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Trace Adkins out of rehab, appears on Opry with Exile
Trace Adkins, who has made headlines for a rehab stint this year, made a surprise appearance on stage at the Grand Ole Opry Tuesday night to perform "Kiss You All Over" with Exile.
The event was his first public appearance following his unexpected departure from a Florida rehabilitation center. Adkins checked into the facility in January to seek treatment for alcoholism following a slip in his sobriety. He left two weeks later to be with his father in his final days and then returned to complete the program following his father's passing, said Adkins' publicist Tiffany Shipp.
Shipp said Adkins had been back in Nashville for "a week or two" when Exile's Sonny LeMaire texted a mutual friend and asked if Adkins would perform "Kiss You All Over" with the band on the Opry. The song was a pop hit for "Exile" in the 1970s and Adkins recorded it with the group for his 2013 album "Love Will…".
"The next thing I know, Trace says, 'It's a great idea, I'd love to do it,'" LeMaire recalled. "That's a simple as it was."
LeMaire said Adkins was excited to be at the Opry with Exile and that he hung out with band members in the dressing room before taking the stage.
"(Adkins) looked like a million bucks," LeMaire said. "He has lost weight. He's toned up. He was smiling. Trace Adkins was smiling and grinning from ear to ear. He said he feels great. It was good."
The group performed "Give Me One More Chance" and "People Get Ready" before singer J.P. Pennington told the audience that Exile had a friend who would join the group on the last song.
"(Adkins) walked out and when the audience realized who it was, they went crazy," LeMaire said. "The audience was standing up, they were applauding and they were yelling. You could tell that Trace was really gratified and humbled. He was happy to be on stage. He was on stage with friends. It was a wonderful thing."

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White House Calls for New Rules to Cut Methane Emissions
Initiative Is Part of Strategy to Address Climate Change
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Friday directed several federal agencies to clamp down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas emitted from natural gas and other industries, fleshing out an initiative that attempts to address environmental concerns without harming the nation's booming natural-gas industry.
The White House move is part of President Barack Obama's broader plan announced last June to tackle climate change. The administration's methane strategy reflects a reluctance to commit right now to new...


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 29 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
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Summit City Reporting (SCR) is a stenographic court reporting firm located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We've been in business since 1991, and we serve local and national attorneys with court reporting and legal videography. Because our reporters are stenographers, we can also provide realtime transcription directly to an attorney's laptop or over the internet to anyone in the world. We can also provide CD/DVD bundles containing transcripts, hyperlinked exhibits, and synchronized text-to-video. Court reporting is WAY more high-tech than people think. You won't see our little machines with paper spilling onto the floor like you see in courtroom dramas. We don't even use paper anymore!
I wrote the copy for our website (whether that's good or bad), but the website is brand new, so that may give you an idea of the look and feel. The logo is also new. Our new letterhead is bright white stock, very clean look.
Our target audience is litigation attorneys, their associated secretaries and paralegals, and other court reporting firms across the country. For the local attorneys, we need to convince them to give up long-time relationships for better services. For out-of-town attorneys, we just need to let them know we're here and what we can do for them.
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Here's My Electoral Map Prediction
Yes, I'm feeling a wave toward Romney.
My gut tells me this year is a lot like 1980.
1980 Was A Dead Heat
The final Gallup poll that year had a dead heat. Time Magazine's November 3, 1980, called the race a dead heat. So did Newsweek.
The press was hoping John B. Anderson, a former Republican Congressman running for president as an independent, would siphon votes from Reagan. He did siphon votes from Reagan, but not nearly enough. America was fed up with Jimmy Carter.
What appears to be a dead heat to pollsters could, in fact, be a landslide for Romney. And I think that's the only way Romney wins.
Romney Must Win Big To Win
In a close race, Democrats will cheat, steal, and defraud. They will fight it in the courts, discover ballots in trunks, and sue to let people vote until they get the numbers they need.
For Romney to win, the race must appear hopeless to Democrats before midnight Tuesday.
That's exactly what I think will happen.
What do you think?
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NotTooBad Software needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 172 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
I am an independent software developer about to release my first iPhone app.
Repetitions is a simple app that helps you perform physical exercises, set up by yourself or your physiotherapist. Unlike other apps it is not specifically designed for use in the gym; you can use it both with and without weights and other aids, in fact it's flexible enough to be used with just about anything that requires timing. It doesn't come with any predefined exercises, you're free to define your own.
* Repetitions uses sounds to inform you when you should exercise or rest, so if you have a first generation iPod touch you will need to connect external speakers to get full use of it.
Two icon sizes needed:
- 512x512 (for the AppStore/iTunes)
- 57x57 (for the iPhone main screen)
Both must be in PNG format.
The icon should reflect repetition, but should not contain any weights or other gym equipment. It should be simple, and look good in an iPhone screen with 19 other app icons. It should not contain any text, but numbers are OK.
Here are some screenshots to give you an idea of the UI of the app (http://www.quicksnapper.com/karemorstol/). And a video (http://nottoobadsoftware.com/Repeti…itions.mov).


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59 fluorescent lighting fixtures suspended in a roofless ruin at The Goat Farm in Atlanta. This project was produce for the Hambidge Auction, a fundraiser benefiting the Hambidge Creative Residency. We produced this over the course of five days. Im indebted to these fine folks for helping to make it happen: Danny Davis, Adrian Barzaga, Elwen Hau, Megan Worthington. The fixtures were donated by People of Resource.
Dazzle wall installation for the Dolby Laboratories headquarters in San Francisco.
Temporary installation in the woods at Hambidge Creative Residency. Wood & paint.
This is an ongoing project. Ive always been a bit jealous of land artists, who literally move mountains to create works alongside and in nature. Their ability to raise funding and produce such large scale works warrants my awe. As a poor man's land art, Ive been traveling with an acrylic sculpture, placing in environments and landscapes that I discover.
Lightworks is floating abstract light sculpture of linear fluorescent light fixtures suspended in a former stain glass shop in downtown Duluth. It is both a formal response to the architectural space and sculptural gesture that celebrates the emerging spirit of downtown Duluth. In collaboration with Heath Greenway.
Part of Dashboard's exhibition in Duluth. Photos by Dustin Grau.
Mini Cooper hood. Acrylic paint. On display at Modern Atlanta, and Mini dealearship
Dazzle printed in Modern Atlanta's Annual.
Video shot for Sealions.
Director: Kevin Byrd
Director of Photography: Troy Stains
Producer: Jason Travis
Editor: Troy Stains & Jason Travis
Dancer/Choreographer: MaryGrace Phillips
Dolly Grip: Ricky Aguirre
Hair & Makeup: Zoe Simone Bulboff
Assitants: Joey Patino, Keith Edmiston, Sophia Veitch, Allie Bashuk, Annabelle Byrd
Location Manager: Justin Newton
Shot at The Goat Farm, Atlanta
Photos by Jason Travis
"Honey" appears on Sealions' EP Number One Lover / Deer Bear Wolf Records
Written by Sealions (Jason Travis & Joey Patino). Performed by Sealions (Jason Travis, Joey Patino, Keith Edmiston, John Craig). Produced, Mixed, and Engineered by Jason Kingsland at Maze Studios. Atlanta, GA. Co-produced by Joey Patino. Mastered by John Golden & April Golden at Golden Mastering. Ventura, CA.
Temporary intervention at "Mi Casa, Your Casa", an installation of 36 red houses in the Sifly Piazza at The High Museum. This project was done in collaboration with WonderRoot. Team: Danny Davis, Erin Canfield, Adrian Barzaga, Elwen Hau. Interview. Video produced by Simply Sir.
Dazzle was a form of maritime camouflage used in WWI (that's 1915, btw). Its sharp contrasting forms were meant to break up the massing of navy warships. But it wasn't about concealment. It was intended to instead confuse enemies by making it difficult to detect a ship's heading, speed, and range.
A Gray Thought
presented by The Goat Farm Arts Center
& part of Elevate Atlanta 2014
Performance by MaryGrace Phillips
Installation by Kevin Byrd
Sound Design by Erin Palovick & Dylan Banks
photo Jason Travis
Urethane dripped on paper.
32 T5 linear fluorescent fixtures suspended in unfinished space in Atlanta. The lights incrementally rotate along two axis & transpose in the center. This temporary installation was at The Krog Market. The event Wonderfarm combined chef dinner and art installations to jointly benefit Community Farmers Markets & WonderRoot. Lights were donated by People of Resource.
Installation at Dashboard Co-Op's Cosms. The exhibition included ten artists transforming a floor of Two Midtown Plaza, a high rise office building in Atlanta, GA. The ceiling tiles were found objects in the space. The light fixtures are made from dripped urethane, and each possessing its own unique characteristics. The lights were programmable and cycle through color configurations.
Urethane on Duralex tumblers. For DesignMarketo's Bar Alto pop up bar at Modern Atlanta
Polyurethane drizzled over wood blocks. 12"x12"
(Notes toward the American obsession with placing objects on shelves gently and with great care), 2013
Part of the exhibition OneOne at MOCA GA featuring the inaugural fellows of the Walthall Fellowship by Wonderroot. It's shelving unit adorned by pictorial study models. Each study is a vignette composed of handmade fabrications and object interventions. They combine 3D sculptural pieces and 2D elements. The over all composition nods to the American obsession with the perfectly decorated wall shelf.
laser cut acrylic, 7.5 x 3.25"
36" x 36" acrylic on gessoboard
Stack of 34 ice cream sandwiches, mid melt. Featured in David P. Earle's Open Daybook. Exhibited at LACE. and THIS LA gallery
36" x 36"
vinyl on mirror, southern pine
porcelain ice cream sandwich.
3D printed bone, wooden table, 24"tall x 16"x16"
With the proliferation of 3D printing technologies, in the near future we may see dentists fabricating teeth or doctors creating organs on-demand. This is an interpretation of FIXED, to repair. A femur bone is modeled and 3D printed. It becomes a replacement leg for the table. The angularity of the form is maintained as a signifier of the modeling process. Photos by Steven Sloan. Interview & feature on Ponoko, "The high art of digitally fabricated design."
The Femur Table was also featured in the spring 12 issue of Citizen K Magazine in Paris. Art directed by Vincent Poinas.
The Femur Table appeared in 3D Artist 34
Transpose #11-30,13x19" giclée print on 310 gsm BFK Rives, 20 individual prints
This series of 20 prints was created for Burnaway, a for-local-arts nonprofit in Atlanta.
34 stacked popsicles.
A series of custom puzzles, decoupaged and mounted to handcrafted wood frame. These were part of a show at THIS Los Angeles gallery.
Acrylic, 7.5"x 15" x4"
Kevin Byrd's Transpose series (first unveiled at MA) is a collection of carefully constructed acrylic boxes. Each box is composed of thin layers of colored plastic cut with the precision of a LASER. The shape of each box can best be described as a "house with an inverted roof." The depth of the dimple tricks the eye--when viewed from afar, it seems deeper than when you approach it up close.
"I also like the way the light passing through the layers emits patterns over the course of a sun-filled day, and the way the colors mute on a cloudy one. I was inspired by Donald Judd and the color light works of Dan Flavin. I too like working with industrial-engineered processes & materials. It should be noted that these pieces also make great wheel-stoppers for airplanes."
Holiday card maker for agency Armchair Media. Employees would select from a series of choices of xerox machine butts, add a message, and send.


text: "Swamp People" star Mitchell Guist died Monday morning along Louisiana's Belle River, authorities said. He was 47. People.com said no cause of death has been reported, but CPR was attempted and unsuccessful. TMZ said Guist may have fallen from his boat and witnesses said he appeared to suffer from a seizure. "We are extremely saddened to report that our friend and beloved member of the 'Swamp People' family, Mitchell Guist, has passed away earlier today," The History Channel said in a statement Monday. "Mitchell passed on the swamp, doing what he loved. We appreciate your respect for the Guist family's privacy and hope you join us in sending our thoughts and prayers to his brother, Glenn, and the rest of the Guist family. The network said Mitchell Guist's birth date was May 18, 1964. He and his brother, Glenn, "were born and raised on the bayou and live entirely off the land," The History Channel said on its Web site in a biography for the brothers. "These brothers are always up to something, whether it's hunting for their dinner or making use of everything nature has to offer. This season, the boys are hoping to repair their homes with cypress wood from the swamp and maybe even catch a gator. One thing is for sure: Their adventures always lead to interesting places," the biography said.


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Zane Havens has traveled a long way via water – and while he may have completed only a relatively short part of the journey as a swimmer and diver at Albion, his student-athlete experience is helping propel him around the globe.
The 2012 graduate has pursued competitive aquatics not only in the pool, but also as a triathlete and in canoeing, following in the wake of a trio of family Olympians – his grandfather, great-uncle and father, former Albion swimming and diving coach Keith Havens.
As an undergraduate studying environmental science, Zane paired his love for the water with concern for the environment, receiving funding from an Albion foundation to study the cloudiness of water in the Kalamazoo River. That led to a Geological Society of America internship with the Bureau of Land Management, monitoring streams near Grand Junction, Colorado.
During the past year, however, Havens has logged many more miles pursuing his passions – and showing quite an adventurous streak, to boot.
Last summer, he served on the crew of the Hikianalia, a 72-foot-long voyaging canoe operated by the Polynesian Voyaging Society that sailed from Oahu to the island of Hawaii as part of a 1,000-mile circumnavigation of the Hawaiian archipelago. In addition to serving as quartermaster for the canoe, responsible for managing supplies of food and water, Havens also took turns manning its sweep (a steering mechanism) and trimming its sails.
Now, he is awaiting confirmation of selection for the crew for the 62-foot Hokulea'a, the Hikianalia's sister canoe, for an unprecedented round-the-world journey by both vessels that will begin with a segment this year from Hawaii to Tahiti, and then continue westward through 2017.
Sailors on voyaging canoes, which were instrumental in populating the Hawaiian islands centuries ago, used celestial navigation to journey across the South Pacific. The crews of the Hokulea'a and Hikianalia rely on traditional navigational methods as much as possible, but also use some necessary modern technologies. Hokulea'a is equipped for safety with VHF radio and running lights among other electronic devices, all of which are powered by solar panels mounted on the canoe's stern
"However, she has been successfully navigated using only traditional methods – celestial, current and swells, observation of birds, etc. – many times," Havens told Bobby Lee, Albion director of news and sports information, in a feature published during the twin-hulled canoes' voyage around Hawaii.
Hikianalia has electric motors and global-positioning and automatic-identification systems. "She is designed to be a companion to Hokulea'a, embracing traditional design while still offering a platform to connect with the outside world and perform research," Havens said.
Much like his time as a student-athlete at Albion, the pending canoe voyage offers Havens an opportunity to combine his love for the water and concern for the environment, but on a grander scale. He would conduct graduate research during the trip into patches of plastics floating in the ocean – an emerging global problem.
Meanwhile, the former student-athlete whose journey through Albion included 1- and 3-meter dives and 50-yard sprints, already has come a long way.
"This experience really has been one of the best of my life so far," Havens told Albion's Lee. "It is far from being over, but I feel that I have learned so much in the few months that I have been here, and I am sure to learn more. Seeing the world while contributing to such a noble cause was an easy choice for me."


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Cancer death rates drop 20 percent in 2 decades
The cancer death in the U.S. has dropped 20 percent from 1991 to 2009, according to the American Cancer Society's annual "Cancer Statistics" report.
Between 1990 and 1991 through 2009, men's cancer death rates decreased 24 percent and women's rates dropped 16 percent.
"In 2009, Americans had a 20 percent lower risk of death from cancer than they did in 1991, a milestone that shows we truly are creating more birthdays," John R. Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, said in a press release. "But we must also recognize that not all demographic groups have benefitted equally from these gains, particularly those diagnosed with colorectal or breast cancer, where earlier detection and better treatments are credited for the improving trends. We can and must close this gap so that people are not punished for having the misfortune of being born poor and disadvantaged."
In the last five years of data tracked by the report -- 2005 to 2009 -- overall cancer rates went down 0.6 percent for men and stayed stable for women. Cancer death rates went down 1.8 percent for men and 1.5 percent for women during the same period. The declines in death rates dropped similar levels in 2001 and 2002.
Overall, it means 1.2 million people were spared from death from the disease, the report showed.
The data was published Jan.17 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
- Skin cancer-detecting smartphone apps may not be accurate
- Older heavy smokers should get scanned for lung cancer, says American Cancer Society
- Cancers tied to HPV and obesity on the rise in U.S.
Rates declined from 215.1 deaths per 100,000 cancers in 1991 to 173.1 per 100,000 in 2009. Death rates have fallen for four major types of cancer, including a 30 percent drop for colorectal, lung and breast cancers, in addition to a 40 percent for prostate cancers.
"More than a million people are alive. That is a huge number of folks," Dr. Cy Aaron Stein, chair of the department of medical oncology and therapeutics research at City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, Calf., said to WebMD. "This is really wonderful, but we would like to see death rates go down to zero. There is no penicillin for cancer, but good decisions were made and they are bearing fruits now.}
Still, there will be 1,660,290 new cancer cases and 580,350 cancer deaths projected to occur in the U.S. in 2013. Prostate, lung and bronchus, and colorectal cancers will make up half of the new diagnoses for men, with prostate cancer accounting for 28 percent of new diagnoses. For women, breast, lung and bronchus, and colorectal cancers will make up about half of the new cases. Breast cancer alone will account for about 29 percent of the new cancers.
In addition, melanoma of the skin and cancers of the thyroid and pancreas are increasing for both men and women.
Stein told WebMD that he is afraid that budget cuts and changes made to screening guidelines -- mammogramand prostate cancerscreening guidelines have changed in recent years -- may stall the progress. He's also worried that the obesity epidemic, which has been linked to several cancers including breast, colorectal and pancreatic cancers, may contribute to more cases.


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Date(s) - June 09, 2018
10:00 am - 11:30 am
The Mama 'Hood
Are you interested in having a nanny? Maybe you're lost and not sure where to start? No need to worry, Kiddie Up Nannies will tell you everything you need to know about a nanny! During this class, we will cover nanny shares, where to find a nanny, what to ask, reference checks, background checks, contracts, taxes, communication tips and much more! You will leave feeling informed, prepared, organized, and up to date on everything nanny!
Directly after the informational portion, you will have an opportunity to meet your little one's new best friend (or at least their parents)! Basically, it gives parents an opportunity to meet other parents looking for a nanny share. It's kind of like speed dating for parents but without the pressure!
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Halone flavinigra Hampson 1907.
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Halone bancrofti Lucas 1890
Halone consolatrix (Rosenstock, 1885)
Halone coryphoea Hampson, 1914
Halone diffusifascia (Swinhoe, 1896)
Halone ebaea Hampson, 1914
Halone epiopsis Turner, 1940
Halone flavescens (Hampson, 1898)
Halone furcifascia Hampson 1914
Halone interspersa (Lucas, 1890)
Halone lineata T.P. Lucas 1890
Halone ophiodes (Meyrick, 1886)
Halone prosenes Turner, 1940
Halone pteridaula (Turner, 1922)
Halone sejuncta (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Halone servilis (Meyrick, 1886)
Halone sinuata (Wallengren, 1860)
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Airports Adopt Radar for Ground Vehicles
After a close call between a construction company pickup truck and a just-airborne passenger jet, Logan airport in Boston has become the first to equip its trucks and snow plows with next-generation aircraft transponders so that the ground vehicles show up on air-traffic control ground radar displays. WSJ's Scott McCartney and Massport's Todd Smith discuss on The News Hub.
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Fallout: New Vegas will include a gambling minigame called "Caravan," which is a form of head-to-head blackjack. Bethesda's released the rules of the game, which you can play with a standard deck. And for caps, if you like.
IGN has the full set of rules. Summarized, Caravan requires two standard decks of 52 to play, and the objective is to build sets of cards with combined values between 21 and 26.
A special deck depicting the factions of Fallout: New Vegas will be a part of the game's collector's edition when it releases Oct. 22. For purposes of playing cards, it's the same as any other deck, so you don't have to wait for that to arrive. Hit the link to get a head start on your Caravan strategy. It may come in handy.


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It's Not About You
An episode of Mark Brickey's Wake Up Call
By Mark Brickey
Season 02 Starts October 01 - 50 More Episodes, 10 More Weeks of Starting Each Day With Old School PMA. Get Caught Up On The First 50 Episodes Now!
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Looking For Someone Just Like You
We look to find people that represent us and help us envision our dreams.
October 19, 2018
Try, Try, Try Again To Belong
Like you I just want to belong to something and I found it.
October 18, 2018
I Was Scared of The Cowboys From Hell
My love affair of heavy metal led me to my first concert but would it be everything that I expected?
October 17, 2018
Guilty Of Being White
Finding a message the scared me.
October 16, 2018
First Tattoos
Tattoo culture finds it's way from outlaws and sailors to punk rockers everywhere. What did it mean to personal empowerment to get a tattoo in the early 1990s?
October 15, 2018
Discovering An Alternative To My Reality
When you start to realize there's a much larger world than the little one that you live in.
October 12, 2018
Devil Inside
The excitement of finding something that you love in places you never thought you would find it.
October 11, 2018
Be Dangerous! Playing It Safe Is For Suckers.
When their are two options to tell a story, make the decision to be be bold, to be brave and to be the true you.
October 10, 2018
Team Me - The Bones Brigade
I grew up hating team sports, but through the Bones Brigade found the team of brotherhood and belonging.
October 9, 2018
Telling A Story From Someone Else's Perspective
Learning the art of satirical storytelling from lyrics.
October 8, 2018
Living Well Is The Best Revenge
We hit pause on the season two theme to react to the headlines and heartbreak of the last two weeks.
October 5, 2018
A Student of Life
Looking at an advertisement in 1986 teaches a valuable lifelong lesson.
October 4, 2018
Thrasher Magazine - Culture Versus Content
Are you creating content? Or Are you creating culture? Today we look back at the first issue of Thrasher Magazine that I can remember ever seeing. This was the first time in my life when I can remember loving advertising as much as the content that it was there to support. This would create a lifelong goal of being a storyteller in advertising, content creation and media. Through my years as a musician, a designer in the music industry and now as a podcaster the story of a brand is significant to me as I try to tell my own as well as the stories of all of my guests. Every day when I hit record I know that I'm selling you something, my story, my idea, my guest, my sponsor. I hope that I do it in a way where you see real value and that hopefully, that value is our bond! I'm trying to create a community that values the same culture and yes being a consumer is part of it, but it doesn't have to define it.
October 3, 2018
Learning Not To Settle For Second Best
Looking back on how I was programed to settle for the idea of second best, instead of shooting for the best.
October 2, 2018
Season 02 Begins The Hardcore Years 1986-00
Season 02 of Wake Up Call starts with an explanation of why I'm looking back at 1986 - 2000 in my life. A time spent in the Hardcore / Punk / Emo music scene but more importantly a time when I learned my greatest life lessons. A 14 year run of doing things the wrong way, to determine how to them the right. Welcome to the "Lost Years" of my youth. Become a part of Wake Up Call, and its content by becoming a partner at https://anchor.fm/wakeupcall. Partners can ask questions and make requests that Mark will create episodes around.
October 1, 2018
Wake Up Call Is On Pause
Thanks for listening and taking this journey with me! You can always find me at AID.network
July 6, 2018
Winning The Emotional Lottery
Looking at each project you create as way to win the emotional lottery and chance to win your dreams. This mindset can help on the long days to give purpose to your work and help you feel closer to winning your goals.
July 3, 2018
When To Quit
I found myself working harder but getting less work done. I needed to figure out when to quit and to stop working longer hours just for the pride of working harder.
July 2, 2018
Living In A Constant State Of Personal Evaluation
Are you always asking yourself, where is all of this hard work taking you?
July 1, 2018
Where Inspiration Comes From
And how do we make it come back again?
June 30, 2018
Stay Restless
Keeping make more!
June 29, 2018
I Have The Power To Work Harder
With so much out of your control, shouldn't you put your focus on what you can control?
June 27, 2018
Sorry About Yesterday
Fake is the enemy of truth.
June 27, 2018
Something Nobody Wants To Tell You
Something I think you need to hear.
June 26, 2018
Never Been A Better Time To Be Creator
Creators now have more options than ever to invest in platforms that will reward you for your efforts.
June 25, 2018
I Have A Secret...
And I Hope I Live It To Tell It
June 25, 2018
Raise Your Hand
If You Make A Living From Content
June 23, 2018
I Went Inside Of YouTube, This Is What I Saw
Getting to know the people behind the platform.
June 22, 2018
Should I Go To VidCon?
Taking My Own Advice
June 21, 2018
How To Win A Fight
When you're so mad that you just want to fight.
June 20, 2018
One Life Drug Free
The only addiction I have is control.
June 19, 2018
Content Creation: Minutes Spent vs Minutes Consumed
Taking A Break From Work, To Do More Work
June 18, 2018
My Father's Son
You can want to be just like someone, but also become somebody else.
June 17, 2018
Lonely And Alone
The loneliest day of my life and how I lived to change it.
June 16, 2018
Living For The Next Big Thing
Life goes too fast when it becomes a countdown.
June 15, 2018
The One Thing You Can Control
Stop hitting the panic button and start hitting pause.
June 14, 2018
How Can I Not Take It Personal
It's business it's not personal, until the business becomes your identity.
June 13, 2018
What Would You Give To Have It All
Shift your focus to what you wont give up to know what truly means the most to you.
June 12, 2018
Make Good Work And The Rest Will Happen
How exactly does "The Rest" happen? Exploring the half-truth of this often repeated inspirational quote. Mark Brickey's Wake Up Call produced by http://www.AID.Network Follow Mark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markbrickey/ For Booking & Speaking Engagements: email@example.com
June 11, 2018
It's Starting To Work For Me
Reflecting back on my week and starting to feel good about letting go of the metrics.
June 10, 2018
Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade & Us
Lessons learned from this week's self-inflicted deaths. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Brickey's Wake Up Call produced by http://www.AID.Network Follow Mark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markbrickey/ For Booking & Speaking Engagements: firstname.lastname@example.com
June 9, 2018
The Power Of A Compliment
A compliment is something you don't even know you need until someone gives you one. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Brickey's Wake Up Call produced by http://www.AID.Network Follow Mark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markbrickey/ For Booking & Speaking Engagements: firstname.lastname@example.com
June 8, 2018
Don't Let The Finish Line, Keep You From Starting
Allow yourself to start, make projects not excuses. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Brickey's Wake Up Call is produced by http://www.AID.Network Follow Mark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markbrickey/ For Booking & Speaking Engagements: email@example.com
June 7, 2018
If It Was Easy Everyone Would Be Doing It
The simple truth is there are no secrets to success.
June 6, 2018
My Greatest Secret For Productivity
How to power through when you feel exhausted and uninspired to be productive and creative.
June 5, 2018
The Wake Up Happy Challenge
For the month of June, I'm challenging myself and you to do three simple things each morning.
June 4, 2018
Deprecation Versus Appreciation
When it's time to shift your focus.
June 3, 2018
Harmful Versus Helpful
Helpful is helping yourself, be nicer to yourself.
June 2, 2018
Negative Versus Realistic
Putting the proper amount of effort into everything that you do, but not killing yourself in the process.
June 1, 2018
Impossible Not To Compare Yourself To Others
Can you reverse engineer your hero's success and make a template that works for you?
May 31, 2018
Being Real Is Your Only Real Option
Because honesty, honestly is what cuts through.
May 30, 2018
Social Media Is Not The Answer
What's the most honest, brutal way, to tell the truth?
May 29, 2018
Your Memorial Day
If it all ended today, tomorrow would not count, who are you right now?
May 28, 2018
The Friendship Model
4 easy steps to make friends and change your quality of life in the process.
May 27, 2018
Let Somebody Else Worry About It
Who Could Love Someone Who Leaves Trash On The Ground?
May 26, 2018
If You Don't Work Hard For It, It's Hard To Respect It
When you work hard for something it gives meaning to what you're working for.
May 25, 2018
Growing Up, Doesn't Mean Giving Up
You'll have to make some sacrifices but you don't have to sacrifice it all.
May 24, 2018
The Wing
I had never known fear until I feared losing what I had.
May 23, 2018
How's Your American Dream?
Taking control of the metrics that matter.
May 22, 2018
The Reset Of Self
Why Wake Up Call?
May 21, 2018
The Rose
The world's not fair, it's balanced.
May 20, 2018
It's Not About You
When you aim for fame, you'll always miss.
May 19, 2018
Someone Stole My Art
When you steal, you rob yourself of the pride of accomplishment.
May 18, 2018
The Best Asset You Have
Retraining your brain to realize where the real wealth in your life lies.
May 17, 2018
Best Decision I Ever Made: Giving Up On My Mother
You decide who matters in your life.
May 16, 2018
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California Integrated Water Quality System Project (CIWQS)
The California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) is a computer system used by the State and Regional Water Quality Control Boards to track information about places of environmental interest, manage permits and other orders, track inspections, and manage violations and enforcement activities. CIWQS also allows online submittal of information by Permittees within certain programs and makes data available to the public through reports.
Currently, individual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit holders and enrollees under the statewide general sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) order may be able to submit information to CIWQS. In order to submit information to the Water Boards via CIWQS, users must register for an account. More information about registration and each of these programs can be found by following the links below or to the left.
Enrollees under the statewide general industrial stormwater permit can submit annual reports to the Stormwater Multi-Application, Reporting, and Tracking System (SMARTS). This system replaced the Storm Water Annual Reporting Module (SWARM). Get more information on SMARTS or login to SMARTS.
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eWRIMS is a computer database developed by the State Water Resources Control Board to track information on water rights in California. eWRIMS contains information on water right permits and licenses that have been issued by the State Water Resources Control Board and its predecessors. eWRIMS was deployed on October 1, 2007 and replaces the State Water Board's previous water right computer system, WRIMS. Effective October 1, 2007, the State Water Board will no longer update the information in WRIMS and WRIMS will no longer be available for public use.
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CIWQS Panel ReviewIn May 2007, an expert external review panel evaluated CIWQS and its implementation. The Preliminary Report of the CIWQS Review Panel included findings with recommendations and benchmarks that were to be completed before a follow-up review was performed.
In February 2008 the Panel was reconvened to evaluate the progress that had be made and the direction taken. Water Board staff made presentations regarding work that was completed between the reviews and plans to move forward. The Panel responded with an initial presentation and then a written report. The Review agenda, the presentations (both those given by Water Board and the response by the panel), and the written report can be viewed using the links below:
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Baby leave the porchlight on
Baby leave the porchlight on
Baby leave the porchlight on
I can feel your pain through the phone
I promise not to stay too long
So leave the porchlight on
[Verse 1: Big KRIT]
I gotta get it while the gettin' good, get outside the hood
I'm tired of the landlord tripping on us
My partner said he gotta play, heard it worked the other day
I've been home late because I'm bendin' corners
Don't worry, hit me via text, ain't no need to stress
Gotta make some moves, I hate to leave you home lonely
I know just how it be when you in between the sheets
While I'm in the streets thinking need to be at home
Lord knows i'm outchea on the grind nigga
When I'm on the shine ain't no telling when I'm coming home
Remember that you said that pussy mine
Anytime you'd meet at the door with no panties on
And don't be mad, playing hard to get
Cuz you could cum 'til your heart content
Yea, I can feel your pain through the phone
I promise not to stay too long so leave the porchlight on
[Hook: Anthony Hamilton & Big KRIT]
I'm coming home, baby it won't be long
I know you lookin' fine, slide up behind ya
Say something good to you (something good to you)
It won't be long (baby leave the porchlight on)
I'm coming home, coming home nice and strong
I wanna see them eyes when I surprise ya
I promise I won't stay too long so leave the porchlight on
[Verse 2: Big KRIT]
Back out on the road again
Different city, in the studio, working on the flow again
I really wanna talk on the phone
Shorty I gotta finish this song, it won't be long
Until we presidential suite, vaca'ing on the beach
Waikikiing for a week
Diamond in the back, leather on the seats
Louie on your frame, red bottoms on your feet
I mean the money can't change how you feel right now
Even harder cuz you bother once the sun goes down
Wonder where I'm going after shows and such
Don't be listening to your friends cuz they talk too much
Think I know just what we goin' through, to make it right
I pray you understand this ain't over night
I'll be on the next flight on my way back home
I promise I won't stay too long so leave the porchlight on
[Interlude: Anthony Hamilton & Big KRIT]
I won't take too long baby
I'm on my way baby (baby leave the porchlight on)
Comin' home
I wanna love you girl (baby leave the porchlight on)
You know I'm on my way (baby leave the porchlight on)
I can't stay away too long
I won't wait too long baby
Why don't you go on and flip that light on?
I wanna see me steppin' up to the door when I'm gettin' closer, closer baby yea
A message to all the ladies telling them to wait around for their men, who are off doing important stuff. Other songs on this theme include Wyclef Jean's classic "Gone 'Til November" and Atmosphere's "Always Coming Back Home To You"


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The DHS and TSA are just going to keep making things worse. Despite there being almost no evidence of terrorists targeting planes, the DHS is looking to expand its laptop ban to cover even more incoming flights from foreign airports.
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will ban large electronics on flights to the United States altogether — on board, and in checked bags — unless airlines comply with new directives to ramp up passenger and baggage screening.
The mandate, announced by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, would affect 280 last-point-of-departure airports and as many as 2,000 daily international flights to the United States and potentially throw a huge wrench into business travelers' plans.
The original plan only targeted 10 airports -- mostly in the Middle East. This expansion would cause even more passengers to either leave their laptops/tablets behind, as this ban would prevent them from being placed in checked luggage.
What the DHS is looking for is transplanted security theater performances by foreign airline personnel. Not much was explicitly listed in DHS head John Kelly's speech on Wednesday, but a few DHS officials offered to fill the factual gaps in Kelly's rhetoric.
DHS officials said the agency is broadly pushing airlines and airports to "take the next step" in beefing up security — meaning using more canine teams, adopting more advanced screening technology and enrolling in a Customs and Border Protection pre-clearance inspection program.
And, as always, the burden will be borne by travelers. Airlines are being given some time to make these changes, but there doesn't appear to be a hard deadline for compliance. If foreign airlines don't live up to the DHS's expectations, passengers will presumably be informed about the fate of their electronic devices after they've already taken them to the airport. The DHS encourages foreign travelers to keep themselves apprised of these changes, but doesn't say how they're supposed to obtain this information when making travel plans. All that's being recommended is staying in "close contact" with their airline of choice, which sounds like the sort of pen pal relationship no one's in any hurry to engage in.
European officials are trying to stay on top of the DHS's constantly-shifting demands -- not out of fear of terrorist attacks, but because the laptop ban itself would make flying less safe.
European Commission officials have been especially vocal about their wish to avoid the ban and have repeatedly pointed out the fire risks associated with stacking laptops with flammable lithium batteries in planes' cargo holds…
I guess that's why Kelly wants a total ban. That solves the exploding battery problem, but does nothing for thousands of non-terrorists who need to bring their work with them when visiting the US.
There's no room for logic in security theater. What the US determines to be security best practices will be foisted on the rest of the world -- even though there's nothing in the history of the DHS and TSA suggesting faster, harder "security" will do anything more than irritate travelers.


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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
1The record of the genealogy of [a]Jesus the [b]Messiah, the son (descendant) of [c]David, the son (descendant) of Abraham:
2 Abraham [d]was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of [e]Judah and his brothers [who became the twelve tribes of Israel]. 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. 4 Ram was the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by [f]Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. 6 Jesse was the father of [g]David the king.
David was the father of Solomon by [h]Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. 7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa. 8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. 9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah. 11 Josiah became the father of Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] and his brothers, at the time of the deportation (exile) to Babylon.
12 After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. 14 Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. 15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by [i]whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah (Christ).
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen; from David to the Babylonian deportation (exile), fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian deportation to the Messiah, fourteen generations.
Conception and Birth of Jesus
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been [j]betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by [the power of] the Holy Spirit. 19 And Joseph her [promised] husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned to send her away and divorce her quietly. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the Child who has been [k]conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The Lord is salvation), for He will [l]save His people from their sins." 22 All this happened in order to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the [m]prophet [Isaiah]: 23 "Behold, the [n]virgin shall be with child and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel"—which, when translated, means, "God with us." 24 Then Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and he took Mary [to his home] as his wife, 25 but he kept her a virgin until she had given birth to a Son [her firstborn child]; and he named Him Jesus (The Lord is salvation).


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More. Video game. Sneakers. Little different this time around, though, because they're not Nikes. Not covered in any obvious logos or colour schemes, either. Then again, they don't need to be.
You can tell long before you read Puma's desperate product description that these are Mega Man sneakers. That kind of electric blue isn't going to be dug up for Gears of War. And if you can't, read Puma's desperate product description, which goes a little something like this:
A fantastic material and colour update inspired by Mega Man, a video game first released by Capcom in 1987. Whether you're familiar with the character or not, this synthetic leather material looks and feels like vinyl, giving the upper a shiny, retro-futuristic look. The addition of the perforated underlays, painted eyelets, & video game inspired pixelated emboss on the toe bumper complete this awesome look.
Almost entirely undone by the fact they're also offered in black, which isn't very Mega Man at all.
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Opera Arias
Dvorák · Gounod · Massenet
Mozart · Puccini
Wiener Philharmoniker
Gianandrea Noseda
|Born in Krasnodar, in the south of Russia; receives her vocal training at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where she appears as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Violetta in La traviata
|First prize-winner of the Glinka Vocal Competition in Moscow, where she takes part in a concert dedicated to the opening of the Irina Arkhipova Foundation at the Bolshoi Theater; joins the Kirov company at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Peters-burg, to which she still belongs
|Makes her debut at the Mariinsky Theater as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, a role she repeats in Kirov/Mariinsky tours to Finland, Germany, and Israel; some of her other important roles with the company include Lucia in Lucia di Lammer-moor, Amina in La sonnambula, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Micaëla in Carmen, and Louisa in Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery
|Graduates from St. Petersburg Conservatory; sensational US début as Lyudmila in Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila at the San Francisco Opera, where she becomes a frequent guest
|Prize-winner at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Vocal Competition, St. Petersburg; makes BBC début (also telecast) with Gergiev and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
|Wins the Baltika prize for young opera singers (St. Petersburg)
|Sings Susanna at the San Francisco Opera House and gives her first recital (including songs by Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov)
|Washington Opera début as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto; concert performances of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini under Gergiev in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and London
|Sings in works by Bach (B minor Mass) and Handel Judas Maccabaeus) at the Maggio Musicale in Florence; new successes in San Francisco as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Musetta in La bohčme; acclaimed as Natasha in Prokofiev's War and Peace under Gergiev at the Mariinsky Theater and at Covent Garden; Donizetti's Lucia and Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Mariinsky Theater
|Ilia (Idomeneo), Adina (L'elisir d'amore), Nannetta (Falstaff), Marfa (The Tsar's Bride), and Zerlina (Don Giovanni); further triumphs in the role of Natasha in War and Peace at La Scala, Milan, and Madrid's Teatro Real
|Sings Natasha in War and Peace in her Metropolitan début and her first Donna Anna in her début with the Salzburg Festival in the season-opening new production of Don Giovanni, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi in her Philadelphia début; Lucia for Kirov Opera at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater; at the Verbier Festival she sings in a performance of Mahler's Fourth Symphony under James Levine
|Appears as Servilia in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito under Sir Colin Davis at Covent Garden; Mozart's Ilia in Washington and Zerlina at the Metropolitan; makes her Vienna State Opera début in La traviata; at the Mariinsky she sings Natasha and Violetta, and participates in a gala concert in May for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg
|Summer engagements include her Bavarian State Opera début as Violetta, appearances at the Verbier Festival, and a return to the Salzburg Festival as Donna Anna
Gianandrea Noseda was born in 1964 in Milan, where he began his musical studies in piano, composition, and conducting. He later studied conducting in Vienna and in Italy with Donato Renzetti, Myung-Whun Chung, and Valery Gergiev. In 1994 he won the international com-petitions in Douai (chaired by Georges Prętre) and Cadaqués (chaired by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky).
Since making his professional conducting début in 1994 with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Noseda has appeared with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Swedish Radio Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber, Tokyo Symphony, and Toronto Symphony, as well as the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, and the Orchestre National de France, in addition to the New York Philharmonic and the Cincinnati Symphony in US. In Italy, he appears regularly with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
In 1997, at the invitation of Valery Gergiev, Noseda became the first foreign principal guest conductor at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, where he also helped set up the Mariinsky Young Philharmonic Orchestra and serves as its principal conductor. He has conducted the Kirov Opera – both on tour and in St. Petersburg – in new productions of Rigoletto, Tosca, Le nozze di Figaro, La traviata, La sonnambula, Don Carlo, Don Giovanni, Lucia di Lammermoor, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, La bohčme, Cosě fan tutte, and Il trittico by Puccini. With the Kirov Ballet, he has conducted new productions of Sleeping Beauty and Balanchine's Jewels.
In 1998 Noseda made his début at the San Francisco Opera House with Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery. He conducted Prokofiev's War and Peace at his Covent Garden and Teatro alla Scala débuts in 2000, and at his Metropolitan début in 2002. In 2001 he made his Los Angeles Opera début conducting Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades, with Plácido Domingo in the leading role.
Noseda was appointed principal conductor of the Orquesta de Cadaqués in 1998. Between 1999 and 2003 he has also been principal guest conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2000 he is artistic director of the International Festival Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore, since September 2002 principal conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, and since 2003 the principal guest conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI.


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Louis Daignault (ISN) – Photos courtesy of FIVB
July 18 2013, MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (ISN) – Canada's national men's volleyball team produced one of the biggest victories in its history Thursday upsetting Olympic champion Russia in five sets in its opening match in the FIVB World League Final.
"I'm very happy with the win, it's a big step for us to come here," said Canada's head coach Glenn Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que. "Our program has evolved in the last six years and this is a great accomplishment.
"The guys are confident about competing against any team, they're not scared of anybody, they have faith in the system we play with."
Team celebrates Thursday's win – Photo courtesy of FIVB
The Canadians overcame a 0-2 deficit in sets to take the match 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-11. To give an idea of the enormity of the upset, Canada is ranked 18th in the world and Russia second. The Russians were playing their 73rd World League Final match while Canada was playing its first.
"In the third and fourth sets they gave us opportunities, made more mistakes, they weren't serving as hard," said Canadian team captain Fred Winters of Victoria. "The pressure was on them. They had to beat us. We just played great in the last three sets."
Gord Perrin of Creston, B.C., led the Canadian attack with 20 points, Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon, who missed the last five matches due to a leg injury, added 13 and Winters chipped in 11.
Despite dropping the first two sets the Canadians seemed to be improving and by the end of the third Schmitt, Perrin and Winters gave as good as they got and soon the underdogs held a 22-20 lead. Russia successfully challenged a spike in to make it 22-21 but Schmitt was Canada's go to man with a cross court spike before Winters finished a terrific rally with his own attack to seal Canada's first ever set win against Russia in the modern scoring era.
"I wasn't so happy with the way the guys played [at the start], we were overdoing things," said Hoag. "I just wanted them to play the way we practise, the way we've been playing lately. Russia is a great serving team and a very good attacking team so we needed to be very disciplined on our blocking and we were lacking discipline and we made errors early."
In the fourth, the oldest player at the World League Finals, Canadian libero Daniel Lewis, 37, of Oakville, Ont., along with Winters defended like demons at the back court and the Russians were unable to break down the Canadian block and Canada soon snatched a second set win after a Russian spike went disappointingly into the net.
In the fifth, Russia went up 7-3 but Canada just wasn't going to give up. They slowly pulled it back to 7-7 thanks to blocks by Adam Simac of Ottawa, who also baffled the Russians all night with his floating serves, and Graham Vigrass of Calgary before some great serving from Rudy Verhoeff of Calgary put Russia under severe pressure.
An ace, a wide spike and a bad reception by Russia, and a Simac block gave Canada match point 14-10 on Verhoeff's serve. Russia saved one match point before Joshua Howatson of Victoria blocked the final point for the historic celebrations to begin.
"I think Russia might have been confident leading 7-2 in the 5th set," said Hoag. "I got mad at the guys because we were all over the place in that fifth set at the beginning. I said 'One pass, one set, everybody execute technically well,' and they did that."
The Canadians reached the final by placing first in group C during the preliminary round with a record of eight wins and two losses. The have now won seven straight matches with Thursday's win.
In the Pool E World League Final standings, Russia (1-1) is first with three points, Canada (1-0) second with two and Brazil (0-1) third at 1 point. In five set matches the winning team gets two points and the loser one. Russia beat Brazil in five on Wednesday.
In Pool D, Bulgaria (1-0) is first with three points while Argentina (0-1) and Italy (0-0) have no points. Italy faces Bulgaria later Thursday. The top-two in each group advance to the semis on Saturday.
The Canadians face the number-one ranked Brazilians on Friday at 3:30 p.m. (EDT Sportsnet One).
"You can't get into a match against Brazil with expectations, just go and play," said Winters. "If you expect to win or play well it's not going to go your way, you just have to play point by point."
More than $5.7 millions is up for grabs in the 24th edition of the intercontinental tournament.
Sportsnet will carry both of Team Canada's round robin matches live as well as the semis and championship match. Here is the broadcast schedule. All matches will also be streamed on FIVB WEB TV http://www.laola1.tv/en/int/fivb-live/video/203-1922-.html
World League Finals
Canada vs. Brazil
Friday, July 19th @15:30 EST live on Sportsnet One; Encore 21:00 EST on Sportsnet One
Semi-Final #1
Saturday, July 20th – live on Sportsnet One @ 15:30 EST
Semi Final #2
Saturday, July 20th – live on Sportsnet One @ 19:00 EST
Final (#1 vs #2)
Sunday, July 21st – live on Sportsnet One @ 19:00 EST
Final (#3 vs #4)
Sunday, July 21st – tape delayed on Sportsnet One @ 21:30 EST
Click here to go to the World League's main page
Click here for live scoring
Team Canada roster for 2013 FIVB World League Final men's volleyball tournament:
Players: Dustin Schneider, Brandon, Man.; Josh Howatson, Victoria; Louis-Pierre Mainville, Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, Que.; Dallas Soonias, Red Deer, Alta.; Gavin Schmitt, Saskatoon; Blair Bann, Edmonton; Dan Lewis, Oakville, Ont.; Fred Winters, Victoria; Gord Perrin, Creston, B.C.; Toon Van Lankvelt, River, Man.; Jason Derocco, East St. Paul, Man.; Rudy Verhoeff, Calgary; Justin Duff, Winnipeg; Adam Simac, Ottawa; Graham Vigrass, Calgary.
Head coach: Glenn Hoag, Sherbrooke, Que.
Assistant coaches: Vincent Pichette, Gatineau, Que.; Georges Laplante, Montreal.
Team manager : Julien Boucher, Quebec City
Statistician: Murat Haktanir, Izmir, Turkey
Physiotherapist : Mathieu Seguin, Hawkesbury,


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donreid necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 42 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
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If you go to the site you will see some pretty old school graphics circa 2002. We don't want anything like that.
We want cool, modern, hot, dangerous and sexy. The Domain name or the Game name (Mob Warrior) should be clearly seen in the graphic. It would be good to have a handsome but dangerous looking mobster alson with a sexy babe. But its all up to you, I don't want to have too many expectations nor do I want to tell you what to do.
Let your creative juices flow and you could be the winner which will put your design in the face of thousands.
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Top quality
Can use photos or drawings or animations
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We must own the copyright
- no stolen images
- boring
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Drbruce needed a new wordpress theme design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
This is a main site to draw trafic and direct to member doctors. It is presently a website and I would like to change to a blog site. I am looking to follow similar architecture as:
for the layout. Information and an active blog with video testimonials.
I am looking to promote a feeling of high tech high touch! This site needs to be only one page.. with the research articles listed on the sides and/or in archives under there name.
I would like a widget on the side for the videos and a map to click on to find a doctor in their area.
the audience is 35 - 70 with incomes of 60,000 or higher. This product is mostly sought by more affluent so the site needs to have a air of sophistication
please look at the present site as well as my personal site for the idea of the layout. http://www.thanksgoogle.com/thepark…/home.html
The logo is blue on white (think apple) I think this gives a sophisticated and high tech feel... Please be creative from there!
for files etc please refer to present site.


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L.A. Band La Santa Cecilia 'not afraid' to reveal undocumented status
For a buzz-magnet of a bicultural, ambitious young Los Angeles band, La Santa Cecilia had some strange habits. The members didn't like to travel far by car. Nor did they like to fly. They avoided certain states, especially Arizona. Invitations to gig in foreign countries were a mixed blessing.
When they did venture too far out of their geographic comfort zone (ground zero: historic Olvera Street, "La Placita Olvera," in downtown L.A.), the lineup tended to change. Someone instead of co-founder Jose "Pepe" Carlos would play the accordion.
"For us it was like, if something happens to this guy, what are we going to tell his parents?" says Marisol "La Marisoul" Hernandez, the lead singer.
But as of Wednesday in Washington -- 25 years after Carlos's family brought him to the United States illegally from Mexico when he was 5 years old -- he and the band are done hiding and pretending. La Santa Cecilia plans to arrive in town before noon -- by plane, after a show in Tucson -- and perform at an afternoon rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol, where organizers say "tens of thousands" of demonstrators will call for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
"I felt it was really, really important to put myself out there in order to inspire other people," Carlos says. "We're not afraid anymore."
La Santa Cecilia reflects a pivotal moment in the evolving cultural understanding of undocumented immigrants. As more voters and politicians seem to warm to the idea of embracing those who arrived illegally -- and the Senate prepares to debate the matter -- greater numbers of undocumented immigrants are "coming out" and announcing their status.
Their stories, in turn, have become the stuff of mainstream movies -- including "Under the Same Moon" (2007) and the Oscar-nominated "A Better Life" (2011) -- and grist for an expanding musical playlist. Undoc pop still is often delivered in Spanish -- by such troubadors as Los Tigres del Norte and alt-rappers Calle 13. But not always -- witness pieces by Lila Downs, Rage Against the Machine and Washington-based Emma's Revolution.
Scarcely a month ago, La Santa Cecilia -- formed five years ago and named for the patron saint of musicians -- released the single "El Hielo," or "Ice." The title is a bilingual pun on the initials of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Set to a bouncy bossa nova groove, the lyrics in Spanish sketch the stories of three hardworking undocumented characters who fear deportation and separation from their families because, Hernandez croons in the chorus, "ICE is loose out on the streets."
This week the band followed with an unusually crafted music video for the song by film director Alex Rivera. It was viewed 15,000 times in the first 24 hours. Rivera, whose 2008 science fiction drama "Sleep Dealer" also addressed immigration, cast undocumented immigrants in nearly every role in "El Hielo."
It's just a four-minute song, but with multiple back-stories of performance and performers, the song and video crystalize the controversy of the moment. At the band's scheduled performance of "El Hielo" on the Capitol grounds Wednesday, the coy and clandestine dance of art and life within this crusade will come into public focus in a way that might not have been possible a few years ago.
The rally, which will highlight stories of undocumented immigrants, will feature a variety of entertainers, politicians and movement leaders, organized by groups including CASA of Maryland and the Service Employees International Union.
For Carlos, the risk of going public diminished when he qualified for "deferred action" recently, the Obama administration program that allows those who came here as youngsters to be shielded from deportation. But it still feels like a dramatic step, Carlos says, because deferred action is no guarantee of permanent legal status, and there's no returning now to the shadows.
When Carlos and his bandmates sat down to create "El Hielo" with co-writer Claudia Brant, they wanted to tell stories like his and that of singer Hernandez's mother, who crossed the border without papers before later obtaining legal status. She is the "Eva" in the first verse who cleans houses and fears her boss will report her as illegal if she fails in her job.
"This is our story, and this is the story of a lot of people," Hernandez says.
The lyrical sketches reminded Pablo Alvarado of day laborers he knows in Los Angeles. As executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, he committed to producing the video because the song dovetailed with his group's anti-deportation campaign. Only when undocumented immigrants are reflected in the cultural space will the abiding stigma fade, Alvarado says.
Several of the actors are minor celebrities in the movent. There's Katherine Figueroa, a citizen who, four years ago, when she was 9, described seeing news footage of her father being arrested during a workplace raid in Arizona that also swept up her mother.
And Erika Andiola, co-founder of the DREAM Action Coalition in Arizona, who was brought to the States illegally as a child. In January, ICE detained her mother. Erika posted a tearful video that night that got 78,000 views.
The "El Hielo" video shows the characters getting ready for work. The twist is that a character played by Immigrant Youth Coalition organizer Isaac Barrera turns out to be going to work for ICE.
Andiola's character is caught by Barrera's team in a raid on a restaurant. Her character's mother -- played by her real mother, now released from detention -- and her character's daughter, played by Katherine Figueroa, hug each other while watching the footage on television.
"We're so unafraid of this machine that we can re-create it and talk about it in our own terms," Rivera says. "And that notion of being unafraid, I think, has been the core of the undocumented movement."
Just like Carlos, squeezing out his wistful accordion solo, in the sun on the Capitol lawn.


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Last week a BRE Properties (BRE) insider increased his BRE holdings significantly, according to an SEC filing, so let's take a closer look.
BRE board member Jeffrey Pero purchased a little over 2,000 shares at an average of price of $48.95, bringing his total to some 10,000 shares, including some 2,100 that are restricted. As a reminder, insider buys are generally considered to reflect particularly strong optimism on the company, since an insider would normally be moved to diversify away from a stock to which they are already heavily exposed -- or even to sell it.
About a week before the purchase, BRE -- a real estate investment trust that principally develops and manages apartment complexes --reported that 2012 funds from operations rose 9% from 2011 to about $170 million. Since the "net income" calculation requires depreciation of real estate, analysts often use the FFO metric for real estate-related names, which adds back some depreciation, among other adjustments. BRE's "core FFO," which includes still more add-backs, rose 16% from the previous year. Both measurements were not only above their 2011 levels, but also well higher than 2008 figures -- the four-year compound annual growth rate of FFO was 4%. At a market capitalization of $3.8 billion, the stock is valued at 23x trailing FFO and 21x trailing core FFO.
BRE also upped its annual dividend to $1.58 per year, which means the stock is now offering a yield of 3.2%. REITs such as BRE are required to return a large share of their taxable income to shareholders in order to maintain their preferential tax status. BRE did cut its dividend payments in 2009 as a result of the financial crisis and subsequent recession, so these yields should be treated as considerably more risky than those at providers of consumer staples or pharmaceuticals. Of course, it's also possible that BRE will continue to increase its payout over time. The stock price has risen only 2% in the last year, lagging the S&P 500.
For comparison, two other residential REITs are Equity Residential (EQR) and Essex Property Trust (ESS). The latter is slightly larger than BRE in terms of market cap, at $5.5 billion, and Equity Residential is significantly larger at almost $19 billion. Equity Residential also currently offers a somewhat higher dividend yield than BRE -- over 5% at current prices. Essex Property Trust's yield is just below 3%. Of course, income investors who are already familiar with REITs know that those in other businesses can pay yields of 10% or even higher -- though, of course those stocks carry considerable risk. This is particularly notable when it comes to investments in mortgage-backed securities.
BRE and its peers wouldn't be safe from a downturn in the real estate market, either. As we've already noted, the company had to reduce its dividend payments in 2009, so there is a significant possibility for either a rise or drop in the yield over the next few years. As it stands, however, the core business appears strong with growing FFO, even if we give less weight to the company's declared "core" figure.
Many income investors may decide the payout yield isn't high enough, as 3% is easily found in the consumer, healthcare and utility sectors. But, with REITs gaining in popularity, we think it's useful for anyone interested in dividend stocks to be familiar with the full spectrum of what's available -- even if it only makes you better aware of other REIT opportunities.
-- Written by Matt Doiron


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This is my Julep Maven unboxing video for May 2014. The subscription box is $10 a month. Each box contains limited-run nail colors that are determined by your style profile. My profile is Classic With a Twist.
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I liked the colors of the nail polishes. Everything in my box was good, but I'm not used to using a serum, so I will have to experiment with it. Even though I love the quality of the polishes, one negative of this Julep Maven box is that too much polish accumulates on the nail brush. You constantly have to rub and dab the brush against the container so as not to get too much polish on your nail.
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Low dopamine levels during withdrawal promote relapse to smoking
Mark Twain said, "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." Many smokers would agree that it's difficult to stay away from cigarettes. A new study in Biological Psychiatry this month now suggests that low dopamine levels that occur as a result of withdrawal from smoking actually promote the relapse to smoking.
Dopamine is a brain chemical messenger that is critically important in reward and motivation. Some research suggests that one of its central roles is to send a signal to the brain to 'seek something enjoyable'. Indeed, dopamine is released during many rewarding experiences, including taking drugs, smoking, having sex, and eating food.
This signal seems to depend on the dopamine which is released in response to environmental cues, called phasic release, as opposed to the tonic seepage of small amounts of dopamine from nerve cells. The tonic release of dopamine is implicated in helping the dopamine system set the level of its reactivity to inputs.
Since dopamine is released by smoking, it makes sense that dopamine levels become abnormal when a smoker chooses to stop smoking. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas undertook their study to characterize these changes.
They studied mice that were administered nicotine, the active constituent of cigarettes, for several weeks. The researchers then withheld the nicotine and measured the subsequent alterations in dopamine signaling during the withdrawal period.
They reported that withdrawal from nicotine produced a deficit in dopamine in which the basal dopamine concentration and tonic dopamine signals were disproportionately lower than the phasic dopamine signals. Re-exposure to nicotine reversed the hypodopaminergic state.
"This study is an elegant example of yet another way that addiction 'hijacks' the reward system. The phasic release of dopamine triggers us to seek things that, in theory, help us to adapt to our environment," commented Dr. John Krystal, editor of Biological Psychiatry. "However, in addiction the phasic release of dopamine is heightened and it triggers the pursuit of abused substances. This disturbance of dopamine function would, conceivably, make it that much harder to avoid seeking drugs of abuse."
According to the authors, these findings indicate that medications which could help elevate tonic dopamine levels during withdrawal may be successful treatment strategies for nicotine-dependent individuals attempting to quit smoking. Theoretically, such a treatment could help normalize any fluctuating dopamine levels from the sudden lack of nicotine, and also lessen the dopamine-influenced urges to seek out the nicotine, leading to relapse.