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Often, Digital Slobs serve as these beach-blanket bummers, due to the fish-out-of-water factor. Direct sunlight interferes with our laptop screens. Foraging sand crabs mess with our peripheral vision and distract us from our PlayStation Portables. And our TiVo remotes have no effect on the sunset whatsoever.
Fortunately, in the Digital Age, new devices like these offer Slobs the same kind of peace with their surroundings that blinders give racehorses:
NuPower Video+ (newertech.com, $50): The current world record for holding a breath underwater is 8 minutes, 58 seconds -- coincidentally, that's also the current record for how long a Digital Slob stripped of all lithium-powered gadgets can sit on a beach before paramedics must intervene.
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Yet that alone is just a short-term fix. Inevitably, just when Davey Jones' crew of crustaceans gets into the act on the giant 3.5-inch screen and things finally get interesting, it goes dark. Dead. Drained. Done.
Ever try to resuscitate an iPod on the beach? When it comes to public facilities at the seashore, the only thing harder to find than toilet paper is a USB port.
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That's 16 episodes of "Ugly Betty," 32 episodes of "The Office" or one episode of "Lost" viewed 16 times, because that's the only way it even begins to make sense.
Floating Cabana (hammacher.com, $300): Secretly, Slobs believe that oceans would be a lot more fun if you just put a giant polyvinyl chloride tarp over all of them, in essence making waterbeds that covered four-fifths of Earth's surface. In our perfect world, massive underwater earthquakes would then create little more than a global amusement-park ride.
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As could be expected this time of year, there are more seasonal music events taking place this weekend, with two concerts on Sunday and a special brass event happening on Saturday.
The event tomorrow is Tuba Christmas. Tuba Christmas concerts have taken place all over the world, with the first occurring back in 1974, so this year marks the 40th anniversary of the event. Tuba Christmases are organized and sponsored through the Harvey Phillips Foundation, and the first one was held in Rockefeller Center in New York City with the legendary Paul Lavalle conducting.
Event founder Harvey Phillips was a renown tuba player who began his professional career as a member of several circus bands. During a stint of circus performances in New York City, Phillips was discovered by William Bell, the principal tuba player of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Bell became his friend and recruited Phillips to study at Julliard, the renown music school. After graduating, Phillips performed extensively in New York City as a freelance artist for the likes of the New York Opera and New York City Ballet, among others, for over 30 years. In 1971 he became a member of the music faculty of Indiana University.
When Phillips organized the first Tuba Christmas in 1974, he did so as a way to honor his friend and teacher Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. An average of 250 Tuba Christmas events are held worldwide each year, and as you might infer from the title, Tuba Christmas is a holiday happening featuring Christmas carols performed by tubas and their smaller cousins, baritones and euphoniums.
El Paso's event will feature a rehearsal and then a public performance. The performance will take place at 1:00 in the afternoon tomorrow at Cielo Vista Mall. Normally the instrumentalists gather by the fountain in front of the east Dillard's for the performance.
The rehearsal for the event will be held at Hanks High School Saturday morning. Registration starts at 9:00 in the morning, with sectionals and a full-ensemble run scheduled from 9:30 until 11:00. There is a $10 registration fee required by the Phillips Foundation for participants. All area tuba, baritone, and euphonium players, regardless of age are invited to be members of the ensemble. Music can be purchased at the rehearsal, and musicians are asked to bring their own music stands.
Conducting the ensemble will be Robby Melendez, the director of bands at Valley View Middle School. Organizer for the event is Nick Flood, an assistant band director at Hanks High School.
There are two concerts scheduled for Sunday afternoon. In El Paso the Jazz Unlimited Big Band, under the direction of rusty Hall, will present a Christmas program at the Grace campus of St. Mark's Methodist Church. The church is located at 400 North Carolina. The program will feature the 18-member ensemble performing holiday music in a variety of styles, including traditional jazz as well as swing, rock and Latin jazz numbers.
The concert will begin at 3:00 in the afternoon and the public is invited. There is no admission charge, but donations will be accepted.
The Mesilla Valley Concert Band, under the direction of William Clark, will present their holiday concert on Sunday afternoon as well. The 100-member band will perform in the Atkinson Recital Hall on the campus of New Mexico State University.
The band's program will feature a variety of music, including Gordon Jacob's "An Original Suite," John Phillip Sousa's "Liberty Bell" march, Alfred Reed's "El Camino Real," and Claude T. Smith's "Rhapsody of Christmas Carols," among other works.
The concert is the second in the band's 6-concert 2013-2014 season. The program will begin at 3:00 Sunday afternoon, and admission is free.


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2013 Goals In Review!
This is a long post; get a mug of juice and enjoy!! A look at the regimen goals
- Protective style with my own hair. I have to learn how to cornrow this year. Seriously! I can do a cornrow now though not neatly.
- Pre-poo before every wash whether overnight or with hooded dryer. When I get the dryer, I'll pre-poo with it and do the overnight deep conditioning. Kept up with the pre-poo
- Roller set or flexi rod instead of air drying more. I get very smooth hair when I roller set so I'll stick to that when I purchase the hooded dryer. Failed! Didn't do rollersets even with the hooded dryer I bought.
- Satin scarf EVERY night. I do use the satin scarf but not diligently so I'll do my best to be consistent with it. Failed!
- Either deep condition twice a week or co-wash and deep condition once a week. Since I plan on continuing with the Dark n Lovely instant deep conditioners. I may use that as a co-wash and do a full wash once a week. What I mean is that you can leave it on for just 2 minutes as a normal conditioner or leave it on for 7 minutes for deep conditioning. Kept up with this successfully
- Add oils deep conditioner, which has proven very effective. Failed!
- Relax at most 3 times in the year. I believe my 12 weeks stretches went pretty well so I can go for an additional 4 weeks but if this doesn't work, I'll stick to the 12. Passed!
- Reduce my use of products with protein. As you can see form the previous post, most of my products are protein based and I'd prefer to balance it with moisturizing ones. Failed!
- Be more active on all my pages ie fb, twitter, pinterest and google plus so I can socialize better with you all!! Pass!
- Length Goals: Make it to at least APL by the end of the year! Was almost there but cut off 6 inches this year so fail!
Let's go over products!
- ORS Aloe shampoo (For clarifying before relaxer and neutralizing on relaxer days): I bought it and have been using it the whole year
- Sunsilk shampoo-didn't try and won't try it because I've lost interest
- Dove shampoo-didn't try it and won't try it because I've lost interest
- Herbal Essence conditioners-tried it; will definitely repurchase for co-washes
- Garnier Fructis conditioner- didn't try it but will be using their heat protectant
- L'Oreal conditioners-tried the elvive smoothing shampoo, loved it. Will definitely recommend it and possibly buy it to make my shampoos two; Crème of nature plus this one.
- VO5 conditioners (For detangling purposes and co-washing when stretching) used it and still using it and will be stocking it up at my shop
- Sunsilk conditioner-didn't try and won't try it. Simply not interested again
- Dove conditioner- too expensive for the size so no trying.
- Hawaiian Silky 14 in 1-tried it, dislike it but will use up what I have. Currently using their leave in which is ok for me.
- S-Curl No Drip: tried it and will definitely purchase it again for leave in purposes.
I'll also add more oils to my current arsenal:
- Amla oil: I have a post on the benefits of this oil. Didn't try and won't try it
- Vatika oil: tried the coconut oil, won't repurchase. Love the almond oil, a keeper
- JBCO-(already ordered)still using it, keeper
- Sesame oil; bought hemp oil instead so not getting the sesame
- Hair serum**not sure which one I'll get. Didn't get it but will try an anti frizz one
Protein Deep conditioners
- ORS hair mayonnaise (for stretching or relaxer day)didn't buy. Ended up with kuza cholesterol and ORS replenishing conditioner
Moisturizing Deep Conditioners
- Dark n Lovely Anti breakage healing treatment: tried it, not a keeper because it has protein
- Keracare humecto: tried it, loved it, definitely a keeper
- Queen Helene Cholesterol: tried it, liked it. Won't repurchase
- Mizani Moisturefuse or Mizani Thermasmooth: had the opportunity to try it but didn't because I found something better.
- Africa's Best Organics Olive Oil Deep Conditioner: didn't try it because it has protein. Won't try it
ORS Carrot oil: tried it, didn't like it so not a keeper
Other products
Aloe vera juice
Hooded dryer: bought it but didn't keep it. Might get another one depending how the year goes
More rollerset or flexi rods: did get rollers but gave them out. Won't buy them including the flexi rods
Hair accessories: did get more but still need moreOver all, I didn't try a lot of the products and won't be trying them next year. See my 2014 goals tomorrow!


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Columbus East High School
The Columbus East Alumni Association is happy to announce that we have establish the Wall of Fame. The Columbus East WALL OF FAME, located just outside the new Main Office location at Columbus East High School, celebrates and recognizes past East Grads who have demonstrated the Olympian Ideal in their lives after high school by making contributions through service to their community, nation or world.There will be a brief recognition ceremony for this year's inductees prior to the boys' varsity basketball game on Friday, February 21, 2014. Join us for the ceremony as well as an open house reception (please click here to view invitation--your friends and family are welcome as well) starting at 6 that evening. Should you have any questions, please be in touch.Hope to see you on February 21!East's Inductees to the Wall of Fame:
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EURUSD remains in downtrend from 1.3486, the rise from 1.2042 is treated as consolidation of the downtrend. Further rise would likely be seen next week, and the target would be at1.2600 area. Key resistance is at 1.2747, as long as this level holds, we'd expect downtrend to resume, and another fall towards 1.1500 is still possible after consolidation, only break above this level could signal completion of the downtrend.
For long term analysis, EURUSD is in downtrend from 1.4938 (2011 high). Further decline towards 1.1500 area could be expected over the next several weeks.


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Few things are as ubiquitous in game and graphics programming as a matrix. In this installment of the math primer, we take a look at these structures, investigating not only their numerical significance, but also what they represent visually. Next time, we'll see how to combine them with vectors and with other matrices to form complex transformations, which we rely heavily on in game code.
Matrices are the Basis of Everything
When we refer to a coordinate system, we represent the system with a central point (origin), and 2 (for 2D) or 3 (for 3D) linearly independent vectors, also called axes. Look back to the earlier primer articles for a refresher if you need it. To measure a point with respect to this coordinate system, we use an ordered 2- or 3-tuple, such as (3, 5, 1), which represents starting at the origin, then moving 3 units along the first vector, 5 units along the second vector's direction, and finally 1 unit along the 3rd vector's direction. The three vectors used in this way are called a basis. A basis is the set of linearly independent vectors used to define a coordinate system (or more accurately, a coordinate frame or frame of reference). If we label these vectors u, v, and w, then we can write the 3-tuple above as 3u + 5v + 1w. We can even define left or right handedness of the basis by looking at the way we orient the third vector with respect to the first two. Specifically, third here means the one that we write last when expressing the tuple. When someone mentions the standard basis, they're referring to the set of vectors (normally labeled i, j, and k), where the values are (1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), and (0, 0, 1) respectively, normally centered around the origin O (0, 0, 0). Let's take a look at Figure 1 for a more visual representation.
Something important to note here is that we can express any basis in terms of another basis. That means that we can express any basis in terms of the standard basis. If we look at Figure 1 a little more closely, we see that even though u, v, and w are vectors making up a basis, they're still just vectors, and that means we can express them in terms of i, j, and k. For instance, if we use the basis consisting of u, v, and w as our frame of reference, then u would most likely be written as (1, 0, 0). However, using the standard basis as our point of reference, we might measure u to be some vector (0.6, 0.6, 0) or something of the like. This is a key concept to keep in mind: basis vectors can all be measured and represented in terms of another basis, including the standard one.
It's getting a little tedious to constantly keep referring to a basis in a manner such as "the basis consisting of basis vectors u, v, and w". Wouldn't it be nice if there was a succinct notation to capture that? Well, there is! We can write the basis vectors in block form, like:
Where u, v, and w are expressed as vectors in terms of the standard basis. This is a matrix, and the expanded form looks like this:
Now, we need to clarify a few things here before continuing. The way I've laid out the matrix above is not the only correct way to lay out a basis. Just as coordinate systems have left handed and right handed variations, which are just a matter of preference and convention, matrices too have some convention considerations to make. Matrices may be used in what's called row-major or column-major form, which directly correlates with how you wish to write vectors. Vectors can be written as row-vectors or column-vectors. See Figure 2 for a comparison of the two. It's important to realize that just as picking one handedness of coordinate system over another had no bearing on the result, just the shape of the formulae, the same is true of how we express our vectors and matrices.
Figure 2: The row-vector on the left is written with the 3 components horizontal. The column vector on the right is written with the 3 components laid out vertically.
How we write out matrices is directly related to what kind of vectors we use. If we use row vectors, then we lay down our basis vectors as rows of the matrix. If we are using column vectors, then we lay down the basis vectors as columns in the matrix. See Figure 3 below:
Figure 3: The row-major matrix on the left consists of the basis vectors written as rows of the matrix. The column-major matrix on the right consists of the basis vectors written as columns in the matrix.
Again, which we choose doesn't make a difference as long as we are consistent with our convention and form our formulae appropriately for the form we've chosen. In mathematics, and most texts on mathematics and graphics, column form is more widespread. However, in the actual game and graphics world things are a little more divided. For instance, DirectX and XNA both use row form, but OpenGL uses column form. You could write an entire library in column form, but still use DirectX or XNA to render, you just need to convert between the forms at the appropriate places. The conversion between the two, called a transpose, will be covered a bit later in this post.
I will choose to use column vector form even though most of my coding examples will likely be either DirectX or XNA. You might think that seems counterintuitive, but I believe writing out mathematics in a manner which is more consistent with academia is more natural, and will match what you find in research papers, math books, and other references around the web. My coding examples are just that: examples. I don't think it's justified to form my mathematical explanations around my examples' choice of graphics API.
NOTE: It is important to realize that this discussion of row versus column major matrix is only relevant when talking about vectors. As we'll see in a moment, matrices can be used for many other things besides vectors, and in those cases there is only a single form of a matrix. In other words: row major and column major matrices are still the same matrix, we've just chosen to impose a convention on how we write vectors in terms of matrices.
Introduction to Matrices
While it's convenient to write vectors as single row or column matrices, and basis vectors as the rows or columns of a 9 element square matrix, these are far from the only uses of a matrix. In fact, most formal definitions of a matrix are something along the lines of "a rectangular arrangement of numbers, organized into rows and columns", which says nothing about vectors.
Let's try and define matrices a little more generally now. We know that they look like blocks of numbers, and that they are considered to have rows and columns, so let's add that we can refer to the number of rows and columns as "n by m", or n x m, where n is the number of rows and m is the number of columns. This is summarized in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Matrices are labeled using row x column. From left to right, the matrix sizes are: 2x3, 1x2, 3x1, and 3x3.
We can see from the first matrix in the figure that elements within the matrix are always labeled using the row, then the column number, and are 1-based. The subscripts in the first matrix show the row and column numbers of element aij. The second and third matrices could be interpreted as row and column vectors, respectively. The final matrix in the figure leads us to a few more definitions.
If the number of rows and columns in a matrix are the same, the matrix is said to be a square matrix. Since the number of rows and columns are the same, we can refer to square matrices with a single size dimension. For instance, we can say something is a dimension 3 square matrix, meaning it's a 3x3. The set of all elements in the vector for which the row and column are the same (a11, a22, etc…) is called the diagonal of the matrix. For example, in the rightmost matrix above, the diagonal is the set of numbers (4, 3, 8). If the only non-0 elements in a matrix are within the diagonal, then the matrix is called a diagonal matrix. So, to summarize, our final matrix above can be called a square, diagonal matrix. Finally, as a matter of notation, I'll use capital, bold, italic letters to represent a matrix. This should make it easier to tell them apart from vectors (bold lowercase) and points (italic capital). For example, a matrix M.
There is a special matrix, called the identity matrix, which is a square, diagonal matrix with only 1s in the diagonal. It can be any size, is normally written as I or In (where n is the size), and we'll see in a moment that it's used to ensure multiplicative identity holds (hence, the name).
Now that we have notation and terminology out of the way, let's start looking at operations we can do with matrices!
Basic Matrix Operations
The most trivial operation we can perform on a matrix is taking it's transpose. This swaps all the rows of the matrix with all of the columns. If the matrix begins as an n x m matrix, then the transpose is an m x n. The transpose of M is written as MT. Examples:
There are a few important observations to make. Firstly, if we look back to our discussion on row and column vectors and matrices, then we can see clearly now that to convert between the two we take the transpose. Secondly, it's important to note that the diagonal of a matrix remains the same after taking it's transpose. This will always be the case. In fact, many like to think of taking the transpose as taking the reflection of the non-diagonal elements across the diagonal.
Addition and Subtraction
Addition and subtraction of two matrices doesn't come up quite as often in games, but no discussion of matrix operations would be complete without them. Matrix addition can only be done between two matrices of the same exact dimensions, and is a trivial operation of summing the elements at the same location in each:
Subtraction is done in the exact same way, again requiring the matrices be of the same dimension and shape.
Scalar Multiplication
Scalar multiplication is as straightforward as can be. Multiplying a matrix M by a scalar s just multiplies each element of the matrix by s.
Matrix Multiplication
Multiplying, also called concatenating, two matrices is by far the most common operation done on matrices in game code. We'll explore why when we talk about transformations later in this post. Multiplying matrices isn't as straightforward as adding or subtracting, but with a little help visualizing what it is we're doing, it's not too bad. Let's take the following two matrices, A and B.
Multiplication of matrices requires that the number of columns of the first matrix match the number of rows of the second. We can refer to this dimension as d. We can see that our matrices A and B meet that requirement, with d = 3. The resulting matrix from multiplication will have dimensions of n x m, where n is the number of rows in A and m is the number of columns in B. The formal definition of matrix multiplication then is:
Using our example matrices A and B from above:
By this definition, matrix multiplication is not commutative, since the column and row requirements may not be met, and even if they were, the result would be different. The only matrices which meet the row and column requirements when reversed are square matrices, but again the result of the multiplication is different.
While we can certainly think of multiplication in this way, I find it far easier to visualize the multiplication in a more vector-oriented way. If we imagine the rows of the first matrix as vectors (like a row major basis), and the columns of the second matrix as vectors (like a column major basis), then what we're really doing is taking the dot product of each possible pair of vectors, with the dot product of the ith row of the first matrix and the jth column of the second matrix making up the element mij in the resulting matrix. In other words:
We now can see what the purpose of the identity matrix, I, is. Multiplying any matrix by an identity matrix of the appropriate size, yields the original matrix:
Multiplying a Matrix and a Vector
Multiplying a vector by a matrix is called transforming the vector. We'll look at transformations in the next post in this series, but let's understand the math behind it first. This is where our discussion of column versus row vectors becomes most relevant. To multiply a vector and a matrix, we treat the vector as a single row or column matrix and multiply as usual. This implies that which side of the matrix the vector goes on is important, and must satisfy the row and column requirements of the multiplication. If our vector is a row vector, then we could write a 3-vector and 3x3 matrix multiplication as:
We could similarly write a column vector multiplied by the same matrix as:
Notice that the vector is on the other side of the matrix. This is required to make the multiplication work. Looking at the expressions above, the product of the multiplication would be different in each case. However, we know intuitively that transforming a vector by a matrix can only have a single answer, and that our choice to use row or column vectors shouldn't impact the result. In order to move the vector from one side of the matrix to the other to satisfy the multiplication requirements, we must also transpose our matrix to ensure that the result remains the same. If we do that, the product of the multiplication will be the same regardless of whether we choose row vectors or column vectors. This is exactly what we were talking about up above in the basis section. So the correct form for the second equation becomes:
Which will ensure we get the same result as the first case.
There are many more operations we can do with matrices, and I'll cover some as we go through the next few blog posts. But for now, we have enough covered that we can start to look at linear transformations. The next installment will start our exploration of transformations, beginning with linear transformations. I hope you enjoyed the introduction of matrices, and as always let me know if there's anything you'd like to see me explain in more detail.


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Windows 7 users can now enjoy the speed and compatibility of Internet Explorer 10, formerly the sole province of Windows 8.
Pinned Sites
Instead of trumpeting its own branding, Internet Explorer gives the site you're visiting center stage. This is nowhere better demonstrated than in the new pinned-site feature. By simply dragging a webpage's icon down to the Windows 7 taskbar, you create a pinned site. This gives the site equal billing with an application. Pinned sites can include Windows 7 jump lists for common site destinations or activities if the site developer supplies the necessary XML data.
Pinned sites not only get their own taskbar icons, but their favicon is used where a browser logo would normally be, in the upper left corner of the window, and even the back and forward buttons take on the color of the site icon. The logo and colors for IE9 pinned sites are automatically grabbed by the browser for display in the window border. If you navigate to a different domain, the icon remains the same as the original pinned site, which struck me as a bit disorienting. One final difference for pinned sites is that the Home button disappears from their menu bar.
You can also add multiple sites to a pinned-site icon. Just open a new tab, right-click on the site icon, and choose "Add as a home page." Though I think that wording could be clarified and the feature made more obvious, the feature offers a convenient way to open a set of frequently visited sites. Pinned sites are a big ace-in-the-hole for Internet Explorer, and site owners can promote their sites for pinned treatment and offer buttons on their pages that pin a site automatically. Chrome's application shortcuts do have the advantage of giving the whole window to the site, but Microsoft's giving full app citizenship to sites through pinning is commendable.
The One Box
Internet Explorer's combined address-and-search box—the One Box adds privacy compared with Chrome's, by letting you turn on an off the autosuggest feature of your search engine at will. But it doesn't offer Chrome's brilliant Instant feature, which loads search result pages or previously visited sites before you even finish typing their address. It does let you choose among search providers from icons at the bottom of its dropdown suggestions, though, unlike Chrome's, which requires a visit to the Settings page. The IE method means you can switch your searching scope to just Wikipedia or just eBay, for example.
One behavior of the One Box I approve of is that after you enter a search and get your result page, the box doesn't switch to a URL, but instead your search terms remain there, in case you want to further refine it. You can also enter searches like "site:site domain" into the One Box to limit results to a specific site.
Legacy Features
IE10 still has some of the unique features introduced in IE8, too, including Accelerators, which let you right click on a page to do things like search, translate, or email the page. Another of these, though probably less used is Web slices, which let you "subscribe" to specified spots on a Web page, for example, the price of an item, a headline in a news site section, or a sports team's result. The slices haven't been much of a hit, though they could certainly be useful.
An early Web slice proponent, eBay, now emphasizes another IE feature—extensions. Yes, that's right Internet Explorer has an add-on capability, just like Firefox and every other browser out there these days. You access extension-related controls from the same menu you do for plugins like Adobe Flash and your PDF reader—sorry, these aren't built in as they are in Chrome (and PDF reading for Firefox). But IE has a nifty feature of telling you if an add-on is slowing down Web browsing excessively.
You also still get a good, pause-able download manager, an effective popup blocker, and capable Favorites, History, and Bookmark features accessible from the star icon.


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(REUTERS) - DeMar DeRozan scored 34 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 115-109 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, with the home team extending their winning streak to a season-best six games.
Centre Jonas Valanciunas added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who improved to 27-15 with the triumph against a tenacious Celtics.
Boston forward Jae Crowder cut the Raptors' lead to two points late in the game but guard DeRozan came right back with a 19-foot pull-up jumper to restore Toronto's advantage to four points with 46.9 seconds remaining.
After a Boston miss, Toronto point guard Kyle Lowry made two free throws with 14.8 seconds on the clock to clinch the game.
Forward Luis Scola scored 18 points for Toronto, forward Terrence Ross contributed 14, and Lowry scored 14 points and had eight assists.
Guard Isaiah Thomas scored 21 points and had 10 assists for the Celtics, who lost their second game in a row.
Guard Avery Bradley added 19 points, forward Kelly Olynyk had 18, Crowder 17 and guard/forward Evan Turner 11 for Boston (22-21).
Both teams shot well from the floor - 55.4 per cent for Toronto and 50.6 per cent for Boston.
The Raptors opened an early 13-point cushion and led 35-27 at the end of the first quarter thanks to 11 points from Scola and 10 from DeRozan.
The Celtics went on a 9-0 run late in the second quarter to storm into a six-point advantage, however, with Boston starting the second half 62-56 up, led by Crowder's 12 first-half points. Scola led all first-half scorers with 15 points.
The Raptors regained the lead, 70-68, on a three-pointer by Lowry with 7min 59sec to play in the third quarter.
There were five lead changes and six ties in the quarter before Valanciunas gave Toronto a five-point lead on a cutting lay-up with 1:24 left in the third.
DeRozan's turnaround jumper bumped the lead to seven points. Toronto led 96-90 after the three quarters.
Thomas cut the lead to two points on a jumper with 6:39 left, but DeRozan and forward Patrick Patterson scored to boost the Raptors' lead to six points.
A running lay-up by Thomas reduced the lead to two points. After a Raptors miss, Bradley tied the game at 105-105 on a 19-foot pull-up jumper with 3:20 to play.
Lowry responded with a three-pointer. After Olynyk scored for Boston, Ross hit a three-pointer and Toronto led 111-107 with 2:16 to go.


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Entire code base and backup corrupted. I will keep this widget version as is here and rebuild from scratch to support newer devices. Delays expected.

Calendar Widget with previous and next month navigation. (Detailed Configuration under Settings)

Usage Guide:

Once the widget is active click on the enter button for devices with buttons and tap in for those without to enable month navigation. Swipe left/right or use the previous/next button to navigate between months.

v7.9

ZHS/ZHT language support.

v7.8

Added support for VivoActive3

v7.7

Added better handling for Fenix 5 Series and Vivoactive fonts.

Added support for cyrillic/thai characters for Fenix 5 Series and Vivoactive. Chinese may be broken on these devices. If anyone can confirm.
Marcelo R. Claude
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Very nice widget. I like the customization it provides, but, if I could, I'd get rid of the hyphen in the date (mm-yyyy). The date could also be a little larger. Only thing I miss is the day number.
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Washington, DC - Three years ahead of schedule, the solar industry has achieved the SunShot 2020 utility-scale goal. With rising solar deployment, SunShot is laying the groundwork for the future with new funding programs – including power electronics, concentrating solar power (CSP), and—coming soon—solar desalination. The office is also looking for you to weigh in on industry needs for integrated solar data and analysis. These stories and more in this edition of the SunShot newsletter.
Thank you to all of the awardees and friends who stopped by our booth at Solar Power International (SPI) last week. It's always great to see you!
Utility-Scale Solar Goal Achieved, Expanded Priorities for 2030
The Department of Energy made a big announcement at SPI last week—the solar industry has achieved the SunShot Initiative's 2020 utility-scale goal of 6 cents per kilowatt-hour without subsidies. As SunShot continues to work toward the remaining commercial and residential goals, it already has its sights set on 2030 with a focus on improving grid reliability, resilience, and affordability.
Advancing Power Electronics Technology
A newly announced funding opportunity will help the industry develop technologies that improve the devices that link solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays to the electric grid. The Advanced Power Electronics Designs for Solar Applications funding program will develop new cost-effective inverter/converter designs that enable utilities to collect data on PV systems, better support voltage and frequency regulation, and reduce grid integration costs, enabling operators to pinpoint and regulate solar production levels. Mandatory concept papers are due on October 12.
Moving CSP Technology into the Next Generation
A new funding opportunity will work to make energy produced by concentrating solar power plants cost-competitive with fuel-based sources of energy by the end of the decade. The Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems (Gen3CSP) funding program will take successful, high temperature, lab-scale sub-component CSP technologies, develop them into integrated assemblies, and test these components and systems through a wide range of conditions. The first phase of the funding program will address gaps in technology pathways and eliminating risks, while the second phase will build a test facility where the most successful pathway can be further studied. Mandatory concept papers are due on November 3.
Solar Desalination Funding Planned
Later this month, the SunShot Initiative intends to release a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for solar desalination technology, which supports the development of early-stage technologies that can significantly reduce the costs of desalination powered by solar thermal energy. Rather than utilizing high-value electricity as an energy input, solar thermal desalination can achieve lower costs than currently available systems.
Request for Information: Solar Energy Technology Analysis & Data Needs
The SunShot Initiative has issued a request for information to gather insights about integrated data and analysis needs across the solar value chain. The goal is to better understand the information-related problems and questions that exist today for key solar stakeholders including manufacturers, project developers, financiers, engineering, procurement, and construction businesses, as well as state and local jurisdictions, researchers, analysts and others supporting the technological advancement and wide-scale adoption of solar technology. Responses are due October 6.
Start-up Success at Solar Power International
At this year's SPI convention, the SunShot Initiative sponsored Start-Up Alley, which featured businesses that have received awards from SunShot's small business portfolio. These businesses are developing early-stage technologies aimed at lowering the cost of solar—from software solutions that address challenges in solar financing, grid integration, and customer adoption to hardware solutions to lower the cost of storage and grid integration. Participating companies received valuable feedback from the industry about their products and services.


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Up well before dawn and off to the airport to catch my flights. There are no direct flights between Adelaide and Launceston, Tasmania which meant a connection in Melbourne.
The aircraft touched down in Launceston and the first thing I noticed was it was It was decidedly cooler. I had booked a small car with a local car rental company, however they didn't have one available so I was given a free upgrade to a larger vehicle. It was a Renault four door automatic with a microchip card instead of an ignition key and an automatic park brake. I sat in it for a few minutes familiarising myself with the control before heading towards the city.
Being a Renault, it's European. I must have the cleanest windscreen in Launceston. Every time I indicated my intention to make a turn I cleaned the windscreen. This isn't a new experience for me. It occurs for the first few days each time we arrive in the UK. Why can't the rest of the world's car manufacturers get their controls on the right side!
The Tasmanian authorities must have changed the flight path into Launceston. I was sitting in the office working away when I recognised the roar of a low jet directly overhead. Then the old grey matter kicked in and a distant memory told me that was the sound of heavy rain! Indeed it was; and I stood at the window watching it pour down. It's been some time since I saw the wet stuff arriving with such intensity.
There isn't much to write about the hotel. All hotel rooms seem to be the same. One annoying thing I've noticed they all seem to have in common is the poor level of lighting. If you want to read in the evening then I have to go to the bathroom which is the only source of decent light!
This morning I woke to an overcast grey Tasmanian day. It wasn't cold, but I had this foreboding feeling we might be waking to many similar days on Waiouru. You don't get a green land and lush vegetation without rain! Over the last couple of decades my four seasons have been "Warm, Hot, Hotter, Bloody Hot". Snow looks nice – but I'm now starting to have doubts!


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Technical Paper
Oxidative Deterioration Properties of FAME-Blended Diesel Fuel
The correlation between newly approved EN 15751 and the internal diesel injector deposits (IDID) due to fuel oxidative deterioration has not been made clear. In the present research, the Rancimat method was slightly modified to research the relationship between fuel oxidative deterioration and the deterioration products generated from the fuel. After heating fuel at 120 to 150°C for a set period, insoluble deterioration products (IDID-like substances) were generated and their weights were measured. At the same time, the shifts of the conductivity in trap water were analyzed from a new perspective, and its relationship with the deterioration products was investigated. At 120°C and 130°C, conductivity rising rates after the inflection point (this set of data represents the rate of organic acid generation in the fuel, and we named "Oxidation rate") exhibited a strong correlation with the quantity of deterioration products.


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- peaseblossom
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- Wedding: June 2014
RE: http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/please-help-me-with-invitation-wording-poll#axzz2tajhp6iT
How do you feel about this line in terms of your own wedding invitations and reading it on other peoples invites? Does it scream "were 19 and being married off by our parents!" or a nice traditional wording that includes the parents? Would you assume the whole thing is being payed for or not necessarily? How do you feel about the word "children"?
I'm just really stuck on the way we are going to word things while making everybody happy. This seems like the best option, to have it worded as hosted by the parents with their names, but I'm worried it sounds too childish.


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Lavezzi added to Argentina squad as Dybala drops out
Paulo Dybala has been ruled out of the Argentina squad through injury, with Ezequiel Lavezzi and Fernando Belluschi drafted in.
Ezequiel Lavezzi and Fernando Belluschi have been added to the Argentin squad following the confirmation of a hamstring injury to Paulo Dybala.
Dybala had been included in Edgardo Bauza's selection for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Colombia, with Argentina desperate to recover their faltering campaign.
However, tests at Juventus revealed a torn hamstring for the 22-year-old striker, rulling him out of the potentially pivotal double header.
Bauza has moved to plug the gap with Hebei China Fortune attacker Lavezzi and San Lorenzo midfielder Belluschi, with the former adding 51 caps of experience to the squad.
Lionel Messi will return to the national side after missing the Paraguay loss and a 2-2 draw in Peru through injury.


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I'm getting a little bit amazed with myself. The baby quilt that I've been working on for months is toddling towards completion at a somewhat dizzying pace. I've been working on this for less than two months, and granted it's small at about 28"x40" but it's seriously coming along. I know lots of quilting bloggers zip through multiple quilts in that sort of time frame but I'm going to give myself a little slack here. I'm still new at all this and more importantly I do it all by hand. No sewing machines for me.
After a couple week's break due to bad weather and being too busy to go out, I've made a lot of progress in not a lot of time. I aquired the the quilt batting and I pin basted the layers together. Honestly I didn't really enjoy the process of laying everything out and pin basting the whole matter. It's fussy and it's important to get it right otherwise when I'm actually quilting everything's going to be screwed up and the fabric could be all rumpled and look crappy. It's not something that I can do sitting comfortably, and I spent a lot time hunched over and my back was in a fair state by the end of it.
That was about two nights ago. Since then I've grabbed out the quilting hoop that I was given for Christmas and have been going away like a busy beaver. I don't particularly need the stand, as this is such a small project and have just been working off the hoop.
The process of quilting the layers together has been surprising. I expected this to be a tedious part of the process. I expected it to take a long time. In fact, it's rather speedy. Quilting across a block takes only a fraction of the time that it takes to piece the same block. Here I was thinking that this part of quilting was going to take ages and in fact it's just zippy. Two days into the quilting and I'm about a quarter of the way through.
The only complaint I really have is with my stupid thimble. I hate thimbles. The fact is clearly evidenced in the sorry state of my right thumb and left second finger, which are constantly being poked by needles to the point where the skin is developing splits and callouses at an even pace. (I just wish the callouses would hurry and develop a touch faster.) Pushing a needle through multiple layers of fabric and holding multiple stitches at once though requires a thimble. I've got a couple to work with but none of them are anywhere near comfortable, so I may start a small thimble collection until I find a decent one.


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sounds like someone's jealous
I think Banora's very attractive. Believe me, nobody's ever disappointed when they find out you don't want to fuck them. Lol.
You were Above&Beyond's groupie?
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again: I would have none but knaves follow it, since a fool gives it.
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I went in there and ate, too. Fucking fantastic curry!
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Hello! How are you?
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You were Above&Beyond's groupie?
More of a Tony McGuinness groupie than Above & Beyond's.
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now make with the drunk videos.
I was sober for the trip. I'm saving my next drunken escapade for Miami with Acton
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I think Banora's very attractive.
Heh, thanks... *blush*
nice pics jori.. and jenny's right- you are pretty cute!
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Hello! How are you?
Come back and visit again! :P
Woot, two more months and I think I can fill it:
There's a chess set lost in there somewhere
�All I have learned, I learned from basslines.�
Meh fuck them books. My bookshelf's bottom half has nothing on it and the top half just has textbooks (most of which I forgot to return)
He came into town with his cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states.
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Meh fuck them books.
I can't, I get paper cuts
quote:Originally posted by Lira
I can't, I get paper cuts
I would bang your book case with my knee or even my big toe if it was dark and I wasn't paying attention to where I was going.
Would you harass that ass? I know I would.
Ines, Ines, Ines!
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The 2018 Lighted Boat Parade in San Rafael California. The Countries 3rd Largest Parade and the largest on the West Coast. Come on down to the shop to just watch or to join in on the parade action! Check out some photos from last year click here.
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If there is one annual ritual by which a wandering Scot can instantly reaffirm his or her identity, it is by spending the evening of January 25 drinking copious amounts of whisky, and feasting on haggis, mashed potatoes and turnips, all the while reciting the poetry of Scotland's national treasure, Robbie Burns. The more energetic might even throw in some Highland dancing.
I may live in Brazil, where Burns is little known, but the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth could not pass uncelebrated. My Brazilian friends, after years of doubting my glowing stories of Scottish food and Scottish poetry, were game to provide a crowd for an early Burns Night.
"I looked up Burns and haggis on Wikipedia but it's difficult to understand the Scottish language and so I was keen to know more," said Flavia Lins e Silva.
The first, and typically the toughest, challenge in staging a Burns Night in the tropics, is acquiring a haggis that singular Scottish culinary delight comprising the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep mixed with onion, oats and spices, and cooked in the sheep's stomach. Many countries, including the United States, prohibit its import on hygienic grounds.
"Urgh," said one Brazilian friend when I tried explaining that haggis is to Scotland as caviar is to Russia. "Yuk," said another. Many non-Scots only need hear the ingredients to abandon any thoughts of even a taste.
But I was undeterred. I know that looks (and descriptions) can be deceiving, and I know that Brazilians are not afraid to eat things other people might consider disgusting. In the northeast of the country they eat buchada, a not dissimilar concoction made from goat's intestines. And Brazil's national dish, feijoada, is a black bean stew bobbing with pigs trotters, snouts and ears. So, with sheeps' innards not exactly standard fare in the butcheries of Brazil, I packed two haggis in my luggage when returning from a Christmas vacation in Scotland, and began planning the big event.
The expatriate Burns Nights I've attended in other countries were well-organized and catered affairs, but my two haggis would feed only ten if that many could be found to taste it. Our numbers were low, but we remained sticklers for tradition, which required that I wear my kilt, despite a nighttime temperature over 90 degrees. And, as is tradition on any Burns Night, there was plenty of whisky and plenty of speeches.
The whisky connection needed no explaining, but the speeches baffled my Brazilian friends and not only because they were read in Scots, the native language of Scotland when Robert Burns wrote during the second half of the 18th century.
Burns penned hundreds of poems in his 37 years, and any of them can be read at a Burns Night. Only one, however, is obligatory, his classic To a Haggis, a tribute to our national dish. As the haggis is brought into the room, a guest reads the poem, taking care to stab the haggis at the appropriate moment and watch it gush out, in Burns words "warm, steaming, rich."
The haggis is then served, in this case to surprising acclaim. My Brazilian guests compared the texture to terrine and Arab kibbeh, and the taste to pate. Even our Italian host, a man to whom food is almost a religion, was complimentary. "I made a pasta as a backup because I thought no one would eat the haggis," confessed Rocco Cotroneo. "But I needn't have worried. The Scottish fooled us with their disgusting descriptions, but it was delicious."
A few drams later, the poetry continued. Big Burns Nights usually have several speeches, including a "Toast to the Ladies" from a male host, and a response from a female guest. "To the Guests" is a welcome message, and "From the Guests" is a reply from an outsider. All are supposed to use Burns' poetry to entertain, and to popularize his work among the uninitiated. (I read Cock Up Your Beaver, one of the poet's most beloved works among his contemporary acolytes.)
The Brazilians in the room knew little about the man and were shocked to know that it was Burns who wrote Auld Lang Syne, the global hymn of friendship and farewell. Still, it's not hard to identify with a man whose most celebrated traits were his humanity and his romance. Burns was first and foremost a man of the people, and much of his poetry is about life's cruel injustices. One of his most famous works is To a Mouse, written after seeing a field mouse almost cut down by a farmer's plough.
He was also a legendary womanizer who wrote frequently and passionately about his expansive affections, penning some of the most memorable words of love ever written. No less a lyricist than Bob Dylan last year said the words that most influenced him came in Burns' poem, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose.
That nugget was shared at our Burns Night by Jimmy Dunnet, a true Highlander, who read the "Immortal Memory," the keynote speech of any Burns Night. Dunnet told of Burns' upbringing in rural Scotland and his short, productive life. "He was a socialist, a patriot and a romantic," Dunnet told us, before raising a toast in Burns honor.
To my surprise, the Brazilians got it, vindicating those who believe that Burns was a true internationalist, a man whose words transcend borders. They scarfed down all the haggis and lapped up the poetry. Some even spoke of hosting their own Burns Night next year.
"We can adapt it for the Brazilian summer, with tabbouleh instead of haggis" said Fabiana Egrejas. "And of course we'll have cachaca instead of whisky."


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A selection of my work, both photography and videography, from around the web.
Ride Your Damn Bikerideyoudamn.bike
A side project I set up in 2014 for mountain bike photography (predominantly races), and mountain bike 'edits'. So far this has included the British Downhill Series, Pearce Series, and other smaller events such as the Antur Stiniog DHffest and Racers Guild events.
Most of my day-to-day photos go on Instagram - bikes, tech, food, landscapes, whatever. Mostly taken on my phone, though the odd photo from a DSLR or GoPro might slip through...
Any decent photos that I take that aren't of mountain biking can be found on Flickr - though I don't update it nearly as much as I should!
Chase Trailschasetrails.co.uk
For the past few years I've been the main photographer for Chase Trails, a volunteer mountain bike trail building group centered around the bike trails on Cannock Chase in the Midlands.
I've also done all the videos on the YouTube channel.
Follow the Dog Mini Sitefollowthedog.co.uk
The main Chase Trails website exists to provide information on the trails, and most importantly, to try to recruit new volunteers to help out. There's nowhere on the site that really shows off the trails extensively, so it was decided that we'd launch a 'minisite' to show off the trails with more detail.
The Monkey Trail Mini Sitethemonkeytrail.co.uk
As above, this time for the Monkey Trail - the red-graded extension to Follow the Dog on Cannock Chase.
Ride Your Damn Bike is a little side project I set up in early 2014. The idea for it is to house all my mountain biking photography and videography. The name came from a fairly well known video, How To Be A Mountain Biker.
Over the past few years I've taken photos and made videos at various events, including (but not limited to) the British Downhill Series, Pearce Series, Antur Stiniog's DHffest, the Racers Guild events as well as a few others, both downhill and Cross Country. I'm currently available for hire, so please do get in touch if you'd be interested in working with me. I'm more than happy to do projets other than mountain biking!
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Pro-Vision Academy Senior Kyle Cole Receives Basketball Scholarship
At Pro-Vision Academy students are taught that activities like basketball are much more than a simple sport. The school's coaches use athletic programs to teach the students the importance of teamwork, sacrifice and putting in the effort needed to excel. For senior Kyle Cole, participation on the Pro-Vision basketball team has also afforded him the opportunity to continue his education.
On May 10, 2014, Mr. Cole signed acceptance papers that secured his spot on the Central Christian College men's basketball team and a scholarship to attend the school. Pro-Vision staff, as well as his new coaches, were in attendance to show their support during the signing. At 6'7" Mr. Cole is a formidable opponent on the court and is expected to help the team achieve great success in the coming seasons.
About Central Christian College
Central Christian College of Kansas is located in McPherson, KS just 60 miles north of Wichita. The 4-year school enrolls approximately 330 students each academic year that come from all walks of life all over the world. CCC offers an array of BA and AA degrees, as well as numerous accreditations.
Men's basketball is among the 11 athletic programs at Central Christian College. During 2013/2014 the CCC men's basketball team had a winning season and made it to NCCAA Central Region Tournament, where they were ranked 6th. Three of the Tigers basketball players were also recognized this year by the NCCAA for their academic and athletic achievements.
Pro-Vision Academy couldn't be more pleased with Mr. Cole's accomplishments both on and off the court. He is a shining example of the success they strive to help all their students achieve.
To learn more about Pro-Vision Academy and their numerous athletic programs, please visit: http://www.provision-inc.org.
About Pro-Vision Academy
Pro-Vision Academy was founded to provide young people in the greater Houston area with academic, social and economic opportunities in hopes of inspiring purpose and optimism in the lives they touch. The 21-acre facility is home to a grade 5-12 charter school, the Manhood Development Program, the Job Enterprise Academy and an urban farm program. Over the last 23 years Pro-Vision has helped more than 4,000 young people and their families, and they are currently providing support to more than 300 students.
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|Hileman Silver Jewelry receives Wedding Wire Bride's Choice Award
Phoenix, AZ – February 2, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Hileman Silver Jewelry has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Ring Designers!
Recognition for the Bride's Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.
Hileman Silver Jewelry stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.
"WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community," said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire's Chief Executive Officer. "With the annual Bride's Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Hileman Silver Jewelry for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year."
We are happy to announce that Hileman Silver Jewelry is among the very best Wedding Ring Designers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride's Choice Awards™ 2011.
For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at www.weddingwire.com/hilemansilverjewelry.
For more information on the Bride's Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.
About WeddingWire, Inc.
Thank you to all of our customers for taking the time to leave valuable positive feedback on your recent purchases. Without it, this recognition would not be possible.
Mark and John Hileman
One response to "Hileman Silver Jewelry receives Wedding Wire Bride's Choice Award"
Looks kinda futuristic, I love its pretty and sparking.


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The Thrivelearning Institute eLibrary Catalog
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11:17am PT by Erika Ramirez, Billboard
Kanye West on Grammy Snub: 'F--- Those Nominations!' (Video)
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.
Kanye West isn't pleased with the Grammy Awards.
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During his Yeezus show in Phoenix, Arizona last night (Dec. 10), the rapper shared his disappointment in the 56th annual Grammy Awards for being excluded from the Album of the Year category.
"I'm 36 years old and I have 21 Grammys -- that's the most Grammys of any 36-year-old," he said. "Out of all of those 21 Grammys, I've never won a Grammy against a white artist."
He continued: "So when the Grammys nominations come out, and Yeezus is the top one or two album on every single list, but only gets two nominations from the Grammys, what are they trying to say? Do they think that I wouldn't notice? Do they think that, some way, that I don't have the power to completely diminish all of their credibility at this moment?"
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"But no, no; Only positive energy [and] only positive vibes. But when you see me talking about what people are doing when I say 'marginalized,' when I say 'boxed in' when I say 'hold back,' when I say 'people are afraid of the truth,' that's one example right there in front of you," he continued.
'Ye is nominated for Best Rap Album (for "Yeezus") and Best Rap Song (for "New Slaves"), but it's not enough: "People come to me and congratulate me on those two nominations. F--k those nominations!"
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Susie Hadas and I met several years ago at an event in Manhattan and we hit it off immediately, as we share the same passion for women's issues. We had not connected in quite some time, so when we had lunch a few weeks ago, I asked her to share her thoughts with us. It is with great pleasure that I introduce my friend and colleague, Susie Hadas:
Barbra Streisand's big screen debut in Funny Girl was in September 1968. Even though I was very young, I vividly recall sitting in a darkened movie theatre listening to Barbra belt out "People." I was stunned by the sonorous quality of that voice.
Every now and again, something happens that reminds me of that song. One of those "somethings" happened a couple of weeks ago, when I had the good fortune of having lunch with the founder/CEO of Grohen Technologies, Olga Cohen.
We were happily catching up and chit chatting away while enjoying our lunch, but as soon as the plates were cleared, the tone of the conversation changed. Olga wanted to know how I was feeling. After all, I had spent the better part of this past year making the incredibly hard decision to close the company that I founded 5 years earlier, and going through the emotional pain and expense of actually taking the steps to make that happen.
Although the tearing down experience was heartbreaking, I hadn't reached out to any of my fellow entrepreneurs to talk about it. I pretty much kept it to myself, and felt very alone. Pardon the vernacular, but it sucked.
And there was Olga…beautiful, compassionate, and super smart Olga reaching out to me. Wow. Did we talk! It was truly cathartic. I left the restaurant feeling as though an immense weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I wasn't the first or only person to close down a business! Clarification… I really did know that; however, I was being that woman who is kind to everyone but herself. You know what I'm talking about. How critical of ourselves are we? Ugh!
Olga's company tagline is:
But, what does that really mean, and how does that tie into the song, "People"? Olga knows that women helping women is a two-way street – reaching out to women when we need help, and reaching out to women in need of help. There is no need to struggle along by your lonesome. There is so much help to be had, and it comes in a wide variety of forms.
Don't be shy. You do not have to go it – whatever "it" might be – alone. Be kind to yourself and use those resources, because as the song goes…"people who need people ARE the luckiest people in the world."
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Don't let cool temperatures fool you. Spring is just a short while away and with warmer weather comes spring cleaning. Here is a selection of new coffee table books to help refresh your home.
Bulgari Serpenti Collection
By Marion Fasel
Bulgari rings in the Year of the Snake with a traveling exhibition of its Serpentine collection and a new book, which looks at the bejeweled snake's evolution since the 1940s. Marion Faisel, a jewel historian, shows how many famous women, like Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Vreeland, fell under the serpent's spell.
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The graphic design duo Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag, better known as M/M, has worked with everyone from Kanye West to Yohji Yamamoto. The curator Emily King worked with Bjork and the fashion photographer Inez van Lamsweerde to put together a bound retrospective of the design team's innovative work.
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Bright, saturated photographs are featured in the first major monograph by the music video director-turned fashion photographer.
Little Black Dress
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André Leon Talley takes readers through the history and evolution of a go-to staple: the little black dress.
By Vanessa Friedman and Alessandra Arezzi Boza, edited by Armando Chitolina
Emilio Pucci's famed kaleidoscopic prints cover Taschen's retrospective of the brand. The book is a selection of hundreds of photographs and drawings from the Emilio Pucci Foundation archive. A limited edition of 10,000 copies is available for $200 each.
Arthur Elgort
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This comprehensive book of Arthur Elgort's five-decade career juxtaposes his fashion photography with his personal work. Grace Coddington, whom he recently photographed for i-D's winter 2012 cover, writes the foreword.
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This revisited edition is a journey through the late photographer Guy Bourdin's mind via the memories of one his favorite muses, the model Nicolle Meyer.


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Oh how much has changed since last year! It is sunny once again outside, which is lovely. But we return to the "archives" today. This time last year we were about to find out that another precious blessing would be ours in nine short months! We were contemplating other changes... and for some strange reason we also started searching for a family pet. Perhaps the pet was an expression of us wanting change? Who knows. It was fun while it lasted. March of last year was also when we sent in our initial inquiry to Mission Aviation Fellowship. It was a busy month. I am so pleased to see the sun outside TODAY, March 2010. Faith and Wesley are playing with Little People on the floor, which is a joy to watch, when they aren't competing for the same toys!
So a visit to the past -
"Spring IS Coming"
(Original Post March 6, 2009)
You may be wondering, "What's with the toilet on the porch?" We are still in reno mode... going on year #4, and my dear husband bought us a new toilet this week! This is old one; my guess is it's waiting for the dump. This old toilet uses 13 litres per flush, and our NEW one only uses 4.5 per flush, which is significant when your home uses a septic system.
Anyhow, enough about toilets.
As I type this, my DS is in my lap with fingers on the keyboard. Makes it a little difficult to type correctly. this morningwheniwok eup, i was so pleased to see the sun! even at 6:15 am it was starting to rise. I love this time of year when the days begin to get longer. I kissed my husband off to work and tried to convince my 3 year old DD that it was 'mommy's quiet time.' She cuddled under a blanket on the couch in the living room and waited for it to be 'morning.'
By accident I met a friend on facebook. She is in Africa right now serving at an orphanage/boarding school. We have had several people from our church go over to Africa and Burma in the last months, and with facebook and the limited access they have to it while they're over there, it just doesn't seem so far away now. To have up to date information about what's happening with them is so precious, and i'm sure their families appreciate it even more!
Lord, we pray for those dear children. They have access to your word and to your gospel message. May your Spirit move in their hearts and draw them to Yourself. Become real to them, and help them realize their very real need for You in their lives. Also for those ministering to them, remind them to lean on You for their strength. Blessed is the man who depends on You for his strength, who puts his confidence in You. He is like a tree planted by the water and sends out its roots to the streams. It does not fear when the heat comes, it does not worry in a year of drought. Its leaves are always green, and it never fails to bear fruit.
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FB: Vikes Rout Lions in Opener
Aug 28th, 2010 @ 9:35 pm | Author: Vikings Sports Admin
Jordan Backstrom
Late Rally Leads Vikings to Rout of TBC
By Ryan Cunningham NewsDakota.com
August 29
Valley City--The Vikings got more of a test in their season opener than many expected, despite what the lop-sided score would indicate.
Valley City State used a burst of third quarter scoring to run by Trinity Bible College of Ellendale, ND, in the 2010 season opener at Lokken Field Saturday night 44-0.
A large, perhaps larger than expected, crowd in Valley City watched in anticipation as the Vikings walked down the field on their opening drive, then watched in some anxiety as penalties and a more effective Lions opponent prevented a runaway early.
The Vikings led just 20-0 until 2:27 left in the third, but ran the lead to 41-0 with three touchdowns that covered just 2:18 of gametime to put the game out of reach.
"It was tough to prepare our team this week," said head coach Dennis McCulloch after the matchup. "We had alumni telling players that Trinity wasn't any good, that their JV beat them by sixty and stuff. Trinity has some playmakers."
Lions quarterback Clint Linthicum (So., Poplar, MT) led an option running attack and did enough with his arm to keep the ball from the Vikings, preventing an early run away. Touchdowns by Jordan Backstrom (Jr., Maddock, ND) and A. J. Pfeifer (Jr., Buffalo, ND) gave the Vikings a 14-0 lead at the half.
Short fields were a friend of VCSU in the second half. Backstrom scored his second major on a one-play, 10-yard drive with a rush early in the third quarter. Quarterback Tommy Zinke (So., Rolla, ND) hooked up with Ken Eliacin (So., Miami, FL) on a 17-yard strike to start the key scoring run with 2:27 left of the third.
Jackyson Bazile (Jr., Naples, FL) returned an interception for touchdown a half-minute later, and Zinke connected with Pfeifer for a 35-yard strike with just nine seconds left on another short porch drive, giving the Vikings a 41-0 lead.
New kicker Dillon Davis (Fr., Cocoa Beach, FL) added a 42-yard field goal in the fourth to cap the scoring.
McCulloch found some optimism with his team throughout the night. "We have a lot of weapons, and when we're on, it's going to be tough for teams to match up with all of those guys."
The Vikings have the Labor Day weekend off, then travel to Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) Saturday, September 11th.


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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
POOL CUES AND PAINT CANS - My Halfway Job
I've already blogged about many of the jobs I held as an undergraduate. Most of those jobs I had to go looking for, through postings at the student employment office, or ads in the Pitt News, or word of mouth. This job found me.
I was sitting with a few other students in the Tuck Shop, a coffee-and-snack area in the Cathedral of Learning [Isn't that a great name for a college building?], when the Dean of the School of General Studies came over to our table. He had some extra grant money left over that he had to use up, so he offered us jobs! As part of the Administration of Justice Program, we got to work part-time that summer at a half-way house for pre-release state prisoners. Men who were deemed not-too-dangerous and who had finished most of their sentences in penitentiaries were sent to live in an old run-down mansion on Pittsburgh's North Side for a few months to readjust to the free world. They were still technically prisoners, so they couldn't come and go as they pleased; instead, they were expected to find jobs and come back to the halfway house after work. There were unannounced searches and drug tests but, all in all, the residents seemed to agree that it was better than prison.
My job involved helping to repaint the place and hanging out with the inhabitants, most of whom were interesting to talk to. We played a lot of pool. They mostly talked about how they'd been unjustly convicted or, if guilty, given unjust sentences. There was also a class connected with the program. I did a study of educational opportunities for ex-convicts and compiled a looseleaf notebook of schools and training programs in the area, all of which had provided details of their offerings and requirements in response to my questionaires.
I'd like to say I learned about another side of life that summer, but most of the residents were like a lot of guys I already knew. [Remember, at this point I'd been homeless and shared living space with dopers and users; I also came from a "bad" neighborhood. Some of my friends had done time.]
The most exciting thing that happened was a student field trip to Muncy, a woman's prison. A tire blew out on the car I was riding in -- no injuries, thank God. Then one of the other students and I went into a small gas station Ladies Room where a terrified bat was flying around. We managed a rescue -- catching it in a large paper cup -- but it took awhile. Meanwhile, a woman (not part of our group) was banging on the door. We kept saying, "Just a minute," and she kept banging. She was pretty grumpy when we finally came out, but then, when we opened the cup and released the bat, she was astounded. She watched us walk back to our group with her mouth hanging open.
I guess it was an interesting summer after all.
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A bat once got into a house I was living in with 3-4 other people. I screamed and ran to another room, slamming the door. After a minute, the bat appeared in that room. It was sort of like being in a horror film.
Upon analysis I realized the bat climbed between rooms through the heating ducts and followed the lights I turned on in each room. At the time, however, with my rational brain sleep-fogged, I though I was living in a nightmare.
The next day, one of my housemates said, "I thought you were being raped." Way to intervene! She was in med. school, too, so I hope she was better able to do something about a situation by the time she became a doctor.
Congratulations on keeping your head during the bat rescue operation. The bat in our house did finally get out, I think through an open window.
Tory -
My first reaction was to be creeped out by the bat, too, but Nancy (not our Nancy, the one I was with) and I realized that if we raised a fuss someone was likely to come in swinging a broom or a bat (the wooden kind), which might kill or seriously injure the poor creature. We were a bit skittish while capturing it, though. Luckily, Nancy was a dog trainer/breeder, so she had some experience dealing with mammals.
I was awakened at 3 one morning in my Crafton first-floor apt. by a traumatized bat bouncing against the walls and two freaked out cats. I opened the kitchen door then grabbed a broom, planning to air-sweep the creature out of the apt. It worked. Later, my landlord told me that bats seek out drafts--open doors, open windows, chimney flues. Something to keep in mind the next time one of those cute little animals pays you an unexpected visit.
- Joyce said...
We have a bat house in our yard, but so far have only seen one bat. We're trying to attract them as they eat thousands of insects--and they're cute.
A few years ago, I was on a walking tour of Wales and my group stayed in a bed and breakfast in an old renovated mansion. A portion was inhabited by horseshoe bats who could not be moved because they are a protected species. Signs in guest rooms advised us to feel lucky if a bat chose to visit, and warned us not to harm it. In the evening, we repaired to a landing by a window and sipped sherry while watching the wee critters fly out of the eaves and off into the night.
This refined encounter was preferable to the time some friends and I were chased out of Frick Park at dusk by dive-bombing bats.
How's the memoir coming, Gina????
See, Nancy, the problem with writing a memoir is that I think you have to be famous for something else before it will sell. Like if I saved a bunch of children from a burning school or turned out to be a serial killer -- then I could sell a memoir.
The prisoners were lucky to have your youthful help at that point in their journey back to mainstream, Gina.
I did a bat rescue myself at a friend's house in McKees Rocks, and then helped with another at the Rivers Club. Very satisfying. If I'd only known, we could have relocated the little buddies to Joyce's yard.
No, Gina, I think you're wrong. As long as a memoir has a theme (like a scrappy woman makes good by way of her wits and---uh---scrappiness) or is a story that speaks to a generation (coming of age in the 60s) or is a compelling story (in spades!) I think you've got a memoir that Oprah would really go for. At the very least, I hope you're stockpiling all these blogs.
Or we could try framing you for a series of murders....


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