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The soaring success of streaming music audio and video online is causing the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to now include on-demand audio and video streams in the sales figures when determining Gold and Platinum album awards.
The RIAA announced its policy change on Feb. 1, giving the organization's 58-year-old Gold & Platinum Program its first recognition of streaming music and video sales for albums released by recording artists. The RIAA had already updated its certification rules in 2013 for digital singles. The changes for album certifications mean that streaming music will now count toward the sales of 500,000 tracks needed to achieve Gold status and the 1million sales needed to hit Platinum status. The streaming contributions will also now apply to sales over 2 million needed to achieve multi-Platinum status, according to the group.
"For nearly six decades, whether it's vinyl, CDs, downloads or now streams, the Gold & Platinum Program has adapted to recognize the benchmarks of success in an evolving music marketplace," Cary Sherman, chairman and CEO of the RIAA, said in a statement. "We know that music listening—for both for albums and songs—is skyrocketing, yet that trend has not been reflected in our album certifications. Modernizing our Album Award to include music streaming is the next logical step in the continued evolution of Gold & Platinum Awards, and doing so enables RIAA to fully reward the success of artists' albums today."
With the new certification changes, 17 albums are now immediately eligible for Gold or Platinum awards based on their sales.
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Receiving awards are Alt-J for "An Awesome Wave" (Atlantic Records), Gold; Big Sean for "Dark Sky Paradise" (Def Jam Recordings), Platinum; Brett Eldredge for "Bring You Back" (Atlantic Nashville), Gold; Coldplay for "Ghost Stories" (Atlantic/Parlophone), Platinum; Elle King for "Love Stuff" (RCA), Gold; Fifth Harmony for "Reflection" (Epic), Gold; Halsey for "Badlands" (Astralwerks), Gold; Hozier for "Hozier" (Columbia), Platinum; and Kendrick Lamar for "To Pimp a Butterfly" (Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope), Platinum.
Also receiving new certifications are Michael Jackson for "Thriller" (Epic/Legacy), 32X Multi-Platinum; Miranda Lambert for "Platinum" (RCA Nashville), Platinum; Romeo Santos for "Fórmula Vol. 2" (Sony Latin), 11X Diamante/RIAA Latin G&P Program; Sam Hunt for "Montevallo" (MCA Nashville), 2X Multi-Platinum; Shawn Mendes for "Handwritten" (Island Records), Platinum; The Weeknd for "Beauty Behind the Madness" (XO/Republic Records), 2X Multi-Platinum; Vance Joy for "Dream Your life Away" (Atlantic Records), Gold; and Wale for "Ambition" (Atlantic Urban), Gold.
Streaming music is being counted for recording artists based on a formula that counts 1,500 on-demand audio and/or video song streams as equal to 10 track sales, which are equal to one album sale, according to the RIAA. Also announced was that the RIAA's Digital Single Award ratio has been updated from 100 on-demand streams being equal to one download to 150 on-demand streams being equal to one download "to reflect streaming's enormous growth in the two plus years since that ratio was set."
The Gold & Platinum Awards Program was created by the RIAA in 1958 to honor artists and create a standard to measure the commercial success of a sound recording.
Streaming music continues to grow as the market expands with additional services including Apple Music, which launched in June 2015. Apple Music passed the 10 million subscriber plateau in January, hitting that mark in just six months—which is 10 times faster than the six years it took competitor Spotify to hit the same milestone, according to a recent eWEEK story.
Apple launched Apple Music on June 30, 2015, in 100 countries, including the United States, to join the iTunes store as a means to give music lovers a new way to find a huge catalog of music in one destination. Individual memberships are priced at $9.99 per month, while a family membership for up to six family members is priced at $14.99 per month.


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In a tumultuous election year—such as the one we are experiencing now—Christians may be tempted to stay away from the ballot box. In the everyday political discussions Christians may have with family, friends, co-workers, and strangers, it is often tempting to throw our hands up in the air in desperation and threaten to withhold our vote this time around. Often this is just the easy way out, a way to avoid thinking through extremely difficult and nuanced positions. People often forget that no matter how bad the candidates may seem, not voting also carries with it negative consequences that must be considered.
In CPH's latest Bible Study—Called to Vote: A Christian's Approach to Elections—Ken Schurb provides four lessons on the Christian citizen's relationship to American politics. In the first three lessons, Schurb discusses the distinctions made by Christians (and God's Word) that must be kept in mind while voting: the difference between God's Word/human opinion, that God rules in two distinct ways (which correlate to Law and Gospel), and the distinction between being a ruler and the one being ruled. The fourth and final lesson prompts Christians to take concrete measures to provide for the welfare of their neighbor.
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Extreme fragmenting of activities and thinking, enormous social and cultural changes, excessive rituals of watching, have all been evoked by media and was foreseen by Marshal McLuhan, a philosopher and scholar of media theory and communications, in 1967. In The Medium is the Massage, McLuhan discusses the power of electric technology and how it is altering our environment and leaving no part of us untouched. Media completely surrounds us and touches all of our senses, immersing us into a community that is fed information instantly and continuously.
The Medium is the Massage, discusses how media fosters and encourages unification, participation, and involvement via television. Electric technology presents a means to vote, protest, revolt, and consume while sitting in our living room. Privacy has been eliminated when everyone becomes more involved with everybody else. There are no longer 'others' as they cannot be contained or ignored in this media rich culture. Even your thoughts have been altered and rearranged by electric technology. McLuhan's analysis of how chaotic society has become and will continue to become, is a call for awareness of technological change. Society is affected by all aspects of media; written, aural, and visual, affecting the human sensorium causing a change in thoughts and actions in a media rich environment.
McLuhan discusses how the introduction of a variety of mediums has changed society; how we manage our time and how we work, from the development of the alphabet, to the introduction of mass production by the letter press, to radio, television, and design. Media rich cities will become like a World's Fair where technology is put on a pedestal and shown off – not a place of business or residence. It will be preserved and created into living monuments where the technology elicits a simulacra of society. Much like the Epcott Center at Disney World where we are shown the progressions of human technological evolution by touring the amusing spectacles of the past to the eases of life presented by technological advancements of the future.
According to McLuhan, antisocial artists and poets have a strange ability to see this media induced environment for what it really is. (88) Artists today are encouraged to view society and represent it in a way that the audience has not considered. All information, cultural practices, rituals, life, etc., have facades. Hidden underneath is decay, light, darkness, anything that has long since being analyzed and deconstructed in a way that is unique, informational, enriching, or catastrophic. The artist has an uncanny ability to re-visualize through metaphors, symbolism, and sarcasm in order to articulate a subject that was there all along. The artist's observation is formed into metaphorical or creative representations to emphasize avoided issues. McLuhan stated that the artist is rarely "well-adjusted" and cannot go along current trends. An artist definitely cannot fall into the rituals of modern society if she is to have a critical view. An artist must be able to theorize and analyze what is going on around her in order to present a deeper understanding of the obvious. If societal blemishes or embellishments are ignored by the artist, then she does 'go along current trends' in that she becomes absorbed by media and unconscious of her surroundings.
The artist must be able to see things at an angle. But in order to do that, an artist must first understand what is represented head on. McLuhan presents his angled message with graphical and typographic playfulness, sarcasm, and metaphors, eliciting a variety of emotions as if to affect the reader with a dazzling display of media on media. Perhaps since we are so engulfed in an electric environment, the designer, Quentin Fiore, needed to present information in a unique way to proclaim McLuhan's angled message. Therefore, a distinct presentation could be the only way to get attention where attention is lacking. Yet, Fiore intentionally presents the message in a way that utilizes media's strengths by its ability to alter our thoughts and actions by dazzling the viewer with images, shapes, and forms. Fiore's design methods are an attempt to affect the reader like most media is already affecting us by overloading us with information. This angle presents a method to present a message with in a medium that is the culprit. Media offers the message in the most efficient way; by affecting the senses, encouraging and fostering unification, involvement, and the specialism of confronting and addressing media.


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St. Moritz
Summer in the Engadin. Those who have experienced it, come back to our 5 star hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Guaranteed. Iridescent colors. Comfortable climate. Sporting atmosphere. Glamorous - with a difference.
Hustle and bustle on Lake Silvaplana. Homewaters for the fleeting wind and kite surfers. The Maloja wind is reliable. So are the colleagues. Windsurf legend Bjorn Dunkerbeck therefore even relocated to Silvaplana.
The mountain biker's dream: St. Moritz's Corviglia has recently acquired three new flower trails. The Engadine is simply paradise with 400 km of trails in total. But honestly: Not only for bikers.
3 courses, 45 holes. St. Moritz and the Engadin are among the most prestigious golf destinations in the Alps. Attention, attention: The splendid natural scenery distracts from the game.
Hoist the sails of the »Badrutt's Palace« - or pierce the rudder blade into the pristine surface of Lake St. Moritz in the morning. The wind ruffles the hair. This is freedom - at more than 1,800 meters above sea level.
»Early Catch«: The early fisherman catches the fish - together with our Head Chef of Chesa Veglia, Andrea Panatti. At 6.00 a.m., at one of the neighboring lakes in the region.
Three mountains up to 3'000 meters high are located around our 5 star hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland: Piz Nair, Corvatsch and Diavolezza. And then there's Corviglia and Muottas Muragl. With the best view of the Upper Engadine lakes, some celebrities have already found inspiration here.
Body tension and good balance? All beginnings are difficult - and, above all, quite chilly in the Lake St. Moritz. However, once you've worked out how it goes, Stand Up Paddling is real fun - and gives you a good figure.
Die hard bike fans end up pushing. Not necessarily true. The e-bike can overcome any hill - and makes you forget your fitness level. How convenient to be reminded of it again and again at the Fitness Centre of our 5 star hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Most people only dive into Lake St Moritz once - and are out again very quickly. The best place to wear that new bikini is Lake Staz. Very idyllic location. However, this also means that it is accessible only on foot or by bicycle.
It is a wonderfully liberating feeling trotting with »Fury« in the Engadine fields, lakes and forests - even if only in a dream. In reality the pace is more step than gallop.
Drenched with delight! St. Moritz is a water sports paradise and we have everything you need to have a blast on the water!
Exploring the peaks and valleys of Engadin in the summer can be a beautiful experience: our concierge has great hiking and biking tips for you!


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In intimate relationships in which sex addiction is discovered, the question of whether to stay together arises, whether it is spoken about or not.
Should they go to couple counseling right away? I say no. After an initial "couples" session in which the addiction is brought out into the open, each partner needs their own therapy and treatment program.
In the early stages of discovery and crisis surrounding sex addiction, couples counseling is not the answer and is not even a good idea.
Sex addiction is not a couples problem
Sexually compulsive behavior is not a result of problems in a relationship; it's much more likely that it's the other way around.
Sex addiction goes way back into the history of the addict. While an addict may have picked a partner who somehow doesn't get in the way of the addiction, or who may be a stand-in for someone in the addict's early life, that partner is still an innocent participant. They didn't cause the addiction and they can't cure it.
Couples counseling misses the point
Couples counseling addresses problems in the way people relate to one another; problems with intimacy and vulnerability, communication, relationship skills and so on. So while there will undoubtedly be some areas where their relationship as a couple is askew, there is no point in trying to address these until after the addict has addressed his or her problem and established some success in recovery.
It is partly a question of triage in the sense that the addiction is more serious, more life-threatening, so to speak. But also the addict being active in their addiction stands in the way of any meaningful work on the relationship.
Couples counseling can be counter-productive in the beginning of recovery
Couples therapy as a primary or sole way of dealing with sex addiction can be detrimental to the recovery of the addict, and ultimately to the recovery of the couple, in the following ways:
- Using couples therapy as a way to deal with sex addiction means that the addict can avoid getting the necessary treatment for their addiction. The addict can in effect stay in denial, convincing themselves and those around them that they are getting help without really getting help.
- The couples counseling situation places the partner in the situation of trying to work cooperatively and supportively with the person who has betrayed them. The partner is in fact a victim in the situation and needs support from people other than the person they feel has traumatized them.
- The discovery of sex addiction in a relationship fractures trust and can bring out the worst in people. The partner is in a state of PTSD in which their reality has been shaken. The addict is in a crisis in which his or her darkest and most shameful secrets have been exposed. In this situation, both people will be more prone to blame, projection, and distorted thinking.
Why couples want couples counseling in the crisis-discovery phase
The crisis of the disclosure of sex addiction in a relationship can be very abrupt. Couples are couples; they have made an adjustment to being together that cannot just turn on a dime, even when there is such a massive rift.
Both partners naturally want to cling to the relationship when they are in this vulnerable place. But trying to work together on the problem can be extremely confusing. Both partners need a lot of help and support, but they need it from people other than each other.
The data show that rebuilding trust takes a long time and a lot of independent help and support for both partners. After their initial months of individual work, couples can begin a period of starting their relationship anew.


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I tested a mod I made in minecraft that is supposed to spawn fifty zombies and chat says Unable to summon object numerous times. Problem is; I think it's a bug and it doesn't say how to debug my mod!!! Please help me!!!!!
Here's the code: function zombie preform command summon zombie for player me, function main zombie (fifty times) function main2 (this is supposed to give me speed, leaping, strength, an extra bar of hearts, night vision, fire resistance, damage resistance, regeneration, an water breathing for 999999999999999999999999 seconds) send message " You are now all powerful!" to player me send message "Let's test your skills against fifty zombies!" to player me. Are you able to locate any bugs in this?
One thing I did notice is that your mod should only have one main function -- try giving the other functions different titles - try naming functions based on what they do. Like: powers for the function that gives you powers.
Also, start with small numbers and gradually work your way up. Try summoning three zombies at first, and giving yourself an effect that lasts a few seconds.
And to debug, remove some blocks and then test to see where the problem area might be. It's easier to make a mod with only a few blocks in it at first, then test to make sure it works, then gradually add more blocks,
In your main function, you should call the other functions. (check out the skills and drills < functions badges on how to call functions)
I tried 38 zombies and 100 seconds for each effect and it still says unable to summon object.
I replaced the preform command block with set zombie to create new NPC with entitytype zombie named Zombie at loaction location of (other player) so now I'm good. Thank you, sidekick badges!


text: The United Nations has confirmed that seven peacekeepers have been killed in an ambush in the Ivory Coast, the first attack of its kind in the country. "This attack cost the lives of seven UNOCI peacekeeping soldiers from Niger," the peacekeeping mission said in a statement. "These soldiers were on patrol in the region of Tai, in a zone where UNOCI recently increased its presence due to a threat of civilian operations being attacked." A UN source told the AFP news agency that the peacekeepers were patrolling near two villages, Para and Tai. A resident of Para said that villagers were fleeing from fighting in the area. "There's panic in the villages, many are fleeing into the forest, others are heading for Liberia," the resident said. UN reaction UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was "outraged" by the killing and that more troops remained in danger. Ban Ki-Moon announces the killings "Even tonight, after the attack, more than 40 peacekeepers remain with the villagers in this remote region to protect them from this armed group," Ban told reporters. The mission, called UNOCI, was started in 2003 in the midst of the country's years-long civil war. It saw extensive action following the presidential election in 2010, after the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, proclaimed himself the winner. It took months for forces loyal to the opposition candidate, Alassane Ouattara, to dislodge Gbagbo; UN troops fired on Gbagbo's troops and took control of the airport in the capital Abidjan during that time. The western part of Ivory Coast remains deeply unstable, and has been plagued by deadly attacks since the post-election crisis abated. In a report published Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said at least 40 people have been killed since July 2011 in raids the group blamed on fighters loyal to Gbagbo. Gbagbo was captured on April 11, 2011 and has been in custody in The Hague since November on allegations of crimes against humanity. UNOCI has about 11,000 troops, military observers and police in Ivory Coast. Up to Friday, 60 troops, 15 police, one military observer and 14 international and local civilian staff have been killed. SOURCE: Agencies Politics Africa


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Elvis Presley 33rd Annual Elvis Presley charity Festival and Car دکھائیں
nan2den1 posted on Jan 23, 2012 at 05:25PM
We are having our 33rd Annual Elvis Presley Continentals Charity Festival and Car Show. Held at the Ramada Gateway Resort, 7470 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee Fl. 34747. Located 3 miles west of Old Town, on the left. Our Festival begins, Friday, Feb. 24th , 2012 starting 6:00pm to Sunday, Feb, 26th , 2012 ending 3:30pm. Friday night show starting 8pm. We will have an "Elvis Tribute show" with DJ Jeremy Ewbank…… Singing and dancing featuring our talented Elvis tribute artists. Tickets are $15.00 including food. On Saturday and Sunday in the day , we will have lots of Elvis memorabilia. We will also have auctions and contest drawings. We have special guests who were close to Elvis,This year we have his nurse Marian Cocke, Co Star in Frankie and Johnny,Sue Ann Langdon and his co star in Trouble with Girls, Marlyn Mason. You can meet and greet with them. We have Elvis tribute artists, singing every half hour . Doors will open 10:00am on Saturday and Sunday. $5.00 for one day or $8.00 for both days. On Saturday night we have a dinner show "Frankie and Johnny starring Ted Torres,winner of numerous Elvis Contests. Opening songs performed by Tom Burkhead and Kenn E Grube.Our finale "ELVIS THE CONCERT YEARS" starring Al Silva and the EPC Showband and narration by emcee Jim Shirah. Doors open at 5:30pm, Dinner at 6:00pm and shows at 8:00pm. Tickets for dinner and show are $60.00. Show only tickets are $30.00. Sunday morning from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, we will have our Elvis Gospel Hour with Jack Micci " FREE admission" , Also on Saturday Feb 25th from 10:00am to 3:00pm we will have the Elvis Presley Annual Car Show. Registration fee is $10.00 which includes two admissions to our Saturday events, may be paid the day of the carshow or you may pre-register any time before. We can mail, fax, or e-mail you registration slips. (call for info to pre-register).. Trophies will be awarded for various categories. (all years accepted). Money will be donated to benefit the Russell Home for Atypical children,St Judes Childrens Research Hospital and the Elvis Presley Trauma Center. Why not make a whole weekend of it, bring your family and your Show Car. Rooms are available at the Ramada Gateway, for information on rooms call (407) 396-4400 . Mention you are with the Elvis event for special rates. For more information on our Festival and Car Show call Dennis or Nancy (407) 344-3299, you may also E-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com Website-www.epcontinentals.com


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The group is getting bigger and we're very happy about that! After Giannis Antetokounmpo, Cedi Osman and Kostas Sloukas, a huge name in European basketball with worldwide recognition, is added to the already powerful roster of Eurohoops.net bloggers!
That's none other than the artiste of basketball, one of the most original talents that European basketball has produced in the last 20 years…
Milos Teodosic launches his official blog on Eurohoops!
As a European and VTB League champion with CSKA Moscow, a member of the best team in the Euroleague and the MVP of the VTB playoffs, the Serbian guard launches his blog and speaks just like he plays…
Lively, spontaneous, genuine, charismatic!
Vindication for CSKA, not for me
First to say hello to the readers of Eurohoops! I'm happy to be a member of this group on an international website that loves basketball and fights for the sport in the right way. This is the reason I immediately accepted the proposal that was made to me.
The season is over and it was the most successful one in my career in Moscow so far! There's no better feeling for an athlete than finishing such a long season and knowing that his labors have been rewarded to the utmost. We've conquered all of our goals, we're happy, we feel like we got what we deserved and each one of us goes his own way with a smile on his face and with the best memories.
I honestly don't regard the Triple Crown as a personal vindication. Above all it's a vindication of the CSKA franchise, the most consistent team at the top level with the most appearances in Final Fours in the modern history of the Euroleague.
Since 2008 and the title in Madrid, every season except for 2011 they have been in the Final Four, struggling to win the Euroleague once again. After so many disappointments, painful defeats, mistakes, setbacks, this success becomes much more valuable and is a reward and a completely fair vindication for the club first and then for everyone else.
It's true that our recent failures had created a psychological burden for us, a strange aura and frame of mind, but we consider the Final Four in Berlin as the milestone and the beginning of a new cycle for us. It can set us free, it will help us maintain the same team to the maximum extent possible, the confidence in ourselves was always there and now it has soared. So, possibly, the best is yet to come, it's ahead of us!
Fortunately, I don't read anything about basketball!
I never had any complaints about my career. From a young age, even before I became a professional player and made my first steps abroad with my transfer to Olympiacos, I was fortunate enough to win several team titles and personal distinctions.
I left Greece with the heartache that I hadn't managed to win the championship and the Euroleague with Olympiacos, despite having the opportunities to do so. In CSKA all these years, the Euroleague was missing. The successive lost opportunities and defeats especially, like the one in the 2012 final and the semifinals of 2014 and 2015, are very upsetting and don't let you get them out of your mind easily.
I know I was always the one the media, and maybe even the people, blamed the most for the failures. Even though basketball is a team sport. We win together, we lose together. That never bothered or touched me! I was only angry with myself and the hardest part was that I had to face up to my… criticism of myself.
The comments coming from the media and the people were a lot less distressing. Not because I don't value other people's opinions. Far from it. I just think that when they judge you so harshly and they are always looking to put the blame on you, it means that they count on you a lot and they have demands of you, that deep down they respect your competitive value and your talent.
On the contrary, facing up to myself in such cases is always more difficult. Because I know who I am, what I am capable of on the court, and so I know better than anybody what I've done wrong and how much better I could have performed.
To be honest, another good thing in my case and generally in my career is that, with very few exceptions, I fortunately have no idea about what is being written. I don't read anything, absolutely nothing that has to do with basketball. I might spend some time browsing on the Internet every day or read a magazine, a newspaper, but practically never about basketball!
I have so much to give, now the dream of the Olympics!
I have only a few days to rest in my home country, since the preparation for the pre-Olympic tournament begins soon. On the one side I feel very tired, on the other, the motivation of taking part in the tournament in Rio, plus the fact that the qualification games are going to take place in Serbia, excite me and I look forward to it!
I have never played in the Olympic Games with the national team, it's a dream for me and I have to realize it! I've won medals in the EuroBasket, World Cup (best playmaker in the world cup two times in a row), I've celebrated every title at the club level, but nothing compares to representing your country in the Olympic Games, let alone excelling too!
The only thing I'm thinking about now, with regards to basketball, is this: How to get to Rio in August!
Beyond that, I feel that I still have much more to give back to and gain from basketball. I'm at the best age, I've gained a lot of experience, I'm mature and I believe the most productive years, those in which I will play the best basketball of my life, are ahead!
Teo4 Basketball Camp: Time to give back to basketball and society!
Milos Teodosic has created a beautiful sports project of rare quality in Serbia and all indications are that, this summer being the springboard, Srebrno Jezero lake (in an amazing tourist resort, 100 km from Belgrade) is going to become the location for one of the most important international camps in the world!
Many young… Teodosics are going to begin their journey in the coming decades, but the most important of all is that Milos himself wants Teo4 Basketball Camp to help people under development that are not going to become professional players, to build the foundations in order to grow into proper characters, beneficial for any society!
The facilities are impressive, the infrastructure is modern (you can access the website HERE and find all the information, the 5 periods when the camps are going to be conducted, the registration forms in 4 (!) different languages: English, Serbian, Greek and Chinese!) and the Teo4 Basketball Camp is one of the soundest endeavors ever realized in Europe, and also in the right direction for a basketball camp with top level expertise to also function as an… academy that will produce good personalities!
Milos doesn't want to say much on this particular subject, despite the fact that, for him, it's one of the most important initiatives to date in his life…
"It was something I had in mind for years. A vision, as I've been through that time when I was a young kid, dreaming of finding myself in such circumstances. You have to find the right opportunity, the right place and the right partners. Everything was set in motion in the right manner and came together seamlessly, and we launch the Teo4 effort with great passion, with enthusiasm and love for the sport, the children and their families.
At 29 years of age I've experienced so many joys, I've settled my financial situation and I'm well aware of how lucky I am compared to other kids of my generation, younger and older. I have the obligation to contribute and give back to basketball and to the people, as much as I can. We are expecting all of you and the only thing for certain is that every year we will become better and better."
Be good, Milos Teodosic!


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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Pallet Ceiling Installation
As you know, we've been working on disassembling pallets off and on for quite some time now. We've finally started installing some of the pallet ceiling. We haven't done too much yet…as we are still waiting on the contractors to come out a finish up a few little areas that we are unable to cover until their work is done. It's starting to look good though. Check it out:
Drywall went up last week. As has been mentioned on this blog often, we are constantly trying to balance "green" products and budget and trying to find the best products for a sustainable house, not only with regards to its environmental impact but also in regard to personal health. For the drywall, we ended up using AirRenew Gypsum Board manufactured by CertainTeed. Not only is it manufactured with a large percentage of recycled content and is recyclable, but it is designed to absorb VOCs in the air and convert them to inert compounds and resist mold and moisture, ensuring a cleaner and healthier indoor environment.
Current Status
Sorry for the long delay in posts. There has been a long lull in the project but hopefully things will be picking up this week. The schedule says drywall is to be done this week. If this indeed happens, the project will be picking up speed with the second floor plywood installation coming soon after as well as kitchen cabinetry, bathroom tile, and the pallet ceilings.
Keep you fingers crossed that things pick up speed this week.
One a side note, we are currently working on a landscape plan to implement after completion of the house. We will share those designs as we get them to a more definite point.
More Pallets…
We continue to collect and disassemble pallets for the ceilings in the house. It's most definitely a large undertaking, but the results are going to be pretty great. The ceiling should begin installation within the next 1-2 weeks.
This week drywall is going to go up, as well as the completion of the HVAC rough-ins. Things are starting to push forward again.


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|Chris Trown
|March 13 1999 1:39am
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While running configure for the upteenth time, I notice that configure
had determined that the "+z" option to cc was'nt working. It then turned off
dynamic linking. This is on an HPUX 10.20 box with the ANSI C compiler.
I think to myself, "This is Wrong." I know "+z" is right.
On or about line 544, we see:
$rm conftest*
echo > conftest.c
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $pic_flag -DPIC"
echo "$progname:547: checking if $compiler PIC flag $pic_flag works" >&5
if { (eval echo $progname:548: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>con
ftest.err; } && test -s conftest.o; then
# Append any warnings to the config.log.
cat conftest.err 1>&5
# On HP-UX, both CC and GCC only warn that PIC is supported... then they
# create non-PIC objects. So, if there were any warnings, we assume that
# PIC is not supported.
The problem is that all the script is doing is creating an empty file. cc
issues a warning because conftest.c is an empty file, not because "+z" doesn't
work. Their assumption is incorrect.
I replaced
echo > conftest.c
cat > conftest.c <<EOF
main(){char nm_test_var='a';return(0);}
and it was happy. Could probably be much simpler. I just yanked it from
another part of the script.
What's the point?
An NT server can be run by an idiot, and usually is.
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As I think back over my first impressions of Cap–Haïtien, a few words flash into my mind: rubble, sewage, poverty, heat, humidity, and dust. There was an immediate culture shock as we left the world of instant gratification with advanced technology and entered a world that works at a much different pace and feels like it is from a completely different era.
After collecting our bags we went outside to wait for our host, Dr. Manno. As we walked out of the airport terminal we were instructed to hold on tightly to our bags and pretty much say no to anyone who offered to help. Little did we know that within seconds there would be dozens of what I presume to be taxi drivers offering to carry our bags (who knows to where) and presumably us as well to wherever our destination would be. We stuck closely together and very soon Dr. Manno arrived and we piled into a four door suv that had seen better days… or years?
4-60 Air Conditioning
As we pulled away from the airport and began the drive to our hotel through Cap–Haïtien we were introduced to the first of many memorable experiences from this trip… 4-60 air conditioning. If you are like me, you haven't heard of this type of air conditioning before. This is air conditioning with 4 windows down as the car drives at 60 miles per hour. It really was amazing how effective this was and how refreshing it felt as we drove throughout Northern Haiti during our stay. I look back at this memory quite fondly and can still think of us laughing after 4-60 air conditioning was explained to us.
Driving Through Cap–Haïtien
Cap–Haïtien is known as the second city of Haiti. At one time it was actually the richest city in the Caribbean… that time appears to be long gone now though. The city was founded in 1670 and originally was known as Cap-Français. At one point it was known as the "Paris of the Antilles." Now, it is hard to make the comparisons between this city and the "city of light."
Driving through Cap–Haïtien there is rubble and garbage piled everywhere. Cinder blocks are piled everywhere as people collect them for future homes/buildings. People sell whatever they can find, most of which we would expect to find at a 99 cent store in America. Motorcycles are everywhere, often with multiple people on them. It would be a very far stretch to call this place a happy place as you ride through streets full of people with very straight faces. There are lots of people walking and standing, waiting for a job that probably isn't coming.
A drive through Cap–Haïtien is a drive through a town that once had some measure greatness but has long forgotten what greatness could even be.


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My good friend John Eddy sent me a link to a program in the archives of This American Life. Hosted by Ira Glass, this weekly broadcast from Chicago Public Radio consists of essays and stories around some common theme. I don't listen to it regularly, just when I happen to be in the car driving somewhere when it's on, but I've never regretted tuning in. Sometimes humorous, often poignant, always thoughtful, the contributions reveal something real about American life and human nature in a broken yet beautiful world.
John sent me the link to the program titled, "Pray," and I recommend it to you.
There's a lot on it about prayer, but the program is really about something else. It's about whether devout Christians and serious skeptics can ever really understand one another. Or, more specifically, whether Christians can talk about their faith in a way that non-Christians can understand.
The program is in three parts. A Prologue in which a married couple, he a Christian she an atheist, talk about their beliefs and life together. Act I, in which commentator Alix Spiegel travels to Colorado Springs to interview people at a mega-church who have launched a massive prayer effort to pray for every person, place, and business in their city. And Act II, which is a personal story by Scott Carrier, a carpenter, who wonders if a person needs to be a Christian to be good.
"Pray" could be a good discernment exercise for Christians to listen to and discuss—and though I suspect the questions for discussion will be pretty obvious, here are a few to get you started:
1. Can Christians and skeptics find common ground?
2. Is the prayer-walk in Colorado Springs a good idea? Why or why not?
3. Who did you identify with the most in Act I? In Act II?
4. Should Christians be able to explain to skeptics what they believe about the spiritual world?
5. If you could produce an Act III for the program, what would you include?
Source: "Pray" is episode #77 in the archives of This American Life (10.12.2001).


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Andy Williams Theater embezzler admits to violating probation
The woman who plead guilty to embezzling more than $678,000 from the Andy Williams Moon River Theater admitted to violating her probation Thursday.
Dawn Cleveringa was supposed to have paid back $500,000 in restitution by this September as part of her five-year probation.
In an agreement with prosecutors, she accepted another year of probation Thursday and agreed to continue paying the theater $500 per month going forward.
The Williams family hired Cleveringa to keep the books for the theater in the early 1990's. Debbie Williams, Andy Williams' widow, says she was a family friend.
"She was very much a part of the family," she said. "My husband is that type of person as am I. It's devastating."
It's possible Cleveringa's probation will be extended this time next year. Her probation requires her to keep a full time job and stay away from the Williams family and the theater.
Debbie Williams is no longer associated with the Moon River Theater.
Cleveringa declined an interview.


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