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Joni with a Pearl Earring. Worthy of Vermeer himself. <3
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Boissier Madeleines
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I can just see you popping the champagne-o-meter with those divine cornbread madeleines! Happy Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
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Same to y'all!Delete
Bear definitely has GREAT CHEF potential!ReplyDelete
Cornbread madeleines?
Is that a first?!
Luscious! I'm lecher-ing the computer screen, both for the cornbread madeleines and the cobalt blues of that Boissier vitrine.ReplyDelete
The cats are much more interested in eating the floral centerpiece that arrived today than in any people food, so have no fear: it's strictly paws-off the cornbread.
See you soon!Replies
Those darn cats of yours!Delete
I'm bringing a cat/people counter!!
Sounds like..ReplyDelete
Le fun:-) Enjoy..and Happy Thanksgiving:-)
Your Madeleine. Look good:-)
Madeleines are something I don't get excited about, but bears recipe sounds great. I hope he left enough for you to take when visiting your friend Vivian.I'm sure you'll enjoy Thanksgiving.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment, I'm not sure I'm adventurous enough to go purple, maybe just one item ;-)
You are one naughty duo, you and Bear! :-)ReplyDelete
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your hostess,
may it all end well,
Quelle bonne idée!! This would be a great use for my virgin madeleine pan! Merci! Who cares if she is fooled or not. What a pretty package!ReplyDelete
Happy Thanksgiving, mon amie!Replies
Easy peasy ChefDelete
Be sure and let the batter rest 30 mins+ not that you need me to tell you that!
Another trip - I heat the madeleine tin in the oven before adding the batter.
Then thye pop rt out but I bet you know that.
OH yummm for the Madeleine's and all the hints we thank you for. Lucky you to go to Vivian's. Enjoy the food and company and we look forward to some pictures soon. :)ReplyDelete
Oh that Bear! Has he heard that Truth is Beauty. Does he really care?ReplyDelete
Anyhow, best wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving. This post has caused my eyes to drift to my vintage madeleine pan up on a very high shelf. Think it might be time to give it a good wash and another excursion in the oven.
What a gourmet guy, this bearReplyDelete
You could sell your cornbread madeliene idea to Jiffy! I guess Bear redeemed himself!ReplyDelete
I agree with you Sketchbook Wandering, you can build a small business for combread madeliene. Happy thanks giving day!ReplyDelete
While planning out next assault on Paris (next year) we were talking about madeleines, and thinking that we hadn't really seen them about. Who has your favourite madeleines?ReplyDeleteReplies
I would have to do a 'flight' of madeleines as you do on your 'raids'.Delete
Though I am sure the BEST madeleine I ever tasted was Chef Marthe's right out of the oven.
Home made is ALWAYS the best!


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There are many games not coming to the Wii U for a lot of reasons. Some developers have claimed their engines (like Frostbite 3) can't run on the system. So it is refreshing to hear a developer, in this case Precursor Games, say that an great engine like Cry Engine 3 'fully supports' Nintendo's new console.
So Cry Engine 3 fully supports the Wii U but yet EA can't get Frostbite 2 running on the system? Sounds very fishy to me EA. Maybe you should actually try optimizing your engines perhaps.
Regardless, it's refreshing to see an advanced engine that developers for future Wii U games will be able to utilize.
Honestly EA need to get over the origin-WiiU deal, and just start releasing games for WiiU.
Oh and i thought EA owned Crytek. They just own the publishing rights to Crysis which means the Wii U will see games using the Cry engine. Just not Crysis due to EA owning the publishing rights.
Dang darth what a brilliant idea. Nintendo should just slap stickers on the Wii U that states
"Not an accessory for the Wii its a brand new console"
And all the confusion would be eliminated.
I hope nintendo can Prove to EA and any dev that is snubbing the system that its worth taking the time to optimize and develope games for the Wii U.
Nintendo has to be the one to prove this by finding a way to increase sales. The only stupid thing is EA is going about this situation like it's personal instead of buisness. Which when it comes to making money it should never be personal.
I like EA games(the games not the company). They have a lot of talented studios that make good games.
If I remember correctly, Monster Hunter Online is supposed to run on Cryengine 3. I hope that games comes to consoles and this is a promising sign.


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I am married for 5 years and have 1 1/2 year old daughter. My wife is stubborn and non comprising. Her stubbornness is deep rooted psychological problem because if I do not do things as per her wish then she starts crying sometime late night and then slowly she goes into depression.
From the beginning my wife disliked my family. She would never let me have a good family time. She mistreated my mother several times. Because my wife goes into depression I have not taken any strong action. But now I can not tolerate this behaviour. I want to take care of mother and give her happiness too.
Her parents have failed to make her behave in good manners.They advised her to go to a psychiatrist, but she does not want to go. I know she is mentally ill to a certain extent. Please advice.
We appreciate your confidence in us, and we ask Allaah to guide us all to the right path.
I have read your letter more than once and I feel that it is difficult for me to understand the issues properly, because it seems to be somewhat complicated, so I cannot blame one of you. But I feel that both of you have some share of blame for the problem.
But I can offer the following advice and suggest that you do these things, and I ask Allaah to make this a help for you in solving your problem.
Each of you must come back to Allaah because sin has an effect on people's family lives and on all their relationships. Hence one of the salaf said: when I commit sin, I see its effect on my family and my riding-beast. This confirms what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, according to the hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When Allaah loves a person He calls Jibreel and says, 'I love So and so, so love him.' Then Jibreel loves him, then he calls out in the heavens saying, 'Allaah loves him, so love him.' Then the inhabitants of heaven love him, and he also finds acceptance on earth. But if Allaah hates a person, He calls Jibreel and says, 'I hate So and so, so hate him.' Then Jibreel hates him, then he calls out in the heavens saying, 'Allaah hates So and so, so hate him.' So they hate him, and he is also hated on earth."
Each person must turn towards his Lord and call upon him. Allaah Says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls on Him, and Who removes the evil"
[al-Naml 27:62]
So he must persist in du'aa', and seek out the times when du'aa' is more likely to be accepted, such as the last third of the night, when our Lord descends and calls out, "Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him; who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him; who will ask of Me, that I may give to him; who will repent to Me, that I may accept his repentance?" So you should call upon your Lord and have certain faith that He will respond, but do not try to hasten the response, for Allaah will respond to His slave so long as he does not try to hasten the response and does not say "I made du'aa' but I received no answer."
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah has not sent down any malady but He has also sent down the remedy; those who know it, know it, and those who do not know it, do not know it." (Narrated by Ahmad, 3397; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1650). So you must recite the du'aa's that are prescribed in sharee'ah, such as ruqyah, reciting Qur'aan, etc. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And We send down of the Qur'aan that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe"
[al-Isra' 17:82]
If she refuses to be checked out by a psychiatrist, then there is nothing wrong with your trying to mediate between them.
What your wife needs most from you is that you should be warm and loving towards her. For example, take her for a drive in the car to a place that is calming and soothing to the nerves, or take her on a trip to another city. Insist kindly on taking her out if she refuses and choose activities that she is accustomed to and that she likes, such as going to a place that she likes or letting her do some of her hobbies.
Do not be forceful if she refuses to cooperate, because for the one who is depressed you can draw attention to things but you cannot demand him to do things, because that will increase his feelings of failure.
I advise you to be kind and gentle, for there is no kindness in a thing but it adorns it .
Finally, you should note that the person who is suffering from depression is lethargic and is not interested in improving his situation, such as trying to recover from depression by himself. Remember that most cases of depression can be dealt with but it may need a long time and goodly patience. Remember that you may be one of the causes of her illness, so do not rush to end the relationship. You have to help her to get out of the situation she is in, and remember that no matter how difficult it is to be patient, the results will be good,
And Allaah knows best. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and companions.


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Go to rehab, of course.
Perhaps it's "preventative" rehab, as Charlie Sheen's attorney once put it when the Warlock was looking at an assault charge of his own back in 2010.
"His goal is to gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point," a representative for the singer said in a statement confirming his entry to rehab, obtained by L.A. Now on Tuesday.
Breezy, who just flew in to L.A., was dropped off Tuesday by attorney Mark Geragos at a facility in Malibu where according to TMZ he'll deal with anger-management issues. Brown's mom and girlfriend Karrueche Tran accompanied him there, the site said.
Rehab could be a good-faith gesture, as the R&B singer is still on probation for his assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 and has been ordered to "obey all laws." If he's found to have violated that probation, he could be looking at as many as four years behind bars. The arrest and charge in D.C. are being reviews by L.A. authorities, L.A. Now reported.
It might not be a quick in-and-out, either, according to TMZ: This could be a three-month stay, though nothing's been decided yet. However, one source told the site, "The rehab facility has been told to take him [Brown] apart and put him back together."
Taking Brown's history into consideration, that sounds like it could be a lot of work.
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ECE Department Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
As the fall semester begins, the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes two new professors who count energy conversion among their research interests. Drs. Jeremy Munday and Alireza Khaligh join ECE as assistant professors.
Dr. Jeremy Munday received his B.S. in Physics and Astronomy from Middle Tennessee State University in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard in 2008. His thesis work focused on the first experimental demonstration of a repulsive Casimir force and was conducted under the supervision of Federico Capasso. After this, he became a postdoctoral scholar under Harry Atwater in the departments of Applied Physics and Materials Science at Caltech working on plasmonics and photovoltaic devices.
His current research endeavors span a wide range from near field optics, photonics, and plasmonics for energy harvesting to quantum electromechanical phenomena for actuating micro- and nano-mechanical devices.
Prof. Munday is excited to be teaching a course on Solar Energy Conversion this semester and looks forward to future classes on Electricity and Magnetism and Quantum Mechanics. He is also interested in music, and in his free time he recently designed and built a hybrid electric resonator guitar.
Prior to Maryland, Dr. Alizreza Khaligh was an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Energy Harvesting and Renewable Energies Laboratory (EHREL) in the ECE Department at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Dr. Khaligh was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, IL.
Dr. Khaligh is the recipient of the 2010 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the 2009 Armour College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award from IIT. He also received the 1999 Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award from Sharif University of Technology presented jointly by the Minister of Science, Research and Technology and President of Sharif University.
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Perlmonks 'Not logged in Error' - Proposal for fixby tmharish (Friar)
|on Jan 20, 2013 at 09:24 UTC ( #1014265=monkdiscuss: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
Anyone who has used perlmonks for any length of time must have come across a scenario wherein ( when they are logged in ) they suddenly see a page of the website wherein they are not.
I am not talking about perlmonks using different sessions for the domains 'perlmonks.org', 'perlmonks.com' and 'perlmonks.net'
It turns out that perlmonks seems to use different sessions for www.perlmonks.org and perlmonks.org.
I can kind of see the reasoning for different sessions for .org, .com and .net ( although this might not be good from a search engine point of view and considering we at perlmonks want to promote the wisdom on the site, we might want to think about that.)
Although I can not be sure of this as I do not know how the code works, I believe it is possible that this might solve the 'you are not logged in' issue on some of the Other CB clients
IMHO I believe www.perlmonks.org and perlmonks.org ( and similarly for the .net and .com ) should use the same sessions. Since perlmonks uses apache this can be done by changing some settings on the virtual host or ( easier but more load on the server ) adding a .htaccess file.
Maybe one of the gods can give some insight into if this makes sense?
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Through a series of happy circumstances, I own six vintage mah-jongg sets and a handful of old National Mah-Jongg League's Official Hands and Rules cards. An antique cigar tin on my coffee table is chock-full of sublime butterscotch mahj tiles. I have written many articles about the subject and played a role in the CJN's first mahj tournament last summer.
But don't invite me to your weekly mahj game.
I can't play.
Oh, sure, I can tell the difference between one dot and two bam. Mahj tiles representing the four winds don't ruffle me, and I don't get fired up over a red dragon. However, for the life of me, I just can't seem to "get craking."
Typically, I eschew clutter and collectables, but I began acquiring old mahj sets six years ago due to the remorse I felt after selling my late mother-in-law Tillie Fine's set for $2 at a garage sale.
To assuage my seller's regret, I placed a classified ad in the CJN saying, "I want to buy your grandma's mahj sets," and I received a robust response from readers.
I bought over a dozen sets that could have been ringers for my mother-in-law's and met some fabulous grandmas along the way. I learned about special mahj luncheon menus, the "real" way to play the game, and even about lazy sons-in-law.
Once I had the sets, and a set of memories to go with each, I enjoyed opening the brown or black faux-leather boxes and looking at the tiles. I was fascinated by their Chinese symbols and the slight differences from set to set.
I have promised myself I will "get my tiles on". I need to learn how to pick a hand, make the right passes, and how to change my hand in mid-game – all while laying off the nearby bowl of M&Ms.
Although I don't expect to become a mahj maven, I do expect to learn to properly play the game.
– Arlene Fine
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Marino Signs Cut Cap Balance Pledge
WASHINGTON (July 7, 2011) -- Rep. Tom Marino has signed the Cut Cap Balance Pledge that vows to take steps to restore fiscal soundness, including a constitutional amendment to balance the budget.
The pledge is an effort by conservative individuals and groups to pressure legislators to tackle the $14.4 trillion national debt and set the stage for fiscal responsibility for future generations. The pledge has been signed by representatives, senators and presidential candidates, as well as thousands of Americans who vow to urge their elected officials to "cut, cap and balance."
The pledge asks legislators to support substantial budget cuts, an enforceable cap on federal spending, and congressional passage of a balanced budget amendment. The amendment would include provisions for spending limitations and a super-majority requirement for tax increases.
"This is a necessary approach to tackling our nation's financial problems," Marino said. "The deep budget cuts and the cap on spending will help reduce the deficit immediately. Passage of a balanced budget amendment will prevent Washington from saddling our children and grandchildren with a mountain of debt because the federal government will no longer have the ability to recklessly spend beyond its means."
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Last week in California, the wives of five presidential candidates participated in a forum where they discussed balancing family life with their husband's presidential ambitions. The five women were Cindy McCain, Ann Romney, Jeri Thompson, Elizabeth Edwards, and Michelle Obama. Here's the Washington Post's account. The reporter seems disappointed that no one would fess up to being a dragon lady. Moderator Maria Shriver was too.
I watched part of the forum on C-SPAN. All five women did well, but in general the older they were the more they impressed me.
UPDATE: I should add that only one of the five women is older than me — Ann Romney, by one day.
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Thanks Alan, I was contemplating posting a reminder tonight. We've had MANY requests for this mode, so please use it. Myself, I'll be operating /KL7 beginning Saturday and through the 4th of August, and I expect to be on the 145.88/435.150 repeater for stateside windows. This might be a good time to make a schedule with that faraway grid, country or state you need on satellite! 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Ops ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan P. Biddle" <email@example.com> To: "AMSAT-BB" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 7:59 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 repeaters > Hi, > > The 145.880/435.150 repeater is up and working great. Unfortunately, > nobody > is using it. I talked to myself for an entire pass, rather like mode L/S. > When 145.920/435.300 sounds like Field Day, give the other one a try. > > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > > ----------------------------------- > > There is something fascinating about science. > One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture > from such a trifling investment of fact. > > Mark Twain > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Talk about beauty and brains, this Houston bride has it all and we are totally crushing on her ultra glam meets modern style. Hints of gold, monochrome flowers, bold jewelry, Chanel No 5...yep this wedding had us at hello... and then sucked us completely in with all the pretty images from Docuvitae. I swoon, you swoon, we ALL swoon for fabulously chic weddings and there is a whole lot more of this one in the gallery.
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From the Bride... The design choices for our wedding celebration were inspired by our venues. For our ceremony, my husband and I chose St. Paul's United Methodist Church, a historic building with incredible Gothic architecture and beautiful stained glass windows. Our reception was held at the Artista Restaurant, an elegant two-story edifice with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the downtown Houston skyline. While I loved the idea of an outdoor wedding, it was clearly not an option for Houston in August. To incorporate that outdoor feel, I transformed the restaurant balcony into an outdoor lounge space. Our wonderful florist, Melanie Tipton of Last Petal, brought my vision to life by accenting the lounge space and restaurant with simple, chic floral arrangements. Once our venues were selected, everything from our color scheme to our invitation style came into place.
After looking at numerous wedding invitation websites, we decided nothing in our budget really inspired us. My husband, a self-taught graphic designer, decided to take a stab at creating our wedding invitations. As a nod to our hometowns, my husband placed images of the Houston skyline and the Baton Rouge, LA Horace Wilkinson Bridge on the invitation suite. We then had the invitation suite letterpress printed. The end result was AMAZING! My husband went on to design all of the stationary elements of the wedding--programs, menu cards, signage, etc.
In addition to getting the design elements just right, we infused our wedding with elements that would reflect our love (we decided to write our own vows in addition to citing traditional ones), family (my uncle married us) and sentimentality (I surprised my husband with a traditional New Orleans Second-line band for our exit as he always wanted one for his wedding day). And when our wedding day came, we let everything else go and decided to bask in the blessedness of the day--we laughed, cried (okay, I cried) and danced the night away. There were definitely bumps (okay, mountains) along the road in the planning process, but when we sit back and look at the wonderful images captured by Rebecca of Docuvitae (whom I found right here on SMP and cannot say enough positive things about), they bring a smile to our faces every.single.time.
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Practice early detection healthcare for yourself and for your animal companions
WebMD has a nice concise description of the benefits of early detection. The same criteria applies to both people and animals:
Early disease detection is the use of:
- Screening tests to find health problems before symptoms appear.
- Diagnostic tests, medical exams, and self-exams to find a disease or other health problem early in its course.
Why should you think about early disease detection?
Often, the earlier a disease is diagnosed, the more likely it is that it can be cured or successfully managed. Managing a disease, especially early in its course, may lower its impact on your life or prevent or delay serious complications.
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Reviewed by Jahmarye W. (age 8)
I like this book because you learn about which animals hibernate. I also like the illustrations and diagrams in this story. My favorite part was seeing how the animals go underground to hibernate.
I recommend this story to kids who like animals and also to kids who want to find out what hibernation is and how animals do it. It also would be a good book for teachers to use with their class in the fall and as a non-fiction story.


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Hello all!
I have a Samsung SP1614N since february 2005. Up to now it was working great! Quiet, fast - just great! But on Monday a strange thing happened. The PC hanged up. I restarted - windows tried to load but it was impossible(it restarted by itself) then I tried to go in Safe mode - mission impossible. It was boooting and while doing that, it restarted. I tried to load Linux, but suddenly I realised that the boot manager for loading both OS was missing. Good then I puted the instalation CD of Linux and tried to start it from there. The instalation started and hanged up on the moment looking for the hard drive .
Then I took the instalation disk of Windows. It loaded. I came to the screen where I must choose on which partition I wish to install. I took C: and said format it. The format started well, but suddenly it stopped on 8% and it took to him more than 1 hour to go to 14%. From 15% it was again running normally. But when It reached 100% it told me that the partition was impossible to format.
I took my old Quantum 13GB and installed windows on it. Then as a slave I puted the Samsung SP1614N. I can see all the partition that I've created: D, E, F and so on. I can copy the documentes from them.
Partition C is also to see, but it is telling me that I have to format it. Good, I did it. This time I didn't get an error message. I could fill it up with documents and it didn't hang up. Then I said: "It must be OK, I will install windows on it" I tried to do it - this time I leaved C untouched, but while copying the files necessary for the instalation it told me that it can not create a folder and that it can not continue.
What do you think? Is the disk corrupted? Shall I look for my warranty or I can use a tool to repair it?


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The Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis announced the winners of its commercial business plan competition, the Olin Cup, on Thursday night with a $50,000 seed investment offer going to a top team. The competition, now in its 22nd year, received 45 initial submissions; of 17 eligible semifinalists, seven advanced to the finals.
A company named Quartzy took the grand prize. The chief executive and co-founder of the winning team, Adam Regelmann (above), a third-year internal medicine resident at Washington University's Barnes Jewish Hospital, says Quartzy provides "online lab inventory management for the academic life-sciences community."
Academic research labs stock and use expensive and potentially dangerous chemicals called reagents to conduct their work, he said. Despite the value of reagents, Dr. Regelmann said, academic research scientists still use white boards, Post-it notes, phone and paper processes to order, sell and track their inventories. He and his co-founders, Meena George and Jayant Kulkarni, came up with the idea for Quartzy while completing their own Ph.D. work.


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Senior claims regional championship and earns Sportsmanship Award
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (October 19, 2011) – Senior Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain) defeated Memphis' Kelly Gray 6-3, 7-5 on Monday to complete her run through the consolation bracket and win the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Back Draw Regional Championship.
Jaime's victory claimed the first regional title in the history of the ETSU women's tennis team.
"[Jaime] had a fantastic tournament," said ETSU assistant coach Travis Sandlant. "I think if she didn't pull the No. 1 seed in the first round then she might have had a deeper run in the main draw, but she still played some incredible tennis and we're very pleased with her performance."
After falling to the Regional's No. 1 seed, Natalie Pluskota, on day one of the tournament, Jaime began play in the consolation bracket. On Sunday, the senior took out UT Martin's Winkelmann 6-0, 6-0 in the morning session before defeating Kentucky's Morin 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the afternoon round.
The two victories pushed Jaime through to the back draw quarterfinals, where she awaited another Wildcat, Khristina Blajkevitch. In the first of three matches for Jaime on Monday, the senior defeated Blajkevitch in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, to advance to the semifinals against her third-consecutive opponent from Kentucky. The Wildcats' Stephanie Fox suffered the same fate as her teammates, as Jaime defeated Fox 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the finals and eventually win.
Through her run in the back draw, Jaime dropped just one set, the second against Blakevitch, while winning four matches in straight sets.
Jaime also walked away from the regional tournament with the Sportsmanship Award. The award, voted on by the Tournament Committee and officials, is given to one student-athlete for displaying outstanding sportsmanship and exemplifying the spirit of college tennis throughout the course of the championships.
"To win quality matches against opponents from Kentucky and Memphis shows how well [Jaime] was playing," added Sandlant. "She kept her composure throughout the tournament, which is very hard to do against these tough teams.
"Not only did she play well, but she was looked upon by her peers as having great sportsmanship. She definitely deserved the Sportsmanship Award for the region this week and I think if she performs like this in the spring then she will have a great year."
The ETSU women's tennis team continues the fall season on Friday, October 28, at the College of Charleston Invitational in Charleston, S.C.
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Saw @KyleBeckerman on my way to work....day officially made. #RSL #GoalOfTheWeek
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RealSaltLake.com: U.S. Open Cup - 2 Games, 240 Minutes, 8 Goals
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SYOSSET, NY— The Center for Bariatric Surgical Specialties at Syosset Hospital is participating in a national study designed to evaluate the weight-loss results of Banded Gastric Plication, an investigational procedure combining two common bariatric surgical methods under the hypothesis of earlier and more-rapid weight loss with fewer risks. The hospital is the first within the North Shore-LIJ Health System to perform the minimally invasive investigational procedure for morbidly obese patients.
Bariatric surgery has proven to be a successful long-term treatment for morbidly obese patients where dieting, exercise and other short-term measures have failed. Obesity affects more than two-thirds of Americans and is caused by risk factors such as heredity, metabolic disorders, and eating and social habits. The term morbid obesity refers to an individual whose body weight is 100 pounds or more past ideal weight and unable to lose weight or maintain weight loss. Patients eligible for weight-loss surgery are educated by the Syosset Bariatric Center's team about all options, including the investigational Banded Gastric Plication procedure, to find the weight-loss method best suited to each patient's body and lifestyle.
Banded Gastric Plication combines two minimally invasive bariatric procedures—adjustable gastric banding, which entails placing an adjustable silicone band around the upper stomach, and plication, a technique that uses sutures to fold the external wall of the stomach, creating a sleeve-like contour to the lower part of the stomach below the band. Both methods promote weight loss and control hunger by reducing stomach size, limiting food intake and increasing gastric emptying. The process does not cut the stomach or re-route the intestines and, as a result, patients experience lower infection and complication risks, faster recovery times, and minimal post-operative pain and scarring as compared to more invasive bariatric methods like gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy. Potential risks of banded gastric plication are considered infrequent and may include gastric outlet obstruction (inability of food to pass from the stomach to the small intestine), bleeding from the stitched line, dilation (enlargement) of the plicated tissue over time and ischemic (restricted blood flow) complication at the surgery site. As with any study, long-term data is still being compiled to support the long-term effectiveness of the procedure.
"Early studies have shown that Banded Gastric Plication, compared to the gastric band alone, may be a more durable surgical weight loss solution," said Alan Geiss, MD, director of the Center for Bariatric Surgical Specialties at Syosset Hospital. "Though we do not yet know the long-term durability of the procedure, the early results are very encouraging and we are excited to compile more concrete and long-term results." Dr. Geiss said that the benefits include reduced risk, fewer gastric band adjustments, and significant short- and long-term weight loss. Preliminary results from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine showed evidence of a marked increase in the percent of excess weight loss over 7 months to one-year follow-up. Physicians also predict that the procedure is reversible.
The Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved study at Syosset will review the findings from 92 Banded Gastric Plication patients as compared with historical data on outcomes from bariatric patients with the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) alone. To prepare, Dr. Geiss completed a training program in Banded Gastric Plication at Duke University Medical Center. Approximately 25 have been performed at the Syosset Bariatric Center thus far, and patients have recovered well with few complications-- about 2 percent have reported post-operative nausea. The procedure requires one and a half hours, approximately 20-25 minutes longer than a standard gastric band procedure, and patients stay in the hospital for about 23 hours.
"This is a ground-breaking procedure on the cutting-edge of bariatric surgery," said James O'Hara, administrative director of the Center for Bariatric Surgical Specialties at Syosset Hospital. "It is innovative and educational, and we are proud to participate and contribute research that will improve patient outcomes and satisfaction." The Syosset Bariatric Center has performed more than 5,000 bariatric procedures with complication rates that are lower than the national average and a zero mortality rate from anesthesia or surgery. As an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, the Center ranks among the best hospitals nationally for the treatment of morbidly obese patients.
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NPS Mails Lifetime Passes to Disabled, Seniors
October 28, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on NPS Mails Lifetime Passes to Disabled, Seniors
Lifetime passes to America's national parks for senior citizens and Americans with disabilities are now available through the mail, according to a press release.
National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said the Senior Pass and the Access Pass will still be available at national parks, "But the option of receiving a pass by mail may better suit some people and any change that makes it more convenient to prepare to come to the parks is a change for the better. We want everyone to experience the amazing places in our care.
"National parks have a lot to offer," continued Jarvis. "They are places to share with children, grandchildren, and other family members. They facilitate recreation and healthy living. Many parks, including Yellowstone, Shenandoah, and Denali, have trails that are accessible to people with limited mobility and to wheelchair users. We also have many accessible camping and picnic areas."
The Senior and Access passes provide admission to, and use of, federal recreation sites that charge entrance or standard amenity fees. Pass users also receive a 50% discount on some amenity fees for activities like camping and launching a boat. They are available to citizens and permanent residents of the United States age 62 or more or who have permanent disabilities regardless of age.
The "Senior" and "Access" versions of the America the Beautiful Pass – the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass – are good for a lifetime. The Access pass is free and the Senior pass is just $10. There is a $10 processing fee to receive either pass by the mail.


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After compilin magma I tried to compile in testing as the documentation suggests but I am getting an error:
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/cuda/src/fortran.c', needed by `fortran.o'. Stop.
Any ideas why and how to solve it?
Thanks everyone!
SOLVED-> The problem was that $(CUDADIR) was pointing to the wrong path


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December's Phoenix Housing Stats Update
For some extra context and excellent commentary, after looking at the graphs...
...I recommend you check out Mish's Pent Up Housing Demand, and the NYT's Sound of a Bubble Bursting.
Posted by Einzige at 12/31/2007 05:15:00 PM
Labels: Arizona, economics, housing bubble
Where did you get these graphs? (What is the public site that has them?) I would like to search that database. Thanks.
I make the graphs in Excel using raw data I pull from the Maricopa County Recorder's Office and the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service.


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i don't have a problem with them, besides wearing a skirt xP i don't know why people let kids get away with rebelling just because they want to wear a outfit they spent alot of money on. the main purpose of school anyway is education, not the uniform~
uniforms shud be banned! im constantly gettin told.."do ur top button up", "tuck ur shirt in", put ur blazer on" whats the point. it doesnt effect by learning in any way if i look smart or not. i dont see why they dont just sack uniforms and let poeple where there own clothes. some schools do, so why shudnt they all, EH??!?!!
In the Philippines almost all schools requires wearing school uniform...
I like it actually maybe because I got used to it but then I think that it's okay because people really do get distracted sometimes in the
kind of clothes a person is wearing. So I think a uniform is okay for uniformity... hehehe....
I'm back.... for good! :D
i dont care ..if we have to wear them but i still hate it cuz in my school if ur hairs to long u have 2 fold it up or if u cant do that u have 2 CUT it !
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never had to wear one......
wouldnt want it too cuz i just want to wear the clothes i like
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I personally like school uniforms , this is because it saves time in the morning (So the students get longer to sleep in - perform better) and others don't comment on your clothes (Less self-conscious - perform better because you have less to worry about)
So, in reality although students who wear uniforms complain, it's actually better for them because they have less to worry about.
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ahh~ i miss my high school uniform days...
so convenient, so time saving, and my school uniform WAS awesome too... most people didn't even know it was school uniform (since it doesn't have a logo/emblem anywhere either) and looked pretty casual.
it was also relatively cheap.
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I hated my Taiwanese elementary school uniform, it made me looked like an elitist because I was studying in a private school. However I wasn't supposed to be there, when I didn't have a dual Canadian-Taiwanese citizenship and therefore I can't enroll the Taiwanese public school system. The private school which I ended up enrolling was literally a concrete prison with no green space; every square inch of the school is covered with cement, with sharp glass edging at tip of the concrete wall all around the school ground. There's no running anytime when inside the school even during recess, because they don't want the students to get hurt when they tripped and fell on hard concrete floor. Physical education classes were even worst, when it's taught on the rooftop because they were too "noisy".
It was a nightmarish experience for me growing up in Taiwan, and my stupid baby-blue colored boy-shorts of a school uniform was adding insult to injury.
Strong enough for men, made for women. Anything less will be uncivilized.
i dont have much of a opinion on skool uniforms, i never wore em soo i dont rlly have a feeling on this topic.
but like if i was given a chance to go to a skool who promotes it and i had to wear it i would try it and stuff, see how i feel bout it in the end.. but as for now i dont rlly care if i had to wear em or not.
my school was considering the thought of getting uniforms. (keyword: was)
these are rumors from my bff's so idk if they are right.
anyways they said that a few parents wanted kids to wear school uniforms because of the pressure to wearing the "in" clothing.
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Once i heard : ´´ School Uniforms are use to avoid discrimination among students; because if you wear this or that clothes, somebody gonna tell you a stupid thing. Also is way to show to everybody where you study´´.
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I don't really care if I have to wear uniforms or not, pssh.
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It's basically the first stage of indoctrination. Wear the uniform, be like everyone else, be disciplined and then when you're old enough and you tow the line, you'll be privileged to do the same to the next generation.
I hate school uniforms. Being a teenager should be about expressing your diversity and discovering your individuality, not about discipline and homogeneity. We should be instilling a love of learning into people for learning's sake, not for discipline's sake. Yes, discipline does get results, but at what cost? Well, we become horrible people, don't we?
Well I don't know if they made us perform better or not, but I always liked uniforms b/c I didn't have to worry about what to wear in the morning. I also enjoy wearing my own style now, but I didn't mind not having to worry about what to wear.
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ROCHESTER — After voters Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against abolishing the Police Commission, Deputy Mayor Ray Varney said the ballot question on whether to remove the commission from the City Charter probably won't appear before voters again in the foreseeable future "unless something egregious has happened."
On Tuesday, residents voted 8,220-5,142 in favor of keeping the three-member Police Commission, which has been a part of the city since the 1950s. In each ward, voters rejected eliminating all sections of the City Charter that pertain to the commission.
Tuesday was not the first time the question appeared before voters. The same question was on the ballot during the municipal election last year, as well as in previous years. Although voters rejected the question last year, the City Council brought it back to Tuesday's ballot. Some, such as Mayor T.J. Jean, argued the commission has no place in the strong city manager form of government, and the panel contributes to bureaucracy in the Police Department.
Councilor Julien Savoie, who originally proposed putting the ballot question before voters, said, "The people have spoken, and they want the Police Commission, so they will have one."
"I don't see (the ballot question) coming up again. I'm satisfied. The overwhelming majority wanted to keep the Police Commission," said Savoie. "I did want a professional running the (police) department, and I think the city manager would have been a better match for that."
If the Police Commission had been eliminated, City Manager Daniel Fitzpatrick would have taken on the duties the commission now performs — overseeing the operations of the Police Department, including setting policies, hiring officers, setting officers' salaries, and giving promotions.
Varney, one the councilors in favor of abolishing the commission, said Wednesday the City Council has better first-hand knowledge of the Police Commission than many voters do, and therefore some residents may have voted to keep the commission.
But David Winship, the newest member of the Police Commission who was elected to the panel last year, said the commission provides a buffer between the public and police officers. He said many feel more comfortable approaching police commissioners rather than airing any concerns directly to the chief of police.
Lucien Levesque, past Police Commission chairman and former city councilor of 20 years, said he was standing at the polls Tuesday all day with his wife, talking to voters about keeping the commission in place.
When voters came out in support of the panel by a margin of more than 3,000 votes, Levesque said, "I wasn't surprised."
"I'm very ecstatic and very happy that people's voices were heard," he said. "I think that the vote said that the voters want the separation of powers."
The Police Commission, said Levesque, helps provide transparency to the Police Department through televised monthly meetings, during which residents are free to give public input and watch as commissioners discuss proposed policy changes and operations of the Police Department.
"We listen to people, we give them an answer, we follow up with them the best we can," said Winship.
Al Bemis, vice chairman of the Police Commission, said, "I think the people in the community are sick of (the ballot question) coming up every year. They enjoy our meetings, they enjoy what we've done in terms of the new hires. We're focusing on community involvement."
"That was a substantial win for us," said Bemis. "It's very obvious and very evident that people believe in us, they like what we've done. We're there for them. When they need us we respond immediately."
Rochester city councilor says another try to abolish police panel unlikely
ROCHESTER — After voters Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against abolishing the Police Commission, Deputy Mayor Ray Varney said the ballot question on whether to remove the commission from the City Charter probably won't appear before voters again in the foreseeable future "unless something egregious has happened."


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Nope - where I Iive they either took up kiting and are grinning from ear to ear or they stayed and they are grumbling about how much kiters suck. Nobody owns the beach or the ocean...Dunker wrote:
If your local beach no longer has windsurfers, it's probably because they have migrated to different beaches where they don't have to hassles of dealing with the multitudes of 2nd gen kiters who have no understanding of space, basic rules of the sea or respect for the locals whose beach it used to be.
BTW - don't give them any ideas about complaining to the authorities about kiting. They'll do it when they get desperate enough.


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I saw the word "resonance" flash by on the screen a few times while I was scrolling along.. and I wondered... why are so many planets tidally locked?
If planets are in elliptical orbits, how can they remain tidally locked over time? Especially the larger heavier Gas Giants that come in very close then swing way out on the most extreme ellipses? Would not their rotation rates change through out the year? If a planet is in a highly elliptical orbit would not the star grab it and speed it up as it comes in? Slow days when closer and faster days when further out..
I would think also some orbits would freeze and thaw out planets significantly, creating some really weird tidal frictions. I know I have a really hard time remaining still on a waterbed. Also would not other nearby planets prevent tidal locking? I'm sure even tiny rocky worlds close-in to their star would never be perfectly circular in orbits even if in resonance. I wonder if larger moons around planets in Space Engine would prevent any planet at all from being tidally locked to the host star.
Lastly, it seems to me planet systems that are billions of years old would change their motions slightly, without other orbiting bodies influencing them, never staying tidally locked forever.


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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - Honza and Walter - Screen Test RAW - FULL CONTACT
Honza and Walter - Screen Test RAW - FULL CONTACT
After his massage we were keen to go further with Honza Onus, so we set up this screentest for him, with Walter Uwe. Walter does a brief interview with Honza and then blindfolds him. Chatting as he does so Walter then begins feeling Honza's body, and kissing his neck. He stands him up and continues feeling him, rubbing his crotch and kissing his nipples. Walter slides a hand inside Honza's jeans, then he opens them. Honza sits on the couch and Walter pulls the jeans off. He takes hold of Honza's cock wanking it, and then sucking it. The cock gets good and hard from Walter's ministrations and Honza reaches to grope Walter's jeans. Walter opens his jeans and pulls out his big cock, wanking it. Honza's cock stays rock hard as Walter guides his hand onto his dick too. Honza slowly wanks the cock and then Walter moves his cock towards that sexy mouth. Honza's mouth opens and the cock slides in. His lips close around the cock and Walter pulls his head onto it. Honza sucks that big, hard cock, with his own dick staying so hard. Then Walter goes down on Honza's cock again before kneeling and feeding his into Honza's mouth for more sucking. Walter sits on the couch and Honza, blindfold off, leans over and sucks him. His sucking his getting more and more proficient and, when Walter kneels Honza really bobs his head up and down on that big cock. They move to a 69 with Honza really working his mouth on Walter's dick. Then Walter has Honza on his back, legs up, so he can rim his hairy hole. He tongues that hole real good and then slides his throbbing cock deep inside. Honza is on his side, eyes closed, as Walter's dick works in and out of his hot, tight hole. It goes in all the way, so deep, opening Honza up real well. With Walter fucking him nice and hard Honza turns his head and they kiss. Honza is loving the feeling of that dick and takes a ride on it. He slides his ass up and down on that thick pole, with his own cock standing erect . Then Walter starts fucking upwards, real fast, before Honza takes over again. That ass is loving the cock that is pounding away inside it. Honza then goes onto his knees, with Walter taking him from behind. That big cock fucks Honza's hairy hole real good. Honza stays rock hard all the while, loving how his ass feels. Walter pounds away at that hole, ramming in all the way, until his cum is ready. He pulls out and squirts his load over Honza's back. Honza then kneels and wanks his cock until he cums too, then they share some final kissing after a great scene.
... more about Honza and Walter - Screen Test RAW - FULL CONTACT further in this newsletter
Our Coming Soon Set Preview
For our first Wank Party of 2014 we have a very good group of guys, Roman Madlec, Milan Neoral, Simon Beber and Honza Onus. Simon and Honza are both working in a bar, where the uniform is just to be in underwear. Milan and Roman arrive for a drink and are greeted by the barmen who kiss them. They all have a shot and then Simon and Honza entertain the others by dancing on the stage, very briefly. We then find them again as then are in Milan's flat. They sit and begin to kiss, quickly losing their tee-shirts. As the kiss their hands reach to grope each other. Then the open their pants and out come the cocks. Milan starts wanking on Simon's dick and Honza wanks Roman. Then Milan removes his pants, followed by Roman. Simon is quick to take Milan's dick in his mouth and Roman feeds his to Honza. Then Simon and Honza remove their pants too, so now all four are naked and hard. Milan goes down on Simon's big, hard cock as Honza continues to suck Roman. Then Roman goes onto his knees to suck Simon. They look so good with their cocks standing up for sucking, and Roman keeps on working on Honza's. Then Simon leans over to suck Milan again and Honza does the same to him. Roman continues sucking Honza. Then Roman and Milan swap partners with Milan sucking Honza and Simon's dick filling Roman's mouth. Then Milan and Honza kneel on the sofa their asses sticking out, so that they can be rimmed. Simon's tongue gets to work on Milan's hot hole and Roman rims Honza. With those holes nice and wet the next thing is to fill them with some cock. The guys move sideways so that Simon can fuck his dick deep into Honza's ass and Roman can plow Milan's. Roman sits and Milan works his ass back and forth on that rock hard cock as Simon stretches Honza's hole real good. They then swap partners with Milan leaning back, legs up so that Simon can fuck him real deep. Honza slides his ass down over Roman's cock and rides it real good. Roman leans over and kisses Milan and then starts sucking his cock, as his dick is being ridden my Honza. Simon's cock is deep in Milan's hole and fucking hard and fast. Then both Milan and Honza lay on their backs, so they can get fucked in missionary position. Milan wanks his throbbing cock as Roman takes a turn on his ass. Honza is wanking too as Simon fucks him hard. With that dick deep in his ass, and him wanking hard it doesn't take long before Milan shoots a nice big load of cum. Roman is ready to blow too and pulls out of Milan's ass and shoots over his body. He leans forward and kisses Milan. Honza is wanking hard and he cums too, milking his cock dry as Simon pulls out and deliver his load too. All those cocks are completely drained and the guys share a very cosy shower as they clean up after a very good scene.
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I had to go an make a comment that I thought winter was over. Today, it's considerably colder than yesterday. At least it's like fall not winter.
The Dutchman asked Pavel Nikos if he knew about my idea for a Cossack scene. He said Pavel replied with something that sounded like an 'harrumph.' It might be an uphill struggle to get that script approved, but I'm working on it.
We have a wonderful screentest, with Honza Onus and Walter Uwe to start things off today. Then Ondra Radni is a the star of a lovely massage. That is followed by Pavel Hornik in his erotic video. We end with a beautiful stills shoot with brothers David and Michal Kott.
For our castings today we have a lovely selection of guys, Teodor Nelsen, Zdenek Jansta, Daniel Forman and Milan Palo. They all look very different and are all very good, but my pick today will be Daniel Forman.
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|MLB Career Stats
|Dom. Rep.
|14th in AL
|April 22, 2015
|Buffalo Bisons released OF Andy Dirks.
|April 6, 2015
|Buffalo Bisons placed OF Andy Dirks on the 7-day disabled list.
|January 15, 2015
|Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LF Andy Dirks to a minor league contract.
|January 15, 2015
|OF Andy Dirks assigned to Buffalo Bisons.
|December 2, 2014
|LF Andy Dirks elected free agency.
|November 1, 2014
|Toronto Blue Jays activated LF Andy Dirks from the 60-day disabled list.
|October 31, 2014
|Toronto Blue Jays claimed LF Andy Dirks off waivers from Detroit Tigers.
|August 16, 2014
|Detroit Tigers sent LF Andy Dirks on a rehab assignment to Toledo Mud Hens.
|August 7, 2014
|Detroit Tigers sent LF Andy Dirks on a rehab assignment to Toledo Mud Hens.
|August 1, 2014
|Detroit Tigers sent LF Andy Dirks on a rehab assignment to West Michigan Whitecaps.
|July 8, 2014
|Detroit Tigers sent LF Andy Dirks on a rehab assignment to Lakeland Flying Tigers.
|April 21, 2014
|Detroit Tigers transferred LF Andy Dirks from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Recovering from March 2014 back surgery
|March 29, 2014
|Detroit Tigers placed LF Andy Dirks on the 15-day disabled list. Recovering from March 2014 back surgery
|August 3, 2012
|Detroit Tigers activated LF Andy Dirks from the 15-day disabled list.
|July 22, 2012
|sent LF Andy Dirks on a rehab assignment to Toledo Mud Hens.
|June 3, 2012
|Detroit Tigers placed LF Andy Dirks on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 31, 2012. Right Achilles tendinitis.
|September 1, 2011
|Detroit Tigers recalled Andy Dirks from Toledo Mud Hens.
|August 20, 2011
|Detroit Tigers optioned Andy Dirks to Toledo Mud Hens.
|May 13, 2011
|Detroit Tigers selected the contract of Andy Dirks from Toledo Mud Hens.
|January 10, 2011
|Detroit Tigers invited non-roster LF Andy Dirks to spring training.
|August 30, 2010
|Andy Dirks roster status changed by Toledo Mud Hens.
|August 20, 2010
|Toledo Mud Hens placed LF Andy Dirks on the 7-day disabled list. right hamstring strain
|August 3, 2010
|LF Andy Dirks assigned to Toledo Mud Hens from Erie SeaWolves.
|March 19, 2010
|LF Andy Dirks assigned to Detroit Tigers.
|May 8, 2009
|Andy Dirks assigned to Erie SeaWolves from Lakeland Flying Tigers.
Resides in Burrton, KS during the offseason...In 54 games during his freshman season at Hutchinson Community College in 2005, he hit .341 (57x167) with 35 runs scored, 11 doubles, three triples, two home runs, 26 RBI and 19 stolen bases...Batted .301 (50x166) with 30 runs scored, seven doubles, 12 RBI and 34 stolen bases with Fayetteville in the Coastal Plain League during the summer of 2005...Hit .415 (56x135) with 59 runs scored, 10 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 52 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 46 games as a sophomore at Hutchinson Community College in 2006...In 60 games with Brainerd in the Northwoods League during the summer of 2006, he batted .308 (74x240) with 56 runs scored, 13 doubles, four triples, two home runs, 18 RBI and 34 stolen bases...Batted .320 (80x250) with 51 runs scored, 11 doubles, three home runs, 31 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 64 games as a junior at Wichita State University in 2007 to earn All-Missouri Valley Conference honorable mention honors...Saw action with Brainerd in the Northwoods League during the summer of 2007 and he earned all-star honors after hitting .347 (70x202) with 48 runs scored, 13 doubles, seven triples, three home runs, 22 RBI and 29 stolen bases in 53 games...reached base in 52 consecutive games to establish a Northwoods League record...An All-Missouri Valley Conference selection as a senior at Wichita State University in 2008, he hit .388 (97x250) with 84 runs scored, 22 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 62 RBI and 26 stolen bases in 65 games...selected to the First-Team All-American Baseball Coaches Association Midwest All-Region Team and he was tabbed a Third-Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association...Actively participates with Tigers Dreams Come True and the Detroit Tigers Autographed Memorabilia Donation Program, participated in "Tip a Tiger," served as the celebrity judge for the Comerica Bank Grand Slam Grant program, supports Gloves for Kids, and participated in the Tigers Winter Caravan...Recommended/signed by Chris Wimmer for the Tigers.2013
Completed his second full season at the major league level with the Tigers in 2013, appearing in a career-high 130 games...Established career highs with 60 runs scored, 112 hits, nine home runs, and 37 RBI on the season...Hit his first career grand slam on May 13 versus Houston -- matched a career high with four RBI in the game...Established a season-high six-game hitting streak June 19-26, batting .444 (8x18) during that stretch...Batted .286 (18x63) with 13 runs scored, a home run and five RBI in 21 games during August...Established a career high with five hits and four runs scored on September 6 at Kansas City...Hit his second career pinch-hit home run on September 21 versus the Chicago White Sox...Hit .266 (18x69) with nine runs scored, two doubles, a triple, one home run and seven RBI in 21 games during September...Posted a .234 average (18x77) against lefthanded pitchers...hit .260 (94x361) with righties on the mound...Hit .284 (58x204) at Comerica Park...batted .231 (54x234) on the road...Batted .243 (67x276) with six home runs and 23 RBI in 78 games prior to the All-Star break...batted .278 (45x162) with three home runs and 14 RBI in 53 games after the break...Appeared in three games in the postseason for the Tigers.2012 Completed his first full season at the major league level with the Tigers in 2012, hitting .322 in 88 games. ... Equaled a career high with four hits on May 10 at Oakland. ... Batted .343 (35x102) with eight doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI in 27 games during May -- sixth in the American League with a .343 batting average during the month, while he tied for eighth with 35 hits. ... Sidelined May 31-August 3 with right achilles tendinitis. ... Assigned to Triple A Toledo on an injury rehabilitation assignment on July 22 -- hit .216 (8x37) with a double, two home runs and five RBI in 10 games with Toledo. ... Hit .341 (29x85) with seven doubles, a triple, home run and 11 RBI in 25 games during August -- finished 10th in the American League with a .341 batting average during the month. ... Hit .417 (20x48) over his final 13 games of the season September 19-October 3. ... Batted .347 (52x150) in 43 games at home...hit .299 (49x164) in 45 games on the road. ... Hit .328 (44x134) in 37 games prior to the all-star break...batted .317 (57x180) in 51 games following the all-star break. ... Batted .336 (81x241) versus righthanded pitchers...hit .274 (20x73) with lefties on the mound. ... Hit .321 (25x78) with runners in scoring position. ... Matched a club record for hits during an American League Championship Series game as he finished with three hits in Game Four on October 18 versus the New York Yankees. 2011 Saw his first action at the major league level in 2011, playing in 78 games during two separate stints with the Tigers...Assigned to Triple A Toledo to begin the season -- connected for a season-high two home runs with the Mud Hens on April 18 at Columbus...equaled the high with two home runs on April 23 versus Louisville...Tabbed the International League Player of the Week for April 25-May 1 -- batted .433 (13x30) with three doubles, a home run and five RBI in seven games during the week...Selected the Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for April after hitting .330 (30x91) with six doubles, a triple, six home runs and 15 RBI in 24 games...Had his contract purchased from Toledo by the Tigers on May 13 -- tied for second in the International League with 43 hits at the time of his promotion, while he was tied for third with 25 runs scored and 10 stolen bases and tied for seventh with a .328 batting average...Made his major league debut on May 16 versus Toronto, starting in left field -- collected his first major league hit, a single to left field in the fifth inning off Kyle Drabek...Belted his first major league home run on May 23 versus Tampa Bay, a solo shot off Jeremy Hellickson...Homered in three straight games June 28-30, becoming the first Tigers rookie to hit a home run in three straight games since Jeff Larish did so in May of 2009...Established a career high with four hits on August 12 at Baltimore...Optioned to Toledo by the Tigers on August 19 -- hit .308 (8x26) with two doubles, a home run and four RBI in seven games with the Mud Hens before he was recalled by the Tigers for the remainder of the season on September 1...Collected a career-high four RBI on September 4 versus the Chicago White Sox...Batted .323 (10x31) versus lefthanded pitchers...hit .239 (45x188) with righties on the mound...Hit .290 (18x62) with runners in scoring position...Saw action in 16 games with Este in the Dominican Winter League following the season, batting .262 (17x65) with four doubles, two triples and four RBI. 2010 Combined to hit .296 (141x476) with 78 runs scored, 30 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs, 63 RBI and 22 stolen bases in 120 games between Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo during the 2010 season to earn Tigers Minor League Player of the Year honors...named Erie's Player of the Year...Assigned to Erie to begin the season -- selected to the Eastern League's mid-season all-star squad...Led all Eastern League outfielders with 16 assists, while he tied for the lead with five double plays...Collected a season-high four hits on June 4 at Bowie -- equaled the high with four hits on June 23 versus Trenton...Hit .333 (37x111) with six doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI in 27 games during June...Had his contract transferred from Erie to Toledo on August 3...Sidelined August 20-30 with a right hamstring strain...Named the 11th-best prospect and best defensive outfielder in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America...Saw action in 46 games with Este in the Dominican Winter League following the season, hitting .315 (52x165) with 27 runs scored, seven doubles, seven triples, five home runs, 26 RBI and 10 stolen bases -- led the league with seven triples, while he finished second with 88 total bases, tied for second 52 hits, finished third with a .315 batting average and .533 slugging percentage, tied for third with 26 RBI, finished fourth with 27 runs scored and tied for fourth with 19 extra-base hits. 2009 Assigned to Single A Lakeland to open the 2009 season before his contract was transferred to Erie for the remainder of the season on May 8...Tabbed the Florida State League Player of the Week for May 4-10 after hitting .714 (10x14) with a double and seven RBI in four games...Compiled a season-best 11-game hitting streak May 26-June 6 with Erie, batting .432 (19x44)...Finished 15th in the Eastern League with a .325 batting average (26x80) in 21 games during May...Collected a season-high four hits on August 14 at Connecticut...Sidelined August 18-27 with a left wrist sprain. 2008 Made his professional debut with Single A West Michigan after being selected by the Tigers in the eighth round of the June 2008 draft...Sidelined June 24-September 3 with a right hand fracture...Saw action in 10 games with the Gulf Coast League Tigers during an injury rehabilitation assignment August 14-28...Collected a season-best four hits on August 20 at the Gulf Coast League Yankees.


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Gear goggles at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
Gear goggles at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
No strangers to technology, Bring Me The Horizon and Alt-J were rocking Novation Impulse controllers. We've gone over Alt-J's love of Novation gear previously.
Synth Rock Gear Guide - Featuring Alt-J, Foals, These New Puritans, Portishead & The xx
Biffy Clyro
We've covered the Biffy lad's gear recently.
Here's Biffy bassist James Johnston rocking his favoured Ashdown rig.
Simon Neil is known to be a Strat fan, working with Squier to produce a signature model.
Another act embracing big synth sounds, they don't come much bigger than a Moog Voyager.
Then again you need a big synth if you're going to compete not one but two stacks of Orange amps.
Frightened Rabbit
They've been gaining a lot of steam recently and have certainly come along way since playing the Scottish hometown they share with this Dolphiner.
Their keys rig comprises an M-Audio Axiom Pro (top, now Axiom AIR) and a Nord with a pedal used for hands on tweaking (see box below). We can also spy an Orange amp and a nice red Fender Jag.
You can see a bit of tweaking going on with this pedal during the set. Looks rather like an Electro Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai to us.
Further highlights
We got a quick look at Vampire Weekend's pedal board, replete with a Electro Harmonix POG and Boss Expression Pedal.
Also on stage with Vampire Weekend was a Roland SPD-SX drum pad set but it might almost be easier to list the artists who weren't using some Roland drum pad. With triggered samples and electronic percussion being popular in today's genre bending bands it's no surprise to find the company which defined the drum machine making an appearance.


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Project Description
The scope of the work proposed is two-fold. Researchers will first use a laser nano-fabrication technique to produce 3D structurally functional metal-oxide nano-materials for high-temperature gas sensing. Then, functional metal oxides will be integrated on high-temperature optical sensor platforms. Researchers will fabricate three-dimensional photonic crystals using functional metal oxides, utilizing a robust and simple approach to construct multi-beam interference patterns using a single diffractive optical element. Additionally, femto-second laser processing techniques will be used to produce high-temperature stable fiber grating sensors and long-period grating based in-fiber interferometer. The final aspect of the research effort includes coating metal-oxide nano-films inside the hollow core optical fibers to enhance the Raman and the photo-luminescence signals for gas sensing. The large surface area of nano-composite metal-oxides will serve as effective gas absorbers to reduce the fiber length needed for high-sensitivity measurements. Using coated hollow-tube waveguides, a number of spectroscopy studies will be performed to assess the feasibility of fuel gas sensing at high temperature.
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This project will develop metal oxide nanostructure-based optical sensors for fossil fuel derived gas measurement at high temperatures. Precise and real-time knowledge of fuel gas composition and its derivatives after combustion will play an important role in improving energy production efficiency, reducing pollution, and lowering overall operating costs of advanced power generation systems.
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