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Tufin Technologies Garners Multiple Honors in the 10th Annual Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards
Tufin's Security Policy Orchestration Suite Recognized as Critical Enabling Technology in U.S., Latin America and EMEA
MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Tufin Technologies, the market-leading provider of Security Policy Orchestration solutions, today announced that Info Security Products Guide, has named Tufin's Orchestration Suite and Tufin's SecureApp as winners of its 2014 Global Excellence Awards. Tufin's Orchestration Suite(TM) was honored as a Gold Winner in the Tomorrow's Technology Today category in Latin America and a Bronze Winner in the same category in the United States. Tufin was also awarded the Gold for Best Deployment, EMEA with SecureApp at SIX Group for the 88 percent efficiency gain realized by the operator of Switzerland's financial market infrastructure.
"We are pleased to be recognized by Info Security Products Guide in so many categories and across the world," said Ruvi Kitov, CEO of Tufin. "We remain committed to providing customers with innovative and reliable security policy orchestration solutions which empower them to operate at the speed needed in today's business world."
The Latin America and U.S. awards for Tomorrow's Technology Today resulted from the ability of Tufin's Orchestration Suite to provide a complete solution for designing, provisioning, and auditing network security changes. Consisting of three fully-integrated products, SecureTrack, SecureChange and SecureApp, Tufin's Orchestration Suite provides powerful network topology awareness, security configuration analysis and process automation technologies that enable complex processes to be orchestrated across applications, servers and network devices. This dramatically shortens the amount of time needed to make network configuration changes and extends the benefits of IT automation to network security to accelerate service delivery, increase IT agility, and reduce the time spent on security changes and audits by up to 80%.
The award for Best Deployment, EMEA was awarded to Tufin for SIX's deployment of SecureApp. SecureApp(TM) is a groundbreaking approach to managing network security policies top-down, from the application perspective. With SecureApp, SIX was able to define, update, monitor and remove applications – without analyzing long lists of access rules on multiple firewalls and routers. This helps IT teams such as SIX simplify operations, accelerate service delivery, assure business continuity and monitor compliance. A study conducted by Forrester Research measured the SIX implementation results and empirically proved that the Tufin Orchestration Suite enabled SIX to accelerate service deployment and assure business continuity while reducing the time it took to make network changes from an average of a week to less than one day.
About Info Security Products Guide
Info Security Products Guide sponsors leading conferences and expos worldwide and plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow's technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and market research that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com.
About Tufin Technologies
Tufin® is the leader in Security Policy Orchestration, automating and accelerating network infrastructure changes while maintaining security and compliance. By improving network change processes, organizations using the Tufin Orchestration Suite(TM) will have a positive impact on the business by reducing the time and cost spent implementing network changes by up to 80%. Taking a holistic view of IT, the Tufin Orchestration Suite helps organizations automate security and efficiency into day-to-day operations, enabling them to be more agile and leverage technology to gain a competitive advantage. Founded in 2005, Tufin serves more than 1,300 customers in industries from telecom and financial services to energy, transportation and pharmaceuticals. Tufin partners with leading vendors including Check Point, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5, Stonesoft, Blue Coat, McAfee and BMC Software, and is known for technological innovation and dedicated customer service.
For more information visit www.tufin.com, or follow Tufin on:
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- Introduction
- Land
- People
- Economy
- Government and society
- Cultural life
- History
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Forced to yield his authority by the junta that had earlier sustained him, Yahya Khan resigned the presidency on Dec. 20, 1971; unlike his predecessor, Ayub Khan, he was in no position to pass the office to still another general. The Pakistan army had suffered a severe blow, and for the time the military was content to retire from politics and rebuild its forces and reputation. Bhutto, the leading politician in what remained of Pakistan, assumed the presidency and was called to assemble a new government. Under pressure to restore equilibrium, Bhutto pledged a new Pakistan, a new constitution, and a new public order, and he articulated a vision for Pakistan that rallied diverse elements and seemed to promise a new life for the country. But the joining together of hands did not last long. Bhutto's manner, posture, and performance were more of the aristocrat than of the "Leader of the People" (Quaid-e Awam), a title he assumed for himself. In 1973 a new constitution, crafted by Bhutto and his colleagues, was adopted that restored parliamentary government. Bhutto stepped down from the presidency, which he deemed ceremonial in the new constitutional system, and assumed the more dynamic premiership.
As prime minister, Bhutto demanded nothing less than absolute power, and, increasingly suspicious of those around him, he formed the Federal Security Force (FSF), the principal task of which was his personal protection. In time, the FSF emerged as a paramilitary organization, and Bhutto's demand for ever-increasing personal security raised questions about his governing style. It also opened rifts in the PPP, and it was not long before the suspicious Bhutto ordered the silencing and imprisonment of his closest associates. The younger generation, which had idolized Bhutto during his rise to power, also became the target of police and FSF crackdowns, which often paralyzed operations at the universities. Though Bhutto had presided over the promulgation of the 1973 constitution, too much had transpired—and much more unpleasantness lay ahead—to conclude that the new political order could save Pakistan from repeating past mistakes.
Bhutto scheduled the country's second national election in 1977. With the PPP being the only successful national party in the country, nine opposition parties formed the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) and agreed to run as a single bloc. Fearing the possible strength of the PNA, Bhutto and his colleagues plotted an electoral strategy that included unleashing the FSF to terrorize the opposition. However, PNA members refused to be intimidated and centred their attacks on Bhutto and the PPP by running on a particularly religious platform. Arguing that Bhutto had betrayed Islamic practices, the PNA called for a cleansing of the body politic and a return to the basic tenets of Islamic performance.
The PNA, despite their efforts, was soundly defeated in the election, but the polling had not been without incident. Almost immediately complaints arose of electoral fraud, and voter discontent soon degenerated into violent street demonstrations. Bhutto and his party had won by a landslide, but it turned out to be an empty victory. With riots erupting in all the major metropolitan areas, the army, increasingly disenchanted with Bhutto, again intervened in Pakistan's politics. Ignoring the election results, the army arrested Bhutto and dissolved his government. The prime minister was placed under house arrest, and, on July 5, 1977, Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, Bhutto's personal choice to head the Pakistan army, took the reins of government. Zia declared his intention to hold a new round of elections that would be fairer and more transparent. However, it soon became apparent that the army had no intention of allowing Bhutto to return to power. Bhutto's subsequent arrest on charges that he ordered the assassination of a political rival, and Zia's insistence that he be tried for this alleged crime, brought an end to the Bhutto era and ushered in the Zia ul-Haq regime.
1English may be used for official purposes. Urdu is the national (not yet official) language as of mid-2013.
|Official name
|Islamic Republic of Pakistan
|Form of government
|federal republic with two legislative houses (Senate [104]; National Assembly [342])
|Head of state
|President: Mamnoon Hussain
|Head of government
|Prime Minister: Nawaz Sharif
|Official language
|See footnote 1.
|Official religion
|Monetary unit
|Pakistani rupee (PKR)
|(2014 est.) 196,174,000
|Total area (sq mi)
|Total area (sq km)
|Urban-rural population
|Urban: (2012) 37.4%
Rural: (2012) 62.6%
|Life expectancy at birth
|Male: (2012) 64.5 years
Female: (2012) 68.3 years
|Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate
|Male: (2009–2010) 73%
Female: (2009–2010) 46%
|GNI per capita (U.S.$)
|(2013) 1,380

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Idea for a new Mini-series
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I had a decent idea to give the character closure I think should have been handled before now. In his original mini he crossed a crime boss who wanted revenge on him for the death of his family. The series idea would involve a 5 issue comic incompassing his attempts to keep his family safe while respecting his wife's wishes to keep his distance from them. Each issue would have him team up with a hero or villain that played some part in his past. Ex. Madame Masque, Gravity, Tigra, with each of those meetings giving some closure to each of their relations.


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Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Steven A. Cohen, head of the $14 billion SAC Capital Advisors LP, plans to open an office in Tokyo in the first quarter of 2012 because he sees increased opportunities in Japan, according to two people who attended the firm's investor day meeting yesterday.
SAC executives told investors, who gathered at New York's St. Regis hotel, that they added four portfolio managers in Asia this year, bringing the total to 13, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the fund is private. SAC has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Beijing.
"Japanese long-short equity funds, particularly those that are market neutral, have done fairly well this year, so it makes sense that SAC might be interested in that market," said Pierre Merillon, who heads research on global macro funds at Paris- based Darius Capital Partners, which helps institutions invest in hedge funds.
Jonathan Gasthalter, a spokesman for Stamford, Connecticut- based SAC, declined to comment on the hedge fund's plans.
SAC has returned about 7 percent this year through September, according to investors, compared with a loss of 10 percent for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and a drop of 9.5 percent for Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc.'s index of equity hedge funds.
SAC's portfolio is positioned with a very low net exposure, meaning it has roughly the same amount of money betting on stocks Cohen and his other portfolio managers expect to rise as stocks they expect to fall, the people said. The firm is borrowing about $1 for every dollar of assets. SAC's leverage generally averages between 3 and 3.5 times net assets.
Sector Heads
The firm's flagship fund saw net inflows in 2011 before Cohen decided to close it to new investments in August, the people said. The fund has raised $2.8 billion since June 2009.
The inflows have come even as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney in New York said this year they're looking at some SAC trades as part of a broad federal crackdown on insider trading. SAC has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
The hedge fund now has three so-called sector heads covering technology and media, consumer stocks and energy, the people said. These managers feed the best ideas from the firm's roughly 100 teams to Cohen, who runs a portfolio of his own.
SAC recently cut its health-care sector head position following a wrong-way bet on Dendreon Corp. Shares in the Seattle-based drugmaker plummeted 67 percent on Aug. 4 after the company withdrew its revenue forecast for 2011. SAC was Denedron's largest outside shareholder as of June 30, owning 8.6 million shares, according to data collected by Bloomberg.
Reinsurance Bid
Benjamin Slate, who was the health-care sector head, is still working at SAC, the people said.
SAC also told investors that it plans to open SAC Re, a reinsurer, next year. Other hedge funds, including Daniel Loeb's Third Point LLC and David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Inc., have also entered the reinsurance business.
SAC seeks to raise $500 million for the reinsurer, which will help insurers shoulder risk on their property and casualty policies. The premiums the company collects will be invested in SAC's fund. The reinsurer will be run by Simon Burton, former deputy chief executive of Lancashire Holdings Ltd., an insurer based in London.
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Does anybody knows a way to monitor updates for a file?
We searched the API but couldn't find such a method and the author's RSS feed doesn't publish item updates neither.
This is some example output for http://marketplace.envato.com/api/edge/item:150532.json
{"item":{"sales":"131","rating":"5","user":"DADU","live_preview_url":"http://s3.envato.com/files/1468485/banner.jpg","cost":"2.00","url":"http://codecanyon.net/item/the-tooltip/150532","uploaded_on":"Thu Jan 06 19:16:06 +1100 2011","tags":"tooltip, css3, speech bubble, fade transition, css3 transition, fade, effect left, center, right, hover, mouseover","thumbnail":"http://s3.envato.com/files/1468486/thumbnail.png","id":"150532","item":"The Tooltip"}}
As you can see there is an "uploaded_on" key but no "updated_on" key.
Unfortunately, correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as i know there is no feature which supports this on the API .
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Unfortunately, correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as i know there is no feature which supports this on the API .
Yep. But it would be awesome if it existed.
There's no feature for that generally.
An update 'feed' or an addition to the API would be absolutely awesome. So here's a +1 from me. It would allow those of us who use the Envato API for our own portfolios to publish when the item was last updated (and ideally the version number). It might be possible also for us to be able to e-mail our customers (who have signed up for help forums using their purchase code) to inform them that an update is available.
Given the number of files I've purchased I would love to know when a file has been updated. Specially for ThemeForest files.
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I am more scared and paranoid now at 20w than I was trying to make it to 12w. My fear of a loss at this stage is much greater. I keep telling myself that if I can make it to 24w, the point of viability is pretty good with modern medicine and 28w is even better. I know I shouldn't think this way but I can't help it....all of you know the feeling of loss and the fear of it happening again. I was skeptical even ordering the nursery bedding and the furniture last week. I have kept receipts for everything that's been purchased so far. I should be more positive because all this negativity on myself is not good for baby or me. I just can't help it! Will it ever end? I want to enjoy this pregnancy but I just feel as though that right was taken away from me.
Anxiety and paranioa?
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Rainbow Baby Savanna born on 10/26/10 at 36w3d
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I'm in the same boat! I thought that once I got into the 2nd trimester all my worry would subside, but now I"m just really nervous for my 20 week anatomy scan & then making it to the point of viability!
I think part of it is that if I have a loss now, that means I have to deliver. My early loss was bad enough, but at least they could manage that through a D&C.
My appointment is on the 19th, so I'm trying to stay as optimistic as possible until then!
Mama to Juniper 11/30/10, Isabeau 2/2/13 & #3 due 8/13/14
I TOTALLY hear you! I am feeling very nervous now that I am (almost) 20 weeks. I just want to make it until 24 weeks and I know that the baby will have some chance if something happens. I really just cannot let myself relax. My entire family is excited about this baby, but I can't let myself just be happy, I am to nervous. Also being part of this rainbow baby group, and others has made me aware of the multitude of things that can go wrong during a pregnancy....so now I am thinking of possible problems I might run into....and trying to convince myself that chances are I am bringing home a healthy baby, so I should calm down!
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I'm totally with you all. I keep telling others that I'm feeling less and less nervous but I know I'm lying to them. I feel a little letter than I did in the begining, but I'm terrified something is going to happen to my baby. I have my anatomy scan next Friday. I'm hoping if I can make it past that, then everything will be ok. But I do keep feeling baby move all the time, so I know that helps to ease my mind....kinda :) I'm so glad we have this board to talk about this, because no one else seems to understand my fears. Thanks ladies!! and I'm praying for all of us to have healthy babies this November!!
( . )( . ) Platinum Boobies and then some. But finally done!
I am in a similar boat ladies, although our previous situations ere different, I will not believe we are pregnant and have a baby until we can hold her whenver we want, we alone with her, and bring her home (all things we could not do with the 1st baby). i know I am driving my DH crazy so I have tried to keep it all in....
I did freak out yesterday going to the dentist to get a tooth pulled - I did not want them to do x-rays or give me anything for the pain so it would not hurt the baby but my DH somehow is putting up with me. (the dentist reassured me novocaine was ok- and it would be worse without it as my BP would increase with the pain so I said ok (after 30minutes) once the novocaine was working it was over within 5 minutes and I felt like a big baby...
I am at week 21 have my week 24 "pape3rs" ready to go, and anxious for the milestones and November
Our little angel Alle Shea (4/14/09 - 5/21/09) from a rare bone disease OI (brittle bones)
Daughter #2 (Ella Joy) 11/11/10 7:59am - 8lb 11oz 20 in
I'm trying to not give into my fears.. I have thrown away boxes and receipts - because I have to keep telling myself that everything is going to be okay.
On the other hand, we were planning our "babymoon" and decided to stay states side because I will be almost 27 weeks when we are going and as long as we are in the US if something were to happen, I could deliver a baby that would survive.. Not as likely in Mexico or elsewhere..
I think we have to be cautiously optimistic.. I can't let the fears take over.. with every passing day.. and with every little kick I feel, I feel more and more confident that everything is going to be okay..
Mom to A and Z...
One grew under my heart and the other in it.....
I had my loss in Sept of 2001 at 20 weeks. I then went on to have thre more children and as you know I am expecting again. In my case, it never gets better. The fear of loss is in my head all the time. Every pain, twitch, etc I worry about and google. I was so bad with my last pregnancy that at my six-week check up my OB fired me. LOL. So I am with a new doctor going to deliver at a new hosptial and am fearful about that. For me the loss of my daughter all those years ago is a fresh today as it was then. BUT the good news is we will all deliver happy healthy babies in spite of our losses. That is what I tell myself. Good luck.
Wife to Edward, Mommy to J (16), J (^i^), J (6), F (3), I (1) and H (11/26)


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Aidan Quinn Net Worth: Aidan Quinn is an Irish-American actor who has a net worth of $9 million dollars. Aidan Quinn was born March 8, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. His first acting job came at the age of 19 in a Chicago theater and his film debut followed in 1984 in Reckless, also starring Daryl Hannah. His next film was Desperately Seeking Susan, starring Madonna and Rosanna Arquette. In 1986, he received an Emmy nomination for his role in the controversial NBC movie An Early Frost. Gradually, Quinn found a niche playing sensitive, intelligent male characters, often in supporting roles. Other notable film roles include Avalon, The Mission, Stakeout, Benny & Joon, Legends of the Fall, Frankenstein, Michael Collins and Practical Magic. In 1999, Quinn starred in the Ireland drama This Is My Father, a film written and directed by his brother Paul and shot by his brother Declan. In 2006, Quinn starred as an Episcopal priest in NBC's somewhat controversial series Book of Daniel. In 2000, Quinn portrayed Paul McCartney in the VH1 television drama, Two of Us. Quinn also appeared in the 2005 movie The Exonerated, a true story about people on death row who had been freed, in which Quinn played Kerry Max Cook. In 2007, Quinn received his second Emmy nomination for the television movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. In 2010, he played the important cameo role of William Rainsferd in the French-made film, Sarah's Key, a moving story set during World War II, alongside Kristin Scott Thomas. He starred as "Dermot" opposite Taylor Schilling (Abby) in the Canadian-Irish drama film Stay (2013). Quinn currently co-stars in the CBS Television series Elementary.
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Long ago we visited the Carlesbad carverns in New Mexico! It was truly unique and interesting!
Beautiful island and waters. Thanks P.J.
very idyllic scene!
amazing colors, and different feel from the one I took from the same vantage point.
Preciosa vista!
Amazing photo of this famous landmark. Like & Fave! Greetings from Pikes Peak! -JAK
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Magnificent tonalities & beautiful silhouettes! - Many Greetings.
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role confirmed
Confirming like a newbie!
*ignores the fact that she has contributed to the War Room for almost a year*
I'll sub! XD
Role confirmed.
Role confirmed.
Role gotten. Proceed with awesomeness!
Confirming my role
Just waiting on @stillboy and @**Derpy.McDerpy** to confirm and we can start.
1. @Sunburn;
2. @Shadows;
3. @Midorikawa;
4. @Dark Blueberry;
5. @Pokemaster97;
6. @Orion;
7. @stillboy;
8. @**Derpy.McDerpy**;
9. @GliscorMan;
10. @Sputnik;
@stillboy and @**Derpy.McDerpy** still need to confirm their roles.
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An anvil fell out of the sky last night and crushed Master Mew. Who would DO such a thing?! And to a wonderful, endearing
and handsomeperson like Master Mew?!
This was clearly the work of the dastardly Mafia. The once sleepy town of Newbieville has convened a special council to root out the vile scum that killed Master Mew - this was the last straw.
But beware... the enemy may be among you...
This phase will last 48 hours, ending at 11:59 PM U.S. CST on 1/10/2013. The player with the most votes on them at that point will be lynched and removed from the game.
Votes must be bolded and appear in this format: Vote: Master Mew
To switch your vote to someone else, first unvote like this: Unvote: Master Mew - then place your new vote (you can also unvote without voting for someone new).
Here's how to use the Bold tag: [B]Vote: Master Mew[/B]
Note: You don't have to get someone's name exactly right, as long as it's clear who you're voting for. For instance, Vote: Mew would also work.
Good luck and have fun!
Mentors: Please remember not to share any information with your partner that they couldn't have acquired on their own. Also, if you talk to each other about the game, please don't share your partner's alignment or role. I'd kind of prefer you didn't share who your partner was at all, but I realize some discussion is virtually inevitable. Use your best judgment and make sure that any discussion you have outside of the game doesn't impact the course of the game.
So it's Day 1?
Vote: Master Mew
Vote: No lynch
We don't know anything about anyone except ourselves right now. We would have to get extremely lucky to hit a mafioso on day 1, so I would rather not risk it. Besides, this game is really kind of small. XD
Role Confirmed!!


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Tiger gets his thinking cap ready for St. Andrews
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – Tiger Woods relishes the
cerebral aspect of links course golf provided by British Opens.
The world number one, who romped to victory by eight shots
in the 2000 championship at St Andrews, believes the game is
most enjoyable when players have to plot their way around the
humps, bumps and pot bunkers of Open layouts.
"That's how golf is meant to be played," the 29-year-old
American told a news conference on Tuesday as he prepared for
Thursday's opening round at St Andrews.
"It's always more fun when you have to think your way
around a golf course, instead of just getting up and hitting it
and who cares where it goes.
"Golf is meant to be more cerebral, you have to use your
head to get around. And I think that's the fun part.
"You have to think, and you have to try to get an
understanding of how far the ball is going to run, which is an
element you generally don't have to worry about.
"There is an element of a little bit of luck, too, on what
side of the mound you land on. If you hit the correct shot,
though, it will always be okay."
Woods, who clinched his ninth career major at the U.S.
Masters in April, will start the 134th British Open as firm
favorite with his prodigious length off the tee and brilliant
short game ideally suited to the challenge of St Andrews.
When he won the 2000 championship with a record
19-under-par total of 269, conditions were benign all week.
With similar weather expected over the next five days, Woods
predicts another spree of low scoring over the Fife seaside
"The golf course is pretty quick," he said. "The fairways
are fast, the greens are firm and we haven't got any wind yet.
"The greens are at a speed where you can be aggressive, but
they are firm and it will be interesting to see where they put
the pins, over the knobs or on the corners.
"But that would be the only defense if the wind doesn't
blow, otherwise the guys are going to shoot some pretty low
Woods, who spent most of last year revamping his swing with
coach Hank Haney, is excited that his efforts have reaped early
"The end of last year was a big step for me," he said. "To
have put the pieces together and to win a big tournament (the
Dunlop Phoenix) like I did in Japan, after going all through
the changes with Hank.
"Then to start off this year with a couple of early wins
before I got to Augusta and then to win another major
championship, that's always nice."
"I have had good finishes in my last three events, which
was nice," he added. "I know I am swinging well coming into the
event. It's just a matter of building on what I've been doing."
Woods is scheduled to tee off with Spaniard Jose Maria
Olazabal and Australia's Robert Allenby at 0820 local time
(0720 GMT) in the opening round.


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Mobile SoC TAM to Exceed 3.1 Billion Devices in 2015, Says NPD In-Stat
Driven by consumer's desire to be connected anywhere and anytime and the ever increasing access to any and every type of content, the electronics industry continues to change rapidly.
Scottsdale, Ariz. (PRWEB) December 14, 2011
Driven by consumer's desire to be connected anywhere and anytime and the ever increasing access to any and every type of content, the electronics industry continues to change rapidly. A key dynamic of this change is the continued push for a rich visual experience on any size screen. This desired experience continues to push the limits of current mobile SoCs and makes the graphics processing unit (GPU) one of the most critical components in the design and differentiation of the SoC and consumer devices. New NPD In-Stat (http://www.instat.com) research forecasts that these trends will push the mobile SoC TAM to over 3.1 billion devices in 2015, up from 2 billion in 2010. Devices that may require a mobile SoC include basic/feature cellphones, smartphones, notebook PCs, mini-note PCs (netbooks), tablets, digital still cameras, mp3 players, personal navigation devices, e-readers, handheld game consoles, digital camcorders, and portable media players.
âœThe shift toward graphical user interfaces and media-rich content in entertainment and computing has pushed multimedia acceleration, including graphics, video, and audio, in electronic devices from a simple coâ"processing function to the forefront of semiconductor and system design,â says Jim McGregor, Research Director. âœThis change has been driven by richer content, higher accessibility to content over the Internet, industry standards, new technologies, and increased communication bandwidth. These advancements, however, also come with the challenges of increased complexity, increased performance requirements, and constraints in power, size, and cost.â
Key research findings include:
- There are three driver/magnet platforms in the mobile segment – smartphones, tablets, and notebooks PCs – that will grow at a CAGR of 25.7% as compared to 8.7% for the overall mobile market
- Only 40% of the mobile SoC TAM will use at least one dedicated GPUs in 2011. It is important to note that both the number of SoCs using GPUs is increasing and the number of GPU cores per SoC is increasing throughout the forecast period.
- Intel and Imagination lead the GPU market because of their dominance in PCs and smartphones, respectively. Combined, the two are projected to comprise 61.3% of the GPU Technology Mobile Serviceable Available Market in 2011.
- The division between PC and mobile CE GPUs will narrow in the future, increasing the competition between GPU technologies.
New NPD In-Stat research, Mobile Graphics: Smartphones Beat the Drum to Which All Markets March (#IN1105075SI) provides a comprehensive look at the graphics or GPUs (graphics processing units) with a strong emphasis on the integrated or intellectual property (IP) solutions that are available for mobile consumer electronic (CE) devices.
The forecasts in this report include:
- Five year mobile graphics TAM by mobile device platform
- CE devices forecast include: cellphones, smartphones, notebook PCs, tablets, digital cameras, MP3 players, personal navigation devices (PNDs), e-readers, handheld game consoles, digital camcorders, portable media players (PMPs), and mini-note PC (netbooks).
- 2010 and estimated projected for 2011 vendor/GPU technology market shares for smartphones, notebook PCs, tablets, e-readers, handheld game consoles, portable media players (PMPs), and mini-note PCs (netbooks).
- Vendor profiles including: AMD, ARM, Digital Media Professionals (DMP), Imagination Technologies, Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Vivante.
This research is part of NPD In-Statâs Mobile Technology service, which provides analysis of the market for technologies, IP and semiconductors that enable next generation mobile devices, including processors, graphics, modems, GPS, displays, memory, storage, operating systems, software, and human interfaces.
About NPD In-Stat
With nearly 30 years of history in research and consulting, NPD In-Statâs market intelligence combines technical, market and end-user research and database models to analyze the Mobile Internet and Digital Entertainment ecosystems. The companyâs insights are derived from a deep understanding of technology impacts and direct relationships with leading players in each of its core markets. NPD In-Stat provides its research through reports, annual subscriptions, consulting and advisory services to inform customers to make critical decisions. Technology vendors, equipment manufacturers, service providers and media companies worldwide rely on NPD In-Stat to support critical business, product and technology decisions. For more information on NPD In-Stat, visit http://www.instat.com.
About The NPD Group, Inc.
The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,800 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information, contact us or visit http://www.npd.com and http://www.npdgroupblog.com. Follow us on Twitter at @npdtech and @npdgroup.
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Ciara got a very unpleasant surprise while she was performing at the 2013 L.A. Pride parade this weekend.
A West Hollywood gay club called The Factory is taking CiCi to court over allegedly pulling a no-show for her scheduled June 7 gig. The bar made a show of serving her with papers as an official handed her court documents alerting her to the suit while she was performing for the crowd on Saturday night.
Ciara was in the middle of singing "Promise" for eager, excited fans in Los Angeles when an unknown woman handed her papers. Ciara promptly dropped the lawsuit and went back to singing as if she had not been notified that The Factor intended to haul her into court. What a pro!
While Ciara has declined comment on the suit herself, her legal team did issue a statement to TMZ.com. "Ciara's commitment to perform at L.A. Gay Pride on Saturday night prevented her from making such a Friday night appearance," CiCi's rep explained. "Despite being notified early last week that Ciara could not appear, The Factory continued to market and promote Ciara's appearance."
Ciara's camp places full responsibility for the misunderstanding on the club, and questions why The Factory would allegedly attempt to lie to their customers. "The reason for the continued marketing/promotion is unclear," said Ciara's rep, "as it is not known why The Factory would intend to continue to mislead the public, to cause damage to the L.A. Gay Pride festival and to attempt to portray Ciara in a negative light."
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Bobby Jindal, creationist Governor of Louisiana, has endorsed Rick Perry, creationist Governor of Texas, for President of the United States. It's not surprising. They are two of the most prominent creationist Governors in the country, and Louisiana and Texas are creationist hotbeds. They have a lot in common, and so do their states.
Both the Louisiana and Texas State Boards of Education were recently embroiled in fights over creationism and biology textbooks. Both Governors can empathize with each other that their state's biology textbooks were not replaced with creationist materials.
Governor Jindal can also give Governor Perry lessons on how to sneak creationism into public school science classes. Back in 2008, Governor Jindal signed the misnamed and misguided Louisiana Science Education Act. The Louisiana Science Education Act allows creationism to be brought into public school science classrooms.
Despite that the Texas legislature didn't manage to pass its own unconstitutional creationism bill, Governor Perry is trigger happy when it comes to creationism. He recently claimed, "In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
Neither Perry nor Jindal seem to realize how vital teaching evolution is. Biotech is going to be one of major technologies of the future. In New Orleans, they are working hard to grow their biodistrict. If Louisiana wants its science and technology industries to grow and its kids to work in them, we need to teach our students evolution.
At Rice University, I live directly across the street from the largest medical complex in the world. If Rick Perry wants Texas kids to get good jobs Houston's hospitals, he is going to have to allow them to be taught evolution. Otherwise they won't get those jobs. And the dynamism of Houston's medical center could be threatened.
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As a big Goodwill shopper, I hate to pay retail (even on sale) for gift wrap, tissue paper, gift bags, bows, etc. But my collection of such (in slightly used, good enough to re-use condition), plus assorted empty boxes, becomes huge and I want to hoard. What do you do?
What do you do about gift wrap?
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I don't do bows or ribbon at all. 2 years ago I got my mom's hand me down gift bags and everything went in that. I wish I got the Sunday paper because I would just do comics for everything. I say hoard until Christmas, then throw everything leftover out. ? Not sure if that helps or not. :)
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I have in the past used brown or white paper and had my DD decorate it. This obviously doesn't work for every present. For others, I used plain brown paper and some twine. Once I've used the last of my stash, I'm going to do just that. We will decorate the plain paper as appropriate. Maybe we can get creative for non-family non-kid friends. I may keep string and/or one roll of ribbon. The rest I'm tossing after Christmas. I've collected waaaay too many bags.
Mommy to DD (July 2009) and DS (Nov 2011)
This year I am wrapping as many gifts as possible with computer paper. Whatever doesn't fit in that size is getting wrapped in an inside out brown paper bag. I am doing a NO BUY Christmas except for my kids 4 presents each.
We have a container that holds wrapping paper and a 4 drawer organizer. If it fits in there, it stays. If it doesn't, it gets tossed. I haven't minimalized the wrapping too much yet, but when I run out of paper, we are going to brown bags. I have loads of ribbon (in my minimalist mind that is) to dress for different occassions.
A few years ago my ex and I used newspaper for wrapping paper.
That same year, after Christmas, I found wrapping paper for a quarter a roll on clearance at Walgreens and I bought enough to fill a tall wrapping paper storage thingy. I've yet to have to buy more since then. I don't have a huge family or get lots of presents though. And gifts from Santa don't come wrapped (at least they never did when I was growing up), so that minimized the wrapping paper (and and clean up and waste). I think what I might like to do is perhaps after Christmas this year, when everything's on clearance, purge what I have left of gift wrap to my ex's mom since she's like THE holiday queen and just get a few reusable Christmas themed grocery bags. Then each year just tie on a new gift tag with ribbon around the straps.
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i keep bags and tissue paper we receive al in one big gift bag. its not a lot at all, maybe 10 bags or so, no one buys us anything anymore. for wrapping paper, i'm thesame way, i will only buy it if ts like $1i just cannot spend on it. but the stuff i have is in one of the tall rubbermaid things made for it w/ scissors and a roll of tape
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My stepmother-in-law has the same problem! She reuses gift bags and bows from year to year, but she has quite a collection of them, an entire bin!
Maybe you could purge some bags that you own, or (better) turn them into a craft project for the kiddos? All that colourful paper and ribbons could make excellent homemade christmas cards for family...
Personally, I don't store giftwrap or bows. The best "wrapping" for a present, IMHO, is hiding it behind your back. Since we don't do seasonal gifts, wrapping is not needed most of the time. We just surprise each other with gifts.
Occasionally, when I do need giftwrap, I use store flyers, or just plain newspaper. And, back in kindergarten I was taught to make fairly decent bows out of some strips of newspaper and a stapler... :D I'm sure you can find tons of tutorials on Youtube.
When I was little, whenever I was given a present, my mom would put it on the chair next to my bed at night when i was sleeping, so it'd be the first thing I see when I wake up. I loved it! So it's what I do with Eleanor. Again, no wrapping needed.
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Wrapping paper is a great plaything, though. We "inherited" a couple of rolls from the previous owners, and Eleanor had a few evenings of absolute bliss playing with it.
It's colourful! And it rips! And it crinkles! And if you get a big piece, you can make a tent out of it! And mommy can fold it and make a hat! Which you can WEAR!! And when you ball it up you make a ball!! Which you can throw! And it's wrapped around looong paper tubes!!! Which can be used as swords!! Or telescopes! OMG!
It's not something I would buy on purpose (kind of wasteful, imo), but if you ever need to purge any christmas wrapping paper, giving it to your toddler would guarrantee several hours of extatic fun.
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For Christmas wrap, I have a bin that I store in the attic. It's getting depleted. But since we've bought less gifts it's lasting a lot longer. I had gotten in the habit of buying wrap right after christmas. I'd wait until the after christmas sales were over, and the grocery store would put it down to a quarter or .50cents and I'd buy it up. I also have curling ribbon I bought ages ago that I use if I feel like it, or not. We also would save the fronts of xmas cards, and reuse them for tags on the package. I have everythings, boxes, tissue paper, bags etc.
We also have spools/rolls of paper that we use for Aidens artwork. He paints it up, and then we use that for wrapping paper. I've been known to use comics, brown paper bags decorated up with stickers, or kids coloring, or handprints.
So, I doubt that I'll buy any paper this year for anything. Last year I had ordered stuff on Amazon and had it sent straight to the kids house. I told each dd that it was not wrapped inside of the cardboard due to cost of having it wrapped being beyond my sensibilities. It was their choice to put it under the tree in the amazon box, or open it and wrap it themselves if they wanted. LOL! Cheap ol' grandma. I think they both got the idea that the kids just don't care at all.
We too have hid it behind our backs, hidden it in the house and played hot and cold, and in times of emergency, just left it in the grocery store bag it came in. In those cases, they sit down and have to close their eyes, and by touch only try to guess what it is.
It always seems to add fun to the whole thing.
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ROSSITER — The Rossiter Miners' Federation League baseball team will host the second-annual Breast Cancer Awareness Tournament today and Sunday at Shaffer Field in Rossiter.
Four games will be played in the tournament this weekend, with three games featuring the hometown Miners.
All proceeds from food and beverage sales will go toward the Walker's Warriors Relay for Life team. There will also be silent auctions and raffles, with a pink bat autographed by Punxsy native and current Cincinnati Reds prospect Devin Mesoraco being the main piece raffled off.
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May 21, 1941, she married Peter J. Bianco, who preceded her in death Feb. 5, 2001.
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Ray Smith, PennDOT project manager, said the first bridge will be replaced with a concrete bridge, and the second will be replaced with a galvanized box culvert.
Smith said the bridge project is supposed to be bid in December, with construction to begin in April. Completion is scheduled for the fall of 2012.
When one of the characters in "The Skin of Our Teeth" decides she doesn't like the situation that is unfolding, she brings the scene to a halt much to the dismay of those around her. Audiences will learn what happens next when they attend a performance of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning satiric fantasy that opens at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the auditorium of Punxsutawney Area Middle School. The Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild will stage the show again at 2 p.m. Sunday, and it will continue next week with nightly performances at 7:30 p.m. June 30, July 1 and 2.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Alli Ishman was on point all game long, and the Punxsy Little League softball All-Stars cruised to a tournament-opening 15-0 victory in four innings over Brockway Thursday night at Harry Noerr Field in Punxsutawney.
Ishman was dominant, striking out the first five batters she faced and throwing a one-hitter. Ishman was one out away from a no-hitter when Anndi Bartlett hit a liner in the hole that glanced off a reaching Punxsy third baseman Brayden Woodrow. Ishman then retired Savannah Terwilliger to end the game.
Punxsy's Devon Luzell (12) and Zak Dickey will compete in the 27th-annual Lezzer Lumber Football Classic at 7 p.m. tonight at Bald Eagle Area Alumni Field in Wingate. Punxsy's Ben Blazavich was also selected to play in the game, but is unable to attend due to a prior engagement.
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Mr. Woodarek was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a retired employee from the CSX Railroad, where he worked as a conductor.
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- 1 teaspoon(s) sugar
- 1 tablespoon(s) cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon(s) low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon(s) water
- 2 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 pound(s) flank steak, sliced into thin strips
- 1/2 cup(s) low-sodium soy sauce (do not used regular as final result will be too salty)
- 2 tablespoon(s) brown sugar
- 4 clove(s) garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoon(s) flour
- 1 tablespoon(s) sherry
- 3 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil
- 2 head(s) broccoli, crowns only
- 1. Whisk first 6 ingredients (through the first vegetable oil) together in large bowl. Stir flank steak strips into the marinade to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour then proceed with step 2.
- 2. When ready for dinner, in a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, flour, and sherry until smooth. Set aside.
- 3. In large wok or saute pan, heat 2 Tb vegetable oil over high heat until shimmering. Add broccoli and saute 3 minutes, stirring often. Transfer broccoli to a plate.
- 4. Carefully add the remaining Tb of oil to the hot pan. Add the marinated meat and half the sauce mixture and saute for 3-4 minutes, stirring often, until the meat is cooked through and no longer pink. Stir in the broccoli and remaining sauce. Saute 1 minute more. Serve.
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game crash when using tri-linear filtering
actually i'm using a computer with an asus k7m motherboard (irongate chipset) and a geforce 2 gts with a mandrake 9.1 RC1 distro & the nvidia 1.0-4191 driver.
I have really no stability problem (although the irongate chipsets cause apparently problems as told in the driver README), except when I use tri-linear filtering on all linux games like ut 2003, quake 3, ... !!!
PC crashes completly after a random amount of time (but rather quickly) :-(
I tried with a lot of different kernels and XFree versions, but behaviour stays the same. I can use bi-linear filtering and all graphic options set to the max (and so stress the PC) without any problem, so it's quite strange that only tri-linear filtering makes my PC unstable !
Is it a known problem, or i am alone in that case ???
Is it a bug, or is it the geforce 2 gts + k7m that don't support correctly tri-linear filtering ?
Does it give a solution ?
Thanx :)
I reply to myself, just to tell that it wasn't a driver bug. In fact, the fan on the geforce 2 was dead :(
Impressing that the card didn't burn !
Sorry and thanx.
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Beautifully reformed one bedroom apartment with additional sofa bed in the quaint and bustling old town of Port Sóller. For those with no wish to drive, the location of this apartment is ideal. On the first floor with views overlooking the yachts, and only steps away from Port Sóller's varied selection of restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, boutiques, and the only sand beach on the north west coast, a car is not a requirement.
The stylishly decorated apartment comprises of one double bedroom situated to the rear of the building, a large living room with fold out bed and French window overlooking the marina, fully equipped kitchen, dining room to seat 6, bathroom with shower and adjoining utility area with washing machine and dryer.
Air conditioning is provided throughout. Many thoughtful touches are also included such as quality towels and linen, stylish soft furnishings, a hair dryer and a small welcome pack.
From the doorstep, you have the option to take the ferry to the not to be missed locations of Sa Calobra and Torrent de Pareis. On the beach windsurfers are available as are pedloes and kayaks. Surrounding the horse shoe bay is a wealth of easy and challenging hiking trails as well as rock climbing and from the Port quality mountain bikes and racing bicycles can be hired.
With so much to do and such an array of restaurants there is no reason to leave Port Sóller, however, a tram ride into Sóller town is a 'must'. And if you wish to go further, from Sóller you can opt to take the antique train into the centre of Palma or taxis can be taken to explore the neighbouring coastal towns of Deia and Valldemossa or the pretty mountain village of Fornalutx.
I am Mallorquin and live locally in Soller. I have 5 properties in total that I furbish and let for holiday purposes. It is my intention that our guests feel at home, have everything they would expect when coming on holiday and like to add little touches to make our guests feel more welcome.
We have had this property for a number of years and until now it was let on a long term basis. We felt it would be a good location for holiday makers with such a beautiful view and great location.
The apartment is in the heart of the fishing port, in Santa Catalina, the old town of Port Soller. With beautiful views over the marina and out towards the mountains, coupled with the proximity to restaurants, beach and shops, makes the apartment very appealing.
The apartment is in a fabulous position and is so spacious .It is perfect in every way ,spotlessly clean with wifi and eveything you would need .Couldnt fault a thing .
Traveling with two small children, we found this to be a great place for us. Not only was the location wonderful, the space was ideal for our brood. The pull out beds were comfortable and yet gave our kids plenty of room to roam when we weren't all sleeping. The views over the port were gorgeous and one night we had a 2 hour impromptu serenade from a musician in the plaza across the way. It was really perfect in every way.
Enormous apartment overlooking the marina - couldn't be in a better location in Port Soller. Tastefully decorated, clean, bright - fully furnished, its got everything you'd need and more. Shops, cafes, supermarkets, all the activities on your doorstep. We were mainly surprised by how big and bright it was and the fact that it is in such good shape! Great place - would love to go back!!
Port Sóller is situated beneath the magnificent Tramuntana mountain range and boasts the only sand beach on the west coast. Additionally there are ample restaurants, cafes, bars and a large variety of shops, all within walking distance of the apartment. The bustling and very attractive town of Sóller is 3km away and can be reached by tram.
Sóller and the Port are only a forty minute drive from Palma Airport, and have good connections with railway, tram and bus services. The valley and its surrounding mountain range, the 'Serra de Tramuntana', is a favourite destination for people from all over the world, especially those who enjoy walking, nature, ecotourism, swimming or simply a peaceful rest away from the hustle and bustle of the better-known tourist traps. If you are feeling energetic you can hire bicycles, kayaks or a guide to take you hiking on the numerous trails through this region.
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And no journalist, anywhere in the world, has done more, in his repeated trips to Darfur, to show the monstrous, insatiable face of this genocide than Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times as in this March 14 column:
"It is brutally demoralizing for people in these villages to be hunted down as if they were wild beasts, to have their children pulled from their arms and thrown into burning huts. But we should be just as demoralized by our own indifference. The shame belongs not to the good people of Darfur and Chad, but to ourselves."
The organizers and participants in the April 30 Washington "Rally to Stop Genocide" are, to say the least, not indifferent. And by April 30, the Save Darfur Coalition expects to have at least a million postcards to send to George W. Bush from its Million Voices postcards campaign (you can sign an electronic Million Voices card at savedarfur.org: click on "Million Voices for Darfur"). This is the postcard:
"Dear President Bush: During your first year in the White House, you wrote in the margins of a report on the Rwandan genocide, ' Not on my watch.' I urge you to live up to those words by using the power of your office to support a stronger multinational force to protect the civilians of Darfur."
The president is making a lot of speeches to lift his poll ratings. Can't he find time for one to save the survivors in Darfur?
The New York Times says it took nearly a million dollars from bloody Khartoum in its "strong belief" that "all pages of the paper . . . must remain open to the free flow of ideas . . . [but] we do not endorse the politics . . . or actions . . . or the character of [the country's] leaders."
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CONVOY – Crestview boys basketball coach Jeremy Best has been around long enough to know that you can't predict how a team will play just by how they look before a game.
But he thought he saw something he liked when he looked in the Knights' eyes before their battle of state-ranked teams with Lima Central Catholic on Friday night. And he liked what he saw once the game started even better, when Crestview dominated the Thunderbirds 66-54.
"The whole night I saw a look in our kids' eyes. You can say that but it has to have some validity to it. I just thought our kids had a good look in their eyes, I thought they were real confident," Best said.
"That doesn't mean you're going to win the game but we knew what we wanted to and fortunately tonight it worked out."
Crestview (9-0) came into the game ranked No. 2 in Division IV in The Associated Press boys basketball poll. LCC (9-1) was the third-ranked team in Division III.
Damian Helm scored 25 points and Cam Etzler had 11 points to lead Crestview, which never was behind in the game.
Xavier Simpson scored 19 points and Martyce Kimbrough had 16 points, but the Thunderbirds weren't able to get their two top scorers on the same page. Fifteen of Simpson's point came in the first half and Kimbrough had all but four of his points in the second half.
"When you want to beat a fundamental team on the offensive and the defensive end, you're going to have to play just like them. You're going to have to play fundamental," LCC coach Frank Kill said.
"We didn't play very fundamental tonight. We didn't get a lot of good shots, we didn't get (defensive) stops when we needed to," he said.
Crestview, a 20-win team a year ago with its five top scorers from that team back this season, went to Helm, a 6-foot, 4-inch senior post player early and often and kept coming back to him.
"Coach always tells me to be aggressive. Once I got a couple Coach just told me to keep driving, keep driving, keep making plays," Helm said. "Coach talked about believing. We've got a ton of tough guys who came together and played well as a team tonight."
When Etzler, who missed all six of his shots in the first half, put in 11 points in the second half, the Knights became an even tougher matchup for LCC. And it wasn't just those two, with every starter producing at least six points and Isiah Simerman getting off the bench for eight points overall.
"We really tried to get it to Damo, he can put it on the floor, and he's a tough matchup," Best said about Helm. "Those two (Helm and Etzler) are our senior leaders, and they had to manage the game for us. But it was a total group effort."
The game began ominously for LCC when it had turnovers on six of its first possessions.
Even with all the mistakes, Crestview led only 4-2 when the Thunderbirds regained their composure. But the mistakes might have helped create that look Best saw in his team's eyes.
"That gave us some energy. Last year I remember we got in a hole and they kind of capitalized on that," Etzler said.
Crestview needed all the energy it could muster on Wednesday afternoon when the Knights had a 2 ½ -hour practice.
"We did a lot of defensive drills in that 2 ½ hour practice. It was probably one of the best and most intense practices we've had. Coach watched film on film on film on these guys and he knew the scouting report. We did a nice job on the defensive end," Etzler said.
LCC was down only 28-26 at halftime but a big third quarter sent Crestview out to a 46-34 lead going into the final eight minutes. LCC got the margin down to eight points twice in the fourth quarter but that was as close as it could get.


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As part of the digital design showcase we are running with Represent, we interviewed Marc Kremers and found him in an unflinching mood as he detailed some of the issues he felt were affecting the industry. Such was the reaction to Marc's piece both on the microsite and social media, we have decided (with his permission) to republish an excerpt of his interview here. You can add your thoughts using the comment thread below, and check out the dedicated digital design showcase here.
Sound the trumpets, ring the bells and fire the cannons – Here 2015 officially launches today! Our one-day symposium featuring the some of the world's most exciting creative talent returns to the splendid surroundings of the Royal Geographical Society in west London on Friday 12 June.
Alright lads and lasses! The new-look podcast is back again with 24 minutes of art and design themed chinwagging for your delectation. We kick off with a predictably leftfield opening question from illustrator, artist and former It's Nice That Graduate Edward Monaghan about the purpose of art and its future. Yeah we went there!
This month's Nicer Tuesdays will take on publishing, bringing together four creatives who are each pushing the boundaries in their own unique way.
Diaries out everyone and be quick about it – we're pleased to announce the date of our summer symposium Here! Returning once again to the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Geographical Society in west London, Here 2015 will take place on Friday 12 June.
This Sunday night sees the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots in Superbowl XLIX. Yeah us neither. But it does make us think that more stuff should use Roman numerals. They're cool. They're confusing. They make even the most mundane event seem electrifyingly exciting. What if the early 2000s boyband Five had actually been called V. They'd probably be massive now. Or Enid Blyton could have written The Secret VII. Where were we? Oh yeah, some great stuff to read and watch from the past seven days. Once more into the fray!
The intern debate is still one of the most talked-about issues whenever we meet young designers. This week Robert Bye wrote an interesting article about why, after three months interning in a design consultancy, he believes doing crappy jobs did sometimes make sense.
Following this week's news that plain cigarette packaging could be introduced in England as soon as next year, Studio Minerva co-founder and creative strategy lead Silas Amos tells us about the designs that made his relationship with smoking "always equally one with the branding."
Earlier this week James Blunt's open letter to shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant went viral, in which the musician hit back at the MP's assertion that the arts was dominated by those from privileged backgrounds. But Jonathan Wakeham of Arts Emergency and The London Comedy Film Festival believes James' (admittedly amusing) letter missed the point. As ever you can add your thoughts using the comments thread below.
Branding agency Morillas' chief executive officer Marc Morillas considers the way advertising agencies commandeer symbols of protest for use in advertising campaigns and commercial branding. What do you think about the reappropriation of these symbols? As ever, you can add your comments in the discussion thread below.
January can be a tough month, all credit card bills, hangovers and grotty weather, which is why Nicer Tuesdays will be back in the first month of 2015 to present four talks on humour!
If your New Year's resolutions include being sensible with your cash and owning more great creative stuff, then have we got the sale for you. Just before Christmas we went through our storeroom and decided to reduce the amount of archive stuff we keep, so for one day only this Friday we're opening the doors of our east London studio where we'll be selling off magazines, books and T-shirts from just £1!
The final Nicer Tuesdays of the year took place last night and we were joined by six speakers who have all had particularly interesting and exciting years.
At our food-themed Nicer Tuesdays, we enjoyed some left of centre culinary insight from Ken Kirton of the wonderful Hato Press, the risograph printers behind books like Studio Cookbook and the recent Cooking with Scorsese, a wonderful little publication that turns the idea of the cookbook on its head. Instead of recipes, we get stills from food-focussed films that encourage readers to look at cooking through a different, more cinematic lens. "There's no step-by-step ingredients list – it's all screenshots and subtitles," said Ken.
It's been a weird week. The wind down for Christmas always feels a bit like a steam train running out of…steam. One last push, one last heave through illness, emails, tidy-ups and secret santas then it's time to get blaringly drunk, embarrass yourself in front of your colleagues and go home to let someone care for you until it all starts all over again. I don't think that sounds too bad, do you? Here's some brain fodder to keep you going for the final hump…
The It's Nice That Annual is our way of celebrating some our favourite articles from the site over the past 12 months in printed form. You know this, right? Well this year for the first time we've also launched a dedicated It's Nice that Annual website to give people a sense of what they can expect from our big, bright blue book of creative brilliance.
At last month's food-themed Nicer Tuesdays our first speaker was Caroline Till from multi-disciplinary design studio FranklinTill, which curated the Sensory Suppers at London Design Festival 2011. The idea was born, Caroline said, from a reaction she was hearing among designers, journalists and visitors to LDF that they wanted "no more chairs." She explained: "There's a rise for intangible experiences – we wanted to redesign how you interact with food."
We are every possible kind of delighted to introduce the 2014 It's Nice That Annual which is now available to buy. It's big, it's blue and it's back for the third year with more creative work than ever packed into its 300-plus pages.
At last month's Nicer Tuesdays our final speakers were Lee Belcher and David McKendrick – formerly of Wallpaper* and Esquire respectively – whose new venture B.A.M. has just redesigned the magazine for art auction house Christie's. The pair talked us through how they developed the new look and feel, mainly by immersing themselves in the Christie's archives.
The It's Nice That Annual is a celebration of 12 months' worth of sheer creative brilliance, and so it was great to collaborate on the book with a partner who shares the same values when it comes to art and design excellence, Moreover G . F Smith has had a big year itself, with its terrific new rebrand by Made Thought unveiled back in April.
For the final Nicer Tuesdays of the year we're returning with a very special evening of talks celebrating some of the creative highlights of 2014.
Here we are again, another Friday, another reason to sit back and catch up on what you may have missed from the last five days of creative gloriousness we've been putting before your lucky little peepers this week. Enjoy.
For the past couple of weeks our Behind The Screens feature has been exploring the world of online publishing, paying tribute to some of the best sites around by talking to the people that make them what they are. From Dezeen to Booooooom, Pitchfork to NOWNESS we've been thrilled to hear so many insights about an area we believe doesn't get the credit it deserves.
In the past couple of years we've featured hundreds of great creative projects in our Annuals but rarely have we heard from those who've made an impact on the art and design world – until now. For 2014, we've interspersed the Annual with short Q&A interviews with 50 creatives who have impressed and inspired us over the past 12 months.
Some things change, while some beat on ceaselessly, boats against the current and the Studio Audience podcast falls firmly in the latter camp. This week we looked at apparent plans for new-look, hipster-fied KFC restaurants here in the UK, we discussed the final instalment of Monument Valley and we discussed Tate Modern's extraordinary new war photography show Conflict. Time. Photography, touching on this review from The Telegraph.
A constant refrain when putting together the It's Nice That Annual is to keep the creative work front and centre. This isn't about us; it's about the stunning, mesmerising, funny, thought-provoking, charming, painstaking and fascinating projects that we're proud to showcase in all their glory. This year though we decided to go one better, and from the off we all agreed that it would be great if each cover carried a piece of art and design that could then be found within the book.
Food was on the proverbial table at last night's Nicer Tuesdays, with four speakers who engaged in all-things-edible talking us though their work in experiential food design; print and publishing; illustration and, perhaps most obscurely, edible insects.
And so the week is winding down and we're all having a little jig thinking about the wonders and delights the next two days has to offer. But before we leave y'all, check out some things what we did this week and then the usual feckless collection of the weird and wonderful bits and bobs that made it into our eyes this week. There may or may not be a crow doing winter sports (there is).
At last month's Nicer Tuesdays we were joined by photographer Dan Tobin Smith who talked us through his extraordinary London Design Festival installation of colour-coded clutter called The First Law Of Kipple. "LDF is always about new things – a slightly different kind of chair – so it was interesting to extend it to things that are kind of useless," Dan explained. He talked us through his inspirations rooted in an interest in the laws of thermodynamics, and the practical considerations such as drawing up a definitive definition of what actually constituted kipple. But at its heart the piece had very universal appeal – "We can all relate to this idea of stuff," Dan said.
This week the regular pod team were scattered by a combination of illness and holidays but we managed to find some 24-carat replacements. We chatted about the Kim Kardashian Paper Magazine cover shot by Jean-Paul Goude, as well as reflecting on the event we held this week at London College of Communication to explore whether there is a gap between design educattion and the creative industries.
It's Chrrrrrriiiiissssstttttmmmmmaaaaaasssssssss! Ok it's not really, but there are certain milestones that begin the countdown to the festive season and in our own small way we hope the arrival of the It's Nice That Annual is one of them. Designed this year by the excellent Studio Makgill, the Annual is back and it's bigger and better than ever before.
Nicer Tuesdays is back, and this month we are joined by four creatives who are exploring the world of food in unique and inspiring ways.
At October's art themed Nicer Tuesdays we heard from Jessica Vaughan, programme coordinator at Studio Voltaire. She looked at the difference between commissioning and curating and explained that at Studio Voltaire, "there is a huge emphasis on risk-taking, and putting the artist at the centre of everything we do." Focusing on their latest show with Turner Prize nominee Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Jessica explained how she helps bring this challenging and provocative work to life. "I work with artists not art objects to make things happen, she said, but conceded, "as a curator you do spend a lot of time thinking about funding."
Ahead of a panel discussion we're hosting at London College of Communication next week we're keen to explore whether the gap between design schools and the creative industries is a problem that needs addressing. You can add your thoughts using the discussion thread below…
Last month we held an evening of talks at Mother London to showcase some of our favourite creative projects made possible through crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Since it launched in 2009, it's no exaggeration to say the organisation has changed the way the creative world works and it was great to hear from some of those who had made the most of the new opportunities Kickstarter offers.
First up at our art-themed Nicer Tuesdays we heard from Neil Griffiths, founder of the Arts Emergency charity. Describing himself as "part uncle, part agitator, part administrator," his organisation was born out of " a lot of passion and lot of anger." Its mission is to open up careers in the creative and media industries to people who don't enjoy the privileges that often give certain people a head start. From this simple idea the charity has grown to working with thousands of young people offering one-to-one mentoring and practical help like UCAS advice and vocal coaching for auditions. "We have got a toxic situation," Neil explained in terms of financial cuts for arts education," so we are doing something very practical and very positive."
The Weekender is like the online equivalent of the bucket full of sweets that your mum keeps next to the front door on Halloween to hurl at the kids who come trick or treating. Except we've replaced the treats with art and design, so you'll have to get your calories elsewhere. As the Criminologist says, "I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey." Off we go then!
Last night's Nicer Tuesdays was themed around art and we welcomed four speakers who looked at the topic from the perspectives of education, research, curation and publication.
To stop you losing any more precious minutes when we lose an hour on Sunday, here at It's Nice That we've kindly gathered all the important stuff you should be wrapping your eyes around before they're left sadly squinting in darkness. You know because we're nice like that. Let us be your light. Here's The Weekender.
At last month's photo-themed Nicer Tuesdays we were joined by Luke Evans, a photographer, designer and one of our 2014 Graduates. Luke gave us a funny and honest account of three of his projects, from swallowing photographic film and creating landscapes on his kitchen table to printing with 400,000 volts. Outlining the fun and the challenges of working on what he called "super low-budget stuff," his talk confirmed the importance of following through with ideas, however daft they may initially seem. "There were tonnes and tonnes of failures," he admitted.


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CHANDIGARH: After receiving the reply to the show-cause notice issued to actress Soha Ali Khan in the case regarding alleged misuse of her weapon by her father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the Gurgaon district administration on Wednesday gave her opportunity of personal hearing on April 25.
Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner said that Ms. Khan can come to his office on April 25 for a personal hearing. He disclosed that in her reply to the show-cause notice she had pleaded that she was not guilty of preparation of arms licence when she was under age.
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