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In case you've been living under a rock, Splatterfest is a nifty little horror film race administered by Kerry Beyer and Kelly Byrns in Houston, Texas. The week long festival takes place at the Alamo Draft House. Finishing a film is not an easy task. These contestants have only one weekend to finish. All these hardworking filmmakers and talent work hard all weekend without any sleep. Blood, sweat, and tears go into their projects as they race to get their film completed in time between Friday, starting at 7 p.m. and Sunday, ending at Midnight. Not every film makes it in time. It could be anywhere between two minutes to 30 minutes late but rules are rules! You can thank 5-Hour Energy, Red Bull, and Monster for getting these tired folks through the weekend. This year, the quote, "Love means never having to say you're sorry" had to be featured in each film. This is one of the worst quotes I have ever heard because it's not true! Love means always having to say you're sorry. Pfft. This line originates from the 1970 film "Love Story." Some of the filmmakers fit this line in nicely. Some just couldn't make it work. The best use of this quote, in my opinion, is from the short "The Loving Dead." Love means never having to say you're sorry my ass!
As I stated in my previous review for Jacob, I am not in favor of critiquing films my friends are a part of. What if I don't like your film, post an honest review, and we are no longer friends? It's just too much pressure. So I will keep my opinions quick and as nice as humanly possible. There were some duds, some bored me to tears, and some had me laughing so hard I almost started crying. I also was unable to watch all of the films because I didn't have the time. If your film isn't mentioned, I apologize.
I am starting off with Deflated because it won Best Film and Best Audience Award, among others, and I thought it was one of the most original and hilarious films I had seen this year since Cabin in the Woods and this film is only a short! Three guys and a blow up doll, nothing gay about that. You know, I have to step in here and say that I never thought it was okay for three dudes to take on one girl at once. I mean, especially if you are DPing. It's like, you're both touching and rubbing up against each other. Hey, I am not judging! What you do with your own time is your business but you may want to lose the "nothing gay about that" bit. Maybe, they were just secure enough with their masculinity to let each others flopping penises slide but I just don't see why they couldn't have taken turns with the Chinese inflatable doll. This doll wants revenge after she is discarded and she manages to find the proper machinery and blow herself up again. I adore the scenes where the blow up doll just strolls on over to the bar and the dude is just like, "Hey what's up? Want to ride my cock?" Then the blow up doll rings the door bells of the two other fellas and they're also down to sexy time. The doll shows up in like three different wigs. It's pretty amusing. Sorry for the spoilers but I must finish! The last guy on the blow up doll's list stabs her and she deflates. While she is deflating she says, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." I nearly lost it. The man calls 911 and tells them he had just killed an intruder then he notices the blow up doll is gone! Cut to the man in a tent saying something along the lines of, "And the doll was never seen again…." Pan to two disgusted and confused young girls in the tent that this disturbed man was telling the story to. What a closure. Now THIS is how you win. At least, an audience award. It doesn't have to be comedy but it has to be something so off-the-wall and extreme. The viewers wont know what hit them. I cannot even imagine watching this film while under the influence of alcohol and err other substances. This team did an amazing job and deserved to win!
The Loving Dead:
I was told that this story was the SAME exact story as a film featured in a 48-Hour Film Festival but I cannot make a confirmation on this. Only hearsay. I can say that I am familiar with this subject. It's not like it hasn't been done before. You know, sex with dead bodies/zombies. Necrophilia. Any hardcore fan like myself is automatically going to recall several films while watching this short. That being said, the cinematography was significant and I do believe the lead actress did an amazing job. She even won the Best Actress award – Up against Roxy Vandiver who won last year and is one of the better actors in Independent horror in Texas. This new face shined through and delivered in her Betty Homemaker get up. She was quite awkward, which I liked and her finishing line, "Love means never having to say you're sorry my ass!" Was a nice touch. At least they put this lame line to some good use. I believe one of the reasons why she won Best Actress, other than being one of the better actresses, is due to the fact that she had more screen time. I have no idea why they kept shouting that they were going to Disney Land while accepting all of their awards. Maybe I missed this in the film because I was distracted. But for some reason, they kept shouting Disney Land! You should go to Disney WORLD instead. The Pirates of the Caribbean ride is superior to the one in Land. Just saying.
Blood Line:
After the Jew-Fro comment I wondered if the lead actor was actually Jewish or not but I don't think he was. I should know, we smell our own. He turned out to be a werewolf. His family and lady friend are vampires. This was a silly short that put a smile on my face. It wasn't hysterical but it did the job. There wasn't enough splatter either. The opening mirror scene was laughable even though some of the screams seemed a bit forced. The ending where he turns into a dog instead of a werewolf was adorable and comical. Even though Blood Line didn't walk away with much, it was one of the more memorable shorts for me.
Harvest of Terror 2: Redneck's Revenge:
Finally, someone shows some love to Grindhouse. This short has mixed feelings amongst the viewers. Mostly good. It's good all fashioned fun, fucked up, disgusting, sexploitation humor. As it should be. It sounds like a sequel but it's a sequel to nothing. The story revolves around a bridal shower in the middle of nowhere and all hell breaks loose. Keefer Barlow won Best Scream. This is a new face that I am not familiar with but I can tell you she's tall and voluptuous. I couldn't tell if the acting was just plain bad or if they were going with the Grindhouse feel, making it as horrible as possible. However, Barlow can scream like nobodies business. She did have one line that I thought was delivered short but as I said before, I couldn't tell if they meant to do that on purpose or not. Anyone who follows my articles knows I am an expert with Grindhouse and sleaze but modern day homages to Grindhouse, I just get so confused. Nevertheless, it was a noble effort and fun film. A lot of viewers seemed to have a good time with it, from my understanding. There's a death by dildo scene that, in my opinion, should have won best kill. I mean, come on! How does an iron beat a dildo? Perhaps the most entertaining scene for me would be the ending credits where we see Keefer Barlow boobies shaking and bouncing in slow motion. This made me laugh. Good job Chuck Norfolk! This film also won Best Special Effects thanks to the always fabulous Kristi Boul. Boul is responsible for the special effects on a few films. You can thank her for Sweatshop. You can also thank her for Princess, which took home seven awards last year. I have to give props to Steven Katz, Norfolk, and Matthew Broussard for the dialogue. One thing I have learned about Chuck is that he has a childish sense of humor (love you Chuck. )he earns extra cool points for his homage to Grindhouse. Now I have to dig deeper in his brain and find out how much of a fan he really is. You underestimate me Chuck.
Daddy's Girl:
"How far would you go to be with your daddy?"
"Would you travel to hell?"
Uhm no. This is not "What Dreams May Come." I don't understand this quote. Maybe I missed something. Maybe I am not suppose to understand it. Daddy's Girl is an intriguing mind fuck of a film, pardon my language kids. I think they were going for an art house film but fell short. It just wasn't done properly in my honest opinion. It's too saturated. Outside scenes are too exposed. The editing is spastic. Did they put make up on the boy who won best actor? Or is he just naturally pretty with long eye lashes? He's going to be a lady killer when he's older. He's also freakishly tall. These are compliments by the way. I wasn't a fan of the score but it could have been much worse. When the brother and sister open a box and fall to the floor, it reminded me of Mulholland Drive. Anyone catch that? Why is there a tarp on the ground? It's a shame the films can only be 7 minutes long. We will never know the back story of this house. The plot basically follows a daddy's girl and momma's boy drawn into a home that just might be a gateway to hell. I was surprised by the brutal child death scenes in the film but I also admire the filmmaker for having balls. Both lead child actors won the Best Actor and Best Actress award and they deserved it. Way to go guys!
Stay With Me:
Stay With Me won two awards; Best Costumes and Most Awkward Moment. I was actually surprised that our film won Most Awkward Moment after seeing three men and a blow up doll. Nothing gay about that, right? I am not a fan of reviewing my own films so I am going to skip this one. The film stars Roxy Vandiver and is directed by Jeremy Sumrall.
Occupational Hazard:
Unfortunately, Courtney Sandifer's film did not finish in time so it wasn't nominated for any awards but they still included the short on the DVD. I have mixed feelings about the project. What I liked about the film was the dialogue and the comedy. This is the only film entered that has an all female cast and crew. This made me happy for Courtney. My favorite part about the short would be when the Bridezilla screams and cries after her wedding dress is ruined, "Club soda will get it out," but she didn't seem to be as bothered when her friend was murdered. The dialogue just had me rolling! However, I could have gone without the stuttering from Rusty, the mannish mechanic. If you can get past the acting, this is a fun little short that I think every female horror fan should watch. You might get a kick out of it. I don't have a huge problem with the acting, this is a film race. I still think the girls did a great job. I am usually a huge fan of Kristi Boul's special effects. The woman is extremely skilled. The broken arm was a little rushed and could have been better but Boul was working on two films for the competition. Who else had the balls to try and pull that off? NO ONE. I think we can give Kristi a break. Besides, she won Best Special Effects last year for Princess and she won again this year for Chuck Norfolk's film.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen Stockholm yet but it walked away with a few awards including Best Actors – Patrick Sane and Best Score. Sane starred in Princess last year. He's an amazing actor and even though I haven't seen the film, I have a feeling it was well deserved. Congratulations Patrick!
If only I could have spent more time watching the rest of the films. I feel as if I missed out on so much, including The Good Friend trailer, a film that I am in. Congratulations to all the winners! Everyone did an awesome job this year. There were plenty of familiar faces and plenty of new faces. I hope to see everyone next year!


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An Old Junk Car Paradise: 24 Hours of LeMons
Written by: Nicholas BritThe 24 Hours of LeMons, a series of race events that test the endurance of low-grade vehicles, is hosted on paved roads located within the United States. It parodies the original 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race car series. Competitors mechanically repair cars that do not cost more than five hundred dollars, also known as "lemons," for the sole purpose of running them into the ground. Endurance races differ from traditional road races, because judges do not impose unusual penalties or punishments on violating participants. The event actually covers an entire weekend, and each of the competitors must pass a set of qualifying endurance courses along with the main event to win a title. The total amount of hours varies according to each venue; however, the organizers vow to run at least one twenty-four hour race annually.
- 24 Hours of LeMons: The official website of the popular endurance race car series of competing "lemon" vehicles.
- Racing for LeMons: Life in the Trash Lane: An educational webpage that describes the first-person perspective of a participating team who coined the race series as "crap can racing."
- Kershaw County Chamer of Commerce: 24 Hours of LeMons: A brief description of the endurance race car series, known as the 24 Hours of LeMons, from an outsider's perspective.
- LeMons Race 2012: Video footage of one of the 24 Hours of LeMons race in Millville, New Jersey.
- Beaters Rule! The 24 Hours of LeMons: An account of a $500 Oldsmobile participating in the 2007, 24 Hours of LeMons endurance race.

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Wednesday, 17 February 2016
I missed one...
When I checked my many files of pictures of Cards I have made I found today's card, from the new release of Stamps to die for and Dies designed by Sue Wilson, I found this card that somehow I missed and didn't blog! I thought it deserved its day in the sun!
I then cut this out using the matching Melbourne die form the Australian collection use g the outline die, which cuts it out perfectly, and the inner circle that has the stunning piercing around the edges. I added a bow a thin double sided satin ribbon and foam mounted this on a squire of coconut white before adding to a card of layers of blush, white and raspberry.
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Hi John.ReplyDelete
Thank you a very pretty card.
Take care and keep warm Kitty.
Morning John, a very elegant card today and love the colours you have used.ReplyDelete
Nancyd xx
Morning John, beautiful card today xReplyDelete
Morning John, oh I do like this one, how could you have forgotten this it is gorgeous, I am definitely going to have a go at this, I love the embossing folder and the dies you have used, I don't have this stamp but I do have something similar I could use, oh the ideas are going through my head as I type.ReplyDelete
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
Hi John, this card is very pretty, love the flower wreath offset to the side, and the little bow. Have a great day. BxReplyDelete
What a pretty design John.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, how could you miss this card John ? its beautiful !ReplyDelete
Elaine H X
Lovely card, very pretty. In different colours, it could be used for a Christmas card.ReplyDelete
At first glance when I opened the page I thought it was a christmas wreath but it's a stunning spring like card ,really pretty def going to use this layout for christmas cardsReplyDelete
Stunning and so colourfulReplyDelete
Morning John,ReplyDelete
Another stunning card, I love the flowers.
Thanks for sharing
This card certainly needed to be seen John it's gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Love the stamp,
Eh up JohnReplyDelete
Not sure what Sun its having its day in as its persisting down here lol!
90% CAS, 100% terrific! Love it!
Ang x
Hi John,What a card to miss out! Love it - I love the reveal when I log onto your blog. I agree with the sun it's really cold here!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card and am going to play this weekend with my new stamps.
You've inspired me to keep stamping.
Anne M xxx
I'm pleased you found this one as I love it including the pink in this. A cheery card for a very wet day. Luv jxxxReplyDelete
Morning John,ReplyDelete
A beautiful card.
Very pretty card. The combination of blush and raspberry is a good one, they go well together.ReplyDelete
Good morning John, I agree with all of the above!!! This card is beautiful and I agree it would make a fab Christmas card!!!ReplyDelete
Have a good one!!!
Loopy Lynda xxx
Hi JohnReplyDelete
A beautiful card
B xx
At first glance on my tiny iPod and reading the Heading I thought he's showing a Christmas card lol! How wrong was I! It is a beautiful Spring card that could be used all year aroundReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 February 2016 at 09:47
Good morning John the stamp and dies make a super topper though of course your colouring is so important too! Love from Jackie xxReplyDelete
You're right, it does deserve seeing, gorgeous, xxxReplyDelete
That's so pretty. I love the Rococo striplet. The stamp is really cute as well. Might have to get that and the Melbourne die!ReplyDelete
It does deserve its day in in the sun this lovely card thank you JohnReplyDelete
Love June Horrocks xx
Lovely card, John. The stamp and die go so well together.ReplyDelete
Anne (Northampton)
Morning John such a pretty card and well deserving of its day on your blog. Love the colour combinationReplyDelete
You are obviously going through your pink phase. Lovely card. SueL xReplyDelete
Hello JohnReplyDelete
Gorgeous card today. Love the colours you have used and the stamp work is beautiful.
I especially love your cards when you have used narrow ribbon. I have now turned to using more of this type of ribbon on my own cards.
Lol Barbara W xx
Hi John,ReplyDelete
it would have been a shame if it hadn't had its day, it's such a pretty card.
Hugs, Rose
Hi John,ReplyDelete
OH my I love that stamp!!!! I have the Melbourne die and love it! Beautifully coloured John, I also love that embossing folder, isn't it funny how you can see something used loads but one particular card draws it to your attention!?
Thank you John for the inspiration!
Sandra xx
Morning John, This card is very pretty, the stamping is gorgeous and well deserves it's day 'in the sun', shame it's absolutely pouring down here.ReplyDelete
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Hi JohnReplyDelete
Stunning Card I Love The Stamp As Always.
Hugs From Sam xxx
✂ Carry On Creating ✂
How lovely this is, thank you so much for all your help in making and designing cards - love it.ReplyDelete
Sue Mac
great card!!!ReplyDelete
Just love this one John.ReplyDelete
Love Val x
Nice card John, I love the stiplet die and the stamp equally, but the best bit is the colouring which I think looks stunning.LisbethReplyDelete
Hi John,ReplyDelete
Beautiful card, I love the colours, the raspberry colour really sets off the blush.
Thanks for sharing,
Hi JohnReplyDelete
Lovely card. I really like the matting you've done, with the colour showing along the top/bottom edges and not the sides. Very pretty stamp. Best wishes, Anne O
Very pretty card John. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Pretty card ,John <Laura OReplyDelete
John how could you have missed this beautiful card, off to the naughty lolReplyDelete
This is gorgeous and another beautiful detailed stamp, makes a lovely spring/ summer card and I love it


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LEGO Education Build Me "Emotions" helps preschool students learn to
recognize and understand emotions, develop social skills and explore
physical characteristics using LEGO® DUPLO
News Highlights:
Education Build Me "Emotions" is a hands-on educational tool for
preschool classrooms to help develop social emotional learning and
skills in children ages 3-5.
The Build Me "Emotions" set includes 188 classic LEGO®
DUPLO® shapes and colors and eight double-sided
building cards. In addition, the solution includes inspirational
teaching ideas with activity cards and online activity videos to
provide teachers with ways to incorporate Build Me "Emotions" into
lesson plans.
The new set allows students to build characters with unique features,
teaching preschoolers to explore similarities and differences,
understand their own and others feelings, while also practicing
creative problem solving.
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NAEYC–Today at the NAEYC
Annual Conference and Expo, LEGO® Education announced
Build Me "Emotions", a tool for preschoolers aimed at teaching students
to recognize and understand emotions, develop social skills and explore
physical characteristics. Social and emotional learning is one of the
most important predictors of future success, as understanding emotions
and social skills translates into not only kindergarten preparedness,
but also a students' readiness for their entire educational and
professional career. This classroom resource teaches preschoolers to
recognize and understand both their own and others' emotions using
different patterns, colors, and emotional characteristics captured in
LEGO bricks, such as happy, sad or silly. This serves as a foundation
for additional social skills, including teamwork and collaboration that
are essential for kindergarten-readiness.
"Social emotion learning is critical for early childhood development. In
many cases, a student's first introduction to learning the basics of
sense of self, collaboration and an understanding of their own feelings
occurs within their preschool classroom," said Lisbeth Hattens, Senior
Educational Content Developer, LEGO Education. "Build Me "Emotions"
provides an engaging, hands-on set that is easy for teachers to
implement and a fun way to teach children these crucial skills that will
provide a strong foundation for other essential social skills."
Preschoolers explore emotional characteristics by constructing
themselves or building a group of family or friends and then describing
the emotion, the LEGO® brick expresses, resulting in answers
such as "he's angry because he wants to play a game" or "It's a silly
face. His tongue is sticking out and his eyes are funny." As the sets
are large, collaboration on tasks is highly encouraged to teach
preschoolers the effectiveness of teamwork to build on their social
skills. With the option to build arms, legs, pants, shirts, and even
hats, students explore similarities and differences among themselves
using the LEGO® bricks through facial expressions, clothing,
and features, enhancing their social emotional learning. This task also
helps preschoolers with creative problem solving, allowing students to
decipher emotional characteristics and determine which feeling is best
suited for that particular character. Learning social skills and problem
solving at this young age help ensure students are prepared for
kindergarten and beyond.
Build Me "Emotions" also come with an activity card and online activity
video to help teachers with lesson ideas that incorporate the set. A
classroom set is available for $69.95USD, is available for pre-sale, and
will ship in January 2016.
This week at NAEYC, a Build Me "Emotions" model will be by Exhibit Hall
WA4 entrance and Build Me masks will be available to all attendees. Stop
by to take a picture with the Build Me model in your mask to be entered
to win a Build Me Set for your classroom! In addition, LEGO Education
will be displaying the product at their booth, #330.
Additional Resources:
- For more information about LEGO Education DUPLO sets, please click here.
For more information on Build Me "Emotions", click here.
About LEGO Education
LEGO® Education offers
playful learning experiences and teaching solutions based on the LEGO
system of bricks, curriculum-relevant material, and physical and digital
resources to preschool, elementary, middle school, and after school. In
partnership with educators for more than 35 years, we support teaching
in an inspiring, engaging, and effective way. Our educational solutions,
which range from the humanities to science, enable every student to
succeed by encouraging them to become active, collaborative learners,
build skills for future challenges, and establish a positive mind-set
toward learning.
LEGO, the LEGO logo, DUPLO and the DUPLO logo are trademarks of the
LEGO Group. ©2015 The LEGO Group.
LEGO Education
Trisha McDonell, 512-659-5381


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Joni Jones
Associate Professor
Room: CIS 2069
Phone: (813) 974-9435
Fax: (813) 974-6749
Joni Jones is an associate professor in the Information Systems Decision Sciences Department. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in systems analysis and design, business honors professional development, and research methods. She previously taught introductory courses in computing as well as courses in C#, managerial statistics, business system application and design, and software applications.
Her research interests include electronic commerce, variable pricing mechanisms such as information and prediction markets, and social network use in organizations. Her research has been published in the MIS Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, the Journal of E-Commerce, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Decision Support Systems and presented at national and international conferences.
Jones holds a BS in business administration from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and earned a PhD from the University of Florida. She joined USF in 2003, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Florida, and Santa Fe Community College. Her professional service includes roles as a reviewer for numerous academic journals. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma.
- ISM 3113 - Systems Analysis & Design (Undergraduate)
- ISM 6123 – Systems Analysis & Design (Graduate)
- GEB 2935 – Professional Development I and II (Business Honors)
- QMB 3210 – Computational Methods in Business (Business Honors)
Recent Research
- Alhayyan,K. , Collins, R., Jones, J. , Berndt, D., Economic Culture and Prediction Markets, Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (JSCI), Vol. 9 – No. 6 – Dec 2011, , pp. 69-74.
- Jones, J.L., Collins, R.W., and Berndt, D.J, Information markets: A Research Landscape. Communications of the Association for Information Systems Vol. 25(1): pp289–305, 2009
- Gill, T. G. and Jones, J.L. A Tale of Three Classes: Case Studies in Course Complexity, Journal of IT Education Volume 9, 2010, pages 1-29


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The Western Wildway Network
In western North America, our partner Wildlands Network envisions the world's most extensive network of protected, connected lands: the 6,000-mile Western Wildway (right). Achieving this grand vision will require coordinated conservation, as we work together with partner groups from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada to establish a contiguous network of private and public conservation lands along the spine of the Rocky Mountains and associated ranges, basins, plateaus, and deserts—from Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental to Alaska's Brooks Range.
Protecting and connecting key core areas and pivotal wildlife corridors is crucial to rewilding the Western Wildway, where wildlife habitats have been destroyed and fragmented by centuries of human development and resource exploitation. Wild Utah Project is currently working on three priority areas along the Western Wildway...
bear river range corridor
The Bear River Range is the only high elevation, forested wildlife corridor that connects the northern and southern Rockies via the high Uintas and middle Rockies of Utah. Currently, many threats and land uses ranging from prolific Off-Road-Vehicle use, to overgrazing and even suburban encroachment limit the permeability of this critical movement corridor for wildlife like wolves, lynx, wolverine and black bear. Wild Utah Project has been working for many years with partners such as the Yellowstone to Uintas Connection and Western Wildlife Conservancy to try to alleviate some of these threats to wildlife movement. Visit the Yellowstone to Uintas Connection website to learn more about these efforts!
Colorado Plateau COnservation network
Wild Utah Project is working with Wildlands Network and other partners of the Western Wildway Network to address a 'hole' in the Western Wildway, which up to that point had not had a Wildlands Network created for it. This area included a a large swath of the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah. For this new conservation network, Wild Utah Project has worked to identify proposed cores areas, existing roadless areas, and engages in efforts to increase habitat connectivity for those areas not already connected to one another through 'restoration riparian corridors'. Learn more about the process of designing this network, the outcome and how we plan to implement it!
the heart of the west wildlands network
In 1999 Wild Utah Project began working with many conservation partners, including Wildlands Network, on this large piece of the puzzle of the Western Wildway. The Heart of the West region is comprised of the Wyoming Basins Ecoregion (the "lowland" portion of the Heart of the West, shown here), and the Utah-Wyoming Mountain Ecoregion as well. Covering millions of acres through most of western Wyoming and portions of northeast Utah and northwest Colorado, our computer model locked in roadless areas and was designed to represent under-protected ecosystems and meet the needs of focal species like sage-grouse wolves and cutthroat trout. The final design featured a large system of core areas connected with landscape linkages, which we and our partners are trying to implement on the ground now. Lean more.....


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Game Preview: Navy
All eyes in the conference this week will be on 7-2 (4-1) Tulsa @ 6-2 (4-1) Navy. Not only is it Veteran's Day weekend, but it will also senior day in Annapolis. The winner of this game will be the favorite to win West division, and host the AAC championship (Yes if Tulsa and Temple win out, Tulsa will host the championship game.)
Both Tulsa and Navy have outperformed expectations this year. For Navy, they were picked to finish 3rd in the West, and 43rd in the nation by USA Today. Tulsa was picked to finish 4th in the West, and 66th in the nation. Yet, here we are in mid-November, Tulsa and Navy are both fringe top 25 teams, and tied for 1st in the West. That is why we play the games folks.
This is an 11 am C.T. kickoff. Despite Navy's 11-game home winning streak, Tulsa opened as a 1 point favorite. It has since shifted from Tulsa -2.5 to now at the moment Navy -2.5. Regardless, Vegas and everyone else expects this to be a very close game. I am beyond exciting for it, let's get to my preview:
Last year: In their first year in the AAC, Navy impressed with a 7-1 conference record, 10-2 overall. A 52-31 loss to Houston is the only thing that separated them from a New Year's 6 bowl. Navy met Pittsburg in the Military Bowl, and won 44-28, their 3rd straight bowl win. Their 11 wins were the most in school history. In the 2015 meeting, Navy traveled to Tulsa the week before Thanksgiving and won 44-21. Navy racked up 461 yards of rushing, which was the most they had all season.
This year: As I mentioned, Navy has far outperformed expectations. It was a dubious start to the season, and losing their starting QB to an ACL tear in week 1 certainly didn't help. After squeaking out a 4 point victory over Uconn and a 7 point victory over Tulane, Navy fell to Air Force 28-14 on October 1st. After that week, most people had Navy ranked toward the bottom of the conference, but the very next week Navy upset undefeated and #6 Houston 46-40. They followed that up with a 42-28 victory over Memphis, which asserted them as the team to beat in the West. Navy's lone conference loss was @ USF. Last week Navy defeated Notre Dame (now 3-5) 28-27.
The stats: Since Navy controls the ball so much and possessions are down, I'm going with different stats.
Total offense: 6.41 yards/play (26th) TU ranks 53rd.
Rushing offense: 5.41 yards/rush (19th) TU ranks 39th.
Passing offense: 10.9 yards/attempt (2nd) TU ranks 65th.
Total defense: 6.19 yards/play (109th) TU ranks 49th.
Rush defense: 4.71 yards/rush (91st) TU ranks 62nd.
Pass defense: 8.0 yards/attempt (107th) TU ranks 107th.
Best players: As you'd expect, Navy does not beat you with one guy. However, they once again have a pretty dang good QB this year. Despite starting the season as a backup and having never started a game for Navy prior to this year, senior Will Worth has impressed the conference with his ability to play QB. Worth has rushed for 793 yards this year and passed for 1035. Last year Keenan Reynolds was said to be the best QB in the history of Navy football; well 8 games into this year Worth is averaging only 6 fewer yards rushing per game, and has a higher QBR and passing yards/game than Reynolds had. No one is saying that Worth is a better player, but he has proven himself to be nearly as effective as his predecessor.
Uniform advantage: It is just too hard to beat Navy's classic look. It is even better when they do awesome stuff like this:
Uniform prediction: This would be a repeat combo, but I'm thinking we see white-white-white.
Keys to game: There is no secret what Navy's game plan is to control all facets of the game. I included the per/play stats to reveal two things; Navy's offense is really, really good, and Navy's defense is really, really bad. Last week vs Notre Dame, Navy did only allow 27 points, but Notre Dame only had 6 total possessions! Notre Dame scored on 5 of their 6 possessions, averaging 4.5 points/drive, but it wasn't enough! For Tulsa's offense, if they play like they have recently then they should be able to score every time they touch the ball (and they might need too). The number 1 key for Tulsa's offense though is that they must NOT turn the ball over. Navy's defense has only forced 9 turnovers all year, but in a game where possessions are so valuable, a turnover would be backbreaking for Tulsa. This especially includes special teams, if Navy punts the ball, please just put someone back there that can field it.
Defensively for Tulsa I think we'll see something similar to what we saw vs Navy. We'll play Micheal Thomas (#12) a lot at linebacker, McKinley Whitfield will be in at safety, I wouldn't even be surprised if we saw us play with 4 linebackers. Stopping the triple option is extremely, extremely difficult and Tulsa struggled mightily last year against it, but I think that if we get the right bodies in there, and we play smart, then we have the size and speed to defend this rushing attack. Tulsa's defense should also have a goal of getting Navy's offense out of rhythm. The way to disrupt the triple option is for the offense to get behind in down and distance (whether by a big loss or penalty), or being down by 2 or more possessions. A quick start is necessary for TU.
Preview: I want to take one minute just to say how much I love that we are in this position. We control our own destiny for the AAC conference championship, just two years after being 3-9. I love Coach Monty. Back to football.
I have a question for you guys, is Navy good? Now I know they aren't bad, so better question, are they better than us? Initially I was surprised that Vegas opened with us as a 1 point favorite, but now I'm starting to see what Vegas saw. Everyone in the American was convinced that Navy was mediocre until they beat Houston on October 8th, and while there is no doubt that is a quality win, we've seen just how vulnerable Houston was at that point. Navy's second most impressive win was again at home, vs Memphis. That is another good win, but Tulsa won by a wider margin, and on the road against that same Memphis team. Last week Navy needed a miracle 4th down conversion to beat a bad Notre Dame team, and earlier this year we saw them struggle with 3-6 UConn, and a Tulane team that Tulsa dismantled. Now I'm not trying to discredit Navy and their incredible coach Ken Niumatalolo, I'm just saying that I believe Tulsa has had just as good of a season as Navy has, and I don't view us on different tiers.
Despite my words above, I do think that this is the second most difficult AAC game Tulsa will play all-season. The triple option is a nightmare to stop, and Navy is talented, well-coached, and experienced. To make it worse, we are playing the Naval Academy on Veteran's Day weekend, and it's their senior night! Winning this game would almost feel anti-American.
Prediction: If Tulsa can do these 3 things, they will almost certainly win.
- Score first.
- Don't turn the ball over.
- Force Navy to come up empty in 3 possessions.
That's it guys. Easier said than done, but I think that Navy's game plan is so specific that if they execute it well they win, if they don't, Tulsa wins. Don't think that I'm like 100% confident in us winning this game (in fact I'm more like 50/50), but I just have a feeling about this. It has been a special season, and we have looked like the best team in the conference the past 3 weeks. If Tulsa turns it over and can't stop Navy a single time then this could easily go the other way quickly, but I just don't see that happening. I've got Tulsa 42-28.


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At the start of Free Agency the Atlanta Falcons had a large number of potential Free Agents and after a few in-comings and out-goings around $7 Million in cap space. Before Free Agency officially started the Falcons signed two unattached players in Lofa Tatupu to a 2 year deal and also added former Jacksonville Guard Vince Manuwai however since Free Agency officially began on Tuesday the Falcons have been quiet. Let's recap what's currently happening with the Falcons in Free Agency.
Brent Grimes– Grimes was given the franchise tag, although has yet to sign it as he wants a long term deal and could hold out if no agreement is made.
John Abraham– Re-Signed- Abraham hit the open market for less than 3 days and despite rumoured interest from the Broncos and Titans Abraham is back in Atlanta having signed a 3 year deal with the team on Friday.
Curtis Lofton– The Falcons spoke to Lofton's representatives at the combine and the talks were described as amicable but with the signing of Tatupu and last year's third round draft pick Akeem Dent on board the Falcons look more and more like parting ways with Lofton who has an offer on the table from Tampa and is due to visit the Saints this weekend both team in the Falcons division! The reality could be that now Abraham has re-signed the Falcons may not have the Salary Cap room to bring back Lofton.
Kelvin Hayden & James Sanders– Both of these defensive backs were picked up in free agency late last year and both played well and helped the team especially Sanders as Hayden had some injury problems and only appeared in 8 games. Hayden was due to meet with the Chicago Bears on Wednesday but to this point no agreement has been reached.
Eric Weems– The Falcons kick returner has signed a three year contract with the Bears. With so many Touchbacks in today's NFL the position of kick returner is not so important and the Falcons can easily give these duties to someone already on the roster like Douglas or Franks.
Todd McClure– The Falcons veteran centre looks like he will have to find what would only be his second ever NFL team and the Rams are interested. The emergence of Joe Hawley last year has obviously played a part in this but McClure would bring some stability to an ever changing O-Line.
The Following players have all been re-signed:
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I came across an ad for this dresser online and noticed that it had already received a huge number of "page views". Although the picture wasn't ideal, the price seemed decent, so I assumed the dresser was probably long gone and the owner just hadn't removed the ad yet. I always like to send a quick email "just in case" and was thrilled to receive a response informing me that yes, the dresser was actually still for sale.
This is the picture from the online ad:
From what I could tell, it just looked like it was in desperate need of a good sanding, a coat of primer and a few coats of paint. Sounds simple enough, right?
When I arrived to look at the dresser, I noticed one bottom edge seemed to have some water damage. It didn't look too bad, so I "thought" some glue, a few clamps and a good sanding would fix that up.
When I got it home, I removed the drawers and sanded down the main body of the dresser.
Once finished, I was able to inspect the side a little more closely. Oh boy...I realized the side was made from a piece of plywood and the water had actually separated many of the layers and was damaged over halfway up the side. There would be no gluing or clamping...the entire piece would have to be replaced. SO, what did I do?
Ok, maybe not. I certainly wasn't smiling as I took a hammer to it and smashed out the side though!
With the cause of my aggression now lying in splinters on the floor, I started sanding the drawers. I realized almost right away there was a problem. See the light color peeking through under the light green?
The light green paint was obviously a latex...the light color underneath must have been an oil. If you are not familiar with painting, keep note that this is a HUGE no-no! Latex paint will NOT stick to an oil paint. (latex is fine over an oil base PRIMER, but NOT an oil base PAINT) It was no wonder the paint job was in such bad shape...the slightest bump and it was peeling off!
I think it was at this point I sat down on my garage floor and just stared at it wondering WHAT in the world I'd gotten myself into! Kicking it to the curb crossed my mind, but a friend had seen the before picture I'd posted on facebook and had already asked if she could buy it when I finished it! I knew I had to keep pushing onward!!!
I lost track of how much time I actually spent sanding the dresser...it was a long time, I know that. I was SOOO excited to finally apply that first coat of primer!
You may have noticed the far side of the dresser is still missing. I needed my hubby to cut a new piece for me, but was too impatient to wait until that happened, so I kept going forward without it!
After the primer came the paint!
It was so nice to see a beautiful piece of furniture finally emerge after all the problems!
With a new piece cut, primed and painted, you would never know I had smashed out this side with a hammer!
I had originally planned to reuse the original drawer pulls assuming they were just painted wooden pulls. They weren't. They were a cherry red plastic which had been poorly painted with the same dark green latex paint. Latex paint over plastic – also a no-no. I ended up just buying some brand new simple white pulls to replace the original ones.
After a couple of clear protective coats, the dresser was finished! SUCH a transformation, don't you think?
Now that this project is complete, I can actually sit back and laugh about the entire thing. It was definitely a LOT of work, but I'm happy with the finished piece.


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I'MNOSUPERMANLAH: Jacket RM210, T-Shirt RM67, Jeans RM171, felicitousness... PRICELESS!!!
January 17, 2009
Retail therapy for me…
I'MNOSUPERMANLAH: Jacket RM210, T-Shirt RM67, Jeans RM171, felicitousness... PRICELESS!!!
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- aBByLiCioUs said...
where is the pics taken ahh? how hv u been? long time din hear from you also..hehehe! take care dude
- January 18, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Hidney said...
hye ya mama sexy. the pix were taken at the ip shop, the mall. my fav place to find jeans n jacket... haha long time no see kan? u also ma... but been very bz these few weeks. the bz frenzy will end come this 24th jan. i am sooooo looking forward to take a long afternoon nap n doing cardio at the gym. hehe
- January 19, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- Wawa said...
Wah..wah..wah..! Shoopping. Akak tunggu kurus baru nak shopping...ekeke.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- Hidney said...
hahaha tak yah tunggu kurus kak zura. shopping jer. yang penting happy. tapi kena pastikan cash dalam akaun cukup. boleh swipe pakai debit card jer. credit card haram dipakai :b
- January 19, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- aBByLiCioUs said...
wohoooo! kinda miss hangin' out with you la! someday ahh! i'll be away for CNY tho..hmmm...me also bz bah...hahaa last week whole week gago dgn annual dinner. dah la frust lucky draw i sik dapat 32' LCD screen sony bravia tv!! malah i dapat hamper je.hahaha!
- January 20, 2009 at 7:48 PM
- Hidney said...
boleh bah abby... kelak kita lepak sama2 k. but after CNY la. visit sik abis gik tok
bah... hamper pun ok what. still... u r not empty handed balit kan? but it would b nice to win that tv though. hahaha pity abby...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
In which I wallow in nostalgia
I'm (re)reading the Dragonlance Nexus's Adlatum gazetteer, a 300-page work detailing Krynn's 3rd continent. It's probably the most impressive fan-work I've ever seen, matching up to TSR & WotC in quality and readability, and ADDING new material to the setting, not simply rehashing old things.
I strongly and sincerely miss the setting-development TSR did back in the '80s and '90s. Nowadays it seems like it's all mechanics and systems, with page after page on the various internet sites filled with optimal builds and other crunchy tastelessness. OR, it's sniping at "modern" game systems and extolling the virtues of minimalism. Don't get me wrong; I love me some classic Greyhawk gold box, but sometimes it's nice to have meat on the bones. I'm a heretic - Carl Sargent's work was the high point of GH for me.
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I know the feeling. When I fell into my current situation and had to hit the road, I had to forfeit some 1000 publications -- not all gaming material -- and it still "hurts." Just not right.ReplyDelete
And I agree about the current gaming systems; less world building, more min/maxing type nonsense. Hell, I have players that keep bring the game to an end, just because they "learned" something useful and want to build another character.
Ridiculous nonsense. That's not gaming. And there's always another publication to give them another idea.
What 2e and 3e stuff are you looking for, Nathan---perhaps we can arrange a trade? :DReplyDelete
Probably the Known World/Mystara gazetteers and select same from Forgotten Realms, plus some of those 96-page perfect bound FR books like the Seven Sisters; Harpers; and etc. That said, I don't think I really have anything to trade anymore and I'm a few paychecks away from having real currency. Also, I have a terrible suspicion that you'd just send me my old books back!!! :)Delete
(To be clear, I have absolutely no complaints about selling my stuff - I know why I did it and it made sense at the time. I just wish I'd kept a few more things.)
I did keep all my GH and Birthright material, so I wasn't totally foolish. ;)
I don't have too many duplicates of the KW Gazetteers, but I probably have some of the other FR books you're looking for. I have a decent number of 3.x books that are definitely going on the chopping block this summer, so if you're still looking by mid-June, feel free to ping me.ReplyDelete
LOL, I don't think I bought any books from you BITD, but I would think that getting your own personal copy back would be quite the find/boon! :D


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Lord, thank you for my inheritance is a sweet and happy marriage. Thank you for you are the third strand in our marriage.
Thank you for you allowed Carlo and I to grow in you. Thank you for not allowing anything to destroy our marriage. Thank you for instilling in us the right fear in you. Thank you Father for the joy that you have given. Thank you for you reign supreme and sovereign over and above our marriage.
Give us the grace to walk with you, to be faithful to you, to love you with all our hearts. I pray that you will always be number one in our hearts. Only you can complete us Lord God. I pray that Rhyss will grow up seeing us love each other more.
Lord, help me to be always the wife you described in Proverbs 31:10-12. Help me be a crown to my husband's head, and a garland around the neck of my son.
Give me the grace to always stand by my husband, to faithfully pray for him and to see him in the eyes of faith. Yes, I will not let the enemy gain a foothold into our marriage. I will not allow anything to destroy my marriage. I will not stand by and watch my husband be wearied, beaten down, or destroyed. I will not sit idle while an invisible wall goes up between us. I will not allow confusion, miscommunication, wrong attitudes, and bad choices to erode what we are trying to build together. I will not tolerate hurt and unforgiveness that will lead us to separate. Lord I believe that we can take a stand against any negative influences in our marriage and know that You, O God, has given us authority in Your Name to back it up.
Thank you Lord for you are our God.
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If you already are a millionaire, we support you to get to that 10 million mark, and those who dare to push the 100 million, we give you the tools to do so as well. Unlike any other business club where every month an ordinary speaker speaks and at the end tries to sell to you some book or CD set. We bring you the best speakers and current business advice to take you to the next level. This is your millionaire accountability group, who will not let you fail.
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According to this article many of the ergonomic problems we face are visually-based, particularly with employees who use computer screens. Vision can be adversely affected by the office environment itself (lighting, equipment placement, etc.), by work habits (tilting the head to look at the PC monitor, etc.), and poor eyesight (near-sighted, far-sighted, over 40). The article includes a list of practical suggestions that can improve the visual ergonomics in the office.
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Inspired by memories of writing songs on her own Baby Taylor, Taylor Swift collaborated with Taylor Guitars to design the Taylor Swift Baby Taylor (TSBT). Based on our compact ¾-scale Dreadnought, the TSBT is crafted from a resilient layered sapele body with a solid Sitka spruce top. Swift's screen-printed rosette design features the word "Love†three times among a delicate vine motif. The personalized design also features her stylized signature above the bridge. With a slim 1 11/16-inch neck and a compact shape, the guitar is perfect for a young, aspiring tunesmith. This edition also features the Expression System Baby™ (ES-B) pickup for a smooth plug-and-play experience. Adding to the utility is a built-in digital chromatic tuner on the preamp. The preamp/tuner unit features an LED display for tuning and low battery indication, along with Tone and Volume controls.
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- You mentioned Frank Porter Graham's campaign for the Senate and you had a role in that. How would you describe that campaign?
- Well, I think that Frank Porter Graham had a massive appeal as an educator. He was a very progressive man. At that time, it was…how you used terms and labels was much different from now. A great effort in the campaign was not to bill him as a liberal. It would have been better, and I think possibly because he was a natural, very warm human who held compassion for people enabled the strict conservative forces to organize against him. You remember he was defeated in the run-off, he won in the first election. And at that time, it was…the primary, he won the primary and then the run-off election, he was defeated because they had then decided to really launch into an attack upon him because of the strong black support that he had. That fact was used against him. And they organized along racial lines. That campaign was done that way. Bad literature went out making him to be everything that he wasn't. At that time, to associate with blacks openly in this part of the country…a certain amount of association was permissible, but then some other forms were not. And it was a very bad campaign, bad in the sense that he lost, but it was bad for the state because I think that he would have played a hell of a force in moving the South and the nation forward.
- You mentioned Key's book. Key refers to North Carolina as a progressive tradition, being open in ideas and advanced from the rest of the South in attitudes toward blacks and generally just being far more progressive. Now, since Key's book, you not only had Graham's defeat, you had the defeat of the two North Carolina congressmen who refused to signtthe Southern Manifesto in 1956, you had the victory last year of George Wallace in the presidential primary over Terry Sanford and you had the victory of Jesse Helms for the U.S. Senate. My question is this: was Key right and if he was right, has there been change since in so far as there is a progressive attitude in North Carolina?
- Well, I think that Key was correct. I think that there have been some changes and the changes on the national level also affect your state-wide changes. You could also add to the defeat of Galifinakis by Jesse Helms to the list of changes and attitudes, but then one must look to the adequacy of a campaign, how it was financed, the organizers, the sentiment of the people, the times. Then, you've got to look at the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement and its major effect upon the United States was a very positive one, but the nation moves into fads and it was "do-good to the black people" during the sixties, 61 and '62 and then it fades. And then the riots came about and then you had that reverse trend. The urban riots created a "this is as far as we are going" attitude and "we will stop here." And that was in all of the major cities and then that attitude, the rebellions and the riots came to smaller communities and southern communities after it had left the big urban society. Which means that you've got a delay in a period of time and I think that all of these and the war, the Vietnam crisis at that time, all of these have an effect or influence candidates to posture their positions on the attitudes and sentiments of the people. On the other hand, you could point to say, the recent election of Jim Holshouser, who was a liberal Republican as opposed to a very conservative Republican. And you can contrast the difference between a Holshouser and a Jesse Helms. I think that you could find more individual patterns like that. I think that North Carolina is a state of constraint. It never had people to stand in the school doors and say, "Thou shalt not pass," for example. I think that it's always been an attitude to move forward. Not only was I the first black to attend the University of North Carolina, I turned around and sued to open up the undergraduate school of the University of North Carolina and you were able to reach a compromise…I broke down segregation in the mental hospitals in North Carolina, too…and there's been an attitude of "Well, I'm willing to do it, but go ahead and sue me so I can do it." It's been that kind of an attitude. "The public makes me do it." In other words, "I'm safe in doing it when I'm forced. If I do it beforehand, I'm classified as a liberal, and I can't." [interruption]
- …1948 to 1973 in terms of the Civil Rights movement in North Carolina. If you were to think of gains made in that time, there may be lots of moving forward and backwards, but does it separate into periods? Or is it pretty much a steady progression? Is there anyway to look at that twenty-five year period?
- And is North Carolina just part of the overall South?
- Well, I think that certainly, it would be part of the overall South, but I think that North Carolina…one way you could examine that period, one could easily examine from the type of lawsuits for the advancement of the cause of black people in the various areas to get an index of what occurred. And I would think that during that period of time, the emphasis was on education, primarily. The education and upward mobility of educators is basically concerned I think with education and I think also with some integration of labor unions. Once again, you are looking at a number of attitudes that influenced the attitudes of those in power…their ability to do things without a force of law, was also important. During Terry Sanford's time, I think he used general orders or just put good people in spots to try to make things happen, who would move along. Once you had a Civil Rights Act passed, it was easier to do things. So, North Carolina has had an attitude of once it is put in a position to do something along racial lines, most of the time, it cheerfully accepted the mandate and went on and did it. And then, I think there's a difference in attitudes between the larger metropolitan areas…of course, we have an agrarian state basically and we have no major big cities, our largest cities are around a 100,000, Charlotte may be up to 150,000 now. Greensboro, Raleigh, Durham, High Point, Asheville, Wilmington, places like that are around 100,000. But I think that in most of the middle Piedmont area, there's an attitude to go forward, to do more.


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Urban Airship Expands Popular Mobile Push Messaging Services to Android and BlackBerry Platforms
We are excited to announce that our popular push notification service is now available on the BlackBerry platform; the team is also hard at work on a version for Android and that will be released soon.
The Android and BlackBerry versions of Urban Airship Push will provide the same easy-to-use RESTful API our customers have come to expect but now extends the reach to more platforms. Our BlackBerry service leverages the BlackBerry Push API while our Android solution will be an end-to-end solution for mobile publishers that only requires the integration of our client library to get up and running. We'll handle the details of managing the persistent socket connections from the device and sending the notifications as needed along that connection.
A few weeks back, we announced our Series A venture capital funding of $1.1 million; in interviews, we were asked many times what we'd do with the investment. One of our main goals has been – and continues to be – to provide multi-platform support for our services. With this announcement, we are pleased to deliver on its first phase. We are going to see at least four, and potentially five, extremely relevant platforms for mobile applications in the near future, and we intend to provide the push messaging and content delivery infrastructure for all of them.
We've seen enormous demand for interactive features such as push notifications. A few weeks ago, we wrote about hitting a landmark: 100 million push notifications sent. That took six months. In the next four weeks, we sent another 60 million.
By the way, Urban Airship's in-app purchase product, StoreFront, was just updated last week. StoreFront 1.5 adds internationalization support, landscape mode, a "Restore all" button along with a significantly updated user interface. You probably know that Landscape mode will be highly relevant to the iPad and similar tablet-based, always-connected devices.
And, as if that weren't enough, the team is putting on the final touches of an exciting new product in the push space. We will be making an announcement on this soon.
For more information deploying push for BlackBerry, please contact us or check out the plans and pricing section of our site. You can also dive right in and read up on the details of implementing push on BlackBerry.


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Contemporary art from surfacing and established Canadian artists.
Located in the Heritage Neighbourhood in Regina, Saskatchewan, Slate Fine Art Gallery features contemporary art from established Canadian artists such as Victor Cicansky, Joe Fafard and David Thauberger, plus fresh talent from Zachari Logan, Brendan Schick and more.With a focus on Saskatchewan, the Art you will find at Slate Gallery is modern and innovative with visual strength, sophistication and lasting impact. Monthly exhibitions, live performances and special events are all equally inspiring.
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Joe Fafard ~ 'Til the Cows come home
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Elizabeth interviewing a farmer in Kilosa district in Morogoro, Tanzania as part of her MA research.
Elizabeth Isaya is a Tutorial Assistant at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)'s Centre for Information and Communication Technology (CICT). She was also one of the 139 students supported by iAGRI to pursue an advanced research degree. She completed her studies with an MSc in Agricultural Communications at both Ohio State University in the US and at SUA in Tanzania. She wrote her thesis on Sources of Agricultural Information for Women Farmers in Hai and Kilosa Districts. In an interview with iAGRI Communications Intern, Kelvine Kazimoto, she shares some of the obstacles she overcame to pursue her studies and how the coursework prepared her for her current role.
Elizabeth attended Marian Girls High School in Bagamoyo, Tanzania where she opted to study chemistry, physics and mathematics, a combination known as PCM. "Attaining PCM credits was not easy," she says. "We will always talk about success and accomplishments. However, people strive every day; whether in a job, career, studies or in planning the next thing." Elizabeth planned her next phase of professional development by enrolling in computer science courses at the University of Dar es Salaam. "What shocked me was that there were relatively few female students in our class," Elizabeth recalls. Despite being one of a handful of female students, Elizabeth excelled at computer science with the encouragement from her family and teachers.
Following her undergraduate studies, she applied to a job vacancy at SUA and was selected to work as a Tutorial Assistant in the CICT department. When Elizabeth saw the scholarship opportunity with iAGRI, she decided to apply. As a result, she began the next phase of her studies and traveled to Ohio State University on her first trip to the United States. "Moving to another country comes with its own challenges. The culture is different, the learning environment is different, the technology is different," recalls Elizabeth. "I had to make a lot of adjustments."
Her most memorable experience was the learning environment in her computer engineering class. She was shocked that the students were much younger and the environment was so competitive. "They knew so much and always asked innovative and challenging questions" she recalls. The teaching model in the US also required some adjustment. "It was very interactive. Lecturers can interact with students at any particular moment to bring the entire class on board." The combination of the interactive teaching methods and exposure to new programs motivated Elizabeth to develop advanced skills in computer science and informatics.
Following her courses in Ohio, Elizabeth returned to Tanzania to conduct field research on sources of agricultural information used by farmers in Tanzania. "Women farmers constitute the majority of farmers in Tanzania. Knowing how they source their information will enable the Tanzanian government and international organizations to directly channel information to women farmers," she elaborates.
Through the support of iAGRI, Elizabeth is now able to put her skills to use, not only to increase the efficiency of her department, but also to teach others. Today, Elizabeth teaches courses on introduction to microcomputers, software engineering and program management at SUA and hopes to pursue a PhD in the future.


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Courtesan poetry of the Late Ming and early Qing dynasties
- Introduction
- Courtesan culture of the late Ming dynasty
- Liu Shi's poems
- Elements of nature in the poems
- Liu's marriage to Qian Qianyi
- Description of the poem
- Wang Wei's poems
- Conclusion
- Works cited
The strength, talent and individuality of the courtesan poets of the late Ming and early Qing period served to help develop courtesan poetry into a unique and important genre of poetry. Courtesan poets were pioneers that forged a new path in both the social realm and the literary realm, transcending traditional gender barriers and creating unique poetry drawing from their own lives and experiences. Although courtesan poets often stemmed from humble beginnings, their skills and talents helped to catapult them to a level ?on a par with the equally erudite gentry wives? (Ko, 76). However, ?the courtesan's self-conscious development of her talent or the mystique of her persona was often aided by a coterie of complicit admirers, who were sometimes also self-appointed mentors? (Li, 64). Although courtesan poetry later lost popularity after the beginning of the Qing dynasty, it is preserved in multiple anthologies, and helped to set a precedent for later women's poetry. Although the success of courtesan poetry in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties was largely due to its promotion by well-known male literati, courtesan poetry was an admirable genre in its own right, thanks to the talent, skill, and pioneering spirit of courtesan poets. This paper will discuss courtesan poetry and how it helped create a redefinition of gender boundaries, and expanded the aspects of life in which certain women could participate. The focus will be on three of the most famous courtesan poets, Liu Shi, Liang Xiaoyu, and Wang Wei. This paper will reflect on the significance their poetry had, their skills, talents, and themes of their poems, and how these three women served as pioneers in women's poetry.
[...] This poem employs elements of nature to describe the solitude that Liu feels, and she uses the image of spring to contradict the sadness that she feels. Although she is amidst nature and near a pleasant stream, she gains no pleasure and is enveloped by her gloominess. In the line, the love of swallow and oriole persists,? Liu is stating that despite her extreme sadness and what is going on in her own life, the course of nature is unaffected. The topic of love and missing a loved one in their absence was a common theme in late Ming courtesan poetry. [...]
[...] Liu was not only graced with talents and beauty, but she had a strength that was inspirational and unique, setting her apart from many women of her time. ?Although women's poetry was often praised for subtle and nuanced observations and emotions, Chen praised Liu's poems for their boldness of vision and execution. Liu Shi was a pioneering writer who helped to develop the genre of courtesan poetry primarily because she was willing to transcend traditional boundaries between men and women and she forged a new path where women had never gone before. She drew her inspiration not from earlier women writers, but from male poets. [...]
[...] Unfortunately, it is true that all good things must come to an end, and courtesan poetry was no exception. the nineteenth century, the social and economic foundation of courtesan culture were so shaken to the core that the courtesan's demise was inevitable. Not only had the caliber of the women plummeted, but the economic basis of courtesan culture had dissipated? 77). Despite the decline of courtesan poetry in later years, it was still a very important part of Chinese poetic culture in its prime during the Ming and Qing. [...]


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Coleman Flexi Freeze Ice Pack
Maximize the use of internal space in your cooler with Flexi Freez Pack units. It stays flexible even when frozen and wraps like a blanket around the contents of your cooler. Can be used in a variety of coolers but are also suitable for first aid or physiotherapy use.
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