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Microsoft is suing Apple, and Apple is suing Amazon, all over the right to use a simple two-word phrase: "app store."
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Personally, I still think the best way forward for the best journalists, if not the brands they currently work for, is to leave those brands and do their own thing. The Revolution Will Not Be Intermediated. So I just followed this tweet by Chris Messina to Mike Arrington's The End of Hand Crafted Content. The tweet-bite: "The rise of fast food content is upon us, and it's going to get ugly." Meaning that FFC "will surely, over time, destroy the mom and pop operations that hand craft their content today. Inventor of Frisbee Dies at 90 - Fred Morrison - Gizmodo. Scobleizer/Tech News Brands... Technology: The data deluge. The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators. I keep hearing people throw around the word "curation" at various conferences, most recently at SXSW.
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Urban Trad is a Belgian folk music group, consisting of both Flemish and French speaking people and a close connection with Galicia.
- Yves Barbieux: flutes and Galician bagpipe
- Veronica Codesal: vocals
- Soetkin Collier: vocals
- Sophie Cavez (replaced Didier Laloy): diatonic accordion
- Philip Masure: acoustic guitar
- Michel Morvan: drums (died 3 July 2010)
- Dirk Naessens: violin
- Marie-Sophie Talbot: vocals, piano and percussions (no longer with the band)
- Cedric Waterschoot: bass
As the name indicates, Urban Trad is a traditionally-inspired music band, deeply rooted in the 21st century. The acoustic instruments (accordion, violin, flutes, etc.) and the singing are supported by a rhythmic section and modern stuff which endow the group with its unique colour: a music which suits a rock concert and a cultural center. The vigor and the musical quality, which emanate from the songs, catch on to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds.[citation needed]
The project started in May 2000, when Yves Barbieux gathered to create their first album, One-o-Four, a score of artists together, already well known in the traditional Belgian stage (Orion, Luc Pilartz, Perry Rose, Tom Theuns, Didier Laloy).
In the beginning, it was meant to be just an album project, but the success encountered during the promotional concerts encouraged Barbieux in adding a public dimension to Urban Trad with other artists. It was during the Eurosong festival in Latvia in May 2003 that Urban Trad wins the hearts of the general public. "Sanomi", a song performed in an imaginary language (thus universal), received a surprising second place, just two points from the Turkish winner.
Further to this performance, success became a habit: more than 30 000 copies of second album Kerua (and single "Sanomi") were sold in Belgium; the CD was released in several European countries, and the concerts are increasing in Belgium and abroad (Louisiana, The Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Spain…)
Spring 2004 was a turning point: while keeping the modern touch which has made the band's success, the new repertory is not any longer exclusively Celtic-inspired. Barbieux has indeed drawn his inspiration from all over Europe (Scandinavia, France, Spain, Eastern countries, etc.). The third record, Elem whose production has been left in Simon Emmerson's hands, from the English group Afro Celts Sound System was released in 2004.
In 2012 the band decided take a break, after a series of farewell concerts.
Eurovision Song Contest[edit]
Urban Trad participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, where they ended second with the song "Sanomi", a modern folk[clarification needed] song with vocals in an imaginary language. A few months before the contest, the selectors dropped singer Soetkin Collier on the advice of the Belgian security services, who claimed that she'd had extreme right sympathies in the past.[1] Collier vigorously denied the claims, and later that year after an investigation it was concluded that the accusations were exaggerated and based on outdated information.
As a result of this, two versions of the song exist on record. One was the standard album version (4:08) and another version was released on single and on the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 collaboration album. Often known as the Eurovision edit, it cut down to 3:01 and it had Soetkin Collier's vocals removed.
Full albums[edit]
- One o Four (2001)
- 1. Subway Call
- 2. Avreel
- 3. La Belle Jig
- 4. Vodka Time
- 5. Waltzing Dranouter
- 6. Basement Scotch
- 7. Baline
- 8. Brass Corto
- 9. Bamboo
- 10. Free Wheel
- 11. Rap A Doo
- 12. Mecanix (Who'S Who) (after Waltzing Dranouter)
- Kerua (2003)
- 1. Mecanix Remix
- 2. Kerua
- 3. Sanomi
- 4. Il Est Bien Temps
- 5. Lampang
- 6. Berim Dance
- 7. Quimper - Moscou
- 8. Get Reel
- 9. The Roses
- 10. Medina
- 11. Leina Street
- 12. Alto
- 13. Sanomi (Eurovision Edit)
- 14. Galicia
- Elem (2004)
- 1. Rodgrod Med Flode
- 2. De Luz, Amor Y Nada
- 3. Vigo
- 4. Jorden/Terra
- 5. Bourrée d'Erasme
- 6. De L'Air
- 7. Valse
- 8. Two Hornpipes
- 9. Zout
- 10. Mind the Gap
- 11. V.T. Intro
- 12. Vodka Time (Mass'Mix)
- 13. Bonus : Lampang/Mideau Rhemila (live)
- Erbalunga (2007)
- 1. Sans garde-fou
- 2. Hedningarden
- 3. Oh la belle
- 4. Le serpent
- 5. Erbalunga
- 6. Fields of Deeley
- 7. L'olivier
- 8. Bourrée Tappen
- 9. Accovi / Onderweg
- 10. Polaire
- 11. Noite Longa
- 12. Scottiche de la tête
- 13. Asturiana
- 14. A Terra
- 15. Diama Den (bonus)
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Healthy Every Week Challenge: Cook More at Home Round-Up
by Michelle Buffardi in Uncategorized, January 24, 2012We're teaming up with fellow food bloggers and healthy eating advocates to host a Healthy Every Week Challenge, a month-long initiative to develop healthy eating habits. The plan is to develop a manageable healthy habit each week that will carry through the new year. Join us here and share what you're eating on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #gethealthy.
The theme of the third week of our healthy challenge was to cook more at home. Cooking more means something different to everyone — some of us eat out once each day, some once a week, some of us buy lunch but prepare dinners at home and some of us buy breakfast on-the-go but pack lunch each day. Regardless of your personal dining away from home practices, increasing the number of meals you prepare yourself will save you money and you'll save on calories, too. Plus, if you're feeding a family, preparing a meal together makes for fun family time.
It was great to see variation in the recipes our challenge participants made this week — some shared dinner recipes, we saw quite a few homemade breakfast ideas, a selection of easy-to-make lunches, and of course, some sweet treats too, like the Carrot-Walnut Muffins pictured above from Cookin' in my Kitchen. What did you make last week? Did your good habits carry over to this week? Check out our challenge participants' recipes from week 3 after the jump.
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Trends in urinary bladder cancer incidence in Sweden 1960-93 with special reference to histopathology, time period, birth cohort, and smoking
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- Anna-Maria Johansson,
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This study investigates the incidence trends of urinary bladdercancer in Sweden from 1960 through 1993 (a total of 46,211 cases).Age-standardized incidence rates increased among men from 14.6 per 10 5 in1960 to 33.5 in 1993 and among women from4.8 to 8.8, corresponding to anaverage annual increase of 2.4 percent (95 percent confidence interval [CI])= 2.0-2.7 percent) and 1.1 percent (CI = 0.9-1.4 percent), respectively. Thelargest increase occurred in the oldest age-groups. The proportion ofpatients with transitional cell carcinoma increased in menfrom66.0 percent in1960-64 to 93.6 percent in 1990-93 and in women from 61.0 percent to 89.4percent. The proportion of patients with papillomas decreased, whereas thosewith adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma were stable. Regressionmodeling (based on the period 1960-89) showed a strong linear effect due toeither period and/or cohort. Among men, additional non-linear effects by bothperiod and cohort were obtained. T he cohort effects were more important.Cohort data on having smoked daily showed considerable similarities with theestimated cohort-effects. Our findings suggest that the increase of tobaccosmoking in successive generations can explain the increase in incidence ratesof bladder cancer in Sweden, whereas improved diagnostic activities andregistration are less likely to explain fully the changes in incidence rates.
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- Trends in urinary bladder cancer incidence in Sweden 1960-93 with special reference to histopathology, time period, birth cohort, and smoking
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Cancer Causes & Control
Volume 8, Issue 4 , pp 560-567
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- 1997-07-01
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- 0957-5243
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- 1573-7225
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- Age factors
- bladder cancer
- cohort effect
- smoking
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- Magnus Thörn (1) (2)
- Reinhold Bergström (1) (3)
- Anna-Maria Johansson (1)
- Lars Ramström (1) (4)
- Ingemar Persson (1)
- Per-Uno Malmström (1) (5)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Cancer Epidemiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
- 2. Department of Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- 3. Department of Statistics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- 4. Institute for Tobacco Studies, Stockholm, Sweden
- 5. Department of Urology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden


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A sprawling mass of rubble and masonry – who would have thought it was one of the most important places in medieval East Anglia?
Thetford Priory covers a large site on the edge of this Norfolk town. Its hard to imagine now that this vast expanse covers a place that was once so vibrant and colourful. Surely, the 16th century Reformation has a lot to answer for, as it has denied us the true legacy of the Middle Ages. One of the largest and richest priories in medieval East Anglia, it was founded in 1103-4 by Hugh Bigod, later earl of Norfolk, and a descendant of one of the Norman knights who had come over in the wake of the Conquest. It was affiliated to the French Benedictine establishment at Cluny in France, and shared many of its characteristics with the great house at Castle Acre, also a Cluniac foundation. Bigod chose a level site just outside the walls of fortified Thetford. The town has a long history, being the most important Anglo-Saxon town in Norfolk before the rise of Norwich following the arrival of the Normans.
Both church and priory existed on the site. In the presbytery, the private area for the monks, seven services a day were heard governing the monks day, starting in the early hours of the morning and going on until early evening. The monks sat in wooden stalls facing into the interior. Next to the presbytery, the church was large and elaborate, designed to impress the public who were admitted there. Work began in 1107 and the presbytery was finished by 1114. But the nave, the largest and usually most splendid part of any church, took another 60 years to complete and was said to be extremely elaborate. Rebuilding took place throughout the priorys 400-year history; for example from 1507-10 master mason Thomas Aldrych rebuilt the gable behind the high altar with a great window. The church was designed in the shape of a cross; with a nave, two transepts forming the arms and the presbytery at its head. Like Castle Acre, near Swaffham, it was richly furnished; the Cluniacs did not stint on the decorations unlike more spartan orders such as the Cistercians or the later Franciscans, who renounced private property. The main buildings were arranged around a central cloister encircled by covered walkways. The monks ate together in a ground floor refectory, and slept in first-floor dormitories. There was also a chapter house on the ground floor a meeting chamber where the formal business of the monastery was conducted. Outlying buildings included the obligatory infirmary, barns, stables and the obligatory bakery and brewery needed to serve this self-sufficient community. The prior, befitting his status, had his own rather grand lodge.
This two-storey range had its own chapel, chamber and hall. Henry VII stayed there in the winter of 1498, when the Waits of Norwich (civic musicians) performed for the king and were paid 1s 4d for their performance. Today, the much-altered lodge is the best preserved of the priory buildings. The large 14th century gatehouse also survives.
A century after the priorys foundation, a Thetford craftsman had a vision of the Virgin Mary who told him that he would be cured of a disease if a chapel was built in her honour. Soon a stone Lady Chapel was built next to the presbytery and a statue of the Virgin moved there from the site of the former Saxon cathedral in Thetford. Investigations discovered the statue had a hollow in its head containing the relics of saints. Many believed these could miraculously heal the sick. As a result Thetford became a magnet for pilgrims. Pilgrims the equivalent of modern tourists made generous donations which brought prosperity to the priory, and secured its future. Members of the powerful Howard family, the dukes of Norfolk, were originally buried near her shrine. Their tombs were moved to the parish church in Framlingham following the Dissolution. Henry Fitzroy, illegitimate son of Henry VIII, was also buried at Thetford.
A mob went on the rampage in 1313. For reasons that are largely unexplained they broke into the presbytery and killed several monks at the high altar. The rest took sanctuary in the church next door. Valuable goods were stolen, so these may have been thieves rather than otherwise respectable townspeople at loggerheads with the clerics as happened more than once at Norwich during the same period. More than half a century earlier another deadly encounter took place. A notoriously dissolute prior named Stephen was stabbed during a row with one of his own monks just outside the great west door of the church the site is now marked with a plaque.
What happened at the Reformation? Like most of the larger houses, Thetford surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540 and was closed down. Unlike in the north, where the people rose up to defend the monasteries, little local dissent was reported. The priors house was lived in by private owners for the next 200 years, but by the 1820s it, like the church and priory, was a ruin. Unlike at places like Wymondham, where the abbey went under but the townspeople continued to use the church, the whole site fell victim to decay and cannibalisation for local building projects. When the nearby Abbey House was built during the 19th century, the priory was incorporated in the grounds as a romantic ruin.
The ruins are said to be haunted, and the priory was featured in an episode of the television series Ghosthunters. The Bell Inn at Thetford is also said to be haunted.
The ruins of the 14th century Church of the Canons of Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christs tomb, is nearby.
Thetford Priory, under the care of English Heritage, is near the towns railway station. Entry is free.
Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk
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In the July 16th print issue of Time, Brian Walsh wrote a piece for the magazine's culture section entitled, "Pedal Push: Biking is on the rise, but is there room enough for everyone?"
In the short piece, Mr. Walsh highlights the increasing popularity of urban cycling and with it a cultural friction between those who pedal and those who do not, between "cyclists" and "drivers." Like Mr. Walsh, I agree there exists a cultural bias between driver and cyclist. I've written about that divide here for Embro. (Who hasn't worn their kit into the grocery store at some point to the consternation of fellow shoppers.) So in reading his piece, I understand the conflict that Mr. Walsh is highlighting is very real. In serious and satirical polls, the largest reason people do not ride, for utility or pleasure, is a fear of traffic danger.
Jeff Frings, featured in the Pedal Push article's introduction and conclusion serves as a symbol of that danger for Mr. Walsh. Frings' website is a compendium of narrow misses and angry motorists, complete with Frings' often irate commentary. Looking at his website, there seems to be no shortage of cars where Frings rides, no real bike infrastructure near his Milwaukee home and no incentive for a person intent on avoiding time in the car.
Here's where the hiccup exists in how the Time article frames the cyclists - driver conflict. For all of the positive cycling news highlighted, the "290 miles of bike paths added to New York City," the "new Citi Bike system, witih 600 stations...the Velib in Paris...," there remains an assumption in the article's asking, "Is there room on the road for everyone?" That assumption is that cars aren't going away or whether they even belong on those roads in the first place. Only how many cars belong is briefly touched on in a paragraph assuming that New York's congestion is the country's worst and that this a bad thing in light of the economic costs to the city.
The answer to the question of "Is there room on the road for everyone?", even prior to the growth of cycling in the US, has long been no. Even with bikes out of the equation, the number of cars continues to rise world wide and America leads the way with 240 million automobiles, almost 2 cars per household. Faced with the prospect of gridlock and endless windshield time, car manufacturers have started to spin creative solutions to help manage the "saturation" of roads throughout the world.
Bill Ford Jr., the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company and great grandson of Henry Ford sees this in a more careful organization of the increasing cars on the road, "The cooperation needed between the automotive and telecommunications industries will be greater than ever as we prepare for and manage the future. We will need to develop new technologies, as well as new ways of looking at the world."
Fortunately, packing cars in tighter spaces on existing roads using telecommunications isn't where the physical struggle is heading in the hearts and minds of real people. In his conclusion, Mr. Walsh writes, "The brains of the U.S's more than 200 million licensed drivers can't be rewired." That is true. Yet, the brains of future drivers aren't wired the same way as current motorists. Witness the endless news of fewer young people of driving age getting licensed. Witness also, the increase in urban population by carless youth: more people are choosing to live where public transportation is wide-spread. Finally, witness the congestion taxes levied on urban dwellers in European cities and the push for that type of fee closer to home. While the US leads the way in car ownership, the registration numbers have stalled out. It is possible, we've hit a peak.
Physically, motorists will continue to ignore cyclists, presuming to have the right-of-way, as highlighted in Mr. Walsh's piece. But anyone assuming that the car will have perpetual reign over all roads in all places is short-sighted. Smaller towns and rural areas pushing for parking spaces over bike racks are doomed to repeat the history of their larger city brethren fighting congestion. The bike is coming. The readers of Embrocation already understand the pleasure of riding over driving. In greater cultural circles, the cycling converted are gaining credibility and press. To that end, the question isn't whether cyclists "could become the in group." They will. The question isn't: "Is there room on the road for everyone?" Rather, the question for those pedaling and those finding the bike is simple: "What can be done to get all the cars get out of the way?"


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Answered by
Sheikh `Abd al-Rahmân al-Barrâk
It is not permissible for a person to ask Allah to grant him the honored place in Paradise known as al-Wasîlah. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Ask Allah to grant me al-Wasîlah, for indeed it is a place in Paradise that is for only one servant from among Allah's servants, and I hope to be that one." [Sahîh Muslim (384)] This hope from the Prophet (peace be upon him) is a hope that will come to pass. This honored station in Paradise is exclusively for our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He alone is to be honored with the Praiseworthy Station (al-Maqâm al-Mahmûd) on the Day of Resurrection and with a-Wasîlah in Paradise. Among the reasons that Allah has made for him attaining these places of honor are the supplications that he instructed his followers to make for him after hearing the call to prayer. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever says upon hearing the call to prayer: 'O Allah! Lord of this complete call and this established prayer, grant Muhammad al-Wasîlah and the distinction and raise him forth to the Praiseworthy Station that You promised him' will be entitled to my intercession on the day of Resurrection." [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (614)] What a Muslim should ask for himself is to be admitted into Paradise and to be spared from being consigned to Hell. The Prophet (peace be upon him) encouraged us to ask Allah for the lofty level in Paradise known as al-Firdaws, the highest and most central place in Paradise. However, those of us who wish to ask for Paradise and to be admitted into al-Firdaws should do the things that Allah has called upon us to do in order for us to get there by His grace.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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I am using ZynAddSubFx (via LMMS) and I would like to create a perfect snare drum. In the internet I found this article. Look at the picture at the very bottom (more specially: HERE). I really would like to rebuild it, but there are many things I don't know
Okay, first for the white noise (on the bottom):
- I use simple white noise
- The first filter I add is a lowpass filter (Insertion effects->EQ->Lp1 or Lp2?)
- The second filter will be a noise filter (A Notch filter? The probably Insertion effects->EQ->"N2"?)
- Now, what is VCA, and AR contour generator?
- First, I need some OSCs... easy. But how do I tell them to use 111 Hz for the triangle OSC, but 330 Hz for the sine OSC on the same note pressed?
- The frequency shift for the triangles can probably just simulated with two triangle generators?
Now, in the end, I play all those together? What is a CV controlled mixer?
Thanks for answers in advance.


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Jared Leto Gives Lupita the Ultimate Compliment & More from Oscars Weekend
Originally posted 03/02/2014 08:00PM
It's the moment both movie buffs and fans of really, really pretty dresses have been waiting for: Oscar night!
Here's what you missed this weekend if, like us, you were too busy debating whether Lupita Nyong'o or Jennifer Lawrence would take home honors for Best Supporting Actress:
5. The Other Winners from the Weekend
It's not all about the Oscars, you guys. Kim Kardashian, Jaden and Will Smith were among the winners (er, losers?) at Saturday's Golden Raspberry Awards (a.k.a. the Razzies), which honored the worst cinema of 2013.
See who else took home, um, honors.
Razzies: Johnny Depp, Naomi Watts Among This Year's Nominees
Originally posted 01/15/2014 07:00AM
One day before the Oscar nominations are to be announced for what Hollywood did best last year, the Golden Raspberry – or Razzie Award – people have announced their contenders for those filmmakers who collectively slipped on a banana peel in 2013.
Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Sweeps the Razzies
Originally posted 02/23/2013 10:00PM
Who's misérable now?
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Adam Sandler and Rihanna are among the "winners" of the 33rd annual Golden Raspberry Awards – the Razzies – which are not so much handed out as they are thrown at those who are voted as perpetrating Hollywood's worst achievements of the year.
Breaking Dawn – Part 2, the fifth and final installment in Stephenie Meyer's vampire saga, was recognized in seven categories, including worst picture.
The flick's Kristen Stewart was also cited as worst actress; Taylor Lautner, worst supporting actor; Lautner and 12-year-old Mackenzie Foy, worst screen couple; the entire cast, including Robert Pattinson, worst screen ensemble, and Bill Condon, worst director.
In addition, the film, which since opening last November has taken in more than $828 million at the box office, was named worst sequel.
Sex and the City 2 Scores Big at the Razzies
Originally posted 02/27/2011 10:30AM
Sarah Jessica Parker and her fellow Sex and the City 2 stars won big last night – scoring multiple "wins" at the 31st annual Razzie Awards on Saturday night.
Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis were all awarded golden raspberries for worst actress. The film also won worst sequel, worst screen ensemble and worst onscreen couple.
M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, The Last Airbender, took home worst picture, worst director, worst supporting actor for Jackson Rathbone and the award for "worst eye-gouging mis-use of 3D."
Ashton Kutcher was named worst actor for both Killers and Valentine's Day.
Mike Myers, Paris Hilton Lead Razzie Nominations
Originally posted 01/21/2009 09:45AM
Mike Myers may have to dust off his mantel to make room for his awards – if he has a fireplace in his basement.
The comic actor's The Love Guru led the field at the Razzies – celebrating the worst from Hollywood last year – which were announced by Razzies founder John Wilson on Wednesday, a day before the Oscar nominations are to be revealed.
In all, Guru grabbed seven nods, including worst picture and worst performances by Myers, Jessica Alba, Verne Troyer and Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley.
Also in the running for worst picture: Disaster Movie, The Happening, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Meet the Spartans and The Hottie & the Nottie, which starred Paris Hilton, who's up for worst actress and worst screen couple (with Joel David Moore) in the film.
Lindsay Lohan Gets Razzied
Originally posted 02/23/2008 07:30PM
Lindsay Lohan is raking in the statues this Academy Awards weekend, just not the kind named Oscar.
At the annual Razzie Awards, honoring the worst in film, the actress took home record honors for her work in the horror-suspense movie, I Know Who Killed Me.
Lindsay Lohan Scores 'Worst Actress' Nod
Originally posted 01/21/2008 08:15AM
Lindsay Lohan landed her first nominations of the 2008 awards season Monday. But it's probably best to leave this one off the résumé.
The 21-year-old actress was recognized by the Razzies – the annual awards show recognizing the year's "worst" films and performances – for her part in the thriller I Know Who Killed Me. In fact, she earned two nominations for a single role.
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For Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes, it's not an honor just to be nominated. The couple – known as TomKat – was named "most tiresome tabloid targets" at Saturday's 26th Annual Razzie Awards, where the worst of Hollywood was celebrated the day before the Oscars.
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They're baaaack, and they're as baaad as ever: The nominations for the Worst Pictures of the Year, as determined by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, were announced Monday.
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Notarpietro noted that in terms of sales, the woven pieces are in a forward throttle because they represent the new element, one that consumers are eager to indulge.
"It's important that our customers see beyond the knitwear because I don't want a Malo sweater to be relegated in a corner with Pringle and Ballantyne," Notarpietro said. "Our objective is to sit at a table with the major department stores to propose a project, a philosophy and a direction."
Malo is carried in 400 sales points worldwide, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Barneys New York in the U.S., and in the brand's 30 namesake stores in major cities such as Milan, Paris and New York, and in resorts such as Portofino and Aspen.
For the past three seasons, Malo has shown in New York and will continue to present in the city.
"A good positioning on the U.S. market is the desire of every brand,'' Notarpietro said. "Success there is like receiving a diploma and a master's because it has the most competitive and professional distribution. U.S. retailers are very straightforward, for good or for bad."
Malo's new course has piqued the interest of other markets such as Russia and Japan, he said. During the last year, Malo has secured 10 points of sale in Moscow alone and at the end of November, held a major trunk show in the Russian capital.
Malo is also targeting China and pushing Japan, after the brand recently took distribution control back in-house from Itochu. "We have an inexistent presence in the [United Arab] Emirates and will take advantage of the IT Holding showroom that will open in Dubai at the end of the year," Notarpietro said.
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1.10.14 (via IndyCar.com) – "Improvements" are chief among Matthew Brabham's references from an Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Open Test, which leads the 2013 Pro Mazda and 2012 USF2000 champion to add encouraging and optimistic to his preseason lexicon.
Brabham, driving the No. 83 MAZDASPEED/United Fiber & Data car prepared by Andretti Autosport, totaled 86 laps in two sessions at Sebring International Raceway. Overall, 10 drivers participated in the Jan. 7-8 Open Test.
Teammate Zach Veach topped the combined time sheet on the 1.68-mile circuit, followed by 2013 series championship runner-up Gabby Chaves in a Belardi Auto Racing car and Brabham. The best lap times of the top eight drivers were less than a second apart.
"It's definitely a step up compared to Pro Mazda," said Brabham, who turns 20 on Feb. 25. "So far it's been challenging to get used to more power and more grip, but fun to drive. I'm slowly getting there, and it should be a good year for us."
It was Brabham's second outing in the car as he prepares for the third rung of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder.
"It gives us a jump up on everybody, and that definitely helps," he said. "That's what we did last year. We got ahead and managed to sort things out before everybody else did. It's great to get out early and nice to have everything signed so I can just focus on testing and getting comfortable before we go out and start getting ready for the racing season."
That starts March 30 on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., as part of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Other full-scale tests are scheduled for late February at New Orleans Motorsport Park and Barber Motorsports Park.
For driver and crew, sorting out variables created by the switch from Firestone Firehawks to Cooper tires is an important aspect of the early testing program.
"That's a big challenge for us," Brabham said. "We have to re-do all the setups and rethink our theories a bit."
For Brabham, who made his karting debut in June 2001 in Australia, the Mazda Road to Indy is a proving ground with long-term benefits.
He set Pro Mazda single-season records with 13 victories (seven in a row), 15 podiums, 10 poles and 13 fastest race laps while driving for Andretti Autosport. The teen, who before the season was named a British Racing Drivers' Club "Rising Star," led 81 percent of the laps over the 12 races.
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By Andrew Yang
For many Beijingers, the best moment during this summer's Olympics was not the grand opening ceremony or a heroic athletic feat—it was the ability to see the sky. As China prepared for the Olympics, all kinds of measures were put in place: shutting down industrial factories curbed air pollution, and traffic restrictions cut by 50 percent the number of cars on the streets. So, during the games, the appearance of blue skies and unjammed roadways reminded many, for the first time in a long while, how Beijing could seem pleasant and feel intimate.
After five years of Olympics-related construction, and nearly two decades of increasing investment in China, what is the future of China's megasized building culture? August's Olympics frenzy immediately segued into the financial crises of September, and while the United States and Europe deal with the biggest economic disaster in a century, the view from within China is ... surprisingly, business as usual. If anything, a through-the-roof economy is giving way to an economy that's just vastly expanding.
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You have decided to start bodybuilding. So you have your own expectations of how it will be and what you will get. May be your primary goal is just to get rid of unwanted fat to look more attractive and younger? Or you are interested in competitive bodybuilding? This sport - the bodybuilding - is good for everybody.
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• Be realistic - set up your goals and follow them. To see significant changes in strength and mass takes time, probably two - three months, but persistence and dedication is what you need.
• There is no program that's right for everyone. Every training person has different motivations, desires and genetic potential, and each must make his or her own adjustments in putting together a particular program.
• You should consult your physician if you are over 40 or have had any sort of previous injury or impairment.
If you are starting bodybuilding for the very first time (means that you have never lifted anything heavier than a hamburger) I would advise you to start from the exercises without weights. Try the following routine:
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2. Parallel Bars Dips: This exercise works the triceps and chest muscles, involving front delts. Use a little wider than shoulder width grip. Try to do 3-5 sets of 15 full reps. If you lean too far forward it turns into more of a chest exercise. If you keep a body from leaning far forward it works more triceps.
3. Crunches: While lying on the floor, place your feet against a wall so that your lower legs form about a 90-degree angle with your upper legs, and your upper legs form a 90-degree angle with your torso. Place your hands across your chest or at the side of your head and maintain this position throughout the exercise. Bring yourself up using the power of your abs. As your upper body begins to rise off the floor, concentrate on the effort in your abdominals rather than on how high up you can go. Do 3 sets of as many reps as you can.
Rest about five days after your first workout. Than you can train twice a week. Keep training this way 2-3 weeks or more (depends on your own feelings)
When you feel it's time to do more, you can add Light Weight Barbell Squats before the first exercise. Light weight means that you can easily complete a set of 15 reps. 2-3 sets at the beginning of above mentioned routine will be good. Also you can add barbell lying press for your pectoral muscles development. 2 sets of 15 reps will be enough. You can do it instead of Dips or before them.
Well, what we have now?
1. Squats
2. Chin-Ups or Front Pulldowns
3. Bench Press
4. Dips
Continue this routine during 3-4 weeks and then add more exercises: Biceps Curls (after bench press), Military press, Calf raises, Shrugs and split your body parts training in 2 days.
Now your routine looks as follows:
Day 1:
1. Squats 2 x 12
2. Bench Press 2 x 15
3. Chin-Ups 2 x max
4. Barbell Biceps Curl 2 x 12
5. Crunches 3 x max
Day 2:
1.Military Press 2 x 12
2. Dips 2 x 12
3. Shrugs 1 x 15
4. Calf Raises 2 x 25
5. Reverse Crunches 3 x max
Two workouts per week - that is enough for mass and strength. From the first workout up to this one you need just 1.5 - 2 month of beginning period. You can train and gain mass during the months using this workout routine.
• Your workout should not be longer than one hour.
• Eat 5-6 meals per day.
• Sleep at least 8 hours.
• If you feel muscles or joints pain, take a tablet of aspirin or ibuprofen that will reduce unpleasant feelings. But if the pain insists - stop training and consult your physician immediately.
Tony Meyer is a Bodybuilding expert and author of various weight training articles across the Internet. He has more than 20 years experience in the Bodybuilding industry. You can find some of his other work at: www.bodybuildbid.com
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Financing a college education takes creativity, commitment and support. This bulletin examines the financial aid landscape for undergraduates at Carnegie Mellon, including need-based financial aid, types of aid, Pell Grant dollars, average borrowing, and graduates' loan default rates.
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In This Episode, We talk about a new beginning and some upcoming experimentation. Rapplistory is now available on the iTunes Store. Mark and Steve talk about the iPad in the British Parliament. Is the Blackberry Dead? Siri is just alright. Meg Whitman vs Tim Cook and a little Comcast thrown in for good measure. The Review of Dry Case and a rating of 6 apples on a 5 apple scale. WoW!
You can download via the iTunes store and I'd love to get some constructive feedback from any listeners.
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You can hear yours truly on the macreviewcast.com podcast. I've a guest spot on there and we cover a few random things along side our live chat during true new iPad unveiling.
Go have a listen and if you like it subscribe, after all everyone needs an ego boost now and again. If you have any ideas for the "TechTalk" section, fire them across. I'm always in need to start rambling and remember "software….meh, the hardware…….not so meh"
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.. And that's a wrap. It's finally happened, we've just finished recording our part in the Mac ReviewCast Podcast. The show, featuring yours truly, is a joint venture between MacReviewCast, Surfbits and Essentialmac.co.uk.
Show one with our involvement is mainly a chat about all things Apple. We looked forward and backwards and then took an irreverent swipe at anything we saw fit.
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Hitman, a franchise that has made bald men seem even more terrifying than really bad toupees, and a series that I've lost myself in for countless hours. The wonderful level design, potential for experimentation and the sense of achievement that came from seeing all the pieces moving into place just before you make a hit made the series a singular delight. Yet it was with no small amount of trepidation that I approached the latest instalment, Hitman Absolution.
It's admittedly absurd to judge a game, or anything, really, by its name, but the moment IO revealed the title, someone walked over my grave. Absolution implies that Agent 47 is looking to change his ways, and that concerned me a little bit. The chase scenes, prevalence of police and all the hiding shown in early footage only cemented my fears that IO were taking this whole shift seriously. Then the developers showed us "Shaving Lenny", a level from the game's second act. I breathed a sigh of relief as I soaked in the large, rather open environment, the many options for dispatching hits and the level's many nooks and crannies. This, I thought, was the Hitman I knew and loved.
Unfortunately, Absolution feels like two disparate experiences, clashing and jockeying for position. One is the product of the developer's years of experience with the franchise and is reminiscent of Blood Money,the other is a story driven, often explosive romp, filled with set pieces and the occasional Nathan Drake inspired escapade. Tragically, it is the latter that wins out and dominates the game.
The first few hours really set the tone, starting with an extremely dull tutorial that ends with a cutscene hit. One hit in the whole level, and it's taken away from you. Forgiveness could be given, however, as it is followed up by the excellent "King of Chinatown", where 47 is dumped in a crowded square with one target, and significant number of murderous avenues. The level is heaving with crowds that swallow up the player, and one can walk around to their heart's content, scouting out the area and looking for deadly opportunities. There are several disguises to don, from police uniforms to chef outfits, and lots of subtle ways to dispose of the target. I went for something with a bit more oomph, however.
On my innocuous wanderings I discovered the flash car belonging to the man I had been sent to murder. It was out of view of the main crowd, left in an alley with a police officer guarding it. I distracted the cop by tossing a brick, causing him to turn around with his back to me. I snuck up behind him, knocked him out, and dumped him in a dumpster, appropriately. It was then that I noticed some explosives, and a plan was formed. I set the explosives next to the car, and then set the alarm off. Before its owner rushed to see what was going on, I walked out of the alley and into the fringes of the crowd. Within the ocean of bodies, I could see my target freaking out about his sports car, and I decided to put him out of his misery. I pressed the button.
The explosion sent the crowd wild, and in the chaos I made my escape. It was simple and loud, and only one of many ways I could have taken out the King of Chinatown. Despite being a tiny level, it was completely open and non-linear, encouraging players to flex their creative muscles. It's the freedom and plethora of approaches that made the series compelling, and it's clear that IO can still pull that off. When it wants to.
An hour or so later I was fleeing from the police, attempting to lose a helicopter, and sneaking through a lazily disguised maze; all this after having yet another hit taken away from me by a bland cutscene. Absolution keeps doing this through the entirety of the experience, tossing in the occasional level that reminds players what the series used to be like, while the remains are filled with linear stealth gauntlets, segmented levels, and a hell of a lot of headache inducing bloom and depth of field oddness.
Nobody ever asked what Hitman would look like with Kane and Lynch's visual direction, but IO provided an answer, regardless. Strip away some of the gaudiness and visual filters and it's actually an incredibly detailed, visually arresting title, especially on a PC, but even on my PS3 it offers some impressive eye candy. It's just a shame it has a tacky glaze getting in the way.
I can honestly say that I don't know the story of Hitman. I've played every single title more than once, and enjoyed them all, yet for the life of me I can't recall the plot. That is not to say that I care, as I most certainly do not; the series has been carried completely by the gameplay over the years, and that seemed to work. I wish I could say that I don't recall Absolution's plot, either, but that's lamentably not true. There's a superhuman girl, 47 feels all guilty, he becomes a fugitive, then there's a kidnapping, cowboys, and killer nuns. It's just bad, bad, bad.
Poorly written dialogue, trite characters — including a cowboy weapons dealer antagonist who might as well been an oil baron or an evil Mr. Toad — and horrible pacing. Motivations are boiled down to redemption and greed, there're no attempts made to foster investment or sympathy for anyone, and the grindhouse thing the game was aiming for ends up being a total misfire.
Not only is the plot one of the worst things about the title, it's also the cause of many of the other glaring issues, primarily that Agent 47 is no longer a hitman. He is now an angry bald gentlemen who kills people in an attempt to rescue a kid, but mostly he hides and runs away. Thus, 47 spends more time hiding in bins than hiding in plain sight, and goals are more often "get from point A to point B" than "kill this target". When players are told to kill someone, it's almost incidental, and merely something you need to do to continue through a particular part of a level.
The switch from open playgrounds to more linear missions is another bee in my already bee filled — one might say saturated — bonnet. The moment 47 walks through a specific door, everything resets. The previous area no longer exists, and everything you did there has been consigned to the history books, or, rather, the score/rating thing at the end of each scenario. A magical portal that erases everything I did in the past does sound nifty, but it doesn't do anything to improve Absolution, instead shooting the pacing in the foot and making every mission it is employed in a jarring, disconnected experience.
These segmented areas are a symptom of the title's inability to make one forget they are playing a game. Instead of immersing players in 47's world, they are confronted with abrupt cutscenes, quick time events and awful features like "instinct" or the ever present scoring system. Instinct is essentially a magical ability that lets 47 see through walls and predict the paths of wandering NPCs, and in the difficulty levels below Veteran it's pretty much game breaking. There's no need to spy on people, you can just hold down a button and see exactly where they are and where they are going.
As if that wasn't immersion breaking enough, 47 can also use it to avoid detection when in a disguise. You see, in the world of Absolution, everybody knows everyone who wears the same uniform. When disguised, any NPC wearing the same clothes will rather quickly become suspicious of you, no matter what you do. Standing still? Suspicious. Walking around and banging into people like a drunk? Equally as suspicious. Tilting your head down a ever so slightly shielding your face? Not suspicious at all. That's what instinct does, it makes you invisible by having you look really odd, that is, until your instinct meter runs out. When it does, you lose the ability to put your hands anywhere near your face. It's nonsense, of course. It lacks any subtlety, and replaces 47's ability to hide in plain site with something a lot less challenging and a lot more mechanical.
The whole time you're going through these generally dull motions, you are being scored and judged. While the previous games were about completing your objectives on your terms, there's a demonstrably right way to do things in Absolution. Someone spotted you? Points deducted. Killed someone who wasn't a target? Points deducted. Assassinate someone the way the developers wanted you to? Extra points. It made me miserable. It took all of my strength not to going back to previous checkpoints just because one chap noticed me. It doesn't have an impact on the actual gameplay, and you can certainly ignore it, but it drives home the fact that this is a rather limited game where players are directed rather than truly being given free rein.
It's not all doom and gloom, however, as there is one new addition that shines brightly: Contracts. Simply, it's bloody brilliant. Players can replay stages from the campaign, but they have some creative input and may choose their own targets. Once the player has completed their level, it can be uploaded and played by others. The weapons used in the hits, and the methods in general are saved, and become objectives for those playing it afterwards. If you use a syringe and a scientist outfit to take out a victim, then future players will be tasked with attempting that too. This way it means that no objective is impossible, as someone had to pull it off for it to become a contract. The mode is all about the bare essentials of the franchise: eliminating people and not getting caught.
Hitman Absolution ends on a note that does a lot more than suggest a sequel, and we already know that Square Enix Montreal are going to be developing the next game; so I can only hope that it retains nothing from this outing other than the extremely compelling Contracts mode. I'm kidding myself, of course, but a man has to have dreams. I will not deny that there were moments where I found myself playing for enjoyment instead of performing a chore, but they were mere teases, glimpses of what the game could have been was it not shackled by shaky direction and boring games of hide and seek.


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Fine art print on bright white, fine poly-cotton blend, matte canvas using latest generation Epson archival inks. Individually trimmed and hand stretched museum wrap over 1-1/2" deep wood stretcher bars. Includes wall hanging hardware.
rain, city, building, umbrella...
I can only repeat what the other posters said: Wonderful! What a beautiful and well-considered image. What a stunning idea! so many things expressed in this one picture!
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I just got this for my iPhone 5 case, and to me when you move the case counter-clock-wise and back it looks like the birds are seperating and getting closer together. The rain looks like it seperates. I show some people and some see it, but then others thing I'm crazy. Can someone try this out too!!
Lovely! Might I ask if the silhouette of a face donning a headdress at the top of the image is by chance or deliberate?
This is one of the best pieces of artwork that I have seen lately, very surrealistic... Great for hanging on the wall :)
so surrealistic. totally agree. for some reason it brings sharp depressive feel to me, but that's how i know this is amazing. i love it!!!!
this is so great. my favorite. can you add tanks to the various ways it can be printed? this would make a sick t.
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