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Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Aviator
And she's all ready to go, high up in the sky.
It actually is an oldie, from 2003, portfolio piece back at that time.
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
Somewhere in a castilian-italian landscape, I figure if such blend existed it could look something like that.
Happy spring break everyone.
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
This time...
...I got inspiration from pictures of some people in the news, and then took it from there.
Thanks to everyone who attended the lecture at Pasadena Art Center! such a great place to be at.
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FBI probing VA after scathing report
WASHINGTON >> The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs after a scathing watchdog report that found sweeping problems in the medical system for military veterans, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday.
In response to questioning at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Comey said the investigation was being led by the FBI's office in Phoenix. The VA hospital there has been at the center of allegations of excessive wait times for medical care and inappropriate scheduling practices. Troubles at the department forced the resignation last month of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.
Comey did not elaborate on the investigation, though a Justice Department official said Wednesday that the department had asked the FBI to review materials provided by the VA inspector general. The official was not authorized to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation on the record and thus spoke only on the condition of anonymity.
The Justice Department earlier has said federal prosecutors were reviewing documents related to the VA, but the involvement of the FBI represents an escalation into concerns of possible criminal conduct by VA employees. Still, it remains unclear whether investigators will find any basis for prosecution.
The inspector general said in a report last month that 1,700 veterans seeking treatment at the Phoenix VA hospital were "at risk of being lost or forgotten." The VA has confirmed that at least 35 veterans died while awaiting treatment in Phoenix, although officials say they do not know whether the deaths were related to long waiting times for appointments.
Richard Griffin, the VA's acting inspector general, recently told lawmakers that his investigators were probing for wrongdoing at 69 agency medical facilities, up from 42 two weeks ago.


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There are sites like this: Tutor Hunt - Private Tutors & Personal Tutors For Home Tuition
I have never used them so I don't know how effective they are. There's a lot of turnover in individual teacher sites, so there may be a problem with getting traffic and enquiries that way, though some seem to be doing a good job- this guy seems to have carved himself a profitable niche: Home page for Japanese students of English for speech and listening skills. However, few people are charging this much as there's a glut of teachers.
English Teacher


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Calif. officials probe another farmworker death
California workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a second farmworker as possibly heat-related.
The state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health said on Monday that a 37-year-old farmworker was checking irrigation equipment in a lemon orchard near the community of Richgrove, east of Delano in Tulare County, on Friday afternoon when he collapsed.
Officials said the temperature at the time of his death was over 100 degrees.
The worker, identified by the United Farmworkers of America as Juan Ochoa, was employed by Visalia-based Etchegaray Farms LLC.
Cal-OSHA is also investigating the possible heat-related death last Tuesday of a 30-year-old farmworker who had been working at a watermelon field southwest of Fresno.
State officials say coroners are still trying to determine the causes of death.


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Dos and Don'ts in ThailandAndrew Mason
However, there are a few things which are guaranteed to cause offence and should be avoided when possible.
The Monarchy
All Thai people think very highly of the royal family and will not permit criticism. In fact, Thailand's lese majeste laws mean that criticising the king can result in 7 years imprisonment, which applies to both Thais and foreigners. Pictures of the king should also be treated with respect and if placed on the wall - as they are in most homes and businesses - must hold pride of place. Defiling a picture of the king also carries a serious penalty, as a tourist in Chiang Mai discovered when he drunkenly drew a moustache on an image of the king. He was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment, but was later pardoned by the king and released.
Always dress 'politely' when entering a temple or religious shrine. Many temples require you to cover your knees and shoulders and it is very important to remember to remove your shoes. Shoes should also be removed when entering private homes and some shops.
Buddha Images
Buddha images are sacred and must be treated with respect. Never climb on a Buddha image, and be very careful about taking photos - some images are so sacred that photographs are forbidden. When sitting on the floor, you must be careful not to point your feet at a Buddha image. Sit with your legs crossed or with your feet tucked to the side, the soles pointing backwards.
Women must be careful not to touch monks as they are forbidden female contact. If a woman wants to give something to a monk it must first be given to another man or put on a piece of cloth. Often, special seats are allocated on public transport for monks only, be careful to avoid them and give up your seat for a monk if there are none available.
Head and Feet
In Thailand, the head is very scared, whilst the feet are seen as unclean. Be careful not to touch a Thai on the head and avoid touching them with your feet or pointing to things with your feet.
Saving Face
In Thailand it is considered very impolite to shout and show of anger, regardless of the situation.
Showing affection between partners such as kissing and cuddling in public is frowned upon - especially amongst older Thais.
Thailand is quite conservative and people do not appreciate seeing too much bare skin. Men should avoid walking topless as what are often mistaken for looks of appreciation are actually shares of disgust! Spaghetti tops, sleeveless tops and bottom revealing micro shorts should also be avoided.
Smoking and dropping litter in the street are illegal a 2,000 Baht fine awaits anyone who is caught.


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XNA 4.0 Documentation in Visual Studio 2012
September 6, 2012 · by Ryan Lange · in Development
Now that you've got XNA 4.0 working in VS2012, what about documentation? Sure, you could use the documentation on the MSDN website, but what if you're one those weirdos that prefer using the local Help Viewer that comes with the IDE? Well, thanks to some work by a good friend of mine, this, too, is possible.
XNA Game Studio 4.0 in Visual Studio 2012 (including Express)
September 4, 2012 · by Ryan Lange · in Development
Visual Studio 2012 (VS2012) is out, but Microsoft hasn't updated XNA Game Studio (XNA) to work with their latest IDE. If you're an XNA developer eager to upgrade, this is a bit of a problem. There's good news, though: it's really not that difficult to get XNA 4.0 working in VS2012.


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For a lattice in $\mathbb{R}^2$, if we include each edge independently with probability $p$ (i.e. bond percolation), it is well known that there is a critical probability $0 < p_c < 1$ depending on the lattice, such that if $ p > p_c$ then there is almost surely an infinite component (i.e. with probability $1$), and if $p < p_c$ then almost surely all components are finite.
The square lattice is special because it is self-dual. This allows one to guess that in this particular case $p_c = 1/2$, although the proof of this fact, originally due to Harry Kesten, is fairly subtle.
One wonders if there is an analogous fact for "two-dimensional" percolation in $\mathbb{R}^4$. In particular, consider the hypercubic lattice as a $1$-dimensional cubical complex, and then attach two-dimensional square "plaquettes" independently with probability $p$. Since the hypercubic lattice is self-dual, we might expect some kind of phase transition when $p=1/2$. My hope is that topology would give us the right language to talk about this.
One possibility, and perhaps the nicest answer I can imagine, was suggested to me by Russ Lyons: If $p > 1/2$ then there are almost surely embedded planes, and if $p< 1/2$ then there are almost surely not. Here the embedded plane should be the union of closed $2$-cells. It turns out that once $p > 1/2$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$, there are not only infinite components, which implies embedded half-lines, but embedded lines as well.
Another possibility is that once $p > 1/2$ there are almost surely bounded $1$-dimensional cycles in homology $H_1 ( - , \mathbb{Z} / 2\mathbb{Z})$, which are boundaries of unbounded two-dimensional complexes, and that when $p < 1/2$ there are almost surely not. (I believe that this is similar to the "plaquette percolation" studied by Jennifer Chayes in her Ph.D. thesis, but the work I know of is in $\mathbb{R}^3$.)
I am not an expert in percolation theory, and would really like to know if anyone knows about any previous work in this area, or any standing conjectures. (Or is there any obvious reason that either of the possibilities I suggested could be ruled out?)


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Found 32 software entries
from category: Shooter
Found 32 software entries
from category: Shooter
Allenroids is a freeware Asteroids clone made by Allen Smith in his computer graphics class at Union University
An adaptation of the classic shoot-em-up Asteroids, unique for its addition of a monetary element to purchase power-ups and score bonuses.
Asteroid Storm
Asteroids (Craic Design)
Asteroids (MacSoft)
AstroRock 2000
Avalon 2029
Ballistics is a tiny B&W game classic where you and a friend each have a tank positioned on each side of a randomly generated terrain. Each turn you set your aim direction, velocity by taking a look at the current random wind factor and...
Battle Planets
Bedlam is a Space Invaders kind of vertical shooter game. See also the color sequel: Bedlam 2 (Not to be confused with Bedlam by GT Interactive.)
Bedlam 2
The year is 2317... and they're back! Bedlam 2 is the sequel to Bedlam. It's a Space Invaders kind of vertical shooter. Bedlam 2 features nice pre-rendered color sprite animations similar to other Mac shareware games in the...
Blown Eye
Blown Eye is an unfinished project by Imp89, which describes itself as a "shoot-em-up game like R-TYPE or Nemesis". Two demonstrative builds exist. The first is very early and previews a level in the 'classic world', which is...
Bullet Ex
Bullet Ex is a vertical scrolling shooter made in Japan. Serial: KKKKKK
Defend the earth without destroying it in the process. In layman's terms... you just shoot the cubes, man. The year is 2198. As you return from a routine mission in the Andavarian region, you find Earth surrounded by hundreds of strange,...
FastGun Folder
Foobar Versus the DEA
A top down scrolling shooter similar to Mars Rising and Demos Rising. You have a normal shot and bombs used to destroy enemies on land/in water.
Game Invaders 襲来
Simple Space Invaders style shooting game, but the bullet you shot will fall towards you.
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Is Obama unbeatable in 2012? With the economy showing no signs of recovery, joblessness hovering above 9%, the poverty rate on the rise, median income dropping, Obama facing the lowest approval ratings of his presidency and with his favorability rating now below 50%, and with the recent release of Ron Suskind's book that purports to show a president not in charge of his own White House, you might think the obvious answer is a resounding "NO!"
According this article by Tim Noah at The New Republic, however, you might be wrong. Noah rests his case on recent trial heat polls that show Obama easily coming out ahead in one-on-one match ups against his main Republican rivals. For example, in this Public Policy Polling survey that was in the field shortly after the President's job speech, Obama bests each of the five top Republican candidates.
For Noah, the fact that Obama is still beating his opponents in trial heat polls despite the dismal economic climate and his own administrative struggles indicates his strong position going into 2012. Indeed, Obama's biggest worry, Noah warns, may be that "these [trial heat polling] numbers might make him overconfident. How lucky can you get?"
How lucky indeed? Alas, for Noah and other Obama supporters, given the current electoral fundamentals, pinning one's hopes on trial heat polls taken this far before the election is the epitome of whistling in the graveyard. In fact, history shows that these early polls are not reliable predictors of actual election results. As evidence, Sarah Pfander and Owen Witek went back and examined previous trial heat polls between the incumbent president and the opposition candidate at roughly this same point in the calendar, and compared the surveys to the election outcomes. Because prior to 1980 only Gallup consistently polled more than a year before the election, I'll focus here on trial heats for the five most recent elections involving an incumbent president, dating back to 1980. The findings suggest that Obama supporters should not rest their hopes on the results of trial heats this far out.
Let's start with the 1980 election. In trial heat polls in April and August of the previous year, Ronald Reagan ran about even with Jimmy Carter, but with large numbers of voters saying they were undecided. By January, 1980, however, Carter was leading Reagan by 62%-32%! As late as June, 1980, Carter was still polling ahead of Reagan by 6-7% in trial heats. Of course, Carter lost that election by almost 10% in the popular vote. Flash forward to 1984. In August, 1983, and again in January, 1984, Reagan and Mondale were tied in trial heat polls. Reagan, of course, went on to crush Mondale by almost 20% in the popular vote. It doesn't get better from here. In 1992, of course, Bill Clinton was a virtual unknown, but in the earliest trial heat poll from January of that year, the incumbent George H.W. Bush was beating him by 15%. In fact, Bush lost to Clinton in a tight race. In 1996, the trial heat results are complicated because pollsters assumed Ross Perot would again be the third-party candidate, and he was often included in early surveys between Clinton and Dole. Nonetheless, the earliest survey we could find, from late 1995, has Clinton ahead of Dole by 11%, with Perot running third. However, a Gallup Poll from January 1996 without Perot has Clinton's lead over Dole down to 4%. Clinton, of course, won handily by almost 9%. Finally, in 2004, two polls from 2003 have Bush leading Kerry by 15% and 3%. The latter survey came closer to the actual results; Bush won by a bit more than 2%
The following table put together by Witek summarizes the results of the those trial heat polls taken closest to the current point in the 2012 election calendar, and compares them to the actual poll results. This is a rough guide, of course, but as you can see, except perhaps for 1996, they are completely unreliable indicators of the likely popular vote results and in three of the cases they don't even predict the winner. (I don't count the 1984 trial heat as a correct prediction since it falls within the poll's margin of error.)
|Election Year
|Trial Heat Prediction 10-14 Months Before Election
|Actual Winning Margin
|Net Difference Projected vs. Actual
|Reagan +9.75
|Reagan +1
|Reagan +18.2
|Bush +15
|Clinton +5.5
|Clinton +11
|Clinton +8.5
|Bush +15
|Bush +2.5
If trial heat polls this far out don't tell us much with a great deal of confidence, when can we begin to rely on them to accurately predict the election outcome? Brendan Nyhan, in this article cites more systematic research by political scientists Christopher Wlezien and Robert Erikson indicating that, not surprisingly, trial heats' predictive power increases as we get closer to the election. Indeed, their accuracy grows in almost linear fashion, as indicated by the following chart from the Wlezien/Erikson paper. It shows trial heat polls' predictive reliability increasing the closer we get to election day. (Think of the left-hand axis as measuring how much of the final outcome can be predicted from trial heat polls, with "1" indicating that polls are in effect perfectly predicting the outcome.)
This is because as voters begin to pay attention to the race, the fundamentals that influence how they are likely to vote also begin to drive the trial heat results. In short, when we get to Labor Day – or about 60 days before the election- we should see a closer convergence between trial heat polls and what our forecast models predict based on these fundamentals. At this point about two months before the actual election, of course, many political scientists issue their forecast models based on those fundamentals.
Meanwhile, there will be undoubtedly be many more trial heat polls during the coming months and they will receive a good deal of media coverage, particularly as pundits' cherry-pick the results that seem to support their preferred candidates. In truth however, the entertainment value of these polls is greater than their predictive value, and the media coverage of them should be judged accordingly.


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This little table started off as a poor little brown shabby
(not in a good way!)
table with mushroom knobs.
(yes I said knobs with mushrooms on them!)
oh it was not a pretty sight!
I'm sorry that I don't have a actual before shot (as I got the table prior to blogging when I didn't take pictures of EVERYTHING!) but it started off something like this (only not this nice):
Yikes – right?
I took off the flimsy falling apart ugly hutch off the top and painted the bottom black.
This table has been all over the house!
Here it is bare:
It's been used as a sofa table behind sectional in the living room
in our entry
as a desk in the kids rooms
I used it as the base for the copy me challenge with Miss Mustard Seed & Funky Junk Interiors(way back when) – fun!
It feels pretty welcoming for the time being
tucked right in by my front door.
But… I'm thinking of moving it up to my craft/sewing area…
hmmmm – I'll have to rearrange and show you the results here soon!
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When it comes to modern relationships between insufferable people who take pictures of their food, it's not official until it's on Facebook. And until very recently, the social networking site couldn't provide accurate graphics to newly wed same sex couples, thus negating all gay rights. But not anymore — Facebook recently rolled out new same-sex icons designed to let the world know that you're here, you're queer, and you're legally married to someone of the same sex.
Even though they might be changing your email address without permission and fucking up your contact information on other people's cell phones and the price of companies shares are going down faster than something something blow job, Facebook's doing at least one thing right: not being a jerk to gay people. The sometimes-evil social networking behemoth was recently given an award by GLAAD for its efforts to combat anti-gay bullying.
Let the co-opting of the same-sex marriage symbol by middle school best friends begin.


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Here's an interesting interview between CNBC's Donny Deutsch and ESPN's beloved, bright, bright shining star, Erin Andrews, found by The Sports Point, talking about both creepy commenters and how she broke into the business. In the snippet below, Andrews humbly admits she was "horrible" at TBS while she was supposed to be covering the Braves. She says she knew "nothing" about baseball at the time coming into the interview because she'd spent the whole year researching hockey as an FSN Tampa Bay Lightning correspondent. She knew none of the players names and was "the worst one" to be interviewed. So, how'd she get the job you ask?
Andrews says she looked right in the camera when the producer asked her why she should be hired and said "I'm the best you're going to find." According to what the producer told her, he was convinced by "how serious" she was when she said this. Interestingly enough, the clip begins with an introductory graphic letting the viewers know Ms. Andrews was voted the "Sexiest Sportscaster Alive" by Playboy. That's taking her seriously.
Lucky for everyone, she didn't let these little bumps in the road hold her down.
Erin Andrews Knows We Love Her [The Sports Point] (via The Big Lead)


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It seems like the recent release of Kinect for Windows has caused a resurgence in Kinect hacks over the last few days. The official Microsoft SDK makes it easier than ever to come up with interesting new uses for the depth-sensing camera system, and now there's a Kinect hack you can play with from the comfort of your own home without even buying a Kinect.
Take a look at the Depth Cam, a live HTML 5 webcam built using the Kinect. With it, you can click and drag to rotate the 3D field generated by the camera, and you can use your mouse's scroll wheel to zoom right in your web browser. The Depth Cam is the brainchild of George MacKerron, who scripted the project together using WebGL and three.js.
The project still has some limitations: It uses a highly compressed version of the data from the Kinect and currently only works in Google Chrome. If you're using a different browser,you can take a look at the short video MacKerron made of the project on YouTube.
If you want to try running a Depth Cam of your own, you can grab the project's source code over on GitHub, but be warned Zs MacKerron mentions in his blog post on the project, the setup is a bit complicated.
At this stage, the project--like many other Kinect Hacks--is more a proof of concept than anything else, but MacKerron says it could prove to be the start of something more. "It might be the future of video-conferencing," MacKerron suggests in his blog post on the project; "It could also be the start of a new wave of web-based movement-powered games."
[George MacKerron via The Verge]
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Town not backing plan to acquire Sound Avenue land
A proposal to contribute $75,000 in Riverhead Town funding toward Suffolk County's proposed acquisition of a 14-acre property on Park Road in the Reeves Park area does not have the support of at least three Town Board members, potentially jeopardizing the land deal.
The property in question is owned by Boom Development, headed by Ed Broidy of Southampton, and is located on the northwest corner of Sound Avenue and Park Road/Thomas Kelly Memorial Drive.
Mr. Broidy had proposed a commercial shopping center for the land back in 2003, at about the same time another commercial shopping center was proposed for the four-acre property on the northeast corner of Park Road and Sound Avenue.
Both proposals encountered community opposition, and the Town Board at the time voted to rezone to residential uses, which led to lawsuits from both property owners. Both lawsuits were decided in the property owners' favor.
The land on the northeast corner, owned by Kenney Barra's EMB Enterprises, eventually was purchased by Suffolk County last year for a Sept. 11 memorial park.
But Mr. Broidy instead proposed a settlement of his lawsuit and filed a 16-lot residential subdivision in place of the commercial development. One of the lots is a farm lot fronting Sound Avenue.
In the meantime, Suffolk County proposed purchasing Mr. Broidy's land for use as a fitness trail. But the county requested that the town contribute about $75,000 for improvements and then maintain the fi tness trail.
Town Board members George Gabrielsen and Jodi Giglio opposed the purchase when the resolution to acquire the land was discussed at last Thursday's work session.
Mr. Gabrielsen said he doesn't think the town has enough money left in its Community Preservation Fund to pay for the park improvements, and said the town will also lose the tax revenue from the land if the county buys it. Ms. Giglio agreed, and said she's concerned about taking more land off the tax rolls.
At a public work session last month, town tax assessor Paul Leszczynski told the board that if the farmed lot received an agricultural assessment abatement, the taxes it generated would drop from $6,710 to $536.
Supervisor Sean Walter represented Mr. Broidy as an attorney many years ago and recused himself from the vote and the discussion, meaning the measure lacked a three-vote majority needed to pass. Councilmen Jim Wooten and John Dunleavy supported the acquisition.
Mr. Wooten said town voters have supported land preservation.
"I think this will pay for itself in the long run," he said.
"We've preserved a lot of land in this town but we've run out of money," Mr. Gabrielsen said.
"Then leave the resolution in and let it get voted down [on Tuesday]," Mr. Wooten said. "That way, the county won't buy it."
At Tuesday's regular Town Board meeting, however, the resolution was not in the packet of resolutions slated for votes. Mr. Walter said there wasn't support to put it in on the agenda and there wasn't support to approve it. Mr. Broidy said Tuesday that he was not aware the Town Board didn't support the purchase and was unsure what his next move would be.
He said he would call some town officials to talk more about the property.


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CFD Postprocessing
We have written several blog posts on postprocessing already, but none detailing postprocessing for CFD. Postprocessing has always been an important part of my teachings, as you learn how to use COMSOL Multiphysics while also gaining insight into the physics at hand. I would like to share with you part of the classwork I proposed when teaching a CFD training course not long ago.
Visualizing Fluid Flow — Postprocessing Examples and Hints
Our multiphysics training courses cover the whole simulation process, but I especially like the postprocessing step because that's when you are able to unveil unexpected effects.
Below, I will present a series of examples and postprocessing hints on how to create them on your own. To the left there are images with captions explaining the type of simulation and the physical quantities visualized. The "Results" node is the place where all the postprocessing happens in COMSOL Multiphysics. To the right of each postprocessing example I've highlighted which features are needed to produce the result.
I suggest you open COMSOL Multiphysics, pick the appropriate model from the Model Library or create one from scratch, try out my examples, and share your postprocessing results with the COMSOL Community by uploading them to the Model Exchange.
COMSOL Multiphysics' capabilities also cover 3D postprocessing as you can see from the velocity profile within the cooling channel of a circuit board.
Velocity profile within the cooling channel of a circuit board
Last year, my colleague Bethany ran a postprocessing video series here on the blog, and I just watched them all again. I suggest you watch them too — they really are a great resource with lots of useful tips on how to visualize simulation results.
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With the 2013 World Series now tied at two games apiece, both the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals know the final, best-of-three sprint to the championship isn't going to be easy, but they know it's surely going to be fun.
They probably knew that going into this affair, of course, but after each game, the victors often feel they have a shot to run the table from there on out – and it's just not happening that way in 2013. The Red Sox aren't sweeping away the Cardinals like they did in 2004, and St. Louis isn't waltzing over the American League champion like they did in 2006 against the Detroit Tigers.
No, this Series is just starting to get good. And with the Boston win in Game Four Sunday night, fans are assured of the championship being won at Fenway Park – which is never a bad thing for true aficionados of baseball and its rich traditions.
It might not be a good thing for the St. Louis Cardinals, however: Fenway is small but loud, and with its crazy dimensions and left-field wall, anything can happen there, and it often does.
Not that Busch Stadium hasn't seen its own special moments this week: first, a walk-off obstruction ruling by the umpires in Game Three, and in Game Four, a career .125 postseason hitter – Boston outfielder Jonny Gomes – delivers a decisive three-run home run.
Who knows what comes next?
That unpredictability of the baseball postseason is still what makes it perhaps the most beautiful – and the most nightmarish – of professional sports. If something is ridiculous enough to happen, it quite often will.
(Fenway merely adds to that "What's next?" factor, of course. It has a history of doing that, you know, for better or for worse.)
The Cardinals would have preferred to avoid returning there, but with the Game Four loss, they have no choice. They can win or lose Game Five on Monday evening, but both teams will be returning to Boston for a Game Six on Wednesday night, at least.
And if the Series goes seven games, the fans are the big winners – because anything goes in Game Seven.
So far in this matchup, Boston has outscored St. Louis, 18-10, in the four games, and yet we're still tied at two wins each. The Red Sox have made seven errors in four games, to the Cardinals four miscues, but it hasn't seemed to hurt them the way it hurt the Cards in Game One. St. Louis has outhit Boston, 32-24, and yet the clutch-hitting Cards haven't been able to convert those base runners into enough runs.
Some might say one team is lucky to be tied 2-2 right now – but which team would they be referring to? It's that close, truly, and now we may get the specialness of a seven-game Series, especially if the Cardinals can win Game Five in their last home game of 2013.
Record-setting night in STL
St. Louis packed in 47,469 people Sunday night to Busch Stadium, the largest crowd since this version of Busch (the third, in fact) opened in 2006. So even though the Cardinals hosted three games in the Series that year and four more in the 2011 Series, the crowds are bigger than ever in the Gateway to the West. Game Three had set the high attendance mark, and Game Four broke that record.
Maybe they'll get 50,000 fans into Busch III for Game Five, for one last look at their team in 2013 before it journeys east into the unknown destiny that awaits.
One thing is for sure: we've already seen the makings of a true Fall Classic, from the first two Games of Errors to the last two Games of What-The-Heck.
The next two games, at least, will bring baseball fans even more memories.
Read more MLB Playoff news here.
Sam McPherson is a freelance journalist and a baseball fanatic. In addition to sports writing, Sam is also a competitive triathlete. His work can be found on Examiner.com.


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Pending a technical advice that we will soon, I wanted to begin testing the line, and I've already downloaded and installed a virtual server carrying the latest version of AsteriskNow. Someone could give me some guidance to configure the Trunk sip to DDI and the rules of entry and exit to handle 100 numbers with some internal sample?
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The annual procurement savings achieved was 3–7%.
Times are tough for biopharma manufacturers. They face a host of mounting economic pressures, including decreasing margins due to losses of patented products and increased competition from generic players and developing-world competitors. At the same time, they struggle to keep up with increasingly complex manufacturing technologies and strict regulatory oversight.
To address these challenges, BCG has worked with top biopharma companies to transform their manufacturing and supply chain organizations to make them leaner, more nimble, and more responsive to market challenges and opportunities.
BCG assisted in several comprehensive, multiyear transformation efforts for biopharma clients. This work was a true collaboration between the clients and BCG experts. The transformation efforts were driven by the companies' global manufacturing leadership teams, which addressed plant network, supply chain, and operational efficiency. The projects also focused on a number of support functions, such as IT strategy, cross-functional processes, and training.
BCG looked closely at global manufacturing footprint and low-cost sourcing, fixed assets, labor costs, utilities, and the move to a more variable cost structure. The teams also studied procurement and contract manufacturing strategies to develop more efficient global supply chains and plant operations that result in greater productivity at lower cost.
Working closely with clients, BCG developed a comprehensive set of recommendations and initiatives for transforming their approach to manufacturing. They included:
BCG's biopharma clients substantially transformed their manufacturing capabilities and achieved their goals of increased efficiency and effectiveness. We helped them streamline their overall organization structure, with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
In addition to generating immediate results, these improvements continue to deliver significant ongoing savings. In procurement, one biopharma client doubled its annual savings in the first three years—moving from 3-5% achieved savings to about 7% annual savings. In manufacturing, clients realized significant process improvements, resulting in improved profitability. In plant network, they saw a 15% savings from optimizing scale, reducing complexity, and clearly defining site roles.
In partnership with BCG, these biopharma companies were able to transform their global manufacturing and supply chains, making their operations smarter, leaner, and more efficient.


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Multiple vehicles invloved in crash at Fairview Drive and South Carson Street
At least one person was taken via ambulance to a hospital after a multi-vehicle crash at Fairview Drive and South Carson Street. Traffic was re-routed in the area as Carson City Sheriff's officers and the Nevada Highway Patrol worked the scene. The crash was reported at 4:23 p.m.


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I have noticed for several days now, my top sites list is not automatically updateing at the time intervals I have it set to.
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Report: Maryland, Rutgers in talks with the Big Ten
- Maryland and Rutgers are in serious negotiations to join the Big Ten, according to an ESPN report
- Adding both teams would give the Big Ten 14 teams in advance of a new media deal in 2017
- One issue for Maryland might be financial, as the ACC has a $50 million buyout to leave the league
Maryland is in serious negotiations to join the Big Ten, according to an ESPN report, and Rutgers is expected to follow suit if the Terrapins opt to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference.
ESPN is reporting that there has been no date set for an announcement, but that it could come as soon as Monday.
If Maryland and Rutgers join the Big Ten, the conference would have 14 teams heading into key broadcasting negotiations in 2017.
The Big Ten has been "itchy" about expanding beyond its current 12-team enrollment since Notre Dame joined the ACC in all sports but football, ESPN reports.
A source told ESPN that "The Big Ten can justify Maryland and then possibly Rutgers since they are all contiguous states to the Big Ten footprint."
One potential sticking point to Maryland's move might be financial, as ESPN reports. After dropping several non-mainstream sports earlier this year, the university would need to pay the ACC a $50 million buyout to leave the conference. The $50 million was part of a renegotiated buyout package instituted by the ACC after Notre Dame joined the league as a non-football member over the summer.
Maryland and Florida State were the only two ACC schools to vote against implementing the $50 million buyout.
The ACC will add Pittsburgh and Syracuse from the Big East in time for the 2013 season. If Maryland leaves before next season, the ACC would have to either add a 14th team or play with unbalanced divisions -- six in one division, seven in the other. ESPN is reporting that if the ACC does fall to 13 teams, the league will likely pursue another member to get back to a 14-team alignment.
The Big East added Temple this offseason to offset losing West Virginia to the Big 12 and will add another six teams in 2013: Memphis, Southern Methodist, Central Florida and Houston from Conference USA, and Boise State and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference.
Wednesday, Big East presidents approved new divisions, East and West, and added a conference championship. As with the Maryland and the ACC, losing Rutgers to the Big Ten would impact the Big East's divisional split and plans for a conference title game.
The Scarlet Knights would just be the latest university to leave the Big East for another conference. Eight teams have left the league since 2004, including five in the last calendar year -- Pittsburgh, TCU, West Virginia, Syracuse and Notre Dame.
Rutgers and Maryland were charter members of their current conferences, with Rutgers joining the Big East at its inception as a football league in 1991 and Maryland enlisting in the ACC in 1953.


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What is the difference Between Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism?
There is a difference between being a casual drinker and a full-blown alcoholic, it is no doubt that we all have enjoyed 1 or 2 drinks when we are out enjoying ourselves with friends, but the key is to know when enough alcohol is enough and how much your body is really able to handle.
Alcoholism vs Alcohol Abuse
Though it may sound the same, they do have two slightly different meanings. Alcoholism refers to the dependency and addiction where the person has a physical or psychological need to consume alcohol whereas alcohol "abuse" is the pattern in which the individual drinks excessively despite the negative consequences and effects that they will bear, it is almost as if their life solely depends on it. In order to spot the main differences between alcohol abuse and alcoholism, it is keen to pay attention to the severity of the symptoms and signs each is accompanied with.
Spotting Alcoholism
An individual who is dependent on alcohol typically feels that without it, they are unable to handle the day, this person is one whom we would classify as an alcoholic. This also means that they are more tolerant and will be compelled to drink more and more to truly start feeling the effects of alcohol on their body.
They will most definitely also suffer from AWS (alcoholic withdrawal syndrome), this includes a series of anxiety, insomnia, hallucinations, tremors, chills, nausea, headaches, irritability and depression.
While symptoms may take as little as a few hours or as much as a few days to show, they more than likely will get worse in the days following.
Withdrawal and tolerance are easy telling signs of alcohol dependence. Other vital signs also include:
- Lack of self-control that is, it is very hard for you to refrain yourself from over drinking, despite trying to
- Allowing alcohol drinking to come before your daily routines and responsibilities
- It has become a religious practice for you and despite financial, health or even family matters, it is first priority
Diagnosing Alcohol Abuse
As stated above, alcoholism and alcohol abuse differ in a matter of degrees, such as signs and symptoms.
If you are only an abuser of alcohol, then chances are, you are not yet as dependent on it as an alcoholic would be and you may experience a slight tolerance and a much less severe withdrawal phase.
As an abuser, being neglectful will be one of the very first symptoms that you will experience, such as, disregarding responsibilities and putting your drinking habits first. This also includes; calling in sick for work more often than usual because you have a "hangover" or maybe you've stopped spending quality time with your kids and family because you would rather go out drinking with friends.
Other alcohol abuse signs include:
- Risk-taking while under the influence
- such as, driving or operating heavy machinery
- mixing alcohol while taking prescription drugs
- Continuing to drink despite feeling sick or getting physically hurt while under the influence
- Attaching alcohol use to emotions, such as using alcohol as an excuse to de-stress or to or to help you cope with feelings of depression.
Intervention For A Healthy Lifestyle
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- Feeling more irritable or angry than you normally would?
- Are you being more secretive about your drinking or hiding it?
- Losing sleep due to devoting more time your new drinking habit?
- Spending more money than you normally would on substances to freshen your breath, body mists (perfumes/colognes) and even air fresheners to mask the smell?
- Have an itchy, craving for alcohol?
- Enhancing your shots achieve an even greater pleasure or high?
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French in a Flash: 5 Heads of Garlic Roast Chicken Recipe
I hate summertime. Loathe it. So when I see the date is August 26, I know there's only a handful of days left until September, and even though September is technically summer—come on, we all know that it's fall. It's when all the fall stuff starts to happen: back to school, super-thick fashion magazines, and apple season. It's my favorite month.
Suddenly, the wheels all start to turn again. Everyone is back from vacation, schedules become routine, and the hectic part of life reemerges. Fall is not only a change of mindset, but a change of "mouthset." I'm done with my summertime grazing of tomatoes (the season's only redeeming feature) and seafood. Fall requires dinnertime, and what I call "feature meals"—a sort of culinary centerpiece around which everyone can huddle for a quick hour in the evening, amid the resurrection of homework and emails and schedules. It's the kind of meal that wafts upstairs from the oven; a magnet that calls "dinnertime" without your having too. It's comfort food.
That is where 5 Heads of Garlic Roast Chicken comes in. I've always been an ardent admirer of the rotisserie chickens you find on the streets in Paris, and I always seek to achieve the same burnished gloss in my roast chickens at home. The secret is, as it always is, butter. I make a compound butter stocked with thyme and two heads of roasted garlic. Over and under the skin, it makes the chicken moist inside and crispy outside. Garlic perfumes the pan sauces, and more roasted garlic nestles in the pan instead of onions or potatoes. Serve it with a crusty country loaf, and you're done. Bye-bye, summertime!
- Yield:2 to 4
- 5 heads of garlic
- 2 dime-sized drizzles of olive oil
- 1 3.5-pound chicken, cleaned and patted dry (preferably free-range and organic)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, plus one bunch
- 3 stems fresh rosemary
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups low-sodium chicken stock
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 300°F.
Cut the top quarter of two heads of garlic off horizontally. Drizzle each head of garlic with a dime-sized amount of olive oil and sprinkle lightly with salt. Wrap tightly in foil. Roast for 1.5 hours. Allow to cool. Then squeeze the soft garlic flesh out of the head.
Raise the oven heat to 425°F.
Use your fingers to separate the skin of the chicken from the flesh, careful not to tear the skin. Peel the cloves of 1 head of garlic, and scatter them all over the chicken under the skin.
Use a fork to mash the butter, two heads of roasted garlic cloves, and 1 tablespoon of thyme together. Salt and pepper the inside and outside of the dry chicken, and rub all over with the garlic butter.
Cut the fourth head of garlic in half horizontally. Stuff the garlic head, rosemary, and remaining thyme into the cavity of the chicken. Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan.
Separate, but do not peel, the cloves of the last head of garlic. Scatter them on the bottom of the roasting pan, and pour in the wine and stock. Cover the chicken lightly with foil.
Roast the chicken for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, and roast another 60 minutes, until the juices run clear and the skin is crisp. Baste every 15 minutes or so.
Remove the chicken to rest. Set the roasting pan over medium-high heat on the stove, and reduce the pan sauce to 1/2 cup. Serve alongside the roasted chicken.
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I found a little newly hatched mo'o in my bathroom just now. Almost 30 stories up in the sky. The old school kind of gecko that I grew up with at my grandmother's house. It was a beautiful and much needed sign for me tonight...
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I got this DVD to help me become more flexible. My body has become pretty stiff since I haven't really stretched in years. I really enjoyed this DVD and feel the difference after using it. I wish I could have previewed more of this DVD in comparison to the Relaxed Stretch. I'm not sure if I…Read More
With Pavel Tsatsouline
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I got this DVD to help me become more flexible. My body has become pretty stiff since I haven't really stretched in years. I really enjoyed this DVD and feel the difference after using it. I wish I could have previewed more of this DVD in comparison to the Relaxed Stretch. I'm not sure if I should have went with that first or used both in parallel.The stretches in the DVD are challenging but with some dedication, I'm confident I will be more flexible than I had set out to achieve. My only grip with the DVD is Pavel's accent, it sounds kind of fake, especially with the "comrade'.
Follow his advice, get youthful movement, feel great! If your reading this, then your asking yourself "would it benefit me?" Unless your name is Pavel or maybe B.K.S. Iyengar, then the answer is "YES!" I specifically enjoyed the variations on the Cossack, and found new space in my hips with the Lizard.
I enjoyed this DVD!
Its weird after doing these stretches I don't feel more FLEXIBLE like normal stretches, instead I feel more Mobile and stronger as well.....Love the feeling!
Me being an avid rock climber, I wanted to improve my range of motion, especially in my lower body. This DVD is complimentary to the book, but it does makes sense without the book as well. The stretches included on this DVD are very advanced, and should not be practiced by individuals who don't posses a fairly good level of flexibility to begin with. However, if you find that you have reached a plateau in your flexibility by using other methods, I can say from my own experience that these stretches, and the method of stretching especially, will take you to the next level.
Great compliment to any library for those who've gone through Relax into Stretch or if you're already flexible but would like to break those barriers this would be the one. The Cossack and Reverse Cossack are great stretch as well as the hip-flexor stretch on the chairs is awesome!I've done the Relax into Stretch about 2 years ago and I've done some of the stretches from Forced Relaxation and within a few sessions at the gym during their stretching class were surprised with the flexibility I had.
Started the DVD as soon as it arrived and have benefitted from the secrets contained in this program. Don't leave home without it. Thanks for all you do for us in the way of health benefits Dragon Door....
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Amendment to Defense authorization bill would suspend Pentagon job contests for three years.
A key House committee began the process Tuesday of driving the final nail into the coffin of Defense Department efforts to allow private sector companies to bid on work performed by federal employees.
The House Armed Services Committee approved by voice vote an amendment to the fiscal 2010 Defense authorization bill that would prohibit new public-private competitions for Defense jobs for the next three years, or until the Obama administration reviews the entire process.
Competitions under the rules in the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76 "have not been proven to save the taxpayer enough money to justify the enormous strain they put on government offices and personnel," said Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., the amendment's sponsor. "We cannot continue to distract individual commands at a time when the services are focused on two wars, trying to implement the 2005 [base realignment and closure] round, and undergoing transformational initiatives."
The amendment also halts any ongoing contests until the Defense secretary reviews them, and clarifies the protest rights of federal employees.
If a competition were to move forward, the agency would be required to provide pre- and post-award debriefings to federal employee representatives and to finish the process within the 18 months required in the statute.
In an e-mail to Government Executive, Langevin said he is aware of several A-76 studies that have dragged on longer than 18 months. "This creates an unfair strain on the federal employees whose jobs are being competed, as well as the contractors who have submitted bids for the work," he said. "In addition, estimated savings will less likely be achieved the longer a competition takes to reach a final performance decision."
The battle over A-76 competitions -- coined competitive sourcing during the Bush administration -- has raged for the past eight-plus years.
President Bush was a big proponent of the system, in which federal teams compete with the private sector to see which can perform certain categories of work for less money and more efficiently, arguing that it saved taxpayers millions of dollars. Federal labor unions, meanwhile, fought the competitions, arguing that the Bush administration attempted to obscure their true costs and intentions.
Since 2006, when Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, competitive sourcing has run up against a series of legislative setbacks. Lawmakers passed measures to limit which agencies could hold job competitions, give federal employee teams rights to protest the outcomes of contests, and exclude health care and retirement benefits from the process of comparing the costs of bids.
The pendulum has moved even further away from competitive sourcing since President Obama took office. In March, Obama ordered the Office of Management and Budget to undertake an in-depth review of the government's contracting efforts, including the outsourcing of work historically performed by federal employees. In April, Defense Secretary Robert Gates released plans to return at least 10,000 positions filled by contractors to government employees.
Lawmakers also upped the ante in recent months. The fiscal 2009 omnibus appropriations bill included a provision prohibiting the use of government funds to study or hold public-private competitions for the rest of fiscal 2009, which ends on Sept. 30.
In March, Reps. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas, chairman of the panel's Readiness Subcommittee, sent a letter to Gates urging him to immediately halt any ongoing competitions, refrain from initiating contests and rescind a 2008 policy memorandum on competitive sourcing.
Gates said in an April 15 response that Defense had "ceased to initiate any new public-private competitions" and was looking at the status of ongoing programs. But Langevin does not appear convinced.
"While DoD has indicated it will conduct a review, it had been apparent that DoD was continuing to move forward on current studies and the Army specifically planned to continue pending studies while the review was ongoing," Langevin wrote in the e-mail. "Because of this, it is possible that some studies may be awarded before the review is finalized."
Adding to the attacks, in April Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., introduced legislation that would suspend job competitions indefinitely. Under Mikulski's bill, agencies could not resume contests until the OMB director and inspectors general of the five largest agencies determined that reforms to level the playing field for federal employees had been implemented.
Mikulski's Correction of Long-standing Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurements Act (S. 924), which has been referred to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has received stiff pushback from industry associations. Those groups and some GOP lawmakers are fighting back. Earlier this month, a pair of Republicans -- Rep. John Duncan Jr. of Tennessee and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota -- introduced legislation that would tilt the lever back toward job competitions.
The Freedom From Government Competition Act (S. 1167) would allow for a Yellow Pages-type test to review every commercial activity in the federal government. If the Yellow Pages list several firms that provide services similar to those offered by federal employees, then the work should be subject to competition, the legislation states. The measure is in committee.
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Same as usual.
Could you share ncmpcpp configs?
Paul-S, chillin', ah? nice desk and song.
Arch64/DWM || My Dropbox referral link
Running plain ol' Openbox, as the tiler I was using broke.
could you share that GTK theme?
WM - xmonad
gtk - simply basic zero border
icons - lagadesk blackwhite iii
wallpaper - vertical woods from gaia10.us
You have a background image for your conky, right? How do you do that..?
See, you're unpacking.
You have a background image for your conky, right? How do you do that..?
You can have a background image with conky using ${image /path/to/image}, for more see here or here. This is not what I did though, because you either can't use a transparent image or I don't know how to. I just opened the background in gimp and added a transparent layer and made the box with a gradient; all I needed it for was to offer a bit of contrast to make the text more readable.
Yeah I actually knew you could use images but transparency was my problem too (that's why your setup caught my attention)! So for now I guess the only way is to "hack" our backgrounds like you did... Thanks for your reply.
See, you're unpacking.
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Nothing terribly exciting. Took a setup I saw last month and altered a few things.
By the way, my hat is off to those of you using dwm. After spending *hours* last week fiddling with it, and have absolutely no success, I am thoroughly impressed by those of you who are.
Any clues on how to set quick launch icons as small as his?
I just played around with the panel's width until I got everything looking mostly the way I wanted it. Setting the panel much narrower gives me big quicklaunch icons.
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5203/mar … aca74_orig
Awesome + Xfpanel + nimbus-gtk theme
Moderator edit: read the rules on posting thumbnails please
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could you share that GTK theme?
It's the Xfce-Dusk theme, available in the gtk-xfce-engine package.
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First time back on arch after a month...oh how i missed thee...
Nothing special
What kind of cpu are you using?
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First time back on arch after a month...oh how i missed thee...
Nothing special
What kind of cpu are you using?
This one http://products.amd.com/en-ca/DesktopCP … spx?id=641
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Hopefully doing this right, first time poster.
Recently moved from KDE to Openbox (though still use KJots and Digikam), so I've just started fiddling in the latter. I tend to go for sparse: for now it's just one desktop; pypanel with tasks, thunar and digikam launchers, tray with volumeicon and nm-applet; urxvt (autostart); and a conky I got from one of the threads in this forum and modified a bit for the colours. My own photo for wallpaper.
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Still can't decide between Awesome …
… and Xfce (+ a script for manual tiling).
Both are charming in very different ways. Yes, I like the old-fashioned look. Well, still looking for a nice set of "retro" icons – instead of smooth SVG icons.
Gtk-Theme is Solaris-motif, Xfwm-Theme is Mofit (slightly modified – original theme included is in the package "xfce4-themes"), GUI font is CMU Bright and anything else is Terminus of course.
e17 with efenniht theme, Darklooks gtk theme.
What theme are you using? Looks good. :-)
Oct screens for me
kde 4.5.2
icons are iceglass
window style oxygen
custom colors
plasma is oxyzone, with system monitor plasmoids, now playing and event viewer
wallpaper - search "perseids" on google images
"I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here:
Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?"


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- Danielle Spears said...
OK, this is off subject here. Well, sort of. But is it just me, or did the object to the left of the computer on your blog image above just appear? No wonder you're in a good mood. If that's what I think it is. :)
The quick answer is no, the illustration has been exactly the same since I launched this blog in February 2010.
But it's worth discussing because, believe it or not, this ties to author branding.
I put a lot of thought into the look and feel of this blog before I launched it. I'm a passably good designer, so I purchased a variation of that image above to use as a starting point for what you see now. After removing the city skyline outside the window, changing the woman's hair color to match mine, and adding the pencil to anchor her chignon, I started adding those little "details."
The words on the computer screen. The handcuffs to her right. And yes, the object to her left.
I knew I was pushing it with that last one, but it was a very deliberate choice to use it.
If you recognize what it is, you've got a dirty mind and you're not likely to be offended by it.
If you don't recognize it as a vibrator, you probably think it's a lipstick. Or more likely, you don't notice it at all.
Either way, I get to step back, blink innocently, and say, "What? I didn't say anything. If you took it that way, looks like you're the pervert."
Or something like that.
The humor I use in my books or in my blog posts or even in my day-to-day life relies heavily on euphemism, innuendo, suggestion, and subtlety. It's seldom blatant, and it always stops short of a line that's very clear in my mind.
In other words, I'll casually set a vibrator on the desktop and leave it to you to notice, but I'm not going to post an image that shows someone using it.
I was explaining this the other day to a friend who recently began reading my blog. He wanted to see just how clear the line was in my mind, and began peppering me with rapid-fire words, raunchy phrases, and risque jokes and asking whether I would or wouldn't say it on my blog.
For the record, this conversation was not held in the children's section at my local library.
In every single case, I could say instantly if something was blog-appropriate. I may not have spelled out the rules in a user manual I keep on my desktop, but I know without question where the line is. I might push it from time to time, but I don't cross it.
So there you have it – a little insight into the creation and maintenance of an author brand.
Where do you draw the line on risque humor? Are there certain topics or phrases that are off limits. Er, this is one of those discussions that could quickly deteriorate, so try to keep it subtle if you can. Consider it a challenge!


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There are essentially two reasons for this post on the 48-year-old Spaniard. One is the video above. It remains as magnificently hypnotic as ever and should be viewed at least twice a year, as needed. The other is the quote below, following his win at the Hong Kong Open.
"There is maybe olive oil in my joints, and drinking the nice Rioja wine and those things keeps me fit and flexible," he said. "Well, the most important thing (is), I do what I like to do in my life, and golf has given me all of this pleasure."
That just sounds like the best.
Miguel Angel Jimenez wins at 48 [ESPN]


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Minneapolis Being Considered As NCAA Final Four Host
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The nets could be cut down in Minnesota again. Minneapolis has made the list of finalists for the next round of Final Four bids.
The NCAA announced Monday eight cities it's considering as hosts for the semifinals and championship of the men's basketball tournaments from 2017-2020. Also on the list: Atlanta, Indianapolis, New Orleans, the Dallas area, the Phoenix area, San Antonio and St. Louis.
Minneapolis hosted the 1992 and 2001 Final Four at the Metrodome, which is being torn down. The new Minnesota Vikings stadium, which is also a candidate to host the 2018 Super Bowl, is scheduled to open in 2016.
Final presentations from each location will be made to the NCAA in November. Winning bids will be announced later that month.


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H-E-L-L-O! I'm Tenma-chan! Let's see...some of my favorites:
Food - Anything lol!
Colors - Red, Black, Green
Animal - Cat, Dog, Frog, Panther
Anime - School Rumble, Tora Dora, Eden of the East, Lovely Complex, Bokura Ga Ita
Manga - High School Debut, Monkey High!, Skip Beat, Boys Over Flowers, Yotsuba&
Music - No Doubt, Paramore, BoA, Utada Hikaru, Younha, Angela Aki, Jack Johnson, Damien Rice
So there are a few of my favorite favorites! Of course there is more manga, anime and music that I love. Just can't think of them right now. Well anyway, enjoy your time here on my world Tenma and Me. Catch you later


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The Student Life section of Utah State Today highlights work written by the talented student journalists at Utah State University. Each week, the editor selects a story that has been published in The Utah Statesman or the Hard News Café or both for inclusion in Utah State Today.
Aggies Advocate for Change of Fate
By Melanie Fenstermaker, staff writer, The Utah Statesman, Thursday, April 24, 2014
Holding signs that read, "You're too pretty to be gay," "You're not Mormon? But you're such a nice person" and "You're smart, for a Mexican," USU students marched through the TSC on Wednesday to raise awareness about microaggression.
"We are all capable of saying these types of statements and not knowing how they affect people," said Lacey Haggan, a marriage and family graduate student who helped plan the event. "These microaggressions are very harmful. People who are saying it and people who are receiving it don't really recognize it. We are all the victims, but we are all the culprits."
Before the march, the students gathered in the TSC Auditorium to watch a video called "Changing the Fate of Utah State." The video showed pictures of students holding posters with micro-aggressive statements that had been directed at them in the past. They told personal stories about encounters with discrimination due to religion, sex, race or otherwise at USU.
During the event, students discussed with each other the microaggressions they faced on campus. Some said they were discriminated against for their disabilities.
"I've been discriminated against because I have a service dog," said Shandrea Hickok, a psychology and environmental science major. "I've experienced feedback from a lot of staff and students on campus with my service dog, viewing her as a choice, not understanding why I need her."
Others said they were discriminated against based on age and physical appearance.
"Some people discriminate against me because of my age because I'm an older student," said Shauntae Draper, a history education major. "They assume things about my appearance. Because I'm white and I'm married, they assume that I don't want to be friends with them because we're different."
It was difficult for students to share their stories about microaggression, said Sheree Haggan, intern for the Access and Diversity Center and communication major at USU. She said each student who marched with a poster got "emotionally naked" in front of campus.
"To have over sixty people show up and expose themselves for the benefit of all people was huge. Powerful," Haggan said. "These students did something to change the rest of the world, like Rosa Parks. These students got naked in front of everybody for the betterment of this campus."
After the video, a guest speaker, Jackie Thompson, addressed the group about the importance of anti-violence and anti-microaggression.
"My heart was sad and cried when I heard some of the microaggressions," Thompson said. "Prejudice and discrimination is ugly in any shape, form or fashion. Intentional or unintentional."
After the march, Haggan said she hoped to make Changing the Fate of Utah State an annual event. She hopes to get more people involved by sharing the hashtag #changingthefate on social networking sites. The "Changing the Fate of Utah State" video that was shown at the event can be found on Youtube.


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English Faster has no centre in Cirebon at the moment. You can submit your job application and we'll keep it on file for any future recruitment in Cirebon.
About English Faster
English Faster is a top-quality English language centre that specialises in Accelerated Learning. Our teachers are required to teach our English course to 2.5 to 17 years old students for the following levels: Nursery, Kindergarden, Primary and Secondary.
English Faster has a big vision, a talented team, and a high-energy culture. We are looking for people who value being part of a group that innovates, brainstorms, works together and loves challenges.
If you think you are a talented English language teacher and wish to join our dynamic team, click here.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.
- Selected candidates after the interview have to take an English Proficiency Test at our centre.
- We only hire teachers who already have a valid visa to stay and work in Indonesia.
- We require a minimum two-year commitment.
- Both locals and foreigners can apply.
Profile of the Ideal Candidate
- Preferred minimum age: 23
- Experience teaching kids (Nursery, Kindergarden, Primary) or teenagers (Secondary)
- Degree in English or Humanities (Communication, Journalism, Sociology, etc)
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- Standard English accent with minimal mother tongue influence
- Passionate about education
- Can inspire and be and be a role model for children
- Organised, Independent & Team Player
- Presentable, Mature, Good-mannered, Positive-minded, Hardworking
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- Assist with routine admin duties whenever needed
- Attend and participate in briefings/meetings/training
- Represent and maintain the good image of English Faster at all times