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Android co-founder Rich Miner joins mobile Internet debate at The Open Mobile Summit Mobile and Internet heavyweights meet in San Francisco in 3 weeks for annual conference The Open Mobile Summit Business Wire SAN FRANCISCO -- October 15, 2012 Open Mobile Media today announced a new Keynote speaker for The Open Mobile Summit conference in San Francisco November 7-9. Rich Miner, co-founder of Android and Investing Partner, Google Ventures will keynote on November 7^th. He joins Anand Chandrasekher CMO Qualcomm, David Marcus President PayPal, Warren East CEO ARM, plus the CEOs of Glu, Pandora, Box and more for a far reaching discussion about the future of the mobile Internet. "I'm delighted that Rich Miner can join the debate this year" said Robin Batt, conference founder and executive producer "He headlined the very first Open Mobile Summit back at the dawn of the open mobile Internet era in 2008, when Android was just launching. We've seen a lot of shifts since then – and his perspective on the changing market dynamics, and what might come next, will be immensely valuable" said Batt. The Open Mobile Summit explores all the major mobile battlegrounds and competitive shifts as mobile, Internet, media and commerce worlds converge. Over 100 speakers are confirmed in total, chosen to represent the leading influencers across carriers, handset manufacturers, media and publishing, enterprise and brands. "This is a very powerful conference bringing together all the key players in the mobile industry and beyond, under one roof. " Rod Hall, Executive Director, JP Morgan Key issues include: Monetizing Mobile; Future of the OS; mobile Entrepreneurship; Connected Devices; Mobile First Design; Taking 4G LTE to market; Mobile Advertising; Mobile Commerce; Big Data; Personalisation and Context; Cloud; Future of TV; Platform wars and html5; Smartphone wars; PC meets Phone; Sensors and Wearable Technology; App Monetization, Engagement and Discovery The Open Mobile Summit takes place November 7-9 at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco. The conference is set to sell out again this year, for the 5^th year running. For more information please follow this link: https://www.openmobilesummit.com/sf/register/ About Open Mobile Media Ltd. The Open Mobile Summit is produced by Open Mobile Media Ltd, an independent group founded in 2008 by communications industry consultant Robin Batt. Contact: Felicity Stewart email@example.com +44 207 096 0103
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College volleyball: FGCU sweeps Lipscomb, wins A-Sun regular-season title, No. 1 seed
ESTERO — It was supposed to be a razor-thin, down-to-the-final-point battle between the Atlantic Sun's top two volleyball teams in a winner-take-all matchup for the regular-season conference title Friday night.
Instead, it was a rout, and Florida Gulf Coast University claimed its first conference championship since 2008.
Sophomore Jill Hopper led the way with 12 kills and 15 digs, while the setting duo of sophomore Gigi Meyer and Courtney Greenberg combined for 37 assists, as the Eagles cruised to a 25-19, 30-28, 25-18 win over Lipscomb at Alico Arena.
"Last year we started four freshmen and we went 10-3 in conference. They've been battle-tested in tough environments, and this year they've really matured," FGCU coach Dave Nichols said. "We've now met two of our three goals this year. We've made it into the conference tournament and we've won the conference. But really the most important goal is ahead of us."
That would be qualifying for the NCAA tournament.
FGCU entered the match with a one-game lead over Lipscomb in the A-Sun standings and needed to knock off the perennial powerhouse to capture the outright A-Sun regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, which is Nov. 15-17 in Nashville, Tenn.
The Eagles set the tone right off the bat. Feeding off the energy of the home crowd, where they are now 10-0 this season, FGCU rattled off 10 of 12 points midway through the first set and took a 20-13 lead. Behind by five kills apiece from Hopper and outside hitter Christine Pinder, they won the opener 25-19.
"Lipscomb is always a great team, and so we looked at a lot of film coming into the game," Hopper said. "We knew we had to play disciplined, be focused on every point, and play our best volleyball tonight."
From there, Hopper and her teammates' height advantage took over. The 6-foot-2 sophomore pounded out four kills early in the second frame, while Naples native Karina Mambaca added three blocks and the Eagles jumped out to a 17-12 lead.
But the Bisons rallied to tie things up at 24 apiece courtesy of a couple scrappy defensive saves, and a series of unforced hitting errors by FGCU.
"We had a period in the middle of the game where we had a lull," Nichols said. "But the character of this team is stay poised and aggressive under pressure. It's also helpful to have a great crowd. When you get those lulls in the match when you need to pick it up, that's when the crowd is huge."
The two teams continued to trade points and were knotted at 28-28 when the Eagles' physicality again took command. Fort Myers native Kaitlin Holm smashed a thunderous spike down the line for a winner, and then Hopper and Holm teamed to block an attempt from last year's A-Sun MVP Kaycee Green to give the Eagles a 30-28 victory.
Up 2-0, and with all the momentum, FGCU cruised in the third set. Meyer and Greenberg spread the ball around to Holm, Hopper, Olivia Messner, and Brittany Muse, who all had two kills in the final frame. The Eagles closed it out the sweep with a 25-18 win.
"We're very good physically, but our biggest strength is our mental game," Hopper said. "We have 15 awesome girls, great coaches, and we play together. That is going to be the key down the stretch."
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — He was "the king of the wild frontier," but what is his preferred first name? Is it "Davy" or "David" Crockett?
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He was born "David," signed documents "David" and titled his 1834 autobiography "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee." It's David Crockett State Park near Lawrenceburg, Tenn. A 2005 book by Buddy Levy was "The Real Life Adventures of David Crockett" by Putnam Press. It's David Crockett High School in Washington County.
There's Davy Crockett Lake in Greene County and another near Humboldt. In Nashville, it's the Davy Crockett Tower. It's the Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park in Greene County.
The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture, ever diplomatic, titles his entry "Crockett, David "Davy."
There is no dispute, however, about some things. Namely, he was a frontiersman, Tennessee legislator, U.S. congressman, defender at the Alamo and folk hero.
Historians and scholars say "Davy' was used some by others when he was alive, along with "Col. Crockett" based on his service in a militia regiment in Lawrence County, Tenn.
Then in 1955, the song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," sung separately by Bill Hayes, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Fess Parker, hit the top of the charts. And Parker portrayed him in popular Walt Disney productions where "Davy" was the choice.
"Once the song came out, and the TV show, it imprinted 'Davy' on the national psyche," said Paul Hutton, a history professor at the University of New Mexico who has studied Crockett extensively.
"David," Hutton said, just doesn't fit the image of a frontier fighter and brave warrior at the Alamo in Texas.
"I don't see that introduction at a barbecue," he quipped.
Michael A. Lofaro, a professor of English at the University of Tennessee who's done research on folklore, said "almanacs" in the mid-1800s used "Davy."
"After he died at the Alamo, they went into tall tales and he became larger than life," Lofaro said. "The tales got pretty tall when there was no Crockett to deny them."
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This dish is a staple in our part of the country. My daughter Amber and I invented our version after eating at an Italian restaurant in St. Louis. We came pretty close to copying that dish, but added our own little twist. —Toni Holcomb, Rogersville, Missouri
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 to 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cans (28 ounces each) crushed tomatoes in puree
- 2 to 3 cups water, divided
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
- 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Additonal grated Parmesan cheese and minced fresh parsley, optional
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 12 meatballs. In a large skillet, brown meatballs in oil on all sides; drain.
- 2. In a Dutch oven, saute garlic in oil for 1 minute. Stir in the tomatoes, 2 cups water, tomato sauce and paste, parsley, cheese, basil and sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; carefully add meatballs.
- 3. Cover and simmer for 3 hours, adding more water if needed to achieve desired consistency. Season with pepper. Garnish with additional Parmesan cheese and parsley if desired. Yield: 6 servings.
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The perfect (I think!) last quote of the week for this yearI saw this on FB (thanks, Max!) and thought it was the perfect thing for the last quote of the week this year. Let's carry the words of the Dalai Lama with us in in our hearts - and our heads - as we head into 2013.
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Whats with the eliteness I see in wow these days?
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Re: Whats with the eliteness I see in wow these days?
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Has it gotten worse?
Has it always been so bad?
You all the know the people Im talking about right?
The players who think, that just because they have a level 70 charcter all of a suden are god almighty and are 6ft tall and bulletproof (well online anyway)
They belittle people that ask a totally well founded question in general chat and call anyone that they dont deem to be as elite as they are "noobs"
(God I hate that word)
Do they realise that they are only at a higher level because they have had more play time than the levels below them...and that eventually, everyone will get there if they want to.
I have seen some awesome lower level players and some totally craptastic level 70's.
Nobody is more 'elite" than anyone else..
Its just a game!
So...please treat your fellow players with the respect they deserve and help them out when you can.
Been this way since the beginning of MMOs. This is nothing new.
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BMW 650GS/Dakar/Sertao YZ/WR suspension upgrade
Axle kit - A$350.00
Axle and nut - 4140 steel, nickel plated
Right spacers - 304 Stainless Steel
Left spacer(with bearing cover) - 6061 T6 hard anodised
Calliper Hanger - A$125.00
Calliper hanger - 6061 T6 Aluminium, Anodised
Mounting holes - M8 with 102mm pitch
Please Note: this calliper hanger is designed to be used with Ø46mm and Ø48mm 'Open Cartridge' forks.
Closed Cartridge or SSS forks have a different hole pitch for the calliper mount.
Please make sure what forks you have before purchasing this calliper hanger
Swing arm 25mm raising links - $105.00 - Sorry guys, unavoidable price increase.
Links - 6061 T6 Aluminium, Anodised.
Bearings, seals and bushes are NOT included
ABS sensor bracket(Old Style) - $25.00
Bracket - 2mm 304 Stainless Steel
Bolts included
ABS sensor bracket(New Style) - $35.00
Bracket - 6061 Aluminium
Bolts included
Cable Guide - $30.00
Cable Guide - 4mm Stainless Wire
Hooter Bracket - $15.00
2mm Stainless Steel
Fender Support Bracket - $30.00
As you can see the mounting holes have been updated to include the BMW lower clamp holes. So the support bracket can now be used to strengthen the fender on an OEM BMW front end and a Yamaha converted front end
2mm Stainless Steel
Hooter and Fender Bracket Installation Guide
8mm Neck Spacer with bearing cover - A$30.00
I want to keep this post as simple and clean as possible. Any further info required please don't hesitate to contact me. PM or email
For those who have already purchased, please feel free to add any feedback below.
And pictures of your installations please. Lots of pictures.
Aluminium Case Saver - BMW 650 Engine
Case Saver - $110.00 - Sorry guys, I've had to put the price up $15.00
To suit a rotax 650 donk
BMW F650GS(single), BMW F650GS Dakar, BMW X-Challenge/Country/Moto, G650GS, G650GS Sertao, Husqvarna TR650 Terra/Strada
Within reason you can choose your colour if you are prepared to wait for the next batch.
Otherwise I will be making in these basic colours which pretty much cover all basic requirements
Black - Bronze - Red
GunMetal - Clear - Blue
Aluminium 6061 T6, Anodised
On the bike
Deceptively light
Anyone interested, PM or email me
A special request from the Husqvarna boys
Foot Peg relocation brackets
Footpeg relocation Brackets - $195.00
There are 4 different mounting positions. And rotating the channel 180° moves the pegs 5mm up or down.
So that makes 8 different positions all up
From 35mm to 70mm offset to the rear
from -7.5mm to +7.5mm up and down
4 sets of mounting holes
BMW OEM footpegs
Yamaha WR/YZ footpegs
Brackets - 4mm Stainless Steel
Plus a bracing plate of 3mm to strengthen the channel mounting threads.
Bolt on interchangeable peg mount channels - choice of Yamaha or BMW
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Evan more goodies to follow
Current stock available
5 - axle and hanger kits
2 - suspension linkage kits
1 - ABS bracket
1 - hooter fender bracket kit
Cable guides are made to order
1 - footpeg relocation brackets
Anyone got a project on the go?
I'm interested in a fender support bracket. How do I go about ordering?
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RATEL engineering design - BMW 650GS/Dakar/Sertao YZ/WR suspension upgrade
I have had the foot peg relocation brackets mounted on my bike a while now, but I have not had a chance to ride the bike until just earlier today...
The brackets are beautifully crafted and the mounting was piece of cake; everything fitted perfectly, except I needed to change the top bolt on the left side bracket since the original bolt had a bit too large head.
Use a bolt like this instead;
The original foot peg+brackets (left + right) weighs 1350g, Aquatics bracket+my new foot pegs (heavy ass 380g pegs) weighs 1280g, so it's definitely lighter for all you weight weenies out there. With lighter pegs even better!
On the bike the new setup gave me a much better riding position sitting down, I'm 185cm tall (would be somewhere around 6"1 for non metric guys) and the cramped bent knees position are all gone now. Standing up riding are suddenly a dream... it might be the joy of the moment, but it actually felt like the bike handled totally different (read; much better). Riding standing with the original pegs always made me a bit uneasy and made my feet hurt, such a difference with the wider pegs!
The only downside (which I already was aware of before mounting the new brackets) are the brake lever now are a bit too far from the peg. I tried bending it a bit in a vice and it got a bit better, but I guess something else have to be done in the long run...
The shifter are no problem reaching, and perhaps even better a bit more forward since I always are a bit scared of getting my foot caged in a unfavourable angle between the foot peg and gear lever shifting up while riding rough terrain... my large feet!!
Last words are I'm sooo pleased with the new setup :)
I only rode a local fire trail today, but next weekend I'm going overseas to Jylland, Denmark to try it out in the dunes....
The look top notch. How do these compare to the TT relocation pegs? Are they the same distance pulled rearward?
Mine are 60mm offset, same height. TT are 50mm as far as I know
Have a look at post 2 :clap:clap:clap
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I have 1 Blue one in stock
Taking orders for the next batch. If you get your name on the list early enough you get to choose your colour.
In the event of a chain failure, I actually think the acetyl version is going to be better at absorbing the impact. It's softer than the alloy and will deform, absorbing the energy. And it looks tough in black! ;)
But the blue alloy would look trick if I ever washed my bike for a show&shine...not likely!
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East Lansing, MI – East Lansing, MI (WKAR) - Michigan congressman Mike Rogers is alerting veterans that changes to the G-I Bill could help them or a family member get a college education.
The biggest change to the G-I Bill is this: if a veteran chooses not to use the education benefit, it can be transferred to a spouse or a child.
The change takes effect August first, in advance of fall classes at colleges and universities.
In Lansing Tuesday, Congressman Mike Rogers said veterans should start looking into the program immediately.
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Three of the four drugs showed increasing protection with higher doses. And two of the drugs in combination, the anticonvulsant zonisamide and the glucocorticoid methylprednisolone, showed comparable hearing protection at much lower doses than when administered alone.
While the drugs do not prevent all hearing loss following sustained exposure to noise at 110 decibels, or about the sound of a chain saw, they can significantly reduce the loss by about 10 to 30 decibels.
In other words, a mouse with normal hearing might be able to hear a sound at 30 decibels. After exposure to loud noise, that mouse might only hear sounds that reach 50 decibels. But if that mouse were treated, it might be able to hear sounds at 40 decibels. In humans, protecting 5 or 10 decibels makes a difference in being able to hear everyday speech.
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Kings Minor Basketball: School & University Ball Schedules
2014 - 2015 Season
We are looking forward to a special partnership with the Central Kings Gator Girls this year. Many of the CK athletes have agreed to help out with our practices and provide one-on-one support for those who need it. They are also looking forward to developing a group of "Mini Gators" from our pool of athletes who would attend their games to cheer them on, fill water bottles, etc…
KMBA Athletes can learn a lot from watching high school basketball players, many of whom have played on our KMBA teams in the past. Their season is just getting started… Check out their upcoming games and be sure to cheer them on!
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A series of books titled Wake Up, This is Joburg got me thinking about how people find their place in Johannesburg, an African metropolis layered with complexity. Everybody here seems to have their city limits, travelling routes that become well-worn grooves in the map. Maybe it's that way in all cities, maybe not. We grow accustomed to tracing the same paths Continue reading
Back to the City Festival 2014 #BTTC2014
The rumours are indeed true. For years the Back to the City Festival held each year on Freedom Day in Newtown has been granted mythical status by me – I have heard about the huge crowds, the graffiti artists who take over the pillars under the M1 bridge for the event, the music, the style fest. This year it was time to try it out. Billed as the biggest hip hop gathering in Africa, Back To the City doesn't disappoint… Continue reading
Dinner at The Maslow Hotel's Lacuna bistro
Joburg hasn't had much of a reputation for refined dining. While Cape Town excels at high concept restaurants and drawcard chefs, this city has for a long time made itself the capital of chain restaurants. That's not to say you can't find good food just about everywhere but the more adventurous ideas are being tried out on the cafe and coffee scene rather than on the dining front. That looks set to change with Joburg hotel restaurants* upping the ante. Last week I accepted an invitation for dinner at The Maslow's Lacuna restaurant, to taste their new menu created by executive chef Dallas Orr.
Things I like about Durban
As much as I love Joburg, when that first bite of winter makes itself felt (temperatures drop below 18 degrees C) I am ready for migration. And so we set off for a short pre-winter break. While freeway management aimed at reducing the high rate of road accidents seems to have made the trip longer and longer (with a few too many maximum-speed-of-80km zones) Durban is still a pleasant 550km+ drive away. Beach, mostly blue sky, warm April weather and the best curries in the land are only a few reasons to head for the car. Here's a longer list… 1. Marco Cianfanelli's 'Capture'. About 86km outside of Durban at Howick, marking the spot where Nelson Mandela was captured in 1962 after having been on the run from the police. Cianfanellis' remarkable sculpture sits along the roadside, a series of steel columns that when viewed from a particular angle merge to form the face of Mandela. There is a small museum that takes you through the life history of Mandela and the struggle against apartheid.
Joburg's new city guide is in print – AUDIO INTERVIEW
Johannesburg In Your Pocket is in print! In Your Pocket is a European-based city-guide series currently in more than 100 cities, and Johannesburg is the first city outside of Europe to produce an In Your Pocket guide.
So this crazy mining camp of a town finally has a city guide Continue reading
Next step: Johannesburg in Your Pocket
I know it's been too long – but since October I have been at work on the first edition of Johannesburg In Your Pocket, a brand spanking new quarterly city guide that is due out in February. With so many things to do in Joburg I realised the next step had to be to share this city with a wider audience.
It will be available in selected hotels and bookshops – list to follow. Follow the updates on https://www.facebook.com/JohannesburgInYourPocket and keep watching this space.
Graffiti artist Mars takes it off the streets for a gallery show
Mars is a Joburg icon. Drive around Newtown, Fordsburg, and along Barry Hertzog Ave and you'll see his telltale signs. The 25-year-old graffiti artist has pretty much made his mark across the city. This week his exhibition From The Ground Up is on at Two By Two Gallery in Newtown. It's definitely worth seeing. Before Instagram and inner city gentrification there was Graffiti and with it came the mingling of exhaust and paint fumes, the scraping away of rot and unearthing urine-stained sidewalk weeds for the perfect spot. There was finding the best wall and owning it, but most of all burning the rest. This is graffiti and it all started from the ground up."
This is the story of #Mars… Continue reading
Desire in Joburg's suburbs: the photographs of Huw Morris
A long overdue post on an exhibition that came and went but one that has stayed in my imagination… There is no better word than Huw Morris' own descriptor of "murky" to describe the territory of his photographic series So, this is desire? In 11 photographs the 30-something photographer's narrative of love set in a 1970's South African home pulls at a small thread in the fabric of South Africa's domestic story and as the viewer you are left with the feeling of helplessly watching something unravel.
The Cronut comes to Joburg
When historians turn over the major events of 2013, among Egypt's implosion, popular revolts and the tragic Shakespearean makeover of a famous and much-loved sportsman who shot his future, will be the cronut. Continue reading
A night out in Hillbrow and Yeoville
We are on Yeoville's Raleigh Street at Kin Malebo Village. The doorman greets us in French. The rhythms of Congolese singer Fally Ipupa's "Bicarbonate" escape the bar into the crisp winter night, as the door swings open. Inside it's warm and inviting. Continue reading


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The Laleh June Galerie Basel is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition Flowers. You are kindly invited to the Opening Reception: Thursday, March 11, 2010 in the presence of the artists from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
CRYSTEL CERESA was born in 1977 in Geneva, where she lives and works. THIERRY FEUZ was born in 1968 in Vienna, he lives and works in Vienna and Geneva. FEUZ has exhibited in the US, Europe and Asia.
Looking forward welcoming you to CRYSTEL CERESA THIERRY FEUZ at Laleh June Galerie Basel.
Opening in the presence of the artists on Thursday March 11, 2010 from
6:00pm to 9:00pm.
The Laleh June Galerie Basel is proud to announce its upcoming exhibition Flowers,
the first duo exhibition by Crystel Ceresa and Thierry Feuz. Flowers demonstrates
how Ceresa's and Feuz's paintings reside at the intersection of art history and the
imagination. Their works remain very much their own with their combinations of
figurative and abstract elements. Flowers shows how they distinguish themselves
within an age-old tradition of flower painting.
T h i e r r y F e u z, received a MA in Art at the Geneva University of Art and Design
( HEAD ) and Universität der Künste, Berlin. His work has been exhibited
internationally and included in international private, corporate and public collections.
His recent group and solo exhibitions among others include Wall Table Chair (2009)
at Lange & Pult Gallery in Zurich, Donation Jeunet (2009) at Musée d'Art et
d'Histoire in Neuchâtel, Botanical Transforms (2008) at Vejle Kunstmuseum in Vejle,
Thierry Feuz (2008) at Galerie Une in Neachâtel, and Thierry Feuz-Supernatural
(2006-2007) at National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C.
Feuz was born in 1968 in Vienna, moved to Switzerland in 1990s, he now lives and
works in Geneva and Vienna.
Thierry Feuz paintings in their microworlds and macrovisions of the nature, a mix of
landscapes, are close-ups, ''you have entered, a landscape and the details of a strange,
humid, wet, and dangerous life, have become visible.'' Thierry Feuz adds.
C r y s t e l C e r e s a, received a BA in Art at the Geneva University of Art and
Design ( HEAD ). Ceresa was born in Geneva, where she now lives and works.
Crystel Ceresa paintings make references to senses, as well as dream-like visions.
Her other group and solo exhibitions include Words Are Diamonds (2009), Drops of
Poison (2008) at Laleh June Galerie in Basel, and Open House (2006) at Musée Rath
in Geneva.
For further information on this exhibition , please contact firstname.lastname@example.com, +41612287778.
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Girls rule Philippine Sudoku championships anew
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MANILA, Philippines—For the second year in a row, girls ruled the annual Philippine Sudoku Super Challenge (PSSC) championships.
Kaye Janelle Yao, a junior high school student of the Grace Christian College in Quezon City, is the country's new Sudoku champion.
Yao, 15, and a mainstay of the national mathematics team, topped the finals of the 7th PSSC Grandmaster Division, held on Sunday at the SM City-North Edsa mall, also in Quezon City.
The young numbers ace, who has been playing Sudoku since she was six, placed third during last year's edition of the contest.
Alvin Ian Chan, 18, from the Ateneo de Manila University and Ralph Joshua Sarrosa, 20, from the University of the Philippines Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo, placed second and third, respectively. Both are BS Applied Mathematics students.
Aside from trophies, Yao, Chan and Sarrosa also took home cash prizes of P60,000, P40,000 and P20,000, respectively.
In the competition's Wizard Division, Candice Renee Beatrice Solidarios from the University of the Philippines Rural High School in Los Baños, Laguna, placed first.
The 12-year-old high school freshman won P50,000 and a trophy.
Natalia Beatrice Dy from St. John's Institute in Bacolod City and Mike Paul Ayroso from Grace Christian College took the second and third places. They won trophies and P30,000 and P20,000, respectively.
In the Whiz Kid Division, Sanielle Meliz Ong, also from St. John's Institute, emerged champion. She was followed by Vicente Raphael Chan from Zamboanga Chong Hua High School in Zamboanga City and Jan Vincent Simbol from the BHC Educational Institution in San Fernando, La Union.
Aside from trophies, they won P20,000, P10,000 and P5,000, respectively.
A total of 176 students, all winners in the PSSC regional contests, which saw over 5,200 participants, competed in the finals, according to Dr. Simon Chua, president of the non-government Mathematics Trainers' Guild, which co-sponsored the competition with SM Malls.
This year's PSSC winners will represent the country in any of the following international competitions: 2013 World Sudoku Championship in Beijing; 2013 Brand's Sudoku Asia-Pacific Open in Singapore; and the 7th Brand's Sudoku Thailand International Open and Princess Somsawali Cup in Thailand.
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Cisco Systems Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to 75 Bay Area Charities; Foundation Helps Local Nonprofits Build Strong and Productive Communities.
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2003
The Cisco Systems Foundation today announced the 75 recipients of its bi-annual San Jose Impact Grant awards, one of several grants programs sponsored by the Foundation.
The grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations, located within a 50-mile radius of Cisco System's headquarters in San Jose, that reflect the Cisco Systems Foundation's dedication to providing vital food, clothing and shelter services to local community members who may be in need, expanding access to education, and to promoting and sustaining volunteerism and responsible citizenship. Each recipient of this year's grant award provides essential community services such as improving the local homelessness and hunger situation, providing healthcare services for low income families, providing career and computer training for disadvantaged and disabled individuals, and enriching youth and adult education through technology and the arts.
"We are pleased to partner with these local nonprofits who provide lasting solutions that are necessary for the many issues facing our community," said Tae Yoo, vice president corporate philanthropy. "Cisco believes in doing its part in building stronger, more productive communities and we thank these organizations for giving Cisco the opportunity to partner with them on their important work."
During fiscal year 2003, approximately $2 million was awarded to 150 Bay Area nonprofit organizations. Funding is used in a variety of innovative ways to provide key services in education, arts instruction, shelter, food, health and community service. These grants help to fund local programs such as:
-- In San Jose, Community Technology Alliance provides an
innovative, searchable, on-line referral database of over
1,800 health and human services in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz
Counties, available to the community via the internet at
www.HelpSCC.org. The grant supports the availability of
information required to break the cycle of poverty and
dependence while allowing staff at nonprofit agencies to use
technology so that they may concentrate on what they do best:
assist community members to become self-sufficient. HelpSCC
has been identified as the backbone for Santa Clara County's
2-1-1 -- the multilingual, 24 hour hotline to assist callers
in finding the resources they seek -- expected to be fully
operational by Spring 2005.
-- In San Jose, Girls For A Change (GFC) catalyzes professional
women to support OVER 1000 urban middle and high school girls
each year in becoming social change makers and innovators, by
empowering them to affect social change in their
neighborhoods. GFC provides the tools, resources and support
the girls need to move from being spectators to leaders in
their communities.
-- In Sunnyvale, Project High Expectations Learning Program
provides an after school program in its math and literacy
centers. The center offers individual tutoring, small group
instruction, and access to standards based computer
courseware. The grant supports hours of operation which are
everyday after school and on Saturday mornings.
-- In the Santa Clara and Sunnyvale School Districts, Project H.
E. L. P. offers a year-round program of supplemental
instruction to underachieving elementary-aged students. The
program format consists of a 4-week Summer Term, an 8-month
School Year Extension with before school instruction, and new
this year at Bowers Elementary School: an after school program
in the form of Math and Literacy Centers offering tutoring,
small group instruction, and access to standards-based
computer courseware.
-- In Berkeley, Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
provides suicide prevention services to teens. Using an
interactive classroom format, the program helps to prevent
teenage suicide by giving them the knowledge and tools they
need to ask for help when feeling depressed or hopeless.
-- In Richmond, the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
focuses on a multicultural mix of art forms to engage,
interest, support and challenge at-risk inner city children.
Through its Learning Without Borders Initiative, East Bay
Center offers in-class music, dance, theater and media arts
education linked to after school programs.
-- In San Francisco, St. Vincent de Paul Society gives emergency
shelter and transitional housing for battered women and their
children. Through a safe environment and supportive targeted
services, the program helps children survivors of domestic
abuse heal form their experiences.
-- In Palo Alto, the Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Northern
California Unit's mission is to create opportunities for
individual success by providing and promoting the effective
use of accessible educational materials. By providing
educational materials in recorded and computerized/digital
formats to people unable to read standard print because of a
visual, perceptual, or other physical disability it creates an
important link to lifelong educational and professional
The Cisco Systems Foundation grants are awarded through the San Jose Impact Grants program and are awarded twice a year. Eligible organizations can receive funding for up to three consecutive years. Interested not-for-profit organizations can view complete information at: www.cisco.com/go/sjgrants.
The Cisco Systems Foundation's giving is based upon three core values: Living (basic human needs), Learning (access to education) and Giving Back (technology and innovation in non-profits). Since its inception, the program has awarded more than 800 community grants amounting to over $11 million to San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits.
About the Cisco Systems Foundation: The Cisco Systems Foundation was established in 1997 by a gift from Cisco Systems, Inc. As Corporate Philanthropy's primary cash investment vehicle, the Foundation provides grants to select organizations with long-lasting, local or global impact.
More information on the Cisco Systems Foundation is available at www.cisco.com/go/foundation.
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Robert Hewitt Wolfe: "We just felt it was time to give a face to the Gamma Quadrant. Voyager was going to be wandering through the Delta Quadrant from place to place, meeting new people every week, and we wanted to make the Gamma Quadrant distinctly different from that, by creating the Dominion, a sort of unifying anti-Federation in a way, just to give it a completely different character. Instead of like the big mysterious out there, which all the other Star Trek shows had done, and Voyager was going to do, it was a very specific, dangerous, nasty Other, so that part of the motivation."
The Dominion was first mentioned in "Rules of Acquisition", then in "Sanctuary" and next in "Shadowplay", before finally being encountered in "The Jem'Hadar". The initial idea was to make the Dominion a kind of anti-Federation, similar in structure but with very different ideologies. The Dominion was to represent a wide array of alien races, just as does the Federation (as opposed to the mono-species Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, and Cardassian Union), but it was to be fascist-like, ruled by coercion and domination, in contrast to the cooperation and freedom of the Federation. As Robert Hewitt Wolfe explains, "The Dominion was not monolithic, it wasn't just the Romulans or the Cardassians, they were distinct in that they were the Dominion, they were, like the Federation, a collection of different races. But unlike the Federation, they were bound together by fear and extortion, whereas the Federation is bound together by noble thoughts and love and friendship and all that good stuff. So in a lot of ways, they were the mirror image of the Federation."
Initially, the plan was was for numerous different species to be seen on Dominion vessels and involved in various parts of the Dominion's activities, although eventually, only three "main" species were firmly established: the Founders, the Jem'Hadar, and the Vorta, although the Karemma were also a member.


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The government's failure to spend its budget within schedule will be one of the main issues to be discussed in meetings between state economic managers and representatives from Moody's Investor Service this week.
Moody's representatives are in Manila as part of the debt watcher's process in reviewing the Philippines' sovereign credit rating.
Moody's still considers long-term peso and dollar bonds issued by the Philippine government as "junk" investments. The firm's peers, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings, already rate the Philippines at investment grade.
"Funding is not the issue. The issue is capacity to spend the money," Moody's senior analyst Christian de Guzman said Monday.
De Guzman was speaking ahead of a meeting with Finance department officials Monday afternoon. Among those in the meeting were Finance Undersecretary Jeremias Paul Jr., Assistant Secretary Teresa Habitan and Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon.
De Guzman recognized that government spending has increased significantly this year and this has helped prop up economic growth.
In the first half of the year, the government spent P890.75 billion of its P1.8-trillion budget. Although spending from January to June period was up 12 percent year-on-year, this was still below the state's spending goal of P945.7 billion for the period.
As a result, the government's fiscal deficit at the end of June stood at P51.29 billion, nearly 40 percent below the cap of P84.66 billion. This was despite the failure of the bureaus of Internal Revenue and of Customs to meet their respective collection targets for the six-month period.
De Guzman noted that the government has had significant success in implementing small "shovel-ready" projects, partly making up for the failure to roll out big-ticket items under the administration's public-private partnership (PPP) scheme.
"Most of the big-ticket projects, it has something to do with the private sector's willingness to engage those projects," De Guzman said. "The performance has been quite good in terms of getting some of those projects up and coming and they've been very successful."
In a separate statement, National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said the main thrust during the meetings would be to stress that the ample liquidity in the economy gave the government various favorable funding options.
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My photographer friend and I are directed through to the main room of the Orange Peel where The Polish Ambassador crew are soundchecking. It's Ayla Nereo's vocals that stand out first, her honey-like voice winding through the streets of Polish's bustling city of beats. Boston-born conscious hip-hop fave Mr. Lif is there too, getting his levels on a new collaborative track called "Shine Bright," a delicious funk song that heats up even the chilly, empty venue.
Like typical touring musicians, the crew is here to support a new album, TPA's Pushing Through the Pavement, but perhaps in an even greater way, they are pushing something quite unusual for the electronic scene: their accompanying Permaculture Action Tour.
The artists, with the help of a team of organizers and sustainability experts, are bringing their passion to not only music venues but farms, gardens, and even lifeless lots in 32 cities across the country. The day after every show, dozens and even hundreds of fans gather alongside the TPA troop to build, enliven, and connect: to the earth, to each other, to themselves. It brings tangible meaning to "party with a purpose."
But before we get to all that, I want to know more about the woman behind the voice that's become a staple of TPA's sound. We're sitting backstage in Ayla's dressing room: clothes, bags and jewelry options strewn about (she's just like us, girls). Gracious and at ease, she's warmed up her throat and changed into her stage outfit, a bangin' capri-length, white and silver bodysuit, keeping in line with the jumpsuit theme that rules the TPA Family.
Having grown up in a musical family, I ask her if singing is something she always wanted to do. "No, I was actually terrified of singing!" she admits, "I thought I wanted to be a film director…but it just started happening, songs started coming through." Now she regularly teaches workshops on how to use the voice effectively and work through the fear of expression. "I think it's an important piece that I was afraid of: using my voice. I had to go through the fear process."
It certainly wasn't a sense of fear that eventually found her writing rich, lyric-driven folk music and wanting to experiment with different recording processes. It was in the Oakland Ecstatic Dance community that she met producer David Sugalski, aka The Polish Ambassador, and started collaborating with him. "I had just finished my second to last album called BeHeld, and it had the first loop songs on it. Those loop songs were catchier and created those hooks, so I was asking a lot of the producers in the Ecstatic Dance community [to collaborate], and David was one of them."
We don't get into the juicy details of how they subsequently fell deeply in love (awww) and formed their duo project Wildlight, but I do inquire into the fascinating subject of navigating a romantic and professionally collaborative musical relationship.
"It's all very, very woven. We tour together, we live together; it can get muddy sometimes. But the other piece is true; we also get to bring love in. The best shows are the ones where we're in love with each other on stage the whole time. It's carrying the music, too."
It seems that they all carry each other. This theme leads us into the twin aspect of the Pushing Through the Pavement tour: the Permaculture Action Days.
What began as a rolling stone idea of Polish's quickly gained traction, and a crowdfunding campaign was initiated to meet the financial needs for tools, supplies, education materials and organizers. The campaign was successful enough and took off, quite literally on the road, still with little idea of how it would turn out or who would actually show up to support the idea.
Ayla gushes: "The goal was just to bring some action days on tour, and it quickly grew into this thing where every single city was like 'We want an action day!' It became a big part of the momentum and the draw of this tour and the excitement around it. That, for us, has been really encouraging to see people's interest in what we're doing."
She is relaxed and lucid as she remembers the disillusionment she sometimes felt on previous tours and how that's flipped with this fresh sense of purpose. "It's giving me a lot of hope to see what's already going on in these communities…we're trying to take all this fan energy and direct it…so they can be connected and not so reliant on this system that's not working out."
I imagine it's difficult enough to be a touring musician, but pile manual laborer on top of that, and it must bring a whole new level of exhaustion. Nope. Not this crowd. She beams as she tells me how high the energy runs out there on the land.
"[That's] the cool thing about having 100-300+ people at an action day. We've never been overworked…because there are so many hands on deck. That saying 'many hands make light work' is so absolutely true. We are seeing it. It's giving me chills. To see how quickly and how easily things can happen because we're all helping each other. We're not on stage, we're all just people, and we're working on something together. It's so much fun."
The united focus is strong within Jumpsuit Records, the record label started by Polish and currently rebooting itself as a collective. "The idea is that we're all in charge, we're all going to decide who comes in, and we're all going to promote each other."
And after experiencing the success of the Permaculture Action Tour, they clearly can't go back to the old model. "We're focusing it around action-based touring and activism in that way, being a participant in the creation of this world that we want…together."
Due to the shitty weather Halloween weekend, Asheville's action day was relocated to the downtown bar Sovereign Remedies for a few hours of discussion and brainstorming, and it appeared to be a success in itself. It took me quite a while to even notice Ayla and David were there, blending perfectly with the earth-toned group, occasionally facilitating discussion but mostly enjoying Asheville community members forming connections and presenting their own ideas. Needless to say, they really dig Asheville. *swoon*
That's what this is really all about for them: using their popularity to activate communities to sustain themselves.
"As artists we have a platform, and there's a responsibility there to use it for the greater good. Whatever your platform is, there's an ability to do something good with it."
The Permaculture Action Tour is almost over, but tune in with The Polish Ambassador, Ayla Nereo, and the whole Jumpsuit Records collective to take part in the revolution. Oh, and all of their music is still Name Your Price. Dig it, y'all.
Today we celebrate Martin L. Gore of Depeche Mode's 53rd birthday! Wowee!
Any excuse to honor this man, really. As the chief songwriter of the first synth band to bring electronic music onto the global stage (and 30 years on still selling out arenas worldwide), all the while having managed to avoid pretension and all other forms of musician douchebaggery, Martin deserves all his cake and to eat it wherever he likes.
Happy birthday, Mr. Gore. We totally fucking love you!
Here's one of his signature songs, "Home." 1998 was a bit of a weird time because lead singer Dave Gahan had just gotten out of rehab, but Martin sounds great and everyone's all better now. Enjoy!
For a company that specializes in laying your ass out in outrageously comfortable hammocks, Eagles Nest Outfitters (ENO) knows a lot about parties. The festivities at Highland Brewing last Friday proved that.
As part of Highland's (apparently months-long) 20th anniversary celebration, the brewery and ENO teamed up to host the July 11-12 events, parties to punctuate Night Flight, a four-mile race that benefits the Asheville Parks & Greenways Foundation. Now, I don't know about any of that because I don't run unless it's to catch a plane or a concert, but yeah, I'm always down for hammocks + drinks + music. So when I pulled into the parking lot and the sprawling ENO Lotus Lounge unveiled itself before me, I knew I was exactly where I belonged.
The grassy area behind the brewery is just pleasant as can be. There's an outdoor bar on one end of the field serving a handful of choice Highland beers, but silly Sally that I am, I go for the faceless white wine. The Lotus Lounge stretches its petals out, hammocks of every color strung between them; the kids dart under and around them like ants disturbed from their magnetic march, crawling over each other to snag any available part of parachute material as if it were all covered in honey. Anyone and everyone I want to see in this moment is here. I smoke mad cigs in processing how lovely it all is; the midsummer air is still thick and hot as the sun slips toward the horizon. A forest surrounds us.
Of course, my attention quickly falls on the guy in the DJ booth at the center of the lotus: local producer Marley Carroll. His familiar dark blond head bobs up and down to his beat, which for the time being is not much more than a general funk/pop playlist to please the masses. But I'm excited for what's to come because I've just recently seen him at the Asheville Music Hall 4th of July show. And in combination with fellow locals BomBassic and Canadian producer Elaquent, it's the hottest Asheville electronic show I've attended maybe ever.
As the night wears on and the kids exhaust themselves and their parents, Marley's set moves deeper into his true style. I am posted under a lotus petal in front of him, dancing madly in the psychedelic lights, meeting his eyes from time to time because, I admit, I am way turned on. He begins to peel off originals and remixes, his transitions seamless, his (literally award-winning) scratching expertly sensitive.
Marley's flawless fusion of heavy house beats and minimal, liquefied glitch makes his particular sound remarkably original and lush. Densely-packed layers of sound operate off one another, some stomping, some tapping, some swimming in open water. My body moves all the while, celebrating every molecule of this moment with ultimate conviction.
So, I just bought his album Sings. You can look forward to that review because it's, oh, only blowing me away.
Big-ups to Highland Brewing, ENO, and Marley Carroll for the satisfaction. You will all be seeing me again. Bwahaha.
[Editor's note: Okay, there's a lot I have to say about why Backstage Sass has been gone for three months and now looks like total shit all over again, but suffice it to say that GoDaddy is a sleazy bag of dicks. We'll get to that later. Right now, I just want to talk about Beck because that's all that really matters.]
"Oh god, I'm so sorry," I say as I make a poor attempt at soaking up with my bare hand the champagne I've just spilled on the gentleman sitting by the aisle I've just tripped in. I'm prepared to face the reality of my more-than-slight intoxication when he looks up at me with a pair of innocent, sparkly blue eyes, and I know he is genuine when he says it's totally fine. We're vibing on the same level of excitement for the show that makes us untouchable. I leave him and his wife–who's looking on with a mixture of amusement and disgust–with my sincere apologies and proceed to my seat, laughing and weeping inside all the way.
Somehow it had slipped my mind completely that Beck was coming to Asheville on July 12, so in a mad dash to procure a ticket two days earlier, I Craigslist whored it all the way up. I contacted about 10 people with seats in the orchestra, prepared to pay upwards of $100 to see Beck's sweat (hey, that kind of thing is important to me), but in the end I wound up in the next section back, mezzanine center, ultimately a lovely spot for a reasonable price.
I'm sitting next to David and John, two guys from way the fuck out on some mountain east of here, and they're laughing at the spill I just took on that guy. David is startlingly attractive in a conventional way and a big Pearl Jam fan, so I know this will be better than sitting next to that crisp-shirted douchehole on my recent flight to Boston.
"Did you see the opener?" I ask, referring to The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Sean Lennon's band. They did while I missed it completely, having peeked in upon arrival but figuring there was still time to get a drink before catching the bulk of their set. I was wrong; they'd left the stage by the time I returned.
What I heard when I entered the dark theater didn't grab me, but I admit I haven't cared enough to familiarize myself with their music at all. Still, to witness Sean Lennon onstage, his long, frizzy black hair covering his face Yoko-style as he picks dangerously at an electric guitar, is noteworthy. The GOASTT has some weirdo music videos and will obviously never achieve great recognition while poor Sean will always be compared to the incomparable legacy of his father, but what else is a guy supposed to do when he wants to play music and has to live with John Lennon's exact face? That's gotta be rough.
Finally the house lights dim again, the full auditorium erupts in applause, and suddenly Beck's band is coming in swinging with "Devil's Haircut." The sound is fuzzy in the Thomas Wolfe, but my virgin sight on the one and only Beck Hansen, grooving across the stage looking like a hip Amish preacher, makes up for it.
There is something to be said for seeing someone live who's only existed to you via stereo for the last 20 years. The familiarity of a song I've known since childhood juxtaposed with the space pop of something like "Gamma Ray" and psycho-geometrical stage visuals threatens to overwhelm me, but I am reminded of the earthliness of this moment: Beck's deep, dense voice that has rapped, screamed, crooned and bled into me over the years comforts me, and I invite myself to exist alongside him in this moment.
Most of what's going on lyrically is indiscernible, but everyone knows what to do during the choruses of the thunderstorm hits like "The New Pollution" and "Loser," to which he adds entire verses and/or has just forgotten the original wacko words. Fuckin works for me.
Generally, the setlist pleases the hell out of me, my darlings; I was unsure how it would be mixed for this tour, the lushness and sentiment of his latest album Morning Phase more comparable to Sea Change than Midnite Vultures. And while he has performed some seriously mellow sets, the man knows how to throw a party, and electro hits from across the board appropriately support the more emotionally lucid songs like"Lost Cause" and this year's mushroom-trip meditation "Wave." I can't for the life of me understand what is wrong with all the people who choose "The Golden Age" to go to the bathroom. I could die right here in my own arms.
The sold-out auditorium has been beautifully responsive throughout the whole show, but the buzz seems to get down to the molecular level as we approach the end. "Girl" and "E-Pro" open up a new plane of mega-funness, and the only thing that separates the main set from the encore is the head-scratching application of caution tape across the stage and Beck's inquiry as to "what kind of laws [we] like to defy" here in Asheville. Forget pot, public drunkenness, and acute civil disobedience; the answer is of course SEXX LAWS!
Beck channels his hilarious inner James Brown and Al Green with "Debra" after that and then closes it out with "Where It's At." Sean Lennon even comes back to play tambourine, the ol' sport. Then, as if waking from a dream, the transition from 2500 voices shouting "I got two turntables and a microphone" into everyone-getting-the-fuck-out is seamless. These guys are pros.
If I hadn't continued to hang out with my seat-neighbors David and John, I would have pulled my usual old school groupie shit and gone around back to try to intercept the man himself. I didn't even CHECK OUT the situation; tour bus or black car? But honestly, I would have been too late anyway. Everyone knows you have to work that shit out during soundcheck.
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Songs I Wouldn't Kick Out of Bed: Nicotine & Gravy, Mixed Bizness, Novacane, Nobody's Fault But My Own (they didn't play ANYTHING from Mutations! Ack!)
Random celeb sighting: Saw Charlie Day in a drink line. You know, this guy.