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New from Minted Weddings
I'm sure you all know of Minted, but they've really got some cool things coming down the pipeline. In addition to bringing back letterpress options, they're also starting online RSVP's, the ability to watch your design be customized right in front of your eyes by your very own Perfection Team member, and fabulously coordinated party decor like what you see here. It was so fun to get to experience it all in person at a recent event this week, so enjoy, and happy weekend!
Party decor: 'Matthiola' from Minted
Styling by Jenny Batt from Hank + Hunt and Minted's creative team
Photography: Charlie Juliet
Cake: Sugar Flower Cake Shop
Venue: The Little Owl, the Venue
Flowers: Maggie B. Hollingsworth of The Little Owl
Calligraphy: Barbara Callow
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Charlie Juliet Photography Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 5:28 pm
What a fun brunch to be a part of! Thanks again for the wonderful post!
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March 17th, 2013 at 9:44 pm
[...] This past week I was so honored to be able to capture such a lovely brunch at The Little Owl in the West Village for Minted. I love love Minted products! All of their stationary, their decor, thank you notes, everything they have is beautiful and they are getting ready to launch a lot of new goodies. It was a really fun morning filled with lots of talented people from all over, and I am so excited I was able to be a part of it. I am still in aww at all the gorgeous decor elements and the amazing cake by Sugar Flower Cake Shop. Check out the post on Minted and Brooklyn Bride. [...]
Amy from Sugar Flower Cake Shop Says:
March 19th, 2013 at 3:54 pm
Vane, thank you SO much for including a mention and pics of our cake in this write-up!! Can't wait to see what else the Minted ladies have in store for inspiration!
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March 20th, 2013 at 9:09 pm
[...] NYC brunch last week at The Little Owl. To see the features and links on Minted's blog and Brooklyn Bride from a few days ago, click here. What an amazing brunch to photograph and such a talented group of [...]
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April 2nd, 2013 at 3:33 am
nude color is very well for everything. Look comfortable and calm.
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Calle 13 is a ten-time Latin Grammy Award and one time Grammy Award-winning hip hop and alternative duo from San Juan, Puerto Rico, formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born on February 23, 1978), who calls himself Residente (lead singer, writer) and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez (born on September 10, 1978) who calls himself Visitante (multi-instrumentalist, particularly keyboards, vocals, beat producer) in 2005.
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Detroit Lions
C.J. Mosley - DT
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|2005, 6th round, 17th pick by Vikings
Referee explains Calvin Johnson no-catch ruling
The referee of the Bears-Lions game explains the controversial ruling on what appeared to be a last-minute go-ahead touchdown catch by Calvin Johnson.
Bears escape opener with controversial 19-14 win over the Lions
Jay Cutler had 372 yards passing and threw a late 28-yard touchdown pass to Matt Forte, and the Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions 19-14 in the season opener after Calvin Johnson's apparent touchdown catch was ruled an incompletion.
Lions QB Stafford out with shoulder injury, Hill in
Lions QB Matthew Stafford left the team's 2010 season opener with a shoulder injury after a hit from Bears DE Julius Peppers before halftime. Backup QB Shaun Hill took over for Stafford in the second half.
Lions glad to have versatile Havner
Detroit envisions multiple roles for recent waiver acquisition Spencer Havner, a linebacker/tight end/fullback who caught four TD passes as a Packer last season.
Hype for Lions' Best growing wildly
For a second straight season the Lions have an offensive rookie who quickly is earning the respect of the veteran players. Last season, it was QB Matthew Stafford; this year, it's RB Jahvid Best.
Lions acquire CB Smith from Broncos
The Lions have acquired disappointing CB DeAngelo Smith from the Broncos in exchange for TE Dan Gronkowski and an undisclosed draft pick.
Lions cut OT Jansen, CB Bly
Jon Jansen, who was pushing starting ORT Gosder Cherilus not long ago, was cut by the Lions on Saturday, along with veteran CB Dré Bly.
NFL fines Lions DT Suh $7,500
The NFL fined Lions rookie DT Ndamukong Suh $7,500 for his violent takedown of Browns QB Jake Delhomme in the teams' third preseason game.
Seahawks acquire OT Polumbus from Lions
One week after losing out on a waiver claim on OT Tyler Polumbus to the Lions, the Seahawks traded for Polumbus to add depth to their offensive line.
NFL will look at Suh's penalty
The league will take a closer look at Lions rookie DT Ndamukong Suh's dangerous play Saturday night in taking down Browns QB Jake Delhomme.
Lions place DE DeVries on I.R.
Lions veteran DE Jared DeVries (knee) was placed on injured reserve Friday. The team also signed S John Wendling and DT Jaron Baston.
Lions' secondary becoming a primary concern
The Lions' best defensive back, FS Louis Delmas, has battled a groin injury and hasn't played much this preseason, one of several concerns the team has in the secondary.
Lions claim OT Polumbus off waivers
The Lions beat two other teams in claiming OT Tyler Polumbus off waivers on Thursday, adding depth to the tackle position.
What can Stafford do in second season?
Lions QB Matthew Stafford, who struggled more than not as a rookie, has a chance to be very productive in his second season.
Source: Seahawks trade DE Jackson to Lions
The Seahawks have traded DE Lawrence Jackson to the Lions, sources tell PFW.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have released Mosley. Mosley spent the last three seasons with the Jaguars, starting 15 games and recording 136 tackles.||||||| He won the starting job over Terrance Knighton last season. He started 12 games in 2012 and had a career-best 80 tackles. He also had 2 1/2 sacks and three fumble recoveries. Mosley has eight years in the league, spending time with Minnesota, the New York Jets, Cleveland and Jacksonville.
Jacksonville signed Mosley on Tuesday.||||||| The sixth-year defensive lineman has played in 59 games for Minnesota, the New York Jets and Cleveland. sixth-round pick by the Vikings in 2005, Mosley has eight career sacks and 80 tackles. He spent last season with the Browns, but ended the year on injured reserve. Mosley likely will play defensive tackle for Jacksonville, which has given up on Derrick Harvey. Versatile Jeremy Mincey is expected to get Harvey's repetitions, leaving Jacksonville with four defensiv
Mosley is done for the season with a leg injury.||||||| Mosley got hurt in the first quarter of Sunday's loss to San Diego. The team placed Mosley on injured reserve, the fifth Cleveland defensive player to go on IR. Mosley, who played for Mangini with the New York Jets, was expected to get more playing time with Kenyon Coleman nursing a knee injury and nose tackle Shaun Rogers out with a season-ending injury. Mosley started for Coleman against the Chargers.
Mosley signed with the Browns on Friday.||||||| Mosley spent the past three seasons with the New York Jets, where he played for Eric Mangini, formerly the head coach, along with several of Mangini's assistants who are also now with the Browns. Mosley had 17 total tackles, 1.5 sacks and two passes broken up last season.


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William Neuman's article in today's NY Times, Helping chickens go calmly to slaughter, raises interesting questions about how we produce poultry in the U.S. and the shift to more humane practices of meat production:
Two premium chicken producers, Bell & Evans in Pennsylvania and Mary's Chickens in California, are preparing to switch to a system of killing their birds that they consider more humane. The new system uses carbon dioxide gas to gently render the birds unconscious before they are hung by their feet to have their throats slit, sparing them the potential suffering associated with conventional slaughter methods.
…Anglia Autoflow, the company that is building the knock-out systems for the two processors, calls the process "controlled atmosphere stunning" but Mr. Pitman said his company is considering the phrase "sedation stunning" for use on its packages. Also on the short-list: "humanely slaughtered," "humanely processed" or "humanely handled."
…Mr. Sechler said the system he chose, after years of research, was better than similar gas-stunning systems currently used in Europe. Those systems, he says, often deprive birds of oxygen too quickly, which may cause them to suffer. They are also designed to kill the birds rather than simply knock them out, something that Mr. Sechler is not comfortable with.
"I don't want the public to say we gas our chickens," he said.
Animal suffering during slaughter has long been a criticism of animal welfare ethicists and activists. So does this new approach help allay some of those concerns?
…The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been pushing chicken processors for years to switch to gas stunning systems, in part because it doesn't believe that [commonly used method of] electrical stunning works.
How big of an impact will these two companies have on total poultry production?
Bell & Evans said it would begin selling chickens slaughtered using the new technology in April. The company, which processes about 840,000 birds a week, distributes its chickens nationwide.
Mary's, which distributes in several Western states, expects to install the technology in June. The company processes about 200,000 birds a week.
By comparison, a single plant run by a large processor like Tyson Foods may handle more than 1 million birds a week.
As Michael Pollan and others have demonstrated in earlier essays, maximizing food production at a minimal cost is a primary reason why the current mode of industrial agriculture evolved. Farmers will tell you that humane treatment adds cost to their products, making them more difficult to sell if customers only care about cheap food. What's the prospect of winning hearts, minds, and stomachs here?
The gas technology is expensive. Each company said it would cost about $3 million to convert their operations and more over time to run the systems. That makes it a hard sell in a commodity-oriented industry that relies on huge volumes and low costs to turn narrow margins into profits.
Mr. Sechler predicted that consumers would come to demand birds slaughtered in the new way, which would force the industry to gradually switch over.
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Why would someone who cares about the welfare of chickens eat chickens?
Good Lord!! Now this is just too scary. Great article.
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Police find missing 8-year-old girl
UPDATED 5:03 PM MDT Aug 22, 2013
Police have found an 8-year-old girl who didn't make it home from La Mesa Elementary School.
She was found at a community center.
Areli Rodriguez's parents called Albuquerque Police Department at 3:33 p.m. Thursday, after she had been missing for approximately two hours.
Uniformed as well as undercover officers assisted with the search.
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More than 130 officers from several agencies swarmed Spartanburg County on Wednesday, serving arrest warrants for a variety of crimes.
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said 131 officers from 24 agencies served warrants for a variety of violations, from minor infractions like check fraud to bigger crimes, as part of "Operation Dragnet."
Wright said the sheriff's office normally has 10 deputies working in the warrants division, and with Wednesday's efforts the increased manpower will speed up the process.
"Spartanburg County is not a safe haven for criminals," Wright said.
As of noon Wednesday, more than 150 arrest warrants on 90 suspects had been served and by the end of the day officials served 277 warrants on 178 people. Deputies said it was the most successful one-day roundup dating back almost 15 years.
Officers tried to serve between 700 and 800 active arrest warrants as part of Operation Dragnet, with some warrants dating back to the 1990s.
If subjects were not at home when the warrants are served, Wright said notifications were left, and he encouraged anyone who receives one to turn themselves in. He said some of the smaller crimes may even be payable, removing the warrant altogether.
Wright held his press conference Wednesday at a local church where several of the arrested subjects were present and processed for transport to the county jail.
Deputies said many of the warrants served were for traffic charges and other non-violent offenses, but two of the most serious charges were drugs, weapons and attempted murder warrants on Joseph Garza along with a felon in possession of a firearm charge served on Carlos Smith.
Operation Dragnet will continue on a smaller scale throughout the next few days.
Agencies participating in Operation Dragnet included police officers from Lyman, Duncan, Wellford, Landrum, Campobello, Inman, Chesnee, Cowpens, Pacolet, Woodruff, Spartanburg, Greenville, Gaffney and Greer.
Additionally, deputies from Cherokee, Union, Laurens, Lexington, Greenville, Oconee and Spartanburg counties, along with agents from Spartanburg Probation and Parole Services, Cherokee Probation and Parole Services and the United States Marshal Service Task Force participated.
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A simple vitamin may help prevent your risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis.
That's the findings of a new study from researchers at Harvard. MS is a chronic degenerative disease that affects the central nervous system and occurs most often in young adults. Now, the Harvard study indicates you may reduce your risk of getting MS by increasing your levels of Vitamin D.
"In the top 20% of the Vitamin D levels, the risk of developing MS is 62% lower than at the lower levels, so this suggests Vitamin D could possibly contribute to MS prevention," said Dr. Alberto Ascherio, Harvard School of Public Health.
Vitamin D is a hormone manufactured naturally in the body, but you can get more from fortified milk, oily fish and sunlight. But researchers say don't change your lifestyle yet because more study is needed. Researchers say Vitamin D levels are influenced by skin color. While Caucasians benefited from an increase in Vitamin D levels, there was no benefit among African Americans or Hispanics. This study is in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Videos taken from your iphone or ipad are imported into iPhoto when you sync your device to iTunes, but it's not very clear how to get those videos out of iPhoto. You can't use the Share -- Email option, because iPhoto only lets you share photos via email.
To share videos over email, export the video as if it were a photo, and iPhoto will convert it to a Quicktime movie format that you can attach to an email or upload to YouTube.
First, sync your iphone or ipad with iTunes, so that your photos and videos are in iPhoto. Open iPhoto and find the video you want to export.
Click the File -- Export menu option and then press the Export button.
I love my Comcast DVR because it lets me record all my favorite TV shows and then fast forward through all the obnoxious commercials. It has a limited amount of storage space however, so we're continually deciding between which shows will stay recorded and which shows will get deleted.
There have also been many times when I've wanted to save a show to my computer, or to make a DVD for friends to watch - such as the time my friend's son was interviewed on a fund raiser for MD that was hosted by one of our local news stations.
I was able to copy recorded shows from my Comcast DVR to my Windows XP computer fairly easily using a FireWire cable, a few software drivers, and a free video streaming program.
1. Download software drivers and streaming video recorder.
You can download the necessary drivers and a free streaming video recorder called CapDVHS from this link (with many thanks to the AV Science Forum).
Unzip the drivers and CapDVHS recorder to a folder of your choice on your computer. You will use these in the next step after you connect your DVR to your PC.
You'll also need a software program to view the recorded video file, and the free VLC Media Player handles this nicely.
2. Connect the DVR to your PC with a Firewire cable.
My Comcast DVR is a Motorola DCT6412 that supports dual channel high definition (HD) digital recording. There are 2 Firewire ports on the back side that let you connect to your PC using a standard IEEE-1394 FireWire cable.
In a preverbial shootout at the OK Corral, I compared my iPhone 3GS video camera with my new Canon Powershot digital camera's HD-quality video recorder.
Question: Does the new iphone 3gs take decent videos, and are the pictures that much better too?
Answer: Having just purchased an iPhone 3GS a couple weeks ago, I'll answer this first-hand. The photos are much better with the new 3.0 megapixel auto-focusing iphone camera, and the 30 frame-per-second video recorder is surprisingly good.
I'll start with the video. It's easy to take good video when you have a nice steady tripod and a slow moving area to record. But that'd be way too boring.
Instead, how about a front row ride on the Timber Terror roller coaster at the Silverwood amusement park? I happened to be vacationing there this week with my family, and was able to snag a front row seat on this fast and bumpy thriller. Here's the video I took (picture me holding onto the front rail with my left hand and holding even tighter to my new iPhone with my right hand).
Here's the original 39 MB Quicktime movie file that looks quite a bit better then the one that was uploaded to YouTube: timber-terrror-silverwood.mov
Here's the YouTube version:
That's pretty good video quality in my opinion, and the roller coaster ride was a lot of fun too (except for the 2 girls screaming in my ear right behind me).
Videos are recorded in Quicktime .mov format and can be uploaded directly to YouTube from the iPhone, or sent to your friends via email.
Question: I emailed myself a video I took from my blackberry curve. When i try to play the video on my computer it says it can't find the file extension. What is the deal?
Answer: The deal is that you either need a program installed on your computer that can play the video file, or a program that will convert it to a common video format like Quicktime or Windows Media.
I'll cover both approaches, and will introduce you to some free and low-cost programs that'll handle the video viewing and converting. I'll also show you how to convert Quicktime or Windows Media videos into a format that can be viewed on a Blackberry, iPhone, or virtually any mobile device that supports video.
Video Players
Most computers come with some form of a video player, such as Windows Media Player that plays video files with a .wmv extension. You can also get the Quicktime video player for free from Apple that plays .mp4 video files.
However, videos that are recorded from a mobile device will usually have a different file extension, such as .3GP for movies recorded on Motorola RAZR phones. These videos won't play in Quicktime or Windows Media.
You'll need a video player designed to read the video format that your specific mobile device uses, or better yet - one that can play a wide range of video formats so that you'll still be in luck if you switch phones in the future.
Rather then look for a universal video file player, look for a video file converter. Not only will you get the ability to view all kinds of video files, but you'll be able to convert them to be viewable on other devices or other computer systems like a Macintosh. Two for the price of one.
Video Converters


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Guam - Over the weekend, island residents were given a special tour of the Blas Flower and Herb Farm in Yigo. The interactive exhibit up north demonstrated the ongoing efforts to sustain our environment along with building our economy.
Last weekend, the Guam Humanities Council along with Tom and Marianne Blas hosted the Blas Farm Tour. According to GHC executive director Kimberlee Kihleng, the tour was part of two projects the Council has been working on for the past couple of years - its "Between Fences/I Kelat" exhibition tour and its "I Tano Yan I Tasi" project, which promotes ecological literacy in our island community. "The farm is really about growing local and really promoting sustainable agriculture and they do it through their nursery, the plants that they grow that they use to rent to various businesses and more importantly through their herb farm," Kihleng explained.
The farm tour meanwhile ties in with the exhibit's theme, which looks at how land and agriculture through Guam's history have some association with fences. The exhibit is also part of the Smithsonian Institution.
And everything by the Blas Family is done in a more natural way by using recyclable materials instead of using pesticides. "So it's really about sustaining the environment and also as a way to build our local economy," Kihleng added.
She adds this wasn't just any ordinary tour, saying, "Part of the tour was also interactive, so we actually had our participants cultivating and harvesting the calantro and cultivating some of the pepper plants, as well."
Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs Tony Babauta even stopped by and said his office would continue to promote and support a change in attitude in supporting local industries and in this case local farms. "There's nothing wrong with anything that we're trying to do," he stated. "It's good for our industry, it's good for our local economy, it's good for diversification of the economic base and for providing opportunities."
Ultimately, both officials encourage others to start a farm in their backyard as well.
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(WMC-TV) - Two people are now recovering after an unexpected shooting at a Mid-South homecoming parade.
Police in Clarksdale, Mississippi confirmed a teenager will be charged as an adult for the shooting. His name has not yet been released.
The teen was scheduled for an initial appearance in court Monday. He faces an aggravated assault charge for Friday's shooting.
According to investigators, the teen shot two others after an argument while the Clarksdale High School homecoming parade rolled through downtown.
Officials are thanking an important tip, that came through midnight on Saturday, for the information.
"With the assistance of that caller, we were able to get this person off the streets before he was able to do anything maybe to another victim," stated the Assistant Chief of Clarksdale Police, Robbie Linley.
The victims are recovering and are expected to be fine.
Clarksdale residents believe it is unfortunate that a couple of teenagers ruin fun activities, like homecoming, for everyone.
It is unclear if the suspect or victims were students at the school. It is confirmed they are all teens.
The crowd against Saltillo High School was sparse, but the game went on with increased security.
"We're a part of the community and anytime something like this happens, it falls on the backs of all of us and what we try to do is, wherever they might be, we try to protect them," stated the Superintendent of Clarksdale Municipal Schools, Dennis Dupree.
A judge is expected to set bond for the suspect.
Action News 5 will keep you informed on this developing story.
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The process can work well, and it can save you considerable time while still having a nice, polished app on multiple platforms. There are a few pitfalls with the approach, though. One of the main troubles is developing for iOS first.
You see, iOS has a great in-app brower. It has support for all of the latest HTML5 components, it fully supports CSS3, and it has great Javascript performance. The problem is, no other platform is near that level yet. This can create some issues when you are porting your HTML,CSS, and Javascript to other platforms, like Android.
When following the pattern above, you should really develop for the lower platform first and then port to iOS. This way, you will have less development time lost to solving compabability issues. Some of these issues could be: Javascript DOM differences, CSS3 syntactical differences, and Javascript performance differences. Also, keep in mind that the usage of third party libraries, that may work great on iOS, may not work on other platforms. It may not even have an equivalent verison available.
One thing to watch out for would be:
-webkit-linear-gradient… versus -webkit-gradient…
I'm sure that there are several other major differences between what is supported between Android and iOS. Once I find more, I'll let you know.
Reference: Android WebView CSS Support from our JCG partner Isaac Taylor at the Programming Mobile blog.
Rapid Android Development: Build Rich, Sensor-Based Applications with Processing
Create mobile apps for Android phones and tablets faster and more easily than you ever imagined
Use 'Processing', the free, award-winning, graphics-savvy language and development environment, to work with the touchscreens, hardware sensors, cameras, network transceivers, and other devices and software in the latest Android phones and tablets.


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Brand new 3400 sq ft lee home in a private lake community,
Berkshires. Situated on 4 wooded acres on a quiet country road within
a private community. This pristine home features two master bedroom
suites plus 3 additional bedrooms, 5 baths, spacious living room with
vaulted ceiling & skylights, fully equipped kitchen, dining room,
cozy stone fireplace, hardwood floors, full finished basement, huge
screened porch with desiner furniture, paddle fans, laundry room and
outdoor deck with Weber gas bar-b-que. Walk to our private community
tennis courts, private sandy bottom beach on the cleanes lake in the
Berkshires(Goose Pond), swimming, boating, canoeing and sailing area.
Just minutes to Tanglewood, Jacob's Pillow, Norman Rockwell Museum,
Lenox, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, golf courses, museums, theatre
and shopping. Everything Brand New!! Beds; 2 kings, 4 twins, 2 sleeper
sofas(new technology-queen size).
house rental amenities
Stone fireplace, air-conditioning, Weber gas bbq grill, washer/dryer,
linens included, dishwasher, 12 telephones, fax machine, laptop
computer,microwave, toaster, coffeemaker, dishes/utensils provided,
cable tv, vcr, stereo, dvd/cd player. No Smoking-No Pets, please.
Extras: 2 recently resurfaced tennis courts in community; boating,
canoeing, sailing with private beach; laptop computer with internet
access included; marble bath and cedar master bedroom & cedar walk-in
closet; spacious screened-in porch; 7 tv's with cable; ceiling fans
in all rooms; tri-zone central a/c; separate laundry room; oversized
finished basement & attached garage with electric door opener.
activities and attractions in Lee Berkshires MA
4 minute walk to beautiful Goose Pond Lake; swimming, fishing,
sailing and canoeing available + tennis + theatre + shopping +
museums + hiking + golf + privacy all within a beautiful community.
Many winter sports available in area, ie, snow skiing, cross country,
tubing,ice fishing.
vacation rental rates
*Ask about our Winter and Off-Season Specials*
Available throughout the year:
$45,000 Summer Season(Memorial Day thru Labor Day)
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Golden State's Stephen Curry set a record for 3-pointers in a season when he hit his 270th in the second quarter of the Warriors' game Wednesday night against the Trail Blazers.
The shot with 6:49 left in the half put the former Davidson standout in front of Ray Allen's mark of 269 set in 2005-06.
Healthy for most of this season after two surgeries on his right ankle, Curry came into the game averaging nearly 3.5 3-pointers a game.
He made 16 3-pointers in the previous two games to close within one of Allen's record set with the Seattle SuperSonics. Curry hit his first 3 of the night with 6:55 to go in the first quarter.


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10 Tweets My Mom Would Twitter
Posted at 5:00 AM Apr 13, 2010
By Jill Pantozzi
It's the day we all dread. You get a friend request from your mom. Facebook seems to be the most likely outlet for this kind of horror, but it can come from anywhere-- Myspace, Twitter, FourSquare. No matter which way you look at it, it's just WRONG. Having your mom connected to you online is like having her tag along when you go to the mall with your friends. She's always peering over your shoulder to see what you're buying, butting in with news from Aunt Sally or...god forbid, trying to use hip slang.
Luckily for me, my mom is almost 95 percent computer illiterate. (Hooray!) Her office just got computers about 3 years ago, and while she can figure out how to instant message me, she always signs her IMs like a letter. "You must be in the shower. Talk to you later. Love, Mom." This doesn't mean she isn't curious though. She knows I spend about 95 percent of my life on the computer, and when she tries to ask me about Twitter, she struggles with what to say. "Are you, twittering...tweeting....tw...What are you doing?" Here's what I think my mom would tweet were she capable of signing up for Twitter.
(Things you need to know: My Twitter name is TheNerdyBird, my blog is called "Has Boobs, Reads Comics" and I have an unhealthy obsession with Batman.)
10. @TheNerdyBird You're being followed by over 2 thousand people. This concerns me. Didn't I tell you not to talk to strangers?
9. Note to self - pick up milk on the way home from work.
8. The cat threw up on my bed again. I thought I was done cleaning up after children.
7. Extra ticket to see Johnny Mathis! Who wants to go?
6. @GreatTime69 What's a webcam?
5. @TheNerdyBird You became popular on digg? I don't know what that means but I'm so proud of you!!!! XOXOXO Let's go out for ice cream later t
4. o celebrate! My treat!! Oops, ran out of space. Why 140 characters anyway? That's really not enough time to say anything of value if you thi
3. @TheNerdyBird You want to do WHAT to Batman???
2. I forgot how to copy and paste. :(
1. Dear @TheNerdyBird, Please stop talking about your breasts on the internet. Love, Mom.


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I've seen a lot of draft grades for the 2009 Draft already, and they're so different that I couldn't even read the explanations since I was so frustrated. It's all meaningless anyways, since nobody has the slightest idea how good these kids will be in the NFL. However, now does seem an appropriate time to go back a few years (say, ten) and see how the '99 Draft panned out for the Bills.
Bills' Grade - How they did for the Bills
Player Grade - How they did in the NFL
1st Overall Pick - Tim Couch, QB, Kentucy - Cleveland
1st Round Pro-Bowlers - 14/31
Total Pro Bowlers - 27+2 Undrafted
Number of Saints Draft Picks - 1
The Picks
1(23) Antoine Winfield, CB, Ohio State
While we only got five years out of him, and he didn't make a Pro Bowl until he was long gone, there was a time when he was the best player on the Bills defense, and possibly the best hitting defensive back in all of football. His ball skills have always been suspect, but he never allowed an opposing receiver to take the game over. Two cornerbacks picked later, Dré Bly and Jerry Azumah, played in Pro Bowls, but I'd take Winfield over both of them.
Bills' Grade - B
Player Grade - B+
2(53) Peerless Price, WR, Tennessee
I remember Kiper raving about this pick when it happened, and for one shining moment this pick was absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately, 2002 was but a mirage for Price. While he was a serviceable player for the Falcons, he was worth neither the first-round pick they gave up for him nor the $49 million deal they signed him to. After two years in Atlanta and one go-round in Dallas, he returned to the Bills where he finished his slide into obscurity.
Bills' Grade - B+ (A for his first stint)
Player Grade - C+
3(86) Shawn Bryson, RB, Tennessee
An undistinguished yet solid player, Bryson spent four years in Buffalo. He was always ready for spot action, and started ten games in his time here. His most memorable play was in two games at the end of the 2001 season where he rushed for 130 yards in a loss to Atlanta and followed that up with 107 in a win over the Jets. After that season, he shipped off to Detroit, where he was given the starting job for a season but never made anything of it.
Bills' Grade - B-
Player Grade - C+
4(119) Keith Newman, OLB, UNC
Any time you find a starter in the second day, it's generally a good pick. Newman started every game for two and half years in Buffalo, and had some good moments. He was never dominant, and never had more than 83 tackles in a season, but did manage to rack up eight sacks in 2000. After leaving the Bills in 2002, he bounced between the Falcons, Vikings, and Dolphins, starting 35 games over four years but never making a major impact.
Bills' Grade - B-
Player Grade - B-
4(122) - Bobby Collins, TE, North Alabama
At first glance, I could not remember this guy for the life of me. After looking up his file on Pro Football Reference, I still could not remember him for the life of me. He totalled fifteen catches for 196 yards and two touchdowns over two years behind Riemersma, then moved on to Green Bay for one catch in four games. He was out of football by 2001.
Bills' Grade - F
Player Grade - F
5(156) Jay Foreman, ILB, Nebraska
Here's a guy I remember, especially since I loved those Nebraska NCAA championship teams of the mid-90's. At one point I thought he was the second coming of Shane Conlan, especially after a 97-tackle season in 2001. Needless to say, I was upset when we failed to resign him and he shipped off to houston, where he turned in a couple of 100+ tackle seasons. An injury derailed his career in 2004, and he was out of football a few years later. He could have been a great linebacker for the Bills, but it just wasn't in the cards.
Bills' Grade - B-
Player Grade - B+
6(194) - Armon Hatcher, S, Oregon State
Another faceless player, which is the norm in this position. he played four games in the NFL, he didn't contribute in any of them, and none of them were with the Bills. That's all there is to be said.
Bills' Grade - F
Player Grade - F
7(230) - Sheldon Jackson, TE, Nebraska
Another former Husker, and a somewhat serviceable player in his three years here. He only started thirteen games, and only caught ten passes, but he was never a liability and was a quality blocker from what I vaguely remember. He left football after his rookie contract expired.
Bills' Grade - C
7(248) Bryce Fisher, DE, Air Force
We let him walk after one season and three sacks. Given the mediocre defensive end play that followed here, we would have been better off holding on to him. It took a few years, but he eventually turned into a force (or as much of a force as a supplemental seventh-rounder can be), notching 17.5 sacks in a two-year stretch with the Rams and Seahawks. After starting 31 games for Seattle over two years, he was sent off to Tennessee, where he appeared in nine games and did nothing before giving up on football for good in 2007.
Bills' Grade - D
Player Grade - B+
All in all, this was an okay draft for the Bills. They hit on their first pick and got some good work out of their second one. The later rounds saw them grab a few players that had a few productive seasons for other teams, along with the usual cast of nobodies. For my final grade, I'm going to give them a C+ for this draft, mostly because they couldn't hold on to anybody for a long enough time, since aside from Price's second stint here everybody had moved on by 2003.


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I have been driving the bandwagon for these two all season now- I know at this site, if you are going to get your voice heard, you gotta come correct. So I am going to try and do that here to the best of my ability...
Here is what I do know:
The Rays are getting below-average production from the DH position, and we cannot seem to find a full time RFer. We all agree Hinske and Gross and Gomes have done a fair job, but no one has taken the job outright. Normally, I have agreed that keeping Ruggs at AAA is only going to make him better in the long run, with that said, The slump the Rays are in doesn't seem to be going away. I tihnk Ruggs is a solid addition as the FULL TIME RF for the following reasons
his career minor league line goes: .305avg /.392obp/.505slg=.897OPS
This season he is destroying lefties (.983 ops) a weakness on the current constructed roster, he hits righties fairly this season and has better success in career numbers vs. righties than he does this season. Plays a solid RF with a just above average arm and good wheels.
His PECOTA has Jason Bay as a "lookalike" (this is before Bay got shabby knees, and Ruggs has a way better arm) Ruggs does K a lot, but has good plate discipline, and had an epic at-bat to hit his first ML homerun against Houston in June.
I believe the Rays should bring up Ruggs to replace Gomes or Aybar on current roster.
Dan Johnson is another player I'd like to see. He used to be pretty high on all the propect lists when he was a few years younger back in Oakland, Injuries and slumps killed his prospect status, and the A's let him go. Friedman smartly picked up Johnson, and we were damn lucky to keep him as he slid through waivers when we DFA'd him in April-
Currently Johnson is going at a line of: .301/.424!!!/.551/.924- he has 20 HR which I believe is most on our system at this point, has 58 walks to 55 k's, and can play 1b and the corner OF slots (he has in Durham played the OF) his OPS is over 900 vs lefties and righties this season...in other words he is destroying AAA pitching and at this moment right now is better served to be in the Rays lineup than Pena or Floyd. We are financially obligated to Pena for a while and will have to deal with his struggles, but Floyd is old, kills us when on base by being slow, has NO positional flexibility at all, and is having a fair to average season for a man his age...
Johnson's career minor league line is:
.299/.391!!!/.522/.913 his major league numbers fail compared to that, but i believe his sample size is too small to say he is a AAAA player just yet
In closing if I were GM for a minute, my lineup tomorrow would go-
1. Iwamura-2b (L)
2. Upton-CF (R)
3. D. Johnson-DH (L)
4. Longoria-3b (R)
5. Pena-1b (L)
6. Ruggiano or Hinske (R) flip a coin
7. Crawford-LF (L)
8. Navarro-C (S)
9. Bartlett-SS (R)
I truly believe they both could make a difference right now, and will continue to update on thier progress on this post every day
Thu 7/25
Both of them went 1 for 3 with a double---DJ struck out once


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There are BIG things coming to Relay For Life in 2015! One of these BIG things is the opportunity for you, the community, to decide the model for Relay For Life of 2015!
We will be having a "Community Meeting" at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George at 7:00pm on August 28th where Event Leads, Team Captains, and any member of Relay For Life is welcome to come and help decide on the length and times for the next Relay For Life Event!
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Vapur MicroFilter
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3-star: 0
2-star: 0
1-star: 0
So light and easy! ...but best for solos. 34oz. This…
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $13.95 (34oz)
So light and easy! ...but best for solos. 34oz.
- Lightweight
- Easy
- Effective filtering
- Too slow for large group use
- Hand-squeezing
This little filter can't be beat for its weight, ease, effectiveness, and overall value. Weighing only 1.4 oz and costing me ~$14, this was the clear choice for a long distance solo backpacking trip. It can filter up to 500 liters.
I put some brown gunky water in it, and it magically came out clear and sweet from the mouthpiece.
The only problems I foresee are: not good for large groups because you must squeeze water -fairly slowly- through the mouthpiece of the water bottle to fill larger vessels. It took me ~5-7min to fill 3L. ...but it's so light that everyone could carry their own.
I haven't used it in conditions less than ~45 deg F, so I can't speak to how it would perform in colder weather. I just envision that you might get some pretty sore/chapped hands trying to squeeze this thing in freezing temperatures... but gloves would help.
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One of the lightest, most compact filter systems around, the Vapur MicroFilter water bottle filter uses a hollow-fiber filter that fits in the included flexible bottle to purify your drinking water.
The Vapur MicroFilter is the perfect water bottle/filter combo for quick, easy hydration on-the-go. A lightweight, chemical-free water filtration system that utilizes the most advanced hollow fiber membrane technology. The Vapur MicroFilter safely removes 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria (such as Salmonella, Cholera and E. coli) and 99.9% of protozoa (including Cryptosporidium and Giardia). Together, the bottle and MicroFilter weigh just 2.7 ounces, and the filter is capable of purifying hundreds of liters of water from lakes, rivers, streams and tap water over its lifespan. The Vapur MicroFilter is your new best friend for travel and backcountry adventure!. Winner of Outside Magazine's "Gear of the Show" at Outdoor Retailer 2013, as well as a "Best in Show" award from Gumption Gear, and "Best in Show" award from Gear Junkie. A good water bottle with filter goes a long way, and this Vapur filter goes much further than the rest. Contents: (1) Explorer MicroFilter, (1) 1L Anti-Bottle. Weight: Bottle + Filter: 2.7 oz, Filter only: 1.1 oz. Dimensions: 5.75 W x 10 H (in). Filter Technology: Hollow Fiber Membrane Technology, Pore size: Absolute 0.2 microns. Performance: 99.9999% of bacteria, 99.9% of protozoa. Flow Rate: 0.5 L/min @ 0.2 bar. Filter Life: Minimum of 500 liters. Temperature: Min. operating temp: >0 degree, Max. operating temp: 55 degrees, Max. storage temp: 65 degrees. Safe and Easy: No chemicals. No pumping. No batteries. No waiting. Multi-purpose: Can be used in bottle, as straw or as squeeze filter. Meets U.S. EPA Standards: Exceeds CDC recommendations for water purity. Available Color(s): Olive, Night Blue
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The Vapur MicroFilter is a lightweight, chemical-free water filtration system that utilizes advanced hollow fiber membrane technology. The filter safely removes 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria (such as Salmonella, Cholera and E. coli) and 99.9% of protozoa (including Cryptosporidium and Giardia), and it is capable of purifying hundreds of liters of water from lakes, rivers, streams, and tap water over its lifespan. The Vapur MicroFilter is great for travel and backcountry adventure.
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Vapur MicroFilter