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Our Team
David D. Warren, DDS, Michael D. Law, DDS and their staff work closely together as a team. With many years of experience, they have the specialized training necessary to prevent, diagnose, and treat your dental conditions. They stay current on the latest advances in research and treatment so you know you'll get the most advanced care available anywhere.
David D. Warren, DDS
Dr. Warren is a graduate of New Mexico State University and the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry. He is an active member of the American Dental Association (ADA), the New Mexico Dental Association (NMDA) and the Southwest District Dental Society (SWDDS). He has served these dental associations in many capacities, including New Mexico Delegate to the American Dental Association, President of the New Mexico Dental Association, and Speaker of the House of Delegates for the New Mexico Dental Association. Dr. Warren is a fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the International College of Dentists, the American College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International. He currently sits on the New Mexico Board of Dental Healthcare. Dr. Warren has been involved in various community organizations and activities and continues to support community activities.
Michael D. Law, DDS
Dr. Michael Law is a fourth generation Las Crucen. He attended Las Cruces High School and graduated from New Mexico State University with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. Following graduation from NMSU, Dr. Law attended the University of Colorado, School of Dental Medicine where he received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Upon graduation, he received two honorary awards; the Dr. Miles Markley Delta Sigma Delta Award and the Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievements in Periodontics. Dr. Law is a member of the American Dental Association (ADA), the New Mexico Dental Association (NMDA), and the Southwest District Dental Society (SWDDS). He is the Past-President of the New Mexico Dental Association, the state component of the American Dental Association, the past President for the Southwest District Dental Society, as well as a Delegate for the NMDA House of Delegates. Dr. Law is also a member of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). Dr. Law has been involved in many dental community outreaches, including the NM Mission of Mercy and traveling to Guatemala on a dental mission to address dental needs for those in small Guatemalan villages. He has been involved in various community organizations and activities, and continues to support community activities throughout the city and state.
Our Team
Our hygiene department is staffed by 3 excellent Registered Dental Hygienists with over 37 combined years of dental experience. Sara graduated from the University of North Carolina Dental Hygiene School and has been a hygienist for 7 years. Marcie, our Hygiene Coordinator, assists you in all aspects of your hygiene appointments. Becky, who graduated from El Paso Community College Dental Hygiene School, has worked for our office since 1991. Katie is the newest addition to our hygiene staff, graduating from Dona Ana Community College Dental Hygiene School in 2013.
Our Dental Assistants, Jaimee, Olivia, Kaylan and Liz assist Dr. Warren and Dr. Law with all restorative procedures and are committed to making you feel comfortable.
Marian, our Financial Coordinator; Mary, our Office Administrator, Stacy, our Clinical Administrator; Leta, our bookkeeper; and Renee, our scheduling coordinator round out our staff and are sure to make your experience with our office pleasant.


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Taking Your Singing Range Higher
A great way to increase your singing range upward is by singing staccato, which means "short and detached." Singing shorter, lighter notes helps you in singing higher notes, because you're not using as much heavy weight. To sing staccato, keep your larynx steady and keep the muscles in your neck still.
If they flex or tighten, sing the staccato notes lighter, with less weight or pressure; that technique helps you figure out how to work the muscles inside your neck in your larynx. Make the notes light and short, and keep them connected to your breath. If the sound is airy, too much air is escaping.
Find a clear sound on a longer note and then gradually sing notes that get shorter to maintain that clarity.
The below pattern gives you the opportunity to explore staccato sounds as you skip notes along the scale. As you ascend in pitch, allow your back space to open. You have to open this space fast because you're moving quickly in the pattern, so think ahead as you're singing.
When singing staccato you may feel your abs move as you start each note. That's normal: You want your breath to connect to each note. Blowing too much air makes it harder to sing lightly. On the other hand, if you connect just the right amount of air, the notes bounce along the scale. Use the ee vowel at first to keep the sound light and dominated by head voice.
As your staccato gets easier, you can explore other vowels.
Break this exercise into steps: Open the space, send the breath, and then make the sound. Hopefully, it all happens at the same time, but concentrate on the individual steps if you're having trouble getting it all coordinated.

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There is a growing movement on New Brunswick's First Nations to banish drug dealers, as mourners said farewell this week to a woman who died of a drug overdose.
READ MORE: Drug dealers could face banishment from Siksika reserve
Leo Bartibogue, an addictions counsellor, says there are 30 to 40 drug dealers in his community of Esgenoopetitj, in northeastern New Brunswick, and it's hard for people to quit when there's an ample supply of drugs at every turn.
Bartibogue attended the 35-year-old woman's funeral on Monday and says it's suspected she may have taken fentanyl – a powerful synthetic opioid drug that has killed hundreds in western Canada but is relatively new to the East Coast.
"We have so many routes that come in through our community that people seem to prey on, bringing these drugs all the time into our community, so we don't know what we're getting," Bartibogue said.
RCMP Cpl. Maxime Babineau said while an autopsy has confirmed an overdose, police have yet to confirm the drug, and are awaiting test results from Health Canada, possibly later this week.
READ MORE: Pharmacists, community groups urge NB government to cover naloxone cost
"We have placed an urgent request for the results," Babineau said Tuesday.
Bartibogue said the band council has suggested a resolution to ban drug trafficking, as the Elsipogtog and Tobique First Nations have done, and he's in full support.
Tobique Chief Ross Perley said, under a banishment resolution passed last week in his community, anyone charged with drug trafficking would be cut off from all band services and benefits.
"Our hope is that they'll reconsider what they're doing to their people if they risk losing potential employment, housing benefits, royalties or things of that nature," Perley said.
Both Perley and Bartibogue say children as young as 10 years old are buying drugs.
Perley said he knows of about a half-dozen drug dealers in his community and most are dealing in opioids and prescription drugs, rather than more expensive drugs like cocaine.
"They're cheap. You can get them anywhere. The traffickers are getting them legally by the local pharmacists, so the access to these types of drugs are really easy," he said.
"This is the start of us, as a community, a united community and a united leadership taking a stance on drugs in the community."
READ MORE: Fentanyl overdoses killed hundreds of Canadians this year, experts say 2017 could be deadlier
According to the New Brunswick coroner's office, there were 43 drug overdose deaths in the province last year. That's down from 51 in 2015 and 70 in 2014.
Those statistics account for both legal and illicit drug toxicity deaths.
Esgenoopetitj Chief Alvery Paul has warned his community on social media.
"With this recent death and near fatal overdoses, we as parents, family and community must work together to stop the selling of drugs entering our community. I understand this is a battle that we can't win overnite but we have to educate our young children," he wrote on his Facebook page.
RCMP Sgt. Chantal Farrah said police are doing what they can to stop drug trafficking, but they need public help to identify the sellers, which can be done anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
"Taking any type of illegal drug, you never know what's really in that drug because it's done on the black market, so you are taking a gamble with your life. It's like Russian roulette and you're putting something toxic in your body that could kill you," she said.
Several Saskatchewan First Nations have made similar moves.
The Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation last year banished six non-band members and gave warnings to more than a dozen members because of a crystal meth problem.
Muskoday First Nation, Mistawasis First Nation and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have also banished people to help control crime. And the chief of Saskatchewan's Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said he supports bands that want to exile criminals.


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cuts it into pieces just as long as a one-pound can. Then Ah Sam, with a butcher-knife, cuts these pieces into strips just as wide as the can. Then Wan Lee, the China boy, brings down from the loft, where the tinners are making them, a hundred cans, and into each can puts a spoonful of salt. It takes just six salmon to fill a hundred cans. Then twenty Chinamen put the pieces of meat into the cans, fitting in little strips to make them exactly full. Then ten more solder up the cans, and ten more put the cans in boiling water till the meat is thoroughly cooked, and five more punch a little hole in the head of each can to let out the air. Then they solder them up again, and, little girls paste on them bright-colored labels showing merry little Cupids riding the happy salmon up to the cannery-door, with Mount Rainier and Cape Disappointment in the background; and a legend underneath says that this is "Booth's" or "Badollet's Best," or "Hume's" or "Clark's," or "Kinney's Superfine Salt-water Salmon." Then the cans are placed in cases, forty-eight in a case, and five hundred thousand cases are put up every year. Great ships come to Astoria and are loaded with them, and they carry them away to London, and San Francisco, and Liverpool, and New York, and Sydney, and Valparaiso, and Skowhegan, Maine; and the man at the corner grocery sells them at twenty cents a can.
All this time our salmon is going up the river, escaping one net as by a miracle, and soon having need of more miracles to escape the rest; passing by Astoria on a fortunate day, which was Sunday, the day on which no man may fish if he expects to sell what he catches, till finally he came to where nets were few, and, at last, to where they ceased altogether. But here he found that scarcely any of his many companions were with him, for the nets cease when there are no more salmon to be caught in them. So he went on day and night where the water was deepest, stopping not to feed or loiter on the way, till at last he came to a wild gorge, where the great river became an angry torrent rushing wildly over a huge staircase of rocks. But our hero did not falter, and, summoning all his forces, he plunged into the Cascades. The current caught him and dashed him against the rocks. A whole row of silvery scales came off and glistened in the water like sparks of fire, and a place on his side became black and red, which, for a salmon, is the same as being black and blue for other people. His comrades tried to go up with him; and one lost his eye, one his tail, and one had his lower jaw pushed back into his head like the joints of a telescope. Again he tried to surmount the Cascades, and at last he succeeded, and an Indian on the rocks above was waiting to receive him. But the Indian with his spear was less skillful than he was wont to be, and our hero escaped, losing only a part of one of his fins, and with him came one other, and henceforth these two pursued their journey together.
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Black Moshannon!!!! The notorious Nittany mountain race of the ECCC. Four riders came to the races and slayed Black Mo.
Returning for mountain redemption, Mike Grome (Men's Cat A), dug deep through the onset of first-race-of-the-year cramping and seasonal cold to break away from the pack, riding steady up the dreaded Black Mo. to finish 4th.
Matt Ampleman (Men's Cat B) met his goals for the weekend. He found himself with just enough in the tank for the second Black Moshannon hill climb, overcoming leg cramps to roll through in 10th place. On the criterium, he made an early attack and some well-timed efforts to get to the front of the pack for 8th place in a final sprint.
Eager to improve, Andy Barentine (Men's Cat C) carved out an epic solo break in the road race, going too fast to notice the turn he missed. Yet, after realizing his mistake, still managed to recover for an 8th place finish. In the criterium, he again enjoyed some time in front, but took home a couple reminders to steer one's bike away from curbs.
Although new rider Adam Tonks (Men's Cat D) was not initially looking forward to the hills of the road race, he found the course enjoyable in the end, filled with pride for slaying the mountain. It was first non-freezing ride in the US and he relished it, completing his first road race up the ECCC's largest climb.
The air was thin as wheels ascend upon the back of Black Mo's bend. With tired legs and roads that wend, the riders relieved, for the race did end. The mountain slain, the challenge won, but in the end, it was pretty fun.


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Adam-Cat Settles Catan
Don't throw tomatoes at me, I couldn't help it. Look at that face, so intent on playing the game. Do you guys know about the wonders of Settlers of Catan? It is my all-time favorite game.
This is the travel dice version, that we got for Christmas, but the idea is still the same. You use "commodities" like wheat, bricks, or sheep to buy roads or towns. It sounds dorky, but it is actually really fun. Way better than Uno!
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Elia is a set and costume designer making arts installations for exhibitions, business events and stage works. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan in 2010 and also trained in Lecoq Technique to understand theatre action which influences his creations. His experience included working as a producing assistant at the Australian film and television company 'The Gorilla Construction', designing the set and costumes for 'The ArtfulBadger' company and the movie 'Let's be Evil' by Martin Owen.


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homesteading with a unicorn/
This sure was a busy weekend! Lots of Fourth of July festivities and social events here in Grey Dogwood Studio land. I didn't have much time for sewing, but I managed to squeeze in three new Homestead blocks. First was the aqua house in Fig Tree's Avalon fabric. Then I decided to work on two blocks at the same time. I thought that it might be faster to make them together, but it clocked in at the same time as if I had made them separately. I'm relying on the Alphabitties to help keep all of my pieces clearly marked for sewing.
I also learned a nifty new trick with these two houses! Pam Kitty Morning recently asked readers if they baste before sewing. I read it and thought nope, no way, I'm never going to waste my time with that. But I have to admit that matching the four key points on these houses can be challenging. I wondered if maybe Pam's idea might work. So I dialed up a really long stitch length and sewed the problem seam, checked for accuracy and made a few adjustments, and then sewed over that line using a shorter stitch length. She's right, of course. It was much easier, and there was less seam ripping and resewing! I'm glad that I learned a new shortcut.
Then the weekend began! The torrential rain lifted just in time for Friday night's NYC fireworks (you might have seen them on the Macy's NBC broadcast). All 5 billion of us at the waterfront park loved them. Eek I don't think I've ever seen this many people! Then on Saturday was a backyard cookout brunch and the perfect time to catch up with friends and neighbors. To burn off the calorie intake from the grilled soy sausages (I learned that they aren't so bad if you smother them with mustard and sweet relish!), we went for a walk in Central Park. The park is just three blocks from my apartment (and Grey Dogwood Studio!) so I jokingly consider it my glamorous backyard. I had to go say hi to my turtle friends at Turtle Pond - they're so cute, just poking their heads out of the water to greet me. And then a walk around the Delacorte Theater (home of Shakespeare In The Park), the lake with rowboats and my favorite part, the Bethesda Fountain.
After Sunday brunch in Harlem we visited The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. It's a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the very upper tip of Manhattan. The Cloisters contain the museum's very extensive collection of Medieval art. Of course this requires a hike though a park, up a mountain with no signage, and past the fat woodchuck who was clearly oblivious to us. We just had to hope that we were going the right way! Why all this fuss? I needed to visit the Unicorn Tapestries. They're a series of seven tapestries done in the late 1400's which depict noblemen in pursuit of a unicorn. They're brilliant. I've loved them for many years. The tapestries take up entire walls, and the jewel is the unicorn tapestry itself.
The amount of fine detail is amazing. Berries, dragonflies, lillies, tulips and other flora are all depicted in wool and metallic threads. An outer courtyard is planted with the fruits, herbs and berries that are depicted in the tapestries.
And isn't it fun to find quilt pattens everywhere? I found a hexagon window!
Now that the long weekend is over I'll get back to some serious sewing. This week's goal is to sash the Butterscotch Tart blocks! And I hope that you enjoyed the holiday weekend, too!
I'm linking up with Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times where other quilters share what they're working on this week.


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Jessie's Story
Before I joined Take a Hike, in simple terms, I was lost. I failed most of my classes in Grade 11, probably because I never went. I spent most of my time smoking weed with my friends and crying over how unfortunate my life was. I did not have any motivation or inspiration to change, I did not want any.
I heard of Take a Hike through a good friend. I had done quite a few hikes over the summer and the school seemed perfect. I would get to hike, go camping and have some extra discipline; everything I hated but knew was exactly what I needed.
The school was not what I expected. In all honesty I hated it in the beginning, I felt like I had no control, I was being told what to do and it was only the first week. With an 8-day expedition approaching, the anxiety of knowing I would not have my cigarettes or my boyfriend came like a wave and I felt like I was drowning.
I survived the 8-day canoe trip to my surprise, and not just that, I actually feel like I found myself out there. The moment my paddle hit the lake, the anxiety, fear and resistance seemed to be washed away. I learned more about myself on that trip than I have in my whole high school career.
Take a Hike offers me everything I seemed to need yet somehow lacked in life. I have consistency now, a supportive, caring group of adults, and a place where I can thrive, not just survive. Not only do we get these amazing camp trips and out days every Thursday, but I get a lunch every day, I get provided with the proper clothing necessary for the expeditions. I get the opportunity to volunteer and give back to my community every week.
Without Take a Hike, I would not have the relationships I do, I would still be skipping school and behind in all my classes. I would still be lost. I made honor role for the first time ever at Take a Hike. Before I never thought I would ever go to post-secondary. Now I plan to be a teacher; specifically for alternative schools.
In exactly one week from now I will be a part of the largest field trip in Canadian history. I will be climbing the tallest freestanding mountain in the world – summiting Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa with another Take a Hike student. In the summer I will be doing service work in Mexico for two weeks and next year thanks to Take a Hike may be working in Hong Kong teaching youth how to surf. My future is looking big and bright, and without Take a Hike, I would never have the confidence or ability to do these amazing things and take these once in a lifetime opportunities.
So thank you, all of you for making this all this a possibility – for helping my dreams come true. And thank you for actually caring about us; for believing in us.
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All the Best Cowboys (Jack Shephard)by scarlett_106 05-11-2015A little vidlet I've been wanting to do for a while now, focusing on how Jack's relationships with Aaron and then David helped him work through his daddy issues. It was really satisfying, as a Jack fan, to see him find peace and be able to let go of the d
Still Mine - Unchained Melody (Jate)by scarlett_106 02-18-2015I got inspired to do a really romantic Jate vid when I heard this song for the first time in a while. The lyrics really spoke to me about my OTP! <3 Thanks tjmack1986 for the coloring (I covered it with texture but still, loved it)! I'm trying to improve
Born to Dieby Captain Freya 08-09-2012Choose your last words. This is the last time. Cause you and I.. we were born to die. Thanks to Kat for my vid pic. :)
Forget Me Notby starryeyesxx 08-08-2012Just all my fave angsty Jate scenes together!
j&k / Mine Againby JaterJabs815 07-17-2012I adore these two and I love this song. Hope you like it and tell me what you think! :)
Save Me From Myselfby starryeyesxx 07-02-2012Just a little Jack/Kate video, but I experimented around with the effects a bit to try and create a calm, content mood.
Hero (Jate)by k8icraven 03-31-2012Jack and Kate tribute, more from Jack's POV for a change.
Jack and Kate || Ships in the nightby EMMALOUISE 12-12-2011Just wasting time trying to prove whose right
Jack and Kate|| My world is falling apartby EMMALOUISE 12-12-2011My world is falling apart
Jate- Don't Have To Do Thisby Wildcat 12-10-2011Just a very, very simple video of Jate.
Snowfallby nikkimonique 12-05-2011For Samara.Merry Christmas! Kate is jealous of her best friend Brennan's relationship with Booth and wishes she had the same thing with Jack.
jack+kate the end + script linesby pruedens 11-23-2011focused in jack/kate scenes with the script lines.
Jack and Kate || You're not running nowby EMMALOUISE 10-22-2011You're not running now
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Welcome August Smart Lock- Home Security without the need for keys or codes
In an age where the SMARTness of technology has overpowered nearly all archaic domains of life from Optimizing Brain Fitness to Sensing Temperature, August Smart Lock comes in with a special touch in home security. Only this time, the plan is to make you get rid of those rusted bunch of keys and think of a much safer and effortless mode of security. A durable anodized Aluminium device, August Smart Lock's intuitive interface not only lets you unlock your doors through mobile applications but also gives you the magical power of control in deciding who can enter your premises when you are absent. Just imagine, you can now tell your "not-so-mattering-yet-nagging" friends "Stay Away from my grounds" Virtually! Welcome to the era of "Internet of Things".
Smart Lock technology encrypted with a mobile app
Coming into the limelight earlier this year, founders Jason Johnson and Yves Behar have been determined to come up with one of the coolest gadgets for home security with August Smart Lock. Powered by Standard AA batteries and with reliable Bluetooth technology, this lock works independently of your home internet and electricity services. So, whether it's a power shutdown or internet failure, August operates without any disruption. Now, you might also wonder that since August is encrypted with an Android and iPhone app, what will happen if your phone battery dies down. Well, you need not worry much because August will always be able to accommodate a traditional key. If you really don't want any more "key business", then all you need to do is get your friends phone, download the app, type in your password and there you go. Not only this, you can give access to your contacts through virtual keys directly from your phone and even set a time-limit. So for example, your sister could have a 24/7 access whereas the plumber has only a few hours for a particular day. You could also incorporate the key access with party invitations and get rid of those so-called well wishers who happen to always ruin your special days with unwanted presence! Don't you think this is a spectacular innovation?
Auto-Unlock and Everlock are the star features
Two other features which has kept August in the news recently are Auto-Unlock and Everlock. With Auto-Unlock, August senses your presence even before you reach out for your phone just like your family would. For all those who keep forgetting to lock their front doors time and again, Everlock is for you. It automatically senses when you have closed the door and locks it accordingly. In an interview with Mashable, Jason said "With EverLock, there is an optional setting to temporarily disable EverLock if you leave the house without your smartphone. This is particularly convenient if you're just running out to your car or taking out the trash." This entire Smart Lock system will not only keep your dream house safe but also make you feel that inner connection with the virtual world.
Now all that you need to do is pre order this Doorguard of tomorrow scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2014. At $199, August could be the perfect gift idea for those friends who love to keep their homes protected, in short "Everyone". Within 10 minutes, they would be able to experience the magic of Smart Home Security. Happy Gadgeting!


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Leading the Way: Experiences as youth pave way to the priesthood
The Rev. Father Jon Magoulias, priest at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, played bass guitar in a band during high school and likes to sing.
The latter is especially helpful, because 95 percent of his church's services are sung.
"I like music, all kinds," he said. "I enjoy classic rock. I like country music. I like classical music. I enjoy Byzantine music. I've transposed Byzantine chants into Western notation. Our church choir sings a number of hymns that I have transposed."
Magoulias, 53, grew up in Centralia, Ill., with his parents, two older sisters and a maternal grandmother. The closest Greek Orthodox church was 70 miles away and his father managed a bowling alley's restaurant/lounge until 3 or 4 a.m., so the family attended services only on Christmas, Easter and a few other times a year.
"It was a very mystical and uplifting atmosphere that I felt," Magoulias said. "But I didn't understand Greek. We didn't speak it, even in the home. The only time Greek was spoken was when my grandmother and our parents didn't want us to know what was going on."
The family did integrate religious practices at home. "We followed days of fasting and had icons in the home," he said. "There were times, the first of the month or during storm season, when my grandmother would go through the house with the censer to pray in every room that either the month would be blessed or to protect us from the storm."
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Family: Wife, Georgia, 53; four children, Matia, 29, who is married to a Greek Orthodox priest, twins Maria and Anastasia, 25, and son Yianni, 15; two grandchildren
Education: Bachelor's degree in philosophy of religion from Hellenic College, Brookline, Mass.; master of divinity degree from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Calling: "Because of what I saw around me in the late '60s and early '70s — the protests, the abuse of alcohol and drugs, the distractions — I felt I really needed to find myself and see who I was supposed to be. I went to (Hellenic College) to do some study on my roots. When I got there, I realized this is where I belonged. When I decided to become a priest, a lot of answers came together."
Career: Assistant priest at Assumption Cathedral in Denver; priest at Holy Cross in Justice, Ill., a Chicago suburb. Came to Annunciation Church in Modesto in August 1986. Serves on board of seminary, on council for the Metropolis of San Francisco (oversees 70 churches in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii), on council for Archdiocese in America, headquartered in New York, and as vicar of churches between Reno and Bakersfield.
Future: "In the Orthodox church, it's like the military: We go where we're told. I'm very fortunate to have remained in Modesto as long as I have. I have attained the highest rank I can as a married Orthodox priest. This has been a wonderful place to raise our family and do the Lord's work."
Greatest challenge: "To convey the message of Christ and his Gospel as it's been preserved in the Orthodox Church for 2,000 years. (The Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions grew out of the original church established by Jesus Christ and his disciples. The two branches split in 1054 A.D.)
Greatest passion: "Trying to help people realize how important it is to live our faith in Christ — experiencing the faith on a daily basis."
Personality: "I'm outgoing, somewhat aggressive — in a positive way, hopefully — studious, diligent, hardworking. My children would call me loving and caring. I think it would be fair to say I am intense, that I have a definite direction that I like things to go."
Spare time: "Be with my family. I don't golf very often, maybe three to four times a year. I like to travel, but usually it's on business."
"Leading the Way" runs twice a month and profiles faith leaders — ordained and lay — in our community. To suggest someone, send the name and contact information to Sue Nowicki, P.O. Box 5256, Modesto 95352-5256 or e-mail email@example.com.


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Meaning to cook in Tagalog.
Tagalog is the language of the Philippines, a vocabulary influenced heavily by Spanish and English, and to some extent Chinese and Arabic. Like the language the food is a true mix of cultures. The supper club is a reiteration of these influences through food, presented monthly within a 5 course menu.


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Gore-B portrait of Wooster Collective's Marc and Sara
This weekend, there's a Street Art Symposium at Soho's Pure Project. You may've read about the three-day event on Wooster Collective, billed mostly as an exhibition for Brooklyn's Elbow-Toe. But actually, it's not really an Elbow-Toe show, though he has at least one piece in the basement installation — it's more of a collaborative effort between omnipresent street-artists like Celso (who's responsible for this naked lady), Skewville, Gore-B, and Darkclouds, with additional pieces from other artists like Deuce Seven and Michael De Feo.
The rest of the event info reported on Wooster was accurate: "We're told that to attend the opening you need to RSVP to email@example.com for location details and entry. A special Street Art talk by Leon Reid will be held on Sun., March 4th at 3pm." Plus, the installation is open to the public on Sunday from noon to 6pm.
But the piece that'll likely get the most attention is the Gore-B portrait that turns the liaison into a subject: Wooster Collective's Marc and Sara Schiller. Since 2001, Marc and Sara have become champions, critics (by omission), curators and talking heads on the street-art movement. In a sense, they've become almost as famous the artists on their site; they helped pull together the 11 Spring Street show last December, the Times always calls them for comments (even one today), and they've been profiled in Good Magazine. And so the portrait is definitely a comment on their role: Marc's on a pedestal, carrying a megaphone, and Sara's holding a mirror.
Normally, Marc and Sara look like this:
And this:
Awesome Gore-B portrait. They look pretty damn dignified, right? Certainly a nicer statement than when Sonic Youth titled a song "I Killed Christgau With My Big Fucking Dick."
More sneak-preview flicks from the Pure Project show below and here in C-Monster's Flickr:


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Best Travel Acoustic Guitars
Every guitarist has come across the dilemma of traveling with their full-size guitar, or being forced to leave it at home. Camping trip? Boarding a plane? Just heading to a friend's house? Do you take your full-size guitar, or do you not take one at all?
This is why every guitarist needs a travel guitar.
That's why we wrote this guide to the best travel acoustic guitars. We took key features such as price, size, and durability into consideration when ranking our top favorites.
Lightweight and more portable, a travel guitar is way more versatile than a full-sized when you step out your front door.
No More Reading, Show Me The Best Travel Acoustic Guitar!
Key Features to Look for in a Travel Acoustic Guitar
- Size: The whole point of a travel guitar is to be smaller than a regular guitar. Saving valuable storage room in the car, in a tent, or just about anywhere else (not to mention lighter on your back while carrying it), size does indeed matter.
- Volume: It's important to remember that travel acoustic guitars will almost always never be as loud as a full-sized guitar. Because there simply isn't as much room for sound to reverberate in, max volume is limited. However, getting a travel guitar that can come close to the volume of a full-sized guitar is ideal.
- Price: Travel guitars are almost always cheaper than their full-sized counterpart. Which is a welcoming thought considering travel guitars are at higher risk for damage. But just because they are cheaper than a full-sized, doesn't mean they are of cheap quality. There are numerous high quality travel guitars that we have listed below.
- Durability: Travel guitars are going to take a few knocks, but that's the point. A fragile guitar on the road is bound to get damaged. Durability is an important factor when it comes to travel guitars.
Taylor GS Mini
Cons: Price
Weight: 11 lbs.
Features: Comes with hardbag, 18 x 42 x 8 in., Mahogany (top), Sapele (back), Ebony (fret)
Easily the best sounding travel guitar on the market, the GS Mini is truly in a league of it's own.
High build quality and sound, the GS Mini is precisely what we have come to expect from Taylor. We picked Mahogany over the GS Mini Natural because the Mahogany has a higher bass response, which can be difficult to find in a travel guitar. Also, the arched back adds structural integrity which allows Taylor to skip out on the back braces- keeping weight down.
While we consider the price of the GS Mini to be more than fair for what you're getting, it does lean on the expensive side for the application of travel. However, if your budget is on the higher-end, you can find no better travel guitar than the Taylor GS Mini.
Luna Safari Series Muse
Cons: Doesn't hold tune well
Weight: 4 lbs.
Features: Gig bag included, 4 x 17 x 36 inches, Spruce (top), Mahogany (sides & back), Rosewood (fret)
Luna Guitars has become popular over the years for their unique looking guitars, and the Muse carries that tradition in a modest, yet elegant way. With an attractive Celtic design around the soundhole, and moon-phase symbols as fret-markers, the Muse makes a neat looking travel guitar packaged at a low weight.
Because of it's low price, and essentially full sound, the Muse is definitely a guitar to consider for your travels. However, because of it's lower price there will be drawbacks.
The most notable drawback is it's inability to hold tune for very long. A feature that can be a bit irritating when you're on the go. We would have also liked to have seen the gig bag have a bit more padding for protection on the road. But a bag is certainly better than no bag.
For it's price, the Muse is a good sounding guitar that will make a great travel companion for any guitarist.
Baby Taylor BT-1
Cons: Awkward balance
Weight: 4lbs
Features: Comes with gig bag, 31.5 x 13.8 x 5.9 inches, Spruce (top), Sapele (sides & back), Ebony (fret)
The Baby Taylor has been around for over a decade – and for good reason.
Essentially setting the standard for what modern day travel guitars should be like, it has been the go-to guitar for countless travelers. The action on the Baby is phenomenol, and the intonation is actually pretty decent for a travel guitar. The tone of the guitar leans "bright", which can be a positive or negative depending on preference.
The Baby Taylor is a great middle of the road guitar, but if you want more oomph go with the GS Mini listed above, or if you want more bass response to take away some of that "brightness"- go with the Little Martin below.
Yamaha APXT2
Cons: Cheap Tuners
Weight: 5lbs
Features: Acoustic/Electric, Gig-bag included, 36.2 x 16.5 x 4.5 inches, Spruce (top), Meranti (sides & back), Rosewood (fret)
Based off of Yamaha's best-selling APX500, the APXT2 is a great travel guitar at a really fair price.
As the only acoustic/electric guitar on the list, the sound is suprisingly good both acoustic and electric. We listed this guitar for the traveling musician who might want to plug in at a coffeshop or outdoor show. Also, the APXT2 sits and plays really comfortably, which can sometimes be an issue for travel guitars. Included is a built in tuner and gig bag.
We would have liked to have seen better quality tuners, but it's difficult to complain at this price-point for an acoustic guitar sounding so good plugged in.
Little Martin LX1
Cons: Neck heavy
Weight: 9 lbs.
Features: Gig-bag included, 34.5, 12.5., 3.5. inches, Spruce (top), Mahogany (sides & back), Rosewood (fret)
Martin has a long reputation of building sturdy guitars, and the Little Martin continues that legacy.
We were impressed with the rich bass-response from the LX1, which beat out the Baby Taylor's bass response (and at the same price point). The sturdy construction is also something we loved to see, especially for travel. The high pressure laminate back and sides and stratibon neck make it sturdy and tough for travel, but Martin made sure to keep the solid spruce top which contributes to it's great sound. Another win is the awesome gig bag that comes included with the LX1. The bag is padded pretty well, especially for a guitar at this price point.
All in all a win from Martin.
Honorable Mentions
The guitars listed in our 'Honorable Mentions' category were guitars that almost made our "Best Travel Acoustic Guitars" list, but were exluded because we felt the cons outweighed the pros. However, we decided to include them here for you to view incase their unique qualities were better suited for your travels.
Martin Backpacker
Cons: Poor sound/Poor design
Purely for those who want a lightweight and skinny guitar for their travels.
Hey, a guitar is better than no guitar right? The Martin Backpacker was very close to making our list, but the poor sound and wonky design kept it from the list. One of the design features that really irritated us was the placement of the strap button right behind the 10th fret. So your hand will hit your strap if you try to play high. However, if you want to just strum some cowboy chords and not worry about lugging around a heavy guitar- it's not so bad.
Yamaha FG JR1 Bundle
The Yamaha FG JR1 did not make our list purely for quality reasons. However, it's low price point and neat bundle does make for a decent travel guitar – depending on where you're traveling. If you're going somewhere with high risk for damage, this might be a good guitar for you because it won't be a huge loss on investment if it gets damaged.
Cons: Poor quality
The Yamaha FG JR1 did not make our list purely for quality reasons. However, it's low price point and neat bundle does make for a decent travel guitar – depending on where you're traveling. If you're going somewhere with high risk for damage, this might be a good guitar for you because it won't be a huge loss on investment if it gets damaged.


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You And Your Human Creativity
It would probably be fairly easy to develop another web referral site sending prospective students to bureaucratic colleges to earn college degrees of diminishing value. It would also be a disservice to those students that have already had their creativity crushed in the lower grades to imply there is great value in continuing their formal education.
For most of us formal schooling teaches and honors material that does not reflect our personal abilities and potential - robbing us of both our passions and our self esteem.
For you in particular we hope to re-awaken that innovative spirit and love of learning you had as a child before educational systems pounded them out of you. The tool we are fashioning to assist your personal renewal is BFU.
There are three axioms for achieving success:
- be too early - yep Bastiat Free University may be a decade or more too early
- Focus - that is why we are winding down ventures that do not relate to BFU
- Persist - With our head start we should be fine once the world discovers BFU; probably as we come out of an expected "greater depression."
If we wander off we will never see this dream realized - we must maintain focus and persist to become meaningful to you in a significant way.
There are lots of online college degree programs; but only one Bastiat Free University.


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The ongoing crisis with Tehran is not the first time Washington has had to face a hostile government attempting to develop nuclear weapons. Nor is it likely to be the last. Yet the reasoning of U.S. officials now struggling to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions is clouded by a kind of historical amnesia, which leads to both creeping fatalism about the United States' ability to keep Iran from getting the bomb and excessive optimism about the United States' ability to contain Iran if it does become a nuclear power. Proliferation fatalism and deterrence optimism reinforce each other in a disturbing way. As nuclear proliferation comes to be seen as inevitable, wishful thinking can make its consequences seem less severe, and if faith in deterrence grows, incentives to combat proliferation diminish.
A U.S. official in the executive branch anonymously told The New York Times in March 2006, "The reality is that most of us think the Iranians are probably going to get a weapon, or the technology to make one, sooner or later." Such proliferation fatalists argue that over the long term, it may be impossible to stop Iran -- or other states for that matter -- from getting the bomb. Given the spread of nuclear technology and know-how, and the right of parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) to enrich uranium and separate plutonium, the argument goes, any foreign government determined to acquire nuclear weapons will eventually do so. Moreover, the 1981 Israeli attack on the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq may have delayed Iraq's progress, but similar air strikes are unlikely to disable Iran's capacities, since its uranium-enrichment facilities can be hidden underground or widely dispersed. Imposing economic sanctions through the UN Security Council is clearly a preferable option. But as Washington learned with India and Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s, sanctions only increase the costs of going nuclear; they do not reduce the ability of a determined government to get the bomb.
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|Sony QUALIA 006 70-inch SXRD HDTV
|Monday, 01 August 2005
Page 1 of 3Introduction
Have you ever imagined a television that made you really feel that the image is a window on your world of programming, achieving the sort of drop dead gorgeous quality that no one can look away from (unless the person just doesn't care about TV or picture quality)? As someone who already owns two Sony QUALIA 004 front projectors, I naturally had high hopes and expectations when I decided to take the plunge and buy a QUALIA 006 rear projector for another room in my lab/home. The first of these expectations included an exceptionally sharp picture (even by comparison to 35mm film projected at the same size), as befits Sony's new SXRD 1920 x 1080p three-chip reflective LCos technology. Another was outlandish light output (I measured 90 foot-lamberts with the bulb in the low mode and a contrast ratio of over 3000:1!). Finally, fantastic styling (like a Cartier Watch), as well as a wealth of the usual inputs, including two HDMI (one with separate L/R audio inputs) and two 1394 firewire four-pin (front and back), suitable for use with most camcorders, still cameras and video HDCP-compliant devices like Sony laptops and certain DVD players.
The Sony QUALIA 006 delivers on all of these expectations and much, much more in abundance. This massive and expensive 70-inch diagonal rear projector (MSRP $13,000) weighs in at 285 pounds and truly demands the recommended stand ($1,500). The character of the set is stunning. Its silver polished aluminum and plastic casing commands attention in any room. This is a great thing, because it looks like modern-day sculpture, something that would be at home at the Cooper-Hewitt or Museum of Modern Art. Yet when you turn this television on, its picture completely dwarfs its architecture, offering up an incredibly lifelike image that has to be seen to be believed.
Because this piece is a QUALIA it uses Sony's proprietary reflective LCos technology (SXRD). This is similar to what JVC has created for its D-ILA projectors, but the two technologies look completely different. In comparisons I have made repeatedly, here in my lab and at customer's homes, the SXRD is capable of resolving much more color information without looking the slightest bit unnatural. This undoubtedly is due in part to Sony's choice of a 200-watt UHP bulb, which has a life span that potentially could extend beyond 2000 hours (user replacement cost $300). There is also Sony's choice of color primaries, which define the size and accuracy of the color reproduction triangle. This, in combination with the bulb's fairly neutral spectral response, allows this projector to recreate photographic realism in your home theater with aplomb and to your delight.
You can well imagine that a television of this size is anything but easy to install. The box itself requires four people just to move or open it. When you invest in a QUALIA product from Sony, you get their "white glove" treatment, and to see these professionals move this into my living room was a feat to behold. Five people were necessary in the end to ensure that the set made it successfully up on its dedicated stand without a scratch (but a few fingerprints – no white gloves, unfortunately). The stand (185 pounds) comes in its own box, is styled in exactly the same way as the 006, and thoughtfully includes the entire area under the TV to be used to display your components – wire runners are included along the back to make the finished installation neat and tidy. A splendid-looking set of powered speakers are easily attached to the sides of the screen, and provide immediate sound in place of an outboard surround sound system.
The back apron of the set has six inputs, with a courtesy seventh on the front left below the screen. These include four banks of component/S-video/composite inputs and another two HDMI connections, one with analog L/R inputs compatible with the DVI output of a DVD player (which contains no audio). Finally, there are two antenna/cable inputs (for PIP windows) on F connectors that are Qualm Cable Card compatible (check with your cable company), meaning that you don't have to use an outboard cable box to watch premium digitally scrambled programming – the cards they send you can be used by the TV directly, allowing you to use the set's slender silver remote control to change channels or any other function that can be programmed into its 256 memory slots. There are also a pair of 1394 Firewire inputs on four-pin mini-jacks suitable for use with many digital cameras, video camcorders and some computers, at least the ones made by Sony. Interestingly, the Firewire worked perfectly with SD sources, but when I connected my QUALIA 002 HDTV camcorder, SDTV 480p sources showed clear through with sound, but not HDTV 720p or 1080i. The three JVC D-VHS decks I use could not play back anything other than 480i/p. But all other analog and digital inputs on the 006 performed flawlessly. I also particularly liked the fact the Sony lets you remove unused inputs from the scroll list, and you can assign a name from a short list of sources to any of the inputs, simplifying the changing of source inputs to a few clicks on the same remote button.
Because I am a professional audio and video calibrator, I see and work on just about every type of technology made in the last 60 years. But when I lit this television up, it was like the sun came out on a rainy day. Everything I looked at was immediately sharper, brighter and more three-dimensional-looking than on any other commercially available rear projector to date. It is simply a stunning image. HD Cable and the anamorphic DVD equivalent were the first items up for bid, beginning with "SWAT." Half an hour into the film, Samuel L. Jackson and Collin Farrell stop at a street-side food stand. The most striking thing about the 006 is its tremendous ability to delineate three-dimensionality. In this scene, the sense that you can see around the far sides of people and other objects is seriously palpable, even though no such actual biocular information is present. I find this effect similar to looking at 35mm slides projected at the same realistic light levels and proportional size.
A similar 35mm slide comparison can be made with respect to color fidelity. The 006 is nothing short of outstanding. In "Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat," almost every scene in the movie is outrageously color-coordinated. Yet for each shot, the sheer detail, range of hues and level of saturation produced a vibrancy that is normally reserved for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) member screenings; these feature a fresh print and a properly calibrated 35mm motion picture and 6.1 sound system. The purple cupcake paint splotches on the yellow wall of the kitchen, the orange fish in the green clay teapot and the blue-haired Thing One and Thing Two and their fire engine-red transdimensional Transportalator are just three consecutive examples where color choices by the cinematographer and director can produce more stunning, more realistic results at home with the 006 then in 99 percent of motion picture theaters throughout the world. This is not an exaggeration. Unless you're lucky enough to be or know an Academy member, this SXRD television is the closest and most affordable way to see HDTV from the director's chair.


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1) The person who tagged you is:
Eric Teh aka..
2) Your relationship with him/her is:
Friend.. quite close.. soon to be vice president ( by the time other people read this, the election is over!!)
3) Your first impression of him/her is:
Very Dramatic... alot of expression...
4) The most memorable moments with him:
When we played 'In Between' in Justin's place during CNY... you know.. the expression you got there... i was recorded too.. hahaha XD
5) The most memorable thing he/she has said to you is:
I can't remember.. "let's go yam cha!!"
6) If he/she becomes yr lover, you will:
hmmm... tough one... i will be very nice to him.. put him first as my priority, what else.. make him gifts..( i love making gifts).. as my current bf have loads in he's room
7) If he/she became yr lover, what should he/she improve at:
less dramatic...
8) If he/she becomes yr enemy, what would you do:
never talk to him again
9) If he/she becomes yr enemy, the reason will be:
he betrayed me
10) The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
dunno... maybe drive him around
11) Your overall impression on him/her:
nice person to hang out with.. alot of drama going on... quite fun la
12) The characteristic you love most about yourself:
nice, always have the smile on my face, committed and many many more
13) The characteristic you hate most about yourself:
lazy, selfish, i seldom say no
14) The most ideal person you want too be is:
my only self
15) For people that care and like you, say something to them:
Thank you for carring alot for me and LOVE you ALL!!
16) Pass this quiz to 10 ppl who you want to know how they feel about you.
1-Patrick Wong
2-Eric Teh
3-Samantha Ho
4-Evelyn Toh
5-Yen Ee
8-Rina Chew
9- Justin Yap
17) Who is 6 having a relationship with:
No one.. ( i think)
18) Is 9 a male or female:
Male(Justin Yap)
19) If 7 and 10 were together, would it be a good thing:
No.. It's going to be funny(travis and brandon)
20) What is 2 studying at the moment:
IT in Taylors(Eric Teh)
21) When was the last time you had a chat with 3:
3 days ago (samantha)
22) What kind of music does 8 like:
Pop.. i think (rina Chew)
23) Does 1 have any siblings:
One younger sister - her name is Michelle Wong Su Li(Patrick)
24) Will you woo 3:
no way... She's just great.. she should be better off someone else
25) How about 7:
26) Is 4 single:
27) What's the surname of 5:
Tay (Yen Ee)
28) What's the hobby of 5:
Drawing comics (Yen Ee)
29) Do 5 and 9 get along well:
dunno.. they dunno each other (yen ee and Justin Yap)
30) Where is 2 studying at:
Taylors (Eric Teh)
31) Say something casual about your eyes:
not as pretty as others?
32) Have you tried developing feelings for 5:
nope (yen ee)
33) Where does 9 live?:
SS2(Justin Yap)
34) What colours does 4 like:
black i think (Evelyn)
35) Are 5 and 1 good friends:
no.. They don't know each other (Patrick and Yen Ee)
36) Does 7 like 2:
no.. they dunno each other (travis and Eric)
37) How did u get to know 2:
Leo Club of Petaling Jaya Integrity(Eric)
38) Does 1 have any pets:
Not sure (patrick)
39) Is 7 the sexiest person in the world:
Haha..maybe. XD(Travis)
Bea Bee
Tagged by Eric Teh
1) The person who tagged you is:
Cast and Crew Party - Masquerate Theme.
It's been long since my last post...
Things that i did
Well, never update my blog for quite sometime already. Didn't have time, even now, i felt lazy. Anyway.. just update it a little.. for the past few days,
1.Watched the curious case of Benjamin Button
2.Played Volleyball back in my secondary school
3.Bought a mask for masqurate party
4.Learned Salsa
5.Became the Asst. Core Team Leader (i dunno how)
6.Went to eat at the Imperial Garden( the new building beside Amanda Hotel)
7.Fill my calender with alot of stuff
8.Called Mr.Pie Man to give us discounts on the pies for Charity Carnival Bazaar
9.Done my assignment 1
10.Not done anything on Valentines Day
11.Eaten the best ice-kacang in PJ Old Town food court
12.Watched Changeling
13.Following American Idol, Privilleged, 90210, Gossip Girl, Private Practice and Prison Break Season 4
14.Bank-in my money(for the rainy day)
15.Done all my friends tags in Facebook...
16.Just updated my Blog
17.Not finished with my article on Jogoya Reunion...
Bea Bee
My dear friend
RiRi's Concert got postpone..
Haiz.. Rihanna's concert got postpone because of the tragic thing that CBrown did to her. I was so ready for her concert already. now is postpone. I WANT TO SEE HER!!! can't wait for the next date for her concert!!
Bea Bee
Rihanna and Chris Brown
(Taken from Perezhilton.com)
(posted on yesterday at 12.12 a.m.)
Chris Brown Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Rihanna!!!
Nobody messes with our Princess RiRi!!!!
There's a reason why Rihanna and Chris Brown were NOT at the Grammys on Sunday night..
Chris Brown is being investigated for allegedly assaulting Rihanna after the Clive Davis pre-Grammys tribute event on Saturday night.
According to an LAPD report, cops arrived at the scene early Sunday morning - around 12:30 A.M. - after receiving a 911 call reporting a disturbance.
A woman, who insiders name as Rihanna, was found with visible injuries and identified Chris Brown as her attacker.
The 'victim' revealed they were arguing in the car, which escalated when they stopped.
Chris had reportedly already peaced out when authorities arrived.
Brown turned himself in to police around 6:30 P.M. on Sunday. He was officially booked at 7:41 p.m. for making criminal threats.
Brown posted $50,000 bail and was released.
This is just awful if really true.
Violence is never, ever the answer. BUT, we are gonna fuck up that man vile shit-stain of a human being for hitting our Rihanna!!!!!!!
(posted on yesterday 8.08 a.m.)
Chris Brown's Family History Of Domestic Violence
What would drive a man to hit his girlfriend or wife?????
In a 2007 interview with Giant magazine, Chris Brown revealed that his mother had been physically abused by his stepfather.
"He used to hit my mom," the singer, who was arrested Sunday night for allegedly assaulting girlfriend Rihanna, told the magazine. "He made me terrified all the time, terrified like I had to pee on myself. I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, 'I'm just gonna go crazy on him one day . . . ' I hate him to this day."
In the same interview, he said he had studied martial arts, which he used to defend himself once in a fight with several classmates.
Brown said after his mother broke up the fight, he urged her not to go to the police. "Don't go to no cops pressing no charges," he reported begging her, "like we don't do that in the hood."
Way to go hood rat!
(Posted on yesterday 12 p.m.)
Chris Brown vs Rihanna: Assault With A DEADLY WEAPON!!!!!!!!!
This story gets more and more messy!!!!!
Sources are confirming that the victim in the Chris Brown assault case is indeed Rihanna.
Not only that, but the crime report cites the incident as "assault with a deadly weapon" - though the nature of the weapon remains unknown.
This is terrible!
We hope our Princess RiRi realizes she's far too precious to deal with people who resort to violence!
(posted on yesterday 2.14 p.m.)
No Weapon In Chris Brown Case
So, now sources are saying that there was actually no weapon involved in the Chris Brown vs Rihanna altercation, although "assault with a deadly weapon" can include limbs in certain circumstances.
Reports are also saying that Rihanna suffered contusions and bites!
This is worse than a RoHan love quarrel!
We'll keep you updated as the story develops!
(posted on yesterday 9.13 p.m.)
Rihanna's Homeward Bound?
Rihanna's family is reportedly planning to to get her out of L.A. and far away from that alleged woman-beater, Chris Brown.
A member of Rihanna's inner circle says, "They [her family] want to get her back to Barbados. They want to keep her away from Chris right now."
And, her record label has apparently hinted that her previously scheduled concert this Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be cancelled.
RiRi's gotta do whatever is best for her in these trying times!
(posted on yesterday 10.15 p.m.)
This is Awful!
Further updates on Princess RiRi's condition!
Reports are now saying Rihanna's injuries are more acute than
previously speculated.
As a result of whatever exactly went down on Sunday in the wee morning hours, the Umbrealla singer suffered: two "huge contusions" on both sides of her forehead, a bloody lip and bloody nose.
Definitely NOT okay!!!!
There are now doubts about the bites, but that doesn't make the situation any better!
One law enforcement officer compared Rihanna's injuries to "an MMA figher or something… [It] looked like she was growing devil's horns."
This keeps getting worse and worse!
Update: Chris Brown is FUCKED!
Police took pictures at the scene of the crime Sunday morning, and they are said to be "horrific."
There is serious swelling and bruising. Rihanna's lip is split and her nose bloody. And, there are indeed bite marks on one of her arms and on several fingers.
Bite marks????
What an animal!!!!
Rihanna claims Chris struck her with his fists and that's what did the damage.
RiRi refused treatment at the scene but did go to the hospital later on Sunday.Even if she does not cooperate with authorities, the photos alone are said to be "devastating proof of abuse."
Oh, and it was not Rihanna who called 911. Someone in the area heard her screams and called. Thank God for that!
(Images from TMZ.com)
What do i think!!!!
CB should do that to RiRi... i love RiRi...
I hope she doesn't cancel her concert in Mal on the 13th..
I've been waiting very very long for her..
God please her her.. I hope she's ok..
That poor girl.. How dare CBrown hurt her!!! Damn It!!!
For CBrown.. i love your songs.. it's very very nice..
But it's not nice to hurt RiRi... damn shit la... why does he want to do that
did RiRi did something bad? HUH?
Hate celebrities being abuse and criminals.
They are models and peoples that we look up to.
URGH!!! they better not cancel the concert!!
or else They'll PAY!!!
Bea Bee
i don't know why? but i still can't get my license. It's sad i know.... I'm a damn falure.. Haiz.. i just don't know what to say. I like drving though, but i can't seem to get it right.. i can do it during practice with no crashes or any stuff that will make me fail my test. But during test day... it seems that i can't get it right. Well, It's faith.. maybe i'm not meant to drive.
Bea Bee
Shopping Spree
YO!!!!! i'm shopping in indo!!! got a folli follie bag!!! ah!! love it... anyway... just updating abit... and my previous post isn't updated fully yet.. sorry.. kinda busy these days.. signing out!!
Bea Bee
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DIY Bow & Arrow Paper Tuning Stand & Dallen's new Micro Adrenaline Bow
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- Created on Saturday, 17 July 2010 16:00
- Written by The DIY Hunter
|DIY arrow paper tuning stand. The paper shows a perfect arrow punch from my son's new Browning Micro Adrenaline bow.
|Dallen's first time out shooting his new Browning Micro Adrenaline bow.
I find having a well tuned bow is crucial for me to get the best possible accuracy from my bows. Here is an inexpensive paper tuning stand that I use to paper tune my arrows.
I take a wire close hanger and bent it into a rectangle shape approximately 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Then I take a piece of mending plate and nut and bolt the hanger to a tripod. A piece of standard 8 1/2 x 11 paper can be taped across the frame and the tripod can be adjusted in height to place the tuning paper at least three feet in front of my arrow block target.
Dallen's new Browning Micro adrenaline is the last bow that I used the stand to paper tune. I made just a few adjustments to the bus cables to get the timing of the two cams in sync. After I had the cams in sync with each other I shot the perfect bullet hole on my first shot through my paper tuning stand.
I have been using two different full sized Browning Adrenaline two cam bows for the past six or seven years and have really like them. I made a few modifications to my bows. Basically I just replace the fifteen inch limbs with fifteen and a half inch limbs then I make new strings to fit. By adding the longer limbs I get a full thirty two inch draw length that I require.
Dallen's new Micro Adrenaline has got me wanting to upgrade to a new bow myself. I really like the parallel limb design and it is a sweet little bow to shoot.


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If you were anything like me you closely followed the epic journey of all four couples from The Block Fans v Faves! As you all know I was ecstatic that Chantelle and Steve used one of our customised Hermes cushions in their winning dining/living room so naturally I was behind them all the way, through the ups and downs. They pulled off a win with a ground-breaking (and Block-breaking) sale of $2.47 million, netting them a life-changing profit of $636,000, making them the overall winners of The Block, taking out an additional $100,000 in prize money!
I asked Chantelle a few questions about her time on The Block:
PS/ First and foremost Congratulations! Has it sunk in yet that you are the winners of Fans v Faves?
C/ Yes and no – We worked so hard and so flat-out on The Block – you just never stop – so in some ways, the actual build feels like a whirlwind that we can barely remember. So it is surreal to think that we A) Got selected through thousands to be on the show, B) Finished and C) Won. Insane.
PS What was the hardest week on The Block for the two of you?
C/ The hardest week by far was master, WIR, ensuite and MASSIVE hallway, for an obvious reason… It was a HUGE week! I mean, in some weeks we were required to "just" do one wet area (bathroom) and that was hard enough. We truly had to give EVERYTHING we had for every second of the day, and BOY it took it's toll on our existence… But we are STOKED we gave it our all, as most people who inspected our property fell in love with those spaces upon entering.
C/ If the opportunity ever arrived we would consider it, but for now we are just so proud of our achievements thus far. We worked so hard, through one of the most challenging experiences of our lives, and we are so grateful to have come out the other side together with a win, a great prize and an amazing experience.


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Descriptive Stats
Descriptive statistics is the discipline of quantitatively describing the main features of a collection of data; The main aim is to summarize a data set, rather than use the data to learn about the population that the data are thought to represent.
Descriptive statistics provides simple summaries about the sample and about the observations that have been made. Such summaries may be either quantitative, i.e. summary statistics, or visual, i.e. simple-to-understand graphs. These summaries may either form the basis of the initial description of data as part of a more extensive statistical analysis, or they it may they are all that are necessary for a particular investigation.
The use of descriptive and summary statistics has an extensive history, and, indeed, the simple tabulation of populations and of economic data was the first way in which the topic of statistics appeared. More recently, a collection of summarisation techniques has been formulated under the heading of exploratory data analysis: an example of such a technique is the box plot.
Use in time series analysis
- Distribution Analysis:
- Frequency distributions are depicted as a table or as a graph, one form of which is a histogram.
- Distribution properties:
- central tendency: mean, median, mode, etc.
- dispersion measure: range, mean absolute deviation, standard deviation, variance, inter-quartile, etc.
- Shape measure: Skew for symmetry, and Kurtosis for far-end tails.
- Unusual members of the population: Minimum, Maximum, Quartiles.
- Multivariate analysis: Multivariate analysis arises when more than one variable is measured for each member of a population. The main extra consideration here is that of association: the way in which the values of one subset of variables within a populations are related to other subsets: scatter plots, correlation and dependence, and conditional distribution.
- The lagged (i.e. Back shifted) time series can be considered as a separate variate, so multivariate statistics are used to summarize the association of the series with itself over time.
- Hamilton, J .D.; Time Series Analysis , Princeton University Press (1994), ISBN 0-691-04289-6
- Tsay, Ruey S.; Analysis of Financial Time Series John Wiley & SONS. (2005), ISBN 0-471-690740


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OK, so here's where everything stands with the Major League Baseball / DirectTV / Extra Innings deal from yesterday. Richard Sandomir has the scoop in The New York Times.
First: InDemand — which is the cable conglomerate of Comcast, Time Warner and Cox — announced yesterday afternoon that it had matched DirectTV's offer to MLB, which was all that was required of it. Yay! Baseball fans don't have to put a stupid dish on their roofs, if they're even allowed to. Justice! Then it took a little more than a hour for MLB to say, "No dice," claiming that the number of subscribers InDemand had to match was not a "number," per se, but a "percentage." And now ... well, now they're gonna fight it out a while.
We have to say, a little part of us, when word came from InDemand that they had matched the offer, thought, "MLB's gonna find something wrong with this deal." It has seemed clear from the beginning that MLB never had any intention of doing anything other than its exclusive deal with DirectTV and only tossed out the "matching" offer to combat public outrage. Thus, the shooting down of the deal yesterday; we would not be surprised if the MLB-DirectTV contract defined "matching" as "InDemand changing its name to DirectTV."
So, we're at an impasse. Next Tuesday, MLB and DirectTV are appearing before the Senate Commerce Committee to justify their deal, and we still have until March 31 for the clock to run out and MLB finally be able to claim that InDemand couldn't meet its terms on a deal the league never intended on them matching the first place.
Who loses? All of us, of course. We always do.
Baseball Lays Off Cable Operators' Deal [New York Times]


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Merlin Plastics Supply Inc. was established in 1987 as a processor and marketer of industrial plastics scrap. The original operation employed two people and operated out of a 2,000 square foot plant with minimal equipment.
In 1991, Merlin Plastics entered into an agreement with Dow Chemical and the BC Ministry of the Environment. Under the "Partners in Recycling Program", Merlin put in a plant to process post consumer HDPE milk bottles.
Financing was obtained from the provincial government under the aforementioned program, as well as other sources.
Dow at this time were the supplier of the virgin HDPE resin to the BC milk bottle market, so they agreed to take stewardship of the reprocessed resin that met the agreed to quality. During this time, Merlin rented an additional 10,800 square feet, doubling the size of the plant to 21,600 square feet. Merlin also acquired Washers, Dryers, a Granulator, Extruder, and additional equipment to construct a complete and integrated post consumer plastics processing line, that converts bales of milk bottles into cleaned, blended resin that is stored in a silo system then loaded into boxes, bulk rail cars or bulk trucks.
Merlin also purchased a substantial amount of equipment to expand the industrial plastic processing line, and currently purchases and processes a very considerable volume of plastics.
In 1992, once again under the "Partners in Recycling" program, Merlin established processing capability to handle industrial HDPE pails, of the type used in the food industry. This project was in partnership with Esso Chemicals, the major supplier of pail grade resin in BC.
In 1994 – 1995, Merlin leased an additional 22,000 square feet of plant to enter into the reprocessing of film and PET containers. This brought the total plant space to 60,000 square feet (including some outside storage). Extensive capital investment was undertaken with an entire PET processing line purchased that included state of the art colour sorting equipment.
During the five years from 1996 – 2000, extensive research and market development was undertaken to develop the PET market in Western Canada. In 2000, Merlin Plastics Alberta Inc. was founded and an 80,000 square foot PET processing plant was established in Calgary, Alberta to focus on processing PET containers from western Canada. During this time, the original Delta plant was reconfigured to focus primarily on HDPE and post-industrial plastic.


text: Well, I'm really pleased with how the Play-mate of the Apes comic book is coming along. Michael Raso and the Seduction Cinema team has given me plenty of creative leeway with the project, however I'm sticking as closely to the movie as possible. Why mess with perfection, eh? Here's a peek at a few of the panels… minus the good parts. (Sorry, I try to keep this as much of a PG-site as I can!)


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I acquired my first camera and began making my first pictures while living in Japan (1967 thru 1968). That was somewhat ironic inasmuch as I was raised up in Rochester, NY where I could walk to the top of hill on the street on which I lived and see the KODAK corporate tower. Nevertheless, it was in Japan that I learned quite a bit about the medium of photography and its apparatus, aka: (not equipment) the complex structure within the vernacular of the photographic medium.
One of the features of Japanese culture and tradition which I came to embrace while in Japan was that of wabi-sabi. Although, I never encountered that phrase while in Japan but, that written, the idea of wabi-sabi - the beauty of imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness - was part of everyday life in Japan. And, for some reason, I took to that notion like a duck to water.
FYI, I appropriated the word ku (emptiness) for use in the title of my pictures in order to reflect my picture making M.O. That is, when out and about with my cameras (which is nearly every time I leave my house) I am rarely in pusuit of any specific picturing objective / referent. Rather, I keep my mind free of any specific idea(s) about that of which I hope to make pictures.
For me, that mental state of emptiness allows me to be free to make pictures of whatever in the quoidian world might prick my eye and sensibilities. And inveriably, my eye and sensibilities are pricked by those imperfect, impermanent and incomplete referents which make up the beautiful mundane constructs of everyday life.
Life's wabi-sabi-ness, if you will.


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Portrait from the Abilene Register-News, October 6, 1948.
A well-known physician based in Stamford, Texas, Eutus Poland Bunkley practiced medicine for over four decades and was a former president of the Texas Surgical Society in the late 1940s. A lifelong resident of Texas, Bunkley earns a place here on the site due to his service as Mayor of Stamford, an office that he would hold for two terms.
Born in Farmersville, Texas on November 22, 1882, Eutus Poland "E.P." Bunkley was one of nine children born to James Edward and Elizabeth (Henslee) Bunkley. Deciding upon a career in medicine at an early age, Bunkley enrolled at the Tulane Medical School and earned his medical degree in the class of 1907. Soon after his graduation he removed to Stamford to join his uncle in the practice of medicine and would remain here for the remainder of his life. Bunkley married in Stamford around 1910 to Lutie Allen (1887-1970). The couple were wed for over five decades and later had three children: Dorothy (1911-1998), Thomas Allen (1914-1985) and Ann (1924-2009-).
Portrait from the Tulane University Yearbook, 1907.
In the early 1920s, Bunkley and three other Stamford based physicians joined together to help form the Stamford Sanitarium, with construction beginning in 1922. The facility would be enlarged in 1927, and previous to its establishment Bunkley had been affiliated with a Stamford based nursing school beginning in 1910.
Active in the civic life of Stamford in addition to practicing medicine, Bunkley was a past president of that town's Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club. In 1933 he entered into his first term as Mayor of Stamford and was later reelected to that post, serving until 1937. During his mayoralty, Bunkley oversaw the construction of a $155,000 reservoir made possible by the New Deal's Public Works Administration and also was the principal speaker at an Albany, Texas Lions Club meeting in July 1936.
Bunkley retired from the practice of medicine in 1946 and two years later gained additional prominence when he was elected as President of the Texas Surgical Society for the upcoming year. He continued to be a prominent figure in Stamford until his death at the Stamford Sanitarium on July 26, 1961. Bunkley's obituary notes that he had been a patient there since suffering a heart attack a week prior to his death. Both he and his wife were interred at the Highland Cemetery in Stamford.


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Kobach In Valley Park, MO
Like his work in other cities across the country, Kris Kobach injected himself into the immigration debate of the small town of Valley Park, MO. After his legislation was written, challenged, and appealed, Kobach left the town of 6,300 with a legal bill of $270,000.
Valley Park, MO
Valley Park, MO Has A Population Of Nearly 6,300. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 2009 population of Valley Park, MO was 6,282, a decrease from the 2000 figure of 6,518. [U.S. Census Bureau, accessed 7/12/10]
Valley Park Mayor On Illegal Immigrants Living In City: "Before Long You Have Cousin Puerto Rico And Taco Whoever Moving In." According to the Riverfront Times: "Whenever Valley Park Mayor Jeffery Whitteaker begins thinking about illegal immigration - something he does quite often - his mind fills with unpleasant visions of Mexicans pouring into town. 'My main issue is overcrowding,' says Whitteaker ... 'You got one guy and his wife that settle down here, have a couple kids, and before long you have Cousin Puerto Rico and Taco Whoever moving in. They say it's their cousins, but I don't really think they're all related. You see fifteen cars in front of one house - that's pretty suspicious.'" [Riverfront Times, 2/28/07]
Kobach & Legislation
July 2006: Valley Park Ordinance Fined Landlords And Employers For Hiring Or Renting To Immigrants, Made English The City's Official Language. According to the Riverfront Times: "Last July the mayor orchestrated the Valley Park Board of Aldermen's unanimous passage of a controversial ordinance declaring that 'illegal immigration leads to higher crime rates contributes to overcrowded classrooms and failing schools, and destroys our neighborhoods, and diminishes our overall quality of life.' Without debate questions or research, the all-white, all-male board ceded to Whitteaker's demand to make English the city's official language. No one showed up to protest. The measure also imposes $500 fines on landlords and employers who dare to rent homes or offer jobs to illegal immigrants - all of this despite the fact that barely 2 percent of Valley Park's 6,518 residents are Hispanic." [Riverfront Times, 2/28/07]
January 2007: State Circuit Court Judge Put Temporary Restraining Order On Valley Park Law. According to the Associated Press: "In the Valley Park case, St. Louis County Circuit Judge Barbara Wallace issued a restraining order and said there were 'big holes' in the city's ordinance, which would target businesses and landlords." [Associated Press, 1/20/07, via WCBSTV.com]
February 2007: Valley Park Passed New Version Of Ordinance That Required "Landlords To Provide A Family Tree And Citizenship Status For All Their Tenants." According to the Riverfront Times: "Valley Park officials tried to get around the injunction by passing two new versions of the ordinance and placing the city's building inspector - rather than police - in charge of enforcing it. The most recent measure approved unanimously on February 5 requires landlords to provide a family tree and citizenship status for all their tenants." [Riverfront Times, 2/28/07]
Kobach Hired To Defend Valley Park's Illegal Immigration Ordinances In Court. According to the Kansas City Daily Record: "A Missouri city under attack for a controversial ordinance barring the hiring of or renting to illegal immigrants has begun its aggressive defense, including hiring big-name attorney in anti-illegal immigration circles from Kansas City...Kris Kobach, an attorney and law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City who has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor and other Fox News programs, joined the case last week." [Kansas City Daily Record, 10/27/06, via FindArticles.com]
Kobach Was "One Of The Architects" Of The New Version Of The Valley Park Ordinance. According to the Kansas City Daily Record, Kobach "said he was one of the architects of the longer, revised ordinance Valley Park adopted Sept. 26 after St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Barbara Wallace granted a restraining order against enforcement of the local law. At the defense's request, the matter has since been removed to the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri." [Kansas City Daily Record, 10/27/06, via FindArticles.com]
The New Valley Park Ordinance Is Similar To The Hazleton Ordinance Kobach Defended. According to the Kansas City Daily Record: "At the second county court hearing on the matter, plaintiffs' attorney Kathy A. Wisniewski, of Bryan Cave, accused Valley Park of directly copying a similar immigration law passed in Hazelton, Pa. The similarity was no coincidence: Kobach also represents city officials in Hazelton in their defense of that immigration law." [Kansas City Daily Record, 10/27/06, via FindArticles.com]
State & Federal Rulings On Ordinance
State Circuit Court Judge Ruled That Original Valley Park Ordinance Violated State Law. According to the Associated Press: "Dozens of cities and towns around the country have followed Hazleton's lead. One of those cities was dealt a legal setback Monday when a Missouri judge ruled that two ordinances aimed at keeping illegal immigrants out of the St. Louis suburb of Valley Park violated state law. The ordinances, which would have punished businesses and landlords who hired or rented to illegal immigrants, were taken almost verbatim from Hazleton's measures." [Associated Press, 3/13/07, via Boston.com]
Federal Judge Upheld Ordinance Allowing Valley Park To Revoke Licenses Of Businesses Who Hire Illegal Immigrants. According to the Associated Press: "A federal judge has sided with a suburban St. Louis town in a drawn-out legal battle over an ordinance penalizing businesses that hire illegal immigrants. In a ruling handed down late Thursday, U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber upheld the city of Valley Park, Mo.'s right to deny business licenses to those who employ illegal immigrants." [Associated Press, 2/1/08, via Lexis Nexis]
8th Circuit Court Of Appeals Upheld Ordinance Allowing Valley Park To Revoke Licenses Of Businesses Who Hire Illegal Immigrants. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "After a lengthy and costly legal battle, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an ordinance on Friday that allowed the city to suspend the permits of businesses that hire illegal immigrants. The attorney who represented the city said the ruling was significant because it put state law targeting illegal immigrants on firm legal ground." [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6/6/09, via STLToday.com]
Kobach Gave The Town A $270,000 Legal Bill
Kobach Charged Valley Park $270,000 In Legal Fees. According to the New York Times: "The recently elected mayor of Valley Park, Grant Young, was more guarded, noting that the town of 6,500 had paid some $270,000 in legal fees. 'Like most Americans, I do not support illegal immigration,' said Mr. Young, who has not met Mr. Kobach. 'But as a fiscal conservative, I'm going to scrutinize any bill of that size.'" [New York Times, 7/20/09]
Valley Park Hired GOP Fundraiser To Raise Money For The City's Legal Defense. According to the Riverfront Times: "The board of aldermen are fighting the lawsuit and recently hired Jim Gwinner a GOP fundraiser and Valley Park resident, to raise several hundred thousand dollars for the city's legal defense." [Riverfront Times, 2/28/07]
The Constitution Party of Missouri Sponsored Events Funding The Valley Park Legal Defense Fund. In a Press Release by the Constitution Party of Missouri, Donna Ivanovich, Chairman of the Constitution Party of Missouri, stated: "'I'm proud to say that the CPMO [Constitution Party of Missouri] stepped up to the plate. It was in the forefront of developing a legal defense fund for Valley Park ... The fundraising event that we sponsored brought in thousands of dollars. Our newsletters kept an interested public informed on the fight and the issues behind them. It was time and effort well spent." [Constitution Party of Missouri, 2/3/08]


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