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31 - Terrence Ross
- Birthday: 2/5/91
- NBA Position: SG/SF
- Class: Sophomore
- Ht: 6-7
- Wt: 197
- Hometown: Portland, OR
- High School: Montrose Christian
- Team Profile
- Statistics
NBA Comparison: Eddie Jones
Strengths: Solid ball-handler ...Very good court vision, finding teammates off P&R, or fast break ... Runs the lane well in transition with ability to spot up on the wing or finish a lob ... Lacks a conscience. Possessing irrational confidence at times, allowing him to play at a high level without perceived nerves or anxiety in high-pressure situations ... Long and active defender on-ball ... Excellent pass denial. ... Capable help defender, proven through passing lane deflections and weak-side shot blocks ... Great footwork in the face-up game, mostly showcasing pump-fake, one dribble pull up/step-back ... Good 3pt and mid range shooter ... Shot has good lift and form ... Exciting dunker in traffic or off lobs, with exceptional contortion abilities and body control in the air ... Length and ball instincts make him a great rebounder for a guard ...
Weaknesses: Despite his confidence, can seemingly get lost in the flow of the game at times ... Needs to further develop explosive first step, to use quickness to his advantage ... Must improve finishing at the rim on non-dunks ...Will need to develop counters to offensive wing moves ... Plenty of space to bulk up frame ... Continue to build on the beginnings of post-game he flashed ... Shot selection can lead him astray at times ... Can benefit from veteran support/mid-first round selection to help add seasoning ...
Notes: Leaves University of Washington after two seasons of exciting moments, dominating stretches, and occasional silent spurts ... All PAC-12 selection as a sophomore ... Got better as season went on, averaging 25 ppg in UW NIT Semifinal run ... High school teammate of Terrence Jones
Logan Lemberger 4/25/12
Strengths: Good athlete with a very natural shooting ability ... Smooth leaper that can get off the ground quickly, whether he's elevating for a jump shot or finishing in transition ... Quick first step ... Easy target for lob passes ... Understands how to move without the ball ... Always a threat to cut backdoor ... Very creative in finding ways to finish around the hoop, often using the rim to protect the ball from defenders ... Excellent hang-time and body control ... Not afraid to dunk over the top of players … Good frame that should be able to hold a good amount of muscle ... Measured 6'7", which gives him ideal size for a shooting guard ... Has a solid (though unadvanced) ball-handling ability ... Prefers just one or two quick dribbles to create enough separation from his defender to get off a quality shot ... Does most of his damage on the perimeter ... Great-looking jumper, with a quick release and smooth mechanics ... Confident shooter that displays no hesitation when firing ... Likes to camp near the corners and let his teammates set him up ... Already has range out to the NBA three-point line ... Is a natural catch-and-shoot player ... Often seems unfazed by defenders who are closing-out on him when he is shooting ... Shows a willingness to compete on the glass, especially on put-back opportunities ... Has the length and lateral quickness to be an effective defender … Unselfish player that doesn't need to dominate the basketball to be an effective teammate ...
Weaknesses: Needs seasoning ... Was regulated to a role-playing shooter in his freshman season, and didn't get many chances to show what else he can do ... Has yet to prove that he can consistently create offense for himself ... Can beat defenders at this level with his speed but doesn't possess the ability to break players down with his ball-handling skills ... Not the defender he could be, but should improve in time with added experience and strength ...
Overall: Terrence Ross will look to build on what was a very respectable freshman campaign ... He's primed for a breakout season in 2011-2012, and should be a first round pick whenever he comes out ...
Notes: Measured 6'7 (in shoes) 197 lbs, with a 6'7 wingspan at the 2011 Kevin Durant Skills Academy.
Tyler Ingle 8/3/11


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Fiction Friday: [Reset | Delicate Cycle]
Milly flicked her tail as she whined and buried her face into my calf. Reaching down behind her ear, I scratched her favorite spot and struggled to recall the last time she'd been so needy. I wondered if she somehow knew that in just a few hours she would no longer be a part of my life. At best she'd be the spark of a memory that never quite ignited. A fleeting wisp of familiarity that dissipated quicker than it appeared.
Not so long ago people lived with their pasts, no matter how painful. The lucky ones would go through years of therapy, talking about their issues until they became manageable. That wasn't enough for me. I had no doubt that most people in my position would make the same decision. Would sacrifice everything they once knew to forget the feeling of their cheekbone crushing under the fist of the man they believed loved them. Forget the time—every single time—they accepted his apology and stayed.
In my isolated world, Milly was my only bright spot. My only constant. She never judged me and was always there to lick my wounds. At the first appointment I'd asked about the possibility of keeping her in my life, but they made it clear that memory swipes were all or nothing. Losing her was breaking my heart, but at least it wouldn't last for long.
I nuzzled my nose into her neck and held her until she started to squirm in my arms. She leapt soundlessly onto the hardwood floor, but didn't go far. She stared at me with her piercing yellow eyes and somehow I knew she'd miss me. Without breaking our gaze, she let out a single meow. Just one to say goodbye before she turned and hopped up on the couch. She never looked up again as she circled her favorite spot and curled up into a fuzzy gray ball. My hand itched to pet her once more, but I couldn't. One step would be all it took to weaken my defenses.
I grabbed my bag from the floor and read over the carefully crafted note one more time. It said nothing of how or why I'd reached my decision, it only held instructions for taking care of Milly. Her new owners would need to know about her favorite spot, her favorite toys and that she was afraid of the vacuum cleaner.
I wished it had been that simple for me. A note full of care instructions that broke down my needs as simply as a laundry tag. Handle with care. Be gentle. Do not hit.
Long, lazy purrs wafted from the couch. I found the sunlight circling Milly and giving her an ethereal glow. A fitting reminder of what an angel she'd been in my life. My old life.

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I couldn't decide whether to title this "7 Butters Prepare For Vacation" or "One Butters Does it All"… Because you know and I know that even though 7 Butters are heading to the Cape for vacation, only one Butters is saddled with the job of getting every single thing and every single person READY for said vacation.
And do you know who that one poor sap is?
I'll give you a hint: she's short and she's disgruntled. That's right…Me. I'M the one in charge of doing the crappy prep work necessary for a week down the Cape. I know, right!? Ew. But if I don't do what needs to be done then I run the risk of 5 kids bringing 5 suitcases stuffed with random crap like wii controllers that are broken and have no batteries anyways, three or four mismatched socks, an arbitrary shoe, and a handful of crayons. It would be way more annoying to be stuck down the Cape with those ridiculously packed suitcases and having to hand wash and air dry everyone's underwear each night because no one had the good sense to pack even one pair of skivvies. It's easier to just do the grunt work myself…and then complain about it.
But, blech, that means that I first have to figure out what everyone needs to pack. Which means I need to make sure everyone has enough clean clothes to actually pack what I TELL them to pack. Which means I have to do a ton of laundry. Which means I have to go rooting thru all the dirty laundry to pluck out specific clothes to be washed. Which is gross. Trust me.
It also means that once I finally have everyone's clothes washed, dried, folded, and sorted into individual piles, I'm free to move onto the more annoying nitty gritty part of packing: the toiletries. Which means I need to pack what I KNOW we need (toothpaste), and also what we COULD need (band-aids), and also what we probably won't need (Benadryl).
A week down the Cape means I'm also in charge of packing food. Which means I need to go shopping. Which means I need to make a plan of what food we need so that I'm not just buying a bunch of random crap. Which means I need to plan certain meals. Which totally sucks.
The "get ready to go on vacation" experience of every single other member of the household is absolutely NOTHING like my wretched experience. At. All. Their experience is quite lovely, and goes a little something like this: "Oooh, look! Our vital Cape-Cod-for-a-week clothes have miraculously washed, dried, and folded themselves! How perfectly splendid. And as if that isn't delightful enough, our suitcases are all down here in the hall…why, they must have just walked down from the attic all by themselves. There simply is no other explanation."
Then they pack their crap and drag their suitcases out to the car and then, well….then that's it. Then they just get in the car. Which means I'm running all through the house like a mad-woman because I'm left with less than 5 minutes to pack all MY stuff. Which means I end up just whipping stuff into a bag and hoping I don't forget anything intregel to my happiness like my bathing suit bottom or my phone charger.
Which means I'm the last one in the car.
Which means everyone is like, "What took you so long?
Which means that part of my preparation for vacation always seems to include me having to try really really REALLY hard not to tell everyone to just fuck the fuck off.
Which means that my secret hatred of vacations continues thrive. And shows no sign of letting up any time soon.


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Travels in West Africa
Hello world!
Posted: October 22nd, 2010 by Jan Decher
Reading and Community Center for Kafogo, Sierra Leone
Posted: September 4th, 2008 by Jan Decher
Background of this Project
In 2006 I was approached by Nippon Koei UK to conduct a baseline small mammal survey for the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project (BHP) in the Upper Seli River valley, Sierra Leone. The BHP will supply electricity to the capital Freetown and the city of Makeni downriver from the dam (Fig. 1). This development project that was delayed by twelve years of the devastating civil war in Sierra Leone.
Our work involved the sampling of small mammals along the Seli River Valley in the future area of the reservoir. The electricity generated will NOT benefit any of the villages upstream of the dam. Instead, some of the villages' low-lying rice fields and palm groves will be flooded by the reservoir and travel between villages on opposite sides of the new lake will be made difficult.
Uncertainties remain about the Faculty-Led Program to Ghana
Posted: December 29th, 2006 by Jan Decher
I am in the middle of fighting with WEB CT to get my course content on the web. Unfortunately the planned follow-up Faculty-led Program to Ghana remains uncertain after first major grant request to support Ghanaian students and instructors was rejected. We did get a small grant to support a service learning element (Current idea: "Helping to build a reading room in a rural village affected by a protected area"). My Ghanaian colleague, Patrick Ekpe, at the University of Ghana Botany Department, is optimistic that we will find funding to realize the expedition – if not in May 2007, then perhaps in January 2008.
I had a holiday card from John Maxen at the Natural History Museum in London today. He has been a great logistic and moral support during and after the most recent survey project in Bumbuna, Sierra Leone, in January of 2006. Hard to believe almost a whole year has passed since that expediton began. A few days ago our local guide Minkailu from Kafogo (the one with the medicinal plant knowledge) called me again. He got the books but not the letter with some funds for the reading room project there. I promised to send more books after the course is over. Unfortunately, the telephone connection was bad and too brief. It must cost him a fortune to call me on a cell phone. The inequalities between our life and life in Africa are always present, be they economic, technical, or educational. Yet, that also makes connecting to Africa fascinating and rewarding.
Lessons from Sierra Leone
Posted: October 28th, 2006 by Jan Decher
I have been back from Sierra Leone for nine months now, working on the final report of our small mammal survey for NKUK. During our visit to Sierra Leone I had access to the internet only once at the very end in an internet café in Freetown. Needless to say I did not post any "dispatches from the field" to this Blog and haven't visited it since our return.
I am now in the process of converting the experiences from this and several previous expeditions to West Africa into my new course "Challenges and Issues in African Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development" which is to cover everything from nature preservation to community development to indigenous rights.
In find myself torn between the extremes of John Oates' Myth and Reality in the African Rain Forest and Jim Igoe's Conservation and Globalization: A Study of National Parks and Indigenous Communities. The course should convey these extremes and provide no perfect answers but lead to stimulating discussions and thought.
Thanksgiving 2005 – Still Waiting
Posted: November 23rd, 2005 by Jan Decher
Still no definite go-ahead from London after we send out desired departure date (January 1 + 2) almost 2 weeks ago. I send a follow-up note today.
I also changed the title of this blog to "Travels in West Africa" alluding to the famous travel diary by Mary Kingsley from 1893. In chapter 1 of her book she has this entry upon arrival in Sierra Leone from Liverpool, England:
"We reached Sierra Leone at 9 A.M. on the 7th of January, and as the
place is hardly so much in touch with the general public as the
Canaries are I may perhaps venture to go more into details
regarding it. The harbour is formed by the long low strip of land
to the north called the Bullam shore, and to the south by the
peninsula terminating in Cape Sierra Leone, a sandy promontory at
the end of which is situated a lighthouse of irregular habits. Low
hills covered with tropical forest growth rise from the sandy shores
of the Cape, and along its face are three creeks or bays, deep
inlets showing through their narrow entrances smooth beaches of
yellow sand, fenced inland by the forest of cotton-woods and palms,
with here and there an elephantine baobab.
The first of these bays is called Pirate Bay, the next English Bay,
and the third Kru Bay. The wooded hills of the Cape rise after
passing Kru Bay, and become spurs of the mountain, 2,500 feet in
height, which is the Sierra Leone itself. There are, however,
several mountains here besides the Sierra Leone, the most
conspicuous of them being the peak known as Sugar Loaf, and when
seen from the sea they are very lovely, for their form is noble, and
a wealth of tropical vegetation covers them, which, unbroken in its
continuity, but endless in its variety, seems to sweep over their
sides down to the shore like a sea, breaking here and there into a
surf of flowers."
(from: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=5891)
Conservation in Sierra Leone
Posted: November 14th, 2005 by Jan Decher
No further word or contract from London yet. As usual these expeditions crunch on their starting deadlines. No matter how long term things are planned the actual implementation with visas and equipment orders always gets under time pressure.
This morning I read the chapter on Tiwai, the monkey sanctuary on a large island in the Moa River, southwestern Sierra Leone, in "Myth and Reality in the African Rainforest" (Oates 1999). What a sobering account of one hopeful "community based conservation project" initiated by Oates and others in 1981. But John Oates does not just blame the competing local factions and the growing political disorder in the country after 1991, but also "the tendency [of foreign planners] to design conservation plans likely to provide significant future benefits to themselves or their own organizations…"(Oates 1999:93).
The image above illustrates an example of traditional protection: Adumanya Sacred Grove in Ghana.
Oates, J. F. 1999. Myth and reality in the rainforest: how conservation strategies are failing in West Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press. xxviii+310 p.
Anatomy of a Biodiversity Expedition
Posted: November 9th, 2005 by Jan Decher
This is the beginning of a diary about my upcoming small mammal biodiversity survey in Sierra Leone. An attempt to write and reflect about this experience from the preparation phase through the actual field work to the final report stage.
It is not just a factual log but hopefully will reflect thoughts, enthusiasm, worries, and interdisciplinary connections that go beyond the task at hand: providing systematic and zoogeographic data on small mammal (bat, shrew and rodent) distributions in one region of Sierra Leone to be inundated by a new hydroelectric dam. This will be one of several biodiversity reports (pdf) to be produced for this development project.
As I write this, our proposed date of departure is January 1 or 2, 2006. Return about 4 weeks later. These dates have been submitted to the contracting agency (NKUK). We expect to be mailed a contract, sign it, and start ordering supplies, get medical checks, and apply for visas.
It will be my first trip to Sierra Leone. I have worked with a colleague from SL on previous Rapid Assessment Programs (RAPs) organized by Conservation International in Guinea and Ghana and I have a faint connection to the YMCA in Freetown through a partnership with the YMCA (CVJM) in my native home region of Westphalia, Germany.
"Freetown" also reminds me occasionally of the Graham Greene novel "The Heart of the Matter" which was set there.
I hope this weblog might set the stage or open a dialog forum for a new course/seminar on "African Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development" which I hope to offer here at UVM.
(J. Decher)


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New Paintings
July 15 – August 27, 2011
The Michael Kohn Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by New York-based artist, Joan
Nelson. In 1989, Nelson was selected to be in the prestigious Whitney Biennial. Known for
working within a Postmodern sensibility, Nelson combined minimalist form and art historical
content culled from artists ranging from Titian to Turner.
Her choice to paint on a simple form—a square, wooden box—is a nod to such Modern Masters as Donald Judd. Transcending into the realm of sculptural objecthood, Nelson's paintings have a distinctly contemporary feel while cultivating their place within a long history of landscape painting.
Her newest work continues to combine Minimalist form and Post-historical subject matter while capturing a complexity that brings new life to her unique practice. Inspired by the beautifully lush and remote area in which she lives, Nelson keeps a visual database in her mind that she draws from for her paintings. This process of internalizing her surroundings allows her to represent more the presence of a tree or vine, for example, as opposed to its mere representation.
Playing with the idea of what nature is, and subsequently her role as an artist within it, Nelson brilliantly and subtly manipulates paint and allows it to realize its own nature and materiality.
Joan Nelson's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, among many others.
Joan Nelson, New Paintings


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Featured 8.29 - 9.4 | You may not recognize her name, but Rebecca Perkins is the genius behind some of the most stunning faces in Hollywood. Having worked as a makeup artist in film and television for over a decade (including as the makeup department head on everyone's favorite show, Law & Order SVU), she's had the good fortune to work with some true beauties, including Mariska Hargitay, Amanda Peet and Jemima Kirke. After working with Stephanie March, the two got together and co-founded Rouge NY, a makeup salon in New York that not only offers affordable and enjoyable makeup applications (there's no pushy sales pitch, promise), but has also allowed Rebecca to realize her own desire to connect to women, to celebrate them and to make them beautiful. Clearly, she's a true inspiration to women everywhere, and we're so happy to celebrate her here.
Welcome to Rebecca's week.
It's important to not let the kid's gear take over though, so our downstairs area is off limits. Whenever I travel I pick up a textile or two.
For fashion and art inspiration, I go to Paridust. She is a genius at fusing the conversation about fashion and art.
I am a travel junkie. My two favorite locales are South East Asia and Spain.
I also can't live without Julie Hewett Femme Noir. It's the ULTIMATE red lipstick. I have yet to find a face it doesn't work on.
Oh my god. If I wasn't in beauty, I would be in food. I am a foodie for sure.
Hope for the Warriors: Military wives founded this organization in 2006 as they witnessed, first-hand, the effects of war on spouses and their families.
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Rebecca Perkins has had a lifelong passion for makeup, and with two sisters, she had lots of early practice. "When I was 11 my sister let me do her prom makeup. That's trust right there!" laughs Perkins. When she went to a women's college with her huge makeup case, she never looked back. Today she is a Founder (along with actress Stephanie March) and Head Makeup Artist of Rouge New York.
Perkins loves the transformative artistry of makeup, "I love playing with color and technique, figuring out how best to enhance the beauty of each woman in a way that makes her feel comfortable and listened to." Fun and play is at the core of her approach to makeup. "It's about trying something new, taking risks, seeing what works, getting excited about a new look. It's about enhancing, not hiding or concealing."
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The original idea was to move to Cape Town for one year, to work in the applied theatre program and create a performance with inmates in Pollsmoor and Goodwood Prison. But as with all work entered with passion an commitment, more upportunities is sparked. Now I'm in my second year. Through my work, I got acquainted with the organisation Young in Prison, and was thereby introduced to South African director Thando Doni and his latest, magnificent piece of physical theatre, Ubuze Bam. The piece was actually performed by young and talented ex-offenders from township areas, and it affected me deeply.
These young men had never acted before, let alone witnessed a theatre production. Yet, their remarkable stage performance, presence and powerful personal stories, was like a punch in the gut. Their stories clearly reflected both South African political history as well as the present political and social situation. And it evoke my curiousity: These are stories so far from a Norwegian reality. How would a Norwegian audience from 14-18 years, experience a performance created with real stories, performed by young people grown up under these conditions? What would a young Norwegian audience learn about different living conditions, different opportunities and demands for survival in this world? To create a meeting between young skilled South-African performers, and a young Norwegian audience, might build bridges and open doors.
And so the artistic idea to create Phefumla was born.
I contacted Thando Doni with the idea to create a new performance with a target audience from 14-18 years as a Norwegian/South-African co-production. South-african director Thando Doni is a specialist in deviced physical theatre, and builds his work from the physical, vocal and musical qualities of his performers.
That's how the ball started rolling. Now we've just reached the funding target, and I am about to produce a SA/NO co-production to premiére at the Cradle of Creativity, the international ASSITEJ festival 2017 taking place here in Cape Town, South Africa. Excited? Yes!


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Join the fun at the Kilbirnie Roller Disco
There are four Māori words in Wellington City Council's logo – Me Heke Ki Pōneke. Do you know what they mean?
This week is Māori Language Week – so it's a perfect opportunity to find out.
Me Heke Ki Pōneke is an invitation to Wellington. It means come and take a look. Put together with Absolutely Positively Wellington, it oozes confidence. Come and take a look – we're positive you'll like what you see.
Three special family events are being held to celebrate Māori Language Week. Tomorrow
(Wednesday 23 July) City Gallery is staging 'Language of Art/Toi te Reo'. All exhibitions will be open until 10pm with free entry, and visitors will have the chance to participate in an artwork led by Johnson Witehira, a specialist in Māori design.
On Friday the action shifts to Kilbirnie Recreation Centre and the Kilbirnie Roller Disco from 6.30–9pm. Bring your skates or tamariki tricycles and a goldcoin donation (sorry, no bikes or skateboards). There are some skates available for hire.
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The Council's kapa haka group, Me Heke Ki Pōneke, is one of 17 public-sector groups performing.
This week, the homepage on our website is bilingual. So test your skills. The artwork presented on the homepage is an excerpt of Johnson Witehira's 2D representation of his recently-painted Waituhi mural in Opera House Lane.
Johnson Witehira, Waituhi, mural, Opera House Lane
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Let Me Be The One: A history of a decolonized service, 2015-2016
Performance and installation at SOMArts on January 14, 2016 as part of Visions Into Infinite Archives, curated by Black Salt Collective.
"Black Salt Collective Agitates the Archive with 'Visions' at SOMArts" by Sarah Hotchkiss of KQED Arts.
"Artists carving out space for women of color in art world," by Ryan Kost of the San Francisco Chronicle.
"'Visions into Infinite Archives' Resists the Neat, Tidy, and Eurocentric," by Nastia Voynovskaya of East Bay Express.


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moi (about something whose importance has been lost in the mists of time): i've loved you almost 13 years now!
mr. monkey: almost 13 years? almost? obviously i loved you longer!
moi: what? we met and you loved me immediately?
mr. monkey (defiantly): yes!
moi: you didn't even remember my name!!! "i don't know who that bitch is, but i love her!"
mr. monkey: yes! you'll have to make it up to me that i loved you longer. in fact, i might have to die sooner so you can make it up to me!
moi: bastard!
writing smut. seriously thoroughly dedicated to writing smut now. how did this happen?
18 May, 2011
whilst out on our daily walkies
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16 May, 2011
um...not exactly
last night at the monkey house:
mr. monkey: so, when you get a facial, they put wet rags on your face and then squeeze out your blackheads, right?
moi: uncontrollable laughter
mr. monkey: what? no?
moi: um...not exactly. why, you want a facial?
mr. monkey: yes.
mr. monkey: so, when you get a facial, they put wet rags on your face and then squeeze out your blackheads, right?
moi: uncontrollable laughter
mr. monkey: what? no?
moi: um...not exactly. why, you want a facial?
mr. monkey: yes.
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14 May, 2011
that's the way (uh-huh, uh-huh) i like it (uh-huh, uh-huh)
just wanted to share with you that even as i write this, mr. monkey is scrubbing the toilet wearing nothing more than red heart-covered shorts and teal gloves. ain't this the life?
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10 May, 2011
no, not dead, just shopping for houses
well, dear poultries, the mister and i have done it. we have shopped and shopped and shopped and at the end of it all, we bought our dream home. let's just hope the bastard lives up to our expectations. what? what do you mean didn't we see it? of course we saw it. for all of 15 minutes. that's normal, no?
what i always come back to is the ridiculousness of how one goes about shopping for various items. say you want to buy a pair of jeans. you walk into your local purveyor of all things denim and try on a pair. wait, does this one make your ass look big? how about this pair? not sure about the crotch area embroidery... hey! what about these? well... maybe. the next day you return, armed with a girlfriend of discerning taste or (if you're lucky) a mouthy but charming gay friend. (s)he tells it like it is and you decide... well... almost. the following day you return yet again. you can do this for weeks. and, if the pair you choose do indeed make your ass gargantuan, why, the following day you return them. all in all, if you're a real jean snob, you're out, what, maybe, 200* bucks.
whilst shopping for a home, a purchase (if you're very very lucky, or live in a shithole) roughly 1000-2000x pricier, you walk in, like the look of a place, find out that there's another offer and scramble like a mad(wo)man to decide if it's a yay, a nay, or a nervous breakdown. shit, fuck, shit, what do we do? do we take it? is it perfect? and then BAM! you decide, sign an excessive amount of papers and then find that you have not a fucking clue whether the tiles in the bathroom were blue, chartreuse or purple. and if the drawers on your sexy new kitchen stick, you can hardly blame yourself, since you made this momentous decision based on a 15 minute perusal of the property. as for returns? do not make me laugh.
still, once we've moved and the tequila that's being hidden from mr. monkey's greedy little maw comes back to us, y'all can come over and i'll make you a margarita. how's that sound?
* i'm not so i'm out a whole lot less than that. especially if there's a sweet sale going on.
p.s. no, we didn't go for the marble clad foyer with fountains. but there is cool retro stone on the walls of the lobby and if you really want a fountain, you can bring a glass of water and a straw. still, that kitchen... oh, that kitchen!
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. – Dan Fogelman
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The Rum Diary – Bruce Robinson
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Death Coach Award
(This award is given each year to the worst movie of the year. It's the movie that the studios should have put on the Death Coach rather than in theaters.)
King of the Leprechauns Award
We lost the "Random Hero" this year, and even though his death could have been prevented, it doesn't make losing him any easier. Ryan has always been my favorite Jackass , and I never missed an episode of Homewrecker or G4's Proving Ground. I know he will be dearly missed, and that he truly deserves the title of King of the Leprechauns this year!
(This award is the Banshee's equivalent to a Man/Woman of the Year Award or a Lifetime Achievement Award)
"I Spit on Your Grave"
a review by Darby O'Gill
Do you like rape? What am I saying? Of course you do! Who doesn't? No, really. You're going to have to be really okay with rape scenes if you're even going to thinking about seeing this movie. I Spit on Your Grave is a remake of the 1978 grindhouse exploitation film Day of the Woman, which was later re-titled and released as I Spit on Your Grave in 1980. The movie was very much one of those movies you hear about in high school, and know you shouldn't see it, so of course you'll do anything to get your hands on a copy. Much like those Faces of Death videos. I of course watched the original back in high school, but can't remember anything about it, other than the fact that it, like everything else, did not live up to the hype. So, when Shady and I went to the advanced screening of the current re-interpretation of I Spit on Your Grave a few months back, neither of us had any idea what we were walking into. We're talking about almost forty minutes, if not more, of hardcore rape. And, I mean rape. Which is then followed by graphically violent revenge torture. Shady and I both have a pretty high tolerance for all things wrong, and even we were having a hard time sitting through this movie. I'm not kidding, people were leaving the theatre in waves throughout the screening, and by the end of the movie the full theatre was easily half empty. You know it's bad when you're filling out the questionnaire at the end of the movie, and when you get to the "What would make this movie better?" question, you actually find yourself writing "less rape." With that said, Sarah Butler, the actress who plays the young victim, is outstanding! The things that she had to do for this movie are unbelievable, and the fact that she not only did them, but also was able to give a performance that would make even Meryl Streep envious, is simply amazing! Butler plays Jennifer, a young female novelist who has rented a reclusive cabin out in the middle of nowhere to get some writing done, and quickly becomes the fascination of four local men. As you can probably guess at this point, they brutally and graphically rape her. The tension and discomfort of the first half of this movie is sure to bother everyone, and I mean everyone! I don't care how much you say nothing bothers you. If you can watch this movie without getting upset or truly uncomfortable, you're either a sick freak or a soulless bastard. How do I know this? Because I was sitting with someone who would normally fit that description, and even he was both bothered and uncomfortable. The revenge torture in the second half is equally graphic and unsettling. But, it does seem to somehow manage to even out the scales somewhat with Jennifer getting her revenge. But with all of that said, I still think that some of the movie was really well done, for what it was. It's really hard to say you enjoyed a movie about really graphic rape, and at times one step away from an exploitation snuff film, but there are a few things worth seeing in this remake of I Spit on Your Grave. Just be ready. I mean really, really, really ready.
"Julie & Julia"
a review by Darby O'Gill
I know, not the type of movie you would expect to find here, but I'm all about breaking the mold. Truth be told, I was home over the holidays and my mother made me watch it. Also, my grandmother was a huge Julia Child fan, and I grew up watching her show with my gram in my younger years, so I was a little interested to see Meryl Streep's portrayal of her. But, that's not to say I wouldn't be more than happy to give any film a fair chance. I do also realize that this is another Amy Adams' movie, and if you read my Leap Year review, you all know how I feel about her. It's not that much of a problem in this film, because she's not really the lead; she kind of shares that title with Streep. Although, just for the record, it is still more Amy Adams than I would like. Enough of this tomfoolery, let's get to the review.
Julie & Julia mainly takes place in 2002, and tells the story of Julie Powell, played by Amy Adams, who has just moved to New York with her husband, played by Chris Messina, and finds herself looking for an escape from her day job job at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's call center. She decides to start a blog, but she isn't quite sure what to blog about, until she comes up with the idea of cooking every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking cookbook, and giving herself a year in which to do it. The other part of this story takes place in 1949, when Julia Child, played by Meryl Streep, and her husband Paul, played by Stanley Tucci, have just moved to Paris for Paul's job at the American Embassy. Julia is looking for something to fill her time while Paul's at work, and starts her cooking career. She finds it hard however to learn from the French cookbooks, and realizes that there are no American French cookbook. Therefore, she decides to publish her own cookbook where the French recipes would be a little easier for American cooks to follow.
Okay, let's cut to the chase. I wasn't a big fan of this movie. The one thing I did find impressive, other than Meryl Streep's performance, was writer/director Nora Ephron's ability to intertwine Julie Powell's novel Julie & Julia with Julia Child and Alex Prud'humme's My Life in France. By finding the parallels in these two women's lives, and making the movie just as much about Julia Child's life, as it is about Julie's blog challenge, was this film's saving grace. Well, that and Meryl Streep's amazing performance. She really embodied the essences of Julia Child in this movie. It's probably not much of a shock, that I would have enjoyed this movie 100% more, if it was just a story about Julia Child, and skipped all the Amy Adams stuff. I think the movie is better than most would suspect, but in the end it's just not that satisfying, and leaves you just plain hungry… literally.
"It's Complicated"
a review by Darby O'Gill
There's nothing complicated about it; Nancy Meyers has once again delivered a hit! It's Complicated is great! The story may not be new, but the way it's told is. Meyers has written a script that Hollywood would love to make with a 20 or 30 something cast, but she didn't write it for them. No, she wrote it for a cast in their 60's, and I for one am really glad that she did.
In It's Complicated, we follow the story of Jane, played by Meryl Streep, a woman that finds herself in her 60's and single. Her ex-husband of many years, Jake, played by Alec Bladwin, has remarried; in fact he has married the younger woman he was having an affair with while with Jane. Thanks to their three kids, Jane and Jake have managed to keep a civil relationship with each other despite their divorce. But, when the family travels to New York, for one of their daughter's college graduation, the unthinkable happens. Jane and Jack hook-up after a late night of drinking, and Jane now finds herself being her ex-husband's mistress. If now being the other woman to the woman who broke up your marriage didn't complicate things enough for poor Jane, she suddenly finds herself sparking up a budding relationship with her architect Adam, played by Steve Martin. John Krasinski gives a nice performance as the son-in-law that knows about Jane and Jack's secret relationship, and is tortured by keeping it just that, a secret.
I really enjoyed this film. I don't know if it was the mood I was in, or if it's just Nancy Meyers' refreshing spin on things. The really nice thing is that there are no tacky jokes about age. If anyone other than Meyers had written this story it would be full of "at my age" jokes. Like I said, the movie really could have been made with a cast of thirty year olds, but there is something great about the fact that it's not. Now, don't get me wrong. There are jokes about being older, but the nice thing is that they don't rely on it like most films would. The cast, as you would expect, is fantastic! The pacing is pitch perfect. And if nothing else, Nancy Meyers has once again proved that she truly is the queen of romantic comedies.
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
a review by Darby O'Gill
Fantastic Mr. Fox is fantastic indeed! It seems like 2009 is the year of visionary directors making classic children's books into amazing feature films. First with Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic "Where the Wild Thing Are," and now Wes Anderson's outstanding rendition of Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox." I can't wait to see Steven Soderbergh's "Goodnight Moon."
In the film, when Mr. Fox finds out he's about to have a family, he is forced to give up his wild ways of chicken coop raiding. Then, one day when Mr. Fox decides to buy the family a new home inside a tree on top of a hill, he is faced with the ultimate heist. Not one, not two, but three farms all ripe for the picking. How could Mr. Fox resist? So he decides to pull one last job… Well, three jobs. But, when things go south, and it's not just Mr. Fox that has to pay the price. It also puts the whole animal community in danger.
Wes Anderson has really outdone himself. The decision to use stop-motion animation was absolutely brilliant! It totally adds to the look and feel of the film. Unlike most animated films, Anderson decided to record the cast's vocal tracks on location, and not in a sound booth. So, if the scene takes place in a field, actors George Clooney and Meryl Streep recorded their vocal tracks together in an actual field. It may not sound like a big deal, but that's unheard of! Most actors working on animated film don't even meet each other until the premiere. I can't wait to see the DVD footage of the actors in character, playing out a scene on the countryside somewhere. George Clooney is brilliant as always, and Meryl Streep is a perfect addition to the Wes Anderson family. I really hope he uses her in a live action film someday. But, I've got to say, Jason Schwartzman really steals the show as Mr. Fox's son Ash. And, you have to love Wes' eye for detail. At the end of the film, and I'm not giving anything anyway, Ash is drinking a grape juice-box while everyone else is drinking apple. It's the little things like this that make him one of my favorite directors. The best part of this film is that even though it's an adaptation of a children's book, it's still very much a Wes Anderson movie. It's true to its source material, but still has the dialog and everything you would come to expect from a Wes Anderson movie. And, unlike Where the Wild This Are, Fantastic Mr. Fox can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. What the cuss else do you want me to say? Go see this cussin' movie! Cuss!


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FinTech Briefing: September 2015
Current accounts / digital banks
Banking on the small screen. The number of mobile banking users globally is forecast to double to 1.8 billion in the next four years, according to a new KPMG report.
Alternative lending is a threat to banks, say analysts. The University of Edinburgh's Credit Research Centre held its 14th Credit Scoring and Credit Control conference August 26-28. A survey of 200 credit analysts who attended the conference found that three-quarters view alternative lending as a "threat" to banks.
Cigarettes, lighter and a bank-less account. Partech Ventures has announced that it has invested 4m euros in Compte Nickel, a bank-less account that can be opened instantly in convenience stores with just an ID and a telephone number. For 20 euros a year, the user can manage the account online, shop with a MasterCard debit card, and make use of conventional bank details. Compte Nickel claims to have signed up 1,000 "tobacco dealers" and 150,000 customers.
What constitutes a good digital banking experience for millenials? Check out this post by Alex Kreger, CEO of UX Design Agency, for an interesting analysis.
Payments / digital currencies
More (and more) ways to pay. Two new payments services - Samsung Pay and PayPal.me - went live this month. Samsung launched its service in South Korea, with a US launch date scheduled for late September. As with Apple Pay, the technology is compatible with existing "tap and go" terminals that use near field communications transmissions. But unlike its rival, the technology will also work with magnetic stripe readers, which are still widely used in the USA and Asia. PayPal.me, as the name implies, is a new entrant into the personalised payments market. Consumers and businesses can request payments from individuals by sharing a permanent URL by email, text or via a messaging app.
Hitting the buy button. Payments start-up Stripe has launched Relay, a set of tools allowing merchants to conduct transactions within apps. Twitter has signed up to the service.
London is money-transfer happy. WorldRemit and TransferWise, two money-transfer start-ups based in the capital, have announced major funding rounds. WorldRemit raised $100m (estimated valuation: $500m), while TransferWise pulled in $58m (estimated valuation: $1bn).
SumUp beefs up. The London based start-up, which makes it easier for small businesses to accept card payments, has announced a 10m euro funding round featuring BBVA Ventures, Groupon and American Express. The company, which currently operates in 14 nations (mostly in Europe), will extend its reach to two further countries.
How much did that cost? Barclays has created a fashionable smart jacket (yep, a piece of clothing), that connects with a user's bank account. The garment costs £150 and has been made in partnership with Lyle & Scott.
Greece, where techno-libertarian dreams come true. A thousand bitcoin ATMs will be appearing in the country, following a partnership between digital currency exchange BTCGreece and cryptocurrency service provider Cubits.
Big banks wake up. Nine major banks - Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, State Street, Royal Bank of Scotland, BBVA and UBS - will fund a new start-up, R3, to develop commercial blockchain applications and also to develop common standards for blockchain technology. Meanwhile, Barclays announced that it will be opening two new blockchain workspaces in Notting Hill and Old Street.
Visa joins the blockchain party. In an interview with LiveMint, Visa executive vice president of technology Rajat Taneja said that teams in India, Singapore and the US will be researching applications of the technology. Visa also participated in a $30m funding round for blockchain start-up Chain. Capital One, Citi Ventures, Fiserv, Nasdaq and Orange SA also invested.
Faster, cheaper post-trade processes. BNP Paribas is using one of its currency funds in Paris to beta test blockchain applications, reports IBTimes UK.
P2P lending / investing
Crowdcube is an eight digit player. The equity crowdfunder has now raised more than £100m since its founding in 2011. The company also announced a new partnership with Moody's Analytics, which will enable investors to access a new Probability of Default figure for bond investments listed on the site. Square Pie and Vanarama are the first companies to display the figure.
L plates off, app on. Octo has launched a telematics smartphone app that "gives motorists the ability to track, score and improve their driving and riding behaviour". The company will act as a middleman, directing drivers with low risk profiles to selected insurers, who can then use the data to create personalised motor insurance offers.
Financial inclusion
The correspondent banking profitability threat. Anders Borg, former Swedish finance minister, on FinTech solutions to the problem.
RegTech, compliance and security
Biometrics will be worth $22bn by 2020. BBVA Compass has published research estimating that the global biometrics technology market will be worth $22bn by 2020. B-Secure has a five-point breakdown of the report.
Behavioural biometrics. A primer, courtesy of TechRadar.
Get to know Trunomi. The provider of Know Your Customer data-sharing technology has raised $3m, with backing from Saturn Partners, Fenway Summer, Persistent Ventures and SenaHill Partners.
Secure jobs. Cyber security jobs now make up 14% of all new UK based IT roles, according to research from professional services consultancy Procorre.
Alternative SME finance
Working capital finance. MarketInvoice, the peer-to-peer business lender, has secured a £6m investment. The enterprise plans to develop a range of financing solutions for businesses, reports TechCityNews. That funding round was dwarfed by the $50m raised by Fundbox, which brings its total investment to $108m in 18 months.
Investment / wealth management
Small fry lending to the big fish. WiseAlpha has launched a new platform to shake up the corporate debt investment market. Members can invest as little as £100 in blue-chip corporate loans.
Snapping up robo-advisors. BlackRock has entered the fray by acquiring FutureAdvisor, a Y Combinator start-up that automatically generates client portfolios.
Aberdeen on the lookout. Aberdeen Asset Management has acquired Parmenion Capital Partners, as part of its self-described strategy to "capitalise on advancements in financial technology systems and to become a leader in using technology to provide investors with portfolios appropriate to their needs, whilst also growing its Investment Solutions business".
LendingRobot partners with Lending Club. LendingRobot, which provides an automatic management service for P2P lending investments, has announced that investors can now set up a Lending Club account directly through the service.
FinTech and capital markets. An interesting piece on the intersection between the two, courtesy of Steve Grobb (Fidessa).
Clearing / trading technologies
Rival Systems expands product offer. The Chicago based provider of trading software has announced the launch of Rival Trader, a derivatives trading and risk management platform. The company expects to release Rival Enterprise, an enterprise risk management tool for brokerage and clearing firms, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and operators of multiple trading groups, later this year.
Risk management
Barclays has your back (for a fee). The bank has launched a cloud-based contingency payment service for corporates unable to use their primary channel (for example, in the event of a network outage).
Information platforms
Good ol' Fortram. A 2006 blog post by John O'Sullivan, a coder, has been doing the rounds again. According to O'Sullivan (who was drawing on comments by an ex-Bloomberg colleague of his), Bloomberg terminals run on 25 million lines of Fortram code, a 1950s language created by IBM. The company has been struggling for a long time now to make the transition from Fortram to C++
Boris, the angel. Stockflare, the stock market information platform, is the first FinTech venture to receive funding from the London Mayor's start-up investment pot (the London Co-investment Fund). Stockflare has also just raised £445,000 through Crowdcube, surpassing its £300,000 target.
Symphony platform launched to rival Bloomberg terminals. Goldman Sachs and thirteen other institutions have launched Symphony, a new cloud-based communications service for the financial services sector. The move comes in response to the Bloomberg snooping scandal. Symphony has also teamed up with Dow Jones to provide users with news content from within the service. The consortium has struck a deal with NY's Department of Financial Services, agreeing to retain a copy of chat messages for seven years and store duplicate copies of their decryption keys with independent custodians.
Other news
Ant Financial. Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial raised $45-$50bn in the biggest ever Series A funding round. Ant Financial provides a range of financial services, including Alipay (an online payments service handling three times the volume of PayPal), investment service Yu'e Bao, online credit scoring service Sesame Credit, digital bank MYBank and an SME micro loan book valued at $65bn. The Chinese National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was among the investors. Alibaba is the Chinese e-commerce giant.
Innovate Finance's 2020 manifesto. The UK should aim to attract "$4 billion of venture investment and $4 billion of institutional investment in corporate venture funds, accelerators and innovation programmes".
UK and the European FinTech scene. Research by William Garrity Associates has found that "over 10% of global fintech investment has gone to the UK and startups based here have pulled in more than the rest of Europe combined."
FinTech growth areas. Earlier in the summer, Oliver Wyman, Santander InnoVentures and Anthemis released a report highlighting key growth areas for tech-driven financial services.
Acceleration to nowhere? Heather Vescent, a consultant, has analyzed 186 winners across 18 FinTech competitions and hackathons. Data, lending, payments and small-business solutions were the most popular categories.
IoTUK. The government has launched a new national programme as part of its £40m investment in upgrading the UK's Internet of Things capabilities.
FinTech 101. Open University has launched a £700 FinTech 101 course in partnership with Innovate Finance
French FinTech industry association launched. The body has 36 members and is being led by Alain Clot.
Lists galore. There has been a flurry of lists and rankings released recently:
- The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 is out - Funding Circle and RateSetter make the top 5.
- Several 'most influential in FinTech' lists have been released recently, based on analyses of Twitter activity:
- City AM released its top 100 powerlist.
- Onalytica provides a list of the most influential people and the most influential brands (TransferWise is the only actual enterprise that makes the top ten brand - most area media outlets).
- Marc P Bernegger maintains Twitter influencers lists for different FinTech centres.
- City AM released its top 100 powerlist.
- bankinnovation.net maintains a list of the top 20 finance apps downloaded on Android / iOS. Robinhood, a startup promising free stock trades, came in at No. 7, putting it ahead of Google Wallet, Venmo, Citibank, and US Bank.
- 30 Irish FinTech start-ups, courtesy of Silicon Republic's FinTech Week articles.
- 13 examples of FinTech enterprises aimed at helping SMEs.
Bulletin Board
- London FinTech Week (September 14-20)
- Next Bank New York City (September 15)
- Next Bank Barcelona (September 22)
- Crowdfinance 2015 (September 28)
- Fintech Americas 'Bridging the Banking Disruption Divide' (October 22-23)
- Innovate 2015 (November 9-10)
- Applications for the FinTech Innovation Lab close September 17.
- Fusion, the Swiss FinTech accelerator set up by Polytech Ventures, has announced the ten start-ups who will be participating in its new programme (starting October 5).
- UBS has launched its Future of Finance Challenge, offering prizes worth more than $300,000.
- The 3D FinTech Challenge runs September 16 - November 4. The focus this year is on 'data management technologies' and their implications for RegTech. The challenge is run by Dassault Systemes in partnership with Deutsche Borse (and sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland).
- Ignite, the angel-led accelerator programme, is launching its inaugural London programme.
- Comerica Bank and RocketSpace have launched a wearable FinTech start-up challenge, with a $50,000 prize for the winner.


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Graphic Design
Adobe Illustrator, After Effects and Photoshop
Illustrator Projects:
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Photoshop Projects:
How Far Will Your Gaze Go? - Image/Photoshop project about multimedia communication in the style of artist Barbara Kruger analyzing the male gaze, its evolution, and asking if it will ever affect male figures in the same way that it has drastically affected women. Read more about it here.
'Star Persona' Card Game - Final project for class on stars and celebrities: a card game that illustrated how we create our identities by curating specific characteristics embodied by stars. Designed on Adobe Photoshop.


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The Life Unwired
with Ben Combee
- Read the Lines
You just can't get away from advertising. It seems like companies want to invade every inch of our lives with their commercial messages. Today, I saw the latest battlefield in this war for our attention.
I'd stopped at the Howard Lane Home Depot to get a replacement garbage disposal to replace the one that had burnt out a few months ago. When getting out of my car, I looked down and saw the Maytag logo. All of the stripes in this section of the parking lot had been covered by plastic strips hawking dryers and credit cards.
I wanted to get angry, but I just looked at it and felt depressed. I'm sure some ad creative noticed that people always look down after leaving their cars to see how well they parked, and they could grab that little bit of attention for a moment.
I've got one idea, but it requires too much cooperation to work. If you parked badly, you'd cover up one of those stripes with your car. Then, if everyone parked badly, they all would be covered and they wouldn't work. I don't think that idea's going to catch on, but the next time I see those, I might just find another parking lot, preferably in front of another store.
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Wow. How annoying. I haven't seen that yet. Hopefully it's just a trial run and they'll decide it didn't work well. I wonder how well the plastic strips stay put?
The strips I looked at briefly had a little road dirt on them, but not enough to obscure the message. At least they were using a bright white background, so they still were visible as stripes in the evening.
Hmmm... I wonder if there's a city code about lot striping that these are violating. Gotta go search the Austin code.
Hmmm... I wonder if there's a city code about lot striping that these are violating. Gotta go search the Austin code.
I think that's a good idea, Ben. You're right, it's unlikely to catch on, but I think it's still a worthwhile effort. I'm going to park on the ad-stripe if I see one.
Man, that's just asking for a little anti-advertising action.
Forget parking on them. Gotta put a magic marker (tm) in my glove box.
Forget parking on them. Gotta put a magic marker (tm) in my glove box.


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So my wonderful friend/baby scout Rachael (mom to this beautiful boy) came to me one day and said "You have got to meet this little boy, he is so beautiful!" So I'm thinking, if Rachael is saying this then it must be true. So she puts me in contact with mom and we schedule the shoot. I know as a mom I am biased, but I have some beautiful kids. I mean my first born was such a gorgeous, gorgeous baby and I just knew I had the most beautiful baby in the world. That is until I met "C". My mouth literally dropped. This beautiful little 1 year old runs to me and extends his arms out for a hug the moment we met. I couldn't believe it. It was love at first sight and with those eyes of his I would have emptied out my bank account and bought him whatever he wanted. As soon as the session was over I called Rachael and said "You were right, he is beautiful". More than anything he is beautiful inside. He is the most fun loving, easy going, huggable, happy kid a girl could dream for.
Mom, thanks for sharing your bundle of joy with me as he is truly that. I look forward to watching your family grow and enjoying my new assumed role as Photo Auntie! I'll gladly be at the front door with a stick when he's a teen beating those little girls off!
Magical I say..Magical!
You can't get me!
He could have anything he wanted from me with this look.
Nothing like Mommy kisses.
He won me over with this one.
I'm outta here!
Party's over!
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Cupertino releases iOS 10.3 beta 3 to the Developer Community
Today, Apple released iOS 10.3 Beta 3 to it's developer community, and OTA update weighing about 319 MB. Many developers are still working through the latest bug fixes and features and will be sure to report their latest findings as they are found.
In the SDK announcement, Apple had the following to say about bug fixes in this release:
In the SDK announcement Apple also had this to say about what was fixed since iOS 10.3 beta 2:
We benchmarked iOS 10.3 beta 3 using Geekbench 4 and found that – while it is benching a little slower, the new file system migration yields decreased boot times:
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"Alyce Gottesman's rapturously restive paintings reflect a confluence of art, music and nature — rhythm and randomness glinting off skeins of pigment like flashes of
beauty caught in the corner of the eye. Her multifarious approach burns through dozens of ideas as she moves from one painting to the next, working and reworking
the surface until she arrives at a there-ness — that off-kilter, unexpected, revelatory moment when sunlight bursts through forest leaves, or a chord breaks from minor to
major. Gottesman moves like a master improviser, her well-ordered tools readily at hand, her actions at once considered and impulsive.
She peers deeply into the unspooling image, absorbing herself in its emergent cosmos until something clicks. Then she seizes her materials — oil or acrylic, colored
pencils or inks, Wite-Out or carbon paper, whatever fits the moment — and embarks upon a yin-yang of creation and destruction, ceasing only when the seemingly
arbitrary strokes, pours, drips and scrawls cohere into an inevitable whole." -Thomas Micchelli
Alyce Gottesman's paintings and drawings have been exhibited extensively in the New York
metro area and nationally. Gallery shows include The Painting Center, Carter Burden Gallery,
Kent State University, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Visual Arts
Center of NJ, Domo Gallery, Ben Shahn Galleries, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Cheryl
Hazan Gallery, Montclair Art Museum and Johnson & Johnson Headquarters Gallery.
Art fairs include 14c Art Fair Jersey City, SOFA Chicago, AAF Affordable Art Fair NYC,
REVEAL Saratoga Springs, and Start Up San Francisco.
Awards include a NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Geraldine
R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
Fellowship. Her work is part of numerous private and public collections including Sloan
Kettering, Brooklyn Art Library, Provident Bank of NJ, SAP of America, Cinevative, Hoffman
LaRoche, Johnson & Johnson, The College of NJ and William Paterson University.
She earned a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University, an MFA from School of Visual Arts and
has participated in workshops at the Printmaking Workshop, Rutgers University Innovative Print
Center (Brodsky Center) and R & F Encaustics.
Alyce Gottesman lives and works in Montclair, NJ and Inverness, CA.


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I guess this topic intrigues me because of all the injustice in the world. Poverty. Human trafficking. Terrorism. It's enough to make a person wonder, is God really just?
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. Psalm 89:14 (ESV)
The Bible speaks repeatedly of God's justice. Justice is one of the characteristics of who God is. It's an essential part of His nature.
God's justice demands He deal with evil. He can't sweep it under the rug or pretend He doesn't see it. In order for God to be just, sin must receive what it deserves – death, both physical and spiritual.
God loves us, however. He has since, "before the foundation of the world." (Ephesians 1:4, ESV) This presented a problem: how could God punish sin, yet preserve the sinners? How could He mete out the justice our wickedness deserved while still sparing us?
He could punish someone else in our place. He could pour out His righteous wrath on a perfect and innocent substitute. And that's what He did.
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)
Make no mistake - our God is a God of justice. If you doubt this, look at Jesus on the cross, brutalized, bleeding, and forsaken by the Father. Look at Jesus, dying terrified and alone. That was God's justice. That was the justice our sins deserved.
That's all well and good, (you may be thinking), but what about all the evil running rampant in our world? Where is God in all of this? Isn't He going to do something?
I'm glad you asked.
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. Revelation 19:11 (ESV)
Jesus came to earth the first time to deal with sin as a suffering servant. To offer salvation to any and all who would call upon his name.
He will come again to deal with evil as a ruling, reigning, and conquering King, and on that day justice will be served.


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ASSITEJ and WLPG in Cameroon - the Shaping Stories workshops
A great and promising first workshop called "Shaping Stories" has taken place in November 2016, in the context of FATEJ (African Theatre Festival for Children and Youth), as one of the first two regional workshops created by ASSITEJ International, with the support of WLPG. It has launched the development of a new TYA playwriting network gathering professionals from across Africa.
This workshop, about all the ways of writing for the stage when addressing young audiences, was organized by Scènes d'enfance - ASSITEJ France. The workshop was devised by Pascale Grillandini, Karin Serres and Gustave Akakpo and shared with 15 TYA professionals from Cameroon.
Thanks to the generosity of the publishers Editions Théâtrales, Lansman Editeur, l'Ecole des Loisirs, Espaces 34 and Actes Sud, every participating company has gone back home with a good amount of French speaking theatre books, as a first shelf of their own TYA library.
The next meeting of the group, broadened with more African playwrights, will take place in South Africa in May 2017, in the context of the Cape Town ASSITEJ World Congress.


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Written by Nekko
I recently got married and I'm currently living in Tokyo. I will write about cheap shopping, and tips about fashion and lifestyle.
This is a blog article about worshipping at the Zenkoji temple that is in Matsumoto-shi, Nagano. We also talk about an Italian restaurant called THE FUJIYA GOHONJI, where they use local ingredients of Nagano.
Taking trip to Nagano Prefecture to see Zenko-ji Temple!
Zenko-ji is in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, and it was built in AD 644. At the end of the Edo era, people said, "You should visit Zenko-ji at least once in your life."
Take Nagano Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo to Nagano Station. You can travel on foot after arriving at the station.
The walk through the stone path… took longer than I thought it would...but after that, you will see the main building come into your eyes!
The main building is...huge!
Not many temples in Japan are this size...
"Gokaichoh" is the day we can see Zenritsu-Honzon (An iconic figure of Ikko-Sanzon-Amida-Nyorai). This event happens every six years with the next taking place in 2021!
This wooden pole in the picture above is connected to Zenritsu-Honzon statue, and many believe that one's prayers are answered when one touches the pole.
It was very crowded so I could only touch it a little bit...hoping good things happen!
(Be aware you may wait in line to get to see it during the daytime!)
Lunch was the main event for me on this visit to Nagano! The area is famous for Soba Noodles, but my choice was Italian!
This building was built as a hotel during the Edo era, but has now been remodeled as a restaurant. This spacious room is also capable of holding wedding parties.
The atmosphere and views are very cozy… beautiful garden can also be seen from the windows.
Pasta Lunch Course costs 1000 yen which comes with an appetizer, pasta, focàccia, and coffee or tea. I opted for a 500 yen addition to make my appetizer four different bites!
The appetizer menu is different everyday. Today's featured Nagano's famous Shinshu-pork and local vegetables...all dishes were well prepared!! Super tender pork in my mouth...
If you pay 1000 yen for lunch, I strongly urge you to experience how great their food is!
Dinner can't be missed during your stay in Zenko-ji area! Following a friend's recommendation, I went to the Hamburg Steak Restaurant; Cafe & Kitchen Glacé.
The restaurant is located in Suzaka area, 30 minutes away from Zenko-ji...but totally worth it! An old silk cocoonery warehouse transformed to the fashionable Italian restaurant. I'm betting you'll love it!
(sorry for not having pictures of the inside of the restaurant...)
Hamburg steak with basil sauce...it was my first experience...what deliciousness!! The potato with butter on top tasted very good too...
Nagano Prefecture has not only various Onsens (hot springs) and historic sites, but also wonderful food which make you go there again and again...guaranteed! I can't wait to go back there...again!!
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Evil Spirits, Monsters and Benevolent Protectors: Demonology in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia — ISAW (New York, 23/04/2012)
Evil Spirits, Monsters and Benevolent Protectors: Demonology in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia — Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
The origin, nature, and function of supernatural beings, conventionally called 'demons,' in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, has not yet been clearly defined. This workshop, organized by Visiting Research Scholar Rita Lucarelli, brings together scholars of Egyptology, History of Religion, and Near Eastern Studies to perform a cross-cultural analysis of textual, iconographical, and material sources in an attempt to further develop a comparative study of demonology focused on the ancient Mediterranean world and Near East.
Attendance at this event is by invitation only. Additional seats may be available, please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in attending.
9:00am Beate Pongratz-Leisten (ISAW): Opening Remarks/Welcome
9:15am Rita Lucarelli (organizer, ISAW): For a Comparative Approach to Demonology in Antiquity: the Case of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia9:45am R. Lucarelli/K. Szpakowska/P. Kousoulis: The Demonology Project - Overview10:15am Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea University): The Devil is in the Details: The Demonology 2K Project10:45am Coffee Break
11:00am Colleen Manassa (Yale University): Divine Phylogeny in the Underworld Books: Gods and Daimones
11:30am Ludwig Morenz (University of Bonn)/Rita Lucarelli: Demons at Deir el Medinah: The Magical Papyrus of Mutemheb Reconsidered 12:00pm Panagiotis Kousoulis (University of the Aegean, Rhodes): Rebellious Identities and Demonic Diversity: msw-bdšt and the Apophian Children12:30pm Lunch Break
2:00pm Karen Sonik (UCLA): Defining the Terms of Mesopotamian Demonology2:30pm Lorenzo Verderame (Sapienza University of Rome): Their Divinity is Different, their Nature is Distinct! Origin and Features of Demons in Mesopotamian Cultures
3:00pm Eckart Frahm (Yale University): A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu
3:30pm Coffee Break
3:45pm Sarah Graff (The Metropolitan Museum of Art): Humbaba's Head: A New Interpretation4:15pm David Frankfurter (Boston University): Amente Demons and Christian Syncretism4:45pm Christopher A. Faraone (University of Chicago): Theriomorphic vs. Monstrous Demons in the Ancient Near East and Greece5:15pm Coffee Break
5:30pm Final Discussion: the Role and Meaning of Demons in Egypt and the Ancient Near East
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For the FOX All-Star Party in West Hollywood, actress Zoe Levin stepped out in Camilla and Marc's leopard print drop-waist dress. Worn with simple, black Jimmy Choo heels and a slick pony, it was unfortunate that Zoe couldn't predict the busy backdrop when she opted for such a statement piece.
The jacquard cocktail dress is a clear winner from the Aussie label's Spring 2014 collection. In fact, you might remember model Montana Cox repping the same design at the ARIA Awards last year, styled similarly to Zoe with black strappy heels, a studded clutch and hair tied back.
The structured piece's on-trend high neckline, combined with a feminised leopard print in navy, gray and hints of mauve on a fresh white dress is the perfect choice for those who find accessories to be a hassle. Such a great print needn't be ruined by overdoing it with unnecessary add-ons.
Zoe joins New Girl's Hannah Simone as another high-profile name embracing Aussie designers.


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Stoney Burke and his waka.
Papa Taiao Earthcare and Kevin 'Stoney' Bourke would like to collaborate with the Hokianga Community to operate a Waka Hourua out of the Hokianga.
The waka hourua will be used to bring Iwi of Aotearoa together to celebrate the extraordinary voyaging endeavours of the tupuna to inspire taiohi to lead local regenerative enterprises that benefit te moana and te tangata of Aotearoa.
The aim of the waka hourua project is to improve opportunities for taiohi in Te Tai Tokerau.
Potential products
The waka hourua will be used by Papa Taiao to deliver training programmes and to support the Hokianga Community to continue to grow cultural- and ecological- tourism opportunities.
Education products : use as a Moana Restoration learning platform
Taiohi voyaging
Education programmes in Earthcare, Cultural Enterprise, Cultural Tourism and Eco-tourism
Tourism products
Celestial Navigation Night Tours from the waka hourua in the Hokianga
Cultural tours of the Hokianga on the waka hourua
Mana enhancing voyaging
Mana enhancing, regeneration and reintegration programmes for prisoners about to be reintegrated into the community
Papa Taiao Earthcare and Stoney Bourke aim to develop these products with the Hokianga Community so that the social, cultural and economic benefits flow from these products to the community.
Currently the waka hourua is located in Bluff and is 80% complete.
The plan is to relocate the waka from Bluff to the Hokianga by April 2018 and get inmates from Ngawha Corrections Facility and local taiohi involved in Papa Taiao Earthcare academies to complete the waka. The goal is to have the waka hourua completed by the end of 2018 and train crew over the 2018-19 summer ready for use in 2019.
Inmates and taiohi will learn and earn boat building, sustainability and enterprise skills and qualifications.
We would like to enable rangatahi to own and lead small enterprises that support tourism between Kaikohe the Hokianga and Dargaville.


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Here are some of the comments that we have received about the service provided:
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The reduced weight and compact design makes the AVIATOR S a powerful communications tool that provides ACARS and IP data pipes allowing network integration with a portfolio of data hosting and transmitting components on the aircraft such as the cockpit, EFB devices, onboard maintenance computers and devices used by the crew to service passengers.
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By @rotoguys
Sammy Watkins enters 2014 as one of the top five rookies to draft for fantasy football. Watkins will be looked to produce from the start to the finish for the Buffalo Bills. The Bills moved up in the 2014 NFL draft, giving up multiple draft picks to land the Clemson star wide receiver. Looking at how he performed with the Tigers the past few seasons, it is simple why the team wanted him.
In three seasons with the Tigers Watkins pulled in 240 passes for 3,391 yards and 27 touchdowns. His best season came last season as Watkins finished with 101 catches for 1,464 yards and 12 touchdowns. Now the Bills will look for his big play ability to help the team succeed in 2014. The only concern with Watkins is taking a big gamble on him to early in fantasy drafts.
Top 5 Rookie Fantasy Players To Pick Up:
1. Sammy Watkins, Buffalo Bills: Watkins averaged over 12.4 yards per reception in each season at college. Now the success doesn't always translate to the NFL, but Watkins speed and ability to separate makes him one of the top choices to draft within the rookies.
Sammy Watkins
2. Brandin Cooks, New Orleans Saints: The former Oregon State star has the speed to make him a solid threat in the high powered Saints offense. Cooks gets an advantage over most of the rookies playing in an offense that has seen Drew Brees throw for over 5,000 yards multiple times in his career. We expect the Saints to build packages to get the ball in his hands at the line of scrimmage as well as on deeper routes.
Brandon Cooks
3. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Seferian-Jenkins might have been the best tight end in this draft, but the off the field issues cost him a higher draft pick. The 6'5'' tight end pulled in 21 touchdowns in three seasons for Washington. Lovie Smith and the offense will look to work him and fellow rookie Mike Evans into the offense as much as possible.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins
4. Paul Richardson, Seattle Seahawks: The Seahawks drafted Richardson in the second round to help the void in the passing game after the team lost Golden Tate to free agency. Richardson joins a receiving corps that is led by Percy Harvin. In each of his three seasons at Colorado, Richardson averaged over 14.2 yards per catch.
Paul Richardson
5. Andre Williams, New York Giants: Williams is listed on the depth chart behind both Rashad Jennings and Peyton Hillis, but we don't expect that to last for too long. In the Giants first preseason game we saw Williams rush seven times for 48 yards with one rushing touchdown.
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