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Mike Brown might have shocked only the sherpas in the Himalayas when he objected to the new overtime rules. His reasoning is that under the current rules the overtime situation is more "dramatic." True, it's very dramatic, but how can the NFL justify allowing at least one half of the starting members of a football team — for both teams — not to possibly play at all when the game is on the line?
Granted, the new rules seem to be the wimpy way of making a true overhaul of overtime. I would've voted against it too, but then I would've lobbied for a new change in rules, not sticking to the "same old same old" like Mike Brown.
First off, when a rule applies for just the postseason, that means that all the regular season games — the games which teams played their guts out just to reach the playoffs — mean less. That's just total bull crap. Okay, maybe a regular season game means "less" than the postseason, but what if the last regular season game of the year goes into overtime and those teams don't have the new rules? And what if those two teams are fighting for a playoff spot, where whoever wins goes to the playoffs and the other one goes home? Under the current rules, if one team scores after the coin flip, that team wins. Touchdown, field goal, a safety dance, whatever. And the other team doesn't even have a chance to have the other half of its starters on the field.
That's just stupid.
Either have the rule for all games, or don't do it at all. It's the pansy way of doing it. I can't really add my own two cents about the overtime rules, because Cincinnati Enquirer writer and Si.com contributor Paul Daugherty gives an excellent argument about how overtime rules should be revised. It's pretty simple: Each team gets a possession in overtime, whoever has the most points at the end of the second possession wins. If it ends in a tie, it will end in a tie.


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Recent experimental work indicates that by the age of ten months, infants have already learned a great deal about the phonotactics (legal sounds and sound sequences) of their language. This learning occurs before infants can utter words or apprehend most phonological alternations. I will show that this early learning stage can be modeled with Optimality Theory. Specifically, the Markedness and Faithfulness constraints can be ranked so as to characterize the phonotactics, even when no information about morphology or phonological alternations is yet available. Later on, the information acquired in infancy can help the child in coming to grips with the alternation pattern. I also propose a procedure for undoing some learning errors that are likely to occur at the earliest stages. There are two formal proposals. One is a constraint ranking algorithm, based closely on Tesar and Smolensky's Constraint Demotion, which mimics the early, "phonotactics only" form of learning seen in infants. I illustrate the algorithm's effectiveness by having it learn the phonotactic pattern of a simplified language modeled on Korean. The other proposal is that there are three distinct default rankings for phonological constraints: low for ordinary Faithfulness (used in learning phonotactics); low for Faithfulness to adult forms (in the child's own production system); and high for output-to-output correspondence constraints.

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LEWISBURG (WVVA) - The Frankford man police say is responsible for a vicious assault has turned himself in.
29-year-old Justin Robert Pack turned himself in at 11:40 a.m. on Thursday to the Greenbrier County Sheriffs Department after being charged with the felony offense of unlawful wounding.
Police say Pack admitted to assaulting 25-year-old Joshua Quick of Trout, Greenbrier County.
On Sunday at 2 p.m., Quick, who is an employee of Godfather's Pizza, was assaulted while overseeing changing gas prices on gas pumps located at the Little General adjacent to the Godfather's Pizza, just north of Lewisburg.
While working, Quick was smoking a cigarette. Pack then allegedly confronted Quick about smoking near gas pumps.
The altercation apparently turned violent when Pack allegedly hit Quick in the face, taking him to the ground. Reports say that Quick's head was repeatedly smashed into the ground.
When Corporal Gary Workman of the Greenbrier County Sheriffs Department arrived on scene, Quick was unable to talk or respond.
Quick was taken to Charleston Area Medical Center, where he is currently receiving treatment.
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Pack was questioned on scene, but charges were not made immediately. Corporal Workman says the charges were delayed because they would depend on the state of the victim.
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I spent my day working on digital copies of my artwork. I spent way too many hours working on cleaning up the merged version of Pinup2(disorderly). I am close to having it looking really good, but am stopping for the night – I am tired of staring at it.
I also went and created my new postcard – it is a two-sided card featuring fashion and (subtract)fashion. Its a bit different and I like it. The postcard will most likely be debuted at Artomatic 2009. more info on AOM coming soon.
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Robert Morris Recruiting
July 21, 2012 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
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By Brian Bosworth, National Recruiting Analyst
Friday afternoon in North Augusta brought 16U pool play at the Peach Jam along with a quick stop at the Nike Invitational. Here's who managed to standout while NBE was watching.
Top Performer of the Afternoon:
Obi Enechionyia (Team Takeover 2014) – At 6'8", the athletic forward showed off both an inside and outside scoring package. He flashed major bounce around the rim with a few ferocious dunks along with swatting away countless attempts at his own basket. While his work in the paint alone would have made Enechionyia a very intriguing prospect, he was also able to step out and make jump shots past the college 3-point line. The combination of owning the paint and being able to draw big men away from the rim by spacing the floor make it easy to project Enechionyia at the high major level for his college future. He needs to continue refining his ball handling and overall skill package and frankly could end up playing on the wing if his skills improve quickly enough.
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July 3, 2012 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
By Brian Bosworth, National Recruiting Analyst
Able to boast current NBA and college players such as Jordan Williams (Nets), Alex Murphy (Duke), Naadir Tharpe (Kansas), Anthony Ireland (Loyola Marymount), and Kaleb Tarczewski (Arizona) among others, the NE Playaz have a rich history of talent in New England. Their current crop made it clear at the Elite 75 that they are adding to the program's impressive tradition. Nine current players received invitations including Jarred Reuter (2015 F/C), Djery Baptiste (2015 C), Jeff Spellman (2014 G), Adrian Oliveira (2013 PG), Aaron Falzon (2015 F), Cane Broome (2014 PG), Collin McManus (2105 F/C), Ian Sistare (2016 G/F) and Aaron Calixte (2013 PG.) Young big men ruled the day as Reuter and Baptiste both managed to separate themselves from the pack.
Jarred Reuter – Reuter was among the strongest players at the event and used that strength to be a bully in the paint. The 6-foot-8, 240-pound big man out of Tabor (MA) Academy has already established himself as a high priority for major powers in college basketball which speaks to his long term potential. Read more
April 24, 2012 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
By Raphielle Johnson
The first open weekend of the spring/summer meant action throughout the country, including Las Vegas with Sin City hosting three events. The biggest of the three was the adidas VIP Exclusive Run, which featured most of the nation's best programs under the three stripes banner.
The program that stole the show this weekend at adidas was the Florida Rams, whose 16u and 17u teams both won championships. The 17 and under team is well-known by this point, as they're led by one of the country's top prospects in the 2013 class in Chris Walker.
A slender forward who can run the floor and finish with the best of them, Walker played well on both ends of the floor for much of the weekend and likely had one of the early frontrunners for dunk of the AAU season. But he had plenty of help as well, especially from Florida commit Kasey Hill.
The 2013 point guard ran the show for the Rams, displaying the ability to get to the basket off the bounce at will. Hill also did a good job of distributing the basketball, setting up Walker and Kansas commit Brannen Greene frequently.
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April 23, 2012 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
By Brian Batko
The Hoop Group's Pittsburgh Jam Fest came to a close Sunday with some very intense semifinals and championship games. Many of the usual suspects who had been playing well all weekend continued to do so on Sunday but one squad of 2014 players in particular stepped its game up an extra notch and NBE has the rundown.
Caleb Martin and Cody Martin (Team Loaded NC 16U, 2014, Davie) – Even more so than the Harrison brothers in the grade above them, these two 6'6" wings have extremely similar bodies and games. In fact, at this point in their development, they play almost exactly alike. They're both fairly slender but appear to have the frame to really add strength and muscle. In leading Team Loaded (NC) to the 16U championship on Sunday, the two uber-talented North Carolina natives showed off a nice mix of skill and athleticism and played very well off of each other. Both are good passers that like to work in the high post and on the wing slashing to the basket. They also attack the glass and are active on defense. Their jump shots are decent right now but could certainly improve. In a competitive quarterfinal game against a solid Team Work (OH) squad in the morning on Sunday, Cody finished with 14 points, a handful of rebounds, and a couple of steals while Caleb put up 19 points including a couple of threes and several boards as well.
Also like the Harrisons, Caleb and Cody are 100 percent a package deal as far as their recruitment goes. Still early for the rising juniors, they already have offers from North Carolina State, Wake Forest, and Virginia Tech and are hearing from the likes of North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Xavier, Clemson, Kansas, and Georgetown. Both said they can see themselves in the ACC but that they'd like to wait and take as much time as they can before making their decision.
April 22, 2012 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
By Brian Batko
A full slate of games on Saturday at the Hoop Group Pittsburgh Jam Fest meant a lot more players in action, a lot more eye-opening performances, and a lot more recruiting updates. Below is a rundown of all the players from various classes that NBE caught up with on Saturday at the Jam Fest:
Andrew Harrison (Houston Defenders, 2013, Travis HS) – Regarded as a top five player in 2013, Harrison did nothing to prove otherwise on Saturday. The 6'5" point guard handled the rock, showed off his nasty crossover and great vision, and was able to get his shot off whenever and wherever he wanted. He and his twin brother Harrison listed a top four of Kentucky, Maryland, Villanova, and Baylor but said that doesn't mean that another school can't still get into the picture with them.
Aaron Harrison (Houston Defenders, 2013, Travis HS) – Not quite as quick and smooth as his brother, Aaron prefers to play off the ball, spotting up for threes and also attacking the rim. He and Andrew are 100 percent a package deal at the college level, according to them, and whichever school ultimately lands this dynamic duo better have plenty of minutes to go around in the backcourt.
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February 7, 2012 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
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By Brian Bosworth, National Recruiting Analyst
The first three days of the National Prep School Invitational were dominated by Steven Adams and his Notre Dame Prep squad. The 2012 big man from New Zealand erased any concerns after his foul-plagued showing at the Hoop Hall Classic and cemented his status as one of 2012's top players. On Sunday it was time for another 2012 big man to steal the show and make his case for the #1 overall ranking in the senior class. With the gym buzzing and filled to a capacity that it saw at no other time all weekend the Tilton School and REDA (Ontario) took the floor at 1:30 PM. Nerlens Noel jumped center for the Tilton School sporting his trademark bright pink Nikes and his high top fade and put on the best show of the weekend.
Top Performance of the Day:
Nerlens Noel (Tilton 2012) – This was Noel's first national appearance since announcing his intentions to graduate this year as a member of the 2012 class early Thursday morning. Providence fans packed the gym to see him as they made the cut of his seven final schools along with Kentucky, Syracuse, Connecticut, Florida, Georgetown and North Carolina. Dominance doesn't even begin to describe the defensive effort put forth by Noel as he tallied 10 blocks to go along with countless more altered shots. It reached a point where REDA coaches could be heard screaming at their players who even attempted to challenge the big man as a shot in the lane against Noel was basically a turnover. Perhaps the most telling statistic of his dominance was on the scoreboard. Noel played the majority of the game's first 29 minutes at which point REDA had only scored 19 points. At that time Nerlens went to the bench in a blowout victory and in the remaining 11 minutes REDA was able to put up 29 points. His defensive prowess is certainly nothing new but Sunday's was a particularly stunning performance even by his high standards. Offensively Noel looked better than ever and as crazy as it sounds was literally playing point guard for his Tilton team during the 2nd half. He brought the ball up the floor every time and got his team into their offense sometimes breaking his man down off the dribble and other times running a play for someone else. I'm not suggesting that Noel is making a drastic position change but it was an indicator of how far along his ball handling and passing skills have come in the last year. Once only a defensive standout, Noel's offense is catching up seemingly by the day.
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Mernagh's M-M Minute: 2 for 32 in MAC vs Summit Battle
November 13, 2011 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
South Dakota State beat Western Michigan earlier today 82-76 in a game that saw WMU's 6'10″ sophomore center Matt Stainbrook go for 32 points. The Jackrabbits had no answer for "Big Stain" a lefty with a variety of post moves (although they all usually end up going over his right shoulder) and a soft touch who torched SDSU on 14-16 shooting from the floor and 4-5 from the free throw line.
Meanwhile, the victorious Jackrabbits got 32 points of their own from the splendid junior point guard Nate Wolters (who lit up the Broncos last year in Kalamazoo for 28 in a losing effort).
Both Stainbrook, a lightly recruited big man out of Ohio who's at WMU because a former assistant talked head coach Steve Hawkins into watching him late in the recruiting period, and Wolters are players for college fans to keep an eye on as the season progresses and their teams compete for conference titles.
We didn't get much of a chance to write about Akron's beatdown of Mississippi State the other night. The Zips, led by Quincy Diggs on offense and Zeke Marshall on defense, controlled the SEC group for the full 40 minutes before winning by ten. Akron coach Keith Dambrot was kind enough to join us following the win for our new podcast called "The Experience" which will be available online tomorrow (keep your eye out for it).
Myself and Lauren Kirschman will be doing the podcast throughout the season and hope to bring you interesting discussions that you won't get anywhere else.
The second podcast has been scheduled for tomorrow morning with a coach who has a Final Four on his record. I'll also be checking out Wisconsin Green Bay vs Duquesne tomorrow afternoon before driving up the block to catch Pitt vs Rider in the evening (Robert Morris drilled Rider by 26 last night). Green Bay features a really talented sophomore big in 7'1″ Alec Brown, while the Dukes have a sophomore star of their own in TJ McConnell.
Watched Wright State and Ohio State Friday night in a game that the Buckeyes won handily. Not sure if Ohio State is a top-3 team as of yet. They have three really good players and a lot of inexperienced parts, but those three players (Jared Sullinger, Aaron Craft and William Buford) are special, just not sure this team is as good as Thad Matta's previous team that featured David Lighty and had Dallas Lauderdale backing up Sullinger. Time will tell.
Wright State will be up and down all year but they have a really strong first year core of Reggie Arceneaux, Tavares Sledge and Kendall Griffin. Arceneaux is a 5'8″ jet who battled Craft and Shannon Scott all night long. Sledge is a 6'9″ athlete with a body who's capable of defending and rebounding at a high level already (I think he had 8 in 16 minutes vs OSU) while Griffin will be a steady 2/3 for the Raiders for the next four years. Sophomore big man AJ Pacher has vastly improved his game as well. Wright State has Cole Darling and Matt Vest out with injuries right now and needs their two first-year junior guards (Julius Mays and John Balwigaire) to play well if they want to compete and win games. One thing that's different about Wright State's team from last years squad is that Arceneaux is the only Raider who can break his man down off the dribble consistently, while last year's team had two real creative guys off the bounce in Vaughn Duggins and N'Gai Evans.
November 10, 2011 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
Those that have watched Mark Williams of Cleveland (OH)'s Benedictine High School and the TNBA East AAU program over the last year have described him as an 'old-school' big man. The 6-foot-8, 245-lb big man prospect in the Class of 2013 is not looking to play on the wing, face-up and shoot three-pointers. Instead he plans to go on the low block, fight for position and finish in the paint. He uses his strength and size to carve out space on the boards and to defend in the paint.
Williams drew a lot of interest from college coaches in the summer because of those traits. The willingness to play inside and bring that toughness attracted many programs to take an interest in him. His recruiting has slowed a bit this fall because of injuries, but expect many schools to be checking him ou this season.
"Many colleges didn't come out this fall because I was injured," Williamssaid when asked about visits from colleges this fall. "I had a slight fracture in my right shin."
Still, the list of schools actively recruiting Williams that he is considering is an impressive list with Cincinnati, Indiana, Indiana State, Akron, Kent State, Robert Morris, George Mason, Xavier, West Virginia, Florida State, Central Florida, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Virginia Tech, Northwestern and Northern Illinois all getting a mention from Williams. The list spans many conferences and levels of Division 1-A basketball, a point he noted when he talked about the possibility of playing outside what we currently know as the BCS conferences.
"Kent State by far…made me understand that you dont have to go to a big conference to play top notch basketball," Williams said.
Williams, who hopes to work on his athleticism this season as he progresses as a player and has a goal of winning a state title at Benedictine, currently has no favorites, but has an impressive offer list to choose from.
"No favorites just yet," said Williams, "but Indiana, Ohio, Kent State, Robert Morris, George Mason, Central Florida [and] Toledo [have offered]."
When it comes time for a decision, Williams will likely keep it simple, looking at "location and just a family atmosphere" as factors likely to play the biggest role in his decision.
NBE will certainly keep an eye on Mark Williams this season and the developments in his recruitment. The 'old-school' Class of 2013 big man will definitely be one to watch in the next year as he becomes more of a priority for college recruiters.
July 28, 2011 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
By Raphielle Johnson
With the second ten-day open period of the month on the back end it would have been easy for teams still playing to perform in a sluggish manner. But that didn't happen on Wednesday, especially at the Desert Duel Memorial Tournament where a few games needed overtime to render a decision. One of those games was the matchup between Long Island Lightning Blue and Seattle Rotary Select, with the Lightning making up a four-point deficit in the final 30 seconds of regulation and going on to win by the final score of 69-65.
The guard tandem of Kareem Canty (2012; postgrad) and Melvin Johnson (2012) made crucial plays down the stretch with both being able to get to the rim off the dribble. Canty's more of a scoring point who was also to make some nice passes to his big men after beating his man off the dribble, and the pull-up jumper he says he's been working on was on display as well.
July 20, 2011 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
One of the players that has made a quick ascension in the Class of 2013 in recent weeks is St. Anthony;s of Jersey City (NJ) guard Hallice Cooke. After playing well in the early July events on the East Coast, Cooke and his teammates at Sports U./Team Izod made a major splash by taking home the 16U crown at the UA Summer Jam presented by NY2LA Sports. Their championship run was culminated last Friday afternoon with a 51-48 win over the Illinois Wolves to take home the 16U Platinum Bracket Championship.
NBE was able to catch up with Cooke this afternoon to get his thoughts on the impressive early July run and hear the latest on his recruitment, which is starting to explode rapidly. Another impressive 10 days to close July and Cooke could become one of the most heavily recruited players on the East Coast in the 2013 class…
NBE Basketball Report (NBE): What is your current height and weight?
Hallice Cook (HC): I'm 6'3 and my weight is 175.
NBE: Where do you live?
HC: I live in Union City, New Jersey
NBE: Can you talk about what is the best part of attending St. Anthony's and playing for Coach Hurley?
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July 11, 2011 by NBE Blogger · 2 Comments
By Alex Schwartz
READING, Pa. — Featuring over 60 high schools from seven different states, The Hoop Group Elite Team Camp drew numerous Division I coaches to Albright College. At least half of Big East was represented there Sunday, the second and final day of the camp.
Head coaches from both of New Jersey's Big East programs, Rutgers and Seton Hall, were in attendance along with at least one assistant. NBE Basketball Report also spotted or was informed that assistants from Cincinnati, DePaul, Pittsburgh, St. John's, Villanova and West Virginia were in Reading.
Amongst the attractions for the Big East schools were Kyle Anderson '12, Nate Britt '13, Reggie Cameron '13, Hallice Cooke '13, Will Ferguson '13, Shep Garner '14, Amile Jefferson '12, Kris Jenkins '13, Ja'Quan Newton '14, Villanova-commit Daniel Ochefu '12, Stanford Robinson '13, Terrence Samuel '13, Shamiek Sheppard '13, Kavon Stewart '13, Mike Young '13, and more.
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July 8, 2011 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
By Matt Whitfield
The return to the summer basketball camp scene by Reebok has been well received. The competition and talent level is certainly solid at the Gallagher Athletic Center on the campus of Philadelphia University. NBE took in the action for the most part of the day Thursday and was able to touch base with many of the players to learn the latest on their recruitments. While the camp had a strong group of Mid-Major+ prospects, there was more than a fair share of players who will land at higher levels in college. Below is a rundown of who we caught up with yesterday.
Rysheed Jordan (Robert Vaux HS/Players Teaching Players)
There was a lot of hype centering Jordan entering the camp and many scouts, reporters and college coaches were anxious to get a look at him. He did not disappoint as the 6-foot-3, Class of 2013 point guard has all the look of a sure fire high major recruit. He has definitely noticed the increased attention of late.
"I think I'm blowing up," said Jordan of the recent influx of recruiting attention. "I'm easing my way up."
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June 21, 2011 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
The live July evaluation period is right around the corner. Once again NBE will be out in full force during both 10-day recruiting periods, stretching from East to West and North and South to keep up with all the recruiting information. It is always a fun process to see what college coaches are out on the recruiting trail and who they are watching.
In the meantime, the phones of top prospects in the Class fo 2013 have been ringing off the hook as colleges are permitted to contact a recruit once a month on the phone or via email. June 15th was the first day contact was allowed and programs wasted little time reaching out to prospects.
"Santa Clara called me at 12:00 on the dot," said Tyler Ennis. "Oregon State, Santa Clara and Iowa State all did."
Ennis is a 6-foot-3, 178-pound guard who plays on the AAU spring and summer circuit with CIA Bounce out of Canada. He attended St. Benedict's in Newark (NJ) last season and has had a busy early summer season with trips to LA for the Pangos Camp and to the University of Virginia campus for the recent NBA Top 100 Camp. His play has drawn very good reviews and it shows in the latest list of schools that have been in contact since the 15th.
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LA Forensics: Mysterious Confession
A Gruesome Discovery
Edith said she had become increasingly worried about Lois after her husband's death six weeks before. Since then, Lois had been drinking a lot and eating very little. On Christmas Day, Lois came to Edith's house and visited with her and their mother, who lived with Edith. Lois had been drunk and said she hadn't eaten in two days. She left about 4:00 in the afternoon, saying she was going home.
Lois Petrie's sister Edith told police that she had discovered her sister's body about 10:30 that morning. Edith lived a block away on West 11th Street, in the Los Angeles harbor community of San Pedro.
Edith told the police that she had walked over to Lois's apartment the next morning to check on her. The door had been slightly open. Edith found her sister lying across the bed, covered with a blanket. Lois looked asleep, or maybe passed out. Her legs were sticking out from under the blanket. Edith grabbed one of Lois's legs to try to shake her awake. The leg was cold.
Edith said she called the police right away. Later, she said she waited two hours to make the call. The inconsistency of her story struck the detectives as suspicious.
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This ship and its staff are fantastic! We chose a Penthouse Suite because the price difference was small and the room was much larger. There were a few kinks the first night because on the first trip from Miami some passengers had stolen linens, towels, and alarm clocks from the stateroom. The linens were nice as was the alarm clock but it is unfortunate that Americans that can afford a cruise would stoop that low.
The crew, even though they were ironing out some initial kinks, couldn't do more to please you. They seemed happy with each other and to be working on the ship. It's very interesting as it is a real U.N. with crew from all over.
Requesting to eat with a large table every night enabled us to meet many interesting people. All of them were well traveled and there were few complaints. Food was the best that I have had on 41 cruises. It is, however, even better in the Polo Grill. Check with the Maitre D' at breakfast to see if there are openings that night. You will likely get a table if you are flexible about time and are willing to eat with others.
Although small, the public spaces are well designed and we were never at a loss for a place to sit. The ports visited were also interesting and if you are into ship excursions, they offered one adventure at each and every delightfully excellent port. We did the stingray city excursion. It was great.
The cruise director and staff were "dignified" but extremely friendly. They did not force themselves on you but were there to answer any questions. Kudos to the photo shop who worked with our digital camera (among others) and were successful in getting it to work - at no charge! The lack of children was also a major success for us as we took that vacation to get away from children.
I hope they keep up the good work!


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Democrats Want Better Vetting; Clayton Wants Obama Support
Some developments on the Mark Clayton front, as reported by Andy Sher.
Jim Bilbo, of Cleveland, a member of the Democratic Party's Executive Committee and chairman of the party's bylaws panel, vowed in a news release to improve the candidate review process.
"We owe it to Democratic supporters, candidates and volunteers to enact reforms so that extreme candidates who don't represent our core Democratic, middle-class values may never take advantage of our open elections again," he said.
Meanwhile, Clayton held a news conference Tuesday and denied that Public Advocate of the United States is a "hate group."
"Nobody that I know in this country ... or anybody who's ever be associated with any of the campaigns, would ever want to hurt somebody who's gay," he said. "We just want to help protect traditional values so that moms and dads can raise families in difficult and uncertain times."
He declared that "Mark Clayton does not belong to a hate group. Mark Clayton belongs to a love group."
Clayton is now asking Democratic President Barack Obama to invite him to the Democratic National Convention and give him a speaking slot to address delegates.
But Clayton acknowledged he didn't vote for Obama in 2008 -- he said he voted for a third-party candidate -- and has yet to decide whether he will vote for Obama now. He urged Obama to renounce his recent support for gay marriage, saying many Democrats and others are upset over Obama's move.
"I'm very close to voting for Obama this time," he said. "But like many supporters, we want President Obama to come home and be for traditional marriage between a man and a woman."
He also lashed out at Forrester, noting that "despite reports to the contrary," the chairman "is not the Democratic Party." If Forrester "continues to act against party rules and fight an elected nominee, then we're going to have to go for his resignation," Clayton said.
Note: Bilbo's news release is below.
News release from Jim Bilbo:
TNDP Executive Committee member Jim Bilbo, chairman of the by-laws committee, pledged today that the state Party's Executive Committee would fix the candidate review process that allowed an extreme candidate who is not a Democrat on the ballot.
"We are committed to reforms that make candidate vetting more proactive and more transparent so that we can prevent candidates who are not Democrats from ever getting on the Democratic ballot in the future," said Bilbo.
State law requires that candidates in Democratic and Republican primaries be bona fide members of the political party whose election they seek. Bilbo, an attorney in Bradley County, says both parties have a legal obligation to ensure that those who appear on primary election ballots are approved by the party.
"We have already begun our review of the process that failed us this year and nearly failed us in the past, and we pledge to fix it," Bilbo said. "We owe it to Democratic supporters, candidates and volunteers to enact reforms so that extreme candidates who don't represent our core Democratic, middle class values may never take advantage of our open elections again."
GOINS PLAYING POLITICS RATHER THAN RUNNING CLEAN, FAIR ELECTIONS: TNDP by-laws do not give the chairman unilateral authority to strip a candidate of their "bona fide" credentials. A county party must challenge the bona fides of a candidate and bring the challenge to the executive committee. From Goins' letter: "In the event that at a county party ... challenges a candidate for any office be it local, county, state or federal, against appearing on the ballot as a Democrat ... the challenge shall be referred to the County Party Development Committee which shall by a simple majority vote of the members make a recommendation to the State Party Chair."


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The MacBook Air is the New MacBook
The 13 inch, ivory polycarbonate MacBook was the descendant of the iconic iBook, and at $999, was positioned as Apple's entry-level notebook. Now that's all changed, and the MacBook is no more. Or is it?
The aluminum MacBook Air has supplanted its plasic-y sibling, taking its place in the lineup. At just a buck under a thousand dollars for the 11 inch model, The new Macbook Air is priced right in the entry-level sweet spot, where the Macbook was previously. So, Apple's notebook offerings are currently the Macbook Air, and the MacBook Pro— and that's it.
And that's only going to fly for right now. (Air pun so intended)
The reason I say this is because right now the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro are highly differentiated products. One is more powerful and thicker, and has an optical drive. The other is svelte, sexy, and quick, but not racing-fast in the graphics department. But those differences will not serve to differentiate the two for much longer.
Apple seeks a strong family resemblance and design continuity in the product line, so they take what they have learned from one product and bring it to the next. That's the reason the Macbook Air's unibody aluminum construction is now also a feature of the MacBook Pro line.
Now there's the rumors, which indicate that Apple may be preparing a dramatically thinner "15 inch Mac Notebook". It would be no surprise if this new model followed Apple's recent penchant for optical drive dismemberment, and it's safe to say that on a 15-incher, there's going to be some extra space in there for something.
Something like a larger battery.
A larger battery to power a better graphics experience on a slimmed-down MacBook Pro.
Suddenly, the Macbook Pro and MacBook Air would look very, very similar.
So, make no mistake. The MacBook Air's diet plan is coming to the MacBook Pro— eventually. And, when it does, Apple is going to want to make clear the difference between the Pro and non-Pro notebooks. After all, they don't want Pro customers going lower-end, right?
And, since the "Air" in MacBook Air would no longer stand for "thinner than a MacBook", It would stand for nothing, really.
If that happens, then we could then see a re-brand of the Macbook Air as The New Macbook, solidifying the difference between the two products, and resurrecting the MacBook name.
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Anita Parry (nee Jones), 85, formerly of Riverton, passed away July 5.
Married to her late husband, John R. Parry, for more than 50 years, Anita was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be sadly missed by her daughter, Corinne Costello, and husband, Pete; her granddaughter, Sharon Colvin, and husband, Tim; her son, John R. Parry, Jr., and wife, Valerie; her granddaughter, Vanessa Zoog, and husband, Chris; her grandson, Taylor R. Parry, and wife, Lauren; and her granddaughter, Madison Parry. Anita also leaves behind two great grandchildren, Noah and Charlotte Zoog.
Anita's friends and family will greatly miss her strength of spirit and ongoing concern for others. Anita ("Nete") grew up on a dairy farm in Moorestown and graduated from . After marrying John, she became an active member of Westfield Friends Meeting and willingly contributed her time and efforts to both the Meeting and in Cinnaminson. She volunteered regularly at the Greenleaf Retirement Community in Moorestown.
Anita was best known for her love of gardening, her interest in preserving the environment long before it was fashionable, her devotion to the Quaker community, and her dedication to preserving family traditions. She also had a never-ending love of automobiles (primarily the Mercedes-Benz).
She truly enjoyed being surrounded by her friends and family and those she leaves behind fondly remember the many gatherings she hosted throughout the years.
A memorial service will be held at Westfield Friends Meeting in Cinnaminson at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 21, to celebrate the life of Anita Parry.
In lieu of flowers, friends may make contributions to: Alzheimer's Association P.O. Box 96011 Washington, DC 20090-6011.
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Observer advance to semis in BH Domino
SURPRISE package Jamaica Observer has advanced to the semi-finals of the National Association of Domino Bodies 2012 Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum Business House League after beating Churches CCU last Friday in quarter-finals play.
The Observer, which won just twice in the preliminary phase to finish fourth in their zone, won the Division Two match against the other zone's winner Churches CCU 150-138 to book their place in today semi-finals against the University of the West Indies.
In other quarter-final results from Division Two, Courts Sports Club stopped Tropical Battery 160-154; Pepsi Cola Jamaica defeated National Housing Trust 160-127 and the University of the West Indies upset Caribbean Cement Company 150-141.
In Division One, Jamaica Gleaner blanked Social Development Commission 148-125; Jamaica Brandy edged Seprod Limited 117-111; National Baking Company overcame Kingston Wharves 136-122 and Jamaica Fire Brigade outscored Wray and Nephew 141-128.
All games were played at the NHT Car Park.
In today's semi-final action, Jamaica Gleaner Company oppose Jamaica Fire Brigade and Jamaica Brandy meet National Baking Company in Division One action, while Courts Sports Club will oppose Pepsi Cola Jamaica in the other Division Two semis.
Dane Palmer (left) and teammate Richard Allen celebrate victory over their Churches CCU opponents during action from last Friday's quarter-finals of the National Association of Domino Bodies 2012 Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum Business House League at the NHT Car Park. (Photo: Marlon Reid)


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Breaking the wind-power subsidy
Roy Cordato explained recently why it makes sense to consider subsidies and penalties together when considering how government skews the market for various energy sources. Those of you interested in the topic might appreciate Bloomberg Businessweek's discussion of an effort to end federal wind power subsidies.
In Texas, the wind tends to blow the hardest in the middle of the night. That's also when most people are asleep and electricity prices drop, which would be a big problem for the companies that own the state's 7,690 wind turbines if not for a 20-year-old federal subsidy that effectively pays them a flat rate for making clean energy no matter what time it is. Wind farms, whether privately owned or part of a public utility, receive a $23 tax credit for every megawatt-hour of electricity they generate. (A megawatt-hour is enough juice to power about 1,000 homes for one hour.) This credit, which was worth about $2 billion for all U.S. wind projects in 2013, has helped lower the price of electricity in parts of the country where wind power is prevalent, since wind producers can charge less and still turn a profit. In Texas, the biggest wind-producing state in the U.S., wind farms have occasionally sold electricity for less than zero—that is, they've paid to provide power to the grid to undercut the state's nuclear or coal energy providers.
This sweetheart deal looks to be on its way out, in part because it succeeded in what it set out to do. Over the past five years, wind has accounted for 36 percent of all new electricity generation installed in the U.S., second only to new natural gas installations. Wind now supplies more than 4 percent of the country's electricity. At about 60,000 megawatts, there's enough wind energy capacity to power 15.2 million U.S. homes, a more than twentyfold increase since 2000. It's still tiny compared to fossil fuel: Combined, coal and natural gas supply roughly two-thirds of U.S. electricity. But wind produces about six times more electricity than solar. That's led Congress to take steps to do away with tax incentives first established in 1992 to help the fledgling industry take root. In December lawmakers allowed the credit to expire.
But don't expect the cronies in the wind industry to accept the change.
The wind tax credit has expired before, including at the end of 2012, but Congress always renewed it. As the 2013 deadline neared, wind developers rushed to buy equipment and get their projects started before the end of the year. In December, MidAmerican Energy (BRK/A), an Iowa utility that's majority-owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, bought $1 billion of wind turbines from Siemens (SI), the biggest single order for on-shore turbines ever. Mark Albenze, chief executive officer of the Wind Power Americas unit of Siemens Energy, says he now has 18 months of work lined up. After that, business could dry up pretty quickly without the credit as an incentive to build. "I'm already getting itchy," he says.
Congress may decide to renew the credits as part of the larger, endlessly debated effort to overhaul the tax code. In December, Montana Democrat Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, took a first crack at it with a proposal to do away with the country's 42 separate energy subsidies, many of which expire every couple of years, and replace them with two simple tax credits: one for the production of clean electricity, the other for clean transportation fuels.


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Romney 'confused' over health care
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — The Wall Street Journal launched a scathing rebuke of Republican Mitt Romney yesterday, saying "confusion" over his position on a health care mandate could cost him the election against President Barack Obama.
The conservative, pro-business paper said the Romney campaign was "slowly squandering a historic opportunity" by failing to produce a coherent, unified position on the Obama-backed mandate which requires Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a fine.
Romney pushed through his own health-care reforms while governor of Massachusetts, and he deemed the individual mandate which he supported in that plan a "penalty".
After the Supreme Court ruled that the health care law was constitutional under Congress's power to levy taxes, a top Romney advisor said Monday it was "correct" that Romney agrees with the president and believes the mandate's fine should be called a penalty and not a tax.
Romney on Wednesday sought to unify his campaign message, but in conceding last week's ruling and saying the mandate was a "tax" after all, he stumbled badly, the Journal said.
The candidate failed to elaborate on the tax-versus-penalty issue, and the newspaper offered a blistering critique, saying "Romney's tax confusion" looked "politically dumb."
"If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, the turning point will have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising taxes on the middle class," the Journal's opinion piece began.
"In a stroke, the Romney campaign contradicted Republicans throughout the country who had used the Chief Justice's opinion to declare accurately that Mr Obama had raised taxes on the middle class."
The paper said Romney made the "unforced error" because he did not want to be pinned as a flip-flopper, a label that stuck during the Republican primaries when rivals attacked him for changing positions on issues like abortion.
"The tragedy is that for the sake of not abandoning his faulty health-care legacy in Massachusetts, Mr Romney is jeopardising his chance at becoming president," the Journal said.
It also took issue with Romney's "insular" campaign staff which "thinks it can play it safe and coast to the White House by saying the economy stinks and it's Mr Obama's fault."
The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp, whose chief executive Rupert Murdoch on Sunday tweeted a much-discussed warning to Romney.
Murdoch wrote on Twitter that Romney ought to hire some "real pros" and "get on the front foot soon" if he wants to defeat Obama in November.
The Journal said Romney, currently on a week-long break from the campaign, and his staff were enabling Obama's attacks on Romney as an out-of-touch multi-millionaire.


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My Favorite Chocolate Cake Recipe
A well-tried recipe from a friend's grandma. Easy and yum!
- 4 cups flower
- 2 cups sugar
(I'd substitute that with Xylitol or any other sugar alcohol)
- 1 cup sunflower oil
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 1.5 sachets (25 gr?) baking powder
- 2 sachets vanilla sugar, or a little pure vanilla
- water, as much as needed to make a viscous dough
(around 1-2 cups)
Mix the ingredients well, put the dough in a greased cake pan, bake for around 50 min with 180 degrees Celsius. Done!
Decorate/frost this cake as you wish. I find this version especially delicious and easy to make: filled with banana slices and soy pudding, and frosted with dark chocolate.


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RushTarget Center, MinneapolisMonday, September 24, 2012When the Toronto prog trio last visited us at the Minnesota State Fair a couple years ago, if they were hinting that the rest of their touring career's set lists would involve bouncing around their back catalog, then last night's three-hour pe ... More >>
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Amélie Directs Our Attention to the Beauty of Everyday Details
The money swapping was typically dubious. The movies were surprisingly bold. A story treatment from Hollywood's mountain outpost, Sundance 2001.
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If you were headed from the San Ramon Valley to Walnut Creek and Concord Friday morning on Interstate 680, it probably wasn't a pleasant experience.
An ice cream truck overturned just north of Rudgear Road at about 7:15 a.m., blocking three lanes of traffic.
About an hour later, there was another accident near the Crow Canyon exit in San Ramon.
It's not just today. Recently there have been a number of accidents on Interstate 680.
In August, a fatal accident on an I-680 on-ramp in Pleasanton claimed the life of a 22-year-old.
About a week earlier, two people died from a fatal accident in San Ramon.
Do you think Interstate 680 is too dangerous? Do you feel safe driving on it? Is this just a bad stretch and the freeway isn't more dangerous than any other? Tell us what you think in the comments section.


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I have this issue where an active object from a Symbian library doesn't call my handler function if I use QCoreApplication but it does when I use QApplication. The problem is that I want to build a console app, I don't want a UI.
I know that some people from the Qt team read these forums:
* is there any difference between QApplication and QCoreApplication when it comes to setting up specific Symbian stuff suck as the trap handler, active scheduler and so on?
* can I do what QApplication does extra by hand?
* The app is a daemon/service. If I must use QApplication, is there a way to hide the app from the task manager? I get this by default with Qt console apps.


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The Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona will host running events
this weekend as part of its Health and Wellness Initiative.
Families, teams and individuals can participate in the 5
kilometer Thin Mint Sprint, a 1-mile Savannah Smiles Shuffle or the children's 100-meter
"Doc Dash" on Sunday, September 29 at the Brandi Fenton Memorial Park.
The routes follow a flat trail through the park and the
Rillito River Trail, according to a news release. Races start at 7:30 a.m.
Racers will receive a Thin Mint cookie at the finish line
and a Health Fair Expo held at the conclusion of the race will offer food,
activities and health and awareness resources to participants and visitors.
The University of Arizona Softball team will be in
attendance to sign autographs.
Registration is $20 for general admission and $12 for
children before September 26, or $25 for all ages on the day of the event.
For more information, visit http://www.girlscoutssoaz.org/special-events/thin-mint-sprint/.
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'Tis the season for resolutions. Yet, the only resolution I plan to make this year is not to make resolutions. I don't like the pressure and guilt that come with resolutions. For me, resolutions are less of a delight and more of a burden.
So last year, I adopted an idea inspired by Blain Hogan and Chris Brogan. The idea was to pick 4 words that would define my year. Unlike resolutions which are concerned about what I need to "do" with my life, these words are themes I want my life to "be" marked by. Brogan says he picks words to help him "the way a lighthouse helps a ship in a storm."
Last year, my 3 words: Laugh, Create, Risk.
This year, my 3 words: Sweat, See, Explore.
Again, these words are not meant to be as black and white or cut and dry as resolutions. They are what Joshua Blakenship would call "aspirations."
1. Sweat
The idea of sweat reminds me to be someone who is willing to do hard things. This could be literal sweat from doing a laborious physical task or from running another half marathon. I want to be willing to get mud on my shoes or dirt under my nails. But it is also a figurative sweat. This might mean digging deeper into the books I am reading or writing articles and submitting them for publication.
2. See
Too often I find I'm going through life too fast. I need slow down and open my eyes and see the life transpiring around me. To see is to reflect. To see is to wait. Other times, my view of God can be very limited. Will I stop and see how he is moving in my life?
3. Explore
I can easily settle into routines. I don't like a lot of change. I take the same routes. I read the same authors. I want to be willing to mix things up, change course, try something new, step out in faith. In my job, this might mean trying new kinds of designs. As a reader, it might mean reading different genres or new authors.
What are your words for the upcoming year?


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Asian IPOs: Mixed view
MICHAEL SAINSBURY, Contributing writer
BANGKOK -- Southeast Asia has been very much in favor with international equity investors since the global financial crisis, experiencing a boom up to recently in the number and volume of initial public offerings. Countries such as Malaysia in 2012 and Thailand (by volume) and Indonesia (by number) in 2013 topped regional league tables that have traditionally been dominated by Singapore.
But after several solid years, the market for IPOs on the region's bourses is looking distinctly mixed for 2014 as key economies in the region falter, investor appetite for riskier developing markets recedes and more attractive Chinese companies step up their offshore listings in Hong Kong and the U.S.
The failure so far by stock exchanges in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia to achieve momentum in a cross-border trading platform branded the Asean Trading Link has left Hong Kong and Australia as the destinations for more than 50% of the Asia-Pacific region's IPOs during 2013 -- a trend that is likely to continue.
Still, IPO proceeds for shares on Southeast Asian stock markets rose to $13.5 billion in 2013, up 2.1% from 2012 according to Thomson Reuters data, representing the strongest annual period for IPOs in the subregion since 2010 when the total was $16.6 billion.
Last year, while the number of IPOs was down the total value of capital raised was up, boosted by two major listings: Thailand's BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund IPO raised $2.1 billion in the biggest IPO yet seen in the country. In Singapore, the real estate sector continued to bolster the market with the Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust raising $1.3 billion for its flotation as the largest ever real estate investment trust in that market.
But REITs have fallen out of favor in recent months and are not expected to feature so strongly in this year's public flotations in Singapore and elsewhere.
The decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve in December to begin its so-called taper, reducing its stimulative bond-buying program, has cast a cloud over more optimistic predictions about regional markets by groups such Ernst & Young.
"Despite the freeze in IPO activity in mainland China with listings suspended since late 2012, the region has seen high levels of activity in 2013, with Hong Kong, Japan and Southeast Asia seeing an increase in the number of deals and capital raised -- a trend that is set to continue into 2014," said Max Loh, EY's Asean and Singapore managing partner and IPO leader, in a November report.
IHS, a research house, estimates that global growth will rise from 2.5% in 2013 to 3.3% this year. But some, including Macquarie Securities Managing Director Viktor Shvets, are wary of this prediction and see declining IPO activity in Southeast Asia. Still, likely decisions by both the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank to inject more funds into their economies would help to offset any impact of U.S. tapering.
Joseph Chee, co-head of global capital markets for Asia at UBS -- the biggest IPO underwriters in Southeast Asia for the past few years -- warned that deteriorating economic fundamentals in Southeast Asia, particularly in its biggest economy Indonesia and emerging manufacturing hub Thailand, will weaken currencies in 2014.
"It will definitely be a tougher year for Southeast Asian equity markets as the U.S. dollar strengthens; fund flows into Southeast Asian currencies will be negatively impacted. IPO volumes will not be as high as in the past few years," Chee told Nikkei Asian Review.
"The decision to raise capital on the market has to do with asset prices and market demand. Asset prices will come down substantially -- as much as 20-30% in some countries and sectors -- which means less people will raise capital and when they do it will be more expensive, so they will raise less."
There is also growing political uncertainty in key markets across the region. Thailand's escalating turmoil is further denting its already dim economic prospects for 2014 as the country's stock market plumbed 16-month lows last week. In Indonesia, where asset values are already sliding in the face of rising inflation and high government debt, the IPO market is also facing the uncertainty of quinquennial presidential and parliamentary elections. Vietnam is grappling with a similar conundrum to neighboring China in rebalancing its economy. Along with many other economists, Chee and Shvets agreed that Singapore and the Philippines remain the region's brightest spots.
The continuing attractiveness of the technology sector, as the second boom in technology stocks in the past two decades continues apace across the globe, will see continuing IPO strength in that sector. Chee also says that logistics and health care will be popular sectors for IPOs.
Overall, the regional IPO outlook for 2014 is mixed, with stock markets such as Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines expected to attract relatively more IPOs than those in Thailand and Indonesia, where economic and political factors will crimp activity.


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We understand that special circumstances are unavoidable and a cancellation may be necessary. However, due to the large number of cancellations at the last minute and the unwillingness of other singers to sing on a few hours notice, we have been forced to adopt a stringent cancellation policy.
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Here are the top stories in West Hollywood from Nov. 4 to Nov. 11:
1. President Barack Obama defeated Governor Mitt Romney in Tuesday's Presidential Election.
2. West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang will formally announce his bid for re-election Sunday. Residents Steve Martin and Sam Borelli will announce their campaigns this upcoming week.
3. Weho residents hit the polls in the masses for Tuesday's General Election.
4. The vote to support same-sex marriage in four U.S. states was lauded by members of Weho City Council.
5. 'The Perfect Workout' studio opened in West Hollywood.
6. See how Weho residents voted in this year's General Election.
7. Frontiers Magazine is holding an auto show Sunday on the Sunset Strip.
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[Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society, J31, 2002/2, pp14-16]
Chris Upward 1939-2002.Senior Lecturer in German Aston University Birmingham, UK.
Editor-in-chief, Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society 1985-2000.
Author, Cut Spelling Handbook.
It is with the greatest sadness your Committee has heard from Janet Upward that Christopher Upward died last 4th August at a hospice in Birmingham at the age of 63.
There will be many members who will recall his unstinting devotion to our cause, his many years of contributions and his good will and companionship.
Recollections of Chris Upward.I first met Chris in 1991 when I attended my first SSS meeting.
For most of the 1990s anyone arriving early for an SSS quarterly meeting at the YWCA Great Russell Street YMCA in London was bound to be greeted by Chris with all his papers for the meeting around him. This is because Chris was always the first to arrive even though he was probably the one who travelled furthest as he came from Birmingham.
On yor arrival Chris rose from his chair. He shook your hand. Then he immediately made you feel welcum. This applied especially to enny new member.
Then during the meeting if thair wer enny technical language matters or questions about the history of the SSS it was always Chris who ansered them.
He also had a great sense of humor as the following short cutting from the press in 1991 indicates:
The uther day the Simplified Spelling Society receeved a letter objecting to simplified spelling as being 'beyond the pail'.- Ron Footer [notice the misspelling of pale, above]
That letter speaks volumes.
Tribute to Christopher Upward.
[1939 - August 4, 2002]We meet today to say farewell to a scholarly linguist and teacher, and to pay tribute to a man of principle and passion. I speak on behalf of members of the Simplified Spelling Society, many of whom from all parts of the world have already expressed in e-mails their sense of sorrow at the passing of an esteemed friend and colleague.
Christopher was passionate about the reform of the English spelling system, for the benefit of children whose difficulties in coping with the complexities of traditional orthography hinder their progress in other fields, and to face the problem of being considered illiterate because they failed to spell in the conventional manner. He joined the society 20 years ago, and was quickly elected to its committee, only being forced to withdraw from a very active participation in its affairs by increasing ill-health.
The society has a long history, during which there have been periods of relative somnolence followed by others of intense public and private activity. Chris was instrumental in pushing the society from a quiet period into a very active and public role during the 1980s. He took over the members' newsletter and transformed it into a twice yearly scholarly journal which commanded academic respect for the quality and breadth of its articles. His knowledge of the written form of many European languages was formidable, and he worked tirelessly at promoting his favoured scheme for reforming English, Cut Spelling, both within the society and in the world at large. His own writings are extensive; during his most active period, it wasn't unusual for him to publish five or six pieces on spelling the year, as well as producing two issues of the Journal and assembling material for his major works. The most important of these are his contribution to Tom McArthur's Oxford Companion to the English Language, and his incomplete Oxford guide to English spelling, which I can report from my reading of it as encyclopaedic and beautifully articulated. This and his simplified spelling work must ultimately be available on the Web.
Chris's scholarship survives him. His theoretical work on spelling represents a major advance in the academic study of the subject. In his handbook on Cut Spelling he gave the world the most important system of reform of the second half of the 20th century, and his analysis of written English will be used by any future worker in the field. He will be remembered by us who knew him as a gentle man in every sense of that term, a sociable man, a man whom one was always pleased to read and to engage with. The world will remember his scholarship and, one hopes admire his energy.
- Prof. Don Scragg, SSS President.
Publications by Chris Upward.See Journals, Newsletters, Leaflets, Media, Pamflet, Book, Papers.
[The article had a full list of journal articles by Chris Upward.]
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Cpl. Lonnie Rogers was arrested for bringing forty cell phones and chargers along with twenty-two ounces of marijuana and tobacco into the prison, according to Dorinda Carter Communications Director for the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
This is all part of an ongoing mission to operate safe and secure prisons says Carter.
it is one cell phone or 40 and whether it is a visitor or an employee,
our agency will not tolerate the introduction of contraband into our
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Midwestern State coach Scott Linn got the start and finish he wanted in a 9-0
win over Metropolitan State Friday afternoon at the MSU Tennis Center."We
finished very well today, but we could be a little more consistent playing our
style of tennis," he said. " You always like to start strong and finish strong.
We really did that at every spot."The win snapped a two-game skid for
the Mustangs, who evened their season mark at 2-2. MSU plays host to
Arkansas-Fort Smith Saturday morning at the MSU Tennis Center. First serve is
set for 10 a.m.Ramon Toyos definitely filled the strong start, strong
finish mantra Friday afternoon as he rolled to a 6-3 first-set win over Nick
Baker at No. 3 singles. The freshman from Torrelavega, Spain then had to climb
out of a 5-2 hole to claim the last five games to take the straight set
victory.Toyos also teamed with junior Tomas Grejtak to battle for an 8-6
win at No. 1 doubles to set the tone for the Mustangs as Kyle Davidson and
Kacper Boborykin earned an 8-1 victory at No. 2 and Jarrod Liston and Zack
Santagate rolled 8-2 for an MSU doubles' sweep.Davidson, a 6-1 sophomore
from Garland, battled back from a set down to claim a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over
Adrien Delvaux at No. 2.No. 1 Boborykin (6-3, 7-5), No. 4 Christopher
Norrie (6-2, 6-1), No. 5 Grejtak (6-0, 6-0) and No. 6 Liston (6-1, 6-2) all
claimed straight-set wins for the Mustangs.Metropolitan State slipped to
3-2 on the season.
No. 19-ranked Midwestern State shook off the nerves in time to dust off
Metropolitan State (Colo.) 9-0 Friday afternoon at the MSU Tennis
Center."Playing the first home match for a lot of the freshmen was very
important," MSU coach Scott Linn said. "There will always be nerves, but they
did a very playing through that."MSU freshmen Courtney Anderson and Amy
Clifton found solid footing in finishing off a doubles' sweep taking an 8-4 win
over MSUD's Wanda Hoolopainen and Cristina Oropeza at No. 2.That carried
over into a pair straight-set wins for the frosh making their home debut as
Clifton beat Holopainen 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 and Anderson blanked Whitney Vosig 6-0,
6-0 at the No. 5 line.Sophomore Kayla Casey scored the biggest win of
the day for the Mustangs by claiming a 6-2, 3-6, 10-6 win over No. 28 Naomi
Holopainen as MSU evened its mark at the top two positions at 3-3 this
season."We are trying to establish that we can win at the top of the
lineup and we did a good job with that today," Linn said.Meanwhile, the
Mustangs remained unbeaten at the Nos. 3-6 spots this season by improving to
12-0 in dominating style.Sophomore No. 3 Lauren Pineda and junior No. 4
Taylor Coffman claimed 6-0, 6-1 victories, while Anderson and sophomore Madeline
Schorlemmer took 6-0, 6-0 results at the Nos. 5 and 6 spots,
respectively.Casey and Coffman also teamed up for an 8-5 win at No. 1
doubles while Schorlemmer and Pineda took an 8-0 victory at No.
3.Midwestern State takes on Arkansas-Fort Smith Saturday morning at the
MSU Tennis Center. First serve is set for 10 a.m.


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There's always room for man to have two best friends.
That's the case for Cecil Williams of Brooklyn, New York who received his new guide do Godiva from guiding eyes for the blind.
Williams, who is blind, made national headlines in December when he fainted and fell off a subway platform and onto a Manhattan subway track.
His guide dog, Orlando, fell with him and laid next to him while the train went over them, but they survived the accident without any serious injuries.
Williams, of Brooklyn, has been blind since 1995. Orlando is his second dog. The lab turned 11 on January 5, and will be retiring soon, Williams said.
His health insurance does not cover the cost of a non-working dog, so he began looking for a good home for him.
Grant Kirsh, a self-titled "Good Samaritan" started a campaign to help out Williams and raised more than $25,000 to get Cecil a new guide dog.
Godiva, a two-year old yellow lab, will now take over the responsibility from Orlando who is ready to retire his service and will now just be pampered as a pet.
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More Miu Miu Award
Miu Miu's Fall 2010 collection continues to receive lots of love.
This time we get to see a look on the red carpet at tonights 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
Hayley Williams of Paramore arrived on the red carpet wearing a black Miu Miu mini dress with floral appliqués and a bow on the neckline.
It's interesting how no one seems to wear the runway pants with their Miu Miu Fall 2010 looks.
She paired her dress with nude and camel Miu Miu patent-leather peep-toe pumps.
Credit: Style.com & Getty
Posted by Catherine Kallon on September 13th, 2010 In: Hayley Williams, Miu Miu, MTV Music Awards, Runway To Red Carpet


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Nightmare - Free UI kit
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Friday, 9 May 2014
ios7 app design concept (Free psd)
IOS7 App Design
(Free PSD)
ios7 conceptual app design -
Free zip file contains 2 psd files.
Get location screen and sliding menu screen.
Font used - Levenim MT (Free font)
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Making Pie Chart / Graph in photoshop
Pie Chart -Infographics
Final view
Step 1:
Create new file in Photoshop.
Fill it with white color (Shift+f5 -> color).
Add rulers at middle of the screen
By selecting Circular shape tool add circle from center. (press and hold 'Shft' and 'Alt' key while drawing circle for perfect shape)
Step 2:
- Make 3 duplicate layers of this layer.
Step 3:
- Select upper layer (filled with red color), and selecting Polygonal Lasso Tool, make a selection from center of circle.
- Select upper layer (filled with red color), and selecting Polygonal Lasso Tool, make a selection from center of circle.
- ow add Layer mask to this layer by clicking on 'Add Layer Mask' icon near the layer style icon.
- Similarly Select another layer (Yellow color circle), and make a selection with Polygonal Lasso Tool, and add layer mask
- Similarly add masks to all 4 layers. Your graph and layers looks like this.
Step 4:
- Select 1st Layer (Red colored circle), go to layer style and select Inner Glow.
- Now Right click on this layer and select option "Copy Layer Style"
- Select other layers one by one, and by right clicking on them, select "Paste Layer Style"
Step 5:
- Select Circular Shape tool, and by pressing and holding 'Shft' + 'Alt' draw a circle smaller than original circle, form center in white color.
Download Free PSD of Pie-Chart.
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Saturday, 15 February 2014
Making Simple Speedometer in Photoshop. (Free PSD)
Making Simple Speedometer
Final view
Step 1:
Create new file in Photoshop (500px - 500px).
Fill it with Gray color (Shift+f5 -> color)
Step 2:
- Select Costume Shape Tool form tool box, Select hollow circle, and draw a shape.
Step 3:
- Make a duplicate layer of this layer (Layer1_copy). and make this layer invisible.
- Select 'Layer1', and make Fill to '0'.
- Make a duplicate layer of this layer (Layer1_copy). and make this layer invisible.
- Select 'Layer1', and make Fill to '0'.
- Go to layer Style, and give Inner Glow and, Outer Glow.
Step 4:
- Now take a round shape tool, and make circle just bit bigger than the hollow circle.
and make fill to '0'.
- Select Text Tool, and move courser towards edge of circle, When Courser icon changes click on it, and enter the bars. that is ' | '.
Step 5:
- Now select "Layer1_Copy" layer. Fill this hollow circle with "Green" color.
- Select Polygon Lasso Tool, and make the selection as shown.
Step 6:
- As same, Make more 2 layers with different colors, And add layer masks to them.
Step 7:
- Select Circular shape tool and draw a small circle in center, fill it with black color.
- Select rectanguler shape tool and draw a rectangle with black color for making pointer/arrow of Speedometer.
- Select Direct selection tool, By clicking on upper corner points, make them closer to look like pointer.
- press (Ctrl+T) for transform, and set the arrow position.
Download Free PSD of Speedometer.
Download Free PSD of Speedometer.
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Saturday, 11 May 2013
Making Simple Abstract Background
Creating Simple Abstract Background For Your PC
We all know that all the operating systems like XP, W7,vista, Ubantu, Mac are comes with default desktop backgrounds. Among these backgrounds 2 or 3 are abstract type, very colorful, having nice lightning effect..
Its very easy and simple to make our own background image for our PC. Let's see how to make Abstract background in Photoshop.
Final view
Step 1:
Create new file and fill the background with Black color (Shft+f5 ---> color ---> select black color ---> OK)
Create new file and fill the background with Black color (Shft+f5 ---> color ---> select black color ---> OK)
Step 2:
Now make a new layer (Ctrl + Shft + N) name the layer.
Select Brush tool from tool box with blue color and paint on newly created layer.
Go to filter ---> Blur ---> Gaussian Blur and make the full radius Blur. and hit OK.
Step 3:
Again Make a New layer (Ctrl + Shft + N).
and now select brush with pink color. and make some rough sketch on newly created layer.
Step 4:
Similarly repeat process until hole background will be covered with different colors.
Similarly repeat process until hole background will be covered with different colors.
Step 5:
Now Make a new layer and Select the Ellipticle Marquee Tool from tool box. and make large circle by selecting on layer.
Now Make a new layer and Select the Ellipticle Marquee Tool from tool box. and make large circle by selecting on layer.
Now select the Gradient fill tool. And select only one color gradient (White color).
After selecting white color gradient, hit OK.
and drag cursor little bit longer from the edge of the circle.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Making Simple Portfolio Website Home Page
Making Simple Portfolio Website Home Page.
Final view
In the Last lesson we seen that how to make Blurred Background images for Web-form Design, Now we see a simple web-page Home screen design Using Blurred Background...
Step 1:
Get Image in Photoshop to Blur.. And add Gaussian Blur to the image so that it will be used as our home screen background.. (Click Here To download this image)
Step 2:
- Now we have our background..
- Go to View ---> Rulers make a arrangement of the layout columns and rows by dragging..
(You can also make web template without rulers but for accurate result, distance, spacing rulers are used).
Step 3:
- Add Your Title Or Logo between upper two rulers...
- Add Your Title Or Logo between upper two rulers...
Drop Shadow to Title.. Go to Belnding Options (fx) ---> Drop Shadow.
And make following changes..
Step 4:
- Now make a new layer and Select the Custome Shape Tool From Tool box. (Right click on Shape tool)..
- Now Right Click on the Layer You will get different Shapes.. select One and Drag the cursor towards bottom.
- Note : Remember while dragging cursor press and hold Shift key for accurate Shape..
- (if necessary) Press Ctrl+T for transforming the image and adjust it in to middle two rulers..
- Add the different symbols as icons of your links..
- Now Add the Link Text in the below ruler to shape we have added by selecting Horizontal Type Text tool..
- Make a new layer and select footer ruler by Rectangular marquee Tool and fill it with black color.. (Shft_f5 ---> color ---> select black color ---> OK).
- Make this layers opacity To 20%.
As shown above drop shadow for each object we have added..
As this, You can also add many shapes and links to your homepage..
You can make any type of website home page using Blurred Images backgrounds.. The home page may have a Image in right and text in left , for better look slider etc..
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There are many varieties of Polish Sausages, as you may or may not know. We chose the Wedding Sausage for its great texture and aromatic flavor of garlic and spices. This sausage is also double smoked and fully cooked. In the old days it was served at country weddings. We are sure you will love it.
For best results, allow meat to fully thaw in your refrigerator.
Wedding Sausage - Weselna 5.0 8 Reviews.