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Unfortunately, each list was "hand-maintained" — there were no shared functions to link and unlink elements from these lists; programmers just manually inlined the link and unlink behavior anywhere it was required. And hand-rolled code is far more error-prone than simply using a routine that's already been debugged.
Some of the link fields were shared among several lists, so it was necessary to know exactly which list an object was linked into in order to safely unlink. And some link fields were even stored in C unions with other data types to keep memory utilization to a minimum.
So the game would blow up all the time. All the time.
Tragically, there was no need for these linked-list problems to exist.
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, who, along with Jeff Strain , cofounded ArenaNet with me, wrote a library called Storm.DLL, which shipped with Diablo. Among its many features, storm contained an excellent implementation of doubly-linked lists using templates in C++.
During the initial development of StarCraft, that library was used. But early in the development the team ripped out the code and hand-rolled the linked-lists, specifically to make writing save-game files easier.
Let me talk about save games for a second to make this all clearer.
Many games that I played before developing Warcraft had crappy save-game functionality. Gamers who played any game created by Origin will remember how looooooong it took to write save-game files. I mean sure, they were written by slow microprocessors onto hard-drives that — by today's standards — are as different as tricycles and race cars. But there was no reason for them to suck, and I was determined that Warcraft wouldn't have those problems.
So Warcraft did some tricks to enable it to write large memory blocks to disk in one chunk instead of meandering through memory writing a bit here and there. The entire unit array (600 units times a few hundred bytes per unit) could be written to disk in one chunk. And all non-pointer-based global variables could similarly be written in one chunk, as could each of the game-terrain and fog-of-war maps.
But oddly enough, this ability to write the units to disk in one chunk wasn't essential to the speed of writing save game files, though it did drastically simplify the code. But it worked primarily because Warcraft units didn't contain "pointer" data.
StarCraft units, which as mentioned previously contained scads of pointers in the fields for linked lists, was an entirely different beast. It was necessary to fixup all the link pointers (taking special care of unioned pointer fields) so that all 1600 units could be written at once. And then unfixup the link pointers to keep playing. Yuck.
So after fixing many, many linked list bugs, I argued vehemently that we should switch back to using Storm's linked lists, even if that made the save-game code more complicated. When I say "argued vehemently", I should mention that was more or less the only way we knew how to argue at Blizzard — with our youthful brashness and arrogant hubris, there was no argument that wasn't vehement unless it was what was for lunch that day, which no one much wanted to decide.
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Cameron, You are 100% correct that we are counting on the ResponseID being random as INDEX() itself doesn't scatter the marks randomly. That said, I have yet to see a case where ResponseID didn't work for this type of thing. Steve
I think it's mostly (but infrequently, like you said) cases where the data source has been preprocessed for some reason. If I am connecting to an excel workbook, for example, and the client that sent it to me has presorted the worksheet I'm looking at by salary, then it may cause a problem. I just wanted to point out to other readers that they would need to go into the data source itself in order to make the correction.
Similarly, for data generated and therefor pre-sorted by time (i.e. log files), any plot with a time-related field on the y-axis will have a dependency with the index() and won't give you a random distribution.
Here's a good one – plotting total hours worked by index based on employeeID. Should work fine, no? No, a tail is created because (of course) employeeIDs appear later in the data for new employees, so those hired halfway through the data period will have a lower total hours and appear to the right side…
One way I've dealt with this is to use a mod function on the index that provides a suitable spread for the width of the data: index()%100 for example
While nowhere near as comprehensive or configurable as the example on Russell's link, it's a little simpler.
What about using R integration to get some random numbers?
Damien, I don't see why in this case (and most cases) we would need to introduce a randomization element. I can see problems if for some reason the data has an inherent sort to it, but I don't think I've ever run into that.
(Famous last words… I'll probably run into it next week).
I agree in this case it's useless.
Actually, I slept on it and I couldn't see either why we would need random numbers directly in Tableau. Randomization might mostly be used in some kind of simulations, but it's likely it would be integrated in some R functions giving only the result we want to visualize.
I've also been looking in Tableau Ideas section and found that some people would like a random function for two purposes (I cite): – Filter random sample data when working on a Viz – Generate jitter for placing points on maps in a visible way when multiple data points are geocoded to the same location
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Gabe kind of wishes that this particular revolution hadn't been televised...
Disaffected upper middle class couple Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) move to a road named Revolutionary in one of New York City's wealthy Connecticut suburbs, and have a couple of kids. After April's dreams of acting fame fizzle and Frank's job proves limited, April drops a bomb – she wants to move to France, where she'll work and Frank will 'find himself'. Unfortunately things are never that easy.
The Revolutionary Road trailers didn't lie to me, it's not full of subtlety or a lack of Oscar bait. It's also a lot like Mad Men, minus any sense of faith in its audience. I know that Richard Yates' novel predates the AMC series by decades, so the source story cannot be accused of mimicking any of the show's plot elements, or even its dissection of white American culture during the early 1960s, but there are still plenty of unattractive comparisons to be made. The comparisons start with big elements like characters, and dribble down to minor elements and subtext.
The film's themes are common and the momentum is predictable. The angst is also occasionally obnoxious, especially after one considers director Sam Mendes' back catalogue, which includes uber-angst-fests like American Beauty and Jarhead (even Road to Perdition is kind of angst ridden). Revolutionary Road is overflowing with frustrated people that just don't know what to do with themselves or the people around them, and the time period isn't enforced enough for me to not be frustrated by their emotional impotence.
The Oscar bait-tastic cast is on top game, assuming they were projecting to a theatre audience, and there just happened to be a camera crew there to pick it up. The timing of the dialogue, and the lack of subtly reminded me of stage acting, like the kind seen and award nominated recently in Doubt, and I don't think it quite fits the material. The show stopper, almost literally, is Michael Shannon as mental patient John Givings, who pushes things to near histrionic levels, but somehow also manages to also be the best thing about the entire picture—by a long shot. Shannon instigates the best scenes between the leads, and electrifies the otherwise monotonous and repetitive narrative.
The one thing Mendes can match the Mad Men directors for time after time is visuals that speak poetic volumes beyond the obvious. I don't think that Mendes is capable of making an ugly film (which is why I think he's a bad choice for an adaptation of Garth Ennis' 'Preacher'). Sometimes the tone poem is a little too obvious, like when Frank has half his face deeply shadowed while being 'two-faced' with his wife, but it is rather regularly beautiful to look at.
Revolutionary Road, as stated, is a good looking film, and it looks slightly above average in 1080p, and 2.35:1 widescreen. The transfer is not without its grain, but it's not swimming in it either. The edges aren't the sharpest either, and there is some compression and sharpness enhancement, though nothing beyond the acceptability of a studio hi-def transfer. The sharpness is a minor issue, specifically during darker shots. When in high and even lighting the transfer looks pretty fantastic, but when filmed under more naturalistically means (look to the scene where DiCaprio and Winslet walk Shannon through the woods) there's some softness, and some minor bleeding. The more stylized indoor sequences are often warmly tinted with auburns, which likely leads to some compression noise in standard definition, but excepting the grain these scenes are pretty clean, and the colours remarkably solid. These scenes also feature pretty severe contrast, which leads to some effectively deep blacks, even if they aren't always entirely without a little colour perversion.
Revolutionary Road is a remarkably well centred film aurally. The soundtrack starts in the middle, and for the most part it stays right there for two hours. The film is largely dependent on dialogue, but it also features its fair share of dialogue, and if you like dialogue, well then just wait until you hear the dialogue. There are a few minor blips of surround involvement like passing cars, rain, or chirping birds, but otherwise the sound effects are either absent or recorded on set. Sometimes the dialogue, which is always clear and clean, is inconsistent in warmth, and naturalism (it doesn't look like ADR, but it certainly sounds like it). Thomas Newman's minimalist score is deceptively traditional in many respects, but he develops some impressive motifs out of utter simplicity. The score is well represented in the front three channels, and is often the loudest element of the entire Dolby TrueHD track.
Despite his inarguably pretentious film catalogue ( inarguable I say!), Sam Mendes seems to be a pretty down to earth guy on this commentary track, approaching the filming like a technical exercise, and the plotting like a puzzle. He's joined on this track with screenwriter Justin Haythe, who's not much of a talker. The track is surprisingly welcoming and more entertaining than the film itself, at least for a while. There's no mention of Mad Men, and unfortunately a lack of specifics on adaptation.
'Lives of Quiet Desperation' (29:00 HD) is a goofily self-important little making-of featurette that sort of skirts that line between informative and advertising. When focusing on the actual filming process the participants are pretty with-it and engaging, but when they delve into the subtext things get a little cloudy. 'Richard Yates: The Wages of Truth' (26:00 HD) is much more interesting to me, as an idiotically un-read moron who's never actually heard of Yates. The author's life and career is covered in a rather exacting fashion by friends, family, and critics. Like most talented authors the guy had his share of personal problems, and his story is a bit of a downer.
The disc is finished off with fourteen deleted scenes, all featuring optional commentary with Mendes and Haythe. I thank God for the cutting, as the scenes would've made an overlong movie too brutal to watch, but I am surprised at the general quality of the scenes on the whole, and wonder about some of Mendes' editing choices (as he does here as well).
I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road, and I think it represents a continued downward slope in director Sam Mendes' career. The once promising first time director of American Beauty is slowing becoming a practitioner of only Stanley Kubrick's worst elements. He seems to have forgotten any balancing lessons from one time teacher Steven Spielberg, and Revolutionary Road is the perfect representation of a cold and calculated look at an otherwise compelling subject. The parallels to AMC's Mad Men only add to the heart ache. It's a massive disappointment for me, though a satisfying disc in terms of audio and visual content. The extras aren't bad either.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Cliff23 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 85
I never came out of a movie more confused. The acting was great, but I couldn't sympathise with any of the carachters. Even the nudity was awfull.
sec127 Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United States Posts: 192
whatever dude, this was a great film. i can agree that Mendes's work has gown down a bit, namely Jarhead, but Revolutionary Road is profound and dark with amazing performances. one of my favorites.
Chamboosy Member Join Date: July 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 111
I've not yet watched this, but everything keeps on telling me not to. Di Caprio looks great, and Winslet looks bearable. But Revolutionary Road looks like a hard film to watch, definitely doesn't look like the cheeriest film on the block and from some reports, could be even more depressing than Dancer In The Dark: Remixed.
Good review as usual Gabe.
Good review as usual Gabe.
Arch Angel Member Join Date: April 2008 Location: United States Posts: 79
I really hated this movie. I hated both Frank and April, I hated what they did to each other, and I hated how it was all pain and shouting and crying. This was actually the last date my ex and I went on, which is kind of ironic actually.
'Whatever dude': sorry bro, didn't mean to harsh your mellow.
Samuel Member Join Date: July 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 145
So does the reviewer like or dislike Mad Men? It's hard to work out from the review and thus hard to work out the opinions on this film.
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
Samuel wrote: So does the reviewer like or dislike Mad Men? It's hard to work out from the review and thus hard to work out the opinions on this film.
He does like Mad Men. If you run a search for it you can find his review of the first season.
"I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road, and I think it represents a continued downward slope in director Sam Mendes' career."
"It's a massive disappointment"
I'm not sure how these opinions are hard to work out.
He does like Mad Men. If you run a search for it you can find his review of the first season.
"I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road, and I think it represents a continued downward slope in director Sam Mendes' career."
"It's a massive disappointment"
I'm not sure how these opinions are hard to work out.
How is it hard to work out "I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road"? I also inferred pretty obviously towards liking Mad Men, I can't actually make out how what I said wasn't clear on the subject...
Samuel Member Join Date: July 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 145
Hmm I suppose it was this comment "The parallels to AMC's Mad Men only add to the heart ache." in particular that led to the confusion and "there are still plenty of unattractive comparisons to be made." caused me to believe otherwise. But reading your comments I see that I got the wrong end of the stick.
Yes I did read the summation, and the review did cast the film in a negative light but I just couldn't tell if you were comparing it to what you considered a good TV series or a bad TV series, that is all. But my confusion has now been cleared up.
Yes I did read the summation, and the review did cast the film in a negative light but I just couldn't tell if you were comparing it to what you considered a good TV series or a bad TV series, that is all. But my confusion has now been cleared up.
Ah ha! Caught you reading the overall instead of the rest of the review! You owe me a quarter. Or whatever the UK equivalent is.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Portuguese and Spanish
Extras: Director/Writer Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Lives of Quiet Desperation, Richard Yates: The Wages of Truth, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Micheal Shannon, Kathy Bates
Genre: Drama
Length: 118 minutes
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Kiss that meat goodbye, girlfriend!
We always like it when someone crosses over to our side. Country music star and American Idol finalist Kellie Pickler is the latest celebrity to become vegetarian. Even better, she's talking about it.
In People Magazine, she credits both Pamela Anderson and Carrie Underwood for helping her convert. We call it the power of blonds.
Pickler first switched to being a veg for health reasons. Then she saw a video by Pamela Anderson on animal rights, which, much like the experience of Anthony Kiedis, convinced her there was no turning back.
"A lot of it has to do with knowing what happens to the animals and it really bothered me and so I will not eat meat," she said.
So Pamela Anderson is the first blond. Then comes fellow Idol alumnus Carrie Underwood. When she made the decision, she began texting back and forth, asking Carrie all sorts of newbie questions, such as "Is fish considered a meat?" Underwood, being the ever supportive teacher didn't know if Pickler could pull it off at first and was amazed that she stuck through it.
Being a small fish in a large pond, Pickler is careful not to get too preachy. There aren't many vegetarians in country music, with Shania Twain being one of the few.
"Most country girls do like their meat!" she said.
Now one less country girl eats her meat.
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Wii U: user accesses MiiVerse admin boards, Nintendo responds
Wii U launched across America at the weekend, and a gamer has already found a rather significant security flaw in Nintendo's MiiVerse service, giving him admin access to social post threads, and unearthing what was presumed to be threads dedicated to unannounced Wii U titles. Nintendo has since stepped in to claim the content was merely a mock-up. Judge for yourself below.
The discovery was made by a NeoGAF user named Trike who claimed he accessed the MiiVerse debug panel by pressing the, "X" button on the gamepad while hovering over the exit button."
In doing so Trike found himself in the MiiVerse back-end, letting him see pages of comments, user accounts and discussion threads. Among those found were threads titled, 'Yoshi Land Wii U', 'Metal Gear Solid' and 'Resident Evil'. Some sites reported these as supposed games, but Nintendo has since stepped in and called them nothing more than mock-ups.
In a statement to GI.biz, Nintendo attempted to clarify the matter, "It has come to our attention that some people were able to access a mock up menu on Miiverse following the launch of Wii U in the US. Please note that this was only a mock up menu and has now been removed and is not accessible."
The statement made Trike's access seem trivial, however he also explained that he was given full admin privileges over MiiVerse social posts, which is both potentially disruptive and slightly worrying.
"I thought they were real when I found them," he said, "because they were posted 20 minutes ago from the time I accessed them. I could flag them for prohibited content, spoilers, and something else that I forget. Then I went to a different link on the debug menu and it showed three different Miiverse subforums I could access that would be coming out on December 20th.
"There were even more subforums for games specifically, including Yoshi's Island Wii U and Soul Hackers, and less specific ones like "Metal Gear Solid" and "Resident Evils". By the time I stopped posting on gaf to check for more it was fixed, and someone pointed out that Nintendo put up a tweet about a miiverse fix."
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LATINO AMERICANS – PART 1: (8 p.m. Tuesday, PBS SoCal/KOCE) Benjamin Bratt narrates a three-night, six-hour history of the Latino experience, from the first Spanish explorers to the present.
THE HOLLOW CROWN — RICHARD II: (9 p.m. Friday, PBS SoCal/KOCE) This ambitious four-part miniseries assembles four of Shakespeare's history plays, beginning with "Richard II," with Ben Whishaw in the title role. In subsequent weeks, Tom Hiddleston takes on the role of Hal, the future king of England, in "Henry IV, Parts I & II" and "Henry V."
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM: (8 p.m. Friday, Hallmark) Kenny Leon directed this adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis' beloved children's novel about an African-American family from Michigan that visits Southern relatives at the height of the civil rights movement in 1963. It stars Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris, David Alan Grier, Bryce Clyde Jenkins and Harrison Knight.


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Getting into a solid fitness routine can be as easy as taking a stroll down the street while listening to an Ipod and watching the sun set. But all too often we overwhelm ourselves with unrealistic goals and ideals that we quickly lose motivation when we don't see results. Television bombards us with an unrealistic social ideal of a self image and trashes our self esteem in the process. Then we further get the message that "in just 20 minutes you can have the body you've always dreamed of," making us feel like failures when we don't see any change after 6 weeks. So it's easy to see why we lose our motivation to exercise quickly.
So the first step in staying motivated is to try to maintain a positive self image. The very fact that you want to improve says a lot about your character. You're taking the time to read this, so you obviously care about yourself. So start with something simple that you know that you can accomplish. Load up that ipod and get out there for that sunset walk for 20 minutes a day, which may turn into a jog or a run in time. If the weather is a problem, consider a treadmill. Add a free-weight routine or a yoga class when you're ready for it. 20 minutes is 4-5 songs on that Ipod. Less than the total run-time of half of an episode of American Idol or Survivor. It is a very small commitment to make to start living a health life. Walking is also a grade baseline exercise that is simple and can lead into other things you may enjoy.
A healthy lifestyle is the key to a fit body. Take away the time constraint of "just 20 minutes a day for 6 weeks", which we hear all the time. That is unrealistic. Think of it more like a lifelong investment rather than a short term goal. That way, when you miss a day or a week, don't feel badly. You're just one stroll down the street away from being right back on track.
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Slater not worrying about Origin anymore
He is rated the NRL's best fullback by premiership-winning coach Craig Bellamy.
But Billy Slater is not getting too excited about his form, saying he is not worrying about gaining Queensland Origin selection anymore.
It may be two months away from the State of Origin opener but Queensland selectors were given plenty of food for thought on Tuesday.
Key Maroons forwards Steve Price and Neville Costigan faced long injury stints while livewire No.1 Slater once again put forward his impressive case for a call-up.
Both Price (hamstring) and Costigan (quad) will be sweating on how injury impacts on their Queensland Origin preparation - but on Tuesday Slater claimed he was not losing sleep over Maroons selection again.
"I've probably been thinking about that the last two years and it hasn't come my way," Slater told reporters.
"But this year I will be just concentrating on playing good football and enjoying my football out on the field with my teammates."
It's an attitude that seems to be working, judging by his Melbourne Storm coach Bellamy's glowing praise.
"I don't want to be disrespectful to any other fullbacks because we are in a situation at the moment where we've got so many good fullbacks in this competition," Bellamy said.
"But I wouldn't swap him for anybody else."
Bellamy was reaching for superlatives after Slater's three-try first half effort in Melbourne's 32-18 win over New Zealand Warriors Monday.
The Innisfail flyer last tasted Origin way back in 2005.
Costigan has been ruled out for six to eight weeks after re-injuring his quad in Canberra's opening round loss at Newcastle.
It ensures he will be battling to be in contention for the May 21 Origin I clash at Sydney.
But Price is keeping his fingers crossed.
Scans this week will reveal the full extent of the Queensland warhorse's hamstring tear suffered in the Warriors' first round defeat.
He lasted only 17 minutes on Monday night.
"Hopefully it is not that bad. Hopefully I am just being a bit sooky," Price told reporters.


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Get The Look: Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick ($20) in 40; Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lip Colour ($34) in Pimpante
What: Conservative Office
Wear: Natural/nude lipstick
A corporate office setting is definitely not the place to experiment with look-at-me lips, so it's wise to stick to a foolproof nude hue paired with a blazer-and-trousers combo.
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What: Creative Office
Wear: A pop of red
If you work in a more artsy office, go for a red lipstick—it will add a punchy-yet-classic touch to your 9-to-5 outfit. Just be sure to keep the rest of your face relatively clean and bare (think: concealer and mascara, that's it) for the chicest look.
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What: Date Night
Wear: A glossy nude lipstick
The goal for date night? Create kissable lips in a flirty-but-natural color. A glossy nude lipstick is an ideal solution, while a short skirt and strappy heels are the perfect complements.
Get The Look: Bobbi Brown Lip Gloss ($24) in Nude
What: Brunch
Wear: Berry lipstick
Pair fluid separates with a feminine berry color for a mimosa-sipping afternoon with the girls.
Get The Look: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream ($6) in Monte Carlo
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What: Lazy Sundays
Wear: No-frills pink
Team boyish pieces with a simple pink lipstick to achieve off-duty ease.
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Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G 785G Chipset Motherboard Review
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Featuring all-new game tests, this benchmark is for use with Vista-based systems. "There are two all-new CPU tests that have been designed around a new 'Physics and Artificial Intelligence-related computation.' CPU test two offers support for physics related hardware." There are four preset levels that correspond to specific resolutions. "Entry" is 1024x768 progressing to "Extreme" at 1920x1200. Of course, each preset can be modified to arrange any number of user designed testing. For our testing, I will use the four presets at all default settings.
- All default settings in each preset level
- Entry: 1024x768
- Performance: 1280x1024
- High: 1680x1050
- Extreme: 1920x1200
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Indoor Gardens: Bringing Nature In
It's still cold outside, so bring in some nature with a small indoor garden. Seeing greenery indoors adds cheer and reminds you that spring is just around the corner. Succulents, air plants and herbs are easy to grow, and their compactness makes them perfect for mini gardens.
Succulents, air plants and herbs also look wonderful clustered together. Setting your garden on a tray allows you to quickly and conveniently move them to better lighting as the seasons change.
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1. Mini Planters set of 5, Neon Yellow, from Wind and Willow Home $29.00
2. Porcelain Egg Planters, Wheat Grass Kit, Egg Sprouts Set of 2, from Revisions Design $17.00
3. Desert Colors Tiny Hand Painted Terracotta Planter, from Shop Hoop LA $22.50
4. 3 drop porcelain and leather planter - medium size, from Farrah Sit $150.00
5. Succulent Planter, ONE Air Plant Holder, Tillandsia Holder, Concrete Vase, Candle Holder, Flower Pot, from Deerwood Creek Gifts $10.00
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Emmy over at Emmy Mom, One Day At A Time has a monthly meme to find ten things to smile about. It always amuses me immensely to write these posts.
I am pretty easily amused though.
I'm also linking up to Dandelion Wishes My Happy List. Check it out too.
1. Scholastic Book Club
For years and years I have had a deep and very real love for all the brochures Scholastic has passed to my children and me. There are few moments in life that can compare to the day your book order arrives at school. Possibly the birth of my children, but I knew approximately when they were coming and they totally jacked up my sleep. Scholastic is always a joyful surprise and has never once cost me a moment of shut eye.
This month I have reconnected with Scholastic in the form of books on CD that I can play in my minivan, creating....silence. Have you heard of this? It's where all your children are simultaneously not making any noise at all, not even a moment of fighting over the addition of two numbers, who saw or did not see a firetruck, or crying of any kind.
Thank you Scholastic. I love you.
2. Energy balls
Do not be alarmed. This has nothing to do with testicles. I swear.
These are small rounded balls of deliciousness (see, nothing to do with testicles,) I found on Pinterest....and then actually made because I am totally conquering Pinterest. Possibly only in the food category, but it's still rewarding. These are fantastic, do not require baking, and are perfect for snacking.
My children even like them, probably because I call them cookies. Find the recipe here.
3. Bows on Ponytails
We've reached a critical hair point at our house. Today, I pulled Stella's hair back with a rubber band and then put a bow on the ponytail....and it was adorable.
4. The Young and The Restless
I used to watch Guiding Light, before the world turned upside down and daytime dramas started dropping left and right. It was difficult to move on after that. I had recorded the show for years, and watched it for years with my Grandmother. It's been a few years now though and just this month I have decided to watch Young and The Restless. It's not the same, but it has brought back all the joy I missed of daytime drama. People in jail, confessing things on their deathbeds, affairs, fake marriages, and very attractive crazy people. It feels good to allow myself 30 minutes a day (fast forwarded on the DVR,) of over the top ridiculous.
5. Bird Earrings
I try to harass you as often as possible about how great my friend Amity is. I think it's important that everyone have someone close by that they know is honest, supportive, funny, and just enjoyable to be around. If you live in the Austin area I would highly recommend Amity, but I fear she isn't accepting any new friends right now.
This might be a lie, but I don't see her enough already, I can't have a bunch of people trying to occupy her time in an effort to get free earrings and stimulating converstation.
She does make some amazing earrings, and she gave me these a few weeks ago and I find that they make me really happy whenever I put them on.
|She makes these and that's insane to me.
6. "Cheeeessseeee"
Both of my boys were saying several words by 18 months. Cole could even repeat complicated words and speak with two or three word phrases. I, of course, assumed all my children would be verbally gifted and go on to find some way to earn a zillion dollars (a million simply isn't what it used to be) using their robust vocabulary. So, imagine my surprise when Stella is barely saying anything at almost 21 months. She says Mama and Dada, and usually says da for yes and nein for mine because there is a lot of German on my side, but that's about it.
I was pretty overjoyed though to hear her master "cheese" when posing for the camera.
|I am seriously fearful of how dangerously cute she is these days.
7. Downton Abbey
I have been hearing so much about it lately that I decided to suck it up and watch it once I discovered season one on Netflix. (Alex actually discovered it, but I'm not sure he wants everyone to know that he's watching English period pieces with me...wait, oops.) I had to see what the hype was about and I'm totally hooked. It's a nice change of pace.
It's like adult Anne of Green Gables. Or maybe not, but it feels the same to me for some reason.
Please though, do not tell my Mom that I am watching this. I've been making fun of her love of all things English and PBS for years now, this is going to tarnish one of my key areas of teasing. We might even have to watch it together in the future. I dare say she probably even knows more than I do about what is going on...I can't wait to discuss cousins marrying cousins with her.
Oh, important sidenote though for those new to the show. It isn't Downtown, it's Downton. I had been thinking it was weird to have such an urban name for an English show, I stand corrected.
8. Girls Weekends
I have two in the works in May and I basically want to pee my pants with joy when I think of these days away with amazing women.
One weekend is with my best friends from elementary school, the people I crave most outside my family. They are my family. They are the ones that took me to Vegas last year where I was able to do insane things like drink a large glass of milk and eat a cinnamon roll at 5:30 PM....before dinner.
I can only imagine what we'll do this year at a private lake house. Eat zero vegetables? Drink after brushing my teeth? I'll keep you updated.
9. College Algebra
In college, I earned the highest grade in my college algebra class. It was such a thrill to have grades printed and posted in order from best (me) to not-best (everyone else.) You see, I sucked at trigonometry and calculus in high school, and analytical geometry made my tummy hurt, but algebra was totally my zone. I understood and liked it. So when Aiden had this question, the last one on the page in the picture, on his KINDERGARTEN homework, though shocked that my six year old was starting on stuff I felt such pride over when I was 19, I chose to simply be happy that I could help him.
In case you can't see it reads, "I had some rocks. I found 4 more rocks. Now I have 9 rocks. How many rocks did I start with?
Surprisingly, he could not have cared less about my high grade achievement in college, though I tried to work it in approximately six times. I'll keep trying.
Sidenote: He also didn't care about my questions about why this person has so many rocks. Do they work at a mining quarry? Are they in to geology?
10. Sexy Old Lady Tap Shoes
I bought these shoes right after Christmas and they have been bringing me so much joy this month. They are so fun with my skinny jeans. I feel a little sexy, a little old lady, and a little bit like I should be tapping....how could that not be a huge success?
What are you happy about from this month?


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The Cowboys, the Grassy Knoll, J.R. Ewing, the Stanky Leg... Dallas, Texas, is known for lots of things. Progressive, forward-thinking hip-hop has, until now, not been one of them. That's all starting to change, thanks to A.Dd+ (spoken aye-dee-dee). The quirky yet streetwise, fun-loving yet dead serious duo of Paris Pershun (a.k.a. 24-year-old Arrias Walls) and Slim Gravy (Dionte Rembert, 24), moves easily between slang anthems ("Likeamug"), light-hearted stories about drug addiction ("Can't Come Down"/"Erica & Jamie"), and weighty raps about father figures and Black male incarceration ("Momma's Brother"). Their 2011 LP When Pigs Fly has earned them praise from national media outlets including XXL and Pitchfork, which described the duo as "the rapper and the poet, the spawn of UGK and OutKast, combining street and cerebral."
The A.Dd+ story began in 2000 when Memphis-born Paris moved into the same North Dallas apartment complex as Slim. After years of rhyming together, the pair made their partnership official in 2007, dubbing themselves A.Dd+, a play on their first names, as well as attention deficit disorder, the most ubiquitous of youth behavioral problems. "A.Dd+ is whatever you want it to be," explains Slim, who is also known as "D.D." "It has many meanings like A Dynamic Duo, Analog and Digital, Always Doing Dirt. The plus sign symbolizes us being beyond what others are on, always adding to the craft, never subtracting. It's all about imagination and creativity."
In 2009, Paris and Slim dropped their debut mixtape, Power of the Tongue. The release earned them local acclaim and a "Best Rap Act" nomination from the Dallas Observer. Just as crucially, it led to their partnership with producer Picnictyme (of Erykah Badu's Cannabinoids crew), the group's sonic sensei and unofficial third member.
Produced entirely by Picnictyme, their debut LP, When Pigs Fly, took listeners on a ride through the streets of Dallas and a journey through Paris and Slim's own offbeat imagination. Upon its release in March of 2011, the Dallas Observer boldly proclaimed it as possibly "the best hip-hop album Dallas has ever released." The project earned the crew three nods from the Dallas Observer Music Awards, including nominations for "Best Album," "Best Rap Act," and "Best Producer." Renowned hip-hop journalist Jefferson Mao also featured the LP in his XXL"Chairman's Choice" column, while Pitchfork Media included it in its list of Underrated Rap Releases of 2011.
"It's overwhelming at times to be held in such high regard," Paris says of the response to When Pigs Fly. "We approached the project as more of a mixtape with original production by Picnic, and it really took on a life of its own once it hit the public. Having it described as possibly the best rap album ever released in a city that has so much talent, is a great honor."
Backed by their DJ Sober, (named Dallas' Best DJ in the Dallas Observer's "Best Of 2011′′), A.Dd+ delivered "blazing opening sets" for sold-out audiences to see Wu-Tang, Erykah Badu, Big K.R.I.T. and Devin the Dude in 2011. The duo kicked off 2012 touring Texas on Red Bull's Skooled tour with Bun B, Mannie Fresh and Paul Wall, among others. Up next, the group will embark on its first North American tour, opening for Black Milk, with whom they collaborated on the track "Insomniac Dreaming" (No. 17 on rap blog Passionweiss.com's 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2011).
Perhaps most encouragingly, A.Dd+'s success has come by pushing forward a sound that is thoroughly representative of Dallas, while at the same time completely different from anything that has previously been heard from the city.
"We are not 'backpack rappers'; we are not hipsters," Paris says, of misconceptions about the group. "Some folks take our sense of expression the wrong way 'cause we dress a certain way, or 'cause our artwork and videos have a certain aesthetic, or 'cause we express our thoughts over all types of canvases. Once people give our music a full listen or see us perform, that perception usually changes. We don't make 'fad' music. We make music from the soul, and we kill shit."
Sometimes, preconceived notions can be good; the comfort of expectations met is often a welcomed feeling. For the more adventurous among us, though, the best part of defined expectations and preconceived notions is having them broken, shattered even, in a good way. Enter: The Niceguys, a four-member Houston-based group with Southern roots and musical sensibilities that stretch far beyond the city's limits. A self-contained unit, The Niceguys comprises MC (Yves 'Easy Yves Saint' Ozoude), DJ (Lucien 'DJ Candlestick' Barton) and producers (Todd 'Christolph' Louis and Winfrey 'Free' Oribhabor).
"I'm originally from Queens, New York, but I relocated to Houston when I was 18," says Yves Saint. "I began attending the University of Houston in 2003, and spent the next two years moving back and forth between Texas and New York before I finally stayed in Houston for good." Similarly, while Free, Candlestick, and Christolph now call Houston home -- the four met at the University of Houston -- each hails from different towns within the state, and each bring their own musical flair to the group.
"The first song that I memorized top to bottom was Nas' 'The Message,'" says Yves, who, along with the rest of The Niceguys, cite influence from such artists as J Dilla and MF DOOM in the same sentence as Houston legend Scarface and their hometown Screw music. "After hearing the way J Dilla and Pimp C flipped soul samples," says Free, "it made me want to do it."
Despite garnering their first national attention in late 2009, the origins of the group actually date two years prior, when Yves, DJ Candlestick, Christolph, and Free came together in 2007, releasing their inaugural project, a mixtape titled Niceguys Finish Last Vol 1, taking a little over two years to perfect their chemistry before releasing 2009's The Green Room, a highly lauded seven-song free EP backed by 2DopeBoyz.com and Fatlace. An eclectic combination of soulful, boom bap-era beats backing Yves' nimble rhymes, the EP -- with tracks including the playful street wear giant-ode "Supreme Team" and "Not At All", with its the horny bravado supporting Yves' witty lyrics and bouncing flow -- served as rock-solid precursor to the group's forthcoming debut LP, The Show.
"Its a double entendre," Yves says of the album's title. "The Show as in we are entertainers and that's what people expect and pay for, but also, it's a metaphor for life; regardless of all the crap that goes on within the music and outside of the music, the show must go on." With tracks like the organ-heavy "Mr. Perfect," Yves Saint's nimble, double-time flow on "It's Like That," and the vintage sound and feel of "On This Road," The Show is both a logical extension of the sound heard on The Green Room but also a step up and clear progression for the young group. "The sound of the album is big," says Christolph, smiling. "A large percentage of the songs are high-energy and fast paced, like you're at a live show. It's like being at a concert right next to those 10-foot speakers: loud and in your face. But in a good way, of course."
Humble yet full of bravado and confidence -- the group, also heavily into fashion with their own burgeoning Nice Look line, released their own line of panties for female fans -- The Niceguys know they have a sound that defies what listeners might expect, and they also know that sound is going to pay dividends in the long run. "In five years I want to have at least three successful albums, tour as much as possible all over the world, and be an established and well respected hip-hop group," says Free. Now that sounds nice.
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CRANBURY, N.J., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Innophos Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS) today announced that its annual meeting of stockholders will take place on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Jamesburg, New Jersey. The record date for the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting has been fixed as the close of business on April 8, 2013.
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Outgoing NHIAA director made most of NH's high school athleticsBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
November 17. 2013 12:23AM
R. Patrick Corbin, a man of "vision" who brought bass fishing, bowling, girls' ice hockey and "unified sports" to high school athletics in New Hampshire, is retiring next year.
Corbin, 65, tendered his resignation as executive director of New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association to the organization's executive council on Thursday. The council accepted it "with great regret," according to an NHIAA news release. He'll remain on the job until July 1.
Corbin, a former high school principal in Salem and Nashua, has been at the helm of NHIAA since 2006. He said he's proud of "hopefully being able to raise the standards of education and competency that we require of everyone, from coaches to officials."
Corbin spent Saturday, as he typically does during tournament season, going to high school games, first in Concord, then Bow. "It's the fun part of the job, to see it come together," he said.
Corbin said he'll miss being involved in the schools and seeing the students. And he said, "The things I'll miss certainly the most are the relationships with a lot of the people that I've worked with."
Still, he said, "I'd like to spend a little more time with my own family."
He and his wife of 45 years, Sandy, have two grown daughters, three grandchildren and another on the way. They live in Windham.
Scott Fitzgerald, president of NHIAA, said Corbin has brought to the organization "a work ethic that's really unmatched."
"He was the type of principal that showed up before everyone arrived and left after everybody had gone home. And he did the same with our organization."
Fitzgerald said Corbin is a man of "great vision." It was Corbin who convinced council members to make bowling a high school sport, Fitzgerald said. Then, last spring, he proposed a bass fishing tournament and again convinced skeptics.
"He looked at that as an opportunity to reach a whole new population of our students in New Hampshire," Fitzgerald said.
It was the same with "unified sports," combined teams of students with and without disabilities who compete in soccer, basketball, volleyball and track and field.
"That's a true sign of a great leader," Fitzgerald said. "They see things others don't, and not only can share that vision but kind of make that vision concrete for others."
Fitzgerald said Corbin will be tough to replace. The NHIAA will launch a national search for his successor.
Fitzgerald said the organization will start planning a proper send-off for Corbin.
"I hope we get to spend the whole year celebrating him and then have some sort of culminating event in the spring," he said.


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The American Cancer Society has awarded UC Davis researcher Lifeng Xu a four-year, $720,000 grant to conduct research aimed at better understanding how some cancer cells manage to remain immortal. The work promises to improve the efficacy of cancer therapies currently in clinical trials that focus on blocking the activity of an enzyme called telomerase.
"Telomerase is activated in about 90 percent of tumors," said Xu, a UC Davis assistant professor of microbiology.
Xu's research focuses on what happens in the other 10 percent of cancer cells that manage to remain immortal without the presence of telomerase.
Telomerase is an enzyme that prevents the constant loss of specific DNA sequences from the tips of chromosomes, called telomeres, during cell division. Telomerase is found in embryonic stem cells, which allows these cells to divide over and over during development in utero. Adult, or somatic cells, only express telomerase at low levels and only at certain times in their life cycles.
Nearly all forms of human cancer, however, express telomerase, and have acquired the ability to replenish their telomeres to sustain unlimited cell proliferation," said Xu.
Because telomerase is not essential for normal cell function, scientists have homed in on this enzyme as an ideal target for treating a host of cancers. Telomerase inhibitors are now being tested for the treatment of brain and breast cancers, for example.
"But there are still some cancers that use other mechanisms to replenish telomeres and keep cells dividing," said Xu. "Our goal is to understand these alternate mechanisms to design better drugs."
Every cell in the human body with a nucleus contains the identical DNA organized into 23 pairs of chromosomes. The telomeres found at the tips of these chromosomes become shortened every time cells in the body divide. Eventually, the tips become too short, and a reliable copy of the DNA cannot be made, and the cell dies.
Cancer occurs when genetic mutations cause a cell's normal brakes on cell division to fail. Once that happens, scientists believe telomerase activity kicks in. The enzyme works by adding DNA sequence repeats to the telomeres. Scientists believe it is telomerase that allows mutant cells to divide indefinitely.
And, while new drugs are in the works to block telomerase activity, the problem remains that the cells of some tumors do not express telomerase and can maintain their telomeres through a process that occurs during recombination, called homologous recombination-based alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway.
Although only a small number of tumors initially rely on ALT, ALT may be activated in larger number of tumors upon telomerase inhibition, allowing cells to survive telomerase-inhibition cancer therapy. Xu is studying how recombination-based ALT pathway may become activated in human cells.
Her research promises to give scientists additional tools for fighting the growth and spread of cancer by better understanding the regulation of telomere recombination. Knowledge obtained from the study could lead to future development of ALT-blocking drugs to be used in combination with anti-telomerase drugs to boost their efficacy.
"Our research will provide clues on how cancer cells activate the recombination-based ALT mechanism from which we can design complimentary anticancer therapy accordingly," said Xu.


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Change the world
The U.S. Peace Corps turned 50 this year, with more than 340 Santa Clara grads (and faculty and staff) having served as volunteers.
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Public defenders in the Homicide Task Force in Chicago have some answers about representing accused murderers.
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Welcome home, Fr. Rewak
SCU's poet-president returns to the Mission Campus as chancellor.
Putting cleantech on the map
The Center for Science, Technology, and Society tracks where off-the-grid solutions are lighting the way.
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Recently I wrote this piece for Project Educate: Publishing Week over at deviantART.com . But I thought it would be relevant and interesting to my readers here, too, so here it is! I'm sharing it! Enjoy!
I'm so glad you're here. Because, as a poet and chapbook author, I get this question a lot. AND, since chapbooks are an important part of poetry publishing — both in terms of what we consume as readers and what propels us forward as career poets — any poet with publishing aspirations should know about them!
A chapbook, sometimes referred to as a pamphlet, is like a mini collection of poetry. Usually between fifteen to thirty pages (though some folks say anything under 50 pages is a chapbook), these are like little samplers of a poet's work. Usually the chapbooks are pretty cheap, between $6 and $12, which also makes them super fun and easy to collect for readers.
Chapbooks were popularized in Europe in the 16th century, and were mostly produced for consumption by folks who might not otherwise be able to buy books. They were made on the cheap and weren't always pretty, but that worked out, since, back in the day, they were often discarded and repurposed after reading. We didn't see them for a while after the 19th century, but within the last hundred years, they've popped up again, primarily in poetry circles, but also as a venue for short prose.
Often chapbooks work within a theme. Because they are short, there has to be a feeling that the poems are somehow interconnected, even more so than in a full-length collection. Threads that connect poems in a chapbook could be anything from a specific topic (like current events, mythology, or pop culture) to a poetic method (using a fixed form for each poem, found poetry from a specific source text, or some other challenge) to personal poems that tell a story.
Sticking to historical tradition, there's a DIY ethic (much like with modern zines) that's popular in the chapbook world. Many chapbooks you find in stores or at readings are still hand-made, often silkscreened or hand-bound with needle and thread. Sometimes you can see where the publisher has cut the paper just slightly off, and stapled the books together with love. Sometimes unique bookbinding and printing techniques are used that you couldn't use for mass-produced books. Of course, there are chapbooks that are perfect bound (where the spine is flat, rather than stapled or stitched, which is called saddle stitch) on "regular" paper, using contemporary methods. One style isn't necessarily better than the other, but they're both totally legit. It's also worth noting that the DIY nature of chapbooks makes them an easy and accessible way for poets to self-publish work, which they can then distribute and sell at readings.
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Two high schools, one each in Alachua and Marion counties, boast a class commonly and affectionately known as Rock Band.
Garages are the genesis of a lot of rock music.
A bunch of guys — and occasionally girls — from the neighborhood would gather in one garage, jam for hours, and call themselves a band. Sometimes they were good enough to play at a local school dance.
Every town had them, garage bands, and some big name groups started out in spaces decorated with lawn chairs and power tools, according to various sources; among them: The Beau Brummels, Paul Revere and the Raiders, even Kansas, according to one of its early members.
Rich Williams, a guitarist with 1970s progressive rock group Kansas, was in Ocala recently to play Silver Springs. He recalled in a telephone interview the music scene in his home town: "Topeka, Kansas, was no music mecca, but we had more garage bands per capita than anywhere else in the world," he said. "There was a band on every block."
Even today, when mom has the Prius elsewhere, the garage is a place with a whole lotta rockin' goin' on, often coloring neighborhood nights. But, there's also a shift in the scene to school — at least locally. Two high schools, one each in Alachua and Marion counties, boast a class commonly and affectionately known as Rock Band.
"It's not non-collegiate. I want to teach them the practical way to use their music, to be able to go out and work right away," said Dean Marino, keyboard and Rock Band instructor at West Port High School in Ocala. "They learn what it takes to be in a real band, the cooperation and give-and-take; many of them practice together outside of class."
"It's definitely fun, but getting kids involved in music is my goal," echoed Jamie Burg, band and instrumental instructor and Marino's counterpart at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School in Gainesville. "The kids are making music, working together, teaching it to themselves and each other."
"It's a nice way to express ourselves," said Kirsten Dana, in the P.K. Yonge class girls' band — dubbed "Plus Three" for the three guys in it too. "In the middle of the day it's a nice break from our other classes."
Moreover, other members of this group added that day-to-day they learn leadership, teamwork and confidence — "things that carry over," said Chanterelle Davis, who'll be a fifth-year Rock Band student in the fall.
In one of four practice rooms in West Port's music wing, Genevieve "Gigi" Palacio belted out the sultry lyrics of "Voodoo Woman" — maybe not as gritty or bluesy as Koko Taylor, but that's the point: to learn a song and make it their own.
"I needed to learn how to control my voice more," said Palacio, a junior. "I've always been really shy." Not anymore, and it's a good thing: she hopes someday to join the Young Americans touring group.
She's backed by the "black" band; Marino divided the 45 kids in his into color units: black and teal (the school's colors), red, purple and chrome. Black tends to be the more experienced students; in fact, two black members are in Antic, an Ocala band formed in this class last year that routinely performs in the area.
"There probably wouldn't be the Antic as it is today if not for this class," said Drew Finney, a West Port senior and group guitarist. Added bassist Joey Morrow, a junior, "it gave us a lot of extra practice, made us tighter."
Marino began Rock Band two years ago to give the rock-inclined a home. "I saw all these kids at an arts school but they couldn't find their exact spot," he said. So he suggested offering the class, "and it took off." The kids are encouraged to use their own instruments, but Marino supplies some of his own drum sets and guitars for their use.
At both schools, everyone in class has auditioned and brings some musical skill: guitar, bass, drums, vocal, even violin. Some are proficient in more. And as the year progresses, each gets to take a turn at learning something new.
But these classes are not just play time; there's some serious learning going on. For instance, in Marino's class, each group must learn a new song every week that's added to their play list. At any time, he said, he can pick a group and pick one of their songs and say, "play it."
It's much the same at the Gainesville school. "They choose their own music and teach it to themselves," Burg said. "I come in and give them structure."
Moreover, both classes host a rock concert at the end of the year, to show off their stuff as well as live the rock concert experience — from the stage perspective.
The 31 kids in Burg's class also are divided into five groups, but they're grouped more by genre: classic rock, blues, girls' band, modern and an acoustical trio. It all began with blue grass.
Years back, seventh-grade science teacher Randy Hollinger was so into blue grass music, "he would walk around the cafeteria playing the banjo," Burg said — which led to a blue grass class six years ago. That class evolved into the rock class today.
"I started off as a blue grass player with Mr. Hollinger," said Matt Van Arnam, a senior and guitarist in the blues band. "I play blues, but blue grass is like the roots.
"We put on a rock concert every year called R-Evolution," he added. "And that's where the name comes from, the evolution from blue grass to rock."
Kansas' Williams, though not personally familiar with either class, said it is instruction like this in the schools that is the future of rock. "Today there are too many distractions for a kid to learn to play an instrument," he said.
And despite this "outside-the-box" learning, students do earn credit in instrumental ensemble. Which means they're required to meet state instrumental ensemble standards, said Dr. Kathleen Sanz, executive director of the Florida Music Educators Association.
"There's a lot of value in anything that engages students," she added.
Additionally, a Florida Department of Education study in 2009 showed that "all students can benefit academically and socially from participation in school music programs;" one pattern indicated "the more music and arts classes taken, the higher the student achievement in all measures."
Whether these are the only two rock classes in the state is not known, though not unexpected. Sanz said the FMEA is not aware of any, the Department of Education did not identify any by this deadline.
"But they might be known as a music ensemble class," Sanz added. And most high schools do have guitar and instrumental classes as well as choral groups.
Nevertheless, here the schools' adminstrations are wholly into their rock classes.
"When we see something that's beneficial to the students and holds their interests, we will find a way to help every student shine in their own way," said Laurie Reeder, coordinator of the Marion County Center for the Arts program at West Port.
"In a broader sense, it really speaks to different ways students express themselves," said Dr. Catherine Atria, principal at P.K. Yonge. Through classes such as Rock, "students experience and deepen their knowledge, and come out a well-rounded, renaissance person.
"What they learn is invaluable," she added, "not to mention it's some very good music."
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This is from way back when... my first armor creation that I made with my good friend, Geat Magen. It was meant to be a Roman-esque fantasy segmented breastplate meant to look like something that might have existed after the fall of the roman empire. Something strange must have happened as I made it, as when I put it on I quite suddenly sprouted a beard!
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STOCKTON - For Eric Teague, life is simple.
STOCKTON - For Eric Teague, life is simple.
Take it one step at a time. Not 12 steps, not another program, not some giant leap into a better tomorrow. Just one step. At a time.
Two months ago, Teague was alone, cold, hungry, living on the street and hooked on crystal meth.
"I'd spent my whole life with my lips wrapped around a dope pipe," he said. "Literally, everything had gone up in smoke. Meth is such a crippling disease."
Today, Teague, 37, is clean and taking life - you've got it - one step at a time. Christmas 2012 has more meaning for him.
His journey started seven weeks ago under the Crosstown Freeway in the heart of homelessness, prostitution, crime and drug use.
Drawn by the prospect of a free meal, he stumbled onto a midday worship service with open barbecue grills, folding chairs and portable music.
It was a Thursday.
What he heard from big Frank Saldana, who preached that day, was a message of redemption. Teague showed up for a month of Thursdays and started helping out. One recent Thursday, Saldana announced he was going to take some people "back with him."
It was raining, and Teague, leaning against a freeway pillar at Lincoln and Washington streets, was crying. He wasn't fully sure what Saldana meant, but he wanted to go. He knew he had to.
"My life was miserable. I left it all under the bridge."
Saldana, a pastor, transported Teague to the Wayside Motel on the Highway 99 frontage road just north of Eight Mile Road. It was like coming home.
The aging units, small but dry and warm, are not for travelers. Saldana's ministry purchased them three years ago.
They are home to more than two dozen individuals - former drug users, alcoholics, prostitutes and homeless people - who have been rescued, many of them off the streets of downtown Stockton.
They come together in a place hard to define and even more difficult to label. It is a Christian endeavor.
"What we do is bring hope back to life," said Pastor Sarah Ayala, a full-time counselor who sold her home in Galt to work and live at the Wayside. "We try to bring peace and hope and encouragement."
She and her husband, Kino, live in one of the motel units, and, despite tight quarters, have made their residence into a worship center and compound hangout.
There are 25 residents living in the less-than-glamorous roadside apartments. Those hanging around Christmas Day will gather in the Ayalas' inviting front room. Teague will be there.
"It's an open house," she said. "We'll laugh and talk ... whatever happens ... it's always different."
Shortly after arriving at Wayside, Teague started to thrive.
He's off meth, reusing some of the construction skills from his past and devoting himself to the Inner-City Action and Wayside ministries.
"It was divine intervention," he said.
Teague, originally from Southern California, has lived in Stockton for more than a decade. He was introduced to methamphetamine as an 11-year-old - by his father.
"I walked in on him using meth one day and, instead of kicking me out, he said, 'Hey, son, I want you to try something.' I've been struggling with that my whole life."
Before his faith-based road, Teague had been in and out of four drug programs. For the first time, he sees purpose to his life.
"There is a way out. I don't have to live like that," he said. "I wake up every day now looking for a way to give back. This is a family here, and they've given me a chance to heal."
Ayala calls Teague's turnaround remarkable.
"He was a little leery at first," she said. "But he started to see people come - and change. His heart changed. Now there's nothing he wouldn't do. There's a lot of love in him."
Teague has jumped right into the never-ending work of Inner-City Action and Wayside. He's the go-to guy on electrical, plumbing, painting and handyman projects. There's work on a makeshift chapel under way. And he's playing drums in the group's small worship band.
Teague has been in the pit of despair. Now he's working his way back up. "It's easier sliding downhill," he said. "There is so much greatness in those people under the bridge. Now, I'm part of something. I'm worth something. And I'm putting one foot in front of the other."
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Imagine a soothing stroll along a moonlit shore. Glistening waves accented with pearls lap gently around a soft, white tea light. From Mariposa's Lumiere collection, this tea light holder is beautifully handcrafted of sand-cast aluminum and polished to glowing finish. Tea light candle included. Elegantly packaged in signature Mariposa gift box. Each piece in the Mariposa Lumiere collection is designed by American master sculptor Michael Updike and handcrafted individually through a sand casting and polishing process that elevates aluminum giftware to a whole new level. The result – glistening creations that combine art form with functionality, elegance with whimsy. What's more, every product is made from recycled materials in step with Mariposa's commitment to environmental responsibility.


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jazzboca necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 223 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
I really like, but am not in love with any of the logos thus far. I am in need of a logo for my new chiropractic office. The logo must let potential patients know that my office is different than other chiropractors. The logo must represent the feel of my office, which is professional, sophisticated, and conveys to the patients that they are receiving quality care.
The Chiropractic Avenue
The idea for the name, The Chiropractic Avenue, came because we want our future patients to "try a different avenue of health"; an avenue that is new, effective and offers a smart alternative to regular healthcare (including regular chiropractic). The technique that I practice (called NUCCA) involves taking highly specific x-rays of the upper cervical spine (neck), which are then meticulously analyzed. This allows me to give a very precise, personalized adjustment to each patient. The main things that make this different from regular chiropractic is:
- It is very gentle/soft with no cracking or popping of the neck/back.
- The patient only has to be seen a few times at first, then about 2x/yr.
- The patient receives a lot more personal attention.
- It is relatively new, very effective, and it restores the patients posture to a straight, upright balanced state.
The inside of the office will consist of red brick, tan walls, white wainscoting, white crown molding, and accents in black. I want the feel inside the office to coincide with the logo on the outside of the office. I want a simple, but cutting edge design.
I will be using the logo on a business sign, letterhead, banners, business cards, mailers, etc.
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Looking for something fun to do in High Point, North Carolina? You don't have to look far. Check out our list of the best activities in High Point.
This unusual train depot was originally constructed in 1907 by the Southern Railway company, and was one of the line's most popular stops in its heyday. For a while it fell into disrepair, but has since been restored to its original splendor. Fancy riding the rails? The depot still serves as a passenger terminal.
High Point was the birthplace of 1965's Jazzman of the Year, John Coltrane. Jazz aficionados will enjoy paying a visit to the 8-foot tall commemorative statue of the creator of such legendary jazz records as A Love Supreme and Blue Train.
When you hear the phrase, you may have a picture in your head of what the world's largest chest of drawers looks like. This is probably bigger. Dwarfing the buildings that surround it, this iconic example of pop architecture has been a proud symbol of the "Furniture Capital of the World" since 1926.
History buffs both young and old will be fascinated by this museum. Here, you'll find living history exhibits, including a working blacksmith's shop, weaving, spinning, and corn husk doll-making demonstrations, as well as more than 37,000 historical artifacts.


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Discussion in 'The Howard Stern Show' started by Hateman, Jan 23, 2013.
It's been 6 years since that lazy asshole updated that site. Now more than ever we need him.
that was a great site. it got under robin's skin so bad. she went ape when howard was talking about bringing the guy on for a debate.
Anyone know who that guy is?
Didn't Mr. X exit the scene about 6 years ago?
http://robinsnews.com/ <-- this was another site that tracked Robin's mistakes.
The guy had to do so much typing to keep up with how often the fat gunt was wrong, that he blew out both wrists and can't type anymore.