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Top of the Apps by Bradley Shaw
The Oxford Dictionary describes an app as "a selfcontained program or piece of software designed to fulfil a particular purpose; an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device: apparently there are these new apps that will actually read your e-mails to you". As we know, voice to e-mail apps certainly are available. Africa Telecoms went out to find the best apps available for BlackBerry and Android. We wanted to include Apple, Nokia and Windows Phone 7 apps but unfortunately we did not receive devices in time for this article. Five apps have been chosen for each device. They are not ranked in any particular order but simply as the Top Five Apps for each device that we have found.
Blackberry - The Device - Torch 9800 using Blackberry OS6
The new-look Facebook social media app on BlackBerry is certainly a huge improvement on the first version with far superior looks and functionality and more Facebook-like navigation. Gone is the horizontal menu across the top – now there are two navigation grids. One gives an overall view of all areas of your Facebook profile from newsfeeds, places, photos and the rest. The other gives you a full notifications overview covering notifications (all including incoming chat messages), messages and friend requests. Overall the look and feel has been hugely improved, although it is still true to Facebook, which is great. On the downside as far as I can see the photo loader is still slower than on other devices with similar specs. However, this looks as if it could be an app optimisation issue rather than a BlackBerry hardware spec issue.
BlackBerry Protect
This is a protection/security app for BlackBerries. Once you have done your backup and configuration of BlackBerry Protect, you can remotely block your device if necessary; and if you forget where you have left your phone, Protect will tell you on Google Maps where it is. Unfortunately Google Maps is not yet detailed enough to tell you that your device is under the cushion on your couch but the info is still fairly useful. Should your phone get stolen, with Protect you now have options. You can either institute or change a password until the device is found. Lock the device. Or remote wipe the device. One handy feature here before you wipe the data is that you can do a remote backup, as it is unlikely you will lose or have the device stolen straight after you have backed it up. And that way when you do a restore on a new device all will be as it was the last time you had the device in your hand. The only downside I can see is that if BES has ever been installed on the device Protect cannot be loaded as the backup rights will still sit with your IT Admin. Overall this is a great app with some nifty features.
FNB Banking App
This is unfortunately a South African only application and is also available on Android and Apple OSs. This world first has set FNB apart from all banks worldwide as a true innovator. Using the app is amazingly simple and the design is great. Luckily, as an FNB account holder myself, on the day of launch I downloaded the app and now it is really quite indispensible. It has full transactional capabilities, transferring funds between your own accounts and making third party payments – all now possible with this app. It has a Branch Locator connected to Google Maps should you need to get to a branch while travelling around South Africa. They have also bundled FNB Connect with the app, which is useful as over WiFi you now have free access to FNB call centres. While travelling abroad this could prove to be invaluable – rather than paying roaming fees and suffering with potentially bad call quality, you will have a direct VOIP connection to your bank. There is also a live Forex tracker, which in the current times of financial instability and volatility could be handy while travelling. For version 1.0 this is a very slick app.
Bloomberg Mobile
This is a great app for those who have a vested interest in the financial markets through owning their own portfolio of stocks or are simply just interested. It contains information from most markets including South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Zambia and Tanzania, to name a few. Looking up stock quotes, exchange rates and financial news has never been easier. The app gives you the number of times the last quote was downloaded and so you are always able to track how old the individual quotes are. Another useful feature is that each quote on opening gives you a 52-week graph showing historic levels at a glance, giving you an easy indication as to how the stock is trending over time. Another useful feature of this app is the podcast section that allows you to listen to a variety of Bloomberg podcasts. This could be useful while travelling if you feel like a short market update. For the non-financial professional it may prove a nice to have; on the other hand if finance is your business this is definitely a hot pick for your BlackBerry.
WeatherBug Mobile Weather
This is the most comprehensive weather app found in the app store and seemingly accurate too. But to be honest we have all at some time said how useless our local weather forecaster is. Time will tell when using this app whether or not this will be the same. One certainty is that as this is developed by an American app developer the information is still coming from the same source that your local weather person is getting it from. As far as information goes, it will give you everything you need to know from a weather forecast summary to sunrise and sunset figures. This would clearly include all the regulars: wind direction and strength, temperatures, humidity and even pressures. However, on the day this article was written in Cape Town, it was a wet winter's day with loads of rain, but WeatherBug had 0 mm as the rain figure for the day. An epic fail as it had been raining all day. Oh well, back to saying how useless weather predictions can be.
Blackberry - The Device - Playbook using QNX OS version 1.07
BlackBerry Bridge
BlackBerry Bridge is a certain necessity for any BlackBerry Playbook owner. This is the application that tethers/syncs your Playbook device with your BlackBerry device. This is done by loading BlackBerry Bridge onto your BlackBerry mobile device and then allowing a Bluetooth connection between the device and the Playbook. The reason for the ever so important application is that the Playbook does not have its own native e-mail client, although this has been mooted as a serious downside to the Playbook. In this case Africa Telecoms would disagree with this assertion, due to the fact that no syncing is necessary between Playbook and your BlackBerry mobile device as the mail is replicated on the Playbook from the Mobile. The other benefit of this is that your BBM service is also replicated. BBM has become the most ubiquitous app for BlackBerries worldwide and with younger generations a key driver of BlackBerry Sales. Then finally, as the Playbook has no SIM slot for an additional SIM card, BlackBerry Bridge allows the user to access the internet via this Bluetooth connection using the data available on the BlackBerry device. The other benefit of this is that the BlackBerry data bundle on your device is used. Overall this app is vital to gain maximum usage out of your Playbook.
Kobo Reader
Kobo Reader is a great e-reader with an amazing store available to purchase books. It has a very similar format and style to Kindle and the Google Books app on Android. Reading is easy, navigation is simple and intuitive. With a fairly large number of free e-books available on the platform, it is a great starting point for people wanting to use an e-reader for the first time. Paid books range from as low as US$0.99 to the average bestseller going for US$9.99. Although there is not much to differentiate Kobo from other e-book stores, it is nonetheless a serious competitor in a sector that Kindle has dominated from the start.
Need for Speed: Undercover
It would be remiss to review apps for Playbook and not include the Playbook's signature game with great graphics that are just as good as PC renditions of the game. The gameplay is incredible and steering with the Playbook makes for loads of fun. After receiving the Playbook it took me about a week to complete all levels of this game. There are various "levels" to play through and a host of Cars Available to drive, from a Nissan 240SX to a Ford Mustang 67 (great for the drifting levels) to the Pagani Zonda F. When you have unlocked enough of the game and have the necessary cash in the "career" mode of the game, the Pagani Zonda F makes previous stages that seemed really complicated and difficult to win an absolute breeze as it is so fast. This game has been a hit with a wide variety of users from my daughter Tori through to clients who have tried it; this is certainly far and away the top game app available for Playbook on App World currently. And best of all, it is a standard feature on all devices.
Press Reader
It might seem strange to have Kobo and Press Reader as top apps. There is a reason for this. Press Reader is a great app for keeping up to date with news. This app offers newspapers from around the world for US$0.99 per edition. And it has worldwide coverage: to name a few of the countries, there are Albania with nine newspapers, Australia with 184 issues, Haiti with one, Oman with seven. The number of African newspapers available is also impressive, including Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. What is astounding is the variety of papers and the number on offer for specific markets, with 326 US newspapers being available. Readability is great with pinch to zoom functionality being available. Press Reader also gives you seven free credits when you download the app, which is sufficient for you to choose seven newspapers before you need to pay for additional editions.
This is a very useful cloud-based application for the Playbook. As the name suggests, it is very similar to – if not a complete knock off of – Drop Box. The functionality is great, as you can login from a PC to upload or download files into your Box; and likewise with the Playbook, login, upload or download. Files can be organised in various folders. Free individual users have access to 5gb and a single file upload size of 25mb. This is upgradeable for an individual to 25gb of storage with a single file upload size of 1gb for US$9.99/month; or a business with 500gb of storage and a single file upload size of 2gb for US$15USD/month. Business users can also brand their Box with a company logo. I'm not sure the logo would sell the service but as a free cloud-based application Box it will certainly be useful. However there are some problems with the Playbook app. Files cannot be deleted from the Playbook. Although connectivity is required to download files from the cloud onto the Playbook, once downloaded the files are saved to the device. These downloads are also dated to ensure that you are viewing the most up to date version if multiple persons are working on a file at any given time.
Android Mobile - The Device - Motorola MB525 using Android 2.1 (Froyo) with Motoblur
Hot Apps
In the search for new and interesting apps on Android Market, Hot Apps is certainly a must use. This little app search app gives you a great view of apps that are currently trending on Marketplace. You can browse by "Hot Today", "All Time" or "Best of 2010" tabs. It is an incredibly easy to use and intuitive app. The most interesting way to find apps is the "shake to discover apps". This is simply a random selection of apps that comes onto the device's screen. It might not be terribly useful but it is a fun way to discover apps that you might not necessarily have ever downloaded. The only downside is that the search criterion for apps is currently not customizable, which would be a useful addition. The only other fail that became evident while using this app is its inability to ignore apps that you are currently using.
Many people have their doubts about the new social media entrant Google+. But … has Google ever done anything that has not been hugely successful? Well, some might look at the Nexus and question the success of the device. However, with 20 million users having registered for the service in the first three weeks of operation, it makes a compelling case. Then with Google's search page receiving around one billion users daily, there could be a huge conversion of users when Google+ launches in earnest. The Google+ app on Android is easy to use and requires a small amount of understanding as the terminology is different from the likes of Facebook and Twitter. By far the most impressive feature of Google+ is the handling of photos, shared by you or your circles. The default folders are for "photos from your Circles", "photos of you" (tagged), "your albums", and "from your phone". The "from your phone" folder even allows photos to be automatically uploaded from your device. These photos do however remain private until such time as you "publish" them to your Google+ profile. Photo sharing has never been easier and required less effort.
Thinking Space
This is a great mind mapping tool for giving some organisation to your thoughts. If you tend to sit in meetings and or conferences and doodle this might be a useful tool for you. The Oxford Dictionary defines a mind map as "a diagrammatic method of representing ideas, with related concepts arranged around a core concept". This is exactly what you can do with Thinking Space: instead of doodling, make pictures of the content in the meeting or the conference session you are in. it is very similar to doodling but far more useful that the reams of little doodle notes many people find in their possession. For tertiary education this app would prove invaluable for taking notes in lectures; although using it on a mobile phone could take some getting used to, compared with using it on a larger form tablet where it is perfect. The app itself is incredibly easy to use and even if you have never done mind maps, the user interface is very simple and in no time you will be mind mapping your way through your daily routine.
Talk to Me
This is an ingenious combination of Voice Recognition, Google Translate, and Text-to- Speech technologies. Best of all, this is a free to download app on Android. This is a definite must have for international travellers. It allows you speak a phrase into your Android device and it will recognise what you are saying and type it in your home language on the screen (this is to enable any correction of the voice recognition) and then repeat the phrase in a language of your choice. With what seems like a never-ending list of languages that it can translate, the only catch is that not all come with speak-back translations. These additional languages are available to purchase. But from an African perspective, for it to include Afrikaans and Swahili I was well impressed. I tested the speak-back translations from English to German and Spanish (this will be useful at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next year) and even with my limited knowledge of these languages, they certainly sounded like German and Spanish!
Smart Measure
This is another app that will probably turn out to be more fun than functional. But once you download it you may easily find yourself measuring the distances around your home or office. Or checking the height of arbitrary objects. Don't worry, you are not alone. This is really just about some fairly basic trigonometry being implemented on a mobile device. These days the processing power of most mobile devices is more than sufficient to run extremely complex programs – so it is not surprising that we are seeing apps like this service that can calculate heights and distances using trig. Although not very useful, it is one of those apps you are likely to use as you say to a friend: "How tall do you think … is?" and you answer: "Well, let me check how close you are." And I certainly can't see builders and architects checking site measurements using an application like this with fairly enormous variances.
(Although it would be interesting to see how the buildings turned out if they did ...)
Android Tablet - The Device - Motorola XOOM Tablet using Android 3.1 (Honeycomb)
Angry Birds
Angry Birds has been the most successful app to date, with over 250 million downloads up to June 2011, an average of 3.33 million hours a day spent playing Angry Birds across all platforms and over 40 million monthly users of the app. The Apple IOS version of Angry Birds is a paid-for application whereas the Android version used for this review is the free version. Rovio, the developers of Angry Birds, found another way to monetise this app by providing in-app advertising and this is still generating Rovio in excess of US$1 million a month in revenues. Playing Angry Birds on a large format tablet like the Xoom is a far cry from playing the game on the smaller form mobile phone devices. With the graphics Angry Birds is really coming into its own and making game play far more engaging. And Rovio is not done with Angry Birds either: in a recent interview with Venture Beat, the chief marketing officer of Rovio, Peter Vesterbacka, stated: "We are betting everything on Angry Birds. We want to be the first entertainment brand with a billion fans. That will take us two or three years to do. Next year, we want to be the leading entertainment brand in China."
Chrome to Phone
This is a great app if you are a Chrome browser user on your desktop or laptop. It quite literally takes links from your PC chrome browser and pushes the link onto your tablet. It is very easy to install: simply add the Chrome to Phone extension onto your PC browser and an icon becomes available. Once Chrome to Phone is installed on your tablet, it is simple to push any content from your browser to your tab. Great if you are busy reading an article and need to leave for a meeting or your daily commute; just push it onto your mobile device for your reading/researching pleasure on the move. The only improvement I can suggest would be a reverse functionality of pushing links from your tablet to your PC. This would certainly make the app more useful overall as there are times when you want to carry on reading or working using a link on your device.
Photoshop Express
This is another nice to have app, although its usefulness on a device the size of the Motorola Xoom might come into question. Holding the Xoom up to take pictures inconspicuously is not likely to happen. However, if you have taken photos and need to crop them, make minor adjustments to contrasts, etc, this is certainly the app for you. Or generally if you like tinkering and playing with photos before sharing in a myriad different ways. Adobe has done a great job of fitting some fairly highend photo editing technologies into this app and it is still a free download app on Marketplace. It allows for changes in brightness, contrast, changing the colour scale of the image, and creating borders for images. Overall this is a great app for the happy snappers who are never quite happy with their snap work.
Kindle for Android
Amazon has positioned Kindle as the leader in the e-book space with a variety of offerings including the Kindle Wireless Reader. Amazon launched the Android app for Kindle in June 2010. The Kindle store currently has over 900,000 books available, with prices ranging from free to US$9.99 for latest releases. This seems to be the average across all the various platforms where e-books can be purchased. The version of Kindle designed specifically with tablets in mind for the Android's upgraded Honeycomb OS has seen improvements in layout and optimisation for the standard size of tablets between 7 and 10 inch devices. A great functionality of the Android app is that Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across all your Kindle devices. This includes the PC application, the Kindle device and any apps you have running. Granted this is based on the fact that you log into each application using the same login details. Reading using this application is great, with crystal clear text display and amazingly clear graphics when viewing magazines. Overall a very well put together app that runs smoothly and very efficiently.
Plume for Twitter is a powerful Twitter application for Android. The latest version being used for this review has been optimised for Honeycomb. Tweetdeck had set the standard for desktop Twitter applications. However the Android app version has not been optimised for Tablets – or Honeycomb for that matter. Plume sets itself apart from other apps in that it is fully customizable and can handle more than one Twitter account with ease. Multiple account management has never been easier, with each account given different colours, which makes tracking of these accounts within one client easier than ever. The free version of this app comes with one advertisement and with the premium paid app the ad is removed for just under US$3. However, the ad is not terribly obtrusive and so you may not want to fork out the additional cash for the premium version. The one area where Plume falls down against its largest competitors TweetDeck and HootSuite is that it currently does not support other social media offerings like Facebook or LinkedIn.


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Although pain is generally viewed as something negative, when seen through a prism of faith, it carries much deeper and complex meaning. It allows the sufferer to gain greater compassion, grow in strength and courage, and, ultimately, experience the joy of God's ultimate love. Here are seven ways to find that joy in pain.

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Philadelphia—A former Colts player was stopped in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon for a reported traffic violation. Reports said police confiscated a gun inside a vehicle driven by Marvin Harrison.
The traffic stop occurred just a few blocks away from a garage he owns. That same garage was the site of a 2008 shooting in which three people were hurt. One of the victims has since died. Two of the victims accused Harrison of firing the shots, but he has not been charged in the case.
Sources said police are testing a gun found in Harrison's car Wednesday, to see if it matches bullets from the 2008. Philadelphia police have not confirmed or denied they have the gun.
Philadelphia police told our media partners at WIBC Harrison was not arrested.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- September 12, 2008 -- The Springfied College women's volleyball team split a pair of games in the opening day of the Johnson & Wales Invitational on Friday evening.
In its first match, the Pride topped Connecticut College in four games by the scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20. The Pride then dropped its final match of the evening to Keene State in four games, losing 26-28, 25-19, 25-16, 25-22.
In the victory over Conn. College, Aylene Ilkson (Baldwin, N.Y.) powered Springfield to victory as she recorded a double-double off 12 kills and 23 digs. Kelsea Hellyar (Fairhaven, Mass.) handed out 42 assists in the win.
Heather Lively (Royalston, Mass.) hammered out 18 kills, while Heidi Yohe (Deer Park, Wash.) added 16 digs in Springfield's loss to the Owls. Hellyar dished out 35 assists in the loss.
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Social Media Policies
Social Media Etiquette Policy
Be Responsible
What you write is ultimately your responsibility. Foul language, inappropriate or malicious comments not representative of the mission and motto of Bryan College are inappropriate. By posting on Bryan's social media sites you are agreeing to the terms of use as set forth in our etiquette and policies.
Respect Others
Share your views but be thoughtful about your posting's content and potential audiences. Be respectful of others' opinions; constructive and respectful in your comments. Remember the golden rule do unto others as you would have them do to you - Luke 6:31. Posts or responses must be honoring to God and respectful of Bryan College, students, administration, board of trustees, staff, faculty, alumni and the community. Participation in Bryan's social media sites is not a right but a privilege, so please treat it seriously and with respect. If you want to participate be sure to abide by these standard practice guidelines.
Be Aware of Liability
You are responsible for what you post on your own site and on the sites of others. Individual bloggers and others have been held liable for proprietary, libelous, or obscene content. Increasingly, employers are conducting Web searches on job candidates before extending offers. Be sure what you post today will not come back as an issue for you in the future.
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How to engage us outside of public forum? Rather than starting a discussion on social media if you have questions regarding a rumor you have heard or if you have concerns about a policy or administrative decision, please call 423.775.2041 and ask to speak with someone in administration or send an inquiry to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Violation of Social Media Etiquette and Policies
Our goal is to empower the Bryan community to share on our social media sites. However, inappropriate posts and users which violate the above etiquette and policies will be removed by the Advancement Department.
Bryan College reserves the right to change these terms of social media etiquette and policies at any time. An updated copy of terms of etiquette, policies and procedures will be available online.
Social Media Policy for AdministratorsBryan College encourages the use of social networking sites including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Friendster, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Blogger. Such sites offer open lines of communication between Bryan College, the community, and our alumni and friends, allowing the college to share events, educational opportunities, and other information. Departments, student groups, athletic teams, clubs, etc., are encouraged to maintain interactive and current social networking sites that promote open discussion of topics related to Bryan College and its constituents.
- No social media site may in any way hinder the mission of the College, which is educating students to become servants of Christ to make a difference in today's world.
Any primary administrator must be an employee of Bryan College or a designated student under faculty or staff supervision. Secondary administrators must be approved by the primary administrator.
- Primary administrators are those who are ultimately responsible for the site, and one will be identified for each site in question.
- Secondary administrators are those who the primary administrator has given administrative access. For example, each admissions counselor has administrative access to the admissions Facebook page, but the Director of Admissions is ultimately responsible for the page, and so is considered the primary administrator.
- The primary administrator is responsible for the activity that occurs on the site, including ensuring regular content updates.
- Bryan College and the organization, club, athletic group, or department represented must be clearly identified in the username and site title. The Marketing Department can provide guidance in naming conventions.
Branding of your site includes what you name it, any link alias, and the image(s) you use to represent the site, all of which must be approved by the Marketing Department whose responsibility it is to ensure that every Bryan College social media site uses branding that represents the college in an excellent manner. Here are several considerations:
- If you're using the college logo, it needs to follow our usage guidelines.
- Image must be formatted and uploaded so it displays correctly on the site's thumbnail version.
- Please note there is a "branding" section on your submission request to facilitate the branding approval process.
- For Facebook pages, you will need to submit two images for approval: (a) 180x180 profile logo image and (b) 851x315 less than 100KB cover photo. Please review other approved Facebook images here.
- Before beginning a social networking site, written permission must be granted by the Marketing Department as well as the head of the department, club, organization, or athletic team involved.
- The Marketing Department must be given full administrative access to each account.
- Any content on any site which is found to be in violation of these policies may be removed by the Marketing Department after first going through the appropriate channels.1
- Any site that regularly violates these terms and conditions may be terminated by the Marketing Department after first going through the appropriate channels.
- Any site that is not under Marketing Department administration and utilizes Bryan's name or logo or the name or logo of any of our athletic teams or organizations may be terminated with the site host (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.) for trademark violation.
- The Marketing Department reserves the right to terminate the administrative rights of any person for any violation of these policies and procedures after first going through the appropriate channels.
- Content (videos, photos, music, etc.) posted to a social networking site by an administrator may be used by the college for any marketing or fundraising purposes as deemed appropriate by the college. Applicable copyright laws must be observed in postings by administrators. Please visit the college's copyright policy for guidelines.
- Content posted on any social networking site must be current, and the site must be updated at least twice monthly. Individual department heads may require more frequent updates.
- Administrators may not share information that is confidential and/or proprietary about the College, students or staff, or that would in any way violate the College's privacy policy or FERPA law.
- Administrators must be honoring to God and respectful of Bryan College, students, staff, alumni, and the community in their posts and responses to posts. Administrators agree to follow Bryan College's Levels of Response Guide in regards to negative or controversial posts. It is the primary administrator's responsibility to monitor site activity frequently and respond accordingly.
- Under no circumstance is Bryan College liable for legal damages as the result of an employee's or student designee's actions associated with a social networking site.
- If contacted by the media as a Bryan College representative, an administrator must refer the media to the Director of Public Information.2
- In addition to abiding by these terms of service and policies and procedures, administrators must abide by the terms of service of the applicable social media site.
- Bryan College reserves the right to change these terms of service and policies and procedures at any time. An updated copy of the terms of service and policies and procedures will be available online.
1"Appropriate channels" is defined herein as the Marketing Department first contacts the site's administrator listed with the Marketing Department. If the issue is not resolved at that level, then the Marketing Department will contact the Vice President directly responsible for that area, and the VP will direct how the Marketing Department should respond.
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The hiking trails are all open and it is usually about 20 degrees cooler on top.
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TOUGH times are ahead in North Yorkshire as authorities fight to keep crime rates low, the Police and Crime Commissioner has said.
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Q. I have several "big" events this year. The first is a late-July family wedding in the Midwest that won't be terribly formal. The second is my (gulp) 20-year high school reunion on September 1 in Phoenix, which also won't be terribly formal, and the last is the wedding of my closest friend in Santa Fe on September 8, also not formal, but probably dressier than the other events. I would like to have one dress to wear to each since there will be entirely different people at each event. The problem is that the first event is smack in the middle of summer, and the last event is just in the very beginning of fall. I was leaning towards a halter-style neckline dress with an empire waist (I am short and curvy and find this style highlights the shoulders and bust while hiding my non-flat tummy) and have fallen in love with a chiffon one that is black with white polka dots. Will this be too summery to wear to the September 8 wedding? If so, do you have any other suggestions of dresses in the style described that would be in a color and fabric that is more seasonless?
A. Your black and white polka dot choice will certainly work for all three events. I like that you thought beyond a simple black dress and chose a pattern. With none of the same people at any of the events, you have multiple options. A little black dress can be switched in a myriad of ways with different accessories and heels while a patterned or colored dress makes a fresh and more stylish impression. I found several flattering options for a petite, curvy figure:
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The NFL preseason's third week is typically the best of the preseason games as players have usually worked themselves back into game shape and the starters are given quite a few reps before taking it easy the week before the regular season begins. That has been the case thus far this week, too, and shouldn't change for the nine games on tap for Saturday night's NFL preseason schedule.
There were originally 10 games scheduled for Saturday night, but the threat of Hurricane Irene postponed a game in New York, meaning that the scheduled meeting featuring the Jets vs. Giants won't take place until Monday night.
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Ted Knutson, the prolific writer, EPL trader and key cog of the football analytics twitterati posted a very interesting article on Squawka.com which looked at the rate in which European club teams concede shots on target. I highly recommend you check it out. This is a link to the EPL Shots on target conceded table.
If you clicked the link you'll already know what I am about to tell you: Aston Villa were the third best team in the Premier league at preventing their opponents from getting their shots on target. This was Ted's take:
As you can see, Villa gave up a lot of shots per game – 16.63 of them to be precise. However, they were comparatively good at preventing those shots from turning in to shots on target.
All true. The purpose of this fanpost is to elaborate and further explore on why Aston Villa restricted opponents ability to get shots on target. to do this I am going to look at the Game States at which Aston Villa conceded shots on target, missed shots and blocked opponents shots. I am also going to take that data and expand it for all of Aston Villa's 38 games in order to discover whether Villa improved at restricting their opponents shots.
Shots Breakdown
The chart below shows the percentage of opponents shots that were on target, blocked or missed. As an extra kicker I have included the game state.
- The most frequent shot outcome in the chart above is missed shots. Every team in the league, I assume, forces their opponents to miss with a big percentage of their shots.
- Villa's ability to block shots is pretty consistent throughout the game states. Some teams display an ability to block an increased percentage of opponents shots at +1 due to the leading team trying to protect their game position.
- Villa's ability to prevent the opposition from registering shots on target is pretty strong. At Tied and Plus 1 Game State, we see ~30% of oppositions shots end up on target. This is a pretty darn good number, further questions will need to be asked as to why Villa were able o put up such good numbers.
- The real talking point where the chart above is concerned is Villa's defensive performance at Minus 1 (trailing by a goal): Over 50% of oppositions shots were off target and just 20% were on target. These are really strong numbers, especially so when we consider Villa, at a goal down, were probably chasing the game to some extent. I have no concrete explanations as to why Villa's opponents, when leading by a goal, only registered ~20% of their total shots on target (league average is 30%). Whatever defensive scheme Villa were employing at Minus 1 it was either very good or very lucky.
Shot Blocking
This chart shows Villa's ability to block opponents shots as the season progressed.
- Villa's ability to block shots when losing (ie Minus 1) took a beating in mid-season when the hammerings were frequently painful. But blocks when losing improved.
- As for Villa's shot blocking ability at Tied, winning and Close (-1, Tied and +1) we can see that as the season progressed Villa became more skilled at blocking their opponents shots, in the case of Tied and Winning Villa improved their shot blocking ability by 20% from Game 10 to the seasons end.
- Close Game State is absolutely crucial. 80% of all game events take place at this bunched state. Close goal difference has an r2=0.97 to points won, so everything that happens at Close is vital. As you can see, Villa improved all season in shot blocking ability at Close.
Shots On Target Conceded
- I have listed total, Tied and Close game state information here and it shows that as the season wore on Villa were unable to prevent the opposition from recording improvement in getting shots on target. The improvement in slight, but evident, in the first half season.
- From the halfway point on we see that improvement plateau and lurk relatively consistently around 27-29%, numbers which are still excellent.
- An admission, I can tell you that these things happened but for the life of me I cannot tell you why. Was there a tactical shift by the manager, was it a personnel issue which drove these excellent Villa numbers? Maybe it was about experience for a very young side and if it is, it should bode well for the upcoming season.
Attack And Defense
I have shown you a ton of information on Villa's ability to prevent opponents shots from getting on target. Now lets take the other side of that coin, Villa's attacking performance and look at a few ratio metrics.
- TSR Total shots for / totals shots
- Fenwick Shots on target for + missed shots for /t otal shots on target + total missed shots (basically, we remove blocked shots.
- Mathias Shots on target for + Blocked Shots for / Total Shots on target + Total Blocked shots.
- SoTR Shots on target for / Total Shots On Target
*Fenwick comes all the way from Alberta, Mathias is a stat I made up last night and originates from office at home in Barcelona. Name belongs to the girlfriend, it is probably going to make SImon Gleave really mad!
All Game States
We are looking for a metric that 'fits' closely to Villa's moving goal difference that Is included on the secondary axis.
- Villa's goal difference was plodding along, poor but not terrible, and then the barren run began. thrashings at the hands of Chelsea, Tottenham and Wigan destroyed Villa's goal difference and wiped out the happy memory of the Liverpool away win. But that goal difference recovered at seasons end and improved right at the death. Credit to this young squad at that pressure point in the run-in.
- As for the metric which fits closely to Villa's goal difference, well there is quite the spread. Fenwick comes out bottom with an r2=0.22, TSR is 2nd worst, then SoTR but Mathias is best with an r2=0.76. A lot of these correlations improve significantly if we strip out the early fixtures and there is so much more work for me to do on the other Premier League teams before we can start talking of which metric fits best.
- All of the ratios/metrics improved at seasons end. A little of that improvement was down to Villa's shot blocking, Villa's attacking numbers and more time spent at Close Game State where Villa were not terrible (especially at Tied GS).
Remember how I talked of Close Game State and how crucial it is?
Close Game State
That is some improvement in the run-in for Aston Villa. As stated earlier, I can show you what happened but not exactly why it happened.
To be able to fully understand Villa's improvement late on, and especially at Close Game State, we may need to know more about the personnel deployed or the system tweaks by Lambert. In short, it needs more but I feel comfortable in saying Villa were not a bad defensive team in terms of restricting the quality of their opponents shots. And boy, did Villa go on a nice run in the last 6 or 7 games of the season in terms of their shots output.


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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Obituary was published May 1, 2010.
Eldora Louise Kalp Fithian of Bonita Springs, Fla., died Tuesday, April 27, 2010. She was 90.
She was born March 4, 1920, in Dravosburg, Pa., the eldest of three children of Ward Joseph and Margaret Berger Kalp.
Eldora graduated from Grove City College, where she met and later married the love of her life, George Fithian.
She taught accounting for 23 years at Mt. Vernon (Ohio) High School. Upon retiring, Eldora and George moved to Bonita Springs, where they resided the last 30 years.
A devout Christian, Eldora was an active member of First Presbyterian Church, Bonita Springs, for many years.
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Until they are reunited again, Mrs. Fithian leaves to cherish her memory: her husband of 67 years, George S. Fithian; a son, Charles Fithian; a daughter, Claire Fithian O'Dell and husband Mike; and three grandchildren, Denise Fithian McEachern and husband Phil; Dawn O'Dell Combs and husband Tom; and Troy O'Dell and wife Masha.
Also, seven great-grandchildren, Sierra and Eric McEachern; Zachary and Jacob Combs; and Adam, Brianna and Christopher O'Dell; a brother, Paul Kalp and wife Shirley; and a sister, Nancy Kalp Shearer.
Eldora is now with her Lord in his eternal home, surrounded by her parents and relatives whom she loved in her earthly life and who went before her.
A memorial service is at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 6, 2010, in First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs.
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The family suggests that contributions be made in Mrs. Fithian's memory to: Joanne's House at Hope Hospice, 27200 Imperial Pkwy., Bonita Springs, FL 34135; or to the Dan Moser Memorial Clinic, c/o First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs, 9751 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs, FL 34135.


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A high-rise residential tower to be erected in Brooklyn will soon begin to take shape in Lynchburg, Virginia, as developers take modular construction to new heights.
January 22, 2013—Construction will begin soon on a large facility in Lynchburg, Virginia—a 32-story residential tower ultimately destined for the corner of Dean Street and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Developers believe the structure will be the largest tower in the world to be built using modular construction when it is completed in 2014. The Atlantic Yards B2 Modular, as it is currently called, is being developed by Skanska, headquartered in Solna, Sweden, and Forest City Ratner Companies, in Cleveland. It will be the first residential tower in the 22-acre Atlantic Yards development near the Barclays Center, a recently completed indoor arena that is home to the Brooklyn Nets basketball team. Atlantic Yards is envisioned to eventually comprise 16 high-rise buildings with a mix of residential, retail, and office space. (See "Barclays Center Delivered Using BIM," Civil Engineering magazine, July/August 2012.) The new tower will begin as 930 steel tube chassis fabricated and welded by Banker Steel, of Lynchburg. Banker Steel worked with Forest City Ratner on the Barclays Center, and the success of that relationship led the two companies to discuss how the modular concept could be used on this project. "We just think it's a fantastic idea," says Chet McPhatter, the chief operating officer of Banker Steel. "We have built some prototypes for them. And everybody is excited about it and thinks it's the wave of the future as far as residential construction in large cities." And the movement isn't just affecting residential construction; modular construction is one of several trends noted by the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) consulting firm FMI Group, of Raleigh, North Carolina, in its recent report on changes in the AEC profession. (See "Construction, Engineering Trends Are Worth Watching," Civil Engineering online, January 15, 2013.) For the Brooklyn project, the chassis are 10 ft high by 12 ft wide by 30 ft long, formed from welded 6 in. square, thin-walled tubing, McPhatter says. Smaller tubing is utilized for purlins. Corrugated steel decking 2 in. thick is then installed in the floor and ceiling of the unit. Finally, a 0.75 in. thick layer of cement board is installed as a subfloor. The chassis are then delivered to a facility at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. "They are fitting them out with everything that you would need for a residential building," McPhatter says. "The tile, the sheetrock, the electrical, the plumbing, the countertops. It's nearly a completed unit as it's going to go to the field. "You can combine them to make bigger apartments or bigger rooms as needed," McPhatter adds. "So when they are assembling them in the shop, they will actually put some of them side by side, or have four of them together to create an area of the building to make sure it all aligns and matches up." The units will then be delivered to the job site in Brooklyn, where they will be fitted into a structural steel frame that will transfer the loads. A specially designed gusset plate system that is subject of a patent application will be used to secure the units to each other and to the building's frame. "We have an erector on-site, and they are essentially stacking these things like Lego blocks," McPhatter says. "It's a 32-story building, and it's going to weigh about 4,500 tons, which is much lighter than a typical 32-story building in New York City." In fact, the building will be so light that engineers are specifying dampers at the top of the structure to control movement, McPhatter says. To ensure that the units fit together within the 0.5 in. tolerances the project requires, the team is using building information modeling (BIM). "[BIM is] definitely something needed with as tight tolerances as these things are," McPhatter says. "You have to have extremely tight tolerances on all dimensions, but especially on the heights of the members, for the heights of the boxes' chassis, and obviously the widths as well, just to maintain the elevations and the coordination between the two of them." Modular construction brings many advantages to the project. Approximately 60 percent of the construction will take place off-site in a controlled environment. Workers assembling the modular units will need to be no more than several feet off the ground compared to the multiple stories high that they would need to be if working in the field. The identical nature of the 930 units will enable workers to make repetitive cuts on steel members, the shop in Lynchburg effectively becoming an assembly line. Banker Steel is building a new facility for the project and expects to complete the chassis in approximately six months. "We think this is the future of construction for residential towers," McPhatter says. 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Space Derby – Nov 1 Pack Meeting
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First Den Meeting 2013 – 2014 Year – Sept 10 – 6:30PM
We hope everyone had a great summer. We are sending this notice out to invite everyone to our first den meeting scheduled for September 10th at 6:30 at UCC Greenawalds Church on Albright Ave in Allentown. Hope to see everyone there!
Pack Meeting – Feb 2 – Pinewood Derby
Let's get ready to race!
All cub scouts should have their kits and be working on their cars. If you don't have a kit please see your den leader. If you have questions about the rules, make sure to talk to your den leader.
We will have early weigh-ins for those who want to test-weigh your car. Those will be at the Jan 22 and Jan 29 Den Meetings. Bring your car and you can have it weighed and measured early so you can make changes before final weigh-in on Feb 1.
Also during the pinewood derby a professional photographer will be there to take pictures of the pack and all dens. Individual picutures will also be available. Prices are as follows: 8×10 $12, 5×7 $8, 4×6 $5, wallets in sheet of 8 $8. Order forms will be available at the next den meeting.
Good luck to all and remember, have fun building those cars!
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Packing Meeting Nov 20 – Raingutter Regatta
The November Pack Meeting is re-scheduled for Nov 20 at 6PM. We will have the Raingutter Regatta, so be sure to arrive by 6PM!
Pack Meeting for Nov 2 Has Been Cancelled
Due to the recent hurricane and continued power outages we are postponing the upcoming pack meeting to a later date in November. The committee meeting that was also scheduled for Nov 1 is postponed as well.
Halloween Party for Tues October 30 is Cancelled
Wanted to let everyone know the Halloween Party scheduled for Tuesday, October 30 at 6:30pm has been cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy.
Popcorn Orders Due Oct 23
Please remember that the popcorn order forms are due next week – Tuesday, October 23rd. I will be at the church from 6:30-7:00 to collect them. If you do not sell the required $250 worth of popcorn per family, there is a $25.00 buy out. Also, in addition to the prizes that are listed on the order form, we have decided to have a grand prize of a $50 gift card to Rascal's for the cub scout who has the highest amount of sales, so let your boys know about this incentive! Please let me know if you have any questions, and if I have missed anyone on this e-mail, kindly forward it along or let me know who I missed.
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Popcorn Show-N-Sell Oct 13
We are having another popcorn show-n-sell Saturday, Oct 13 10am to 2pm at Army-Navy in Whitehall. Please respond to this email with either a 1 hour or 1/2 hour time slot. Remember the boys should be in their class A uniforms and accompanied by an adult for the duration of the time that is signed up for. The total profit is split among the boys that come and help sell.
Please note that the necessary paperwork to be filled out by each family is posted here. The forms that will be needed to be handed in are: permission form, mission statement (code of conduct included to be signed by parent, child, and den leader), and photo release form. All these forms are required regardless of filling them out last year. All forms are due Oct 16th.
Committees are now forming for Raingutter regatta, pinewood derby, Halloween/holiday party, basket bingo. All families are asked to sign up for at least one committee. The most upcoming committee needed is for the Halloween party. The more help the smoother these events run.
Dues in the amount of $75 are also due.
Popcorn Show-N-Sell Sept 23
We are having a Popcorn Show-N-Sell this Sunday, Sept 23 from 9am to 12pm at Parkland Restaurant. Please be aware that what ever we sell the profit will be divided amongst all the boys who come help sell and the pack. Please email Trish with your sign up for 1 half hour time slot.
First Den Meeting For 2012 – 2013
The first den meeting for Cub Scout Pack 8 will be held on September 11, 2012 at UCC Greenawalds, at 6:30PM.
If you want to bring a friend who is not a scout, we welcome all new attendees.
We look forward to another great year with all of our scouts!


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Opinion: The Elder Scrolls Online's fee is self-defeating
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Colin Campbell
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The Elder Scrolls Online will have a monthly fee, and that's a mistake
Are you ready for another game with a monthly fee? Are you interested in any games that charge a montly fee for access? More and more online games are moving to a free-to-play mode, or they're going the Guild Wars 2 route and providing online play for free once you buy the core package. The audience for games that are $50 or so at launch, and also carry a monthly fee, may not exist anymore for games that aren't World of Warcraft.
This article does a great job of laying out all the reasons that the fee could be a mistake while taking a look at the market for online games at the moment. It's a great piece, and I find very little to argue about. Just because something is worth the price doesn't mean that people will be willing to pay it, and retrofitting a game for free-to-play always looks like an admission of failure.
There is a small chance that the game could take off with a monthly subscription charge, but I'm guessing we'll see some options open up around six months from launch.


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Trotter, a recent Walker High School graduate, was one of 111 students from across the United States selected to participate in the Grammy Foundation's music industry camp this summer.
Trotter was notified that he had made the cut for the second year in a row shortly after parts of Walker County were devastated by tornadoes on April 27.
"They actually called to check on me and then invited me back," he said.
Trotter spent two weeks in July at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music working with other young musicians as well as Grammy-winning artists and industry professionals.
His schedule of activities kept him busy from 7 a.m. to midnight.
"Everything about this experience is unique and challenging in the best possible sense, and as we enter our seventh year, I take great pride in the role Grammy Camp has played in helping teens achieve their musical goals, as well as fostering friendships and musical collaborations that continue beyond the program," said Neil Portnow, president and CEO of The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation.
Trotter said he arrived at camp this year with higher expectations and fewer nerves.
On the first night, he was placed into the band that he would be performing with in a showcase concert at El Rey Theatre on July 17.
They called themselves Imminent Day. Trotter played keyboard, provided some vocals and also helped write one of three songs that the band played in the finale.
The piece, a progressive rock instrumental, caught the attention of one accomplished producer during rehearsals.
"After the song was over, he had chill bumps. He said, 'That song moved me. I haven't heard anything like that since I was a kid,'" Trotter said.
The director of Trotter's ensemble also noticed his talent and offered him a job when camp ended.
However, Trotter insisted on coming home to pursue a degree in vocal performance at the University of Alabama.
Trotter said that his experiences at Grammy Camp got him closer to his goal of one day working in the music industry, whether on the stage or behind the scenes.
In the meantime, he hopes to encourage local youth who share his love of music.
Trotter added that he appreciates all of the people who have been mentors for him along the way.
"We have a lot of talented people in this area, and we can hold our own in Los Angeles. That's a testament that we're doing something right in Walker County," Trotter said.


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Bradshaw Leads With 18 Holes Remaining At The WV Open
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June 20, 2013
The second round of the 2013 West Virginia Open is complete, as the 120-player field was cut to low 60 and ties. Scores 9-under-par and low will be moving on to the final round tomorrow.
Six-time Champion, David Bradshaw, leads the Championship by three strokes, where three amateur golfers trail behind with under-par scores. The Harpers Ferry pro shot two rounds of 69 to maintain his lead from yesterday's round. Three strokes behind is recent high school grad, Woody Woodward, how shot the low round of the day at 5-under-par. Woodward will be attending Wake Forest this fall to compete on its golf team. Hurricane's Sam O'Dell will be rounding out the final pairing group, where he also shot consistent rounds, falling in at 141 for his 36-hole total.
Senior golfer Scott Bibbee is in a three-way tie at 1-under-par, on track to win the Low Senior award—if not a finish in the top three. Eighteen-year-old, Alan Cooke is currently the low junior in the Championship, tied for ninth place at 1-over-par.
The final round of the 2013 West Virginia Open Championship will begin at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, with the final pairing group teeing off at 11.
For more information on the State Open, including links to complete results, course stats, hole-by-hole scoring and more, visit www.wvga.org.
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Shonn Greene and Ryan Mathews will get the carries to put up quality production, Steven Jackson should continue his hot streak, and the Saints' complicated and crowded backfield gets broken down in our late-week fantasy RB tips.
In Week Six, the Chargers wanted to get Ryan Mathews very involved in the offense, and he had 15 carries and one reception in the first half against Denver. He had only seven carries in the second half, as the Chargers blew a 24-point lead. Expect San Diego to go back to Mathews often in Sunday's must-win rematch against Denver to help keep the Broncos' pass rushers from pinning their ears back and pressuring Philip Rivers.
Rams RB Steven Jackson, who certainly looked like he still had a lot of gas left in his tank last week against San Francisco's normally staunch run defense (29-101-1), is a good fantasy bet to pick up where he left off this Sunday at home against a Jets run defense that is still trying to clear up the cobwebs after facing Seahawks battering ram Marshawn Lynch (27-124-1) last week.
The Rams rush the passer well, but aren't necessarily that stout against the run. Jets RB Shonn Greene could have a huge day, especially with his backups Joe McKnight and Bilal Powell both injured. The Rams have allowed 10 rushing scores this season and rank 18th vs. the run. With all the drama surrounding the Jets this week, their best plan of attack is focus on the ground-and-pound and feed Greene often, which is a plus for fantasy owners.
The Saints' backfield situation is always a challenging one for fantasy owners to negotiate, and another wrinkle will be thrown into the mix when Darren Sproles (hand), who was limited in practice Wednesday, returns. The team's best rusher over the past two games has been Chris Ivory (17-120-2 over that span) and we expect New Orleans to stick with the hot hand vs. the Raiders' 21st-ranked run defense. Ivory fits well as a No. 2 RB in most formats and Sproles is worth considering as a flex option in deeper formats, especially PPR formats, if he plays. Mark Ingram certainly has the potential to produce starter-caliber numbers and is worthy of consideration for a start in very deep leagues. Pierre Thomas (14 touches in the past two games) is not getting enough opportunities for us to recommend him for a start.
Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall (Achilles) practiced fully on Wednesday. If he plays on Sunday, don't be surprised if he's the featured back. He remains listed as the starter, and he got most of the work in his lone full game of the season (Week Five vs. Philadelphia). The question is, how much upside will he have in his first game back against a Ravens defense that's better against the run than the pass? It's something fantasy owners have to weigh. Also, backups Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer have played fairly well in Mendenhall's absence. Finally, Mendenhall has finished only one game this season.
Ravens RB Ray Rice remains a strong starting option in Week 11, even with Baltimore playing a tough Pittsburgh defense. Since becoming Baltimore's starter in 2009, Rice has exceeded 100 combined yards in 3-of-6 regular-season games against the Steelers. Also, he had a combined 86 yards and a TD in Baltimore's 2011 win at Pittsburgh. Rice has given the Steelers problems both as a rusher and as a pass catcher.
San Diego has one of the league's best run defenses, which is not a good situation for Broncos RBs Willis McGahee and Ronnie Hillman. Peyton Manning attacked the Chargers through the air with ease in their Week Six comeback win, and might have to do that again. McGahee gained 3.3 yards per carry (17-56-0) in that contest. He is the type of player that fantasy owners can't afford to remove from lineups, and as long as Denver moves the ball, he'll have a chance at some touchdowns, but don't expect a huge day on the ground.
We might sound like a broken record, if you know what those are, but Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray probably remains out. His foot just hasn't responded as well as had hoped, and it appears the Cowboys' coaches will roll another week with Felix Jones, who had a strong outing in the win over the Eagles.
Bills RB C.J. Spiller is an obvious must-start in all fantasy formats, as he can expect at least 20 touches in Thursday night's game with Fred Jackson (concussion) out. In deeper leagues, RB Tashard Choice is not a bad waiver-wire option, either. Choice had eight carries in Week Two as Spiller's backup and rushed 20-91 the next week after Spiller got hurt.
Both Dolphins RBs Reggie Bush and Daniel Thomas have a good matchup this week against a horrid Bills run defense. Bush is already in all your starting lineups, and Thomas continues to make his case. He played in 29 snaps last week against Tennessee, taking over after Bush was benched. After Ryan Tannehill threw three picks vs. the Titans, the Dolphins will likely want to go back to pounding the rock, giving both Bush and Thomas plenty of opportunities.
Texans backup RB Ben Tate (hamstring) returned to practice on a limited basis on Wednesday. Head coach Gary Kubiak was noncommittal on Tate's status against the Jaguars, however, stating that he needs to get to Friday before making that decision. With Kubiak also praising third-stringer Justin Forsett, who gained 6.8 yards per carry against the Bears (4-27-0 rushing), it wouldn't be shocking if Tate gets at least one more week to heal.
Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew (foot) has not played or practiced since the first quarter of Week Seven in Oakland, and we hear it will be at least another week before his owners can entertain the possibility of him returning. In Jones-Drew's absence, Rashad Jennings has disappointed, averaging 13.3 carries and 43.7 rushing yards in three starts. It won't get easier for Jennings this week, as the Jags visit the Texans' third-ranked rushing defense.


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The picture became even more humorous when they uttered a couple of Arabic swear words… Yemeni style.
When I revisit that seemingly pointless observation, I can imagine an elderly Yemeni man scolding one of these boys to pull up his pants and to walk like a man. I also imagine a Yemeni woman seeing these youth as Westernized fools who don't know what being Muslim or Yemeni is all about. That may be true, but these accusations (which you may be familiar with if you are of Yemeni roots and living abroad) are based on the false assumption that youth blindly seek to follow that which is Western. Such accusations completely miss out on the conscious attempts youth engage in to shape their identities.
Who am I?
Am I Yemeni, Muslim, or both? Is that cool? Can I go through the day without being disrespected or marginalized for being different? Will they respect me if I change the way I dress? Will my circle of friends be larger if I change the way I think? Will I be able to get better jobs if I look like them? Will those comments and looks stop if I look less Yemeni, Muslim or both?
Will people accept me?
Some may consider these questions as narcissistic, self-centered, and idiotic. But in reality, most of us are trying to figure out who we are and how we can fit in seamlessly, without being classified as "the other".
The expressions of these struggles are manifested in the way youth choose to assimilate, either by getting drunk on the weekend to enforce the idea that they 'fit in', or by dressing a certain way to gain the attention and respect of their peers. We have all known (or at least heard of) a Mohammad who has become a Moe, or the quiet Saeed who used to come to school in slacks and the tucked in shirt, but is now Sam the gangsta.
Unfortunately this very real struggle that youth engage in to construct their identities is belittled by some elders who don't understand and appreciate the importance of the shaping and transitioning of identities. These parents and community members don't realize that outside of the home youth face a daily battle when their cultural expectations collide with that of their Western environment.
Considering the collectivist nature of Yemeni society, some parents assume that the focus should be on inherited social constructions and the family rather than the immediate context and individuality of the child. And so girls are reared to cook and clean while boys are reared to earn and defend – all for the sake of the collective.
Such an approach facilitates the ignorance of root problems and permits a black and white analysis. And so the focus of some parents rests on dichotomies: girls are pious if they wear the hijab and shameless if they don't. Boys are honourable if they marry a Yemeni girl and a burden if they bring a girlfriend home. As though a scarf on the head is conducive to piety and a cultural homogenous marriage is conducive to happiness. Basically: Yemeni culture is good, American culture is bad. And of course, the definition of being Yemeni can only be defined by the experiences of these elders and not that of the youth.
Perhaps I have been harsh on parents. And perhaps such a parenting style is based on genuine attempts to hold a family together within an unfamiliar environment. But sadly, this approach has only led to the breakdown of families. It has become common news to hear about the pious daughter who comes home with the protection of the cops so she can gather her belongings and move in with her boyfriend, and the honorable boy who is married to his cousin, reveals he has a child with another woman.
So who is to blame for the outcomes of identity struggles that are not addressed early on: A struggling youth attempting to make sense of her identity and lacking the support from friends and family? How about the Western values that push youth to rebel? Or the Yemeni traditions, that restrain the expression of youth? Or could we daringly point fingers to a parenting style that is built on quicksand?
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In the second hour, we spoke with Brevin Knight about the Grizzlies' moves over the past week, and then we talked to Lang Whitaker about the rest of the NBA, as well as some World Cup discussion.
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Red started 3 Shades of Blue towards the end of the 2006-07 season, as the fans were hoping to get lucky in the lottery and select Greg Oden or Kevin Durant. (We all know how that played out.) He wanted Grizzlies' fans to have a source of information and commentary equal to what other teams' fans had with the various blogs out there. So began a wild ride that continues even now. From a fan in the cheap seats to an ESPN-sponsored journalist to the proud editor of the best Memphis Grizzlies blog out there.
3SOB Playoff Coverage
- Episode 29 – 3SOB Radio 5/3/14 (Hour Two)
- Episode 29 – 3SOB Radio 5/3/14 (Hour One)
- Do You Believe In Miracles??!! (Umm….well…..) Game 7 Preview
- Game 7 – Catharsis and Chaos
- Revisiting The OKC/MEM Matchup Numbers
- Memphis at Oklahoma City – Game Five Preview
- Contemplating The Irresistible Force Paradox
- Episode 28 – 3SOB Radio 4/26/14 (Overtime)
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Hello everyone!
Past two days we've been working in the basement at the museum on dino eggs ;)
Tonight we went to see Prince of Persia at a local theater in Hangzhou... and Pizza Hut!
Tomorrow going to the wetlands.
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Hello everyone!
WOW. Many things have happened in the past two days. After finishing with the eggs on Saturday, I strolled down to the Silk Market (the market is roughly a twenty minute walk from the hotel). Picked up some silk items for gifts, even haggled a little! I'm sure I still got it sold to me at a higher price (tourist attraction), but the comparison is $100 Yuan= $15 USD... it wasn't too bad :)
So in case any of you who are reading this lovely little blog don't happen to have a world clock on you.... I'm in the future! The area of China that I am currently residing in ten hours ahead the MDT zone, and you switch the P.M. to A.M. Which means at midnight tonight, it will be Saturday for our group in China, and 10:30 am for you folks.
Well for the past two days, we've been at work on the dinosaur eggs. Morphology can take a little while, so depending on the crates, we can manage a crate of eggs every couple hours. But things are picking up speed.
Well today we were finally able to begin our work at the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History. We started off with filling out identification cards in the hotel lobby, which will be used as I.D. passes to go into secure areas. Our guide let us venture through the museum which was three levels. The set up was great! And the displays were neat. Although the taxadermy on A LOT of the animals needs some redos... I'll have to post some photos when I get back.
Well, we are continuing Monday's blog, but I felt that this should be added to the history books.
If you don't happen to know about the sewer systems or piping in China, it is all fairly old, and the pipes are much thinner than our Western pipes. We were told during our workshops in Bozeman to NOT flush the toilet paper down the toilets, as they will clog up the pipes and eventually burst them.
Ni hao!
Well, we made it to Hangzhou! When the train got here to Hangzhou, it was quite difficult to find a taxi driver. Our group got turned down by a dozen different taxies... apparently their shift was ending shortly, and our hotel was too far away for them. We eventually made our way to the basement of the train station where you could wait in line for a taxi to pick you up. We got a taxi after a bit ;)
Hello fellow bloggers!
Hello everyone! Made it safely to Shanghai. And we got there in a little over 11 hours! Nice tailwind ;)
The smells of Shanghai are very odd. From the salt in the humid air, to the smells of food, and other things. If you focus on it for a bit, it can actually become a little nauseating.
We are staying at the Metropole Hotel, a few blocks from The Bund, and thankfully they have western plugin outlets! And western toilets! We have encountered mostly "squatties" in public places, and you have to carry your own toilet paper with you.


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Dakota Days - or D Days - is USD's Annual Homecoming celebration. Mark your calendars now!
Tom and Nancy Gallagher have been announced as the Parade Marshals for 2014!
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