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Kanye West + Pusha T Trade Verses on 'New God Flow'
After kicking off the 2012 BET Awards Sunday night, Kanye West and Pusha T dropped their new single 'New God Flow,' which features Yeezy's verse that he rapped a cappella at the awards show. The song is expected to appear on the G.O.O.D. Music compilation, 'Cruel Summer' (due Aug. 7).
'New God Flow' boasts West's most quotable rhyme of the year: "I ain't tryin' to stunt man, but these Yeezy's jumped over the Jumpman." This is West's claim that his Nike Air Yeezy II kicks have outsold the sneaker giant's most popular Air Jordan sneaker (we haven't seen the numbers, but this could be true).
There is plenty to talk about with this certified street banger. The song samples the classic breakbeat from Melvin Bliss' 1973 song 'Synthetic Substitution' and the vocal sample from Ghostface Killah's 'Mighty Healthy,' which also samples Bliss' drum beat.
West and Pusha T's rapping on the track is ferocious and full of vigor. Pusha spits two full verses of spiritual and coked-out rhymes. "I believe there is a god above me / I'm just the god of everything else / I put holes in everything else / "New God Flow," f— everything else," he raps. He later adds, "Supreme dope dealer, write it in bold letters / They love a n—a's spirit like Pac at the Coachella." Eghck!
Meanwhile, West comes through with a climatic third verse, the same one he recited at the 2012 BET Awards. "I'm living three dreams: Biggie Smalls', Dr. King's, Rodney King's / Cause we can't get along, no resolution / Till we drown all these haters, rest in peace to Whitney Houston," he spits.
With their luxury anthem 'Mercy' reaching the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Songs chart, it looks like the G.O.O.D. Music team is bringing the real heat this summer.
Listen to Kanye West + Pusha T, 'New God Flow'


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The Income Tax Cocktail/
Guest Post by Alex W. Rodriguez, jazz guy, friend of the blog, and future UCLA Ph.D. Ethnomusicology candidate. For Alex's thoughts on jazz check out his blog Lubricity, WBGO radio, or the Newark Star Ledger.
After my grandfather passed away, my dad and his sisters began to take inventory of the stuff that he had kept in their childhood home in Central Oregon—books, knickknacks, and all paraphernalia that accumulates in a lifetime. The most fascinating material came from his collection of books, and perhaps the strangest gem of all is Old Mr. Boston's Official Bartender's Guide.
Published in 1935, in the wake of prohibition's repeal, it reads like a hastily-thrown-together mishmash of recipes to promote Old Mr. Boston alcohol products. But I have never come across anything that has immediately evoked the spirit of the 1930s (pun most definitely intended) than this little brown book. Take this formal introduction to Old Mr B. himself:
Sirs, --May we now present to you Old Mr. Boston in permanent form. We know you are going to like him. He is a jolly fellow, one of those rare individuals, everlastingly young, a distinct personality and famous throughout the land for his sterling qualities and genuine good fellowship. His friends number in the millions those who are great and those who are near great even as you and I. He is jovial and ever ready to accept the difficult role of "Life of the Party," a sympathetic friend who may be relied upon in any emergency. Follow his advice and there will be many pleasant times in store for you. Gentlemen, Old Mr. Boston!
Still, I never really knew what to do with it—growing up in Portland, Oregon, I've always been more of a beer-drinker than a cocktail-sipper. But when Rose and Sean started the Five O'Clock Cocktail blog, I knew that Old Mr. Boston could finally see the light of day in the 21st century. At the invitation of the gracious pair, I joined them for an introduction to cocktail-making on a Sunday afternoon at their apartment.
With a lot of help from Sean, I put together this lovely concoction—Rose also added some of the finishing touches. I did, however, proudly man the cocktail shaker. And lo and behold, it tasted really good! Cool, refreshing, but not sugary-sweet, the Income Tax Cocktail seems like a lovely way to get toasted and celebrate the completion of your annual fiscal duties. Enjoy!
The Income Tax
(adapted from Old Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide)
2 oz. Hendricks Gin
3/4 oz. Cinzano Dry Vermouth
3/4 oz. Punt e Mes Italian Vermouth
1 1/4 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
3 dashes of Angostura Bitters
Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled shaker. Shake and strain into your most retro cocktail glass.
Tasting notes:
The original recipe, which called only for "Italian," aka sweet vermouth and 1 dash of bitters, left the Income Tax a tad sweet and uninspired. Adding a bit more bitters and substituting the more astringent Punt e Mes for the sweet vermouth brought this post-Repeal potable back to life.


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Vickie returned to Arenacross last weekend in Idaho to become the latest rider to join the Road to Supercross program. She is racing Arenacross to earn enough points to compete in Monster Energy Supercross down the road. Qualifying in both the Arenacross Lites and Arenacross Class she's on her way to a 250SX class endorsement in the Monster Energy Supercross series. If she accomplishes that she will be the first woman in history to do so.
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If You Have To License The Software You Claim Infringes On Your Patent, How Is Your Patent Valid?
from the keep-'em-coming deptIt's certainly beginning to feel like we're hitting something of an inflection point in getting people to realize just how incredibly broken the patent system is. There has been a flurry of mostly excellent news stories from a variety of sources picking up on this and detailing specific cases of a broken patent system. The This American Life episode certainly helped kick off a lot of attention, but it's definitely been growing in other areas as well. The latest entrant into the field is an excellent article from Ben Popper over at The Observer's BetaBeat site, which focuses on one specific smaller patent troll, a company called IQ Biometrix, and what it's done over the years... which is basically nothing productive. However, it does have two hugely questionable patents: 7,289,647 for a "system and method for creating and displaying a composite facial image" and 6,731,302 for a "method and apparatus for creating facial images."
The company was created over a decade ago and made a single piece of software, which hasn't been updated since 1999. They still send it out on CD-ROMs, and talk about how maybe its patent trolling victories will allow it to offer a downloadable version. The CEO readily admits this:
"Our technology hasn't really changed since the shrinkwrap copies we handed out in 1999. So the hope is to collect enough funds to launch a new version that will be available for download over the web, instead of as a mail order CD-ROM."Of course, that new version actually involves technology from one of the companies it sued. While it didn't make the article, we've been told that part of the settlement that Oddcast made with IQ Biometrix over IQ Biometrix's patent lawsuit was to also license Oddcast's technology to IQ Biometrix so it could use it in its own product. Is there any greater indictment of the patent system than that? IQ Biometrix is claiming that it "invented" this technology, but it's been unable to actually build it. So, instead, it sues a successful company that did build it (not because of the patent, but independently) and then, as a part of the settlement, asks to be able to use the software of the company it sued!
Now I'm sure some defenders of the system will claim that this is somehow fair because IQ Biometrix invented it first and just couldn't raise the money to build it. But there are serious questions as to whether or not IQ Biometrix had any idea how to actually build anything it talked about. The article goes through the history of the company's two main patents, and you realize what a joke this is:
It doesn't take a deep dive to understand the shaky ground for this patent. "That is an absolutely ridiculous claim. If this patent was filed today, it would almost certainly be rejected," said Elliot Furman, a Manhattan-based patent prosecutor who has worked for firms like Gawker and BuzzFeed. Betabeat sent Mr. Furman a copy of the patent in question for evaluation. "It's like they tried to patent a time machine, and they told you how big it was, and the color of the seats, but neglected to mention how it travels through time."The whole story is a frustrating read of the patent system clearly being used to shakedown companies that actually innovated by a company that failed to do so. There are tons of quotes from tech industry people and investors about how patents just get in the way of innovation and are a major problem. Multiple people note that the system appears to work in the exact opposite way from its intended purpose.
The issue is a systemic one, says Mr. Furman, a former software engineer with a master's degree from Stanford. "Many technical patents, and especially software patents, are just bad. The lawyers who wrote them don't understand the history of computer science or the fundamentals of programming. They obscure that in legalese and it gets through the examination so the business thinks they have something great, like a patent on the entire avatar industry, when in fact what they have is a mess that probably wouldn't hold up in court."
At every instance the patent office bent over backward to allow IQ Biometrix to pursue its patent, despite numerous rejections on the grounds that the concept was obvious, that there was "prior art" and that the documents were technologically illiterate. After the first rejection in 2006, the IQ Biometrix legal team went back to the drawing board with new claims that referenced codes, values, screens, keyboards and processors, attempting to dignify the childishly simple act of reconstructing a face with an arsenal of technical gibberish. These claims were rejected outright a second time for being vague and indefinite.
Each time the patent was rejected, IQ's lawyers went right back to work rephrasing the claims. "It's a back and forth with the examiner," explains Mr. Furman, "a feeling-out process to see what they can get approved."
As for IC Biometrix, the company sounds like a joke. It had a weak product that never did very well. The company apparently has revenue of less than $60,000 per year from its software, and despite filing the patents in the late 90s and getting nowhere with them, the process of constantly rewriting gibberish in the mid-2000s allowed it to claim broad, ridiculously worded patents. The company insists that it's not a patent troll, and says that it has to do this since venture capital is difficult to raise these days. Of course, Popper immediately points out that there's a massive amount of VC flooding into the market these days, more than any time in the last four years.
The company's execs also seem a bit delusional. Popper kindly passed along a hilarious part of his interview with the company's execs which didn't make it into the article:
"We are the farthest thing in the world from a patent troll. In fact, we have one of the top five technology companies in the world!"And while the company has been out trying to raise money based on plans to sue potentially up to 40 more companies over patents, its execs insist that they don't really plan to do that. They also position themselves as mere pawns used by the big law firm Kirkland & Ellis:
According to who?
"Wikipedia! And I didn't even write that entry."
"Kirkland and Ellis came to us," said Mr. Micek, naming the firm who represented them against Oddcast. According to Mr. Micek, Kirkland and Ellis offered to allow IQ Biometrix to retain ownership of their patents, but litigate on their behalf, with the two parties splitting the cut from any settlement. "I'm a bystander in this whole thing."I have no idea the details of this particular case, but we have heard similar stories from other small companies. The big law firms with aggressive IP practices effectively try to pull a Righthaven, but at least are smart enough to act as a law firm, rather than a partner company. But really, that's no excuse at all. Even if Kirkland & Ellis did approach IQ Biometrix in the first place, the company still went forward with the plan.
It's also amusing that the company now claims that rather than suing more companies, it's planning to sell itself. And... what exactly do you think any buyer is going to do? I'm sure the company is most attractive for one thing and one thing only: the patents over which any buyer can sue.
So once again, we have to ask why won't Congress actually do something about this? Everyone involved in the tech world is talking about these problems. Venture capitalists, developers, and execs alike are all complaining about a totally broken system that is irrefutably holding back innovation. And Congress twiddles its thumbs and passes bad legislation that only makes the problem worse.
Filed Under: patent trolls, patents
Companies: ip biometrix, oddcast


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 18, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that he is opening an investigation into possible violations of state law in the handling of student loans in Arizona.
The Attorney General's Office will look into whether any Arizona schools have improperly chosen some lenders in preference to others and whether unlawful payments have been made to schools or individuals from the student lending institutions.
Goddard said he will issue civil investigative demands (CIDs) this week to at least two student loan businesses. The companies will be asked to produce records concerning their relationships with public and private universities, community colleges and other vocational schools in Arizona.
"We have seen evidence in other states that these loans have improperly benefited lenders and schools at the expense of students," Goddard said. "If similar abuses have taken place in Arizona, we will take action to stop them and hold accountable anyone who has acted outside the law."
A New York investigation has found that dozens of schools accepted financial incentives from the $85-billion-a-year student loan industry.
Goddard's office participated in a conference call on Tuesday with 40 other states investigating this matter. During this call, the Attorneys General discussed strategies for investigating agreements in which lenders provided incentives to become a "preferred lender" at a college, even if the lender did not have the best rate or terms for students.


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Kawhi Leonard is the youngest player to win an NBA Finals MVP since Magic Johnson after the San Antonio Spurs' Game 5 series-clinching victory over the Miami Heat. The win sealed San Antonio's fifth NBA championship since 1999 as The Spurs avenged their 2013 Finals loss to Miami in convincing fashion. Here's a quick recap of NBA.com's complete Game 5 coverage:
Game 5 Coverage: Spurs 104, Heat 87
- Series Hub
- Video Recap: Spurs 104, Heat 87
- Game 5 Recap, Notebook & Box Score
- Hang Time: In-Game Blog
- Game 5: Mini-Movie
- Game 5: Tweet-cap
- Video Box Score
- Aschburner: Frustration, humility, speculation for Miami
- Caplan: Kawhi Leonard named Finals MVP
- Blinebury: A story of redemption
- Schuhmann: Defense wins championships
- Whitaker: NBA reacts to Spurs' title
- NBA.com/Stats: Game 5 by the numbers
NBA TV: GameTime
- Tony Parker postgame
- Tim Duncan postgame
- Kawhi Leonard postgame
- Manu Ginobili postgame
- Spurs' owner Peter Holt postgame
- Spurs' general manager R.C. Buford postgame
Video Highlights
- Daily Zap
- Nightly Notable: Kawhi Leonard
- Dunk of the Night: Manu Ginobili
- Block of the Night: LeBron James
- Assist of the Night: Boris Diaw
- Steal of the Night: Ray Allen
- Play of the Day: Manu Ginobili
- Sunday's Top 10 plays
- Video: Larry O'Brien trophy presentation
- Video: Kawhi Leonard's Finals MVP presentation
- Through the Lens: Best of Finals
Postgame News Conferences
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2008-09 Season Primers: #14 – HorizonPosted by rtmsf on October 29th, 2008
Damon Lewis, a reporter and play-by-play announcer for the Horizon League Network, is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.
Predicted Order of Finish.
- Wright State (24-6, 15-3)
- Cleveland State (21-10, 13-5)
- Green Bay (19-12, 11-7)
- Butler (16-13, 11-7)
- Loyola (20-11, 10-8)
- Milwaukee (13-16, 7-11)
- Valparaiso (12-18, 7-11)
- Youngstown State (10-19, 4-14)
- Detroit (7-22, 4-14)
What You Need to Know. It's been a slow and steady climb for the Horizon League, but the midwestern ten-member league has built itself into a force to be reckoned with on the mid-major college basketball scene. The buzz word among Horizon League coaches last season was depth, referring to the overall strength of the league from top to bottom. Nowhere was that more evident than in the fact that four teams (Butler, Cleveland State, Wright State, Valparaiso) topped the 20-win plateau. Having four 20-win squads was a first for the Horizon League, and led to three of those four competing in postseason play (Butler – NCAA, Cleveland State – NIT, Valpo – CBI). While having multiple teams competing in the postseason is nothing new in this league, having multiple teams in the NCAA Tournament isn't yet the "norm," but it isn't completely foreign either (3 times in the last 11 years). What's the point, you ask? This league may be even deeper this season, as seven teams return three or more starters from last season, including front-runners Wright State, Cleveland State, and Green Bay. Butler, by most accounts, is bringing in one of the best recruiting classes the Horizon League has ever seen to go along with reigning Newcomer of the Year, Matt Howard (12.3ppg, 5.5rpg). Meanwhile, UIC has a favorite for league POY honors in sharpshooter Josh Mayo (17.1ppg, 47% 3fg%), and one of the few true "bigs" in the entire league in 7-footer, Scott VanderMeer (9.3ppg, 7.5rpg). This could be another year where the Horizon receives multiple NCAA bids, but for the first time in awhile, that at-large bid isn't likely to have Butler's name on it (Butler advanced to the S16 as an at-large NCAA bid in 2003 and 2007).
Predicted Champion. Wright State (#11 seed NCAA). The Raiders have plenty of talent, and trust me, we'll get to that in a moment. But the green-and-gold have the ultimate ace in the hole: head coach Brad Brownell. Brownell, if he really tried, could probably turn the Oakland Raiders into a winner, all while keeping Al Davis satisfied in the process. Seriously. Alright, kidding aside, all Brownell has done is win wherever he's been (including two NCAA appearances in four seasons at UNC-Wilmington). He won the Horizon League in his inaugural season two years ago, and followed that up with 21 wins and a 3rd-place regular season finish last year. Admittedly, his team was lacking athleticism and a go-to scorer, but the "other" school in Dayton got it done with grit and commitment on the defensive end, giving up just 60.4 ppg and notching 13 wins in games decided by 5 points or less. In a guard-dominated league, Wright State returns its entire backcourt. Vaughn Duggins (HL 1st Team, 13.8 ppg), Todd Brown (12.7 ppg), and 5th-year senior Will Graham (5.9 ppg, 3.5 apg), will lead the way with a three-headed-monster of Ronnie Thomas, Cooper Land, and Gavin Horne battling for time down low. Two newcomers are expected to see significant minutes from the start. Scott Grote, a transfer from Duquesne, (9.9 ppg in 29 games as a freshman) and Cory Cooperwood (two-time JUCO All-American at Wallace State CC, 15.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg), will undoubtedly inject energy, electricity, and most importantly, more points into the Wright State attack. The schedule is solid for a mid-major, but not impressive enough to warrant a single-digit NCAA seed unless the Raiders were to, say, run the table.
Others Considered. Cleveland State. Most prognosticators will likely choose the Vikings as the team to beat this year in the Horizon League, and they may very well be right. Gary Waters has no doubt turned this program around in just two seasons at the helm, and while his programs have a history of taking major leaps forward in year number three (Kent State, Rutgers), a major leap forward this year will be hard to achieve given the depth in the Horizon League and the Vikings brutal non-conference schedule. The two unknowns about this squad are: 1) How will they respond to having a target on their back? And, 2) How will they respond to losses? After all, they came out of nowhere last year to score 21 wins and finish 2nd in the Horizon League. But, in late January the Vikes held a two-game lead over Butler in the league standings, only to lose five straight and fall back to the pack. One thing is for sure, however, J'Nathan Bullock (HL 1st Team, 14.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg) and Cedric Jackson (HL 2nd Team, 13.9 ppg, 4.9 apg) make up the best inside-out combination in the league. Waters readily admits his team struggled shooting from the perimeter last season (30.2% from 3) and combine that with a trend of using several bodies on the bench — nine players averaged at least 14 mpg and played in at least 33 of 34 games last year — and freshman bombers like Jeremy Montgomery, Josh McCoy, and Charlie Woods could find themselves in crucial roles. All five starters return in Green Bay, along with coach Tod Kowalczyk's top two reserves. Mike Schachtner, Terry Evans, and Rahmon Fletcher each took home Horizon League postseason honors last year. Senior forward Ryan Tillema is no slouch either. Battered and bruised, this team struggled to a 15-15 mark last season. If healthy, the Phoenix will be much improved. Underachieving again would be a bittersweet way to go out for Schachtner, Evans, and Tillema. The player to watch at Butler — aside from Matt Howard, whose exploits are well documented (check out #96) — is freshman combo guard, Shelvin Mack. His maturation process will determine how successful the extremely young Bulldogs will be this season. Loyola top gun J.R. Blount and the rest of the Ramblers should rebound from a rough season, thanks to a returning core of veterans (four starters). Valparaiso may be in for a big slide after losing their top two scorers to graduation, and two more major scoring threats in the offseason — Bryan Bouchie and Samuel Haanpaa — who both left the program (Bouchie transfered to Evansville, Haanpaa returned overseas and signed a professional contract). Here are Butler's final seconds in last year's Horizon League championship.
Key Games / RPI Booster Games.
Cleveland St.:
@ Washington — 11.18.08 (…tough)
@ West Virginia — 12.6.08 (…tougher)
@ Syracuse — 12.15.08 (…toughest)
vs. Kent State — 12.23.08 (…a rivalry game to boot!)
- @ Ohio State — 12.13.08
- @ Xavier — 12.23.08 (…a good measuring stick for the Bulldogs)
Green Bay:
- vs. UMass — 11.29.08
- @ Wisconsin — 12.13.08 (…please re-name: "Dick Bennett Classic")
Wright State:
- @ Wake Forest — 12.14.08 (…Wake is rumored to be "back")
- vs. Oral Roberts — 12.20.08
- vs. Cleveland State — 12.30.08
- @ Cleveland State — 1.31.09
- Pre-Season NIT vs. Georgia — 11.17.08 (…guaranteed 4 decent games)
- vs. UIC — 2.27.09
- vs. North Carolina — 12.20.08 (…in Chicago @ United Center)
- @ Purdue — 12.28.08
*A complete list of Horizon League contests set to be broadcast by the ESPN family of networks can be found here. All league contests can be viewed online, for free, on the Horizon League Network.
Odds of Multiple NCAA Bids. If Cleveland State can get to their first showdown at Wright State, (12.30.08) sporting a record of 11-3 or better, then the chances of the Horizon League being a two-bid league are very solid. Only the Vikings boast a non-conference schedule strong enough that, if they can win a couple of the big games, would compensate for a couple of extra losses in league play. Of course, if Wright State runs away with the regular season title (or anyone for that matter), an upset in the championship game could also result in multiple bids for this league.
Did You Know. Following the 1992-1993 season, University of Michigan assistant coach Perry Watson left Ann Arbor to take over as the head coach at Detroit-Mercy. The spot vacated by Watson at Michigan was initially filled by Ray McCallum, but McCallum never coached a game at Michigan. Instead, he returned to his alma mater, Ball State, and became the head coach of the Cardinals. After a successful run in Muncie, IN, McCallum moved on to lead the University of Houston, followed by assistant coaching jobs at Oklahoma and Indiana. This past spring, McCallum was hired as the head coach at Detroit, once again filling a void left by Watson, who resigned after 15 seasons with the Titans. Watson guided Detroit to the NCAA second round in 1998 and 1999, and the NIT in 2001 and 2002.
65 Team Era. Let's get this out of the way right now – over the last decade the Horizon has been the most successful mid-major conference in the NCAA Tournament (defining mid-major as normally a one-bid league). In six of the last eight tournaments, a Horizon team has won at least one game (with an average seed of #11.1). Three of those years, a Horizon team played itself into the Sweet Sixteen (Butler – 2003, 2007; Milwaukee – 2005). Additionally, you wanna talk about a tough out – consider the teams that are knocking out these Horizon squads – three #1 seeds, three #2 seeds, two #3 seeds, including both Florida national champions. Not bad, not bad at all. The Horizon's record of 20-32 (.385) over this era matches up even or better than every one of its peers, and there's no reason to believe it will end soon.
Final Thoughts. It's hard to imagine a program like Valparaiso finishing 8th, but someone has to end up there in this deep, talented league. Heck, we haven't even mentioned Milwaukee yet, as scoring machines Ricky Franklin, Avery Smith, and Deonte Roberts are all back. While programs like Detroit and Youngstown State seem to be a step behind the rest of the league right now, you can bet they'll be competitive night in and night out. If you catch a Horizon League game on television, you won't be "wowed" by superb athletic ability, but what you will find, for the most part, is team-oriented basketball with disciplined student-athletes who are just as comfortable grinding out a 54-52 victory as they are pushing their team's point total into the 80s. The players are skilled, the action is rough, and the future is bright.


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German conceptual artist Wolfgang Laib creates his installations from natural materials displayed in very unnatural ways. In "Pollen from Hazelnut," Laib collected pollen from the area around his studio for over 23 years. In the gallery, he carefully sifted the rich yellow powder into a saturated rectangular field. He says,
"I wanted to have this very intense, concentrated experience … with the pollen. So, the meadow with flowers where I collect the pollen is something very different from how you see it here, a real concentrated experience without any distractions, nothing else." (Source)
Traditionally, conceptual art is primarily concerned with ideas—aesthetics are mainly disregarded. Laib's pollen fields are unusual in that they have a strong conceptual basis, yet they're also lovely and striking. The geometric shapes, as large as 380 square feet, have been described as a "vast luminous field of color" and "a blanket of pure pigment."
Interestingly it is in the collection of the pollen and the amassed pollen itself where Laib finds the most meaning. The sifting onto the floor is almost irrelevant to him. This exchange is from an interview in The Journal of Contemporary Art
Ottmann [interviewer]: Your pollen pieces are for sale. If a collector wants to own one how exactly does that work?
Laib: He buys three jars of pollen and it's his choice of keeping it in the jar or to get rid of his furniture and spread it out on the floor.
Ottmann: Would you go to his home and do that?
Laib: Yes, but of course I would be even happier if he would do it himself.
Some critics of the work are concerned with Laib's "waste" of natural materials. This is not a concern for Laib, who, although he works with natural materials, does not consider himself a naturalist. It's important to remember that the pollen is gathered by hand over a long period of time, not mass harvested, denuding the environment in one obscene swoop. From concept to exhibition, every aspect of Laib's work displays patience, precision, and peace.
Read more about Wolfgang Laib on PBS's wonderful Art21 website and look out for his episode airing soon!


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Randa Khattar received her doctorate from York University, Canada. She is currently working on developing strategies for teacher education programmes to promote sustained attentiveness in beginning teachers ' practices. She teaches at the Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE), University of Toronto, and at York University.


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Oct. 2, 2010
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A stifling defense led Cal State Fullerton to a sweep over UC Santa Barbara in Big West women's volleyball action Saturday at the Thunderdome, snapping the Gauchos' four-match win streak and blemishing their perfect record in league play.
The Titans held a 65-49 advantage in digs and won by scores of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-23. Fullerton improved to 13-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big West, while Santa Barbara fell to 9-7 and 3-1.
"We didn't rise to the challenge and we played with little intensity," said UCSB head coach Kathy Gregory, who was named a Legend of the `Dome Friday. Fullerton was great defensively and we couldn't match them."
Several times the Gauchos mounted exciting comeback bids, but ultimately couldn't replicate Friday's victory over No. 21 Long Beach State, in which UCSB came back from being down two sets to win in five.
Cal State Fullerton, which has won nine of its last 10 matches, put down 50 kills to UCSB's 38 and out-hit the Gauchos .256 (50-18-125) to .175 (38-16-126).
The Titans were snapping all weekend as they halted Cal Poly's 10-match win streak Friday night in San Luis Obispo. Poly swept Long Beach State Saturday at home.
UCSB, now 55-5 all-time against Cal State Fullerton, was attempting to start its Big West season with a 4-0 mark for the first time since 2003.
No Gaucho posted double-digit kill totals as Kara Sherrard led with nine and was followed by Charlene DeHoog (eight), Stacey Schmidt (seven) and setter Dana Vargas (six). DeHoog finished with a team-high 13 digs and libero Kelly Heenan had 11. UCSB was slightly stronger on the block with seven team stuffs to six for Cal State Fullerton.
Titan Erin Saddler led all players with 16 kills on 42 swings. Torrie Brown had 14 kills. The bulk of the defense was provided by Cami Croteau, who kept 29 Gaucho attacks alive. Genie Francisco followed with 13 digs and Gabrielle Dewberry had 11.
In the final set, UCSB was down by as many as seven points, the final time at 21-14. Three straight points later on got the Gauchos within three at 22-19. At match point (24-20), another three consecutive points on a Titan service error and a pair of double blocks took the score to 24-23. However, a kill from Kayla Neto ended the frame and the match. UCSB got off to an impressive 6-2 advantage, but Fullerton rattled off five straight points (three from kills by Leah Maurer), giving the Titans a 12-8 lead, which they didn't relinquish the rest of the way.
After trailing by seven points midway through the opening set, the Gauchos had three impressive strings of points. Six straight scores (four of those on kills) gave UCSB its first lead at 16-14. The Titans would tie it at 16 with a Bre Moreland ace and took a one-point lead on a Gaucho attack error. Santa Barbara kept it close until at 20-19 when the Titans scored four of the next six points and went up 24-21. Saddler finished off the set with a kill.
UCSB had its lowest hitting percentage in the second set (.128). The Gauchos led 9-8, but the Titans scored three times in a row to take a lead that they would not lose again.
The match had 13 tie scores and nine lead changes.
UCSB will take a quick break from league play and take on Pepperdine at Firestone Fieldhouse on Oct. 6, kicking off a four-match road swing. Following the tilt against the Waves, the Gauchos play at Cal Poly, Pacific and UC Davis.
The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office has two parking spaces adjacent to the ICA building and is now open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., making it easier than ever for fans to purchase tickets. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the Ticket Office, are also available during weekday hours, which are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Gaucho Fund, launched as part of the Dare to Be Great strategic plan, is UCSB Athletics' annual giving program to provide vital funding support for scholarships, academic success and leadership development for Gaucho student-athletes. The Gaucho Fund is the anchor to the Dare to Be Great campaign.
GKids is the official kids club of UCSB Athletics. Members receive a free GKids t-shirt, free admittance to tons of Gaucho games, opportunities to be ball boys and girls at games, a special birthday greeting from Olie (the GKids mascot) and much, much more!
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The worst thing about this picture is that I didn't have it on my hard drive. I found it via Google Images. But the best part is it took me at least 3 minutes to find it, so, by modern standards, it's pretty obscure. Or at least it was, until I put it here on my blog again.
(Actually, the worst thing about this image is that I just found out it's now apparently being used to advertise porn sites, without my knowledge, consent, or participation.)
Anyway, back in the day, this picture went on Myspace, because of course it did. And eventually the friend who took this picture became a kindergarten teacher, while I became a ridiculously overrated blogger. That's not just an opinion, it's a matter of fact, because Google over-emphasizes the importance of programmer content, relative to literally any other kind of content, when it computes its search rankings. And so, through the "magic" of Google, the first search result for my former photographer's name - and she was by this point a kindergarten teacher - was this picture on my Myspace page.
She emailed me like, "Hi! It's been a while. Can you take that picture down?"
And of course, the answer was no, because I hadn't used Myspace in years, and I didn't have any idea what my password was, and I didn't have the same email address any more, and I didn't even have the computer I had back when Myspace existed. Except it turned out that Myspace was still existing for some reason, and was maybe causing some headaches for my friend as well. I have to tell you, if you're worried that you might have accidentally fucked up your friend's career in a serious way, all because you thought it would be funny to strap a dildo to your face, it doesn't feel awesome.
(And by the way, I'm pretty sure she's a great teacher. You shouldn't have to worry that some silly thing you did as a young adult, or in your late teens, would still haunt you five to fifteen years later, but that's the Internet we built by accident.)
So I went hunting on Myspace for how to take a picture down for an account you forgot you had, and Myspace was like, "Dude, no problem! Just tell us where you lived when you had that account, and what your email address was, and what made-up bullshit answers you gave us for our security questions, since nobody in their right minds would ever provide accurate answers to those questions if they understood anything at all about the Internet!"
So that didn't go so well, either. I didn't know the answers to any of those questions. I didn't have the email address any more, and I had no idea what my old physical address was. I would have a hard time figuring out what my current address is. Probably, if I needed to know that, I might be able to find it in Gmail. That's certainly where I would turn first, because Google has eaten my ability to remember things and left me a semi-brainless husk, as most of you know, because it's done the same thing to you, and your friends, and your family.
Speak of the devil - around this time, Google started pressuring everybody in the fucking universe to sign up for Google Plus, Larry Page's desperate bid to turn Google into Facebook, because who on earth would ever be content to be one of the richest people in the history of creation, if Valleywag stopped paying attention to you for five whole minutes?
My reaction when Google's constantly like, "Hey Giles, you should join Google Plus!"
Since then, my photographer/teacher friend fortunately figured out a different way to get the image off Myspace, and I made it a rule to avoid Google Plus. Having had such a negative experience with Myspace, I took the position that any social network you join creates presence debt, like the technical debt incurred by legacy code - the nasty, counterproductive residue of a previous identity. So I was like, fuck Google Plus. I lasted for years without joining that horrible thing, but I finally capitulated this summer. I joined a company called Panda Strike, and a lot of us work remote (myself included), so we periodically gather via Google Hangouts to chat and convene as a group.
But just because I had consented to use Hangouts, that didn't mean I was going down without a fight.
When I "joined" Google Plus, I first opened up an Incognito window in Chrome. Then I made up a fake person with fake biographical attributes and joined as that person. Thereafter, whenever I saw a Google Hangouts link in IRC or email, I would first open up an Incognito window, then log into Google Plus "in disguise," and then copy/paste the Hangouts URL into the Incognito window's location textfield, and then - and only then - enter the actual Hangout.
This is, of course, too much fucking work. But at least it's work I've created for myself. Plenty of people who are willing to go along with Google's bullying approach to selling Google Plus still get nothing but trouble when they try to use Hangouts.
If anyone knows how to operate google hangout I'd appreciate any help. People don't get my invitations, but they can call me into a 2nd one?— Pat Maddox (@patmaddox) August 26, 2014
The Hangouts app on a Google branded device is hilariously shitty.— John Van Enk (@sw17ch) February 11, 2014
@jasonkarns @sw17ch @mattdarby at least hangouts is consistent in its mediocrity. Had it been excellent, G+ would have looked bad.— Justin Searls (@searls) February 11, 2014
/play lonely_🎻 for @jasonkarns as nobody else is "able to" join for this week's @testdouble hangout. pic.twitter.com/dOck7ZZewJ— Justin Searls (@searls) June 6, 2014
Google Hangouts has the worst user interface for starting and initiating a session. It's like an autistic idiot designed it.— hussein kanji (@hkanji) September 27, 2013
Horrible moment of the morning: Google tricked me into replacing GChat with a Google Hangouts interface.— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) May 24, 2013
Google Hangouts has the worst, most retarded interface I've ever seen. Every conference call I struggle to enter the hangout.— hussein kanji (@hkanji) August 26, 2013
Protip: don't even tolerate this bullshit.
Imagine how amazing it would be if all you needed to join a live, ongoing video chat was a URL. No username, no password, no second-rate social network you've been strong-armed into joining (or pretending to join). Just a link. You click it, you're in the chat room, you're done.
Panda Strike has built this site. It's called GlideRoom, and it's Google Hangouts without the hangups, or the hassle, or indeed the shiny, happy dystopia.
Clicking "Get A Room" takes you to a chat room, whose URL is a unique hash. All you do to invite people to your chat room is send them the URL. You don't need to authorize them, authenticate them, invite them to a social network which has no other appealing features (and plenty of unappealing ones), or jump through any other ridiculous hoops.
We built this, of course, to scratch our own itch. We built this because URLs are an incredibly valuable form of user interface. And yes, we built it because Google Plus is so utterly bloody awful that we truly expect its absence to be a big plus for our product.
So check out Glideroom, and tweet at me or the team to let us know how you like it.


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Bereavement support group to meet
Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County will offer an eight-week bereavement support group to help adults cope with loss following the death of a parent.
The group will meet weekly on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. beginning April 8 and continuing through May 27.
"In this support group, we will address the range of powerful feelings that are common among adults following the death of a parent, including depression, fear, abandonment, remorse, isolation, loneliness and guilt," said the Rev. Karen Judd, an interfaith minister and grief and bereavement counselor. "Regardless of age or the particular circumstances of the loss, the death of a parent can be a profoundly effecting experience, and it is essential to express these feelings of grief in order to begin the process of healing."
The group will meet at the offices of Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County in Suite 114 at the Health and Wellness Center at I-Park, 761 Main Ave., Norwalk.
For information or to register, call 203-834-6341, ext. 255.


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Low Rider Rumble
Low Rider Rumble is a street race in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. It becomes available after completion of the mission Grease Sucho for Ma Cipriani. The street race starts by a phone call outside Don Kiddick's Sausage Factory in Trenton on Portland. For this race you will need a car. The cars the other racers use are Hellenbach GTs. The race is two laps long. And the reward for 1st place is $1500.
Competitor: If you wanna prove your ride ain't no bitch, get down the start line of the next street race.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Anthony Davis, the overall No. 1 draft pick of the New Orleans, has left Friday night's game against Utah and is being tested for a possible concussion and will not return.
Davis had eight points - all on dunks in the first half - six rebounds and two blocks. He was injured with 4:51 left in the first half. The Hornets released an official statement that he will be out for the rest of the game. The Hornets trailed 41-40 at halftime.
Davis, who led Kentucky to the NCAA championship last season, scored 21 points in his regular-season debut on Wednesday in the Hornets' 99-95 loss to San Antonio. He hit 6 of 12 shots, made all nine of his free throw attempts and grabbed seven rebounds.


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Now that Omar Jasseh has become the youngest player ever to sign with the Earthquakes, it might not take him long to set a new record: the youngest player ever to take the pitch for San Jose.
Jasseh, a 17-year-old midfielder from Gambia, was officially signed by the team on Wednesday, and could get used within a matter of hours. Quakes coach Frank Yallop said Tuesday that he was planning on using Jasseh as a substitute in San Jose's U.S. Open Cup qualifier against visiting Real Salt Lake.
With Jasseh under contract, that's now a viable possibility.
"I'm excited for him," Yallop said. "He's maturing. We'll see how the game goes and figure it out, but I would love to get him on the field at some point."
The Earthquakes have a crowded midfield already, but Jasseh's raw speed and strong right foot are assets that are in short supply on San Jose's roster, although his defensive awareness could use improvement.
Jasseh has been with the team for several weeks, but his deal was delayed by some inconsistent spellings on his official documents which needed squaring away.
Jasseh—who was 17 years, five months and 13 days old when he signed—beat the record of Arturo Alvarez, who was one month and four days older when San Jose selected him in the 2003 draft. Now Jasseh has a little more than four months to top another of Alvarez's accomplishments—being the youngest Earthquake to play in a regular-season MLS game.


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So many of you asked if I could share the pattern for this pincushion that I had used as my avatar, but I had taken a free class at my LQS yes, free! Imagine that!
We made the pincushion as we went along as per her instructions, and when I got home I should have written down what she told us to do, but unfortunately I did not. So I have tried to recreate the instructions without taking my pincushion apart, and I think it worked out great. The original did not have as many petals as I have made on this new one, as I always thought the original looked a bit skimpy. And if you look at my old, she had us use the largest petal color for the center. Here, I used a third petal color. I used batiks but you use any fabrics you love. Hopefully my photos will show enough detail.
The only tools you will need are a needle and strong thread, and a glue gun. No machine sewing! This is so quick and easy.
So, what you need is:
A piece of lightweight cardboard or plastic 3 in diameter.
A green for the leaves.
3 petal colors if you want to use my new way, or 2 colors if making it like the original.
A 4 circle template for cutting the leaves and petals, and a 6 circle template for cutting the stuffed pincushion part.
Small amount of batting, or scrap fabric, or ground walnut to stuff the center.
From the green, cut 7 circles 4 in diameter for the leaves. Cut an additional green 4 circle for the base.
From the outer circle of petals, cut 6 circles 4 in diameter.
From the inner circle of petals, cut 5 circles 4 in diameter.
From the 3rd petal fabric OR the outer petal fabric, cut one circle 5-1/2 in diameter.
Take 7 green circles, fold in quarter, and baste a running stitch along the edge, about ¼ in from the edge, and about ¼ apart. Always start at the same side (I began at the folded edge) so the petals will cup in the same upward direction.
Repeat with the 6 outer petal fabric.
Repeat with the 5 inner petal fabric.
Using your glue gun, cover the 3 cardboard circle with the leftover 4 circle of green. Now, gather the green leaves to just fit inside the base, tie off, adjust gathers to be evenly spaced, have the cup side facing up, and glue into place.
In the same manner, gather the 6 outer petals, gather to fit just inside of the green petals and glue. Gather the 5 inner petals to fit just inside the outer petals and glue.
Gather the 5-1/2 circle for the center, stuff with your choice of stuffing materials, gather up, keep stuffing and poking until the ball is nicely shaped and stuffed full. Tightly tie off the gathers. Glue in the center of the petals. (I should have tied mine tighter.)
Thats it, youre done! Hopefully, you will post pictures of your pincushions so I can see what you have made. Hope you enjoy my little project.


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New Car Review
2014 GMC Sierra 2500HD: New Car Review
Work trucks aren't supposed to win beauty contests. They are purpose-built vehicles that tow everything from hay bales to 4-wheel ATVs without struggle or strain. The 2014 GMC Sierra 2500HD, however, considers its crew as well as its cargo, providing an always-comfortable and roomy interior. Sharing its mechanical underpinnings with the Chevrolet Silverado HD, GMC adds its own DNA, including the popular Denali trim. The result is a work truck better suited for the owner of a company than someone who works in the trenches. With many trim and model combinations, including various cab, bed and body styles, the Sierra 2500 HD pickup covers all the bases.
What's New for 2014?
Although the light-duty Sierra is redesigned for 2014, the Sierra 2500HD carries over mostly unchanged. The only real update is that GMC has canceled extended-cab body styles for the new model year, choosing instead to offer only regular cab and crew cab models.
What We Like
Bold and aggressive styling; rugged interior on Work Truck trims; CNG bi-fuel capability; EZ lift/locking tailgate; exceptional towing capacity
What We Don't
Denali trim available only on Crew Cab models; no manual transmission offered; side and curtain airbags not standard on all trims
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The 2014 GMC Sierra 2500HD comes with three available engines. Standard is a 6.0-liter V8 that makes 360 horsepower and 380 lb-ft of torque. Shoppers can also opt for a compressed natural gas (CNG) version of that engine, which offers 279 hp. For those who need extra capabilities, the Sierra 2500HD also offers a 6.6-liter turbodiesel V8 that makes 397 hp and a stunning 765 lb-ft of torque. Because of the Sierra 2500HD's size, the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't require fuel economy testing, but we'd be happy with around 11 miles per gallon city/18 mpg hwy with any engine.
Standard Features & Options
The GMC Sierra 2500HD comes in many trims, body styles and configurations. Regular and crew cabs are available, while shoppers can also choose between bed length (short or long), engine (gas, CNG or diesel) and drivetrain (2-wheel drive or 4-wheel drive). As for trim levels, the Sierra 2500HD has four: base-level Work Truck, mid-level SLE and SLT, and high-end Denali.
The base Work Truck ($32,300) includes a minimal dash and interior better suited to dirt and grime. Standard equipment includes rubber flooring, 40/20/40 bench seat, air conditioning, tilt wheel, rear step bumper, 8-lug steel wheels and ABS.
The SLE ($37,500) trim adds power windows and locks, CD player, cruise control, upgraded interior, rear defrost, heated outside power mirrors and bucket seats with power driver's seat.
The SLT ($47,500) trim brings even more standard equipment, including heated front seats, leather seating surfaces, automatic temperature control, a trailer hitch receiver, aluminum wheels and Bluetooth. The SLT trim is also offered only with the crew cab body style.
The Denali ($50,100) adds ventilated front seats, power-adjustable pedals, 12-way power-adjustable front seats, power-retractable side mirrors, a heated steering wheel, rear park assist, rear backup camera and a Bose premium 7-speaker audio system.
Optional equipment includes the Duramax 6.6-liter turbodiesel engine, in-bed cargo management system, Ultrasonic Rear Park Assist, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system, navigation radio, Wi-Fi (dealer-installed hub, requires subscription), tubular running boards, EZ-lift tailgate (SLT) and a skid-resistant bed liner. Optional safety features include front side and side-curtain airbags.
Mechanical options include 4-wheel drive, dual rear-wheel axle, 4.10 rear axle, heavy-duty locking rear differential, heavy-duty trailer package (2.5-inch receiver and 2-in adapter, 7-wire harness and trailer brake control), snow plow prep (10-amp power source, 160-amp alternator and wiring harness for forward- and roof-mounted lamps and skid plates), high payload performance package, high idle, tri-folding hard tonneau cover and various work site and utility options.
Every GMC Sierra HD features anti-lock brakes, front airbags, StabiliTrak electronic traction and stability control, OnStar Crash Response and Crisis Assist and a tire-pressure monitor.
In the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's tests of the Sierra HD, the truck performs as well as most, with an average overall score. Trucks without optional side airbags earned much lower ratings than trucks with airbags, with Crew Cab models scoring slightly better than Regular and Extended Cabs. The Sierra HD also earned scores from three to four out of five stars in the roof rollover test, depending on body style and cab configuration.
Behind the Wheel
The Sierra HD is a big truck, so its ride and handling are predictable. But what we didn't expect was the extent to which the Sierra's cabin shuts out road and engine noise (especially with the Duramax diesel chugging away) and how good the feedback response is from the steering and brakes. With the diesel engine on board, the Sierra's ability to tow and haul is impressive. A conventional tow rating of 13,000 pounds should suffice for most chores, but adding a fifth-wheel hitch allows that figure to rise to 17,800 pounds.
Two of the most helpful features for drivers are the powertrain grade braking system on the Allison 6-speed and the smart exhaust braking system on the diesel engine. Grade braking uses the engine's torque to help slow the vehicle when descending long grades, thus saving on brake wear. Similarly, the exhaust braking system works by restricting exhaust flow, thus producing a situation in which the compression in the engine is held steady and resulting in the engine holding or slowing power output. Both systems are invaluable when trailering heavy loads through mountain or hilly passes.
Other Cars to Consider
Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD -- Although the Sierra and Silverado are largely the same, you should definitely check out the Chevy, if only to see whether you can get a better deal.
Ram 2500 HD -- The Ram HD outmuscles and out-tows the Sierra, and its HEMI V8 offers more horsepower and torque than the Sierra's base-level engine. But the Ram's ride can be rough and its long-term resale figures are not as strong.
Ford F-250 -- Ford's heavy-duty F-250 offers more horsepower and torque, more trim and cab options (such as the King Ranch and Platinum trims) and more sophisticated audio and infotainment systems (SYNC).
AutoTrader's Advice
With so many trims and configurations, it is impossible to say which model is the favorite. Much depends on your needs. If you're not a site manager or oil rig crew, and if you just need a big truck for towing a vacation or horse trailer, the Sierra HD Denali will most likely please you. Those looking for a workhorse should consider the Work Truck, while those needing both a work station and a family hauler will likely find the SLE strikes a nice balance between features and price.


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Upgrade from Metal to Plastic Parts: Tips & Guide
Upgrade Your Metal to Plastic Parts – But Why?
A large number of containers aren't going to cover your vacation, but if you ramp this up, there may be a fortune in sizeable quantities. This is true all over the country, especially in California, as it consists of plastic. These are generally long in shape, and is made up of a little loop at the same end. Such an adhesive is largely utilized to attach tiles where clamping isn't feasible. The powder coated surfaces are somewhat more durable when compared with the painted surfaces. The coating doesn't wear away. Furthermore, chrome plating or chrome alloys are offered at quite affordable prices.
Basically it's a material that's a thermoplastic and it's silky in texture. Discarded waste material, especially metal appropriate for reprocessing are basically referred to as scraps. It's mainly employed for metal objects to keep them from corrosion. It's characterized by defective metallic flow. Metal was utilized for a significant while as part of the process of utilizing infusion molds. This process is simple for those that are prepared to use the flat iron.
Well, it is possible to actually replace the headlights on your personal as long as you own a background regarding how you will have the ability to fulfill this undertaking. Car bumpers are created of this material and they're thought to be a greater class of aftermarket solutions. Today, helmets are produced from a number of materials like resin, metal and plastic. There are different kinds of gloves. Nylon is a challenging material and it possesses a high resistance to each unpleasant atmosphere. If you can't arrange nylon brushes with complete plastic handle, make certain the metallic component of the brush you're using is covered with masking tape. These are available in and around California, or can be purchased online. Carbon shells and tiny metallic studs may also be used for more hand protection.
There's a 1 inch by 5 in. plastic cover. The width of the air intake needs to be big for free stream of air. The bigger diameter of quartz glass tubes are made via this method. For more insight you may link to other metal to plastic articles to see if your material can be changed over easily. These screws are regularly utilized in metal business, steel business, wood business, glass business, timber business, flooring business, automobile business, electrical industry, etc.. The modified water pumps are created of metal rather than plastic. You ought to use penetrating oil when going by means of this approach.
The functioning of the products is quite satisfactory and people utilize this material in several ways. There are a large scope of sorts of metal that can be utilized to produce molds. At present there are a sizable selection of welding machines offered in the industry that have been tailor made for certain applications. As inconceivably high number of calculations need to analyze a massive structure, a computer is necessary. It can be produced of several materials such as wood, metal, and plastic.
Metal to Plastic Conversion Fundamentals Explained
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Most Noticeable Metal to Plastic Conversion
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Alumni Ruggers Notch Close 49ers Win
SOCORRO, N.M. October 26, 2012 – Age and deceit overcome youth and vigor once again!
New Mexico Tech's alumni rugby team, the Ancestors, rallied in the second half of the school's annual 49ers Black & Blue homecoming match to nip the student Pygmies by a 34-26 margin.
The weekend visitors, featuring several players from teams in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Las Cruces, as well as a few seasoned vets not currently attached, scored three five-point tries against the students' one to overcome a 15-19 halftime deficit and claim bragging rights for another year. The lead changed hands five times in a match that kept spectators entertained over 80 minutes.
The result was redemption of sorts for the Pygmies, who fell to the Ancestors 66-7 in 2011 and have struggled to compete in 15-a-side competition this fall. All four of their wins have come in the abbreviated 10-man format, including three on the trot in the Northern Arizona Tens tournament on October 6.
Socorro native Tory Tadano opened scoring in the Friday evening classic from his position on the Ancestors' left wing with a tackle-breaking 40-meter run up the left touchline in the eleventh minute. Halfback Seth Daly could not connect with the two-point conversion kick leaving the Ancestors with a 5-0 advantage.
Eight strong Ancestor forwards drove their lighter opponents back in the first few scrums and it was with some trepidation that Pygmy scrum half Rick Cosentino rolled the ball into a scrum just five meters from the old boys' try line 15minutes into the match. Freshman hooker Darien Williams got his foot on the ball but the scrum wheeled under pressure and the ball popped out awkwardly. Tech No. 8 Blaine Trujillo alertly scooped it up and dove over the line for the try. Fly half Brock Romero coolly slotted the conversion kick from an acute angle and the students led 7-5.
After the ensuing kickoff the possession battle resumed with the veterans' experience allowing them to consistently thwart their understudies' initiatives by stealing the ball in tackle situations. At 22 minutes graduate student Justin Guthrie, wearing the graduates' blue and gold, got around Tech's leaky right defensive corner to score his team's second try, again unconverted, for a 10-7 lead. The Pygmies struck back eight minutes later when Romero's precise cross kick over the defense landed just inside the try zone for onrushing center Jason Lee to touch down for his first try. Romero's conversion kick missed from a steep angle to leave the students ahead at 12-10.
Five minutes from halftime the Ancestors again found themselves uncomfortably close to their own try line. A desperate pass to Ancestor Jay Herrera arrived at the same time as Tech senior flanker Jerod Aragon, who wrestled the ball away and immediately dropped to the turf to record a try. Romero's kick was good and the Pygmies extended the lead to 19-10.
Scant moments after the kickoff Herrera exacted revenge by weaving his way through a mesmerized defense to cut the student lead to 19-15 at the halftime break. Then, three minutes into the second half, he underscored why he was chosen as Tech Rugby's Player of the Year for 2010 by executing another scoring run (converted by team captain Pablo Garibay) to put the alumni back into the lead at 22-19.
The Pygmies responded midway through the second half with a thrilling play covering over half the field and concluding with Jason Lee's second five-pointer. Brock Romero's successful kick made the host team's advantage 26-22.
After a nice run of play brought the students close to the line, they inexplicably turned down an easy thee-point penalty kick in favor of a doomed attempt to run the ball, and an organized Ancestors defense retook possession of the ball. Soon after 2011 grad Royce Beaudry made a bolting 30-meter run to score and Garibay's kick gave the Ancestors a 29-26 lead. One minute from full time Garibay removed all doubt about the outcome with a long breakaway, and the Ancestors celebrated their 34-26 victory.
Jerod Aragon was named Man of the Match by the Pygmy captains and Britt Catron received equivalent honors from the Ancestors. The Pygmies will join the Queens in rugby action on November 3 at the Tech rugby ground. Northern Arizona University will challenge the Queens at 1 p.m. while the Pygmies will face a powerful University of New Mexico side at 3 p.m.
By Dave Wheelock/Tech Rugby Director


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text: Winter Sports 2 - The Next Challenge - Platform: XBox 360 Achievements: ------------- Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points: Style Master (1 point): Campaign: Perform a GREAT take off and a PERFECT landing on the normal hill. Speed Junkie (1 point): Campaign: Go faster than 155 km/h in Downhill. Eagle Eye (1 point): Campaign: In Curling, shoot the rear stone out of the house without touching the front one. Finger Stroboscope (1 point): Campaign: Hit 20 targets at the Biathlon shooting (the counter resets every 5 seconds). Skeletorious (1 point): Campaign: Go faster than 116 km/h in Skeleton. Downhill Boss (10 points): Campaign: Be faster than the favorite in Downhill. Mr. and Mrs. Skill (5 points): Campaign: Get the Curling stone onto the specified position without touching your other stone. Paceman (5 points): Campaign: Reach a top speed of at least 60 km/h at Biathlon. AIR G (5 points): Campaign: Jump over 50 meters in Super G. Search the best ramp on the track. Brainiac (5 points): Campaign: Add up the figures during the run within 135 seconds and enter the correct result. Quick Start (5 points): Campaign: You need to perform an awesome start (better than 89%) in Speed Skating. Speedskate Boss (20 points): Campaign: Beat the Boss in 500m Speed Skating (mind the racing line). Ruler (10 points): Campaign: You have 35 seconds to overtake all 7 opponents at Biathlon. Bob Perfect (10 points): Campaign: Perform a perfect start with the four-seater bob. MC Fly (10 points): Campaign: Keep cool, watch your style and perform a GREAT landing. Golden Moments (10 points): Campaign: Collect 37 gold coins in Downhill. You have 150 seconds. Clever (10 points): Campaign: Add up the figures during the run within 135 seconds and enter the correct result. Bob Boss (30 points): Campaign: Match with the fast as lightning two-seater bob champion and beat him. Sniper (15 points): Campaign: Shoot two adversarial stones out of the house without touching other stones. Rhythm Sticks (15 points): Campaign: Great rhythm (over 90%) in 500m Speed Skating (hit GREAT or PERFECT every time). Art of Curling (15 points): Campaign: Show your feeling for art and match the given pattern with your Curling stones. Untouchable (15 points): Campaign: Race through the ice canal without touching the boards. Skull Skill (15 points): Campaign: Avoid any contact with the skulls in this 500 m Speed Skating race and win the race. Giant Slalom Boss (50 points): Campaign: You compete with Mr. Giant Slalom himself (win and you'll be unforgotten). Kamikaze ( 20 points): Campaign: Fall as hard as you can after jumping 130 m from the large hill. Yin and Yang (20 points): Campaign: Collect 42 coins but avoid the skulls. You have 112 seconds. Art of Shooting (20 points): Campaign: Be the van Gogh of the track and shoot the right patterns in Biathlon. Skiller (20 points): Campaign: You have two stones to remove three adversarial stones from the house. Good luck. Calculator (20 points): Campaign: Add up the figures during the run within 100 seconds and enter the correct result. Biathlon Boss (70 points): Campaign: Compete with the best biathlete of all times (losing is not an option). High Skiller (25 points): Campaign: Push the opponent's stones to the specified position without moving your stones. Alpha Dog (25 points): Campaign: Keep your position for 60 seconds. No one must overtake you. Skully (25 points): Campaign: Avoid all skulls within the given time without getting disqualified. Style Flyer (25 points): Campaign: Get an excellent style score at the Ski Jump from the small hill.


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And, we have our first general manager hiring of the offseason.
The Cardinals just announced that vice president of player personnel Steve Keim has been named their new GM, an in-house promotion for a man who has been with the team since 1999.
Word got out that they were negotiating earlier today, and he apparently chose to stay at home rather than pursue opportunities elsewhere. He had interviewed with Jacksonville.
The hiring leaves the Jaguars, Jets, Chiefs, Browns, Chargers and Panthers looking for a GM.


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New Screens for Daylight Show a Dark World Awaits
Due out sometime in 2014, Daylight puts players smack dab in the middle of a horrifying mystery when they awaken in a closed down hospital with nothing but their wits to aid them. While we still don't know a whole lot about Daylight's story or gameplay, these latest images give us a better idea of the shadowy world in which we'll be trying to survive.
As protagonist Sarah Gwynn, players will awaken in Mid Island Bay Hospital. Saturated in darkness and decay, the hospital had a terrible history. In the late 1930s, a horrible boating accident left its mark on the hospital as thousands of corpses washed up on the shore, with the injured also riding the tides for aid. A decade later, the hospital was unable to shake the incident, and the staff shut the doors forever. Some forty years later, the G&C Investments Group fostered an interest in the site, with the intention to renovate the hospital for use as a hospice for the wealthy. Suddenly, G&C one day decided to leave the project, and the city, leaving local officials scratching their heads. Further investigation showed some excavation had been completed, and twelve grave sites were dug up before G&C abandoned MIBH.
Now, in 2013, Gwynn will have to uncover the truth at the heart of all the strange happenings. First though, she'll have to escape the hospital, and the sewers beneath the decrepit building. As you can see in the screenshots below, Sarah will have a cell phone to assist her in navigating the surroundings. Zombie and Atlus promise the phone is just an aid (not a crutch), and will only serve to show explored areas. It'll even be useless whenever there's interference. Whether that means supernatural or otherwise remains to be seen.
Check out the images below, and prepare yourself for Daylight on the PlayStation 4 and PC in 2014.


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O'Sullivan finished runner-up to Mark Williams in group 2 but presumably has other commitments.
Group 3 thus features John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Ali Carter, Bingham, Marco Fu, Peter Ebdon and Mark King.
King had been due to come into the event in group 4 but replaces Mark Allen, who was unavailable to play in group 3 but will play in group 4 alongside Stephen Hendry and Matthew Stevens.
You can follow the results on the official site or on Matchroom Sport's twitter feed here.
I shall also tweet in between commentaries.
For betting tips and general hilarity there is also Snookerbacker's blog.
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does snookerbacker have a real name?
- 4:02 pm
dave, off on a tangent
do you know what matches are televised in the shootout? if so, there doesnt seem to be much time at all for introducing players etc at all, or for a few blue ball shootouts
schedule of matches and times anywhere?
- 5:06 pm
- Dave H said...
I think the plan is to show all of them, although I haven't seen the order of play
- 5:10 pm
- Dave H said...
In fact the order of play os on worldsnooker.com
Wisely, it kicks off with Drago v Liang
- 5:15 pm
thanks dave, though it was more the match times (if they are showing all) i was wondering, as i assume somebody timed them....with the amount of matches to appear and not much room for more than 4 matches in an hour....it seems its gonna be a crammed event with not much time to focus on results etc
- 5:50 pm
That should be good Drago and Liang two interesting players and drago making a century in 3 minutes
- 6:59 pm
- jamie brannon said...
So O'Sullivan could return in group five then?
- 4:47 pm
- Dave H said...
No, he's told the organisers he doesn't to take part again
- 7:27 pm
thank ____ for that.
sick of the ronny merrygoround
good luck to all players who want to be in it right through and qualify (and not take up space others who really want to be there could be taking)
- 7:31 pm
There's a misconception that Liang Wenbo is a fast player. He's a very very exciting player to watch, but he doesn't rush. His game is surprisingly measured. When he takes on a "suicidal" pot, he has decided that it's the right shot to go for with thought behind it. A misconception among snooker fans.
- 10:58 pm
I supose a player of Ronnies stature would probably find championship league a bit beneath him- especially when he wins the main league every year. Why would he bother scrapping it out with the riff raff for 100 a frame?
- 9:53 am
Could you please have a word wih Alan Chamberlain regarding his beard.
If the beard stays a an endangered species becomes extinct ok?
Obviously i'm joking but it doesn't do anything for the great man.
- 10:00 am
- jamie brannon said...
Only 1.80 million tined in to the final session ofb the Masters, down by over a million on recent years.
It is the only snooker transmission to make the BBC2 chart of top thirty shows, for week ending January 16th.
To be fair, it wasn't a close final featuring players, who in the eyes of the casual fan are 'glamour players', although Ding should be by now.
- 5:38 pm
More than that it had no "British" interest so it's perhaps not surprising; anyone know how it compares to last year's which was close and featured O'Sullivan? Also, do we have any figures for the Chinese/global audience numbers?
- 11:04 pm
- jamie brannon said...
Firstly, that was meant to say are not 'glamour players'.
Last year, the final peaked at just over 3 million, with an average of about 2.9 million, if I recall correctly.
Personally, the lack of British interest is neither here or there, for me. I am patriotic when it comes to team sport, love to see England do well, but in primarily individual sports I think you should support the individual you like rather than which country that they are from.
Would also like to know what the global audience was, if you know Dave, let us know! I would guess it wasn't a world record, as if it was we would have been made aware.
- 4:37 pm
not in the top 8
asks for blow jobs at press interviews
yeah, his stature!
- 8:31 pm
i watched it all this year.
i only tuned in to a bit last year as it had the spotlight kid in it.
- 8:38 pm


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 2 Yale lightweight crew team has a busy weekend ahead, as it travels to Philadelphia and then to Ithaca, N.Y., for a double header. Saturday, the Bulldogs race against No. 5 Columbia and No. 7 Penn, on the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia, for the Dodge Cup. Yale has won the Dodge Cup in 33 of the last 35 years, including the last nine years. After the race, Yale heads to Ithaca, N.Y., to race against No. 3 Cornell on Sunday. With a trio of ranked, Ivy League opponents to race against, Yale faces a pair of tests this weekend.
Last weekend, Yale swept Georgetown and MIT at home on the Housatonic River in Derby, Conn. In doing so, the Bulldogs retained the Joy Cup for the 34th straight year with a 9.2 second victory in the varsity eight. Yale was also victorious in the second varsity eight, first freshmen eight and third varsity four.
Last year, Yale won three of four races in the Dodge Cup regatta, highlighted by the varsity eight's 2.1-second victory over Columbia. The second varsity eight and first freshmen eight also won their races. Against Cornell, Yale also won three of four races, with the varsity eight winning by 5.4 seconds. Again, the second varsity eight and first freshmen eight were also victorious.
Race Schedule is as follows:
vs. Columbia/Penn (Saturday)
10:00 a.m.: Varsity Four
10:20 a.m.: Third Varsity Eight
10:40 a.m.: First Freshmen Eight
11:00 a.m.: Second Varsity Eight
11:20 a.m.: First Varsity Eight
vs. Cornell (Sunday)
9:00 a.m.: Varsity Four
9:20 a.m.: First Freshmen Eight
9:40 a.m.: Second Varsity Eight
10:00 a.m.: First Varsity Eight
10:20 a.m.: Third Varsity Eight
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Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez are preparing to wed in the actor's native Paris, France, this weekend, according to multiple reports.
The pregnant Oscar winner, her fiance and her daughter Nahla were photographed arriving at Los Angeles International Airport to board a flight on Wednesday, and sources tell both People.com and Eonline.com that the nuptials are imminent.
The couple became engaged in March, 2012, and will welcome its first child together later this year.
If the rumors are true, it will be Berry's third trip down the aisle; she had previously sworn off marriage after failed unions to baseball player David Justice and singer Eric Benet. Martinez, who previously dated Australian pop superstar Kylie Minogue, has never been married.
The ceremony is expected to be an intimate one – discussing her plans last year, the actress said, "I do know it will be very small. I haven't been to many weddings, but I went to one this weekend with 250 guests. I thought, 'Wow – so this is a wedding, huh?' I've never had that, nor have I wanted that."
Nahla, 5, is Berry's child with her model ex, Gabriel Aubry.


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I got a little tired of spam the other day. I have been battle the same spam for awhile and was tired!
You might say I had a bit of a fit. I MAY have said a few bad words when screaming at the comments that had been left on my blog.
I figured that I should get some help from someone before I had a real conniption.
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Go ahead over an see what I did - It's Not You, It's Your Domain
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