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Unboxing Live 155: Samsung Galaxy Mega 2
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The Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 is a crazy large phablet-style smartphone, sporting a full 6-inch high definition 720p display. On the back you have an 8-megapixel camera with a bunch of built-in photo editing tools, along with a private mode, easy mode, and even a single-handed use mode.
We bring you the full rundown of the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Android smartphone from AT&T in this episode.
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Unboxing Live 149: LG G3
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The LG G3 has been my favorite Android smartphone for a few months now. In this episode, I open up a new AT&T LG G3, giving you a look at what's in the box of this comfortable smartphone with 5.5-inch quad HD display with 13-megapixel laser autofocus camera. Check out the video for the full scoop!
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The 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash, in pictures!
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A few weeks ago, Gear Live threw down and kicked off the holiday season with the 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash, and now we've got the pictures to prove it. At the event, I presented my picks for the best holiday gadgets, along with help from my friends Jess Estrada (of FreshJess), GeekWire, Drew Morrison, and New Tech Seattle. We had Seattle's VellVett perform, as well as "Kid Sensation" Xola Malik. Blitz, the mascot for the current Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, made an appearance as well. It was a great night full of food, music, and gadgets giveaways.
We've got to give a warm shout-out to the sponsors who helped make the 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash possible, and sending the attendees home with awesome gifts: Monster, AT&T Seattle, and Rhapsody.
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How to use AT&T Next and Verizon Edge to your advantage
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Cell Phones, Corporate News, Handhelds, Hot Deals
We've received a few emails over the last few days from readers asking about switching to AT&T Next so that they can get the new iPhone 6 on Friday for no money down. AT&T has been notifying some customers who are mid-contract that they can switch to a Next plan at no charge, doing away with contracts going forward. Of course, there are those who are still under AT&T's grandfathered "unlimited" data plan, but others simply want to know if programs like AT&T Next and Verizon Edge are worth it, or if they're rip-offs. The thing is, early upgrade plans like Next and Edge basically allow you to divorce the act of owning and paying for a phone, from paying for cellular service. If you play your cards right, you'll actually come out ahead financially, and you'll be able to upgrade to a new device whenever you want. Let's walk through a scenario of buying a phone with AT&T Next.
All currently available mainstream plans feature two components: a data charge, and a line charge. We will ignore the data charge aspect from here on out, because it's the same regardless of what plan you choose.
AT&T Next offers you a lower monthly line charge ($15 less for data plans under 10GB, $25 less for 10GB and over) in exchange for them not giving you a large subsidy when you buy your phone. Next plans never involve a contract, and you can get out of them at any time, penalty free, by paying off the balance you owe on your phone.
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The iPhone 5c is now free with two-year contract
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Cell Phones, Handhelds, Hot Deals
Apple announced two new iPhones today--the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus--but that wasn't all the iPhone news coming out of the We Wish We Could Say More event. Aside from cutting the price of the iPhone 5s in half, Apple has also dropped the price of the iPhone 5c. You'll now be able to pick up the unapologetically plastic smartphone absolutely free with a two-year contract.
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Isis rebrands mobile wallet as Softcard
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cell Phones, Corporate News, Software
The folks behind the Isis Wallet recently announced that the company would rebrand and change its name due to the rise of the ISIS Middle Eastern terrorist group in the public eye. A great decision to be sure, the company announced today that the Isis Wallet will shortly be known as Softcard. An app update will be pushed to the various app stores where Isis Wallet is available within a few weeks, and Softcard will take its place. No word on any new features at this time, as the company is looking to swiftly get the name change in place to distance itself from the militant group of a similar moniker.
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Bleeding Edge TV 517: Summer Gadget Bundle Giveaway
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Apple, Cell Phones, Features, Music, Podcasts, Videocasts, Videos
We are giving away a bunch of cool gadgets that are geared to amp up your summer, thanks to AT&T! As always, if you're a Gear Live Patron, you get 25 bonus entries. Here's a look at what we are giving away in this contest:
Jawbone mini Jambox: Okay, for real, who doesn't wanna have music with them when by the pool or at the beach? A lot of us have a seemingly unlimited amount of music accessible by our smartphones and tablets, and the mini Jambox allows you to stream it over Bluetooth. At the next family BBQ, you'll be the star of the show.
Jawbone UP24: Fitness wearables are all the rage these days, and if you like tracking your stats or are looking for a motivational tool, then it's easy to see why. With the UP24, you can monitor your fitness throughout the day, and even track your calories and water intake. At night, it'll even keep track of how well you are sleeping, which is probably not well if you're out camping in a tent. The device connects to your smartphone or tablet using Bluetooth LE, so the battery lasts a full week, and there's no plugging anything in to sync.
Bodyguardz Screenguardz Pure: I always thought it was kind of silly for people to protect their smartphone screens with a thin plastic film. The Screenguardz Pure is a super-thin piece of tempered glass that can actually take a real beating, and exceeds the hardness of steel. That's protection.
Enter our Summer Gadget Bundle giveaway now!
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Amazon Fire Phone will cost $199.99 with two-year contract, AT&T exclusive launches July 25
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cell Phones, Corporate News, Handhelds
Amazon unveiled the new Fire Phone this morning in Seattle, and we've since discovered that the new smartphone will sell for $199 with two-year contract as an AT&T exclusive for the 32GB model. If you'd rather get the 64GB version, that'll run you $299 on contract for the device that tracks you with its array of front-facing cameras. No word on how long the AT&T exclusive will last, but hopefully folks on Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint will be able to get in on the action soon enough.
The Fire Phone will be released on July 25th, and pre-orders start today. For a limited time, buyers will also get 12 months of Amazon Prime with purchase, which itself is a $99 value.
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ASUS PadFone X comes to the US on July 6th for $199
Posted by Ariel Levin-Waldman Categories: Accessories, Cell Phones, Handhelds
So, these days just about everyone owns a smartphone. I own one. You own one. Even my grandmother owns one. If you are part of a smaller group of people, you might also own a tablet of some sort. I own an iPad for instance. And they really fulfill the same role- wasting precious moments of my life on the internet when I really could be doing something productive. Sure, one has a big screen and can't make calls, but I have often wondered why I really need both.
Apparently, so has ASUS. Back in 2012 they came out with the PadFone, a smartphone dock that was also a tablet screen, so you could view your phone in larger than life (ok, larger than phone anyway) detail. But unless you wanted to hop a plane to Taiwan and buy it there, chances are you would not get your hands on one.
Now you can. ASUS announced that starting July 6th, the PadFone will be available on the US market under the name PadFone X through AT&T. It is projected to cost $200. It only works with ASUS smartphones though, so US companies will have to get in the game.
Unboxing Live 139: HTC One (M8)
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I give you a look at the new HTC One (M8) smartphone in this episode of Unboxing Live. The M8 is the follow-up to my favorite Android phone of last year, the HTC One (see our original HTC One video review.) I open it up and give you a tour of the smartphone, which boasts impressive specs and some of the nicest hardware out there on a smartphone.
Want your own? Get the HTC One M8 from these carriers:
Main Specs:
- 5-inch 1080p display
- Quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor
- 16GB capacity
- HTC UltraPixel camera
- 802.11ac Wi-Fi
- 5-megapixel wide angle front camera
- Android Jelly Bean with HTC Sense
- HTC BoomSound dual front stereo speakers
- 2600mAh battery
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Another variation: Chanel's total look featuring hot pants, worn with long necklaces and multi-thread bracelets, a mud-colored quilted mini clutch and open-toe ankle boots.
The sailor-like pin-up: a look proposed by Dior. On the same wavelength: the shorts, in silk and cotton by 7 For All Mankind. Eclectic: the outfit featuring distressed hot pants by Isabel Marant. Cowboy-style: the ensemble composed of a suede jacket, metalized shorts and a wide belt with buckle, by Ralph Lauren.
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NBA summer of reunions for coaches, players
When Mike Brown first got into coaching in the early 1990s, veteran Bernie Bickerstaff would pull him aside for little chats on climbing the ladder in the NBA. One lesson stood out more than any other.
''He told me, `Young buck, don't ever burn any bridges in this business or in life,''' Brown said. ''It was an easy piece of advice for me to follow because that's how I'm built. You appreciate any opportunity that you are given in life and try to make the most of it.''
That approach paid off in a big way for Brown this summer. He made those comments while standing outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers summer league team locker room at the Thomas and Mack Center, dressed in a polo shirt with the Cavaliers logo on the left breast. Three years after being fired by the Cavaliers, Brown was rehired to run the show for a second time in Cleveland.
''It was weird for a while,'' Brown said of wearing the wine and gold colors again. ''But it was a seamless transition for myself and my family. It almost, to a certain degree after we got over the initial shock of it, it almost felt like we never really left. It was almost like we went on vacation or something like that for a little bit.''
He's not the only one. Many have learned this summer that you can go home again.
Reunions are all the rage across the league these days, with some more surprising than others. Flip Saunders has taken over as president of basketball operations in Minnesota eight years after the Timberwolves fired him as head coach. Larry Bird has returned to Indiana's front office after a year away, and Kurt Rambis has been talking to the Los Angeles Lakers about returning to the bench as an assistant coach under Mike D'Antoni.
Chauncey Billups signed with the Detroit Pistons, the team that he led to a title in 2004 and then traded him four years later. And Metta World Peace is joining the New York Knicks 14 years after they passed on the local St. John's star in the 1999 NBA draft.
''He's really excited to be joining his hometown team,'' said his agent Marc Cornstein. ''That's obviously been something that's been a dream of his since growing up in Queensbridge.''
In many of those cases, the key to the reunion lies in how both sides handled the initial exits. Firings and trades in the NBA often can be about more than simply business. Feelings are hurt. Egos are bruised. Bridges aren't just burned, they're vaporized.
Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor fired Saunders as coach in 2005, about half a season after Saunders led the team to the Western Conference finals. He didn't take the news well, feeling like a scapegoat for a team that had much deeper issues. But through the years, including during coaching stops in Detroit and Washington, Saunders maintained contact with Taylor, and the two repaired any ill will and became confidantes again.
Saunders had some discussions last year about helping a group buy the Timberwolves. When it became apparent that Taylor wasn't ready to sell, Saunders was hired to replace David Kahn as the team's top basketball executive. Saunders also became a minority partner.
''I never feel that whenever I leave that I try to burn bridges. I try to look at the positives,'' Saunders said. ''Would I envision being back here in this position? Probably not.
''But what's different is that when I left and went through maybe that mourning period, Glen and I talked and we still shared a lot of the same philosophies. I think if you ask me over the last five years, did I ever think that it would never happen? No I always thought there was a possibility because of the relationship that we had.''
Even more startling has been the candor expressed by Taylor, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and Pistons GM Joe Dumars. Admitting mistakes isn't common for men in power in professional sports, but all three have been candid while welcoming Saunders, Brown and Billups back into the fold.
''I've said that to him - do it all over again, absolutely not,'' Dumars said of trading Billups to Denver in a package for Allen Iverson in 2008. ''Wouldn't have ever made that move with him. Whatever you do in these seats, you have to own it, good and bad.''
Brown coached the Cavaliers for five seasons and led them to the playoffs in each year. He teamed with LeBron James to take the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals in 2005, but Gilbert fired him after they lost to the Celtics in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals in the hope of keeping James happy. James left for Miami and Gilbert was left with regret.
''Maybe he's meant to be here,'' he said at Brown's introductory press conference.
Brown may be the same person who coached in Cleveland three years ago. But after parting ways with the Cavs the first time, and spending just over a season with the Los Angeles Lakers, he said he returns to the city a different coach.
''When you go through trials and tribulations, whether it's positive over negative or whatever, you grow in all types of ways,'' Brown said. ''I felt like I've grown. I've felt like I've matured not only on the floor as a coach, but even off the floor, too.''
AP Sports Writers Tom Withers in Cleveland and Noah Trister in Detroit contributed to this story.
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Facebook is losing access to Gmail data due to a change in Google's term of services, but really because Facebook won't share its social graph data with Google, TechCrunch reports.
With the rivalry between Google and Facebook heating up on several fronts (advertising, location-based services, its search deal with Bing, etc.), Google has made no secret that it wants access to all the valuable information Facebook has on its more than 500 million users.
In September at Google Zeitgeist, Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke about Google's desire to get its hands on Facebook's social graph:
"The best thing that would happen is for Facebook to open up its data," Schmidt said. "Failing that, there are other ways to get that information."
Looks like Google just made their move.
As it has worked for a while now, Facebook prompts users for a Gmail address and password to import contacts and find friends to connect with on Facebook. Gmail is still an option for importing contacts as of this writing, but could go away shortly.
According to Google:
Google is committed to making it easy for users to get their data into and out of Google products. That is why we have a data liberation engineering team dedicated to building import and export tools for users. We are not alone. Many other sites allow users to import and export their information, including contacts, quickly and easily. But sites that do not, such as Facebook, leave users in a data dead end.So we have decided to change our approach slightly to reflect the fact that users often aren't aware that once they have imported their contacts into sites like Facebook they are effectively trapped. Google users will still be free to export their contacts from our products to their computers in an open, machine-readable format-and once they have done that they can then import those contacts into any service they choose. However, we will no longer allow websites to automate the import of users' Google Contacts (via our API) unless they allow similar export to other sites.
It's important that when we automate the transfer of contacts to another service, users have some certainty that the new service meets a baseline standard of data portability. We hope that reciprocity will be an important step towards creating a world of true data liberation-and that this move will encourage other websites to allow users to automate the export of their contacts as well.
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VIDEO: Ohio Republican Governor Kasich Re-elected, CNN Projects Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich has won re-election, CNN projected on Tuesday, beating Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald in the electoral swing state. Kasich, 62, was first elected in 2010 and suffered low approval ratings early in his term, but his popularity improved along with the state?s economy. He was previously a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and briefly pursued a 2000 presidential campaign.
The AP is projecting Gov. John Kasich has been re-elected.
Look here for the latest local election results tonight, including the future of the Heritage Trails Park District and its levy.
VIDEO: The Midterm Election Races to Watch Bloomberg -- Eurasia Group's Corey Boles, Bloomberg Business Week's Josh Green and Bloomberg's Peter Cook discuss the midterm elections with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton on "Bottom Line."
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At approximately 2:51 p.m., a resident on Kohler Road reported a subject trespassing on his property via a four wheeler. When Auglaize County Sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene in the 9000 block of Kohler Road, they were unable to locate the driver of the ATV.
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WAPAKONETA — An Indiana man died Saturday morning following a crash on Interstate 75 near Wapakoneta.
According to a report from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at 7 a.m. Saturday, Spencer Dewaine Edwards, 21, of Andersonville, Ind., was driving a 1996 Saturn north on I-75 when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road. The vehicle went through a ditch and struck a cement bridge abutment near mile marker 111.
VAN WERT — The St. Marys football team celebrated as it ran off the muddy field at Eggerss Stadium, snow flying around in the whipping, cold wind like a snowglobe. They'd turned things around. They'd finished the season the right way.
The Roughriders pulled away from Van Wert for a 39-14 win to close out the season on a rainy turned snowy Halloween Friday night.
St. Marys exploded for 25 second-half points to finish off its bounceback season emphatically.
ROCKFORD – Behind the rushing of Evan Huelsman the Minster Wildcats football team solidified their playoff spot — locked up a home playoff game — as they defeated the Parkway Panthers in miserable weather conditions 35-15 in the regular season finale.
"In this kind of conditions you have to get your running game going," Minster head coach Geron Stokes said. "We wanted to be smart and get the running game going early and we challenged the offensive line and they responded."
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Oregon Parents Can Take Home the Placenta: 7 Things To Do With It
"And would you like the placenta with that?"
This is what new-mothers might be hearing today in Oregon, where it's officially become legal for parents to leave the hospital with their child's placenta. Under previous laws, placentas were labeled "hazardous medical waste" and destroyed on the premises, unless parents had a religious or cultural reason that required they take it home. Now, anyone can walk out of an Oregon hospital with both a child and the placenta. And no, you don't need an extra carseat for it.
We took Felix's placenta home with us after he was delivered in a hospital here in New York City. The midwife showed us the "tree of life" — how the veins on one side of the placenta branch out from the trunk-like umbilical cord in an unmistakable tree shape. It's a fitting metaphor for the organ too, which works as a mediator between the blood of the mother and the fetus, moving waste from fetus to mother, and nutrients the other way, without the bloodstreams mingling.
After the, uh, bloody show, the midwife wrapped the placenta in bio-hazard bags and then handed it off to me when no one was around. In a move MacGyver would've approved of, I stashed it in a pillowcase, which I then secured in a freezer pack. Once home, we put the crimson little package in the freezer. Three months later, we celebrated Placenta Day: burying the thing in the backyard and plopping a Fothergilla shrub on top, which Felix now calls "his plant." It's doing great!
We were part of a growing trend of people who want their afterbirth after the birth. What for, you may ask, besides burying in the backyard? Oh, but do you really want to know? Click on to find out what people are doing with their placentas these days.


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A New Start
The renamed Ballet San Jose of Silicon Valley got off to a rousing start Thursday
By Julia Chiapella
SOMEHOW, Dennis Nahat did it. And his face, following the opening night of the new Ballet, San Jose of Silicon Valley showed it. Gleefully triumphant, the artistic director took a bow along with his dancers as he enthusiastically handed over his own bouquet of flowers to principal dancer Maydee Pena.
Nahat, along with the rest of Ballet San Jose, deserves to feel triumphant. Thursday night's opening, while a little rough around the edges, was a testament to the sheer power of will. Resurrecting the company from the fatal blow that took the Cleveland out of the San Jose Cleveland Ballet in September, the company moved quickly to reshape and redirect dancers and program. The city created a matching grant. Sets, costumes and archives were acquired from Cleveland. The original program slated for the opening, Celebrations and Ode, was scheduled for later in the year and replaced with a repertoire.
Twenty-nine dancers have moved from Cleveland to San Jose along with Nahat. Auditions have taken place to hire more dancers, and 34 appeared in last Thursday's performance. The dancers are from Cuba, Korea, the Philippines, Japan, France, Vietnam and the U.S., among others. To move them and their families from the relative affordability of Cleveland to Silicon Valley's pricey landscape has been no small feat.
All of the sweat and tears appears to have paid off as Thursday's Inaugural Moments portrayed a company that is dedicated and technically strong. Nahat's own Moments, a piece set to Mendelssohn's Piano Trio no. 1 in D Minor, op. 49, opened the show, receiving its West Coast premiere.
The least traditional of the evening's pieces, Moments tread a line between ballet and modern that took some of its cues from Paul Taylor: tableaux of dancers at different levels, dancers gamboling with upraised arms. But the bulk of the piece was pure ballet even while showcasing Nahat's penchant to push the boundaries of the form ever so slightly.
Simple organza skirts over spaghetti-strap leotards gave the women plenty of room to demonstrate the effects of all that rehearsal time while the men were casually dressed in assorted colored leggings and black, loose shirts.
Moments was the most intriguing of the pieces on Thursday purely from the standpoint of personal expression. While the other two works on the program, Bournonville's Napoli and Balanchine's Theme and Variations, are staunch regulars in the world of classical ballet, Moments was Nahat's chance to contemporize his years of ballet experience.
Still, Moments suffered from either first-night jitters or insufficient rehearsal time. Dancers at times seemed to be working doggedly just to stay in step; principal Raymond Rodriguez looked unsure when lifting his pas de deux partner Karen Gabay; Gabay had her own trouble articulating a crisp piqué.
There were, however, terrific highlights, including Ramon Moreno's athletically graceful power and Gabay's gorgeous armwork. In her sublimely controlled solo, it seemed someone was at last hearing the music.
The company chose to perform the third act of Auguste Bournonville's 1842 Napoli for its second piece and did so in its original form, including costumes. With music by Helsted and Paulli and with Dwight Oltman conducting, Napoli was an exercise in honoring not only ballet's roots but those roots interpreted in a Danish retelling of an Italian folktale.
A favorite of the Danish public for the last 150 years, Napoli concocts a crisp, vibrant scene that's played out in solos, duets and trios. Though dated, it serves as a window into the history of ballet, thanks to Bournonville's detailed notes on the choreography. And once again, Moreno was a standout in his solo.
The final piece, Theme and Variations, created in 1947 and set to Tchaikovsky's final movement of the Suite for Orchestra no. 3 in G Major, recalls the midcentury splendor of classical ballet. When the curtain opened on the simple but opulent set, the audience gave small gasps of delight: eight chandeliers hung from the flies while a curtained backdrop framed an ensemble of richly costumed dancers, tiaras and all.
Maydee Peña and Stephane Dalle provided a closing pas de deux that was as enticing as an erotic conversation. Pena, while thankfully not the classical Balanchine gazelle, was superbly in control. Dalle is new to the company, and his work with Peña was artful. He successfully showed her off in the lifts with an effortless grace, something the other members of the male corps could well learn.
Interestingly, Dalle was less successful in his solo, where his jumps looked precariously unbalanced. But this was a tricky ballet, known for its athleticism and lofty heights. That this rearranged and relocated company could pull it off with grandeur and precision says a lot about these dancers' dedication. Inaugural Moments gave every indication that Ballet San Jose of Silicon Valley has risen from the near ashes with style and tenacity.
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Hi Penny! You're on a roll meeting up with blogging friends. I've already seen your sweet little face over at Gretchen's! Oh, and to get to meet Jeanne! She's coming pretty close to me in June and I'm hoping we can get together! :)
Love your blogging spot! That toile bedspread on the bed is so pretty!
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Shelia ;)It sounds like you bloggers are a tight little community (not so little--really!) Here's the funny thing...I went into Postcards from Paris same afternoon you did, spoke to the manager (lovely girl behind the desk)who wanted to take our pic (hubby's and mine) but I demurred since we weren't exactly photo-pic-ready. She told me it was a day for visits by bloggers in that you'd just been in (store's lovely, by the way.) In any case, I'm Biddy Bytes, a blogger from Asheville and Rhode Island, who would love to meet up with you some time...Please visit me at my blog and see what I'm about. We are obviously treading the same path--at almost the same time.
ReplyDeleteHaving a versatile room to use is such a boon. We are full to the rafters here in the cottage, since Earl has taken over the office for his work (Which I have NO problem with!)I have moved a desk into an alcove in the living room along with my computer. Time to do some severe sorting and tossing so I can use the space I have more efficiently!
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We had a wonderful time on Saturday in spite of the rain. Thank you for your anniversary wishes. We sure had a lovely celebration on our 49 years together.
It is so nice to meet blogging friends and your post is lovely of Gretchen's home. It is constantly amazing to me when blogging connects us to such wonderful people. I love that about blogging.
I am still trying to respond to the many good wishes on our anniversary post. If I wasn't so long winded I could accomplish this faster. HA!
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Tennessee Tech University will present a faculty flute recital by Roger Martin on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 pm in the Wattenbarger Auditorium. Admission is free, and the recital is open to the public.Martin will be accompanied by Paul Thurmond on piano and professional flutist Kathy Bowers.
Featured pieces will be variations on a "Theme of Corelli for two flutes" by French Baroque composer Michel Blavet, "Sonata for flute and piano" by American composer Robert Muczynski, "Prelude" and "Clair de Lune" from "Suite Bergamasque" by French composer Claude Debussy, and Russian composer Otar Taktakishvili's "Sonata for flute and piano."
From the energetic, rhythmic piece by Muczynski, to Debussy's beautiful transcriptions of original piano works, to the toe-tapping rhythmic drive of Taktakishvili's Sonata, it's a compilation of classical charm.
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Jaka Lopatič (2008) HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT FOR TRACKING SPORT EVENTS ON INTERNET. EngD thesis.
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Cycling race Tour of Slovenia is every year more known in the cycling world. Besides great cyclists also World Wide Web helps that this race has such a value. WWW namely makes possible variety of options to observe race live. Because Slovenian television media companies almost abandoned possibility of having direct transmission of the race, lovers of cycling sport got another opportunity to observe Tour of Slovenia live. One of the solutions is interactive flash application through web browser which shows movement of cyclist on the map. In this thesis it is described the system of how location data travel through Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to user who watched the course of cycling event on internet. Two types of communications are important. First is between GPS receiver and server where location data are stored. The second communication is between server and client where the client is observing the race on internet.
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WCC Basketball Preview: 08-09
November 3rd, 2008
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WCC Media Poll & All-Conference Team
October 26th, 2008
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - If you remember how the top three finished in the West Coast Conference men's basketball regular-season chase a year ago then you won't see anything out of the ordinary to start the 2008-09 campaign.
Gonzaga University edged Saint Mary's College and the University of San Diego in the 2008-09 WCC men's basketball pre-season poll as selected by the league coaches. The announcement was made at the 2008 WCC Basketball Media Day at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, site of the 2009 WCC Basketball Tournament.
Poll: How Many WCC Teams Will Make the 2009 Tournament?
September 23rd, 2008
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September 13th, 2008
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Duke or Carolina? BC or UMASS? Gonzaga or Washington.. or Washington State? What is the best program in each state? While there's not much competition in Hawaii..
2008 NCAA Tournament Capsule: San Diego
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We handpick the best performances of the day, whether it be stat lines that make you drool, or clutch performances. Either way, its our way of showing the love:
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I will give you a little tip. If you mount a block on your spreader for a burgee halyard, make sure you keep it as far away from the shrouds as you can. If you don't, you will be nice and cozy in bed one night and the breeze will swing around so that your burgee starts to twang the shroud. The sound will be so annoying that your wife will make you get out of that nice cozy bed and go on deck to take the burgee down! This will likely happen to you repeatedly until you get into the habit of taking all your flags down every night before bed, and even then you will forget..
On the bright side, I did discover some very handy quick release clips for the burgees so they are easy to remove quickly! They don't require knots or anything, they just grab the halyard wherever you want them.
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Descanso Beach Smash
- SERVINGS: Makes 1 Drink
While vacationing in 2008 with his wife's family on a boat near Catalina Island, California, John Coltharp was dismayed to see that all the beach bars focused on sweet drinks like piña coladas. Back on his father-in-law's boat, he came up with this pleasantly bitter and refreshing concoction—with Aperol from the well-stocked bar.
- 1/4 ounce Simple Syrup
- 3/4 ounce Aperol (bitter orange Italian aperitif)
- 5 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig for garnish
- 2 ounces rye whiskey
- 3 small orange wedges skewered on a pick, for garnish
- Ice
- 4 lemon wedges
- In a cocktail shaker, muddle the lemon wedges and mint leaves. Add ice and the whiskey, Aperol and Simple Syrup and shake well. Pour through a fine strainer into a double rocks glass or wineglass filled with ice cubes or crushed ice. Garnish with the mint sprig and skewered orange wedges.


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The only thing hotter than the weather in Houston these days is the Dynamo, who pushed their winning streak to five games and stayed unbeaten at BBVA Compass Stadium by knocking off the New York Red Bulls last Friday.
That victory has the Dynamo in a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with Sporting Kansas City ahead of Friday's rematch with the Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena. Houston will enter that match with plenty of confidence, with their attack generating goals and their defense playing well despite the loss of Geoff Cameron to a transfer to Stoke City.
The hottest team in the West is Seattle, which dismantled LA Galaxy at CenturyLink Field, handing the Galaxy a 4-0 drubbing to solidify their hold on third place in the West. With the US Open Cup Final against Sporting KC set for Wednesday, the Sounders could add some history to their current six-match unbeaten MLS unbeaten streak by becoming the first team to win four straight US Open Cup titles in the tournament's 99-year history.
It was a rough week for Real Salt Lake, which suffered losses in their CONCACAF Champions League opener and then to rival Colorado. Fatigue, and the absence of injured centerback Jamison Olave, were factors in the loss to the Rapids, which saw RSL manage just one shot on goal.
One team quietly putting together a playoff charge is the Montreal Impact, which won their third of four and fourth straight home match with a 2-1 victory against the Philadelphia Union. The win was marred by Nelson Rivas' headbutt of Antoine Hoppenot, but another strong effort from Felipe Martins and Alessandro Nesta pushed the Impact even closer to the Eastern Conference playoff pack.
The Impact are one of the biggest movers in this week's FOX Soccer MLS Power Rankings. Here is how the teams shook out after this weekend's action:
Hottest team in the league is riding some stellar midfield play and the emergence of forwards Calen Carr and Macoumba Kandji as real attacking threats. With Ricardo Clark set to join the team it will be interesting to see if and when Clark unseats Adam Moffat as the midfield anchor in the Dynamo's 4-3-3.
The week off comes at a perfect time for an Earthquakes side that was definitely feeling the affects of a busy schedule. Real Salt Lake's stumble helped keep them in first place and now the Sounders return to MLS play against the surging Seattle Sounders in the top MLS match this weekend.
Just when you think RSL is ready to go on a run and show their quality, they take another tumble. Their loss on the road to Herediano got their CONCACAF Champions League campaign off to a rough start while the surprising loss to Colorado kept them out of first place in the West. A tough test against Vancouver awaits.
Posting a road shutout win has to give Sporting KC some confidence heading into Wednesday's Open Cup Final, particularly given the fact that All-Star centerback Aurelien Collin was out injured. Now the real question is whether the Sporting KC offense can finally produce multiple goals and give the defense some room for error.
Here come the Sounders, fresh off a pasting of the LA Galaxy and standing on the precipice of potential history with their fourth straight U.S. Open Cup Final set for Wednesday. With Eddie Johnson on top form, and Fredy Montero heading up, the Sounders are a real threat to push for the top spot in the West.
The additions of Tim Cahill and Sebastien LeToux were supposed to catapult the Red Bulls ahead of the rest of the teams in the East, and it still might, but right now injuries and defensive woes continue to plague New York. They were dominated in Houston by the Dynamo, but are unbeaten at Red Bull Arena and should give Houston a significantly better test in the rematch on Friday night.
Snapped their two-match losing streak with a 1-0 home win vs. Columbus. The offense still isn't quite clicking, but the return of Emiliano Dudar helped bolster the defense, which turned in a solid effort in shutting down the Crew. Some injury concerns could trouble D.C. heading into trip to Sporting Kansas City, but having Dudar back and having Branko Boskovic play 90 minutes for the first time in almost two years are positives.
The Galaxy's recent hot streak hit a brick wall in Seattle as the Sounders simply outplayed LA in their 4-0 victory. The Galaxy lost the battle in midfield, where Seattle simply had more energy. LA will need to recover quickly because they can't afford a loss to rivals Chivas USA, which can close the gap behind the Galaxy to four points in the race for the final Western Conference playoff spot.
A week off for the Whitecaps should have helped head coach Martin Rennie get his handful of new faces acclimated to things in Vancouver. Defender Andy O'Brien joins an already solid cast in the back, while the time off should help recharge Darren Mattocks as he reaches a point in the season where he could be hitting the rookie wall.
The Fire needed a late Austin Berry goal to pull out a win against Toronto FC, a play that only strengthens Berry's Rookie of the Year candidacy. The win puts a five-point cushion between the Fire and the other teams chasing for the fifth playoff spot in the East. A tough road trip to PPL Park to take on the Philadelphia Union looms on Sunday.
Snapshots from Kirk Urso's playing career with the Columbus Crew, UNC and the US U-17s.
The fact that the Crew lost to D.C. United last Saturday has become an afterthought in the wake of the devastating news that rookie midfielder Kirk Urso died. No team in MLS history has had to deal with the death of a player in season. Saturday's home game against Toronto FC will be an emotional event, and it will up to head coach Robert Warzycha and the Crew veterans to keep the team together in the wake of this tragedy.
Stade Saputo has suddenly become one of the tougher places to play in MLS, in part because of how much better the Impact play at home than on the road. Alessandro Nesta has fit right into the Montreal defense and has made it better, while rookie Andrew Wenger continues to show signs of being the talented player Montreal hoped he would be when they made him the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 MLS Draft.
Road form continues to be a problem for the young Union side, and it's something that will likely keep Philadelphia from mounting a serious playoff push if it doesn't turn around. The imminent debut of defender Bakary Soumare is going to force head coach John Hackworth to make a decision on how he makes up his back-line. Don't be surprised if Amobi Okugo ultimately slides into his natural defensive midfield role.
The Rapids badly needed a win to stop the bleeding and halt their six-match losing skid, but you have to wonder if the damage hasn't already been done. The Rapids have gone from being in solid playoff position to being eight points out of a playoff spot, and that's with Chivas USA ahead of them in that race. The truth is Colorado is a better team than their recent results have shown, and upcoming matches against FC Dallas and Chivas USA can help them climb back into the race.
If there is a team in the West that just might sneak up on people, it is Chivas USA. The Goats have games in hand on the playoff pack, and just added standout midfielder Shalrie Joseph, who was acquired in a steal of a trade. With Joseph in the mix, and with Juan Agudelo getting healthy, Chivas USA could put some serious pressure on Vancouver and LA. The rush needs to start on Sunday against the Galaxy.
Not a great week for the Revs. They followed up trading away arguably the best player in the club's history with a home shutout loss that sunk them even deeper in the East standings. Jay Heaps isn't likely to say the playoff chase is over, and he will stick to his belief that Joseph was no longer a worthy starter for the Revs, but the reality is that trade sure felt like the final nail in coffin for the 2012 season. On the bright side, their next three games are against the three teams above them in the East.
Just how rough a blow was giving up a late equalizer to Portland Timbers for FC Dallas? Those dropped points kept the Hoops from catching Colorado in the West standings and closing to within eight points of a playoff spot. Now, Dallas faces a tough stretch of games, but they are match-ups against teams right above them in the standings so there is still an outside chance of a surge.
The steam has come out of the balloon for TFC, which dropped its second straight match and saw the distance between them and a playoff spot get more impossibly wide. Their CONCACAF Champions League victory was impressive, but they are fully aware that they still face the brutal task of trying to knock off Mexican champions Santos Laguna in group play.
Came back to earn a draw vs. FC Dallas, and while that was a considerable improvement over the last time they played Dallas, the Timbers still can't be happy with more dropped points at home. Portland pulled the trigger on a trade that sent starting goalkeeper Troy Perkins to Montreal for Donovan Ricketts. It's a deal that could provide long-term benefits if Ricketts can regain his MLS Goalkeeper of the Year form.
Ives Galarcep is a senior writer for FOXSoccer.com covering Major League Soccer and the US National Team.
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Zinc pyrithione
Names | |
IUPAC name
bis(2-pyridylthio)zinc 1,1'-dioxide
Other names
ZnP, pyrithione zinc, zinc OMADINE
Identifiers | |
ATC code | D11 |
13463-41-7 | |
ChEMBL | ChEMBL1200471 |
ChemSpider | 21513957 |
Jmol-3D images | Image |
PubChem | 3005837 |
Properties | |
C10H8N2O2S2Zn | |
Molar mass | 317.70 g/mol |
Appearance | colourless solid |
Melting point | 240 °C (464 °F; 513 K) (decomposition) [1] |
Boiling point | decomposes |
8 ppm (pH 7) | |
Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
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Zinc pyrithione is a coordination complex of zinc. It has fungistatic (that is, it inhibits the division of fungal cells) and bacteriostatic (inhibits bacterial cell division) properties and is used in the treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis.[2]
Structure of the compound[edit]
The pyrithione ligands, which are formally monoanions, are chelated to Zn2+ via oxygen and sulfur centers. In the crystalline state, zinc pyrithione exists as a centrosymmetric dimer (see figure), where each zinc is bonded to two sulfur and three oxygen centers.[3] In solution, however, the dimers dissociate via scission of one Zn-O bond.
This compound was first described in the 1930s.[4]
Pyrithione is the conjugate base derived from 2-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide (CAS# 1121-31-9), a derivative of pyridine-N-oxide.
Zinc pyrithione is best known for its use in treating dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis.[5] It also has antibacterial properties and is effective against many pathogens from the Streptococcus and Staphylococcus genera. Its other medical applications include treatments of psoriasis, eczema, ringworm, fungus, athletes foot, dry skin, atopic dermatitis, tinea, and vitiligo.
In paint[edit]
Due to its low solubility in water (8 ppm at neutral pH), zinc pyrithione is suitable for use in outdoor paints and other products that provide protection against mildew and algae. It is an effective algaecide. It is chemically incompatible with paints relying on metal carboxylate curing agents. When used in latex paints with water containing high amount of iron, a sequestering agent that will preferentially bind the iron ions is needed. Its decomposition by ultraviolet light is slow, providing years of protection even against direct sunlight.
In sponges[edit]
Zinc pyrithione is also used as an antibacterial treatment for household sponges, most notably by the 3M Corporation.[6]
Mechanism of action[edit]
Its antifungal effect is proposed to derive from its ability to disrupt membrane transport by blocking the proton pump that energizes the transport mechanism.[7]
Health effects[edit]
Zinc pyrithione is approved for over-the-counter topical use in the United States as a treatment for dandruff and is the active ingredient in several antidandruff shampoos. However, in its industrial forms and strengths, it may be harmful by contact or ingestion. Zinc pyrithione can trigger a variety of responses.[8]
See also[edit]
- Selenium disulfide, an active ingredient used in shampoos such as Selsun Blue.
- Ketoconazole, another antifungal agent used in shampoos.
- ^ Thieme Chemistry (Hrsg.): Römpp Online. Version 3.1. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2007.
- ^ Brayfield, A, ed. (23 September 2011). "Pyrithione Zinc". Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference. Pharmaceutical Press. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ Barnett, B. L.; Kretschmar, H. C.; Hartman, F. A. (1977). "Structural characterization of bis(N-oxopyridine-2-thionato)zinc(II)". Inorg. Chem. 16 (8): 1834–8. doi:10.1021/ic50174a002.
- ^ "astate.edu". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ^ "Management of Seborrheic Dermatitis and Pityriasis Versicolor" Faergemann, J. American Journal of Clinical Dermatology 2000, Vol. 1, p75-80. ISSN 11750561
- ^ Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish
- ^ Chandler CJ, Segel IH (1978). "Mechanism of the Antimicrobial Action of Pyrithione: Effects on Membrane Transport, ATP Levels, and Protein Synthesis". Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 14 (1): 60–8. doi:10.1128/aac.14.1.60. PMC 352405. PMID 28693.
- ^ Leading references: Lamore SD, Cabello CM, Wondrak GT (May 2010). "The topical antimicrobial zinc pyrithione is a heat shock response inducer that causes DNA damage and PARP-dependent energy crisis in cultured human skin cells.". Cell Stress Chaperones 15 (3): 309–22. doi:10.1007/s12192-009-0145-6. PMC 2866994. PMID 19809895.
External links[edit]
- Some toxicity information on industrial uses
- Article Omni Brain: Dandruff Shampoo to Calm Seizures, Apr. 2007
- Record in the Household Products Database of NLM


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The Jewish High Holidays this year fall in early October, and that's when a massacre was planned against two Los Angeles synagogues, as well as other targets, according to an indictment just handed down against four young Muslim men.
Law enforcement traces the origins of this plot to 1997. That's when Kevin Lamar James, a black inmate at New Folsom Prison, near Sacramento, California, founded Jam'iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (JIS, Arabic for "Assembly of Authentic Islam"). JIS promotes the sort of jihadi-version of Islam typical of American jails. As the indictment puts it, James, now 29, preached that JIS members have the duty "to target for violent attack any enemies of Islam or 'infidels,' including the United States government and Jewish and non-Jewish supporters of Israel."
James, serving a 10-year prison sentence for an armed robbery in 1996, recruited acolytes among fellow prisoners. Volunteers swore to obey him and not to disclose the existence of JIS. On release from prison, they promised to get directives from him at least every three months, recruit Muslims to JIS, and attack government officials and supporters of Israel.
Levar Haney Washington, 25, allegedly joined the JIS and swore allegiance to James just before his being released from New Folsom in November 2004, having served his six-year sentence for a 1999 assault and robbery. On getting out, Washington immediately began recruiting at his mosque, Jamat-E-Masijidul Islam in the Los Angeles area. "He regarded Osama bin Laden very highly," reports one person whom Washington tried to recruit.
Two men, both 21 years old and without criminal records, did sign up: Hammad Riaz Samana, a lawful Pakistani immigrant and student at Santa Monica College, and Gregory Vernon Patterson, a black convert who had worked at a duty-free shop in Los Angeles International Airport. The three, plus James, now face up to life in prison for conspiring "to levy a war against the Government of the United States through terrorism."
They did so in five ways. They conducted surveillance of U.S. government targets (military recruitment stations and bases), Israeli targets (the Los Angeles consulate and El Al), and Jewish targets (synagogues). The trio monitored the Jewish calendar and, the indictment notes, planned to attack synagogues on Jewish holidays "to maximize the number of casualties."
They acquired an arsenal of weapons. To fund this undertaking, they set off on a crime wave, robbing (or attempting to rob) gas stations eleven times in the five weeks after May 30. They engaged in physical and firearms training. Finally, they tried recruiting other Muslims.
But Patterson dropped a mobile telephone during the course of one gas station robbery, and the police retrieved it. Information from the phone set off an FBI-led investigation that involved more than 25 agencies and 500 investigators. The police staked out Patterson and Washington, arresting them after they robbed a Chevron station on July 5. Washington's apartment turned up bulletproof vests, knives, jihad literature, and the addresses of potential targets. Patterson was waiting to acquire an AR-15 assault rifle.
The JIS story prompts some worried observations.
Although Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales lavished praise on "the work of able investigators at all levels of government" in solving this case, law enforcement was as clueless about the JIS gang as was its British counterpart about the 7/7 bombers. If not for the lucky break of a dropped phone, the jihadis probably would have struck. It is extremely disturbing to see law enforcement pat itself on the back for ineptitude.
American prisons are comparable to the banlieues in France, the principal recruiting grounds for a criminal form of Islam. As Frank Gaffney observes, "The alleged New Folsom State plot had better rouse us out of our stupor." Will it? Senate hearings in 2003 on prison jihadism yielded distressingly few results.
The emergence of a primarily African-American Islamist terrorist cell signals a new trend. Native-born Americans have taken part in terrorist operations before, but (again, as in London), this case this marks their first large-scale plot.
Terrorist plans that fail don't make headlines, but they should. This was a near-miss. Home-grown radical Islam has arrived and will do damage.
Even though most Jews resist acknowledging it, the Muslim threat is changing Jewish life in the United States. The golden age of American Jewry is coming to an end.
(Mr. Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and
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blocking techniques (uke-waza)
Gedan barai uke (Hari uke)
Low-level, downward block / sweeping block.
Yoko uke (Soto uke)
Block from inside (centre of body), towards outside.
Yoko uchi (Uchi uke)
Block from outside, towards inside (centre of body).
Age uke
Rising, upper-level block.
Yoko Bari uke
Side, sweeping block.
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Circular, inside drop (downward pushing) block.
Tsuki uke
Simultaneous punching (forearm) block.
Te Kubi Sasae uke
Augmented (supported) wrist block.
Sukui uke
Scoop block.
Shuto uke
"Knife-hand" block.
Kosa uke
"X" block (wrists crossed).
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Augmented (inside-middle) elbow block.
Osae uke
Pressing down block.
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Reverse-wedge block.
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Sunrise in Oak Run photo by Larry Jordan
Welcome to Sky Watch Friday! Check it out and see all the other great photos.
Sunrise in Oak Run photo by Larry Jordan
Welcome to Sky Watch Friday! Check it out and see all the other great photos.
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Very pretty shot.. it's so great to see different hues and tones of the sky!
My SkyWatch photo is here. Please drop by if you have the time. Happy weekends!
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Oh I love the pink cotton candy like clouds Lovely!
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Hi Larry! Thanks for dropping by my blog too. Skyscrapers never fails to amaze me. There something about them that makes me go WOW! Probably because they somehow reach up the sky. Have a good Friday
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A walk at Oak run sounds like a ticket to Paradise. Or should I say : Hell since your sky ablaze.
In one way or an other, it looks great. Exactly my favorite colors.
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your sky watch is beautiful but the red dragonfly caught my eye we have had ONE over the years here and all I caught of it when trying to photograph it was one side of wings… they are just So beautiful! I dont think anyone here believed me about it because they did not get to see it!
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