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Miguel Cabrera wins 1st Triple Crown in 45 years
Unbelievable. No word has been uttered more often in the Detroit Tigers locker room this season, and almost as often in opposing dugouts, watching Miguel Cabrera ply his trade as the most jaw-dropping hitter in the game of baseball.
Unbelievable. Did he just do that? Are you seeing what I'm seeing?
"Big league players aren't very giddy. That's probably not the right word. Other teams watch him when he hits and stuff," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "And just can't believe what they're seeing, if you want to know the truth."
Individually, the hits, the home runs, the plays are impressive, but only when see them in sum total, over the span of a grueling, 162-game season, do they come into focus as something else: Historic.
Watch a report on Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown win during today's News at Noon.
For the first time in 45 years, there is a winner of the Triple Crown, as Miguel Cabrera finished Wednesday's season finale atop the American League leaderboard with 44 home runs, 139 runs batted in, and a .330 batting average.
"He's the best in the world right now. There's no question about that. I think everybody just wants to see him do it just to say we saw it done," White Sox veteran Paul Konerko told the Chicago Tribune this week. "I think everybody would like to see him win it outright."
It's been a tremendously long time since anyone had added their name to the 15 Triple Crown seasons in big-league history. It was 1967 when Boston's Carl Yastrzemski became the 13th player to etch his name on the list.
"It's unbelievable. Sometimes you have to pinch yourself that you get to play with somebody as talented as him," starting pitcher Max Scherzer said on FOX Sports Detroit's postgame show. "It's unbelievable because we all appreciate the history of the game and realize the Triple Crown hasn't been done in 40-some years."
How long ago was it when Yaz led the BoSox to the World Series? Only one current MLB player -- Cabrera's 45-year-old Venezuelan countryman Omar Vizquel -- born at the time he pulled it off.
Even more incredible: Cabrera's season of 205 hits, 44 homers, 139 RBI and 40 doubles had only been bettered by one player: Lou Gehrig in 1927 and 1934.
"For him to do what he did, it's really not that surprising. You never know what this guy's able to accomplish. Each and every year I've been here, he's just been amazing," Austin Jackson told the FSD cameras. "It's just an unbelievable accomplishment, and we're just happy for him."
And hard to do, in this day and age. When Cabrera took over a share of the home run lead in late September, according to STATS, LLC, it was the first time since Yastrzemski that anybody had even LED all three categories that late in the season.
And Cabrera had two weeks to go.
"First of all, I don't think people realize really how difficult it is to do. Second of all, you get a guy like Cabrera, who gets absolutely no leg hits," Leyland said, rationalizing the long gap in Triple Crown seasons.
"Third thing is, relief pitching has become so much more a dominant part of the game than it was 40 years ago, 50 years ago, whatever it was. That's become so much more dominant. Guys throwing 98, 99 (mph) with split-fingers, hard sliders, and left-handers throwing side-arm, and right-handers throwing under-arm. Guys throwing over the top at 99, 100. That's pretty hard.
"That's a real difficult thing to do."
He had to finish it off in Wednesday's season finale, a game that really meant nothing else.
That put the manager in a sticky situation.
What to do with Cabrera?
In a way, Leyland felt the trepidation that some of his counterparts experience when trying to game plan for the game's best slugger.
For the opposing manager, it's a matter of deciding whether or not you're going to let him beat you. As often as they choose right, they make the wrong choice, too.
For Leyland, the dilemma was more profound: To play Miggy on the final game of the 2012 season, or let him sit and hope that no one catches him in any of the Triple Crown categories he led at the start of the afternoon.
"Fun tonight? Truthfully no. Not going to lie about it. It was not fun. It was a great moment because of the history of it," said Leyland who had assistance in consulting a "sheet with so many statistics it was probably worse than taking the SAT test. ... This sounds crazy, but this was the toughest game I ever had to manage in my career. It was more nerve-wracking than the seventh game of the World Series in 1997."
Leyland was also trying to monitor Scherzer, who was trying to knock rust off before the playoffs, as well as get leadoff hitter Austin Jackson back over the .300 mark. It was a similar task to the one he had at the end of the 2007 season, when he was trying to help players get certain statistical marks, including Magglio Ordonez's batting title.
In the end, the machinations didn't matter, as the manager played it just right, getting Cabrera on the field for a couple of at-bats in the Tigers' finale, then pulling him in mid-inning.
"Well, I didn't have much to do with any of them (accomplishments), and certainly nothing to do with the Triple Crown," Leyland said. "What turned out to be a real hectic evening, turned out to be a real great night. ... It worked out great. It couldn't have worked out better. ... It was a great scene."
That gave the sometimes shy, often quiet, low-key Cabrera a chance to get a standing ovation -- then a well-deserved curtain call -- from the fans in Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium, as the Royals personnel put the accomplishment up on the scoreboard as he left the game.
"A big thank you to the fans in Kansas City. It was a great moment in my life," Cabrera admitted on the postgame show. "Oh, very emotional. It's like back at home. All the fans cheer for you. It was an unbelievable feeling. ... It's an unbelievable feeling. I can't even describe how I'm feeling right now."
He got congratulations from his teammates in the dugout, then later from Yastrzemski and 1966 Triple Crown winner Frank Robinson, as well as MLB commissioner Bud Selig. He entered the locker room to more congratulations after the game.
"Everybody say to me it was unbelievable. They were excited. Glad to be in the situation we have right here, to do this and see this, and be part of something big," Cabrera explained his teammates' reactions. "I don't know when I'm going to believe this."
As sure a bet as it seemed to be, it still seemed like it was too good to believe, necessitating the in-game worry.
In his first at-bat vs. Royals starter Luis Mendoza, Cabrera flew out to center field to end the first inning. In his second, he'd strike out.
Meanwhile, his opponents were dropping like flies. Josh Hamilton went 1-for-5 and did not homer, leaving him one home run shy.
Mike Trout, who would've had to have a sensational evening to catch him in the batting race, went 2-for-3 in his first three plate appearances, and was sitting at .324 in the late innings of the Angels' 12-0 loss to Seattle.
Granderson, Cabrera's one-time teammate, ended up homering twice to tie Hamilton for second place, with 43, but was pulled for a pinch hitter late in a 14-2 win over Boston.
It was over. Still hard to believe.
And unprecedented in almost everyone's experience.
"No, no I haven't. I've managed a lot of players, and some great ones, but I've never seen anything like this," Leyland said. ""You're sitting back when it's all over and ... the rest of the world may not have any idea who his manager was, but I will."
Down the stretch, when Cabrera was putting a cap on his stellar season with a September that saw him hit .333 with 11 homers and 30 RBI, all the attention on the Triple Crown could've been a distraction.
Cabrera wouldn't let it, downplaying all the attention he was getting, although he admitted it was hard to focus. But he continued to always put team success before his own.
That, as much as anything, is what had all of his teammates pulling as hard as they were for him. On top of being a great hitter, he's proven to be a great teammate.
"That guy's special. Coming out here, he'll do everything. If he's asked to bunt, he would bunt. He goes out there and plays third base like a champ. It's the kind of leader we like to have in the clubhouse. Watching him in his race right now, he isn't paying any attention to it. He's going out there trying to do his best for us as a team and putting forth as much effort as he can to win. He wants to lead this team into the playoffs again this year and that's exactly what he's doing. He's leading by example," starting pitcher Doug Fister said.
"He's a special, special teammate that we have. He goes about his business the right way. ... It is very special. But the big thing about him is that he doesn't acknowledge it. He goes out there and plays the game, no matter what, the right way. He'll acknowledge it at the end, once all the cards are dealt, but right now, he's playing hard."
In a way, Cabrera's chase of history became the subtext of the Tigers' run to the playoffs, the feel-good story in a season that had been lacking them for his team.
And Miggy -- if he wasn't before -- became the face of the franchise, even on a team that includes stars like Justin Verlander and Prince Fielder, who teamed with Cabrera to form the most potent 3/4 combo in baseball.
"It's what I hoped. Miguel's THE best right-hand hitter in the game, and I'm just glad to be a part of this team, just to come here and help it to win," Fielder told the FSD TV cameras after Monday's clincher. "Like I said, this is Miguel's team, and he's the man. Triple Crown winner. I'm just here to help him. He's the man."
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The idea of Samsung releasing two distinct versions of the Galaxy S 5 has been a component of GS5 rumors for months, and rumors have sort of settled on this notion of handsets with 1080p and 1440p screens – the regular and premium GS5, respectively. But even assuming that this is based in fact, how might Samsung actually go about selling the phones. In years past, we've had differences like Exynos or Snapdragon-based Galaxy S models, but they were all sold under the same name – just in different markets. Would larger differences like we're anticipating for this year mean that Samsung might have to go to more of an effort to let consumers tell the models apart? That could be where it's going, and an early GS5 case listing gives us one idea of how that branding might work.
A Spigen-made GS5 case is up on Amazon, with an anticipated in-stock date for mid-April. It claims to be designed to support the "Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014) & Galaxy S5 Prime (2014)."
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Firstly, back at the beginning of the summer, I was asked if I would do a bracelet for a fellow crafty lady – Shirley of Pussygalore Sockcats & Diddybears fame! She sent me some photos of some new outfits/materials, described the type of colours she wanted, and I set to work sourcing the right beads.
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During the process, I had some very sad news which set me back a little, but Shirley was very patient, supportive, and understanding, which helped spur me on to complete the order when I was doubting myself & my abilities. So, I have a lot to thank her for as this piece got me back on track!
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The Gators offensive lineman has lived up to high expectations in fall camp and may be on his way to earning a starting job. We lead off today's "Daily Three" with some news regarding Ivey, and also touch on the O'Dome renovations and a serious injury to a quarterback Florida was planning to face early in the season.
Just a reminder: The "Daily Three" is a new feature on the Gator Bytes blog that will include the top three Gators news items you should know for that day. It will be posted to the blog each morning from Monday through Friday.
1. Freshman to start at OT for Gators?: It's looking like that might be the case. Freshman Martez Ivey, a five-star recruit out of Apopka, lined up as the first-team left tackle during Florida's practice Tuesday night. Following practice, coach Jim McElwain spoke highly of the 6-foot-5, 302-pound Ivey. "He's a guy obviously that you don't think of him really as a freshman right now, just the way he's playing," McElwain said. "That's great to see. We kind of thought that when we recruited him. Sure enough that's kind of how it's been." If Ivey wins the starting job at one of the tackle spots, it would give Florida the flexibility to use transfer Mason Halter at guard. (Read more notes from Tuesday's Gators practice)
2. UF finalizing financial deal for O'Dome renovations: According to multiple reports, University of Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said the school is closing in on a financial deal on the proposed O'Connell Center renovation project. If the deal is finalized, it would allow for construction to begin at the end of the 2015-16 basketball season. The renovations were pushed back a year with hopes of lowering the cost of the project.
3. East Carolina loses starting QB: This news applies to the Gators because Florida hosts East Carolina in its second game of the season on Sept. 12. Just a week after Kurt Benkert was named the Pirates starting quarterback, East Carolina announced Wednesday that Benkert will miss the season with a knee injury. Although the Gators were already expected to enter this matchup as favorites to win, this should only make the gap between the two teams even larger.


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I was trying to simulate a fluffy bedding with cloth but what ever I try the final result looks flat. Adding a solidify modifier doesn't help, trying to mimic the shape with the collision object doesn't look very good. Is there a way if the cloth is a solid object ( not a plane ) the cloth to stay "inflated" after the simulation as if there was really some stuffing in it ?
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The Washington Post Is A Practical Joke
Sometimes a prank would come to you in a flash of brilliance. For example when I was punching some holes in papers destined for a three ringed binder I happened to notice Chris sitting down to his desk and as usual clicking on his little fan atop his work station. He could do it without even looking he'd done this task so many times before. His left hand knew exactly where the fan lay, reached out instinctively as he lowered himself into the chair. I laughed pondering the practical joke possibilities. The truth of the matter was Chris arrived at work several hours before me and left for home earlier as well. This meant I could turn his work station into an cubical minefield before he'd return the following day.
Chris got up from his desk, put his coat on and began making his way towards his Metro station. I smiled and bid him farewell. I could see the unease in his face as he knew something may be up by the tone of my smile. He immediately checked the back of his coat for kick me tags. No, this would not be an evening where he'd walk out of the Post building, down 15th Street, into the Metro for his ride home only to have his wife pull the paper taped to his back and ask, "What's this?" Well...this was a sign that read, "I'm Stupid." At that point Chris realized why so many folks in the subway were so joyful and filled with laughter that evening. Yes one certainly had to be careful or one could find one's self walking out of the building with any number of tags or miscellaneous items dangling from their person.
But that would not be the case for Chris tonight as he groped and checked himself. "Chris. What ya doing there buddy?" I asked innocently enough. "I'm not going home with another one of you little signs again, thank you very much sir." I puffed out a couple of indignant blows of air and replied, "Chris, I'm shocked that you would attribute such a childish prank to me. Shocked...just shocked." Nonetheless Chris removed his coat and examined it carefully before putting it back on and backing out of the cubical. I bid him farewell still smiling.
This was Friday evening and we would not return to work until Monday. Be that as it may, once Chris disappeared around the bend heading down the hallway, I got up from my chair with my handful of paper dots from the puncher and deposited them unnoticed in Chris's fan. However, the best laid pratfalls often do not go as originally planned but can nonetheless result in acceptable outcomes for the developmental prankster. I returned to my desk and finished out my shift. By the time the weekend was over and I returned to work on Monday I'd forgotten completely about my little joke.
There was nothing to remind me of the dots either. Nothing on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. All quiet on the practical joke front. Then on Friday the fruits of my efforts became apparent. Chris exclaims, "Goddammit! That's where those dots are coming from!" I wheeled around to see Chris looking down at his fan perplexed. "What's the trouble there man?" I inquired doing my darnedest to look like an alter boy. Then Chris launches into his silent struggle story. "All week long I kept seeing these paper dots appear around my work station. They were coming from my fan apparently. I can't imagine how they got in here." I got up walking over to his fan that was still running. "No shit man?" I remarked tilting his fan a bit. I few more dots flew out of the fan hitting Chris and landing on his keyboard. Apparently, all the dots didn't fly out of the fan at once when he turned his fan on the first time as I had planned. No. Instead a few flew out each time the fan was turned on or jiggled. He hadn't noticed where the dots were coming from all week. He would just clean them up and go back to work only to have more dots mysteriously reappear. "Oh man! That's clever." I commented wiggling the fan and once again releasing more dots in Chris's direction. "You know, this has all the markings of Randy." I speculated to Chris hoping to avoid retribution.
Sadly, my acting did not save me and I found my computer, keyboard, mouse, etc. completely Scotch taped the following Monday making it impossible to work. In the meantime Ronnie was screaming for close times for the Daily but I damn sure couldn't step the ads along their way until I'd freed my equipment of the tape. Fortunately I did so before Ronnie noticed and demanded an explanation.
Chris naturally was the proving grounds for the test flight of the coup de chair. Ah the coup de chair! Brilliant in its simplicity. The victim sits up an ergonomically correct $1,200.00 chair. I'm talking real comfortable compliments to the work experience. It certainly could lull a person into a false state of confidence in the laws of gravity. The chair itself sits upon six individual rollers which permit the seat to be able to flow easily in any direction. One can whirl to the left, then to the right effortlessly. The same holds true for backwards and forwards and all points in between.
The rub was this see. Those wheels lifted the chair about three inches off of the floor. I discovered a wheel could be easily popped out of the socket leaving the chair still standing upright. In fact one could sit right down in it and feel confident in the sturdiness of the construction. Ah but looks can be deceiving can they not? For as the poor sod is wheeling this way and that in a carefree manner just trying to do their job, that's when fate could strike and upend their entire world. Well it would seem that way at least for a brief second. That's because removing only one of the six wheel permits the sitter to roll in all directions except in the direction of the missing wheel. One might not, by happenstance, not move in the forbidden direction for quite some time increasing the folly in their belief of the chair and balance system of the universe. As with life, move in the wrong direction and you will topple. In the case of the coup de chair the fall would be fast and frightful to the poor victim who for in instant would believe the whole world was shifting from under their feet as they lurched towards the ground. Then the stump from which the wheel was originally attached would touch down to earth stopping the free fall in its tracks. The victim would still be clinging to the arms of their failed seating apparatus, teeth gritted with a look or terror and desperation. At this point you couldn't help but bust out laughing. It was impossible.
So I WAS rolling around on the floor laughing as Chris was marveling at the dynamics and the possibilities of this new practical joke fondly know henceforth as the, COUP DE CHAIR! Everyone on the floor would come to know that they could be toppled at any moment. But Tumbleweed would be the next victim and Chris couldn't hardly wait until Dave went to get a Diet Coke. As Tumbleweed hopped his heavy ass away from his work station around to the soda machine, Chris slipped over to Dave's desk. The deed was done and Chris return to our base location for some reconnaissance. We stooped over leaning on Chris's desk behind the divider waiting for Tumbleweed to topple. All we could see was his head poking up over his cubical divider. Dave swung this way and that but nothing. Nadda! We were wonder what went wrong? Then in an instant like a bolt of lightning Dave would go down. He twirled to his left grabbing a large page proof with both hands then twirled to his right to lay the proof on his desk. In an instant Tumbleweed's head dove below the cubical line of horizontal visual demarcation and Dave was gone. But not forever. After a moment Dave arises scratching his head looking a bit dazed if the truth be told. Then he reached down and lifted his chair to get a better look at the problems looking like a monkey pondering screwing a football. Seeing the wheel missing Dave looks up and begins scanning the horizon for signs of enemy activity. Immediately Chris and I duck behind our cubical wall. Naturally the two of us are gagging our respective laughter as best we could holding our hands over our mouths. Fortunately our desk was separated enough from Dave's that he never heard our laughter from afar. He found his wheel that Chris had left laying there then figured out how to put it back on his chair. He did so then went back to work never the wiser, at least at that juncture. Just a bit of damn bad luck is all he thought silently to himself.
This was good enough for Chris and Tom. Randy would be our next victim. Our assignment coordinator and grand master of the practical joke. Randy not only prided himself in the range of practical jokes he'd developed through the years, he was practical joke bullet proof himself. That dude had eyes in the back of his red head though Ronnie use to call him "yellow hair." Time and yours truly would come to prove Randy incorrect about that bold assumption though only now do I feel safe enough from his wrath to admit the facts.
The following day before Randy got to work I walked over to his desk and dropped a paper. I leaned down to pick it up and on the way yanked off one of Randy's wheels and laid it aside. I stood back up with my paper, looked around innocently enough and return to my cubical where Chris and I waited for the blossoming of the fruits of our evil genius. Of course it serves Randy right because he was late as usual and came rushing in throwing his things down onto his desk. No time to check for pranks, he logged onto his computer and began moving ads down the electronic conveyor belt. He was just happy Ronnie was still in the manager's hand off meeting and hadn't been there to catch Randy coming in late.
Chris and I lay in wait behind the grassy knoll...well the big gray file cabinet to be more exact but less dramatic to be sure. It didn't take long for Randy to dive below his cubical line out of sight as he picked the wrong direction to roll. In an instant he arose, Chris and I laughing as we looked from behind the big plants sitting atop the gray cabinet. Randy had both his hands indignantly on his hips staring downward while he assessed the situation. Then he reached down disappearing again but returning to our field of vision holding the wheel to his chair. He scratched his head then began to look around. Chris and I tucked our heads below the cabinet and hid straining to contain our laughter. After a moment Randy appears around the corner walking in our cubical flipping the wheel up and down in the air.
"What's up boss?" I inquired pinching myself to keep from laughing while Chris bit down on his tongue. "Are you idiots crazy?" Randy exclaims under his breath. "If the Post caught you messing with their equipment they might fire you, you dolts!" Chris speaks up and replies, "Fire us. Why would the Post want to fire us when we're just sitting here doing out jobs, boss. Got to keep the ad revenue flowing boss." I try to speak to defend myself but all I can muster is to spread my arms apart in a "what, me boss" gesture.
Randy returned to his desk for some tool time on his chair while Chris and I laugh the night away. I was never the victim of the coup de chair though several attempt were made on my regime. However, I fell victim to the sword of the practical joker often enough to feel the sting of embarrassment and shame. I would wear the pink spurs of humiliations.


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sending love for the new year
|There's HOPE as long as there is a reason to SMILE.
2011 was my sweetest year ever; which was adorable. Worked with new friends, got a new sister, New Experiences, New New ..... + some big big problems! but still love all and Welcome 2012!
Happy New Year to ALL!
Have a wonderful New Year, readers and dear friends! Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts. And for caring to drop by to leave warm words once in a while. Love you all. Take care and stay well.


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Caught in chch earthquake and wife's screen has been broken on her mobile. A load of text messages have come through, probably from people wanting to make sure she is ok.
I need to get the bluetooth switched on so we can access numbers and texts via the nokia suite.
Can anyone help by posting the exact button sequence activate bluetooth from when the mobile is first turned on? PC and phone are already paired.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
A propos of nothing in particular ....
I wish to place it on record that my wife makes the finest sausage rolls in Christendom. If a Boeing 747 were to fall on my house at this moment (admittedly an unlikely prospect, since the only aircraft around here are topdressing planes), I would die the world's most contented man.
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- Frank Newman said...
You are indeed a very lucky man to have a wife so expert in the making of sausage rolls. Unfortunately, and despite countless years of marriage, my wife has yet to even attempt the art; although your blog posting has had the significant impact of propelling me to suggest the same, which may well prove the saying, "sometimes good things come from nothing in particular".
- January 13, 2012 at 12:11 PM
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Sid Meier's Pirates! is the 2004 remake of a game by the same name originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 during Sid Meier's tenure at MicroProse. Arriving first on PC, this Firaxis-developed remake of Pirates! was later ported to the Xbox, the PSP and Mac OS X.
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a genre bender of a game featuring aspects of real time strategy, turn based strategy, simulation, stealth, exploration, adventure, and even some even light role-playing elements. Though Pirates! could be described as an amalgam of "mini-games", that would be selling it short. There's more depth to it than that, and everything is tied together nicely by the main character's objective which is tracking down the evil Marquis de la Montalban who has enslaved his family. Activities such as sword fights, ship-to-ship naval battles, upgrading ships, turn-based land battles, trading with port merchants, capturing cities, and earning fame and fortune surpassing that of nine historical pirates are the locus to reaching this goal.
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It has been years since I sank a bunch of hours into Pirates!, but I spent some time with it recently to capture some video and refresh myself for this post, and I can safely say that it holds up. At just $9.99 from Steam (or for "free", if you've got a GameTap subscription), Sid Meier's Pirates! is a game that no one should ignore.


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This is a three-part horror story. It is not meant for the squeamish. If you dare to read it, may I suggest you keep one eye closed. And, be prepared to force yourself to forget what you have read. If you are ready, happy reading. I will wait for you at the end, if you dare. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.
DETECTIVE MACK AND DETECTIVE QUERY looked down at the decomposing body. They pressed the handkerchiefs over their noses and mouths a bit harder. It was not keeping out the stench. The odor was nauseating. They looked at each other.
Query nodded at the doorway. Mack nodded and headed for the door. Query followed him outside. They did not stop walking until they were thirty feet or more from the motel room.
They took the handkerchiefs from their noses and mouths and exhaled loudly. Their eyes watered. They shook their heads and walked back and forth in the cold morning air. Grunting and groaning and breathing loudly they tried to get their wits about them. They spit several times.
"I've never smelled anything like that," Mack said.
"And I hope we never have to do it again," Query said. "That was unbelievable." He coughed and spit.
"What's unbelievable is what's in that room," Mack said.
They were puzzled. The motel manager's story did not make sense. He claimed the motel rooms were cleaned every day. Yesterday that room was cleaned, too. The maid had changed the sheets, cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed the floor, dusted off the furniture, and did a general wipe down of the entire room. She never saw a body in the bed. There were no odd smells. She left the room clean. The body had to have been put there overnight. So the motel manager says.
"We're going to need to talk to the manager again," Mack said, pointing toward the motel manager's office. "There's no way that body just got there. Smells like a damn open cemetery where all the bodies were left out to rot in the sun. He's lying."
"Not unless it's some kind of prank," Query said. "It's Halloween." Mack told him not yet. "What are a few more days? You know these damn tricksters. Maybe someone dug it up." Mack listened to him but was not buying it. "It probably took a group to pull off something like this. You know how it could be done. Go to a burial sight or funeral home. Steal a body. Keep it for several days in some hot place or a sealed bag. Bring it to a motel like this place where people rent rooms by the hour. Then they sit and wait. A couple leaves after doing the nasty. Maybe there is a window of a few hours before another couple rents the room. You know damn well a maid isn't cleaning those rooms after every couple. She may change the sheets. But she's not cleaning that damn room. This isn't the Four Seasons. So the pranksters wait until the maid leaves and sneak the stolen body into the room and put it in the bed. The next couple opens the door ready to get busy. Instead they get the shock of their lives. Find the pranksters. Case solved."
"Good explanation," Mack said. But something was bothering him. "Let's go back in there and see if he has an ID. That'll tell us if you're theory is right." Query told him with the body's level of decomposition he would bet him that he was right. They both knew a body would not decompose that quickly overnight. It had to be kept somewhere else for it to happen. "Let's go see. When CSI gets here we'll get a couple of masks from them. Right now we'll go back in there. See if he has any ID and come back out. These thin-ass handkerchiefs aren't cutting it."
The two uniformed officers who were first on the scene stood outside the door. The officers told them good luck. Mack and Query sarcastically told them thanks.
Standing ten feet from the room's doorway, Mack and Query pressed the handkerchiefs hard against their noses and mouths. They walked back into the room wearing white latex gloves. More prepared for the smell, they looked about the room.
A pair of pants were on the floor beside the bed. Mack picked them up and gently laid them over a chair and stuck his hand in the back pocket. He grabbed the wallet and made a grunting sound. Query rushed over.
The wallet was a tight fit in the pocket. Mack could not remove it with one hand. He was not going to drop the handkerchief and use both hands.
Query held the pants. Mack pulled the wallet out and put it on the table. He opened it and looked at the driver's license. The name Peter Hills was on it.
Query looked back over his shoulder at the body. Damn, it stunk. He went back over to the bed and stared at the decomposing corpse. There was something there. He leaned in closer, fighting the urge to vomit and leave the room.
A large maggot slithered from the corpse's mouth. Then another and another and another. More followed those. An earthworm wiggled its way out through a tear duct. A slug slid out through the ear canal. What the hell, he thought and looked over at Mack.
Mack had seen it and was headed for the door. Query followed him outside. They dropped the handkerchiefs and exhaled loudly.
"Officer Baldwin," Mack said between deep breaths. One of the uniformed officers looked at him. "Tell me who Peter Hills is." Mack had put the license in an evidence bag. The officer took the license to his patrol car. Less than a minute the officer came back.
"Your boy was reported missing," Officer Baldwin said. "As of this morning."
"Something's not right," Mack said to Query. Perplexed, Query nodded.
Things would only get more confusing from there.
Later that day they would learn Peter Hills was reported missing by his wife. He had been out with friends last night and had not come back home. He was not known for staying out all night. He was thirty-six years old and a father of two.
News from the medical examiner would make the case even murkier. Peter's body's cavities were filled with dirt, maggots, and different types of worms and bugs. And at the moment no one knew how a man who went missing between eight to twelve hours could decompose at a rate of someone being dead for two weeks.
Do not miss PART 2. Someone will go down a dark path. You can watch them. You just can't warn them.
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Over the past year, the average amount of data consumption by U.K. fixed network Internet access consumers has increased to 82 GBytes a month, an average increase of over 40 percent over last-year levels, Ofcom reports.
Video entertainment represents about 65 percent of the usage, Ofcom estimates.
Customers with broadband connections faster than 40 Mbps are driving the increase in monthly data use, with an average increase of around 47 percent, Ofcom reports.
More than 66 percent of the adult population now has a smartphone, up by 27 percentage points since 2012. That, plus increased 3G and 4G network coverage has resulted in consumption of about 870 MB of data per month, an increase of 64 percent since 2014.
Still, fixed network data consumption is about two orders of magnitude higher than mobile usage. Video and web browsing account for more than 80 percent of overall data use on mobile networks.


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"Microsoft Corporation - one of the largest multinational companies producing
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The Emerson boasts a beautiful, modern design that brings elegance to any office or board room. The faux leather finish is perfectly complimented by the striking chrome frame, with removable arm covers for comfort. The Emerson features traditional tilt mechanism with tension control and height adjustment.
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Ironic how students seem to lack it at the worsts times.
Does, being far from home and not being able to afford a taxi, sound like a familiar situation?
It is known that many young people in education or who are fresh out of school usually find keeping money in their hands without it miraculously disappearing the next morning difficult.
If you've ever been a victim of such memory loss, please pay attention, these 3 Top Tips could SAVE your life.
Tip #1 – Invest, Invest, Invest.
You've heard this a million times elsewhere, but this is the first time you'll here that it matters to young people as well.
You don't need to have multi-millions and a sky-scraper to invest in, investing means – Putting in, in order to get out a profit.
This could mean investing in yourself, learning something knew or gaining another experience or investing on your family taking them out for a meal.
It is understandable that you are not making much money as a younger persons, however, small amounts go a long way.
If you started saving £50 a month (£600 per year) until retirement at the age of 65.
At age 65, you would end up with an investment account worth £524,384.50. Saving money is powerful.
Tip #2 – Never Withdraw more money than you need.
Many people may have intended to save some money and then experiencing the temptation to spend that money shorty after.
Many others convince themselves that they will pay it back.
This rarely happens.
To understand money, you need to understand yourself; if you know that you suffer the temptation to spend than don't leave money in cash.
Although, you can spend digitally, this is a step forward in managing your money.
Tip #3 – Reduce Lending and Borrowing
Debt can be useful if used responsibly, to enable you to purchase things that you may otherwise not be able to afford.
Less lending & borrowing means less problems.
It is advised that you should only borrow or lend money under extreme circumstances.
Two things to remember – Money borrowed from the bank must always be repaid and interest is a cost that restricts your ability to save money.
Essentially, there is no running from debt and saving for it becomes difficult because of interest.
Don't worry! You may not be an expert in managing your money, it takes time and practice.
However, as long as you take one of these tips and use it in your everyday life, there's no doubting your finances will improve.
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There are few locals that Miami electro-pop darlings Afrobeta haven't converted into undying fans during their years on the scene.
Of course, though, chanteuse Cuci Amador's sweet Latin freestyle vocals are decidedly feminine and dance-y. So any bro looking for a more aggro masculine sound should definitely check out the other half of Afrobeta, Tony Smurphio, and his side project.
"Beatmachines came about from jamming with Jose Javier Freire, drummer for the former Grammy-winning Latin pop group Bacilos," Tony tells Crossfade. "I was their touring keyboardist/guitarist for five years, and in that time, we really learned how to jam with each other."
See also:
-Sweat Records, Kenny Millions, and Holly Hunt Talk Sweatstock 2013 and Saving Record Stores
-Beatmachines on Sweatstock and Live Show: "From Trap Beat to Thrash Metal in a Second"
-Roofless Records Talks Sweatstock and "A Dystopian Future in Which Records Are Illegal"
-Holly Hunt: "Without Churchill's and Sweat, It'd Be Nearly Impossible to Sustain a Scene"
"With Beatmachines there are no set lists or songs," he explains. "Afrobeta has a more traditional approach, where we write a song and perform it more or less the same way every time. Beatmachines' creative process differs from Afrobeta in the sense that we completely improvise on stage.
"I would like to incorporate Afrobeta and Beatmachines in the future into one," he adds. "I love the unpredictability and spontaneity of Beatmachines -- we feed off the people's energy like no other band I've ever played with. [But] on the other hand, there's nothing like a well-crafted song that has taken years to write and produce."
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Beatmachines is currently working on its debut Manual Labor EP, slated for release this summer. While you wait, be sure to catch the act's regular gigs around town, including Saturday's live show as part of Sweat Records' Sweatstock 2013.
"High-energy, minimal, improvised dance music," Tony promises for Saturday's show. "We vary in tempo and styling. We'll go from a trap beat to thrash metal in a second, flip it to a house beat and then finish with dancehall. Our live M.O. is you'll never see the same show twice."
Sweatstock 2013. Saturday, April 20. Sweat Records, 5505 NE Second Ave., Miami, and Churchill's Pub, 5501 NE Second Ave., Miami. The show starts at 2 p.m. and it's free. Visit sweatrecordsmiami.com.
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Fly Favorites: April 2012
São Paulo hip-hop star Criolo goes from hood to high-life as Brazilian rap creeps into the mainstream. As Chris Guillebeau heads down the home stretch of his hit-every-country-in-the-world, he gives pointers on how to go everywhere. Members of Nigeria's Igbo, … Continue reading
A Dash of Latin America
Journalist and budding documentarian Dash Harris explores the shades of identity and racism in her documentary series Negro, currently in production. The New York-based Panamanian, raised partially in the States and in Panama, studied broadcast journalism and business at Temple … Continue reading
From the AV Room: Hispaniola
Recently screened at the Havana Film Festival New York, the 12-minute short film, Hispaniola, tackles Haitian-Dominican relations on the Caribbean's second-largest island. Director Freddy Vargas shows us how childhood friendships can be marred by issues of race, class, and nationality … Continue reading


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This winter, Fresh Farms LLC will "be in full gear" shipping vegetables from Guaymas, Sonora. The firm also offers vegetables from Sinaloa; primarily Culiacan but also from the Los Mochis area.
"We'll have every item you'd expect, said Jerry Havel who is Fresh Farms' director of sales and marketing. Fresh Farms will be offering more organic products than in the past.
The firm will be shipping colored Bell peppers, large volumes of zucchini, yellow and grey squash, as well as hard squash, English and American cucumbers. Eggplant, beans and fresh pickles will also be distributed by Fresh Farms. Its watermelon deal will start in late March. For the second year, Fresh Farms is also in the sweet corn business.
Fresh Farms, which is based in Rio Rico, AZ, in April will enter its third season of shipping Mexican table grapes from Jalisco. Fresh Farms is the first Mexican grape grower to launch such Jalisco production. In Sonora, Fresh Farms has long been among Mexico's very top commercial grape producers.
Havel said the Mexican fall vegetable deal "was up and down from volume and quality" wavering. Going into January, production had stabilized.


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March 2015
A sign on the table of insects said "TAKE A PHOTO 10 B". I was tempted to take a picture or buy a few bugs. After all traveling is about trying new things, eating street food to experience the real culture, tasting the crunchy crickets of a new country, it's a hardcore backpacker snack but don't choke on the wings and legs, blah blah blah. And other justifications to pay 30¢ for a photo, or more to actually eat a beetle. But I'm sure I've eaten plenty of (unfried) bugs in my life for free.
In the end I decided to pass on overpriced critters. I didn't need to post a bug-eating selfie on social media. As to whether they are vegetarian, well, insects don't grow on trees. Okay I'm actually a pescatarian, which is the fancy way of saying I eat fish and seafood 'cause I want to. But I skipped the crickets this time.
Bangkok was crowded, hot, and a little overwhelming compared to calm and wintery Japan. I explored temples and got lost in the madness of Khao San Road, the backpacker haunt of Southeast Asia. I quickly realized that I was just another dirty backpacker, one of 29 million tourists who visit Thailand every year.
- We eat pad thai.
- We drink alcohol out of buckets.
- We wear parachute pants and flipflops.
- We wake up with a hangover at noon.
- We brag about which islands we've been to.
- We say "sawasdee" (hello) and "kop kah" (thank you).
- We take tuk-tuks (three-wheeled taxis), though they're more expensive than real taxis.
- We ride scooters.
- We get tattoos.
- We gravitate to wifi and ignore each other.
- We visit 7-Eleven daily for the air conditioning and bottled of water.
- We are American or European.
- We make fools of ourselves.
It took me a week to escape Bangkok. I didn't have any tickets booked and I had no plans, so indecision took over. Do I go here or there? How long do I stay? Everyone says the islands are great but which one(s)? What if I miss the best one?
I took an overnight train and a ferry to Koh Phi Phi, the biggest party island in the Andaman Sea. I intentionally skipped the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan, the thought of 30,000 tourists getting drunk on a beach did not appeal. But I'll admit that I was curious enough for one night of festivities. The music blasted, the drinks flowed, I met two Brits (Kat and Katie), and we danced on the beach. The best part was that the music stopped at 2AM and everyone went home.
I took a ferry to Koh Lanta to experience a larger, quieter island. It was still overrun with tourists but less obnoxious. Koh Phi Phi had been small enough to walk around but I needed motorized transportation to see Koh Lanta, and I rented a scooter. I'd seen plenty of tourists with bandaged limbs and road rash so I heeded the warnings and drove the speed limit.
Until Koh Lanta I had never rented a vehicle while traveling, ever. It was freedom on two wheels. I could go wherever and whenever I wanted. I drove down the coast to the national park to visit the monkeys, and through the middle of the island on unpaved roads. I passed Thai families that waved at me, probably because they were surprised to see a tourist on the back roads. At the hostel I met a Brit named Rick and two Swedish cousins, and we together we drove around the island in parachute pants, looking for our next pad thai.
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On Wednesday I ranted about how I hate SportsCenter because it almost completely ignores hockey, and focuses on basketball dunks. Not basketball, and all the great plays made in a basketball game, just the dunks. Unfortunately SportsCenter was more of the same today.
Last night the Boston Bruins played the St. Louis Blues. It was the 2nd best team in the East against the 3rd best in the West. The NHL equivalent of the Heat playing the Trailblazers. There were no highlights on SportsCenter from the Bruins/Blues game. Even though it was a 3-2 overtime game, even though the B's came back from 2 goals down, even though Jarome Iginla almost scored a game-winner in OT but Alex Petrangelo made a great play to stop him from scoring on an open net. Nope, not worthy of a 30 second SportsCenter clip. Not even 15 seconds.
SportsCenter did show highlights from the Capitals/Jets game. Alexander Ovechkin scored his 40th goal of the season. But John Kerry, who dropped the puck before the game, was as equal a part of the brief highlight as Ovi was.
There were also highlights from the Canucks/Canadiens game. Because Max Pacioretty scored a hat-trick despite missing on two penalty shots. But the highlights were in low definition! How does that happen? How can that happen?
And then there were the Top Plays. Ten plays, 9 basketball highlights, 7 dunks, 1 golf shot. There were 2 really good basketball plays. Someone in a college game hit ten 3-pointers. And an LSU player made a very strong block against a Georgia player trying to dunk on him. I found the blocked dunk to be quite cathartic, and it temporarily soothing my anti-dunking rage.
If you're going to focus almost exclusively on basketball highlights, show more than just dunks. Show the big 3-pointers, the blocks, the strong drives, the good defense, the quick moves, the steals. There are a lot of great plays made in basketball games. It's more than just dunks. Showing just the dunks is like a highlight reel of jokes, with just the punchlines.
And don't forget to show the flops, the double flops, and dives. Especially if they lead to foul calls that determine the game. Isn't that an important highlight to show?


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Byrne Calls for New VA Leadership
Fairhope, AL – May 27, 2014 – Today, Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1) called on Secretary of Veterans' Affairs (VA) Eric Shinseki to resign amid allegations of mismanagement. Byrne is cosponsoring H.Con.Res. 98, a resolution introduced by Rep. Blake Farenthold (TX-27) urging the President to call for the resignation of Shinseki and replace him with new leadership.
Byrne said: "The Department of Veterans' Affairs was founded to tend to the specialized needs of veterans across the country as they returned home from war. Recently, the nation has come to realize that the VA is failing to provide even the most basic level of services to our veterans who have earned this care through their service. This is wrong, and urgent action must be taken to reform this system.
"I believe it is time for a fresh start at the VA. The problems that have been allowed to take root here will need aggressive and competent leadership willing to take on the status quo. Change starts from the top. I call on President Obama to take accountability for the failings of Eric Shinseki and install new leadership at the VA that is capable of righting this ship."


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I'm an aspiring novelist with a passion for free verse and epic fantasy (and occasionally being over-dramatic).
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There is always hope.
"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before." (Jane Austen)
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost." (J.R.R. Tolkien)
"Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon." (A.A. Milne)
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13)
If you're here looking for something to read, some of my favorites are "Ten Wishes--A Poem", "Light", and "A Possibility". :)
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Roaches, urine reported at fast food playscapes
KSAT Defenders investigate fast food playscape cleanliness
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio dad is left with a bad taste in his mouth after a recent visit to a McDonald's where he claims to have seen four roaches inside the Play Place area.
"I seen one roach at first and I thought, 'Oh well, maybe it's an accident,' but then I seen two roaches, then I seen a third roach, then four," said McDonald's customer Jesse Barron.
Barron was eating at the McDonald's at the corner of Roosevelt and Southwest Military with his kids when it happened.
"The thought of seeing them crawling around by my kids' food is crazy," Barron said.
The Defenders wanted to know if it was an isolated incident, so we they checked out the Play Place.
There were no roaches, but there were a couple of dead crickets.
A week later, a live beetle was found squirming around under a booth.
Metro Health reported no roach sightings at their visit. However, Sanitation Services Manager Stephen Barscewski said a bug-free restaurant is not too much to expect.
"We're looking for zero, although we do see them. We work with the facilities to prevent them because they do spread disease," Barscewski said.
The Defenders broadened the playscape search, requesting health inspection reports for four locations each from Chick-fil-A, Burger King, and McDonald's.
Not one of the four Chick-fil-A locations had any play area issues and overall, they had very few -- if any -- demerits at each location.
Three Burger King playscapes came back clean, but the one in the 5200 block of DeZavala was advised to do a thorough cleaning of the childrens' play area.
Only one of the other three McDonald's locations had no play area recommendations. The Southwest Military location report revealed a complaint that a child urinated on the jungle gym and it was dripping all over the floor.
"Urine ... sitting around is going to start growing bacteria and smell," Barscewski said.
Metro Health insists proper washing, rinsing and sanitizing in all areas of a restaurant is critical.
In response, McDonald's writes, "Absolutely nothing is more important than operating safe, clean restaurants. We take matters concerning the cleanliness of our restaurants and especially our PlayPlaces very seriously. We strive to ensure our restaurant managers and employees are fully trained in restaurant and PlayPlace sanitation. We inspect PlayPlace surfaces frequently during each shift to check for food spills, trash, and overall cleanliness, and thoroughly clean all PlayPlace equipment and surfaces every day. We require all of our restaurants to be in full compliance with local, state and federal regulations as well as adhere to our own stringent standards. As always, we will continue to work closely with our local health department partners to ensure the continued operation of clean, safe restaurants and PlayPlaces."
To check out local fast food chains in your neighborhood, visit www.sanantonio.gov/health and read all the latest health inspection reports.
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Excellent information and specifics. Every voter should watch this!
Excellent information and specifics. Every voter should watch this!
Watched it. Loved it. There is no contest between Obama and McCain. Obama gets it. McCain, with nine homes, and his out-of-touch stance on health care (please! crossing state lines for health care sounds like a burden, not a freedom), and his "blah, blah, blah…" about the environement…. Ahhh, the list goes on. Obama is going to have an administration that gets the country back on a positive track.
Tuesday cannot come soon enough! 🙂
I agree, great showing from Obama.
Comment by sugardaddydating — October 30, 2008 @ 1:11 pm | Reply
Thank you for posting the infomercial. After the election, I hope people return to it and remind their legislators of why we voted for Barack Obama. The electorate also needs to hold Obama accountable for what he promised to do.
Comment by Art Berkowitz — November 1, 2008 @ 9:18 am | Reply
Hey Art – thanks for stopping by. I agree. We need to hold our elected officials accountable. The election doesn't end on Nov 4 – we have civic responsibilities to participate and let our officials know when they're doing what's right for America and when they're not.
Americans are pretty engaged now; I hope it remains that way.
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The increasing pressure on Carlo Ancelotti has reached new heights after Chelsea dropped two more points against a stubborn Everton side. It was the fourth Premier League game without a win for the reigning champions, and just their fifth point from a possible 18 in recent weeks, but with Ancelotti's side stuttering, could the Italian find himself out of a job in the not so distant future?
If Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has any sense, then the answer is no. While Ancelotti is having a tough time of things at the moment, his previous success should have plenty of weight and it would be ludicrous for Chelsea to sack him.
But football is a sport where bizarre decisions are made on a frequent basis, and we shouldn't be surprised if Ancelotti finds himself on the way out of Stamford Bridge. The departure of Ray Wilkins has revealed some real internal problems at Chelsea and Ancelotti appears to have been disturbed by these issues.
This is having an impact on Chelsea's performances, and with the Premier League ultra competitive this year, they really can't afford to keep dropping points. Anybody from five teams could theoretically challenge for the title this season, and the successful side will be one that is most consistent, so Chelsea need to solve their problems.
If Ancelotti can't do this in the next couple of the weeks, he will be gone, because as we have seen in the past, Abramovich isn't afraid to make bold decisions. After spending vast sums of money to lure Luiz Felipe Scolari to Stamford Bridge, the Russian was quick to send him packing when results tailed off, and Ancelotti isn't immune from similar treatment.
Things don't get any easier for Ancelotti when you look at Chelsea's fixtures in the next few weeks. Next weekend's trip to Tottenham is followed by games against Manchester United and Arsenal. If there isn't a drastic improvement in results in those three games then in my opinion Chelsea will be looking for a new manager in the New Year.
That might sound drastic, but given the demands for success, Ancelotti can't afford to fall off the pace in the title race. Last season he set the standard high, and unfortunately he might now be suffering because of last terms achievements.


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An acclaimed American poet, Jay Parini is widely recognized for his ability to confront modern issues in a variety of forms, while adding a highly musical sense of phrasing and a relentless sense of humor. Parini, as seen in his previous works of poetry-Anthracite Country (1982), Town Life (1988), andHouse of Days (1998)-has created a remarkable voice of his own. The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems is a testament to Parini's unique poetic style and constantly evolving vision. A compilation of fifty-nine new poems and forty-three from previous collections, The Art of Subtraction demonstrates Parini's wide range of poetic registers. One sequence of poems responds to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Others deal with personal themes and continue Parini's ongoing exploration of the relationship between language and mind. The poems drawn from previous collections have been carefully chosen to represent the breadth of his work and of his experience as an American poet over the course of his career.
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1) Music videos are back, and we're all having a blast. They're becoming a healthier and more monetized medium and they're reclaiming their place in showcasing production creatives and new ideas. The long break was more of a time-out than the permanent retirement we had assumed. We're seeing more risks being taken and more collaboration with artists that are much more familiar with visual trends that can help elevate their music.
The whole process has changed because you can do so much more with so much less. Editorial often happens on set. Color testing can happen while you shoot too. Using CG to augment in-camera limitations isn't as time consuming as it used to be so it's easier to integrate it quickly.
2) I think we're going to start seeing more attempts at consolidation between businesses. Vendors are going to become agencies. CMOs are going to start become CCOs. Agencies are going to start making content for entertainment. Creatives are going to direct. The wheels go round and round. My prediction is that most of these efforts will fail, or at least fail to really pay off. Most of these players have worked alongside their counterparts in the supply chain and quietly thought to themselves " I could totally do that ". More often than not they're wrong, and that's because experience matters more than people realize.


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Keystone FC offers the premier soccer experience in the Central Pennsylvania (PA) area. Founded in 1982 as the Mechanicsburg Soccer Club, Keystone FC is also one of the oldest competitive soccer clubs in the area with a dedicated and professional coaching staff holding National Licenses. In addition to the city of Mechanicsburg, Keystone FC attracts top youth players from areas including Camp Hill, Carlisle, Dillsburg, Harrisburg, New Cumberland, and York, Pennsylvania.
Keystone FC is committed to developing high quality players, teams, coaches and parents. As a registered member of Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer (EPYSA), our United and Elite teams compete in the Eastern Development Program (EDP) and the Central Pennsylvania Youth Soccer League (CPYSL). Our Elite and Premier teams play in CPYSL, EDP, and Atlantic Premier League (APL).


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New photos offer detailed glimpse of 'iPhone 7,' including potential 'piano black' model
A new series of photos claim to offer what may be the most detailed preview yet of Apple's anticipated "iPhone 7," including what could turn out to be the previously rumored "piano black" color.
The images make it difficult to determine if the "piano black" model is indeed glossy, as anticipated. Apple is also said to be planning a "dark black" matte color, but that might resemble the Space Black option for 2012's iPhone 5.
Also seen in the photos are silver and space gray models, the latter of which would debunk the idea that Apple is abandoning that color.
Importantly the phones in the images are all consistent with other recent leaks, including large, tapered camera bumps, and relocated antenna bands with matching colors. Several photos show the product's new SIM tray, supporting a Vietnamese site's assertion that Apple has added a rubber seal to improve water resistance.
Apple is scheduled to hold its "iPhone 7" press event at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1 p.m. Eastern. AppleInsider will be live in San Francisco to provide coverage.
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MWC 15 Special
M:Metrics today issued the findings of its May Benchmark Survey. The firm found that while smart phone owners comprise a small percentage of the overall population of mobile phone users, large percentages of smart phone users are consuming mobile content. Contrary to popular belief, those carrying these powerful devices are not using them exclusively for productivity applications, but are also using them to view mobile video, play mobile games and listen to mobile music in addition to using them for personal E-Mail and wireless Web access.
Compared to the average mobile phone subscribers, smart phone owners are avid users of mobile multimedia. In France and Germany, nearly half of smart phone owners sent video or a photo over the network, compared with a market average of (18.6) percent in France, and (19.5) percent in Germany. Nearly a quarter of UK smart phone owners reported listening to music on their handset, versus the average of 5.8 percent:
Smart Phone penetration
downloaded game
mobile video
Listened to mobile music
photo or video over network
Accessed news and information
3.4 %
12.0 %
15.1 %
20.3 %
18.7 %
45.7 %
39.1 %
5.8 %
15.5 %
7.7 %
18.9 %
19.9 %
33.7 %
22.3 %
6.6 %
23.0 %
9.1 %
20.9 %
24.8 %
47.3 %
39.7 %
Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006
The parallels are similar across the geographies. French smart phone owners are
a staggering 11 times more likely to listen to music on their handset compared
with the market average of 1.7 percent, while their American counterparts are
more than eight times more likely to do so. Video has been particularly popular
among French smart phone owners, at 15.1 percent, versus a countrywide average
of 1.8 percent. There is also a relatively high conversion rate to video among
U.S. smart phone owners, who are more than six times more likely to watch video
than a random subscriber, as the U.S. average for video consumption is 1.3
"Whereas mass-market Symbian devices have flooded the European market, the
smart phones in the hands of most U.S. consumers are high-end devices produced
by Palm and RIM that are targeted to appeal to mobile professionals concerned
with personal productivity," said Seamus McAteer, senior analyst and chief
product architect, M:Metrics. "The Motorola Q, which is being marketed heavily
as a stylish device that's fun as well as productive, and is being
offered at consumer-friendly price points, could help broaden the market
for smart phones and spur content consumption."
At two percent penetration, the U.S. lags Western Europe in
smart phone
ownership. Britain tops France and Germany, at 6.6 percent market adoption. All
the top three devices in France, Germany and the United Kingdom are Nokia
devices. The Palm Treo is the smart device of choice for Americans, followed by
the BlackBerry.
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Donna Lewis from Seneca Community Church in Romulus, NY brings us this underwater VBS look.
The church's Vacation Bible School theme was "Submerged". In keeping with this underwater concept, they incorporated a waterline and water bubbles mimicking the ocean. In real life, they used green and blue tule for the water line and pint-size ice cream lids for the bubbles.
When VBS was over, they removed the waterline (tule) and continued up the wall with the bubbles so it would cover the entire wall for their "worship service" stage design.
For bubbles, their materials were pint-size ice cream lids, strapping tape, white strong knitting thread, flat white tacks, and spray paint. Thread was taped to the back of each lid approximately 8 inches apart to make a continuous line (about 13 feet long). They did not measure each string for exact heights needed. To make it easier, they made all the strings the length of the highest point, then cut off the excess after it was hung.
They spray painted a semi-circle of BLUE on the left side and a dot of WHITE spray paint in the upper right corner. Tack the top circle to the wall and then the bottom circle. The top tack held the weight and the bottom tack held the string in place. They chose to stagger the lines and number of circles to give it an artsy feel verses a stiff, mechanical look.The lids were donated from a restaurant. The string, tape, and tacks were on-hand so the only cost to them was 2 cans of inexpensive spray paint.