillow, but the LEDs hidden in a zippered compartment and causing these glowing, swirling patterns sure do give the illusion that it is.
At about $37, the Moonlight cushion is pricier than let's say a pillow with the Android mascot, but I think that it's worth it—even if only as a pretty nightlight. [ThumbsUpPunk via ChipChick]


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Guest Lecturer, Dr. Diana Sáez, visited Eastern on Oct. 11th and 12th and worked with the Chamber Singers in addition to presenting a lecture on the development of Choral Music in Latin America and her work with Coral Cantigas, in Washington, DC.
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Colonial voting restrictions reflected eighteenth-century English notions about gender, race, prudence, and financial success, as well as vested interest. Arguments for a white, male-only electorate focused on what the men of the era conceived of as the delicate nature of women and their inability to deal with the coarse realities of politics, as well as convictions about race and religion. African Americans and Native Americans were excluded, and, at different times and places, the Protestant majority denied the vote to Catholics and Jews. In some places, propertied women, free blacks, and Native Americans could vote, but those exceptions were just that. They were not signs of a popular belief in universal suffrage. Learn more in this article from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal.
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Bingham used his experiences as a Missouri politician to inform his paintings of the mid-nineteenth-century political system. Voting in the nineteenth century was much closer to that of the colonial period than that of today. Although many of the restrictions on property ownership and religion had been eased, the franchise was still restricted to free white men over the age of 21.
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Chicago kicked off music fest season over the weekend with the Spring Awakening Music Festival at Soldier Field and headliners like Skrillex, Benny Benassi, Afrojack and more. Here are a few things we noticed at the self-proclaimed first all-dance music festival.
Playing House of Pain and Chief Keef wins with EDM crowds
Oliver Twizt and Diplo, respectively, (plus others) worked "Jump Around" and "I Don't Like" into their sets. Turns out, these are remarkably easy ways to get a crowd to go completely "hamster," as Diplo tweeted, under a big white tent.
People will pay $8.50 for a Miller Lite tall boy if you give them no other choice
Despite the 90-plus-degree temps and blazing hot sun on Saturday, fest-goers pounded crappy but expensive beer after crappy but expensive beer. Could you blame them? The vendors came to them, working their way through crowds under the tents, and it was either watered down beer or nothing.
Water is for the weak, apparently
Hydration didn't seem to be much of a priority on Saturday, even though it was the hottest day of the weekend and probably one of the hottest days we've had in 2012. "Bubblers" and water fountains were hard to find amidst the meandering crowds. Other than a poorly marked cooling station, misters and fans at the front of the stages, there was little relief from the heat. But everything turned around on Sunday--very noticeably so--with much more signage pointing to fountains, a few more fans and misters placed on the main walkway, vendors stocked with plenty of water walking around and staffers hosing people down around the stages.
Showing your midriff (and butt cleavage) is totally cool again
See the photos for yourself.
Your dad is really awesome
How else would a dad want to spend his Father's Day weekend than with his teenage kids at a dance music festival? Plenty of neon-clad kids were accompanied by their parents, and everyone involved seemed OK with it. Now that's a cool dad.
Soldier Field--kind of a kickass fest venue
I was extremely skeptical going into this. How could this possibly work? Is the space really big enough for this? You quite literally couldn't find a space anywhere on the grounds that was anything less than "very loud," but despite the close quarters, the sound overlap at the stages was minimal. Huge plus: Indoor bathrooms! Concrete cooling station and relief from the sun! It's like being in a basement. Despite some of the first-year-fest problems, this space has a ton of potential for becoming a fest destination in the Bears' off-season.
Hate lag time between sets? Try EDM
DJs are magical creatures, in that, if it's done right, they can set up in maybe five minutes and "break down" in even less than that. Also, one DJ can set up while the other breaks down. What does this mean? Zero silence between sets. Seriously, zero. Brilliant, in the sense that it was a nonstop party and Spring Awakening never had to work to get people who left the tent back in for the next set, but maaaybe a bit of a setback as a festgoer if you stay in one area the entire time and don't get to check out other stages and acts because you just have no concept of time anymore.
Local love
Chicago is the home of house music and quickly is becoming an electronic music hub. Spring Awakening had more than seven times the number of local acts performing than Lolla has scheduled this year. Nice to see a Chicago festival taking advantage of talent that lives just up the "L" tracks.
It's no Lollapalooza
Whether you consider that a good or a bad thing, you have to at least admit that Lollapalooza is incredibly organized. Yeah, Lolla has had about seven years to perfect the fest, but it's definitely set a higher standard for these fests in Chicago (organization-wise). This was Spring Awakening's first year, and there were plenty of hiccups, issues with security and things that were overlooked. But in such a fest-heavy city as Chicago, new fests are going to have to work extra hard to live up to that higher standard fans have become accustomed to.
It's no Lollapalooza
This is a good thing, for one reason: There was a considerable lack of aggro and "get off me" pushing throughout the weekend that you tend to see at Lolla. Everybody just wants to dance, dude. High five me!
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The Rock Star thread got me thinking about a related topic. Which Lansing speakers have you spotted in films or on TV shows? Off the top of my head, I can think of three:
That 70's Show -JBL L88's
High Fidelity - John Cusack's home stereo sports JBL 4425's
The Conversation - Gene Hackman using Altec A7's to play back his surveillance tapes.


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Normally, at this time of year, I would expect to be less flabby than I am right now and much leaner and fitter. Also fizzing with the "natural endorphin high" that personal exercise trainers always lie about. Tomorrow is the fifth Sunday of Lent, after all. And though I don't practise the 40 days and 40 nights of Christian self-denial, I do normally start banting for a month or two at this time of year because it feels proper to fast after feasting.
Banting was my mother's word: she banted, year after year, so I bant in turn. Dr Banting – this from memory, I haven't googled him recently – was the diet doctor of the 20th century who, I believe, told women between the wars to give up potatoes, or any other starch, like rice or white bread. (A restriction that is still good today.)
Yesterday's paper had a piece in it about Mississippi, one of the States of the Union I know best, reporting that the state senate has passed a bill banning any town or county or city in the state from doing what New York (in the person of Mayor Bloomberg) has been trying to do since 2009. Which is: restrict its citizens' intake of bucketsful of Coke and Pepsi and wheelbarrows full of burger and fried chicken and (cheap) ice cream. The mayor tries to do it partly by displaying frightening statistics showing how many thousands of calories are in your Frappuccino and partly by nagging.
I believe Mississippi will not be nagged or persuaded like those pantywaist New Yorkers. The South does not like federal government interfering in states' rights to go to hell in their own way. I have eaten fried chicken in Mississippi, and fried catfish and fried green tomatoes: it is food so delicious you wake up yearning for it when you get back home. Right up until the end of the first week of a fortnight's holiday, you feel you could live on catfish and fried chicken (and hot tamales – don't get me started) until the end of your days. But you know it for original sin.
Some time in the second week, your European soul revolts and you think – oh, I don't know – a little plate of undressed lettuce might be all I need? Until you walk in the door of a little restaurant in Leland, Mississippi, and you sin again: the smell, the crunch, the utter fabulousness and ease of eating. We came home heavier. Much heavier. Stopped eating fried chicken almost immediately. What – go and get a bucket of that Kentucky Fried Chicken nonsense? Don't be silly. We settled down to normal weight. I think that must be a whole lot harder to do in the Delta.
While Mississippi is the fattest state in the Union, New Orleans is the fattest city in America (or the world, possibly). We holidayed there last year, and ate out in better restaurants than I find in London. The people in the fine-dining establishments were the same size as us. Regular-sized. But I was in a doctor's waiting room at one point with people so enormous they spilled across three chairs. You have never seen the like.
Since it appears to rain in New Orleans every single afternoon, there is a rich choice of hairdressing salons specialising in the art of the blow-dry. I went to one rinky-dink place that catered to the carriage trade with a lot of expensive interior design going on and expensive-looking glassware for your iced water. "Beverly will be taking care of you today, ma'am," the receptionist said, in her soft Southern voice, and lo – Beverly waddled into my presence and I had to rearrange my face sharpish.
She was 5ft high (I am under five-three, so I can tell when I meet people of 5ft… Tom Cruise, Madonna – and Beverly). She was 4ft around the middle. Like a ball. At 21 she was (at a guess) about 16 stone. She was really good with the old hairdryer, and had an easy, chattery manner. She could not have got a job in any ritzy salon in London that I've ever been to. But would the government have a say? I absolutely hope not.


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The artwork looked great on 5-21! I like the inner shot of the stilts. Always wondered how your penguin reached the pedals. The action really flows from panel to panel. You have a good eye for placement. Looks like a storyboard for an action movie. Good work, Hugh.
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Although the likes of Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Adebayor and John Obi Mikel have been the focus of the majority of headlines at the 29th edition CAF Africa Cup of Nations, a number of previously unheralded players have grabbed their fair share of the spotlight. FIFA.com looks at some of the up-and-comers who have used the tournament to showcase their talents.
Djene Dakonam (Togo)
One of the surprises of the tournament, Togo's Sparrow Hawks mainly consist of foreign-based professionals, and the 21-year-old Dakonam is one of the few players in the squad plying their trade in Africa. The Coton Sport de Garoua defender usually plays on the right for his club in Cameroon but was used on the opposite flank by Togo's coach Didier, and he proved himself to be convincing, quick and skilled despite only starting his national team career late last year.
Fatawu Dauda (Ghana)
The 27-year-old goalkeeper is one of four Ghana-based players in the Black Stars squad in South Africa. Widely expected to be a third-choice behind Adam Larsen Kwarasey and Daniel Adjei, the Ashanti Gold custodian has moved ahead in the pecking order as Ghana advanced into the semi-finals. Dauda picked up a man-of-the match award in his side's quarter-final victory against Cape Verde Islands and remarked to journalists that he hoped to keep the number one jersey. "I am not saying I am better than the other goalkeepers but in football it's about who gets selected, and so I want to keep the faith of the coach," he said.
Dean Furman (South Africa)
After being overlooked by Gordon Igesund for the hosts' opening Group A game against Cape Verde, the Bafana Bafana coach picked the 24-year-old for their all-important second clash against Angola. Furman was outstanding, taking on responsibility and looking for the ball. Three days later, Furman helped the hosts into the quarter-finals with a 2-2 draw against Morocco. It was an excellent day for the central midfielder as his English League One club Oldham Athletic beat Premier League club Liverpool in the FA Cup. A missed penalty in the shoot-out in Bafana Bafana's defeat against Mali did little to take away the shine from Furman's Africa Cup of Nations campaign.
Sunday Mba (Nigeria)
Although mainly used so far as a bit-player by coach Stephen Keshi, the midfielder managed to make an impact when brought on. Mba, who plays for Enugu Rangers in the Nigerian first division, played in just two games, but he scored one of the goals of the event: the all-important winner against pre-tournament favourites Côte d'Ivoire, which showed confidence and skill against the veteran Ivorian defence. Although the shot was aided by a deflection, the 24-year-old is one of the most promising Africa-based players on show in South Africa and he's validated Keshi's choice of several domestic-based players.
Ryan Mendes (Cape Verde Islands)
Not exactly an unknown entity coming into the tournament, having already gained UEFA Champions League experience with Lille, but the 23-year-old forward confirmed his reputation as a star-in-the-making as the key man in attack for the islanders. He is consistent and pacy and played a large part in helping the Blue Sharks to a surprising quarter-final berth.
Godfrey Oboabona & Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria)
Another pair that raised some eyebrows in Keshi's direction when he included the inexperienced and young defenders in his squad for the finals. But the 22-year-old Oboabona, who plays for Sunshine Stars in the Nigerian league, and Omeruo, a 19-year-old on loan at ADO Den Haag in the Netherlands from Premier League giants Chelsea, have seen plenty of match-time, while captain Joseph Yobo has spent most of his time on the bench. Keshi has said that the defenders have done well. "Part of my job is to make choices. If I took these young players, it is because I thought they were able to do well on the pitch. We have enough more experienced players to give the advice."
Thuso Phala (South Africa)
The right winger was brought into the *Bafana *set-up by Igesund and was picked ahead of more experienced players, and he played an important role as the hosts progressed to the quarter-final stage for the first time at the AFCON finals since 2002. The 26-year-old plays his club football for Platinum Stars after having previously been on the books of South African glamour clubs Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns.
Molla Wague (Mali)
The inclusion of the 21-year-old, who was born and played at youth level for France, into Patrice Carteron's squad for the AFCON finals, was a big surprise. However, the Caen defender has been outstanding in defence and has formed a formidable duo with team-mate Adama Coulibaly. The Eagles have conceded just three goals in the tournament ahead of the semi-finals.
Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana)
After convincingly progressing through the group phase, Ghana's Black Stars came up against rookies Cape Verde and - rather surprisingly - the rookies were making most of the play in the early part of the game. Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah brought on Wakaso, and the 22-year-old left midfielder, who plays his club football for Espanyol Barcelona, repaid his coach's confidence in him by scoring twice. His three goals in three matches at the tournament - two from the spot - make him arguably the most efficient player of the tournament.


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I.T Park is known for showcasing avant-garde and experimental artists. For over 12 years its exhibitions have been trendsetting and memorable, while others were risky experiments that did not work out. Currently on view is a solo exhibition that is both commercially viable and experimental at the same time, which in itself is a noteworthy achievement.
Tseng Yu-chin's (曾御欽) first solo exhibition is cryptically titled No One Understands, Even if Crying to Say It or Reliving, Laughing to Say It and features video and projected imagery that channels childhood memories of pleasure, pain and confusion.
Tseng strikes a chord that is simultaneously poetic and discordant within the viewer's heart. He acutely remembers many of those typical childhood feelings but he is nonjudgmental.
Tseng, born in 1978, has accomplished a lot in a short time and does stage design for several performance and theater groups. In addition, he has already published poems and a novel that has won numerous awards.
In spite of using multimedia and film, his works hint at narratives, but it is up to the viewer to fill in the meaning. Upon entering IT Park's darkened space is the psychologically disturbing It's Not So Bad.
Two wall-size simultaneous slide projections continuously flash images of two skinny pre-pubescent boys embracing each other, clad only in their white underpants, hidden in the bushes. The colors are saturated, hinting at forbidden pleasures. The boys' skin glistens with water droplets.
Often adult viewers think Tseng's work is about sexual predation or about pedophilia. However, Tseng's poetic text printed in a pamphlet talks about feelings of self-punishment and captures the angst a young boy feels for the failures and conflicts in his life.
In I Hate Assumption, Tseng has filmed somnam-bulant-like elementary school children. The children are also complicit actors in his films. They go about their normal routines such as riding the school bus, brushing their teeth, preparing for class, all with their eyes closed, their heads thrown back and their mouths agape.
In the elegant but disturbing It Couldn't be Beautiful Video, still images of children passed out on the floor lying amidst overturned boxes of toys and crayons slowly move across the screen. Conjuring up thoughts of poison gas attacks or children frozen in a dream, the work creates conflicting feelings in the viewer such as horror and peaceful innocence at the same time.
In No One Understands an image is shown on one of the four blank screens. An office worker walks out on to the roof with the dense cityscape in the background, emphasizing the existential angst and loneliness of modern life.
Tseng's videos are cinematic in scope providing just enough detail to allow one to surmise a lot about the character: his income, educational level and perhaps his psychological makeup. But Tseng doesn't provide dialogue, plot or a narrative. And so you as the viewer end up filling in all the psychological details, until you realize the artist is telling your story.
Tseng reveals as much as he conceals. He has told you a bit about his truth, so then you start to think about your truth, until suddenly you realized that you revealed more about yourself than he did as his work opened you up.
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Jilin University recently published an ancient DNA study on Chinese Y-chromosomes. It features 119 samples from 13 archaeological sites in northern China. That's quite impressive considering that aDNA is extremely difficult to extract from Y-chromosomes. A paper from 2010 on the Tarim Basin or Xiaohe mummies listed seven R1a1a results, while here we have 11, plus a K*. So it looks like at least some of these are from newly tested Tarim Basin samples.
Niuheliang, Hongshan Culture, 5000 YBP, 4 N, 1 C*, 1 O
Halahaigou, Hongshan-Xiaoheyan Culture, 4500 YBP, all N
Dadianzi, Lower Xiajiadian Culture, 3600 YBP, 3 N, 2 O3
Dashanqian, Upper Xiajiadian Culture, 3000 YBP, 1 C, 3 N1c, 1 N, 2 O3-M117, 2 O3-M324
Jinggouzi, 2500 YBP, all C
Xiaohe, Xinjiang, 3500-4000 YBP, 11 R1a1a, 1 K*
Tianshan Beilu, Hami, Xinjiang, 3300-4000 YBP, 5 N, 1 C
Heigouliang, Xinjiang, 2000 YBP, 6 Q1a*, 4 Q1b, 2 Q
Pengyang, Ningxia, 2500 YBP, all Q1a1-M120
Taojiazhai, Qinghai, 1500 YBP, all O3-M324
Miaozigou, Central-South Inner Mongolia, Yangshao Culture, 5500 YBP, all N
Sanguan site, Yu County, Hebei, Lower Xiajiadian Culture, 3400-3800 YBP, all O3
Hengbei site, Jiang County, Shanxi, 2800-3000 YBP, 9 Q1a1, 2 O2a-M95, 1 N, 4 O3a2-P201, 2 O3, 4 O*
See also...
European admixture in ancient East Asians (two-rooted canines carried by early Indo-Europeans to China)


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Tenn. Bill to Prohibit Discussion of Gay Issues Dies
A measure that would have forced schools to tell parents if their children have talked to a teacher or counselor about being gay has failed this session.
The House version of that bill died in the House Education Subcommittee on Tuesday for lack of a second. The measure sought to prohibit classroom discussion of anything other than natural reproduction.
The House sponsor, Republican Rep. John Ragan of Oak Ridge, had planned to amend the legislation to require principals or counselors to identify students who might be a potential threat, but he never got a chance to do so.
The amended version would have been quite different than the Senate proposal, which sought to give schools the authority to inform parents about children who talk to school officials about their sexuality.
"I'm disappointed," Ragan said. "I thought it was a good bill. It was about school safety."
The Senate proposal was the latest version of the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill that passed the Senate in 2011. The companion bill failed in the House last year.
Ragan said he plans to bring his version back next year. The companion bill's sponsor, Republican Sen. Stacey Campfield of Knoxville, did not immediately return a call to The Associated Press.


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Homers boost Harrell, Astros past White Sox
HOUSTON -- One day after practically failing to hit the ball out of the infield, the White Sox and Astros treated fans and a FOX viewing audience to a power surge.
But the deciding play never left the infield, as Houston used a rare game-ending pickoff on Chicago pinch-runner Jordan Danks in the ninth inning to down the White Sox, 4-3, Saturday night in Minute Maid Park.View Full Game Coverage
HOUSTON -- One day after practically failing to hit the ball out of the infield, the White Sox and Astros treated fans and a FOX viewing audience to a power surge.
But the deciding play never left the infield, as Houston used a rare game-ending pickoff on Chicago pinch-runner Jordan Danks in the ninth inning to down the White Sox, 4-3, Saturday night in Minute Maid Park.View Full Game Coverage
"That was another way I've never seen a game end," said Astros starter Lucas Harrell, who worked 6 2/3 innings to earn the win. "It was different. It was baseball."
The teams combined for three solo home runs and four more extra-base hits, but defense carried the day for Houston, especially in the final sequence.
Shortstop Ronny Cedeno saw Danks extending his lead at second, so, independent of the Astros coaches, he called the pickoff and closer Jose Veras fired a sharp throw to end a tense final frame and secure his 13th save.
"It was pretty much just Ronny Cedeno just being a baseball player and Jose Veras reading the daylight," said Astros manager Bo Porter. "You practice plays like that in Spring Training. Lo and behold, you get this deep into the season and it ends up being a very big play in a win."
The play wasn't without controversy, as Danks argued vehemently while the Astros celebrated in the outfield grass behind him.
"I thought I got in there," Danks said. "I knew it was close. I told [the umpire], 'I'm not saying it wasn't close, but I didn't think it was close enough to end the game that way.' But what are you going to do about it?"
Mired in an extended power-hitting slump, the Astros broke out of it with a mammoth fourth inning, as Jason Castro and Chris Carter each blasted solo homers to stake Houston to a lead it held on to down the stretch.
Castro's shot to the right-center-field bullpen off White Sox starter John Danks was the first home run of his career against a lefty. He has 16 against right-handers, including eight this season while emerging as a formidable slugger in the Astros lineup.
"He's having an All-Star-like year," Porter said. "Him being an all-around great everyday catcher is the most important thing, and providing that power is just an added boost. He's emerged as that caliber of player."
Two batters later, Carter swung at the first pitch he saw, sending a towering shot that initially appeared foul but clipped the foul pole for his first home run at Minute Maid since May 12.
"I got a cutter in from [Danks], and I saw that same thing my first at-bat, so I was waiting on it," Carter said. "I wasn't sure whether it would stay in. I don't think anyone was."
Houston had hit only one home run in its previous eight games.
Harrell sandwiched five dominant innings between a pair of sloppy frames, allowing three runs but striking out a season-high seven batters. According to Harrell, he couldn't have picked a better foe to do it against than his former team, for which he played from 2010-11 after spending seven years in the White Sox system.
"It's always nice to beat them," he said. "When someone tells you you're not good enough, that you can't play for them, you always have a little chip on your shoulder."
At one point, Harrell retired 11 straight and faced the minimum between the second and sixth innings.
Chicago jumped on the board immediately, using two hits and a walk to plate Alexei Ramirez in the first inning. Houston responded with a two-out rally in the second, as Carlos Pena was hit by a pitch and Cedeno drove him in with a double to knot the score.
Center fielder Brandon Barnes secured what was ultimately the winning run in the fifth, doubling home Matt Dominguez from first on a hit-and-run to put the Astros up 4-1.
"I thought that sequence was the biggest offensive play of the game," Porter emphasized. "It gave us the extra cushion we needed. Matt was in motion, picking up the third-base coach and attacking the bag all the way around and was able to score. That's the attention to detail that helps you win these one-run games."
The White Sox chased Harrell with a homer and three more hits for two runs in the seventh, but the Houston defense came through. Second basemen Jose Altuve kept Harrell's last hit allowed from going into center field and prevented the tying run from scoring.
Reliever Paul Clemens followed by fanning Alejandro De Aza to strand two baserunners and hold the 4-3 lead. Ramirez led off the eighth with a double, but three Astros reliever recorded an out each to stunt the threat.
Then, it was Veras' time, albeit in an unconventional way. He walked the leadoff batter, but got the next two hitters on swinging strikeouts as Danks moved to second on a stolen base to set up the unique final out. Veras hasn't allowed a run in his last seven outings, totaling seven innings of work.
"I'm completely confident in Jose Veras," Porter said. "We give the ball to Jose, and I feel pretty comfortable the game's in the win column."
The Astros have put three in a row in the win column, continuing their streaky ways. Houston won seven of eight starting on Memorial Day and then lost seven of the next eight games before pulling off the current trifecta.
"We keep turning that corner a little more this year, except it's a lot earlier," Harrell said. "We're in or close in almost every game, showing we're a good club and the tight wins like we've had now the past couple nights show that."
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Yumvy revolutionizes the way people plan and cook great meals at home by making it easier, more interactive, and more accessible to everyone regardless of skill level.
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Congratulations FTC: Internet Heroes
Next week's Cyber Risk Report (CRR) will cover the successful prosecution of a gang of Internet criminals by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Their scam was selling "scareware," bogus computer security software, including "Antivirus XP 2008," from 2003-2008. One of the co-defendants had in 2005 been ordered to pay Symantec 3.1 million dollars in compensation for selling pirated copies of its popular Norton brand. Last week, the first of the defendants in the case settled with the FTC for the entirety of his assets less legal fees, a sum amounting to $116,697, in lieu of a much larger judgement of 1.9 million dollars. The other defendants will have their days in court starting in July, barring any continuances.
The defendants used interactive advertisements that suggested that they had scanned a victim's PC and found malware, tracking cookies and pornography that did not exist but that could be removed for $39.95. If the initial approach was unsuccessful, the rogue anti-virus software would alter search engine results to include false warnings of spyware infections and would display pop-ups to the user warning of data loss.
They even had a 3-year renewal option, and a back-end billing service that would geographically locate victims using their IP addresses and invoice them in their local currency. For example, a Cisco Security Intelligence Operations researcher located in Australia found the sale price in Australian dollars (AUD).
On one advertising network alone, the defendants displayed these advertisements nearly 680 million times at a cost of over 1 million dollars to the defendants. In addition, they installed the bogus security software on computer systems that had already been infected by other malware and were members of botnets.In August 2008, researchers at Cisco Security Intelligence Operations infected a honeypot to monitor the activity of the software. The researchers discovered extremely clever social engineering components and a back-end infrastructure that stretched from Germany to Panama. The malware's success is in part attributed to its myriad of propagation techniques and social engineering aspects.Later, in March 2009, Cisco Security Intelligence Operations researchers observed the Pushdo botnet installing the bogus XP AntiVirus software onto computer systems that it had already infected. In addition to infecting the original host, Pushdo dropped the bogus security software onto removable USB storage devices in order to infect other systems to which the device was connected.The defendants went to great effort to evade signature-based antivirus detection. In at least one case, only two of the 36 vendors participating in the virustotal.com portal offered any protection.
Even though this malware has been effective at evading signature-based antivirus solutions, Cisco has successfully protected its customers from these threats with Cisco IronPort Web Reputation Technology and the Cisco Botnet Traffic Filter. In addition to targeting the individual executable programs, Cisco targets the infrastructure used by the criminals. Cisco IronPort Web Reputation blocks all traffic to the criminals' web servers and legitimate servers that have been compromised, protecting users who may have been confused by the deceptive advertisements. The Cisco Botnet Traffic Filter mitigates existing infections by preventing the rogue security software from contacting (phoning home) criminal-operated command-and-control systems and blocking malicious software updates.It's difficult to say just how much money "Antivirus XP 2008" netted the criminals. In a write-up about a break-in to one of the members of the Antivirus 2008 affiliate program, Joe Stewart at SecureWorks predicts roughly $900,000 per week.Stay tuned. Court action continues next month with the other defendants.
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Robots are mechanical beings which possess artificial intelligence. They are used in a wide variety of roles and environments, as well as perform jobs considered too menial for Humans or other species.
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The First Millennia Edit
The first robots were crude beings created by humanity to hеlp with a variety of tasks. The earliest of these robots were created at the end of the 29th century. Over the course of the next century, robots would come to be a part of Earth culture, to the extent that by 3000, academic institutions offered the subject of Robo-American Studies.
Throughout the centuries robots remained "slow moving, stiff, and a little on the uptight side." But on October 17th, 2928 Hubert J. Farnsworth, working for MomCorp, discovered that by sacrificing fuel efficiency he could create a "bigger, sportier robot." It didn't meet emission standards, but MomCorp was able to get around this by marketing it as a "Sport-Utility Robot" classified as a light truck.
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The modern robot is fueled by alcohol and gives off greenhouse gasses primarily through flaming burps, which eventually drove Earth to the brink of destruction via global warming. Though President Nixon and Dr. Ogden Wernstrom plotted to destroy all robots to save the Planet, the Earth was saved when Hubert had all the robots vent their gases straight up at once, thereby moving Earth further from the Sun and cooling it.
The Future of Earth's Robots Edit
In 3004 Mom's Friendly Robot Company released a new model of robot known as Robot 1-X. Unlike earlier models, Robot 1-X doesn't malfunction and has a more friendly personality. Perhaps in response to the near destruction of Earth by robot-generated greenhouse gases earlier that year, Robot 1-X also ran on pollution and emitted fresh oxygen. The shift to the new model was neither immediate nor easy: many existing robots needed to have their programming upgraded to be compatible with the new model and the majority of Earth's robots remain the old, rude, polluting models. Ironically, should Robot 1-X clean up Earth's pollution, the Earth will actually be cooler than it was originally due to the increased distance from the sun. This may help to explain the relative rarity of Robot 1-X's.
Robotic Physiology Edit
Although robots differ in their composition and function, there are several generalizations that can be made that applies to many robots:
Composition Edit
Most robots appear to be made of metallic minerals/compounds (i.e. iron, titanium, steel, dolomite), but there are also examples of robots made of wood and wax.
It is stated that robots have 8 senses, including Smision, but do not possess the sense of taste.
Antenna Edit
Robots all seem to have an antenna someplace on their body, but the reason for this is unclear. They seem to be able to pick up and disrupt radio signals unconsciously and in some cases even project their thoughts to other radio devices (such as a cellular telephone). Mom revealed that she has all her robots fitted with one so that she can control them using a universal robot controller. Several times it is also stated that it is used as a male reproductive organ.
Alcohol Consumption Edit
Robots run on alcohol (apparently ethanol), which recharges their fuel cells. When they don't drink, they suffer symptoms similar to those experienced by organics who have imbibed too much alcohol, such as loss of balance, light-headedness and a thick patch of rust around the mouth, similar to 5 o'clock shadow, but called 5 o'clock rust.
Death Edit
According to Leela, a Robot can be destroyed by hearing a logical paradox, what makes their A.I.'s collapse. On the other hand, the most recent made robots (including the Bending Units) had backups, so their "minds" don't die with their bodies. It is also revealed in The Thief of Baghead that food coloring is the most poisonous substance known to robots and will kill them almost instantly die.
Under certain circumstances (for example a successful suicide attempt, or when the robot's body is buried too close to discarded electronics) a robot's software can be exported to the wireless network shared by all machinery, even if that robot has no back-up unit. In this case, the robot's essence becomes stuck in an "infinite loop" which is inescapable without the intervention of either the Robot Devil or Robot God. When in this state, the robot's essence cannot affect physical matter except for electronic machinery. A device called a "sacramental firewall" however can be used to keep the "robot ghost" from coming closer than 10 feet to it. (It also kills cats.) There is some ambiguity as to whether there are other types of ghosts in the Futurama universe/multiverse-in The Honking it is stated that the last Ghost had died hundreds of years prior, but in Proposition Infinity it is clear that ghosts are legally recognized entities with the right to marry horses.
Robotic Culture Edit
Vice Edit
Like any society, robots have many vices that certain segments of the population engage in. Examples of such vices include: robot porn, stripperbots, hookerbots, as well as the smoking of cigars and/or cigarettes (to look cool).
Jacking-On Edit
Perhaps the most controversial vice in robot society is the abuse of electricity. Jacking-on, as it's called, involves the channeling of large amounts of electricity through a robot's processors, resulting in a psychedelic experience. The experience is highly addictive and may lead to decreased energy levels and/or residual electrical activity in the eyes. The name is a thinly veiled euphemism for masturbation, which can be referred to as "jacking off." This activity is considered to be equal to drug abuse or hook on drug in human counterpart and the effect is similar to drug addiction in human like sensitivity to sunlight or erratic behavior.
An analog to drugs for robots which is illegal to possess or use. In appearance it is similar to a crack pipe with a plasma globe on the end. Its use has a tendency to cause a robot's eyes to turn red.
Religion Edit
Robots also have organized religion, but it is unclear how widespread these beliefs are. It is known that there are "good books." It is also known that a preacher is Reverend Lionel Preacherbot.
Robotology Edit
One of the more radical robot religions is Robotology, which holds its members to a strict contract not to engage in any behavior considered taboo among the faith (see the Vice section above). Should the contract be broken, the member would be sent to Robot Hell for eternity.
See Also: Robotology
Robots may or may not actually celebrate several holidays of their own, including Robonadon, Robanzaa(which is a sacred tribute to robot ancestral prototypes that takes the form of a drinking contest) and Robonnukah, the most sacred two weeks (or six and a half weeks, or four weeks for a reform-Robonnukah) on the robot calendar which is celebrated with dancing, drinking from a Robo-kiddish cup, the spinning of the Droidel, as well as wrestling of Fembots with illegal five-speed groins in petroleum oil, which has been used up.
Robosexuality Edit
By the standards of humanity, robots tend to be quite active sexually (probably due to the fact that it is primarily for recreation rather than for reproduction), but relationships between humans and robots are severely discouraged, as well as marriages between the beings were banned on Earth until the passage of Proposition ∞ in 3010. In The Bots and the Bees it is revealed that robots can procreate sexually as a means of making up for the inability of Momcorp to make enough robots via traditional methods.
Varieties Edit
Fembots Edit
A Fembot is a female version of a robot.
Children Robots Edit
While robots generally age quite rapidly by human standards (Bender aged in hours for example, another being his son Ben, who ages at 364.2 times faster as a human ), some robots remain children for longer periods of time (such as Tinny Tim). It is unclear why robots would need children besides child actors, but they continue to be built just the same.
Robotic Variations By Function Edit
Robots have expanded beyond their original programming to fulfill many functions, some of which would not seem to need to be fulfilled (such as homeless robots or criminal units). The following is a short list of different functions or occupation that robots fulfill as well as three or four examples.


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Echino Squared
I think my hands are finally defrosted enough to write this post. Just when I thought Mother Nature couldn't make it any harder to take quilt photos, she threw us 2+ feet of snow (3+ foot drifts!) and I'm pretty sure it's about 10 degrees outside right now. And I seem to have misplaced my gloves. But of course that wasn't about to stop me from braving the elements and getting a picture of this great new quilt. I know I looked hilarious out there, dragging a clothes line, clothes pins, my camera and a quilt through all that snow in my backyard, practically falling every other step.
I bought this Echino fabric a loooooong time ago. I was scared to use it on the wrong project. It's just a *tad* pricier than regular quilting cotton. Finally one day I was sketching out ideas and came up with a design I thought would feature the large scale designs and bright colors perfectly.
Each block is 9", making the final quilt 54" x 72". I quilted this one with straight lines 1/4" on each side of the vertical and horizontal seams with a 3.5 stitch length. My initial plan was also to do diagonals through all the blocks, but I did one and wasn't feeling it. I picked those stitches out and called it a day.
The binding is a Kona cotton with a bit of Echino pieced in on the top left. The back is a selection of Kona solids mixed with large blocks of Echino prints taken from the front. The white used on the front and back is actually Kona Snow - a softer white.
Call it cabin fever, but I just picture the kids and me lounging on this quilt in the sun when it's about 75 degrees outside.
And to celebrate finally using some of my Echino stash, I plan to have an Echino giveaway on my blog later this week. Be sure to check back to enter!


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Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, the subject of controversy following the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, has been linked to a significant increase in gun-related homicides, a new study has found.
As NBC News reports, the paper, published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, says that the implementation in 2005 of the state's self-defense law was associated with a 24.4 percent increase in homicides — and a 31.6 percent increase in firearm-related homicides.
A so-called "Stand Your Ground" law removes the duty to retreat when confronted with a perceived deadly threat. Florida was the first of more than 20 states to have implemented such laws.


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Royal Cells
"Bee is the common name given to a large family of hymenopterous or membranous-winged insects, of which the most important is the common hive or honey bee (apis mellifica). It belongs to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, but is now naturalized in the Western. A hive commonly consists of one mother or queen, from 600 to 800 males or drones, and from 15,000 to 20,000 working bees, formerly termed neuters, but now known to be imperfectly developed females. The humblebees, or bumblebees, of which over 60 species are found in North America, belong to the genus bombus, which is almost world wide in its distribution. "—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)


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From Openmoko
jeremy jozwik. openmoko user gtalk: jerjoz.forums ąt gmail . com
Currently SHR-lite-testing 20090502 is running.
installed packages include:
- FFalarms
- tangoGPS
- intone
- leafpad
- mokoconv
- mokomaze
- neon
- rotate
- tasks
- numptyphysics
- orrery
- pcalc
Recently acquired the USB Smallest Mini Keyboard from golden computer center in hong kong. works ok, all keys seem to function except the up arrow. all in all an ok purchase for $15USD
looking into getting extra batteries, either the nokia BL-5B or BL-6C.
I use the device primarily for gps tracking and ogg playback. used with headphone adapter Radio Shack 274-004
check out Artwork for the only thing i can currently contribute to the openmoko community
- 20090318 after buying device 2008.12
- 20090322 qi testing other distributions
- 20090405 going back to 2008.12
- 20090423 switch to shr
- 20090509 after breaking the UI modifying /gtk-2.0/gtkrc without making a backup, switched to shr-lite-testing 20090502
- 20090512 after fourier and its required libs destroyed my phones usability. re-flash with shr-lite-testing 20090502
Scripts Used
root@nibbly-bits:~# cat backup_contacts.sh #!/bin/sh d=$(date +%Y.%m.%d-%H%M) mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogsmd /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device org.freesmartphone.GSM.SIM.RetrievePhonebook 'contacts' > contacts-$d.txt
root@nibbly-bits:~# cat backup_messages.sh #!/bin/sh d=$(date +%Y.%m.%d-%H%M) mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogsmd /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device org.freesmartphone.GSM.SIM.RetrieveMessagebook 'all' > messages-$d.txt


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It's midsummer and we've had some hot, humid nights here in New York City. The heat broke last week, but most probably we're in for another heat wave before the summer is through. Some folks don't have air conditioners, whether it is because they object to Freon for environmental reasons, or because of the cost of installing an air conditioner, or because their landlords prohibit air conditioners. I am sorry to hear that. There are ways to have a tolerable night's sleep without air conditioning in one's bedroom. Here's how.
Sleep on a cooler mattress
First of all, foam mattresses and foam mattress toppers are super insulating. They retain heat like nobody's business. If you have a foam mattress or a foam mattress topper, including memory foam, ditch it for the summer and replace it with a regular mattress or a cotton futon mattress.
Sleep above your sheets
Even cotton sheets provide a layer of insulation. On super hot nights, sleep just on a bottom sheet. Sleeping without a cover takes some getting used to, but it allows heat to rise off of your body rather than getting caught in between the sheets.
Use cotton sheets on your bed
Crisp, cool cotton sheets are the best choice for hot summer nights. Avoid flannel, satin or synthetic blend sheets when the temperature is in the 90s. Good old cotton broadcloth sheets breathe. They allow sweat to evaporate off of your body easily.
The Chillow: A cooling pillow
Lifehacker suggests the Chillow, a cooling pillow. Reviews of the Chillow on Amazon are mixed, but the endorsement from Lifehacker is promising. The chillow cools your head to promote falling asleep faster.
Try sleeping on a hammock
It might sound eccentric if not downright crazy, but sleeping on a hammock is cooler than in a bed. Why? Air circulates under the hammock, and a hammock lacks the layer of insulation that mattresses provide. Big Mayan-style hammocks are the most comfortable (and safe) to sleep in.
Keep the air moving in your room
If you lack an air conditioner, at least use a fan. One fan in the window facing out and one fan across the room facing in will move air through your room. Opinions vary on whether this method actually pulls hot air out of your room. Putting one fan in the window facing out will not do the job. You need to create a cross breeze.
Buy yourself an air conditioner
Not to be culturally insensitive, but it doesn't cost that much to buy a window air conditioner. By the time you get your cotton sheets and your two fans and your new mattress and your Chillow, you might as well have bought a small air conditioner for your bedroom. I'm not saying to import the best air conditioning contractor in Miami to install a high-voltage, high-velocity duct system for you. Just buy a small Energy Star certified window unit. You'll love it, I promise.
Chaya Kurtz originally wrote this story for Networx.com. It is reprinted with permission here.
Related stories on MNN:
- A napping wonder to behold: Ladies and gentlemen, gaze upon the Ostrich Pillow
- 7 ways to ensure you sleep more soundly
- How to allergy-proof your bedroom


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HOUSTON (AP) Ray Penn scored 17 points to lead Texas Southern as it defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 74-71 in overtime Friday night in Tigers home opener.
Penn was 6 of 11 from the field, including three 3-pointers. Fred Sturdivant had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Omar Strong had 14 points and Kyrie Sutton had 12 for the Tigers (1-2).
Texas Southern led 29-19 at the half.
The Ragin Cajuns battled back in the second half, with Bryant Mbamalu and Elfrid Payton scoring all of their combined 33 points in the half. The game was tied at 65 at the end of regulation.
Shawn Long was Louisiana-Lafayette's high scorer with 20 points. He also led the team with 13 rebounds. Mbamalu finished with 18 points and Payton with 15 for Louisiana-Lafayette (1-1).


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Green Journeys
A selection of hand crafted lodges, luxury bed and breakfasts and chic cottages together with some of the best guided activities in the country. Choose one of our suggested New Zealand journeys and edit it to suit, or build your own unique holiday.
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The Green Collection is a new itinerary-based network of hand-picked
lodges, luxury bed and breakfasts, self-contained cottages and chic retreats in stunning natural environments, matched with the best local activities along New Zealand's iconic touring routes.
Our Journeys are 5-15 day itineraries throughout the North and South Islands, which can be booked or tailored as you wish to explore the best food and wine, romantic or wildlife havens and outdoor adventures. It can be a short stay in a single destination over a long weekend or a 21 day tour throughout the country. Choose one of our suggested Green Journeys as a starting point and edit it to suit, or build your own unique New Zealand holiday in My Holiday.
Physical address
Green Journeys, 574 Riwaka Valley Road, Motueka, Nelson, 7198, New Zealand.


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CherryB necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
FinanceTrainingMadeFun.com is a new business requiring a new website! FinaceTrainingMadeFun.com is a corporate training product designed for medium to large sized businesses (100+ employees usually) in Australia. The course is designed to teach financial knowledge in a business setting to NON finance managers. These are people that may have worked in a business or industry for many years, have been promoted higher in companies but have never had (or have forgotten their) formal training in finance or accounting. We deliver 1 day training courses to the target via classroom style teaching and via small groups working around computers. The target plays a computer game that solidifies learnings gained in the morning session, in a practical, and most importantly - fun way.
As mentioned above, during the session the participants play a fun yet educational board game with a computer in small groups. The board game they play is called Bonanza – http://www.bonanza.se/index_eng.shtml
The key theme is fun. Most corporate training sessions around finance are dry (even the subject matter is dry!). Thats where this product is different, by making finance fun to learn for people who may be a bit intimidated by finance and accounting in business.
Target Audience
100% business to business (B2B
HR Professionals
Learning and Development (L&D) Professionals
Skewed to a female audience
Business that have more than 100+ people
Australia Only
HR & LD managers who understand and appreciate hands on experential learnings techniques
1. Must target a B2B audience and communicate fun. This is the most important point in the requirement sections (and is probably the most challenging)
2. Must include links/areas on the Navbar/homepageto all of the pages listed below....
Product Service
Tour / 2 minute overview
HR Professionals Only
L&D Professionals Only
3. We like colourful designs
4. We must not use dark red or dark green as primary colours.
5. Clean and simple lines are better than an intricate design.
6. Think of a playground, lego, mecano sets for adults, however still learning finance in a B2B setting.
1. Must have navbar (horizontal or vertical) covering all the points in 'Requirements', point 2.
2. Should instantly communicate B2B and Fun at the same time
Interior / General Content Page
1. Should remain consistent in colour and design with the home page. Please mock up as an article page with a headline, body text, bulleted list (bullets not numbers) and an image/photo on the page. Please keep to a consistent or well used internet based font set.
http://www.co2australia.com.au - More professional – probably too conservative.
http://www.emiratesleisureretail.com.au – The blue colour used make this very clean.
http://www.jasperhotel.com.au – Photography good on this site – the black background immediately has impact.
http://www.missionfuturetoys.com.au – Whilst aimed at kids – like the fun message and bright colours.
http://www.businesschicks.com.au – Like this website – not sure why.


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salsanita necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 93 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Centro Quiropráctico Burnett
I had a very bad back for years and tried everything to get it fix without having to get operated on then I found a chiropractor who used teh McTimoney technique which is very gentle and does NOT crack and with his help i was able to run 7 marathons and climb Mt Kilimanjaro. i then decided to give up my job as an IT project manager and train as a chiropractor. I graduated last year and then took the opportunity to move to Spain for a better lifestyle. A month ago I opened my first chiropractic...who said there was a crisis ???????
chiropractic is for everyone from new born babies to the the very old, therefore everyone is my audience (my oldest patient is 87 and he can't speak english and i can't speak spainish but we get along just fine)
I want a logo which looks like spin, i want a contemporary spine that you can identify with a spine but it's not in your face i.e the logo used by UCA
http://www.united-chiropractic.org/ and some of the others below
water could be a good idea as water=life
A spine is made up of 7 cervical bones, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar and the sacrum and coccyx(which are fused) - this can be reflected in the design or not. It will be used on business cards and website(still to be designed...another project!)
the designs on these website work for me http://www.ibericaquiropractica.es/
This will be used in both spanish and english.
I like lavender(healing colour) and sea turquoise and sea greens but i am really open ...your the designers!
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