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Lucchino: Red Sox's goal to win with 'frequency'
Club president/CEO talks repeating, ticket sales, Fenway and more with MLB.com
Larry Lucchino is entering his 13th season as the president/CEO of the Boston Red Sox. During that time, Boston has claimed three World Series titles. In his three-plus decades in professional sports, Lucchino has been a part of five championship teams.
Even at the age of 68, Lucchino hasn't slowed down in the least, and his passion for winning is as strong as ever. In an interview with MLB.com, Lucchino gave a state of the union, of sorts, regarding the Red Sox.
MLB.com: You've been fortunate enough to be part of a lot of championship teams during your career, but not a repeat champion. How much would it mean to be a part of that?
Lucchino: Listen, last year was special, and I've been lucky to be part of some championship teams before. And 2013 was special in so many different ways, whether it was worst to first, or the element of surprise that hit the media and the fan base, or the "Boston Strong" dimension of it, which was profoundly important to us.
But that was then, this is now. And we are still hungry. Make no mistake, the players, the front office, John [Henry], Tom [Werner] and ownership, we got into this to win, and win with some frequency. We are hungry to do it, but we recognize how hard it will be when 29 teams are aiming to knock your head off.
MLB.com: One thing that might help your team this year is the youth. How energizing is it to have some of the young players you have who should play significant roles this year?
Lucchino: You know, one of the great joys you can derive from baseball is watching young players mature and develop and contribute over time. Roland Hemond, an old GM from when I was with the Orioles, used to talk about how much he enjoyed that element of the game. I think everyone does. We're going to have that in spades with some of the players who should be important to us in the Majors this year.
And then there is wave after wave of Minor League players down in the system. I think we are lucky to be loaded, and that's not just a personal observation. Baseball America, ESPN, all of them put our farm system in the top five of baseball. I think that's going to be an extra dimension to the experience, not just this year but in the next couple of years.
MLB.com: Ticket sales were a big topic last year. After selling out every game from May 15, 2003, through the end of the 2012 season, your record-setting streak ended early in 2013. What are your projections for this year?
Lucchino: As you might expect, we're way ahead of where we were last year. I think we're almost 11 and a half percent ahead of last year, in terms of tickets sold. There is a definite excitement about winning. But there is also an excitement about this team, the players, the manager, the coaches. I think there's a confidence in the baseball-operations department. All of those things have come together. Most importantly, people enjoyed this team, respected this team last year. The aftermath of that will continue to help this year.
MLB.com: Do you think you might start another streak of sellouts this year?
Lucchino: Will we ever repeat the streak of 10 years of consecutive sellouts? I doubt it. I think the ticket market has changed, the presence of secondary ticket opportunities mitigates the need to buy early, to some degree. So that record may stand for a long, long time. We just want to sell enough tickets to have the financial wherewithal to be able to field the team we want and have the franchise we want.
Whether it's a complete sellout or 36,406, it almost doesn't matter going forward, as long as we generate the kind of revenues that are required to maintain one of the top payrolls in baseball, and to maintain the kind of financial stability that lets us bring in young players and provide the kind of fan experience you want.
MLB.com: Just observing your organization on a daily basis over the years, it feels like there has never been more cohesion from ownership to the front office to the manager to the coaching staff and down to the players than you have right now. Do you agree with that assessment?
Lucchino: Absolutely. That's something we've talked about in the office. That type of cohesiveness feels awfully good, and we've seen it in the clubhouse, we certainly feel it at the ownership levels. I think [manager] John Farrell and [general manager] Ben Cherington are prime examples of it, the way they've integrated themselves into the entire organization and brought a sense of team to their working relationship and to the entire organization.
We're really very pleased at the level of moral and mutual respect there is in the organization. This is a very exciting time to be a Red Sox fan for that reason, and because of the state of the farm system. The future is bright. We're not going to win every year, but we are going to a field a team that's worthy of the fans' support and has a chance in October. That is our annual goal -- October baseball.
MLB.com: As far as Fenway Park goes, you put a ton of renovations into the park for your first decade of ownership. What might fans or players see coming into the park this year that is different?
Lucchino: We've completed our 10-year renovation plan that required a private investment of $285 million or $290 million. We have the new seating sections and the new structure of the ballpark and all that. But what you'll see now are some extra amenities and comforts on the right-field roof. You'll see it in the third-base deck. There will be some improvements for the players themselves. We try to do that every year, if we can, particularly on the home side. I think they'll be pleased at the kind of ballpark they see on a daily basis.
MLB.com: In your time with the Orioles and Padres, you were a part of getting state-of-the-art ballparks built in Baltimore and San Diego. Are you ever envious of those types of places now?
Lucchino: The answer is no. When John Henry, Tom Werner and I came here, our group was the only group of the six [bidders] who wanted to serve and protect and enhance Fenway Park. The others all wanted the shiny new ballpark in place of Fenway. We think we made the right decision. We think the attendance the last 12 years validates that. We think the team's performance over the last 12 years validates that. We're proud of Fenway, the preservation and protection of Fenway Park. I think it's one of the rocks on which we've built the franchise.
MLB.com: You've been running baseball teams for going on three decades now. How much longer do you see yourself doing this?
Lucchino: I'm not ready to buy a bunch of books and go sit on a beach somewhere. All I want to do is go to some tense ballgames and enjoy the thrill of competition and winning and the satisfaction that comes from doing that in Boston. I love the situation I'm in right now. I love working with my partners. I love the relationship the Red Sox have with its city and its region. I love the centrality of baseball. I love Boston as a town and New England as a region. This is my home and where I want to be.
MLB.com: The Red Sox are expected to visit President Obama at the White House at the beginning of April. How special is that aspect of being a champion?
Lucchino: That's the cherry on top of the whole offseason experience. It's set for very early in April, and that's a good day for it. I know our players will get a big thrill out of it. We generally take some time to go to a military hospital or two while we are there. We're looking forward to it.
MLB.com: This is the fifth ring you've won as a professional sports executive. But you aren't the kind of guy who sits at your house and stares at your rings, are you?
Lucchino: No, no, they are very satisfying. But I stopped wearing the '07 ring a couple of years ago, because it seemed like it was getting old and stale. It was time for another one. But mostly I just keep them in a display box in my house, and it's often in a safe. Just on occasions, I'll look at them every once in a while for a little inspiration, but that's about it.
MLB.com: When the Red Sox won in '04, it seemed like there was almost too much hype around the team. It just seemed like there was a circus atmosphere. As an organization, did you learn from that?
Lucchino: That was such a special time and so worthy of savoring as a celebration after 86 years, but I think we learned something from our previous experiences. We do not want to be in a "stuck in last year kind of mode." We've tried to turn the page as Spring Training begins. I think part of the hunger and part of the desire to win again is to be a little careful with excessive celebrations of last year, as joyful and thrilling as it was.
MLB.com: I know you leave most of the contract stuff to Ben and his group, but when it comes to players like David Ortiz and Jon Lester, assuming there is some talk on extensions for those guys this spring, does ownership get more involved?
Lucchino: Yes, we do. We always have. We always have a seat at the table when it comes to particularly important contracts and long-term commitments, etc., be it financial or in terms of years. That's another thing we are kind of pleased with. There's kind of a process in place that allows for collaboration and contributions that will end up with a pretty solid portfolio of contracts.
MLB.com: One of your favorite sayings when you refer to what you want out of a team is "deep depth." Where did you come up with that?
Lucchino: Sure, that's one of my favorite phrases in baseball, because it's so darn important. I got it originally from Earl Weaver, who was the manager of the Orioles when I got into baseball. He talked about that, and the redundancy was great, because it made the point so vividly. We have tried to keep that going. Also in the '80s, Birdie Tebbetts, a great baseball man, used to talk to me about how to win and he said, "Larry, you don't win with the stars. You win with the 'Joe's,' the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th guy on the roster. Those guys will have to make contributions for you to win."
That kind of depth is essential. It's been a part of my baseball philosophy for a long time, but we went back to it last year, in a good way. We do know there are three elements, at least, in baseball that are very, very hard to control. One is health, the second is chemistry, and the third is randomness. There's a big field with a small field, so a lot of random occurrences take place. You've got to have the depth to allow yourself to react and adjust to the changes that those three factors throw at you every year.
MLB.com: What has Farrell brought to this team since he returned to the Red Sox as the manager?
Lucchino: He's just the right guy for this team. There's no doubt that because of his experience, his presence and his exceptional working relationship with Ben Cherington, that's another important element of a strong front office. The manager and the general manager have got to be working hand in glove. And they put together a tremendous coaching staff last year that gets too little credit for all that was accomplished.
Even if the voting came out differently, John was the Manager of the Year, no doubt. People need to remember, we tried to get him in 2012, but we couldn't get Toronto to play ball with us. It was only when we tried to go back again in 2013 and gave them a solid Major League player [Mike Aviles], they were willing to acquiesce.
MLB.com: Going into this season, is there one question mark that might keep you up at night as you look at this team?
Lucchino: Most years, it's the same factor, and that's pitching. At the risk of sounding terribly repetitive, the depth of your pitching staff is what will be the largest strength or determinant. In 2004, we had a pitching staff where nobody missed a turn in the rotation. That was stunning. And last year, we had the kind of depth in the bullpen that we could react to the health problems that developed, so quality pitching depth, pitching youth, those things are the things I worry about. But I worry a lot. That's on my job description.


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Elizabeth Banks isn't dying her hair (or skin) anytime soon, but the actress is taking one simple fashion cue from her Hunger Games character, Effie Trinket.
"It's very Effie-inspired today," Banks told reporters of the colorful dress she wore to a recent Los Angeles junket for the film. "In all my press I've been wearing a lot of color and really loving color."
But the actress admitted she hasn't fully embraced the extravagant and detailed fashions beloved by her fictional alter ego. "In my real life, if I'm being honest, I still wear way more black than I should," she said.
Her character, a publicist of sorts for the Capitol's brutal, gladiator-style games, is known for her love of avant-garde fashion, colorful hair and over-the-top makeup. Because of that, the wardrobe was both thrilling — and painful — for the actress.
"Everything was made for me," Banks said of her costumes, which she also helped design, considering various fabrics, colors and shapes alongside head costume designer Judianna Makovsky.
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But despite her input — and familiarity with the designer — the actress admitted her costumes weren't necessarily the most comfortable. "They are all torture," she said bluntly. So it's no surprise that when asked to choose a favorite look, Banks opted for comfort rather than aesthetics.
"My favorite costume is when we're watching the result show, and I'm in the big green [dress with] poufy sleeves," she said. "I love that outfit; it was the most comfortable."
However, the actress (and new mom) will have to wait to see if any of Effie's iconic wardrobe pieces make it into her own closet. Said Banks, "I've asked for some shoes now that the movie's wrapped, but we'll see what I get when we go back to set." Tell us: Are you excited for The Hunger Games?
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This crate provides a fast implementation of ordered sets and maps using finite state machines. In particular, it makes use of finite state transducers to map keys to values as the machine is executed. Using finite state machines as data structures enables us to store keys in a compact format that is also easily searchable. For example, this crate levages memory maps to make range queries, regular expression queries and Levenshtein (edit) distance queries very fast.
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This example demonstrates building a set in memory and executing a fuzzy query against it. Check out the documentation for a lot more examples!
use fst::{IntoStreamer, Streamer, Levenshtein, Set};
// A convenient way to create sets in memory.
let keys = vec!["fa", "fo", "fob", "focus", "foo", "food", "foul"];
let set = try!(Set::from_iter(keys));
// Build our fuzzy query.
let lev = try!(Levenshtein::new("foo", 1));
// Apply our fuzzy query to the set we built.
let mut stream = set.search(lev).into_stream();
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How did Khloé Kardashian prepare for her big debut this week as co-host of The X Factor?
One word. Diet.
"I tried to cut out a lot of sweets," Kardashian, 28, told reporters after Thursday's show. "And I love ... cheese. [Cheese] is not a sweet, but …. I don't care."
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As for how she looked on the show, Simon Cowell went so far as to say on-air that her nipples were showing. How did Khloé feel about that?
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Her wardrobe limitations could be blamed on Hurricane Sandy. "My stuff got stuck on the East Coast, so the top I wanted to wear came in that day. I was like, 'Oh, perfect' – and we didn't have time to do it full dress rehearsal."
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Evil Queen Cocktail & Dessert Party
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In keeping with the dark themes of the original fairy tales, we created this Evil Queen Desert & Cocktail Party, inspired by the movie Snow White & the Huntsman.
The first question we asked ourselves was "why should princesses have all the fun?" With Snow White getting most of the recognition as of late, we just had to put something together worthy of and representing the Evil Queen.
No self-respecting Queen would start her day with anything less than a fabulous mirror and that's where we started our party planning. Our party decor is based on the theme of the Dark Forest and includes the Queen's beloved mirror, which was strung up with fishing wire to a double curtain rod to get that floating look. We found the bundle of branches tipped with red leaves at Pier 1.
To add some bling, we added mirrored serving plates (candle plates), some dark and sparkly linens and a runner made of galaxy paper. We scattered the table with loose "diamonds" from the dwarfs' mine and added iridescent glass candlesticks. We even added a wooden box which serves as the location to place Snow's heart once she's been caught. The party invitations and matching buffet labels perfectly match the black mirror backdrop.
The desserts and drinks give a nod back to the dark forest theme. We had poisoned (candied) apples, black forest mousse, custom mirror cookies from Casey's Confections, simple blackberry tarts with lemon curd and a chocolate studded cake erupting with shards of glass from the Queen's own broken mirror. We crusted the sides of the cake with dark chocolate-covered pomegranate seeds and topped it with edible ""shards of glass" that we custom ordered from Vintage Confections.
Drinks included a wild hibiscus cocktail using Prosecco and hibiscus flowers in syrup and a poisoned apple martini (regular apple martini using black vodka).
This was such a fun, grown up fairytale theme. We had a great time at this cocktail and dessert party!
Vendor Credits:
- Printables & Styling: Squared Party Printables - www.squaredpartyprintables.com
- Sugar cookies: Casey's Confections - www.facebook.com/caseysconfections
- "Glass" Shards on Cake: Vintage Confections - www.vintageconfections.com
- Mirror frame & champagne flutes - IKEA
- Mirrored candle plates, galaxy paper & place card holders - Save On Crafts - www.save-on-crafts.com/
- Ting Ting bundle - Pier 1 - www.pier1.com
Party Highlights
Dark chocolate cake studded with dark chocolate-covered pomegranate seeds and topped with edible shards of "glass"
Party Favors
Mini antique mirror charms on a ribbon
What People Ate
Black Forest mousse, mini blackberry tarts, mirrored sugar cookies, poisoned (candied) apples
What People Drank
Poisoned Apple Martinis, Wild Hibiscus cocktails (made with Prosecco)
Party Helpers
Squared Party Printables
squaredpartyprintables {at} gmail.com
Casey's Confections
Cookie Artist
Vintage Confections
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Miko M wrote:
I absolutely Adore this!!!!!!!
Raquel D wrote:
Very nice all around. Congrats!
Stephanie P wrote:
where did you happen to order all of these amazing decorations? I'm planning an event similar to this theme & I would like to know. If you could inform me within this & next month, thank you very much. My email is [email protected]
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This document is a list of Alaska-specific amendments to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code, adopted by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) on March 9, 2011. It is meant to be read in conjunction with the 2009 IECC and ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2010 which may be purchased at local bookstores or online. These amendments comprise both the residential and commercial Building Energy Efficiency Standards (BEES) for AHFC-funded residential mortgage loans and energy rebates, and energy retrofits of public buildings. These amendments supplant the BEES amendments to the 2006 IECC for residential projects as adopted on June 17, 2009, and include the amendments previously made to the 2009 IECC known as the "Commercial BEES."
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Over the course of our partnership with the Live Windows Project we have been fortunate enough to receive contribution from leading art design schools and academies from around Europe. The opportunity of working with them was one of the principle reasons we were so drawn to the project.
Learn more about participating schools and how they have contributed to promoting a series of UN International Days.
ELISAVA | Designschule Munich | IED (Barcelona) | MD.H | BHSAD | MHMK
ECV | eikonEMF | Södertörn University | Scream School | UCA Farnham
ELISAVA School of Design and Engineering of Barcelona
Founded in 1961, ELISAVA is the first School of Design to open in Spain, thus becoming the first to offer a design-specific curriculum. ELISAVA, which is affiliated to Pompeu Fabra University, has over 2,200 students from around. The School offers official courses as the Degree in Design (pathways: Graphic Communication, Product Design, Space Design and Overall Design), the Degree in Engineering in Industrial Design (pathways: Product Designer, Product Engineer and Product Manager) and also the Official Master's Degree in Design and Communication. The Master's and Postgraduate Degrees offer are related to the areas of Graphic Design and Communication, Fashion Design, Product Design, Architecture and Interior Design and Strategy and Management.
Fifty years with a multi-disciplinary academic and research approach, strongly geared to the professional world and promoting close collaboration with companies, institutions and universities around the world. A history of pioneering in teaching design and engineering, which continues to help in the training of outstanding professionals. ELISAVA is located in a modern building, at the heart of Barcelona: La Rambla.
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A focus on communications design.
For designschule münchen it means creating products and processes in a responsible, effective and sustainable manner. These processes entail problem analysis, brainstorming, detailed concept definitions, implementation, presentation of solutions and the production of necessary media outreach.
In addition to regular classes, students will work on briefs and as freelancers on concrete projects. Thanks to this, competencies are developed from day one – and not after graduation.
The municipal technical school for communications design is an integral part of the German Master School of Fashion in Munich. It offers courses in design & media, and, design & fashion. The courses last three years, during which students can choose from a number of specialised subjects, including fashion, media and typography.
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IED Barcelona, Escola Superior de Disseny
Since 1966, Istituto Europeo di Design operates in academic training for the disciplines of Design, Fashion, Visual Arts, Communication and Management in its campuses in Milan, Rome, Turin, Venice, Cagliari, Madrid, Barcelona, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
IED Barcelona campus is in the district of Gràcia, it covers 5000 m², and since 2002 it is consolidated as one of the most important schools in design training, with the recognition as School of Higher Studies in Design, offering Undergraduate Degrees in Product, Interior, Fashion and Graphic Design, in addition to university diplomas (IED Diplomas) about Management for creative industries, BA (Hons) by the University of Westminster, masters, and professional and summer specialization courses, that every year draw nearly 1,000 students from more than 97 different countries.
IED Barcelona is a leading observatory of trends and research, with a project culture at its heart that offers students the chance to carry our innumerable projects with companies.
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Mediadesign Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences (MD.H)
Mediadesign Hochschule – University of Applied Sciences (MD.H) was fully accredited as an official private German university in 2004 and can rely on more than 25 years of high-level media education experience. Mediadesign Hochschule is one of the leading universities for media and design in Germany. Based in Berlin and with locations in Munich and Düsseldorf Mediadesign Hochschule educates the next generation of game artists and developers, graphics, web and motion designers, visual effects artists, animators and fashion designers as well as producers in all fields of media, communication specialists and managers with technological and marketing skills. MD.H graduates are team players with experience in project design and fulfilment and leadership. Alumni work in all relevant fields of the creative and media industries and have built a strong alumni network. During study and for work placement students and graduates profit from MD.H´s special proximity to the media industry.
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British Higher School of Art and Design
The British Higher School of Art and Design (Moscow) was established in 2003 to teach and train local and international students according to the standards of the leading education programmes in the art & design world.
BHSAD is one of the most important educational centres in Russia. It works in close partnership with the Faculty of Science, Technology and Creative Arts of the University of Hertfordshire in the UK and specialises in professional education in various creative fields.
The British Higher School of Art and Design offers the unique opportunity to study in Russia and obtain a British degree. Studies at the British Higher School of Art and Design are complete degrees, fully validated by the University of Hertfordshire.
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Macromedia University for Media and Communication (MHMK)
Developments in our society follow the rhythm of technological progress, between the cornerstones of globalization and mediatization.
MHMK, Macromedia University for Media and Communication, follows these developments in its capacity as a university, and conceives itself as a place for reflecting on all aspects of media society. Our courses of study cover the broad spectrum of modern media careers, from management, and content jobs such as journalism, to the creative fields of design, gaming, and film and television. Our teaching is informed by the core idea of training students to the highest level professionally, but also giving them individual support in their personal development.
With over 80 professorships and over 2000 students in all five media centres of Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, the University trains the next generation of media talent for an international media society.
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eikonEMF is the art and communication section of the Vocational School Technology and Art Fribourg, Switzerland. eikonEMF's mission is to teach and train students in the area of visual communication (graphic design, photography, web design, video, etc.). It offers a training of three or four years that leads to a Federal Certificate of Competence in the field of Multimedia Design.Based on assignments, Multimedia Designers design digital and interactive communication projects and create messages and visuals using a wide range of multimedia technologies.
The students at eikonEMF also have the possibility to practice what they have learned in the internal professionalizing structure : eikonPRO. It consists of a series of workshops which main goal is to widen the students' professional and personal skills and allow them to gain hands-on artistic experience. A second goal is to give students an incentive by providing them an environment in which to carry out projects that may be used for technological monitoring. eikonPRO is part of a comprehensive network of companies and specialists.
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École de Communication Visuelle (ECV)
ECV's education is based on simple principles of design and creative excellence. Its teaching practices are developed in a spirit of openness onto the world and take in account the evolution of creative techniques and the requirements of new professions.
The School has a double vocation:
A vocation as Preparatory workshop to provide students with the bases that will lead them in the right direction and the tools they need to take on the speciality of their choice. A vocation of a school to steer students towards a career in visual communication. That is the strength of ECV.
Södertörn University
The subject has both practical and theoretical aspects. You'll find craft-oriented skills that text and image management, editing and production of moving image, but also more theoretical discussions about information technology's role in society. Much of the student work at the Media Technology department is independent and is often done on a project basis. We offer courses up to graduate level and participate in several programmes at Bachelor level.
Media Technology at Södertörn University combines in-depth knowledge with the design and analysis of interactive artifacts. It is an interdisciplinary subject with strong links to Interaction Design, Informatics and Media and Communications Studies, for example. At the moment we only have one program taught in English, Interactive Media Design.
Reflection and practical application is important in Media Technology, while technical knowledge provides an understanding of digital artifacts, and the ability to put technology in a social context is a necessity for all design work. Analysis and the simultaneous use of practical knowledge, as well as expressing ideas both orally and in writing, is important. Theoretical knowledge will improve if it is used in practice, while practical exercises will lead to a more nuanced understanding of when it links with theory.
Media Technology is an interdisciplinary subject that deals with the production, analysis and reflection of digital artifacts that can contribute to the development of new communication forms. The thoughtful and purposeful application of digital technology and design are key elements in the work of Media Technology.
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Scream School
Scream School is a leading computer graphics school in Russia. Founded in Moscow, 2009 it started as a post production school and then developed into a computer graphics educational center. Nowadays more than 250 students master skills in visual effects, compositing, animation, motion design, games graphics, game design and architectural visualization.
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UCA Farnham
The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist institution based in the South East of England over four campuses in the counties of Surrey and Kent. Students explore and study within a range of wide range of specialist areas such as Graphics, Fine Art, Film, Animation, Photography, Fashion, Illustration, Advertising and so on. Collaboration and cross-disciplinary practice is encouraged between students at both undergraduate and post-graduate level resulting in new ways of thinking and working.
We pride ourselves on our industry-standard facilities. Our campuses are home to workshops for ceramics, glass, wood and metals where students can experiment under the supervision of technicians with extensive industry experience in their field. There is extensive studio space in painting, sculpture, fashion and film-making; radio and TV facilities for trainee journalists; stop motion equipment for animators; and an industry-standard Gerber suite for fashion pattern cutting.
The UCA encourages students to work with a broad range of national and international agencies and the on-going collaboration between BA (Hons) Graphic Communication students and Fabrica is now a vital part of our research and practice.
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The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Robert De Niro and friends brought the huddled masses together at the Borough of Manhattan Community College this morning to herald the launch of the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
"It's great how much the Festival continues to grow," said De Niro. "Over the next 12 days we invite everyone to come and enjoy everything that our festival has to offer -- from the free events to the panel discussions, and, of course, the films."
This year's gala actually began last night with Tribeca Film Institute's Tribeca All Access Kick-off Celebration at The Maritime Hotel's Hiro Ballroom and later tonight Vanity Fair will be hosting a party. Tomorrow night is the world premiere of "Shrek Forever After," in 3D at the Ziegfeld Theater, before the screenings go into full swing on Thursday and on Friday the Tribeca Film Festival Virtual begins, allowing people from across the county to enjoy some of the movies from the comfort of their homes.
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Jane Rosenthal, in discussing the themes of this year's festival, cited a newer hyper-specialized one: documentarian Alex Gibney, who has three films at Tribeca his year, "My Trip to Al-Qaeda," chronicling Lawrence Wright's more personal anecdotes from his time researching Pulitzer Prize winning book, "The Looming Tower." Gibney is also giving a sneak peek his unfinished "Untitled Eliot Spitzer Film," about the Sheriff of Wall Street's evolution to Client No. 9. And finally, Gibney is one of five directors who joined forces to bring "Freakonomics," the bestseller from Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
Gibney first came to Tribeca in 2007 to screen his film "Taxi to the Dark Side," which went on to win the Oscar for Best Documentary.
Among the A-listers bringing their films to Lower Manhattan are Robert Duvall and Bill Murray, co-starring in "Get Low," about a crazy old man who wants to throw himself a funeral before he dies; James Franco, who stars in "William Vincent," from director Jay Anania (brother of Elizabeth Edwards) about a small-time crook trying to reunite with his girlfriend, as well as his documentary about the creative process involved in putting together an episode of "Saturday Night Live."
As usual, Tribeca is host to some great foreign films, including "Micmacs," from writer-director Jean Pierre Jeunet and "The Disappearance of Alice Creed," from British writer-director J Blakeson.
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Worldwide servers sales continue to grow in 2008, with international sales making up for U.S. softness while the once-looming threat of virtualization failed to dent server sales, according to IDC.
The company said that during the first quarter of 2008, worldwide server sales totaled $13.0 billion, a 3.5 percent gain from the first quarter of 2007. Unit sales topped two million, which, if annualized, means server unit sales will surpass last year's total of eight million servers sold.
That's a remarkable figure because many researchers last year, including IDC, had predicted that virtualization would diminish server sales. Instead, the opposite happened.
"Not all servers are shipped for virtualization," said Jean Bozman, research vice president in IDC's enterprise platforms group. "High-performance computing and Web workloads are not virtualized. Also, some people are buying new servers so they could virtualize eventually."
She added that the growth of the worldwide market means more machines are needed everywhere. "There are places around the world where people are building out that infrastructure, and those require new units going out," Bozman said.
Blade systems remain white-hot, growing 53.7 percent from Q1 2007, a fact that Bozman attributed to blades' considerable financial appeal.
"What we find now is there's such a focus on controlling operation costs that working in a blade form factor is really helping with maintaining costs, and people are pulling more workload into blades," she said.
Revenue from volume systems, those defined by IDC as priced under $25,000, grew 5.4 percent year over year in the first quarter. Mid-range systems -- between $25,000 and $500,000 -- grew 7.2 percent, while the high end grew 9.7 percent.
Like Gartner's recent report, IDC found HP to be the revenue winner, just edging out IBM with a 29 percent market share to Big Blue's 28.1 percent.
HP (NYSE: HPQ) finished the Q1 with quarterly revenues of $3.77 billion, up 4.2 percent over the same period last year.
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Also as in Gartner's recent report, IDC found that Dell had the strongest growth during the quarter. IDC said the company's revenue grew 9.4 percent, the largest gain among vendors. Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) slipped 1.8 percent.
Microsoft also continued to show growth in Windows-based servers, with revenue from server sales totaling $5.1 billion in Q1 of 2008, a 4.2 percent year-over-year increase. Windows-based servers accounted for 39.2 percent of all server revenue during the quarter.
Linux servers also enjoyed strong sales, rising 8.4 percent over first quarter 2007 to $1.8 billion, accounting for 13.7 percent of all server revenue. Unix servers, meanwhile, dipped 0.8 percent to $4.0 billion in total spending, representing 30.6 percent of quarterly server revenues.
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1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
22For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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Triathlete and medical student Åsa Lundström is living proof it's never too late to take a new sport to an elite level.
A professional athlete is the last thing Åsa Lundström expected to become. A medical doctor, yes. A professional triathlete, no way.
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Raised in the Swedish countryside, the first time she came in contact with triathlon she thought it was mad. A high school teacher introduced the sport to the class. All the students shook their heads in disbelief. But why, they asked.
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After finishing high school, she traveled abroad and picked a job teaching gym classes. There, she met people doing all variety of endurance sports.
"I found I liked the long sessions and teaching several classes in a row so I got the real endurance buzz from it," she says. "That's when I realized I really enjoyed the time aspect of endurance sports."
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A couple years later she began her medical studies in Denmark and there met her now long time boyfriend, a former triathlete on the junior Swedish team. With a bit of coaxing, he convinced a skeptical Åsa to train with him at a local swimming pool. He helped her swim her first 25 laps and less than a year later she competed in her first triathlon, coming 18th. After placing 4th the following year in a full distance tri, she was hooked.
"When I started with a local triathlon club, I developed quite fast and got a lot of tips from my club mates," she says. "Seeing my own progress made me curious to know how much further I could go. "As I improved and started getting some good race results, I began to consider the possibility I might be able to compete at a professional level."
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Five years later and Åsa has prioritized her career as a professional triathlete over her medical studies. Over winter, the Suunto ambassador lives and trains in the Canary Islands and returns to Scandinavia for its warmer months. She's come a long way in a short time.
"When things get challenging or a bit rough, I find them more interesting," she says. "Everyone wants to train or race in perfect conditions, but if there's a bigger challenge I get more excited about that."