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I just finished putting my add-on up on my blog. Here's a preview:
The link to download is in my blog post here: New challenge freebie
I just finished putting my add-on up on my blog. Here's a preview:
The link to download is in my blog post here: New challenge freebie
Everyone is doing such awesome work! Thanks for the shares!
He creado tres tarjetas, estoy con mi primer Project Life y me encanta!!
I created three cards, I am with my first Project Life and I love it!
I wish I had more time to play - enjoy everything everyone has created..
Here is the download link.
This is my first challenge. I reread the instructions and realized that I was only supposed to create one element. Ha.
I could use some input about usability. I created them at 300 dpi, large, flat, and without shadows; because I didn't know how they might be used, and that seemed to be have the most flexible. The Photoshop / Photoshop Elements layered file can easily be shadowed, but the grass PNG files will look funny when shadowed because of the layering of the blades. I thought leaving the blades as separate PNG files was silly, so I didn't. Should I have shadowed them, prior to making the PNG?
It was also my first time to zip a file. I wanted people to only have to download a single file. I was given lots of compression choices. I chose "store" thinking the least compression was better. Was that the right choice?
I used PhotoImpact to create these since it lets me draw vector files, that can then be saved as PSD and PNG files. But the PSD files had to then be edited, because it didn't hold my layer names, which seem important since the tiny layers were difficult to see on the layer pallet in Photoshop Elements. They are easy to see in PhotoImpact because it doesn't show the whole transparent area.
I don't know, would people rather have finished elements that they can just plop into their scrapbook, or have images that are easily manipulated?
I also noticed that when some people do PNG and PSD files that can be use to clip paper to, they often have the items in gray scale. But since you can recolor and clip to a colored image, I just used the Spring Fields colors. Is their a reason to use gray scale instead?
Sorry for all the questions. Figured I get this here before the deadline, so I can fix something if it isn't right.
Engela, your elements are awesome. I downloaded them and used one of your dragonflys in a layout that I am making with downloaded challenge elements from everyone. Thanks so much!
Hey Marisa, I have a question. I made a layout from some of the goodies all of the wonderful ladies made. Is it OK to post a copy of it in this thread so everyone can see their elements?
I think I followed the directions but using mediafire to place the preview, it doesn't show up. Sorry about that!
I enjoyed the challenge. I hope you can use some of the pieces!
Download at: http://www.mediafire.com/?9csqcgg8wz5yc52
Software: Serif Craft Artist 2
Chickie, thanks. Can't wait to see it.
@Chickie: Of course!
I deceided to make sequins for this challenge, and they were suposed to be my first time extracting to create elements. However, I compared my sequins with Marisa´s and Heather Neal´s and realised that they weren´t of really low quality, and that was better to draw a sequin from the scratch. My husband Heliton Junior helped me with them and added his own creation: Buttons! As, to be really honest, a big part of the sequins you will see were made by him, we deceided to put all our part in only one file. We both learned a lot, and he wrote on his blog that he never imagined he would use his graphic designer skills to draw sequins, lol!
Here is my preview:
I also have to say that I already downloaded all your contributions, and they will be very useful - thanks for sharing
Here is my contribution to this challenge. I used a few Pixel Scrapper papers to create the design layer on the butterfly and charms (in my blog freebie). Otherwise everything is either my own creation or actual items I scanned, extracted and altered to create these elements.
You can download it from Skydrive HERE I think I fixed the link...LMK if it still is broken.
I also have an addon on my blog Stampgram's Studio.
You can find the link to download there.
Thank you, everyone for your wonderful elements. With spring finally arriving, they will be put to good use.
Here is the layout I made using some of the wonderful elements made for this challenge:
I used the following:
Spring Field Papers
Sunny's flower and pebble
Jenny's flowers
Molly's Misted Flowers
Janet's Splats and gem
Engela's Dragonfly
I also made some leaves to go with all the flowers, which I used in my layout.
Here is the link.
Chickie, what a great layout! Love it.
This has by far been my favorite challenge so far (and I've participated in quite a few). There are so many creative people on this site!
Chickie, that is wonderful!
Everyone made such wonderful elements that I had to try some. I got started pretty late but I did get it done. It's the first time I've done this and it was such a great challenge opportunity!
This is a great challenge...I had so much fun I couldn't stop! lol Thanks everyone for the awesome pieces. Love your layout Chickie.
You all are seriously talented. I'm really enjoying what you all come up with. If I only had a smidge of talent!
Everyone is doing so well!
@Lorien: I love that you and your husband work on this together. So cute!
Really great elements posted everyone! Thanks for sharing!


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Rojkind Arquitectos' R432 tower in Mexico City is a shining example of the region's architectural experimentation
The boundaries of cutting edge architecture in Mexico City have been extending year on year since LAR / Fernando Romero presented the gleaming Museo Soumaya back in 2007. Completed in March this year, the concave art museum has become a beacon on the skyline of the city, inviting both aspiring and experienced architects to test their ingenuity in what is slowly emerging as the new design playground of the daring.
As 2009 came to a close, Foster + Partners unveiled the colour-banded concept for the Campus Biometrics, the practice's first structural design in Mexico. At the time, senior architect at Foster + Partners Nigel Dancey explained that not only was this concept breaking new ground for the firm but it was expanding the horizons of Mexico City: "The project will help safeguard the recharging of the aquifer supplying much of Mexico City and protect indigenous plant and animal species, as well as the important geological formations found on the site."
On 22nd June, local architects Rojkind Arquitectos celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony of their most recent composition, R432, which is due to take pride of place on one of Mexico City's most prestigious streets, Reforma Avenue. Ascending 54 floors from a 70 sq m base, the glittering tower sports a concertinaed facade which extends and retracts into angular divots in direct opposition to the soft folds of the City's most recently completed cultural monument – Museo Soumaya.
Within the rippling form will be 28 floors of residential units, 12 levels of offices with associated parking, 3 floors offering luxury restaurants and retail facilities, with 5 basement levels reserved for residential parking. Located on the top 10 floors will be entertainment and leisure facilities to cater to the needs of R432's residents, including a gym, swimming pool, spa area, and jogging track.
As Mexico City continues its creative development, architects and designers appear to be taking inspiration from more and more unlikely sources. In this case, Rojkind Arquitectos have been stimulated by the writings of French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, whose critical piece 'Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter' explores the comparative constituents of a number of natural materials, on both physical and figurative levels.
In the opening to his theoretic examination, Bachelard argues: "'Images' whose basis or matter is water do not have the same durability and solidity as those yielded by earth, by crystals, metals, and precious stones. They do not have the vigorous life of fire images…To be deceived by river mirages, a soul must be quite disturbed. These gentle water phantoms are usually linked to the sham illusions of a beguiled imagination seeking entertainment. The phenomena of water lit by a spring sun thus provide the common, easy, and abundant metaphors that inform second-rate poetry.
"We cannot be captivated by such images, not even natural ones. The do not awaken in us the profound feeling that equally common fire and earth images evoke. Because they are elusive, they give only a fleeting impression. A glance toward the sunlit sky and we are filled with the certitudes of light; an inner decision, an unexpected urge, and we give ourselves up to the earth and its will, to the positive tasks of digging and building."
The explanation given by R432's architects is that this complex piece of critical theory has inspired the interior layout of the building volume, dividing the internal space into zones identified by specific themes recognised by Bachelard including smells, sounds, colours and so forth. These include Metal, Crystal, Water, Stone, and Seeds.
If one delves a little further it may be suggested that the designers are in fact interacting with the philosopher's text on a deeper level, the rippling building concept the a direct response to Bachelard's considerations on the materiality and density of so-called water 'phantoms'. The swells in the glass façade may also be read as a reflection of the writer's argument that 'violent water is a schema for courage': a courageous building for what is gradually becoming an architecturally fearless city.

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Baxter's key hustle doesn't go unnoticed
NEW YORK -- Long before Jordany Valdespin made the Mets winners Wednesday with his walk-off grand slam against the Dodgers in the 10th, the chatter on the dugout bench was about Mike Baxter. It was Baxter who had come through with a clutch pinch-hit in the ninth, then stretched it into a double when he noticed Carl Crawford hesitate in fielding the ball.
Baxter's hustle led directly to David Wright's game-tying hit, which allowed Valdespin to come through an inning later with the bases loaded.
"As you sat in the dugout last night, listening to the guys talk about when Baxter taking the extra base, how important that is they pay attention," manager Terry Collins said. "Now can we string it over 162? That's how you win. That ultimately is how you win games and how you get yourself in position for the postseason. We've got a long, long way to go."
When he arrived at second base, Baxter leapt up and clapped his hands excitedly, an out-of-character gesture for the normally reserved outfielder.
"Sometimes I get excited when the play gets close," Baxter said, laughing. "As you're getting closer, you know it's going to be a close play. That was a rare show of emotion there."
As for Valdespin, the Mets' other left-handed pinch-hitter was still basking in the afterglow of his game-winner the next morning, perusing a stack of local newspapers at his locker. Valdespin joked that he planned to take pictures of himself with the newspapers and post them on the internet.


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Anyone watching the parade going on right now. From the airport right to the Wankehede (sp?) stadium. I was just watching a bit of it right now, and I swear it's madness. People are going crazy in Mumbai. You'll really have to watch it to know how crazy it is.
Btw, NDTV is showing it.


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Bombing at an outdoor market north of capital, Baghdad, kills 5 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Authorities in Iraq say a bombing at an outdoor market north of the capital, Baghdad, has killed five people.
Police officials say the attack took place Saturday when the bomb exploded at the market in the town of Tarmiyha, killing five shoppers and wounding 14.
Tarmiyah is 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad. Police say the blast damaged several shops.
A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to release the information.
Iraq has seen a spike in violence since April 2013, with the death toll climbing to its highest levels since the worst of the country's sectarian bloodletting in 2006-2008. The United Nations says violence killed 8,868 people in 2013.


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Here they are
Who: Scorpions with Vince Neil
Where: Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
When: Wednesday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $24 to $64, www.meadowbrook.net
Last January, with the release of their 17th album, Sting in the Tail, German rockers Scorpions decided to retire as a band. They are currently on a worldwide farewell tour that stops at the Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion on Wednesday, June 23. The final run of shows will likely stretch into 2012, the 40th anniversary of the band's first record, Lonesome Crow.
With MTV-era hits like "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "Wind of Change," the Scorpions are the largest-selling German band in history. Lead guitarist Matthias Jabs talked to The Hippo as he prepared for a final show in Greece.
How do you think the new album stacks up against other Scorpions records?
I would say with Sting in the Tail we are coming closest to my two favorite albums [and fan favorites] of the early '80s, Blackout and Love at First Sting. It somehow reminds me, even though it came out more than 20 years later — it has that Scorpion sound … we lost it a little bit in the '90s. The recent releases were not what I'd call the essence of the Scorpions sound, but we found it luckily with Sting in the Tail.
Why did you decide that this would be your last album and tour as a band?
The album was already done and no one in the band ever had that thought; [management and the record label heard the final mix and] said, you know what? The album is great and everybody loves it so much, you should think about calling this the last one in connection with a final tour. And we were like, "oops, what a strange thought." But in thinking about it … Klaus [Meine] is turning 62 this year [and] the way we perform, we still run around on stage like mad men like 30 years ago. Everything is great, the songs are excellent and we are very fit [but] at the end of 60, you never know. We want to be remembered as a band that is physically fit and plays a powerful show and not "look at them, now they're growing old," and all that crap. We want to save ourselves, and the fans, from that embarrassing sight.
Who inspired you when you were coming up as a guitarist?
I listened to Johnny Winter, early Deep Purple stuff, Eric Clapton with Cream. I was most inspired by Jimi Hendrix, though I never sat down and tried to play like Hendrix. I learned from those great guitar players [and then] I stopped listening with a guitar in my hand so I don't run the risk of sounding like somebody else. Then I just played what I like to play, I think I developed very early a melodic style within the solos so it's actually recognizable.
You own a guitar store — how has being a shopkeeper been for you?
You know, honestly — I just did it because I was developing my own instruments [and people asked to buy them]. I couldn't bring people to my house, to my studio and I needed a place … in the beginning, I was nervous. It's not easy to run a business when you're not around. I had to learn it. Just before the Munich show, I announced I would be in the store and there was more than a thousand people in the streets. They're all on their way to the show that night, in town but it turned out to be a meeting point for Scorpions fans [from surrounding countries]. They come from all over the place and they meet in the store — that's quite nice.
"Wind of Change" was named Song of the Century in Germany. How did it feel to contribute to history?
It feels amazing! The song wasn't really written about the coming down of the Berlin Wall. It was written earlier in Moscow. In the late '80s [we performed at] the Moscow Music and Peace Festival … it was a free concert and it was amazing. In Russia the first time, they were like the typical old image — old, gray, it was March, it was cold, it was terrible. But in the summer of '89, it was a nice, warm, beautiful city and [the sudden influx of Westerners created] a whole different vibe. The fans were great. The soldiers that formed a human barricade threw their uniforms on stage and watched the show and there were no riots. They even lit up the Olympic torch … the whole atmosphere changed. That's when the song came up.
That song is kind of a legacy of that moment in history.
Yeah, it's like we have the soundtrack to what we call the most peaceful revolution in the history of mankind. Because not one shot was fired and 17.5 million people were freed. That never happened before.
How have the crowds been for you on this European swing, knowing that this is your last run?
Amazing. We haven't played in our own country for a long time [and the shows are] all sold out and that's great and sometimes it's getting a bit emotional … I know towards the end, it will be very emotional for us — all the ones involved. [During the current shows] you can feel there's a certain "bye-bye" in their emotions … for a lot of them it will be the last time they see us [so] that makes it very emotional. I don't really want to know what we are all feeling until we come to the last show. Don't ask me what it is, we don't know.
What happens for you after the final show? Have you thought about that?
You know, I'm much younger than the others, and therefore I'm definitely not ready to sit somewhere on the terrace and watch the waves of the ocean. I will definitely go on musically, that's for sure — but in what way? I don't know, sometimes we talk about it. I'm thinking about it once in a while but I trying to not think about it because I want to use the next two and half years to feel what is right for me and also be very sensitive about how the time has changed. It wouldn't make any sense to just say I'm making a guitar player's album. It may be, but you know only if the stuff is crazy great enough. I will have to see. I don't really know. I think when this is over, we will all look around and see what we've done and then make the final decision. It's really too early and I don't want to trap myself with a thought I have now [that] I have to fulfill one day. I'm not ready for that. I want to concentrate on the tour first and then be sensitive about what will come.
What would you consider some of the high points of the journey?
We had many. The first high point was when we, a rock band from Germany, are welcomed in Japan in 1979 as if we were the Beatles. After that tour, we came for the very first time to the United States. Our first show was in Cleveland at the Municipal Stadium at 11 in the morning with the greatest lineup. Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Journey and then us opening, and we didn't even know that we only had half an hour time. It was our very first show ever in the States and we kept playing and they didn't know what to do with us — "shall we pull the plug?" Our English was so bad, we couldn't even understand what they were screaming, and we kept playing. Ted Nugent was watching, he got up early, and a couple of other musicians were also there. It was the Scorpions, they had heard about us.
There were so many great memories. I could mention the U.S. Festival in 1983 [with] more than 300,000 people, and the great photo of that view from the stage in that old double vinyl album.
Obviously, we were invited in the Kremlin 10 days before Gorbachev resigned. We were the first and only rock band ever in the Kremlin, and we jammed, we played acoustically in his office. He's the President of the Soviet Union — you know, that's unheard of. And so many great shows in the '80s. Musically, we felt what was in the air and we made the right music, which made us very successful. We really do have a great career.


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Dinesh D'souza gets a small dose of truth courtesy of Bill Maher from Real Time, and like most wingnut grifters he doesn't handle the truth well at all. Mediate has the video, here's a recap:
Video Link— Maher went so far as to attack the patriotism of the Republican party for not wanting to fix the economy because it would allow Obama to secure reelection. D'Souza charged that Democrats acted similarly under George W. Bush, and the only reason they supported the war in Iraq was because of a post-9/11 "patriotic surge."
The conversation then turned to D'Souza's documentary, 2016: Obama's America, in which he claims that Obama is influenced by his father's anti-colonialist views. When D'Souza tried to defend his allegations, Maher asked him "how far up [his] ass" he had to go to think up that claim. And as for the contemporary applications of Obama holding anti-colonialist views, D'Souza argued that it is part of an anti-capitalist ideology Obama holds that views America as a "rogue nation."
Whenever I see this guy, I'm struck by what a shameless, nimble liar he is. D'souza isn't just your average conservative loudmouth liar, he's adept at adjusting his lies on the fly in front of a live audience, convincingly if you don't know any better, in the tradition of a full-blown professional con man. He typically opens with a whopper maybe one notch too big and sees how it's being received, if no one can prove then and there it's bullshit, he proceeds with it as a foundation to strike out for new ways to please his teaparty fanbase with ever more aggresive lies. But when called by someone who does happen to have the fact at their fingertips, he quickly pivots to a smaller lie often on tangentially related issues to the opening whopper and proceed down that track for as long as he can get away with talking over the other panelists.
One of the weirdest issues D'souza pushes is the "Obama is an anti-coloniliast" bullshit. It's all fantasy for starters, but what's strange to me is … wasn't America founded on the idea of anti-colonialism?
For that reason and others I think I have to consider D'souza a s a contender for the August Pastor Rick Warren "Sacker" Award , and with the RNC last week, this is a crowded month.


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Given recent changes in the Middle East, Israel must prepare for a battle in several theaters, outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Monday at the Herzliya Conference.
"The connection between the different players requires us to contend with more than one theater," he said.
The radical camp in the Middle East is gaining strength, Ashkenazi warned, adding that "the moderate camp among the traditional Arab leadership is weakening." He also made note of what he characterized as the "fascinating phenomenon" whereby power is shifting to the people of the region thanks to online social networks.
The army chief said that in the wake of the growing threat of radical Islam among Israel's neighbors, the defense budget would have to be boosted in the coming years. The main change faced by the army is the widening spectrum of threats, he said.
"Because of this spectrum, we must prepare for a conventional war…it would be a mistake to prepare for non-conventional war or limited conflicts and then expect that overnight the forces will operate in an all-out-war," he said.


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Cognitive Psychology: Attention · Decision making · Learning · Judgement · Memory · Motivation · Perception · Reasoning · Thinking - Cognitive processes Cognition - Outline Index
Subjective constancy or perceptual constancy is the perception of an object or quality as constant under changing conditions.
In vision this means perceiving a color as "constant under changing conditions of illumination" (Erickson 1975, p.11-12) and "is the achievement of a very complicated 'calculation' by an unconsciously working apparatus within our central nervous system" (Lorenz 1961, p.171).
- "The facts behind color-constancy phenomena...are that we require fine color discriminations less frequently than gross discriminations, and when gross discriminations enable us to maintain focus on objects of prime interest, we 'systematically overlook' differences beyond the necessary degree of fineness. The mechanism which accomplishes this 'systematic overlooking' is the information-processing system of the organism, and the principle according to which it is accomplished is that this system never expands more of its capacity on a given perceptual task than is necessary according to the current needs and interests of the agent." (Sayre 1968, p.151-152)
There are several types of perceptual constancies:-
- Object constancy
- Shape constancy
- Size contancy
- Colour constancy
- Brightness constancy
- Distance constancy
- Location constancy
- Roughness constancy
- Velocity constancy
In music, subjective constancy is the identification of a musical instrument as constant under changing timbre or "conditions of changing pitch and loudness, in different environments and with different players." (Erickson ibid)
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- Walsh, V. & Kulikowski, J.(1996). (Eds.), Perceptual Constancies: Why Things Look As They Do. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Additional materialEdit
- Erickson, Robert (1975). Sound Structure in Music, University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-02376-5.
- Lorenz, K. (1961). "The Role of Gestalt Perception in Animal and Human Behaviour" in Aspects of Form, p.157-178, ed. Lancelot Law Whyte, Indiana University Press.
- Sayre, K.M. (1968). "Toward a Quantitative Model of Pattern Formation" in Philosophy and Cybernetics, p.149-152, ed. Frederick J. Crosson and Kenneth M. Sayre, Simon and Schuster.
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birdwhistell necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 787 diseños de 188 diseñadores freelance.
secret city
Leveraging the power of Facebook, we are launching a new company at SecretCity.com that helps people share about and discover new gems in their own cities. By cultivating a sense of community around sharing and discovery, we hope to help lend a hand in re-vitalizing how people approach the city. So this project is about exploration, discovery, and learning. To get a taste of this, check out http://facebook.com/secretDC. This is one of our top pages
The ultimate target audience is the educated, 21-45 y/o set that is interested in getting out and about. These are the guys who have Lonely Planet books on their shelves alongside a few plants. These aren't typically the hipsters in the city, but rather the ones who bounce between the occasional show, happy hour, and nice restaurant.
We've received some cool submissions so far. The one's we like have a sense of 'discovery' to them (a key hole, subtle shading, etc.) and involve either silhouettes of the city and/or people. Some of the brand/emotional elements we are looking for draw on:
1. Wizard of Oz or Secret Garden type exploration (color, roads, friends, etc.)
2. A vibrant city/buildings.
3. Strong serif text like Bookman Old Style, etc.
Ultimately we are looking for something where the 'city' can be captured in a small image and the words themselves fit well alongside them. Feel free to experiment with color.
Requirements: WIll need both black and white versions of the logo. Vector graphics. Ability to have the city name added in a way that fits with the logo.
Post questions in the comments if you have them. The winning design will have the feel of a lonely planet with a bit more flair.
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What else can I be but what I am?: Mutables at Eli Ridgway Gallery
Imagine if we never had to define ourselves. Imagine if we could exist suspended in a sort of identity probability cloud in which we were only more or less likely to be one thing than another. Or better yet if we could be in two conflicting states at once. We may never know the luxury of being both particle and wave, but we can certainly[…..]


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FRIDAY, July 22, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers who bring home the bacon are not inflicting any significant social or emotional damage on their young children, new British research says.
The finding stems from information gleaned from the U.K. Millennium Cohort Study, which further found that youngsters appear to be best off when both their mother and their father are gainfully employed and reside at home with their children.
"Some studies have suggested that whether or not mothers work in the first year of a child's life can be particularly important for later outcomes," principal researcher Anne McMunn noted in a news release from the Economic and Social Research Council, which funded the research. "In this study we did not see any evidence for a longer-term detrimental influence on child behavior of mothers working during the child's first year of life."
The study results suggested that working mothers can be distinguished from non-working mothers on a number of levels. For example, McMunn noted that gainfully employed moms are more likely to be better educated, wealthier and less depressed.
That said, the ways in which a mom's employment history could affect their child's development appears to have a lot to do with the gender of their offspring, with girls appearing to be more affected by maternal work patterns than boys.
Girls actually appeared to fare less well than boys (in terms of the onset of behavioral difficulties by age 5) in households where the father was the breadwinner and the mother did not work, compared with homes where both parents worked, according to the researchers.
In contrast, in a reverse dynamic where the mother was the breadwinner (as opposed to a dual-income household), boys appeared to fare less well than girls.
However, the study bolstered previous evidence that behavioral problems by age 5 arise more frequently (although not always) in those households where both parents struggle with unemployment, as well as in single-mom households.
More information
For more on childhood development, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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The SAL20TC teleconverter lens doubles your focal length without compromising image quality. A high-performance teleconverter like the SAL20TC can significantly expand the range and versatility of a single lens or a small selection of lenses, giving you a vastly greater range of shooting options without having to carry a heavy, bulky lens kit.
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Image taken without SAL20TC teleconverter.
Image adjusted to simulate teleconverter magnification.
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The SAL20TC teleconverter is compatible with the following lenses: SAL500F40G, SAL300F28G2, SAL70400G2, SAL70200G2, SAL135F28
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- 200 g (7.1 oz)
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IN THE FILM Throw Down Your Heart, an African musician says, "There is this negative thinking about Africa. There is nothing good in Africa. They are beggars, there is HIV/AIDS, they are at war all the time. But that is just a very small bit of what Africa is."
True enough. Despite its troubles, Africa is, for one thing, the mother continent of all humanity—the roots and trunk of our great extended family tree. In addition, these two recent music video projects, Béla Fleck's Throw Down Your Heart and Mark Johnson's Playing for Change, make a powerful case for Africa as the cornerstone of contemporary popular culture and the musical heart and soul of the planet.
Throw Down Your Heart documents a journey through Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali that began when banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck decided to take his instrument back to its roots. Those roots seem to be in West Africa, where a stringed instrument called the akonting is said to have departed on a slave ship from the Gambian port of Banjul. The idea for a trip to Africa began to form when Fleck "discovered where the banjo originally came from," he says. "I developed the suspicion that some of the greatest acoustic music on earth is hidden in the small villages in Africa."
And that's what he found. The film opens with a scene of Fleck playing banjo in an African village. After a while, he is joined by a fiddler, an African man bowing a one-stringed local version of a violin. Over this opening sequence, another of Fleck's African musical partners remarks, "Béla Fleck wanted to take the banjo back to Africa and let it play with its old folks."


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Justina Muniz, 36, is the owner/administrator of Soundview Family Care Homes. She is originally from New York City.
How did you come to move to Western North Carolina and get involved with running family-care homes?
I visited my aunt in Black Mountain in April of 2000. I absolutely fell in love with the mountains. I was still in school at the time and was slated for graduation in June of 2000. A week after graduation I moved to Black Mountain. I began working with my aunt at a family-care home that she was operating.
In August of 2000 I took over the operations of a family-care home next door to my aunt. It was somewhat of a family business because there were four homes on the site, each run by one of my family members. So it was myself, my aunt and two of my cousins. I ran this home until 2003 when I moved to Flat Rock to operate a few homes that were located there. We opened our doors officially on May 1, 2003, with three homes in Flat Rock. Over the past 10 years, we have grown to 16 homes in two counties.
Your business offers alternatives for folks who cannot live on their own unassisted. How would you describe the clients you serve?
Our clients typically have been younger individuals struggling with severe and persistent mental illness that affected their ability to live independently and manage their medications. The state recently entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice that is dramatically changing the face of the clients served in our homes.
My passion is in serving individuals struggling with a mental illness and giving them a place to call home where there is no stigma associated with their illness. More recently our population has changed and continues to change to an older, more fragile client — those who cannot live independently in their own homes anymore but don't need nursing home care.
So we will bridge the gap for older adults between independent living and nursing homes, providing care and services in a home like environment.
What makes Soundview different from traditional assisted-living facilities?
I think the difference in our homes is we provide a home-like environment. Our homes look and feel like your home — no nurses' station, no long halls with rails and people that seem lost, longing for home. Our homes are your home, each serving six people with care and compassion.
The goal of our homes is to provide personalized care, and the size of the homes allows us to do that in a very unique way. Staff members live onsite with the residents of the homes, so it really is a home-like environment. When people visit our community, they see the same things they would see in any other community: kids playing, people socializing on their porches. Friendly staff and residents makes for an environment where people thrive.
What's the most rewarding part of your business?
Every day is an opportunity for us at Soundview, a chance to make a difference in someone's life. It's the small things that really matter to our residents. I love that about my job, that feeling of accomplishment knowing that you have been there for a moment that seemed so insignificant but meant the world to the person you were with. That happens all the time for us at Soundview. There isn't a greater job to be had, and I wouldn't trade what I do for the world.
You recently were honored as Minority Entrepreneur of the Year at the 30th annual Minority Enterprise Development awards ceremony in Asheville. How did that feel?
It was a great honor; I thought I was getting an award for service provider of the year, which was already an amazing recognition, but when they played the video and announced it was Minority Entrepreneur of the Year, I was flabbergasted. I was completely taken aback because receiving such an amazing award for doing something I love almost didn't seem fair. The last thing I ever want to be is the center of attention. I just love what I do and it comes naturally to me. This is completely odd for me because I am such an introverted person.
You have 16 family-care homes: 10 in Flat Rock, two in Asheville and four in Black Mountain. Do you have any plans to expand further, and if so, when?
I would love to expand into a similar arena since my passion is for the younger mentally ill. The goal would be to build a supportive housing complex for individuals with varying disabilities. While I love the idea of independent living as an option for individuals with mental illness, it is not a viable option without appropriate supports and services.
The mental health system is broken across the U.S., and likewise right here in North Carolina. So my goal for the expansion of Soundview is to open a supportive housing community that offers support services and works as a liaison for the tenant to link to and maintain access to appropriate care and services to maintain their independence.
Your business employs 22 people. What's the most important attribute you look for in a prospective employee and why?
It's less about the interview process and more about the person. I really don't care where they have worked in the past or what a wonderful resume they have. When I am interviewing a prospective employee, I like to walk around the homes, watch their reaction and interaction with the people that live there.
It's really about character and how they respond to the clients. Everything else can be taught, but you can't teach someone to care. That is genuine and it comes from within. Some people have it, and most people don't.
Helping people with Alzheimer's, memory loss, or other conditions that require assisted living must be very stressful. Are you ever able to get away from the business and relax?
When I need to unwind I take a weekend at Lake James with my husband, children and friends. I love weekends at the lake, but I am never unplugged and never more than a phone call away. The people in the homes are my family, and you never really take a break from family. More and more often I am stuck at the office with paperwork, phone calls and emails, so another way for me to relax is to go to the homes and sit on the porch with the residents. Sitting there listening to their stories, their trials and tribulations, for me, that is a relaxing day. I'm envious of the staff in the homes because they get to do that every day.
Have there been changes in federal regulations regarding assisted care that impact your business?
Regulations change all the time. It is a never-ending battle, with people at the state and federal level making decisions that really affect the day-to-day lives of the people we serve. My goal is always to minimize the exposure to the chaos that my residents have. I never want them to have to add the worries to their day to day struggles.
That is probably the most frustrating part of my job, because there is little I can do to impact real change on state and federal levels. Legislators and representatives sit behind a desk somewhere patting each other on the back and never really see the impact of their decisions on the individual. They live in aggregates.
As for Soundview, we adapt and we change as the regulations change, so who we are and where we are 10 years from now really depends on the government. One thing I feel certain about is that we will continue to care for our most fragile population, the aged and disabled, in spite of government regulatory changes.
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In today's economic climate, many retirees need creative solutions to meet their income needs. Reverse mortgages, while often overlooked as a planning tool, are increasingly taking on an important role in effective retirement planning. A recent study indicates that the use of reverse mortgages is on the rise among retirement-age clients who need cash quickly; 80,000 Americans took advantage of this option in 2010, up from 25,000 in 1995.
There is no indication that this trend will be reversing itself anytime soon, so now is the time for every advisor to learn the ins and outs of the reverse mortgage.
Reverse Mortgages: How They Work
A reverse mortgage is essentially a loan that your client can take out against home equity. The option—also known as a home equity conversion mortgage (HECM)—is available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to homeowners who are at least 62 years old. The client must either own the home outright or must have a mortgage balance that is low enough to be paid off with the reverse mortgage funds.
While interest is charged on the loan, no repayments are due until the client dies or moves out of the home. If the house is sold, the proceeds must be used to pay off the reverse mortgage.
The reverse mortgage has often been an attractive option for older seniors because there are no credit or income requirements. As long as there is equity in the home, the client can qualify. Another perk is that the loan proceeds are not taxable and do not affect clients' social security payments.
Before finalizing a reverse mortgage, your clients will have to meet with an independent home loan officer who will make sure that they understand the complexities of the transaction.
Why Will Clients Be Interested in Reverse Mortgages?
In the past, reverse mortgages were primarily used by retirees in their 70s who urgently needed cash to pay bills and stay in their homes. The loan was seen as an emergency measure, rather than as part of a strategic retirement income plan.
This perception has evolved—your clients have worked hard to pay down their mortgages and are more likely to see the reverse mortgage as a benefit stemming from this investment. Clients who have seen their retirement savings accounts diminish greatly over the past few years may be relieved to see that the equity value of their homes remains.
During retirement, clients want to make as few payments as possible. For clients who have planned by paying down their mortgages, the reverse mortgage is attractive because it is basically a cash loan with no required payments (as long as the client continues living in the home).
What Disadvantages Do Clients Need to Know?
If your client plans to move out of his home, a reverse mortgage probably is not a good option. Because interest accumulates on the loan during the loan period, and any proceeds from the sale of the house have to be used to repay the reverse mortgage, there may be little or no money left after a sale. Further, the reverse mortgage might be inappropriate for clients who are concerned about the estate that they will leave to heirs.
The client is liable for any closing costs associated with the loan, which can be as high as $2,000 to $3,000, and remains liable for property taxes and mortgage insurance.
In an age when clients are in need of options, the reverse mortgage may provide the solution to many liquidity problems. Although only older clients are eligible for the loans, proper planning earlier in life can open up these payment-free loans to more clients. The days of the reverse mortgage being used as an emergency measure are over, and it's likely that the use of reverse mortgages in retirement income planning is here to stay.
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Lg Thrill
I've had this phone a little over a month and so far this is my 3 phone. The phone would rated a 5, the one I have had is not working:
Con: battery life no good, my screen lock keeps freezing and I can't unlock phone unless I power cycle it off, and when I take a picture or video the phone power cycles itself off.
I love the phone but these things need to be corrected. When I last to to my carrier I was advised since the phone has been replaced so many times I have the option to either wait until LG comes out with a version 2.3 or try send my phone to LG so they can try and fix it. Options no good since this is my primary phone. There should be a phone that is somewhat compatible to this phone that it can be replaced with after so many replacements. I'm hoping LG comes out with software update soon.
Absolutely Thrilling
I've had this phone since launch and it has been nothing but THRILLING! The tri-dual technology really makes this phone fly, not only between screens but between apps as well! Imagine a single core as a single line of a production plant, now imagine a dual-core as a construction plan with two production line, but only one processing line, with tri-dual technology, you get 6 lines of production and 6 processing plants, each handling different parts of the phone, and that's tri-dual technology. This is one of the fastest, if not THE fastest phones on the market, and soon as the gingerbread update comes, it will be even faster, and won't use up as much battery life.
Android 2.2, Upgradeable to 2.3 Soon!
Dual 5MP Cameras for 3D Pictures and Video
Tri-dual technology
Heavy Feel-Solid Phone
4.3 Screen
Front-Facing Camera
HDMI Port, w/cord included
Expandable Memory to 40GB Total
Not the best battery life, but will improve with Gingerbread Update
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I've owned this phone for 1mth and used many features often and agree with all of the GREAT THINGS said about this phone (an Android update will come and I bet it'll be 4.0 instead of 2.3, likely by the end of 2011 due to Google's 18mth upgrade promise), but must add ONE CON! Why does this phone not have a charge indicator light?
BEFORE YOU BUY, based on BarnettJr2's tips, pick up this phone at Costco for $30 w/$FREE accessory kit (too tight case, fine car charger, & ok screen protector)(Sign up for a new Costco membership to save more!)!
I bought this phone for the 3D. This is the 2nd 3D phone available in the USA (Sprint HTC EVO 3D was 1st). LG's Thrill 4G does beautiful 3D photos and video and you can even output 3D via HDMI! I think the Thrill 4G phone w/3D is better OVERALL than the EVO 3D, even though the EVO 3D has a few better features. Note, Thrill 4G only displays 3D in horizontal view (EVO 3D can display 3D images in vertical and horizontal views), but this may just be a limit of the camera software and 3rd-party software may fix that (Common Google! And update YouTube to make finding 3D videos easier!).
Recommended hardware upgrade for the future would be 3 camera lenses on the back of 3D phones to take 3D photos and video in ALL horizontal or vertical views!
See a 3D glasses-free phone in person to appreciate the depth 3D creates! I love 3D photos, watch 3D movies, record 3D video, and play 3D games (I played 3D games on my 1986 SEGA Master System!). I'd love 3D interfaces and/or apps with 3D layered menus 3D zoom effects to manage items on small displays better. You could tilt your phone to "look around" 3D objects! Every phone should have 3D since 3D phones usually have a button to quickly toggle 3D on or off, because 3D is not for everyone, but it is for me!
I also recommend the Case-Mate LG Optimus 3D Pop! Case w/Kickstand (available @ AT&T & on eBay). Drill a small hole above the hole on the bottom to create a lanyard anchor point!
Lg Thrill 4G
There is only one word that comes to me after using the LG Thrill 4g. That word is quality. There are many things that a manufacturer must do to produce a great phone. LG has surprisingly done these things well. While all phone are not perfect, the LG Thrill sure takes a forward leap towards the top. I work for an AT&T Authorized Deal, and I have owned nearly every handset these guys offer in the smartphone category.
This phone takes success factors from each previous phone on the market with AT&T. It has a great 4.3" display. While it is LCD technology, and a slightly lower resolution, it has fantastic color and shines greatly. It has the same good quality feel of the HTC Inspire 4G. The performance is definitely there thanks to the dual core 1Ghz processor from Texas Instruments. The glasses-free 3D seems to work really well. It is definitely better than the HTC EVO 3D. Pre-loaded games such as Nova 3D, and Asphalt 6 3D are a blast on this phone!
There are however a few downfalls to the phone, but these can perhaps be more opinionated in places. The phone comes pre-loaded with Android 2.2, while this is a 2.3 era. The battery life could be much better. It is very similar to the Inspire when it comes to battery lifespan, but this is reduced if the 3D features are used often. My last complaint would be that the user interface is a bit childish. I prefer HTC Sense or raw Android. This however can easily be fixed with a "GO Launcher" app which is completely customizable.
Other than these 3 things, I love the phone. I think that benefits definitely overcome what this phone may lack. While there are no perfect phones out there, the Thrill or Optimus is a winner with me, so I give it a 4.5. Thanks for reading!
Absolutely love this phone. Super fast with Dual Core Processor and dual ram memory. Great screen at 4.3 in with perfect touch feel. All the great stuff you expect from a supersmartphone. THEN ALL THE 3D STUFF THROWN IN FOR FREE. The 3D games preinstalled are remarkable. The whole 3D clarity is fantastic. It is the greatest deal for $100 that ATT has ever had. By the way, the signal stength is better than my Blackberry 9000 or Motorola Atrix. Makes the pain in rump IPHONES sick and way way behind.
LG Thrill 4G
Great phone. Got mine for free! Just have to know how to work Customer Service!
Great Phone!
I've had this phone since the day of release. I upgraded(AT&T) from HTC Inspire.. So far, no complaints. Call quality is good and signal strength is good in most places(I live in west central Louisiana). The dual core and dual channel ram makes this phone fly! Applications load quickly. The screen is brilliant and bright. Colors are sharp. Menus are easy to navigate. As for the 3D functions...They are nice but its not something I'd use daily. It's fun to play with and use with 3D games. It is nice to be able to take a 3D still picture. Most 3D applications do have an adjustment digitally to adjust the depth of the picture for your personal liking. Overall, I love the phone!!
Pros: -Android(Froyo)..Upgradable to Gingerbread when they get the glitches out.
-Camera Quality + fwd facing camera
-Speaker Quality(loud and clear)
-Headphone jack on top
-CPU speed
-HDMI port plus cable included
-The Best Pro is..that it's not an iPhone!!
-3D button on right side bottom...not needed and or should have been a camera button. Atleast be able to reassign it.
-volume rocker switch on right side...most phones are standard on left side. and vise versa with the HDMI port and USB port on left side. I prefer my USB on the bottom.
My opinion about the Cons, are just that...opinions. The phone is great. I'm just picky about smartphones. There is no otterbox avaiable as of yet. So i'm stuck with a ballastic case..
Amazing Phone
Absolutely amazingly fast, smooth & feature enriched. Screen crisp & colorful with good viewing angles n 2D & not really all that bad n 3D, that really works !! Ease of use excellent & very well laid out. Batt as good as any high performance phone. Of course 3D kills batt sooner. The one finally released is the latest upgraded version, thank goodness, so the delay was worthwhile. On Smartbench & Quadrant about 10% faster than my Moto Atrix. On Linpack Atrix 44MFLOPS - LG Thrill 3D 70MFLOPS, vids & gaming fast & very smooth, so apparently the fast Dual Core CPU & multi-channel RAM actually work very well. A real 'Look of Class' unit. Very impressed. Heck of a deal for the price. $80 @ Target, Radio Shack & Best Buy. However only $29.99 @ Costco, with free delivery & accessory kit.(case, car charger & screen saver). So wheather you're wanting a very capable Smartphone with or without 3D, hard to beat.
Don't particularly like power button on top.
3D button would b great camera button.
Only time will tell on other features.
Impressive want it, don't hesitate. Buy Now !!
Absolute horrible!!!!
I cannot even describe how bad this phone is. I had the iphone 4 but gave it to my older Mother. Thus, I got this Thrill phone.
First the battery life is terrible, You are lucky to get 2 hrs of total time out of the battery.
2nd- the phone locks up all the time. You have to power off the phone and then wait about 5 min for it to power back up.
3rd- the bluetooth is horrible! My bluetooth will not stay connected. I have to then go into the settings and turn the bluetooth back on.
Summary: STAY AWAY from this Garbage!!! This phone sucks. LG simple does not know how to make a quality phone. The 3D is useless. Get ready to have it plugged in all the time just to keep the battery level in the green!!


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- Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi were arrested yesterday and charged with felony residential burglary after breaking into their former home and living there without the current owner's consent. Evi was also charged with resisting arrest. [TMZ]
- Top Gun star Kelly McGillis and her girlfriend, Melanie Leis, were joined in a civil union last Wednesday. Congrats! [People
- Clint Eastwood has a lot of faith in first-time director Angelina Jolie: "She's a very intelligent gal. I know she'll do great. I haven't discussed it with her on this particular occasion, but I know she'll be tough to stop. She has great a work ethic and she's very smart. I'm looking forward to seeing what she does." [People]
- A source claims that Cindy Barshop, owner of the day spa/hair removal chain Completely Bare, is the newest member of The Real Housewives Of New York. [USWeekly]
- Paris Hilton won't be going to jail any time soon; she's accepted a plea bargain, plead guilty to lesser drug possession charges, and will get off with a fine, a year of probation, and community service. [Digital Spy]
- No Doubt has a new album due out next year, and Tony Kanal sounds pretty excited about it: "I swear, we're having more fun than we've ever had writing a record before. I think [because] it's been a while, but also because we're older... the fact that we're still doing it together after 24 years - you know, working on music - I think we really appreciate that." [DigitalSpy]
- Matthew Wilder, who is set to direct Lindsay Lohan's next film, Inferno, says he was surprised to hear that Lohan recently failed a drug test: "I am stunned at this news but our love and prayers go out to Lindsay Lohan at this time. Hopefully we can work this out and we are still trying to get to the bottom of what has happened. For obvious reasons any talks with Lindsay and her representatives will stay confidential. It is a lot of pressure having the world watching you but she seemed to be doing well recently." [RadarOnline]
- Meanwhile, Lindsay's friends say she's "beating herself up" over her failed drug tests, and that she finally seems to understand the consequences of her actions. [TMZ]
- Adam Lambert says he didn't punch a photographer on the beach last week, posting on his Twitter page: "Battery? Nope. I attempted to grab a camera, no punches were thrown and no one was on the ground ... It was literally harmless. If embarrassment is a crime - that's all I'm guilty of." [NYDN]
- Amy Winehouse took to her Twitter page to distance herself from producer Mark Ronson: "Ronson you're dead to me; one album I write and you take half the credit – make a career out of it? Don't think so BRUV." [ContactMusic]
- Katy Perry hit Las Vegas with 25 people, including Rihanna, for her bachelorette party last night. [People]
- "My daughter watches Keeping Up with the Kardashians. I really don't understand the whole genre to be honest with you. You know, God love them if they're willing to invite people into every aspect of their personal life."-Katie Couric, who admits she'd like to be on Dancing With The Stars. [USWeekly]
- Kanye West was overheard discussing his crush on a mystery girl at a recent L'Wren Scottparty: "She's beautiful, half-Asian. Man, I don't know what to do." [PageSix]
- Javier Bardem says he's "very happy" about his wife's pregnancy, and that he and Penelope Cruz haven't picked out a name just yet. [People]
- Guillermo Del Toro has reportedly turned down an offer to direct the next Superman film. [DigitalSpy]
- "I'm enjoying procreating. I'm not missing smoking, drinking and going out. It's made me realize a lot about some people I used to hang out with. I still have to be around some of them when they're drunk and I'm like, 'Is that what we're like?' Being sober has opened my eyes a lot."-Lily Allen [ContactMusic]
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VANCOUVER, Wash. – British Columbia becomes the 16th program in NAIA history to win a National Championship and College of Idaho's Hillary Holt becomes the first Coyote's first national titlist at the 2012 NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championships held Saturday at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
The Thunderbirds recorded 98 team points and had four of its five runners finish in the top 20. They were paced by Maria Bernard and Jackie Regan, who took fifth and sixth place, respectively. Bernard crossed the 5K finish line in 17:42 and Regan was eight seconds behind her. Sarah Reimer 18:25 mark earned her a 17-placae finish, followed by Amelie De Fenoyl in 18th (18:27). Rhiannon Evans finished 52nd with a time of 19:12.
"We have been working around to get the team together to win," British Columbia head cross country coach Marek Jedrzejek. "Finally we did it, the girls ran fantastic."
The Thunderbirds become the 16th program in NAIA history to win a national championship. British Columbia now joins 10 other programs that have won, one national championship.
With 112 points, with the first individual titlist in school history, College of Idaho took second-place. Along with Holt, Sarah Johnson, Sora Klopfenstein earned All-American honors. Johnson finished seventh (18:12), while Klopfenstein finished eighth (18:13).
Olivet Nazarene was third with 133 points and two All-Americans, while defending champion Cal State San Marcos was fourth with 149 points and two honorees. Carroll (Mont.) rounds out the top five with 225 points and a pair of All-Americans.
Holt finished her junior year at College of Idaho on top and became the first Coyote to win an individual women's championship with a 5K clocking of 17:00.
"I am really, really happy and I had a great day," Holt said. "The gun went off and the race started and I felt really good and I took off and took the lead. I had the best race of the season and my team had an awesome race today too."
Eight teams were represented among the top-10 placewinners, with College of Idaho placing a trio of runners in the top 10.
It was the fourth-consecutive year that the NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championships were held at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. It was hosted by the Cascade Collegiate Conference and Concordia University-Portland (Ore.).
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On a day in which the NFL will be playing the bulk of its Week Five games, the Bills will be auditioning another quarterback as they look ahead to Week Six.
The Bills are slated to work out Dennis Dixon on Sunday, per multiple reports.
Bills starting quarterback E.J. Manuel suffered a knee sprain in Thursday's loss at Cleveland, leaving rookie Jeff Tuel as the only healthy quarterback on Buffalo's roster for the time being.
Dixon, 28, played with the Eagles in the preseason, completing 10-of-16 passes for 61 yards. He has made three regular-season starts, all with the Steelers, for whom he played for 2008 through 2011. Part of Dixon's tenure with the Steelers overlapped with Bills G.M. Doug Whaley's time as a Steelers evaluator.
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Lunch (and other meals)
Answering the five key questions
- Who is it for? (e.g. Church members; Invitees only; General Public or?)
- What will it do? (Providing meals - very often lunch, but could be breakfast, tea or?)
- Where will it be? (e.g. Church Facilities; Hired Hall; Community Facility; Private Home or?)
- Who is providing it? (e.g. Age range; Availability; Qualifications; Christians only?)
- How will it be funded? (e.g. Church; Charity/Trust; Fee; Voluntary; Public Funds or?)
These questions will help to define your model. It must work for you in your community and be sustainable.
Other questions
- Have you checked if anything similar is being offered in this area? (click here for the Information Factsheet)
- Have you thought about all the possible benefits from this work?
- Have you contacted other Churches to learn from their experience?
Minimising dependency
It is important to remember that whilst needs vary, for each individual it is their perceived need which is important to them. Focussing primarily on meeting needs, though, could foster a "dependency culture". The focus therefore needs to include encouraging everyone to use their skills to the maximum, all the time, with peers, and the community beyond!
Joy in dependency
The ultimate objective of the work must be to address the real need of every individual – the need to be saved by faith in Jesus Christ; to depend on Him for salvation. To know the joy of Faith in Jesus in Later Life transcends everything. Some will have known this joy from years ago; for others it will be a joy they come to know in their Later Life.
Each model will have different 'gospel' opportunities at different times that need to be prayerfully and intentionally incorporated from the outset:
- 'Salt and light' – showing the love of God with perhaps no, or very low key, gospel content
- Events with speakers
- Courses and discussion groups - studying Christianity and the Bible
- One to one opportunities to read the Bible
- To integrate individuals into a church that can disciple them in the ways of Jesus Christ.
You might find material from the following categories of the Information section of the website, useful:
Be aware
Providing services and facilities for the general public brings inevitable responsibilities. These will vary according to what you are doing and how you are delivering it. Consider:
- Basic Procedures and Policies
- Training for all Volunteers and Helpers
- Insurance – Premises, Public Liability, Transport
- Health and Safety
- Food Hygiene
- Public Sector Requirements
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Junior Arias
Height 6-2, Weight 187, B/T: R/R, DOB: 1/9/1992
2010 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: NA
The Reds signed Junior Arias as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2009. He joins a collection of young, Latin American prospects with good upside. The Reds have added significant quality and quantity to the system by improving their international scouting efforts.
Unfortunately, like Ismael Guillon, there really isn't much of a track record to analyze, but the scouting reports on him are simply too strong to justify leaving him off the list entirely. So, this write up will, out of necessity, be a bit shorter and shallower.
2010 Season
Arias made his first appearance in American professional baseball in the Arizona Rookie League. He played in 47 games and garnered 195 ABs. In that time, Arias posted a .287/.336/.482/.819 slash line to go along with 10 doubles, 5 triples, 6 homers, and a 58/12 K/BB ratio. He crushed lefties to the tune of .357/.438/.607/1.045, albeit in a limited sample size of 28 ABs. He also held his own against righties, posting a line of .275/.318/.461/.780 in 167 ABs.
He still has a bit of work to do in his situational hitting, as he OPS'd .958 in 97 ABs with the bases empty, .680 in 98 ABs with runners on base, and .514 in 60 ABs with runners in scoring position. Additionally, there are significant questions about his ability to control the zone, but his power potential is intriguing for a middle infield prospect.
There are a few photos of Junior Arias available on FourSeamImages.com that are definitely worth your time. He has loose, long, athletic build that on first impression reminds me a bit of Alfonso Soriano. The length and follow-through of his swing also bear a resemblance to Soriano.
On the defensive side, early scouting reports are mixed. Generally, his athleticism is promising, but there are questions as to whether he'll be able to stick at shortstop. In the Arizona Rookie League, he made 25 errors in a 180 total chances as a shortstop, which was good for a meager .861 fielding percentage. High error totals are not uncommon at the lower levels, so that in and of itself is not damning, but he'll still need to polish his glove work to avoid a move off the position.
Final Thoughts
The available information on Arias is sparse and the track record is minimal, but the early signs are positive. The biggest question on Arias, as with most of the other Latin American prospects in the system, involves his ability to control the strike zone. For now, his upside is enough to land him at #21 on the list, but he'll need to establish a solid baseline of performance over a larger sample size to remain there for 2012.
A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
2011 Top Prospect List: #21 Junior Arias, ss
Labels: 2011, Baseball, J.Arias, Reds, Top 15 Prospects
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I hear that he may be switching to third, if his bat could hold up he could be an excellent third basemanReplyDelete
Yeah, too early to say. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him shift across the bag to second or over to the hot corner. I'm interested to see more from Junior. He's intriguing, to be sure.
- karleny santanaFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:58 PM
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(Salisbury, MD) Eastern Shore Auctions will hold a Baseball and Sports Collectibles Auction at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center on April 11 & 12. This auction will sell the lifetime sports and baseball collections of four of the area's prominent collectors.
Among the collectibles up for auction are over 400 autographs of some of sports greatest stars including Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Cal Ripken, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, John Unitas, Bill Russell, Bob Cousey, Duke Snider, Johnny Bench and Billy Williams. These autographs are on prints, photos, balls, bats, cards, books, magazines and other collectibles.
The auction will feature over 50 framed prints, drawings, photographs and plaques, several of which are autographed. Prints by George Wright include a Ted Williams autographed lithograph, John Unitas print with remarque, Babe Ruth print with remarque, Eddie Murray print, three "A Tradition of Excellence" prints autographed by Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken, Jr., and Jim Palmer, a Harold Baines autographed print and a Maryland Terrapins National Championship print autographed by Gary Williams.
Autographed balls include The Perfect YANKEES ball signed by Don Larsen and Yogi Berra 1956, David Wells and Jorge Posada 1998, and David Cone and Joe Gerardi 1999, 1970 & 1977 Yankee team balls, and more. Thousands of baseball cards will also be available from the 1950s-present.
The auction will also have a large quantity of Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees memorabilia and Cal Ripken, Jr., Mickey Mantle and Derek Jeter collectibles and autographs. If you are a Cal Ripken fan, this is a great opportunity to own a piece of history.
The auction will be held in the Danang Rooms of the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center. Hours are Friday 2:00–7:00PM and Saturday 8:00AM–6:00 PM. Refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, please call 443.235.5717.


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JAKARTA March 7 AP - Indonesian scientists are closely monitoring a smoking volcano popular with tourists on Java island and are urging everyone to stay off the mountain's slope.
Government volcanologist Hendra Gunawan said on Thursday that Mount Tangkuban Perahu in West Java province has spewed smoke and ash nearly 500 metres into the air since Monday.
Scientists have put it on the second-highest alert level.
Debris and lava have not tumbled far, and nearby towns and villages remain safe.
Authorities are warning tourists to stay at least 1.5km away from the crater because of the poisonous gas inside.
The 2,084m volcano is among Java's most popular tourist attractions. It last erupted in 1983.
Visitors ordinarily can hike to the crater's edge to view boiling mud up close.
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This is a technical comparison of the older 2.x branch of the Simple XML sitemap module and an older dev version of XML sitemap. For more on the newer 3.x branch of Simple XML sitemap see this article.
This comparison may be interesting for XML sitemap users moving to Drupal 8 or for users intending to wait for the port. (Do not wait, help out!) Please also be advised that gbyte made Simple XML sitemap, which makes this comparison intrinsically biased.
There are major differences between Simple XML sitemap (simple_sitemap) and XML sitemap (xmlsitemap) and depending on your use case, you might want to choose one or the other.
What sets the modules apart are their complexity, extensibility, performance and feature sets.
Code base
Having been built specifically for D8, simple_sitemap has arguably a cleaner code base adhering to D8 standards i (i.e. use of OOP). In contrast, the xmlsitemap module will have a hard time adjusting to D8 technologies and guidelines, as it carries around a whole lot of legacy code going back as far as Drupal 5.
What is meant here is the impact of the module on a Drupal 8 system, how quick the sitemap generation process is and how long it takes for a visitor to fetch the sitemap.
Sitemap generation performance
Both the modules feature the batch API which allows to generate huge amounts of links without hitting any PHP limits. The sitemap generation performance differs in that it is a one step process in simple_sitemap as opposed to the two step process of the xmlsitemap module.
While the simple_sitemap's one step process is less error prone and initially generates the sitemap quicker, xmlsitemap's two steps have the advantage of tracking which entities have changed since last generation through implementing an additional database table making sure the subsequent rebuilds are quicker.
Sitemap fetching performance
When it comes to fetching the sitemap, both modules cache them: xmlsitemap creates a physical file, while simple_sitemap caches the sitemap in the database.
Both modules have the ability to set the maximum amount of links included in the sitemap and they generate multiple sitemaps along with an index if this amount is exceeded.
Consequently there should be no noticeable difference between the two modules when it comes to fetching performance.
Overall system impact
Because of its leaner code base and the fact that the code does not get invoked through hooks all to often, simple_sitemap's footprint is smaller.
Supported entities
Both of the modules support all core content entity types like nodes, taxonomy terms, menu links, users, etc. as well as contributed entity types (e.g. commerce products or media) out of the box. This is possible due to the great D8 entity API. Whereas xmlsitemap keeps its bundle settings on a designated page, simple_sitemap incorporates its bundle settings into bundle edit pages, which seems a bit more intuitive. Both modules allow overriding of sitemap settings on a per-entity basis.
XML Sitemap standards
Here the edge goes to simple_sitemap, as it features the newer hreflang XML standard developed by google. In addition simple_sitemap is optionally able to index images attached to an entity resulting in an image sitemap. Adhering to Google's standards is important, as this is the search engine most of us would like to correctly understand and index our site.
Additional functionality
Having been around since 2007, the xmlsitemap module has had lots of time to incorporate various additional functionalities which are not present in simple_sitemap yet. Automatically sending the stiemap to search engines is an example of such a functionality.
Whereas xmlsitemap offers many hooks making it easy to alter the XML output, simple_sitemap's strength lies within its powerful service API allowing to chain tasks like adding custom links and altering configuration. Since version 2.11, simple_sitemap takes advantage of plugins, so new URL generators can be implemented by 3rd party modules. Depending on your needs, you may find one approach superior to the other.
Which one is right for me?
As of now, simple_sitemap is the more stable module having close to none open bug reports. As soon as xmlsitemap runs well in Drupal 8 however, you will have to decide: simple_sitemap for a more performant codebase with the newer sitemap standard and more powerful API, or xmlsitemap for its bigger feature set and a smarter sitemap generation process.
About Drupal Sun
Drupal Sun is an Evolving Web project. It allows you to:
- Do full-text search on all the articles in Drupal Planet (thanks to Apache Solr)
- Facet based on tags, author, or feed
- Flip through articles quickly (with j/k or arrow keys) to find what you're interested in
- View the entire article text inline, or in the context of the site where it was created
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LouH necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
TheBootStrapped is a website that is designed to help entrepreneurs and startups to rate vendors, contractors, and services that startups would use. The purpose of TheBootStrapped is to reduce wasted time looking for and using vendors and services that are not the best fit. We are a community being built by starving entrepreneurs FOR starving entrepreneurs.
Our audience consists of bootstrapping, garage startups that are looking for feedback on how to get started. We are constantly looking for creative help, technical help, and this website is intended to serve as a guide to help make that happen as quickly as possible. We are looking to compliment other sites like techcrunch, mashable, inc.com, and fast company. Our audience is dynamic, fast adopters, technically savvy, and smart.
We are looking for a logo for our website http://thebootstrapped.com/homepage.html#
It is important to blend into the existing color scheme and style. We are looking for something contemporary and has a web 2.0 feel. We like clean, professional, and simple images but we also need to stand out from the likes of mashable and techcrunch.
Please refer to the following current website and file names:
homepage01.jpg (far left earphones)
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You will notice the ear phones and headset needs to be removed and replaced with an appropriate logo.
We are open to images, patterns, colors...we just need a cool logo to fill up the white space once the existing images are removed, and complement the general style of the website.
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Anyway, I'm interested in these poll results, showing likely voters split 53-39 in favor of the ban:
Those labeling themselves liberal were strongly against the amendment, while those calling themselves conservatives were strongly in favor. Regular church-goers and those calling themselves "born again'' also were strongly in favor, polling data suggests. Black likely voters also appeared strongly in favor.That last point poses a dilemma for liberals working on getting out the vote, doesn't it?