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Grand Kru County lawmaker, Numeni Batakwa has expressed fear that the use of the national budget in the absence of it being printed in hand bill could create room for corruption in Liberia.
Speaking to reporters in Monrovia Friday, Rep. Batakwa said it was not in the interest of the government and the people of Liberia that government headed by president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf could nearly five to six months in suing the national budget of 2012/2013 without a hand bill.
The printing of hand bill by the executive branch of government will help the lawmakers, government institutions and the public to follow the usage of the budget.
He said but the absent of the hand bill has put the government, the lawmakers and the public at a disadvantage to know how best those responsible to expend state resources were doing it in the best practice of the financial management acts.
He called on members of the Liberian national legislature to began seeking the review of the national budget after the lawmakers shall return from break so as to put in place corrective measure.
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The NHSCA Juniors is regarded as one of the most prestigious tournaments for high school juniors and serves as a recruiting showcase for college programs. Crutchmer is regarded as one of the top wrestlers in his weight class. HSwrestling.net ranked him ninth in its high school 160-pound national rankings in January.
Crutchmer, who defeated Broken Arrow senior Zach Skates (No. 11 @ 160) in February for the Class 6A 160-pound state title, won three of his six matches in Virginia by fall. Crutchmer defeated Silas Nacita out of California in the semi-finals, 8-5, to advance to the finals match against Sullivan. Skates is competing at the NHSCA Senior Nationals this weekend in Virginia Beach.

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Grilled Chicken and Olive Panini
This panini gets it full flavor from my pesto tapenade spread, but feel free to use any of your favorite toppings. I like using my leftover chicken in paninis this way and find that grilled chicken is a blank canvas for any of your favorite flavors.
- Prep Time : 5 min
- Cook Time : 25 min
- Ready Time : 30 min
Olive Pesto Tapenade
- 1 can of green or black olives, drained and rinsed
- 2 bunches of basil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon of pine nuts
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
Grilled Chicken
- 4 thinly sliced chicken breast
- 2 tablespoons of grapeseed oil
- 1/2 tablespoon of parika
- 1/2 tablespoon of cumin
- Salt and pepper
- 4 wheat wraps
- 1 teaspoon of oil
- Dried thyme
For the tapenade, pulse all the ingredients except for the oil in a food processor. Gradually add the oil until the mixture forms a thick paste.
Marinade the chicken in the spices. Heat a sauté or grill pan on medium heat and cook the chicken until well done.
Assemble the panini by spooning some olive Tapenade in the center of a wrap, add the chicken on top and fold each side towards the middle. Insert a toothpick to keep it from unfolding. Brush a small amount of oil and thyme. Grill until brown marks appear. Serve warm over a bed of lettuce.
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pine nuts is way too expensive. what can i use instead?
Hi, you can use walnuts, pistachios, or even walnuts instead
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Hillsong United (band)
|Hillsong United
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|Sydney, Australia
|Worship music, contemporary Christian, Christian rock
|Years active
|Past members
The Hillsong United band (stylized as Hillsong UNITED or UNITED) is a worship band that originated as a part of Hillsong Church. Formed in 1998 as part of Hillsong's youth ministry, the band consists of several rotating worship leaders from the church, including Brooke Fraser, Joel Houston, Reuben Morgan and Marty Sampson. Due to several songs written by the youth ministry, Hillsong worship leader Darlene Zschech recommended that they record an album, which resulted in their debut extended play, One, which was released alongside the Hillsong Worship album Touching Heaven Changing Earth. Since then, the group has released eleven annual live albums, as well as four studio albums. The band composes songs and performs in church services as well as concerts in worldwide tours. Subsidiary bands perform monthly in London and at summer camps sponsored by Hillsong.
The single "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" from third studio album Zion reached number one on the American Billboard Christian Songs chart at the end of 2013, with remaining in the chart for 85 weeks.[1] The song also charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2014, peaking at No. 83.[2]
The band was originally formed by close friends from within the youth ministry called "Powerhouse Youth", led by Hillsong Youth Pastors Phil and Lucinda Dooley for many years. As the house band for the Powerhouse meetings, they played original songs and rearranged popular radio tunes at their weekly meeting for local youth aged 16–25. Band members sometimes also contributed to the larger interdenominational ministry Youth Alive Australia and its albums. Most members of the band also attended Hillsong Church services.
Powerhouse grew and split in the late 1990s into two youth groups: Powerhouse (aged 18-25) and Wildlife (12-17). Reuben Morgan, assisted by guitarist Marcus Beaumont and vocalist/songwriter Tanya Riches, were the administrators of the 18-25's Powerhouse band that also included Mark Stevens, Nigel Hendroff, Peter King and Raymond Badham. At the older group Peter King was the main piano player and music director, with later guitarist Nigel Hendroff taking this music directing role. In the younger ministry Wildlife, the former Channel V Leg-Up competition-winning Able band boys Joel Houston and Marty Sampson were trained by Hillsong Music Pastor Russell Fragar, with Able band's Luke Munns and Michael Guy Chislett being the main drummer and guitarist, respectively while Joel Houston played bass. Marty Sampson, Holly Dawson, Mark Stevens, Katrina Peoples, Michelle Fragar, Tanya Riches and Bec Mesiti were some original key vocalists. In the Summer of 1997, the team made a huge impact at their youth ministry's Summer Camp. Returning from Summer Camp, the youth ministries of Hillsong Church joined together on a monthly basis with these meetings called the "UNITED" Nights.
Delirious?' Martin Smith's song "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble" was the theme song of the 1997 camp, and the momentum of youth carried well beyond this camp into the church services, changing the style of the music. Reuben Morgan wrote "My Redeemer Lives". This song was included in the upcoming Hillsong album, By Your Side recorded in February that year. This album also featured youth songs including the title track written by Marty Sampson ("By Your Side") and Luke Munns ("Stay").
Darlene Zschech suggested to Reuben Morgan that the youth band make an album in 1998 after so many songs were written in the youth ministry. As a result, the EP One was recorded. Everyday was recorded in 1999 and packaged with the Hillsong annual album. Both achieved Gold sales status in Australia. The band continued to release an album each year, rebranding as Hillsong United. In 2002 after Reuben Morgan stepped down as co-worship leader of the band, Joel Houston, the eldest son of the church's senior pastor Brian Houston, and Marty Sampson led the group together.
The band's members are involved in Hillsong Church services and also play for the church. Many were volunteers who went unpaid for their time or contribution. As such the line up changes on a regular basis due to the volunteers needs and the needs of the church; that is to say, due to the naturally resultant "churn". Former original drummer Luke Munns made a transition from the drums to front the rock/indie band LUKAS. Following his marriage to Michelle on November 2006, Sampson stepped down as one of the main leaders of the band. He contributed two more songs with United—"Devotion", which he wrote and sang, and "Saviour King", which he wrote with Mia Fieldes—before he officially stepped down. These songs were part of the 2007 release All of the Above. Current members of the Hillsong United band include Joel Houston, Jonathon Douglass (J.D.), Jadwin "Jad" Gillies, Matt Crocker, Taya Smith, Dylan Thomas (on rhythm guitar), Timon Klein (on lead guitar), Peter James & Benjamin Tennikoff (on keyboards), Adam Crosariol (on bass guitar), and Simon Kobler (on drums).
The annual Hillsong United CD/DVD was recorded for many years during the Hillsong youth ministry's October conference Encounterfest, and albums released in the first quarter of the following year. The 2007 album All of the Above was the first album to be fully studio recorded. The band has toured in a number of countries, leading worship in various places.
Hillsong United posted on their Facebook page 28 March 2010 that they were heading in to record their next album. This new studio project was recorded at 301 Studios in Sydney, Australia. Aftermath was released on 15 February 2011. The track "Go" from the album was later remade by Christian rapper KJ-52, on his album Dangerous.
The current members of the band are:1[3][4][5]
- Joel Houston — worship leader, guitar, keys, percussion
- Jonathon "JD" Douglass — worship leader, percussion
- Jad Gillies — worship leader, guitar
- Matt Crocker — worship leader, guitar, percussion
- Taya Smith — worship leader
- Dylan Thomas — rhythm guitar, keys, music director
- Adam Crosariol — bass guitar
- Simon Kobler — drums
- Michael Guy Chislett — guitar, keys, music director
- Benjamin "Ben" Tennikoff — keyboards, programming, sampling
- Timon Klein — lead guitar
- Peter James — piano, keyboard, synthesizer
- 1998: One (Bonus EP from Hillsong Live annual album)
- 1999: Everyday
- 2000: Best Friend
- 2001: King of Majesty
- 2002: To the Ends of the Earth
- 2004: More Than Life
- 2005: Look to You
- 2006: United We Stand
- 2007: Unidos Permanecemos
- 2007: In a Valley by the Sea (EP)
- 2008: The I Heart Revolution. Part I: With Hearts as One
- 2009: Across the Earth
- 2012: Live in Miami
- 2007: All of the Above
- 2011: Aftermath
- 2013: Zion
- 2015: Empires
- 2013: Oceans (EP)
- 2013: Zion Acoustic Sessions
- 2014: The White Album (Remix Project)
- 2004: More Than Life (bonus DVD with album)
- 2005: Look to You (bonus DVD with album)
- 2006: United We Stand (bonus DVD with album)
- 2007: All of the Above (bonus DVD with album)
- 2008: The I Heart Revolution: With Hearts As One (Music DVD)
- 2010: The I Heart Revolution: We're All in This Together (Documentary DVD/Blu-ray)
- 2012: Live in Miami (Music DVD/Blu-ray)
- 2013: Zion Acoustic Sessions (Music DVD)
|Album details
|Peak chart positions
|AUS Albums Chart
|NZ Albums Chart
|US Billboard 200
|US Christian Albums
Digital Albums
|All of the Above
|[a_CROSS // the_EARTH]
- List of songs, with selected chart positions
|Peak positions
|US Hot Christian Songs
|US Christian Airplay
|US Christian Digital Songs
|US Christian Streaming
|US Billboard Hot 100
|"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)"
See also[edit]
- ^ "Christian Songs chart". Billboard magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Hot 100 chart history of Hillsong United". Billboard magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Meet the Band - Hillsong Movie". Hillsong: Let Hope Rise Official Website. Where Feet May Fail, LLC. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ a b Zion album booklet
- ^ a b Empires album booklet. "Hillsong United is Joel Houston, Jad Gillies, Matt Crocker, Jonathon "JD" Douglass, Taya Smith, Michael Guy Chislett, Simon Kobler, Dylan Thomas, Ben Tennikoff, Adam Crosariol"
- ^ "Hillsong". australian-charts.com.
- ^ "Hillsong". charts.org.
- ^ "Hillsong Album Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Hillsong United Album Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ United
- ^ "Hillsong Album Chart History: Billboard Christian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ United
- ^ "Hillsong Album Chart History: Digital Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ United
- ^ "Hillsong Album Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "American single certifications – Hillsong United – Oceans". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
- ^ Paul Grein (21 November 2014). "Taylor Swift Replaces Herself At #1 on the Hot 100". Yahoo! Music.
- "Hillsong United Webpage". Published by Hillsong Church. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- "Hillsong United on Integrity Music". Published by Integrity Media. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- "Review on Christianity Today". Published by Christian Music Today. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- "Shout to the Lord!: Music and Change at Hillsong 1996- 2007". Dissertation for the award of Masters of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, 2010. Riches, Tanya. Retrieved 3 March 2012
- "Secularising the Sacred: The Impact of Geoff Bullock on Contemporary Congregational Song in Sydney, 1990-1999". Dissertation for the award of PhD, Macquarie University, 2002. Evans, Mark. Retrieved 3 March 2012
- "Open up the Doors: Music in the Modern Church" London: Equinox, 2006. Evans, Mark.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Hillsong United Albums
- Interview @ Christian Music Today, 6/07


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QLD Pizza Oven
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I thought I might whack a few photos up of the WFO. I keep seeing these beautiful ovens by blokes with real talent. While it's great to see, it's discouraging for those of us who are masonry impaired. I thought I might add my attempt so people can see that it doesn't have to be perfect, and that any mug can have a go.
I posted some of this thread in a different area and decided to move it here as it seemed more appropriate.
The Footing, dug on a stinking hot day day with a hangover, sorry - wine flu.
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Base in progress with the Cheif Quality Assurance Officer overseeing the build
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Base Completed. In hindsight, this was the hardest part.
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Vermicement base. Freaky stuff, I was worried it wouldn't dry, but it came good after a day or so. After having an unsuccessful go at a couple of mixing methods we found the easiest way was to pour the vermiculite and the cement into a plastic kiddie pool, mix it all around then add the water and mix again. Sounds simple, but it took a while and several big messes to come up with this master plan.
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Snazzy little landing with provision for an ash pit hole, and most importantly, somewhere to rest a drink.
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Below is my setout for the floor, my attempt at the arches (don't have a bricksaw and my bolstering is pretty hit and miss). It's rough, but going to be rendered so I wasn't too concerned about it being pretty. The bricks and the strap were my resolution to anchoring my hendo indispensable tool (and what a tool it is, could not have done without it). I ended up using a sand form towards the top. In hindsight I should have persevered with the indispensable tool, I couldn't see what I was doing with the form and it ended up being a bit of a dog's breakfast. I used a circle of mdf, cut in half(ish), overlapped and screwed together under the sand. I used a car jack to hold 'er up there. There was a moment when removing the form where I just had to rip the jack out and hope for the best. A bit puckerish, but amazingly satisfying to see the dome staying up, holding together all by itself.
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I live on a corner block in a small town with my back yard exposed to the road, am getting a running commentary on my progress from everyone from the local garbo to random strangers. And the common thread - I'm gonna build an oven one day. Amazing how many people want to build a WFO, but you see so very few around.
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Insulation blanket and vermicement. Not a fun day. Whatever they pay the laggers that work with insulation every day, they deserve double.
Finally, rendered and near finished. I still need to finish the bricks on the landing, and make the ash bin, but I fear this may never be finished now its usable.
By the way, the missus suggested (demanded) the name, I was going for MUD GUTS.
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The end result of 5 weekends work. Bloody beautiful, from the first bite of the first pizza it was worth it. Attachment 22348Attachment 22349
Happy drunk mates (always the best critics)
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The almost complete view from the back door. We made a little herb garden beside the oven. Should be just the ticket to help fuel our culinary fires.
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A massive thanks to all the mates who helped, I do think it would have been cheaper to hire a helper because now I have a stack of mates who feel entitled to pizza parties. Oh well, a couple of beers and some good food with mates, could be worse.
And thanks to the wife (financial controller, motivator and mud mixer extraordinaire. She's the one that looked after the kids and let me play in the mud for a month, Thanks Bub.
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Cool looking build! You'll get years of enjoyment out of it.
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Good work! It looks great! You have me jealous that yours is finished lol
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Very nice work, I am nearly done myself just some tile and grout work remaining.
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Good one Worb,the hard work is done, now get to and finish it off with your ash pit (nothing worse than looking for suitable metal bin when you should be cook'n pizzas mate), and make yourself a good insulated door to preserve that heat after pizzas and cook your breads, roasts etc.
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I have squirreled away a sheet of stainless I got on the cheap. Going to fold up a purpose made ash bin, have told myself MUST BE DONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! Also, got a mate with a new wire feeder welder and he's just itching for a project to unleash it on. I'm thinking a 3mm checkerplate hollow steel door. I'll have it made a couple of inches thick and fill it with some perlite I held back. I think she'll be apples.
I'm planning a pizza party tomorrow for a few mates. This is the practice before I get a dozen workmates over after the work christmas party in a couple of weeks. Wish me luck, am still perfecting my peel technique. Half the time the pizza ends up folded over like a taco, it's getting hard to convince the guests that it's my culinary fusion of a Mexican staple and the classic Italian pizza.
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Dear worb
So... this is where your hiding..... By the way nice neat oven can't say that about ya mates though. (mates are his friends not his wife by the way,our american "mates").
Insulated oven door:- Mine a copy from a bloke in Sydney. Just ply wood with a 50mm slab of heebel block bolted on to it The edges are cut so it fits into the oven reveal nice and tight. Hebels cheap, easy to come by (bunnings) easy to shapes Wood saw and chisel, insulated and heatproof enough.
check out the Assie section a thread called oven door thats were I found this one. It also contain a link for an Aussie firm that sells a Temp gauge that you can fit to the door which ia about $20.
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Luanda — The General Assembly of the Angolan Chess Federation (FAX), held last weekend, approved by unanimity the activities report and the amended accounts report for the 2009-2012 period.
According to the final communiqué of the mentioned organ, which ANGOP received last Wednesday, the Assembly members decided to accept the documents produced by the federation's board and approved by the Supervision Council.
The Assembly also recommended the FAX chairman, Aguinaldo Jaime, to present a consensus list of names of a staff that should contest in the election for the institution's board, having into account the electoral deadlines given by the Youth and Sports Ministry.
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The whole article was entirely false, but was widely quoted as fact years later, even until the present day. The story was even referenced in a January 2008 Kia TV ad, with no mention of its fictional nature. In 1949 Mencken wrote:
The success of this idle hoax, done in time of war, when more serious writing was impossible, vastly astonished me. It was taken gravely by a great many other newspapers, and presently made its way into medical literature and into standard reference books. It had, of course, no truth in it whatsoever, and I more than once confessed publicly that it was only a jocosity... Scarcely a month goes by that I do not find the substance of it reprinted, not as foolishness but as fact, and not only in newspapers but in official documents and other works of the highest pretensions.


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Date: January 7, 2012
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Place: Stabler Arena (5,600), Bethlehem, Pa.
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SERIES HISTORY AGAINST LEHIGH: Saturday's match-up will be the 51st meeting between Holy Cross and Lehigh with the Crusaders owning a 37-13 advantage over the Mountain Hawks. The teams first met in Holy Cross' inaugural season of Patriot League play (1990-1991), earning two back-to-back victories, a 75-55 home victory and then an 87-56 tally on the road. After compiling six consecutive wins against Lehigh from Feb. 1, 1992 until Jan. 15, 1994, the Crusaders were handed their first loss, falling 77-74 in Bethlehem, Pa. on Feb. 9, 1994. Holy Cross avenged the loss with 18 consecutive wins over the Mountain Hawks, including a 94-68 win in the Patriot League Tournament championship game held at the Hart Center on March 8, 2001. Holy Cross went 11-5 against Lehigh from 2002-2008 and is currently on a seven game slide, last beating Lehigh on March 9, 2008. Holy Cross head coach Bill Gibbons is responsible for the 37-13 record while the Mountain Hawks head coach, Sue Troyan, is 12-25 against the Crusaders. The Crusaders look to steal one from Lehigh at Stabler Arena, a place where Lehigh has taken the last four match-ups. Holy Cross owns the all-time series edge in Bethlehem, 14-7, and is 2-5 on the road this season. Lehigh is 5-2 through its first seven home games this season.
HOLY CROSS AGAINST CONFERENCE FOES: The 2011-2012 season marks the 23rd year of Patriot League competition for the Crusaders. Over the last 22 seasons, the Crusaders have competed in a total of 327 league match-ups, winning 249and dropping 78 games total for a 76.1 winning percentage. The team was seeded sixth in the tournament last season, its lowest ever, and lost in the quarterfinals against American. The squad has now recorded two consecutive losing seasons for the first time ever in program history, going 5-9 in 2009-2010 and 6-8 last season. Holy Cross possesses two unblemished Patriot League seasons, going 12-0 in 1990-1991, and doing it again in 1996-1997. Head coach Bill Gibbons has been along for the entire ride and is responsible for the 249-78 league record. In all, Holy Cross has made 21 appearances in the Patriot League Tournament, boasting 11 championships and a 38-10 all-time record. The Crusaders are most successful against Colgate as they have mounted a 43-3 all-time record against the Raiders. The team also boasts a 45-8 record against Lafayette. Army and American have given Holy Cross the most trouble, as the two have combined for 26 of the 78 wins against the Crusaders. Lehigh has put up 13 wins against Holy Cross as well.
ONE-TWO PUNCH: Sophomore guard Alex Smith (Delran, N.J.) and junior forward Amy Lepley (Norfolk, Mass.) are showing the Patriot League why Holy Cross boasts a winning record after 14 games of action. Smith leads the team with 13.3 points per game while Lepley follows close behind with 12.9 points per game. Smith ranks first in the league in scoring while Lepley ranks third, separated only by Army's Jen Hazlett, who averages 12.9 points per game in 15 games played. The two topped out with a team-high 19 points in the overtime victory against Morgan State and have combined to lead the team in scoring in 11 of the 14 contests.
TURNOVER TENACITY: Sophomores Alex Smith and Brisje Malone (Springfield, Mass.) are showing off their seasoned skills, leading the team not only with their scoring capabilities, but also their ability to create shots for their teammates. The two have combined for 127 of the squad's 244 assists (52 percent) and only account for 88 of the total 237 turnovers. Through the 14 games, Smith leads the Patriot League with a 1.5 assist/turnover ratio (77 assists, 50 turnovers) while Malone is second with a 1.3 ratio (50 assists, 38 turnovers). The two have also tallied 11 assists in one game, Smith doing so against Harvard and Malone against Morgan State. Their output ranks in a tie for fifth in Holy Cross single-game records.
OFFENSE ON TOP: The Holy Cross women's basketball team continues to show off its offense headed into conference action. The Crusaders kept up their points pace with a 65 point production over Dartmouth the last time out. The team continues to lead the league by averaging 63.7 points per game, totaling 892 points in 14 contests. The second-highest scoring team in the Patriot League is Army, who averages 57.1 points per game, a difference of 6.6 points. The squad's outburst of 82 points against Bryant was a season and league-high. The Crusaders also hit a season-best 31 field goals against Bryant, the most field goals made by any Patriot League team this season. The team's field goal percentage, 40.3, is also a league best as they've combined to make 324 of their 804 shot attempts. Overall, the team is 6-1 when playing in games where they've scored over 60 points and 7-1 when shooting better than 40 percent.
WARD LEADS SQUAD: The lone senior on the roster, Meredith Ward (Westerly, R.I.), was named captain for the 2011-2012 season. Ward was also named a tri-captain for the 2010-2011 season. She is the veteran leader in the backcourt and has started at guard in all 14 games this season, averaging 32.5 minutes, 7.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Her playing time has increased dramatically during her senior season as she averaged 21.3 minutes over her first three years and now ranks fifth amongst Patriot League players in minutes played. Her point and rebound averages have also improved, as she is scoring 3.4 points more and bringing down 3.4 more rebounds than her career averages (4.1 points, 1.9 rebounds). Ward has notched three double-digit scoring outings thus far, highlighted by her first career double-double against UMass on Nov. 22. She scored 14 points and tallied a career-best 12 rebounds, almost doubling her previous high of seven rebounds. Her other double-figure games include Quinnipiac (15 points) and Fordham (12). Against Boston College, Ward tallied a season-high six assists and has a total of 37 dishes on the season, third highest on the team. Her free throw shooting remains strong as well, as she hits 82.8 percent (24 of 29) from the line. As a junior, Ward registered a Holy Cross single-game record when she went 12-for-12 from the free throw line against Quinnipiac and finished the season as the team's top free throw performer, making 84 percent of her attempts. In her career, she has scored 467 points, recorded 226 rebounds and 201 assists.
SMOOTH SMITH: Sophomore guard Alex Smith was chosen to the preseason All-League Team after being named to the Patriot League All-Rookie Team last season. Her accolades continue to stack up as she was to the Miami Classic All-Tournament team, earning her second career All-Tournament honor. Her numbers are impressive, as she has led the team in scoring in five of the last seven games. Highlighting her scoring efforts was a 22-point outburst at Harvard, tying her career-high. She scored 10 points in the team's win over Dartmouth, extending her double-digit scoring streak to six games. Smith has notched 11 double-digit scoring affairs in all, including 10 points vs. Dartmouth, 19 points vs. Morgan State, 11 points at Miami, 11 points vs. Bryant, 17 points at Boston College, 20 points vs. Northeastern, 15 points at Central Connecticut, 14 points versus UMass, 14 points versus Quinnipiac and 11 points at Yale. Smith also topped out in the assists category against Harvard, collecting 11 to notch a career-high and record her first-ever double-double. She has 77 total assists on the season, leading the team and Patriot League with 5.5 assists per game. She is once again a three-point threat, hitting a season-high of five three-point shots made in a game three times so far (vs. Northeastern, Boston College and Morgan State). She has hit multiple three-pointers in 11 contests, including the last seven games, and averages 2.7 three-pointers per game, leading the league. She now has 33 career games where she's made at least two three-pointers. She also has a total of 38 three-pointers made this season. As a freshman, Smith ranked second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.1 point per game. She also ranked first on the team in minutes played per game (32.0) and assists (98). She finished the season with 82 three-pointers made, ranking second-highest in the Holy Cross single-season records. In her career, Smith has recorded 507 points, 158 rebounds and 175 assists.
LEAPS FOR LEPLEY: Junior forward Amy Lepley returns for her third-straight season as one of the team's starting forwards. She is at full strength as she currently ranks second on the team and third in the Patriot League in scoring average, putting up 12.9 points per game. Lepley's numbers continue to impress as she has notched 10 double-figure outings this season, highlighted by a season-high 20-point outburst in the win over New Hampshire on Dec. 3. She has also recorded double-figures against Dartmouth (13) Morgan State (19), Bryant (18) Boston College (11), UMass (15), Harvard (15), Fordham (14), Quinnipiac (13) and Yale (12). She has led the team in scoring in six total games. She was named the Patriot League Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Dec. 27 for her strong performances. Lepley is the team's best shooter, making 50.3 percent of her field goal attempts (75 of 149), which also ranks second amongst Patriot League players. She is a true double-threat, as she leads the team and ranks ninth in the league in rebounding, averaging 5.5 rebounds per game. Her season-high number of rebounds is 10, which she recorded against Morgan State on Dec. 29. Against the Bears, Lepley secured her fourth career double-double, scoring 19 points and tallying the 10 rebounds. Originally playing as a guard in high school, the converted forward led the team in rebounding (5.6 per game) and blocks (13) in 2010-2011. In her career she has scored 676 points, recorded 370 rebounds and 138 assists.
PICK-ME-UP PARKER: Freshman forward Emily Parker (Johnston, Iowa) got her Holy Cross career off to a great start, posting a double-double in her first game in a Crusaders uniform. Her 17-point, 10-rebound performance at Yale marked the first time in 15 years of Holy Cross basketball that a freshman posted such high numbers in her first-ever performance. The feat landed her Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors on Nov. 15. She also received Rookie of the Week honors on Dec. 27 after scoring 11 points and tallying six rebounds against Bryant on Dec. 21, becoming the first repeat rookie award winner this season. Parker scored a season-high 20-points against Quinnipiac, leading the team. She has three double-figure outings in the last six games, notching 10 points at UNH, 13 points against Northeastern and 11 points over Bryant. She has 102 points on the season, an average of 8.5 points per game. She ranks fourth on the team and 16th in the Patriot League in the scoring category. She also continues to be one of the team's top rebounders as she tied her season-high with 10 rebounds against Boston College on Dec. 18. She averages 4.9 boards per game, third highest on the team. She is also the team's top shot-blocker as she tied her season-high with three blocks against Bryant. She has posted a total of 12 blocks on the season and has registered three games with multiple blocks, the only Crusader to do so.
COMEBACK MALONE: Sophomore guard Brisje Malone, who did not start the two exhibition games for Holy Cross this fall, has come back to earn the third starting guard spot in all 14 games this season. Malone is producing some of the team's top offense as she has now tallied nine double-digit scoring affairs in the last 10 games. She hit a season-high 15 points against New Hampshire on Dec. 13 and scores 10.3 points per game overall. Her scoring average ranks third on the team and 12th amongst Patriot League players. She has also scored double-figures against Dartmouth (11), Morgan State (10), Bryant (14), Boston College (10), Northeastern (11), UMass (10), Harvard (13), Central Connecticut (11) and Yale (13). Malone hits her stride in the clutch scoring 83 of her 144 total points in the second half of games (56 percent). Malone notched two season-highs in the game against Morgan State, tallying eight rebounds and 11 assists. She became the second player on the team to notch a points, assist double-double against the Bears, as her 11 assists were a career-best. Her versatility stretches to the defensive side of the ball as well as she ranks second on the team with a 5.1 rebounding average. She is also second on the team with 3.6 assists per game. As a freshman, she averaged 26.1 minutes and 7.1 points per game. In her career she has scored 336 points, brought down 149 rebounds and dished out 107 assists.
GAINS FOR GANSER: Sophomore Christine Ganser (Needham, Mass.), who has been a solid presence off the bench for Holy Cross this season broke out for a career-best 21-point, four steal performance in the team's win over Dartmouth. Ganser, whose previous high was 15 points, broke out for 11 free throws and five field goals made. Her point production was the most by any Crusader this season. Ganser is also a big addition for the Crusaders' defense as she posts 4.8 rebounds per game, fourth on the team and 19th amongst league foes. She makes 83.3 percent of her free throws (40 of 48) which tops all league players. Ganser played in all 30 games as a freshman, averging 4.8 points and 3.8 rebounds.
HELPING HANDS: For the second season in a row, the Holy Cross women's basketball team is leading the Patriot League in assists. The squad has combined for 244 assists on the season, an average of 17.4 assists per game. Navy ranks second in the league with 13.3 assists per game, a difference of 4.1 assists. Sophomore Alex Smith is once again the team's leader in the assists category, as she averages 5.5 assists per game, also leading the Patriot League. Holy Cross tallied another league-high, earning 27 assists over the Bryant Bulldogs on Dec. 21. There are a total of three Crusaders that rank within the top-10 conference assists leaders, the most of any other team in the conference. Sophomore Brisje Malone and senior Meredith Ward rank in the top-10 along with Smith.
STARTERS SHINE: The starting five for Holy Cross this season have earned their roles for a reason. Through the 14 games, Crusader starters have posted 719 of the team's 892 points (80.6 percent). They have combined for 2,101 of the 2,825 minutes played (74.4 percent) and are shooting a combined 41.7 percent from the floor (263 of 630). They have also sported 324 rebounds, 209 assists and 80 steals. Against Fordham, the team's starters scored 37 of the team's 43 points. In the game against Harvard, the starters boasted 71 of 73 points. Forty-five of the team's 53 points were scored by the starting five at CCSU and 59 of the team's 61 points versus UNH were put up by starters as well. Three of the five regular starters are averaging in double-figures (Amy Lepley, Alex Smith and Brisje Malone), the most of any team in the Patriot League.
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Another goal of the 2011-2012 season is to step up on all aspects of the defense. One of the main ways the team will accomplish that goal is to win the rebounding battle. The team has outrebounded eight of its 14 opponents thus far (Morgan State, Yale, Fordham, UMass, UNH, Northeastern, Boston College and Bryant). The team boasts a 5-3 record when outrebounding its opponent. Highlighting the teams rebounding efforts was a 52-33 margin against Bryant, a difference of 19 boards. The 52 rebounds were a single-game high and tied the most rebounds tallied by any Patriot League team so far this season. In all, the squad has notched two more rebounds than their opponents, collecting a 538-536 edge. The Crusaders have also stepped up their defense on another level, obtaining more blocks than opponents in four of the 14 games (4-1 versus Quinnipiac, 3-1 at Harvard, 3-2 at UNH, 4-1 versus Bryant). Emily Parker has collected 12 of the team's 22 blocks. Last season, the team was outrebounded by a margin of 1,186-1,023, a 123 rebound difference. The last Holy Cross team to outrebound all of its opponents during a season was in 2002-2003. That season, the squad put up 1,216 rebounds compared to 1,124 rebounds by their opponents. The team finished with a 24-8 overall record and won the 2003 Patriot League Championship.
CRUSADERS PICKED FIFTH IN PRESEASON POLL: Holy Cross was picked to finish fifth for the second straight season in the 2011-2012 Patriot League preseason poll, receiving 52 votes. American was chosen to finish first, receiving 11 first-place votes as senior Lisa Strack was voted preseason All-Patriot League. The Eagles earned a league-high 94 points and was followed by Lehigh, who received three first place votes and 83 points. Reigning Patriot League champion Navy was picked third with 74 points and two first place votes, while Bucknell (58 points) and Holy Cross (52) were selected fourth and fifth respectively. Lafayette, Army and Colgate followed in order, earning 38, 26 and 23 points respectively.
HOLY CROSS AMONGST THE NATION'S BEST: Holy Cross has gained recognition with many of the nation's top teams and players after the fifth round of the NCAA Division I rankings was released on Jan. 1. Currently, the Crusaders rank 20th in assists per game (17.3), 31st in assist/turnover ratio (1.0) and 150th in scoring offense (63.6). Alex Smith ranks within the top-50 in the nation with her 5.4 assists per game (27th). Her 11 assists versus Harvard rank 22nd in individual game-highs as does Brisje Malone's 11 dishes against Morgan State. Smith also ranks in the top-50 with her 2.8 three-pointers made per game, currently ranking 25th. Amy Lepley ranks 51st nationally with her 51.5 field goal percentage.
BOWL FOR BONDS: Assistant coach Chante Bonds knows what it's like to be a champion. This past summer, Bonds was a major part of the Boston Militia, a team in the Women's Football Alliance. Her squad went 7-1 during the regular season and finished with a 3-0 record in the national conference playoffs, earning them a spot in the world championship. Facing the San Diego Surge, Bonds' Militia won the game 35-19 and was crowned the 2011 Women's Football Alliance National Champions. Bonds, who was in her third year in the women's league, earned second team All-America honors as a wide receiver. Playing as a cornerback in the championship game, Bonds stopped a San Diego drive with an interception and an 11-yard return. Bonds, born and raised in Brockton, Mass., played Division II basketball at Bentley. A combo guard, Bonds' favorite tasks on the basketball court were diving for loose balls and setting screens for post players. On the football field, she caught on to contact and tackling quickly.
SUMMER SHAPE-UP: The Crusaders went through a tough and rigorous summer off season, working with assistant coach Chante Bonds and strength and conditioning coach Brittany Keil. In addition to the normal training regimen of strength, power, core stability and knee injury prevention, Keil and Bonds implemented a conditioning sprint test. The sprint test simulated game-like conditions, and when they ran it together as a team, they competed to see who can stay on top of the 'speed ladder'; slowest person is last in line, fastest person is at the top, and they fight to move up or keep their position on every sprint rep. Both Bonds and Keil felt that this new training segment changed the squad's mentality of being on the team and kept them training with consistency and intensity throughout the summer.
PATRIOT LEAGUE DOMINANCE: Despite its preseason ranking, the Holy Cross women's basketball team has its eyes set back on the top spot amongst the Patriot League's eight teams. Since its inaugural season back in 1991, the team has posted 243 league victories and just 71 losses. It has made 20 appearances in the Patriot League Tournament, boasting 11 championships and a 38-10 all-time record. The team was seeded sixth in the tournament last season, a program low and lost to American in the quarterfinals. The Crusaders are most successful against Colgate as they have mounted a 43-3 all-time record against the Raiders. The team also boasts a 45-8 record against Lafayette. Army and American have given Holy Cross the most trouble, as the two have combined for 28 of the 71 wins against the Crusaders. Lehigh has put up 13 wins against Holy Cross as well.
HEAD COACH BILL GIBBONS:27th Season: Holy Cross head coach Bill Gibbons began the season with 496 career wins and now boasts a career record of 504-292 as head coach (63.3 winning percentage), including a 8-6 record at the helm this season. He became the 24th active Division I coach to have 500 career wins on Dec. 3 at New Hampshire. He is in his 27th season at the helm of the Holy Cross women's basketball program and 31st as a member of the Holy Cross basketball family in 2011-2012. He has led the Crusaders to nine Patriot League Championships in the last 16 years. He has also made 12 postseason appearances (11 NCAA Tournaments and one WNIT) in his 26 years as head coach. He holds sixteen 20-win seasons under his belt and is the sixth coach of the women's program at Holy Cross, enjoying the longest tenure in the position. He has led the Holy Cross women's basketball program to more victories than any other coach, and is the winningest coach in Holy Cross basketball history. With his 358th victory, he surpassed George Blaney (357 wins as head coach of the Holy Cross men's basketball program), who had hired him to be his assistant coach in 1981. Now with 500 wins, Gibbons is the second-winningest coach in Holy Cross Athletics history, behind legendary baseball coach Jack Barry, who totaled 616 wins from 1921-1960.
NEXT UP FOR THE CRUSADERS: Holy Cross continues Patriot League competition next week, traveling to Navy on Jan. 11. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Md.
SCOUTING LEHIGH: Lehigh enters the game with an overall record of 7-7 on the season. The Mountain Hawks are 4-1 in their last five contests, losing to Richmond, 71-49, the last time out. Senior forward Emily Gratch leads the team offensively with an average of 10.7 points per game. Fellow senior forward Alexa Williams leads the team with 9.3 rebounds per game and also adds 10.6 points. The squad averages 56.6 points and 41.8 rebounds per game as a whole. Lehigh is led by head coach Sue Troyan, who owns an overall record of 264-220 in 17 seasons with the Mountain Hawks.


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I am fortunate and deeply grateful to have the kind of friends and family who acknowledge me with kind words on Veterans Day. But something bothers me about it, too. At first I thought it was the same sense of unworthiness that kicks in on Memorial Day. That's part of it, but that wasn't quite right. Then I saw friends all day changing their profile pictures to something reflective of their military service, and as much as I enjoy seeing some of those pictures (especially the throwbacks!), something about that wasn't sitting right with me either. Finally, I saw a friend's post about Remembrance Sunday, and it helped me put my finger on it.
Remembrance Sunday has its roots very close to Veterans Day — both began as commemorations of Armistice Day, the end of World War I hostilities. In Great Britain and the UK, it is held to honor the contribution of their military and civilian servicemen and women "in the two World Wars and later conflicts."
Jeremy and I were lucky to be in London two years ago in early November. I was curious about the sight of small poppy pins on the lapels of seemingly everyone's winter coats, and asked what they meant. In the weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday, people don the poppy pins, used since 1921 to honor those who have died in war. The poppy comes from a poem written by John McCrae, a poet and physician who enrolled at 41 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force to serve as a gunner and medical officer. He wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields" while sitting in the back of an ambulance, the day after burying a close friend who had been killed in battle. Today, the pins are available for a donation to the British Legion, who uses the funds to support all current and former British Armed Forces members and their families.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
The sight of all these poppies, particularly after reading the poem, was no longer merely charming; it was deeply moving. I purchased one in honor of our allies, and wore it for the rest of our trip. At the time, I thought simply that the visible British support for their military men and women was a lovely thing to see. Two years later, in America, I have a few more thoughts.
Veterans Day is not for veterans. As much as we appreciate the kind intentions, we don't need to be thanked for our service by our friends and family. They know some of what military service has cost us. Some of us, it's a few points of sanity; some of us, it's the months away missing important events; some of us, the invisible wounds (visible and not) of loss and trauma; and some of us, it's the ultimate sacrifice.
Veterans Day is also not merely an advertising gimmick, to be used to ingratiate your business with servicemembers. It is a nice gesture, but one that often smacks of commercialism, and that's not what this should be about.
Veterans Day is not a day for hero worship. Not all veterans are heroes, to be sure, but all veterans are veterans, who volunteered (for whatever reason) to serve. Not all veterans are good people, either, and not all of them do good things while they're wearing the uniform (or after they've taken it off). It is not so much the veterans themselves that should be honored, as their willingness to serve. We wear uniforms, in part, to depersonalize us; to make us all blend together, to be part of a team, not individuals to be glorified.
Veterans Day is also is not the right day to cry that "you're no hero, and you're certainly not protecting MY freedoms." I am an enthusiastic supporter of political discourse, but there are three hundred and sixty-four other days of the year for that. The most important day of the year to make that argument, in my opinion, was last week – Election Day. If you or anyone else you know disagrees with the way that our military is administered or employed, please – for heaven's sake – SAY SO, constructively, in a way that makes a difference. Campaign against unnecessary deployments, wasteful spending, and conflicts that you believe are morally wrong. Call upon elected officials for accountability to represent your interests. As servicemembers (especially on active duty), there is a limit to what we can say about the government while we're in uniform; we have a vote, but it's just one vote. But we serve a government elected at the behest of the people, so if you don't like how the military is employed, tell them. We represent you, not them.
Veterans Day is for those who do not serve; those whom we represent, not because they are our family or friends, but simply because they stand under the same flag as we do. I worry that there are parts of America where no one remembers that. I've lost count of the number of times people all over the country asked "wait, we're still in Afghanistan?" last year while Jeremy was deployed. In Sacramento – forty-five minutes' drive from Beale Air Force Base – I was stunned by how often local strangers told me they didn't know there was a base nearby. And perhaps I was left a little bitter, when someone said that just days after a dear friend of ours was killed in action in Afghanistan. We were still reeling from the loss, and being confronted with the fact that people weren't even aware of his service – much less his sacrifice – was too much to bear.
Which brings me back to the poppies.
Looking back on our days in England, I'm surprised all over again by how many people donned those small red flowers. I've read that the poppy tradition started here, with the American Legion. I wonder today what America would look like if we still wore them. I imagine there would be heavy concentrations of red flowers around military bases, and probably in our nation's capital. The people most eager to make donations to "support the troops," after all, are often the friends and family of those who have served. But they already support us, and they often need support themselves.
Perhaps I'm a pessimist, but I think there are many parts of the country where we'd see very few poppies, if any at all. So much of America simply does not have any skin in the game, and our veterans have become either a prop or a political hockey puck, depending on the day.
These thoughts aren't for my friends and family. They know what this means without me having to say it. I just wish there were a way that I could see that the rest of America did.


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Alternative Press reviews ¡TRE!
Started by tdlyon , Nov 19 2012 11:22 PM
Posted 22 November 2012 - 11:15 PM
Certainly reviewers are more qualified than the average person to write reviews about albums, because that's their fucking job. But no one in the world is more qualified than anyone else to determine the empirical quality of an album because music is subjective. No one song or no one anything can be absolutely proved to be empirically better in the field of music. (unless we're talking Green Day, cause of course, they're phenomenal, but I digress) A reviewer's opinion that Dos is shitty or awesome is no more or less valid than a fan's opinion that Dos is shitty/awesome and vice versa
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 11:33 PM
So... the review...
Posted 23 November 2012 - 01:15 AM
lol at people on the Internet.
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lol at people on the Internet.
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dear all,
1. how much data?
i know a typical CD holds something like 650 or 680 MB. i also know that
there's some overhead in the iso9660 filesystem. so the maximum capacity of
a cd is uninteresting when compared to "how much of my data can i fit onto a
cd?". has anybody done tests to see what this maximum is?
2. what happens if i go over?
what happens when i go over this limit? does the data not get written or
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3. question about man mkisofs
according to the man page, the -d option: "omit trailing period from files
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manpage says that rockridge is still bound by 8.3 filenames.
5. about filenames
according to man mkisofs, the -l option allows you to use 30 character
filenames instead of the 8.3 specified by iso9660. do people use this?
any caveats? it says the rockridge extensions still mandate an 8.3
filename. i definitely want long filenames on my burned cd's.
6. about disks
do people have a favorite place/supplier for the cheapest high quality CDRW
disks? i know enough to not buy them at frys, unless i want to pay more.
any favorite websites to check out? also, i've heard that the different
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highest quality? is there a difference between CDR and CDRW disks?
i feel kinda lost about all this, but it's starting to come together. any
hints would be really appreciated!
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text: Anyone already played D3 on PC and bought if for console and enjoyed it more? I already liked D3 from PC but I downloaded it on XB1 last night and I was up till 1am playing. Something about playing it on 65" plasma and 7.1 surround. Anyone else prefer the console version? On a side note, I can't seem to figure out how to join multiplayer games like I did on PC.


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Articles of Interest – October 19, 2012
"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." – Andre Gide
"There are no facts, only interpretations." – Friedrich Nietzsche
"Ideas shape the course of history." – John Maynard Keynes
"We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists." – Eddie Obeng
"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations." – Mae Jemison
Innovation Quotes of the Week – Oct. 14, 2012
Blog: Innovation Excellence
How Anyone Can Master Technology
Tech Talk: iPhone 5
Saturday Night Live, NBC.com
What if the city became the school?
Blog: Sam Chaltain, Democracy. Learning. Voice
Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole: Science is for everyone, kids included
NCN Webinar Archives
National Creativity Network
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Kaufmann Foundation
November 12 – 18
Global Entrepreneurship Week Catalyzes Startup Communities Worldwide, New Kauffman Sketchbook Video Illustrates
Kauffman Foundation
State of Creativity Forum
Creative Oklahoma
November 13
Found On The Creative Finder, This Week's Inspiration Starters
Teaching for the Future: Steering girls to science
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, USAToday
Feds Move Closer to Suing Google Over Search
Wired Business | Wired.com
Redefining productivity
Seth's Blog
11 Riffs on Creativity & Time
The Creativity Post
Women Who Changed the World Through Science: Sally Ride
USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog
Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Benjamin Banneker
USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog
Opinion: Want to Ruin Teaching? Give Ratings
The New York Times
Top Futurist: Faster Technological Innovation Great, But Not Enough
ZTE, Huawei: Can China ever become a true innovation powerhouse?
A Future Tense event, Slate.com
See Ya Later, Innovator: U.S. Turns Its Back On Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs
Relaxing immigration could generate billions for global economy
Lemelson-MIT Program: Lemelson-MIT Prize
Deadline: November 2
See You Later, Alligator" – Or Maybe Not
Blog: Go Forth and Innovate!
Patent protection: How to fix it.
Slate Magazine
Teaching Without Words
Blog: Finding the Next Einstein, Psychology Today
Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi– Mathematician, Astronomer, Geographer, and The Father of Algebra
USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog
10 reasons why ideas fail
CBS News
Does Everyone Need To Be An Entrepreneur?
The Role of Place in Discovery and Innovation
Jobs & Economy, The Atlantic Cities
Why Calgary is an entrepreneur's dream
Entrepreneur | Financial Post
GM's Mark Reuss: U.S. 'frightfully behind' in engineering graduates
Detroit Free Press
Study looks at why students leave STEM majors
UW-Madison News
Interview with Eric Kandel: Psychoanalysis, Art and Biology Come Together
Der Spiegel Online
Unsolicited Evaluation Is the Enemy of Creativity
Blog: Freedom to Learn, Psychology Today
Steve Poppe: The Educational Technology Conundrum
Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Mae Jemison — Physician and chemical engineer, First African American woman in space; crusader for science education
USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog
What's Missing from the Education Reform Conversation? Student Voices
Education on GOOD
Mobile patent wars hurting innovation, experts say
The Industry Standard – InfoWorld
A Turn of the Page for Newsweek
The Daily Beast
Creativity Is Our Birthright
Blog: The Novel Perspective, Psychology Today
Help Us Innovate the Innovation Process
Harvard Business Review Blog
The Art (& Science) of Great Teaching
Blog: Sam Chaltain, Democracy. Learning. Voice.
STOP STEALING DREAMS: Seth Godin at TEDxYouth@BFS
5 Qualities Every Creative Employer Seeks
Source, DesignTAXI
Mayor Ed Lee: San Francisco celebrates innovation in October
San Francisco Examiner
How Do You Spot A Genius?
Blog: Streams of Consciousness, Scientific American
A little science goes a long way: Math and language scores improve with 10 hours of instruction
Practical Advice From Female Entrepreneurs Who Stand Out In A Sea Of Dudes
Fast Company
AOL founder Steve Case touts Ohio's innovation economy as an example of the 'rise of the rest'
Why Focus Groups Kill Innovation, From The Designer Behind Swiffer
Co.Design: Fast Company
Dance science: New ballet inspired by viruses at Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Ravalli Republic
NASA Mixes Art and Science, Turns Sun Into Mesmerizing Impressionist Painting (Video)
Science Confirms The Obvious: Rejection Can Make You More Creative
Popular Science
Open Innovation trumps not invented here
Science | Business
How 'Ideation' Can Power Innovation
Governing Magazine
Why Isn't Education a Bigger Political Issue in 2012?
Governing Magazine
Catching Up, Not Cord Cutting, Drives Increase in Content Streaming: Study
Media News, AdAge.com
Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Seyi Oyesola — Nigerian-born anesthesiologist and critical care physician
USA Science and Engineering Festival Blog
Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Michio Kaku- Theoretical physicist, Noted (and sometimes controversial) science futurist; co-creator of physic's "String Field Theory"
USA Science and Engineering Festival Blog
Women Who Changed the World Through Science: Ellen Ochoa
USA Science and Engineering Festival Blog
Can Culture Create Community?
The Creativity Post
Step Back to Step it Up: Tools for Capturing the Big Picture
The Creativity Post
Einstein at the Beach
Blog: The Playing Field, Psychology Today
Project Information Literacy: Inventing the Workplace
Start Nears on Plan to Combat Online Infringement
The New York Times
The 13 biggest misconceptions about entrepreneurship
Upstart Business Journal
Innovate or follow: 10 rules for managing global innovation
Creating A Visual Brand For Every U.S. President
Co.Design: Fast Company
Switch off the junk science, not the TV
Can Creativity Foreshadow Mental Illness?
Science/Tech : Medical Daily
Creativity Linked to Mental Illness, Study Confirms
New brain research could improve quality of hearing aids
Queen's University News Centre
Biodiversity and Hollywood: A Fashionable Intersection
The X-Change Files, The Science & Entertainment Exchange
The Pesky Persistence of Labels
The Creativity Post
One language to bind us all: The Noun Project
Blog: Holy Kaw!
People and Motivations Link a Well-Designed Innovation Framework
Blog: Innovation Excellence
What is Your Innovation Deep Structure?
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Rapid Innovation Breakthrough
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Tech Guru Guy Kawasaki Offers a Guidebook to Innovation
WSJ Technology Innovation Awards
The Wall Street Journal
90% Of Incubators And Accelerators Will Fail And That's Just Fine For America And The World
Exporting Our Way To A Stronger U.S. Economy
How did you find your last great idea?
30 Second MBA, Fast Company
Email Is The New Pony Express–And It's Time To Put It Down
Fast Company
Language Learning Makes For Bigger Brains
Business Insider
Releasing geniuses from their straightjackets
Cambridge News
Steve Rosenbaum: New York Tech Scene: Rising
The Huffington Post
Why Business IT Innovation is So Difficult
HBS Working Knowledge
Game-Changing Innovation, Xerox, and True Collaboration
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Innovating Journalism for a New Media World
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Innovation Big & Small
Blog: Innovation Excellence
What If I Choose Wrong?
Blog: Awake at the Wheel, Psychology Today
'Glengarry Glen Ross' at Fairfield, as a Classroom Text
The New York Times
3D-Printed Acoustic Guitar
11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read
Harvard Business Review
7 Simple Tech Tools That Can Make Starting Up Easy
How Two College Students Created A Prosthetic Arm For An Eight Year-Old
Co.Exist: Fast Company
How Leaders At Companies From Box To Gore Innovate In Chaos
Fast Company
Applied physics as art
Science Codex
Apple vs. Google: Smartphone war rooted in history of innovation
Newsday, Bloomberg News
Nobel Laureate Explores How Art Impacts the Brain
ABC News
Opinion: Three tsunamis driving innovation in health care
Health Policy Solutions
CARTOON OF THE DAY: 'Cul de Sac' creator draws during brain surgery to treat Parkinson's
Comic Riffs – The Washington Post
China in Hollywood, Hailed and Investigated
The New York Times
Universities Are Vast Copy Machines—and That's a Good Thing
The Conversation – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Bizarre-Looking Libraries from All Over the World
Discovery and Illustration are Keys to Innovation
Innovation Point of View
A Survival Guide For Beating Information Addiction
On Surpassed Expectations and Nobel Prizes
The Creativity Post
A New Breed of Entrepreneur
Blog: Innovation Excellence
coWonder – a Community That Fosters Ideas
Art and Dentistry Pair Well, According to Dr. Amir Balouch; A history in the creative world has aided this cosmetic dentist's career ambitions
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Harare — President scoffs at MDC violence claims PRESIDENT Mugabe has challenged the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC faction to substantiate allegations of politically motivated violence it claimed was being perpetrated against its supporters saying the Government has nothing to hide.
The faction claimed at a Press conference in Harare last week that the Government was persecuting, maiming and killing its members.
"From out of the blue, his (Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's) party is making unsubstantiated reports of growing and sustained politically motivated violence being perpetrated against its supporters.
"We have decided to show them and their sponsors that we have nothing to hide. Through the appropriate Government ministry, we have asked them to provide irrefutable evidence of the serious charge of politically motivated violence they are making," said Cde Mugabe while officially opening the 71st Ordinary Session of the Zanu-PF Central Committee at the Zanu-PF Headquarters in Harare yesterday.
Earlier this week, Home Affairs Minister Cde Kembo Mohadi invited Mr Tsvangirai to his offices to substantiate the claims.
Mr Tsvangirai, however, sent his secretary for home affairs Mr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, faction spokesman Mr Nelson Chamisa, secretary for legal affairs Mr Innocent Gonese and party activist Mr Kerry Kay, who presented a list of alleged victims, which Mr Mohadi said, was based on hearsay.
Cde Mohadi urged MDC leaders to first raise their concerns with the Government and substantiate their claims instead of rushing with them to the media.
"Let it be known that we will not take kindly to 'cry wolf' boys, desperately pretending to be politicians and seeking to embellish their faltering ambitions through falsehoods.
"Their masters, those who unashamedly outdid themselves in the MDC violence in March, should also take heed, that we will not accept any tomfoolery that seeks to poison our political environment ahead of our historic harmonised elections early next year," said Cde Mugabe.
The President commended the maturity shown by Members of the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament in unanimously passing Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Bill, which seeks, among other things, to harmonise presidential, parliamentary and local government elections.
He said the unity reaffirmed the message that has been preached that it is only Zimbabweans who are best placed to understand and address their challenges.
The President said Zimbabwe's problems were exaggerated as demonstrated by the unity of legislators during debate on the Bill.
"You may recall that when I addressed the recent 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I reminded (US President George W.) Bush, his previous bosom-buddie Blair, and the unelected British Prime Minister (Gordon) Brown that they should keep their tainted hands off our country and respect our sovereignty.
"I also thanked President Mbeki as I wish to thank him again today, for the very important role he has played in helping to improve political discourse in our country," he said.
"It is, therefore, unacceptable that in light of the positive strides we have made, others like Morgan Tsvangirai, who is always the joker, find it necessary to frustrate this fledgling process. When will he learn that politics is more than the amateurish attitude that has become his hallmark?"
The President called for maturity and unity of purpose in the selection of candidates ahead of the next year's elections, saying Central Committee members should lead by example in everything they do as they are at the helm of the party in between congresses.
He said Zanu-PF supporters should know that they are more than the biblical neighbours but brothers and sisters hence the need to remain united.
"We are not each other's enemies, not even what the Bible says, neighbours, but we are brothers and sisters. We are one, simunye. Somehow when we go to elections we become disorganised by the little ambitions of some people . . .
"Ngatirege kuita zvakaitika kuMashonaland Best (West) kurovera bhora musango sezvakaitika kuKadoma . . . Avoid rumours, avoid groups to undo one another, be forthright on issues that have to do with the party's future, its reorganisation, its election, these are issues to be discussed openly not in an untoward way."
The President said reports of problems in some structures and areas needed to be addressed decisively as should unfair campaign practices employed by some party members preparing themselves for elections next year.
"So we must guard our party in terms of policy, against deviation from policy. Ndosaka tichiti vanhu vapanduka, they would have deviated from the party. The party recognises its procedure, the need for people to work through its structures, to earlier agreements within these structures, to bring those problems to those structures to various levels," said President Mugabe.
He warned manufacturers against unjustified price increases of basic foodstuffs and goods as witnessed recently saying Government would not brook their mischief and political agenda as this was stretching the State's patience to the limit.
Some retailers have tried to play a fair game but their efforts have been undercut by manufactures bent on profiteering, said the President.
"Perhaps our own side, the National Incomes and Pricing Commission and related authorities should get their act together and stop the daylight robbery of our people. It does not help to improve the wages of our people if the next day those wages do not go in their pockets but to these manufacturers," he said.
Government's farm mechanisation programme and the prospects of good rains, he said, have imbued farmers with a spirit of "battle readiness", as they prepare for the next farming season.
The President commended the relevant Government arms for the sterling work in spearheading the farm mechanisation programme.


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Pregnant Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: Pre-Valentine's Date in Rio
Pregnant Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, Kanye West, ;have been living it up in Rio! From causing controversy while visiting the local sites, to kickin' it with Will Smith and watching parades, these two lovebirds have done it all. Now, before they head home from their Brazilian getaway — Kim and Kanye have a romantic pre-Valentine's dinner date.


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New Scientist magazine - 10 November 2012
Don't let the Big Apple rot
After the devastation of superstorm Sandy New York City needs a rescue plan – and it should include abandonment of areas that cannot be protected
Is telepresence the next big thing?
Telepresence may soon give us all a physical presence in a remote location. Expect the unexpected
Time to think beyond the Large Hadron Collider
To truly understand the Higgs we will need yet another massive particle accelerator – physicists are starting to dream, and now's a good time to start
Journalist and psychiatrist awarded prize for bravery
News > Upfrontp4
The new John Maddox Prize goes to two men who upheld sound science in the face of physical violence or personal attack
Lab mice and radar among the scientific victims of Sandy
News > Upfrontp4
Not content with battering New York and much of the east coast, superstorm Sandy has taken its toll on vital research and equipment
Orang-utans infected by mystery Ebola-like virus
News > Upfrontp4
The orang-utans of Borneo and Sumatra have antibodies to a host of dangerous African viruses, including Ebola and Marburg
NASA rover adds new twist to Mars methane mystery
News > Upfrontpp4-5
The first test for the gas from within the Martian atmosphere came up essentially empty, but Curiosity scientists say the hunt has just begun
60 Seconds
News > Upfrontp5
Catfish catastrophe in the Mekong river, world's rarest whale identified, and Superman's home star found in the real universe, almost
Climate blindness risked as satellites lose their eyes
News > Upfrontp5
By 2020, three-quarters of the US satellite instruments used to monitor Earth's weather and climate could be out of action. We need to launch more, and fast
Theory of everything says universe is a transformer
News > Upfrontp5
Oxford visionary David Deutsch has posted a glimpse of his long-awaited theory for why the universe is just so – possibly spawning a new branch of physics
Yosemite's long-lost twin could be resurrected
News > Upfrontp5
A San Francisco ballot could lead to Hetch Hetchy reservoir being drained and restored to a wilderness to match its iconic neighbour
Sandy aftermath: New York City is rotting at the core
News > Special Reportpp6-8
Beneath the destruction brought by superstorm Sandy lies a more insidious problem. Rising sea levels are corroding the very foundations of the Big Apple
Protecting New York City from the next big storm
News > Special Reportpp8-9
Some favour the erection of massive flood barriers, others prefer a soft approach that would engineer the natural environment, but which would work best?
Entangle Schrödinger's cat to up its quantum weirdness
News > This Weekp10
Two doubly quantum experiments serve as a rare experimental example of just how strange the quantum world is
Sperm stem cells restore male fertility
News > This Weekp10
A study in monkeys suggests that boys left infertile after chemotherapy may one day reproduce naturally after an injection of sperm stem cells
Mathematical proof reveals magic of Ramanujan's genius
News > This Weekp12
A complex new proof that the genius mathematician seemed to grasp intuitively may teach us about black holes
Diabetes link to flu in vulnerable people
News > This Weekp14
The flu virus can grow within the pancreas and may trigger an immune response that leads to diabetes
Doubt cast on Fermi's dark matter smoking gun
News > This Weekp15
The strongest sign yet of dark matter interactions at the centre of our galaxy may have just faded into statistical insignificance
Elephant uses mystery move to speak Korean
News > In Briefp17
An elephant mimics human speech by putting its trunk in its mouth
First stars' light seen through extragalactic fog
News > In Briefp17
Like headlights piercing the gloom, the bright cores of distant active galaxies have helped us glimpse how the first stars formed
Lethal chemicals mean mole rats never get cancer
News > In Briefp17
If the cells of blind mole rats start to multiply too fast, they automatically commit mass suicide, ensuring the animal never gets cancer
The great white shark cattle market
News > In Briefp17
Males hanging out in the White Shark Café in the eastern Pacific showcase their diving skills to choosy females
Abdominal porthole reveals how tumours come together
News > In Briefp18
The way in which cancer cells spread to new sites has been glimpsed through glass windows implanted in the sides of mice
Coral autopsy reveals Great Barrier Reef collapse
News > In Briefp18
The ecosystem was ravaged from the 1920s onwards, coral cores reveal, and European settlers were to blame
Encrypted fabric to thwart fashion fakes
News > In Briefp18
A new type of thread that's visible only when lit with polarised light may combat counterfeiting – and could lead to colour-changing fashion
Twenty-year-old drug 'best yet' for multiple sclerosis
News > In Briefp18
A drug developed to treat leukaemia has outperformed current drugs for MS, reducing brain lesions by 50 per cent and halting accelerated brain shrinkage
Customise your favourite TV show
Technology > Newsp21
Plot-deconstructing software lets you make your own episodes of favourite shows
Saving the stuff of history with 3D laser scanners
Technology > Newspp22-23
Vandals and natural disasters constantly threaten historical sites – but they can live on in virtual models created by laser scanners and high-res photography
India's thorium-based nuclear dream inches closer
Technology > Insightp24
It's taken 60 years, but India finally appears poised to capitalise on its abundance of thorium, by using it to power an upcoming nuclear facility
OK, app, what should I wear to this wedding?
Technology > Newsp24
A clothing-recommending app catalogues everything in your wardrobe, then offers suggestions on what outfits to wear for a range of occasions
Weirdly human armadillo in samurai armour
The southern three-banded armadillo can protect itself pretty well in a ball of armour, but it is nevertheless a near-threatened species
Beta blockers are busted – what happens next?
Opinion > Comment and Analysispp28-29
They have treated heart disease for 40 years, but it now seems that beta blockers don't work. Josh Bloom explains what went wrong
'Palaeo-porn': we've got it all wrong
Opinion > Interviewp29
The idea that curvaceous figurines are prehistoric pornography is an excuse to legitimise modern behaviour as having ancient roots, says archaeologist April Nowell
Is schizophrenia more than one disease?
Opinion > The Big Ideapp30-31
Schizophrenia wrecks the lives of millions worldwide – and has defeated researchers looking for a single cause. Time for complex new thinking, says Aiden Corvin
No traveller returns
Shelly Kagan takes the Stoic view of death, epitomised by Shakespeare's Caesar: "cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of"...
Enigma Number 1723
Opinion > Enigmap32
Force against Caesar
Laura Spinney quotes theorists' idea that since our closest relatives are chimpanzees, early humans probably had similar strength-based hierarchical social organisation and practices (13...
A toxin's toll
Jessica Hamzelou reports that 80 per cent of older people's brain cells are vulnerable to developing DNA damage (29 September, p 6). Could this...
Eat your words
Feedback hints at the problem faced by those with toilet systems that clog easily in phrasing delicately what may be placed in the pan (20...
Evolving morals
I share Susan Hall's irritation with assertions that because infidelity is normal in humans it must be acceptable (13 October, p 31). But I...
For the record
• It would have been better if we had mentioned that the photo of Kelly Richardson's video installation Mariner 9 (25 August, p 50) was...
Not perpetual fuel
Unless someone has repealed the second law of thermodynamics, there is no prospect whatsoever of producing fuel from air without using more energy than that...
So much food
In his review of One Billion Hungry, Fred Pearce says: "Of course, everyone should put their shoulder to the wheel to double global food production"...
Particle headache: Why the Higgs could spell disaster
Features > Cover Storypp34-37
If the particle discovered at CERN this July is all we think it is, there are good reasons to want it to be something else
Body down a wire: Living your life in remote control
Features > Featurepp38-41
Transmitting our senses into machines is set to change the way we live, says Helen Thomson, but it's the unintended consequences we should care about
Homo virtuous: The evolution of good and evil
Features > Featurepp42-45
Might the same forces have driven the evolution of our best and worst natures, asks Kate Douglas
Space repair enters the robotic age
Features > Featurepp46-49
Super-smart next-generation spacebots will fix or salvage spacecraft on the fly
Will we ever understand how our brains work?
Opinion > CultureLabp50
Several projects are trying to reverse-engineer the brain. In How to Create a Mind, futurist Ray Kurzweil champions their cause
The true story of alchemy
Opinion > CultureLabp51
Too readily dismissed as the practice of charlatans, alchemy is actually the predecessor of chemistry, argues Lawrence Principe in The Secrets of Alchemy
What smells with its feet and pees with its head?
Opinion > CultureLabp51
In Walking Sideways, biologist Judith Weis explores the bizarre world of crabs – including one so averse to water it throws its eggs off sea cliffs
All aboard the oil behemoths of the sea
Careers > The Insiderpp52-53
Stormy seas, cramped conditions and constant noise – as Sean O'Neill finds out, working on an oil platform isn't your average 9-to-5 job
Feedback: 'Treated' chocolate makes you happier
Chocolate imbued with good intentions, the all-new Poppleton University, and is your salary over 70,000k?
Answer in depth
The Last Word > Last Word Answerp65
Juiced up
The Last Word > Last Word Answerp65
Pass the port
The Last Word > Last Word Questionp65


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Petro-Link, Inc. filed as a Foreign For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas filed on Thursday, August 17, 1989. This corporation is approximately twenty-six years old according to documents filed with Texas Secretary of State. Petro-Link, Inc. also lists Mark Townsend as President.
Kristi Floyd is connected to other officers through these corporate roles. One of the top connections is Mark Townsend .
Key roles for Kristi Floyd
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Because I'm worth it
Posted by Wendz Tempest in A Hair Affair, Access Your Eyes, Fashion, Fashion Events, L'accessoires on July 15, 2014
With the right ambiance and the perfect partner a lady can definitely feel like she's on top of the world.
It also helps to have this magnificent piece of heaven to show off too, more specifically, Lazuri's latest feature for L'accessoires. Zuri Lyric's Halle jewelry set comes with several pieces including this necklace which you can customize with a simple click.
L'accessoires welcomes our favorite designers as well as some fresh new faces so do stop by and check it out!
Glam Affair is participating in Romp with this lovely version of the Kallisto skin, made just for this event. I haven't had the chance to go yet, but according to their blog, Romp will be featuring high quality adult themed content.
Well rawr! :O
The Theme Park also opened its doors today and I am using Ma Vie's Never Enough pose set with my good friend Vertig0 Sands, who just happens to own one of the fastest growing male fashion brands on the grid, The V-Spot. And did he mind at all? Probably not sos I would know :P
I hope you all have a great day whatever the weather is where you are. And whatever you do, know that in whatever weather you weather, you can have the perfect shopping trip weather in the wonderful world of Second Life.
(So that was unnecessary -.-)
On Wendz:
Hair: *X*plosion's Calla Hair by Xplosion | Hair Fair 2014
Skin: *Glam Affair's Kallisto #05 Jamaica by Aida Ewing | ROMP
Necklace: *Lazuri Halle All In One Necklace by Zuri Lyric | L'accessoires July
Dress: E-Clipse Mimi Dress
On VertigO:
Outfit: Zaara – Classic Suit *Coal*
Hair: Salon de GLOW – M-09 (Jet Black)
Shades: Redgrave – Sunglasses Zenith
Piercings: Hebenon Vial – Against the stream (Ink)
Pose: *Ma Vie's Never Enough by Mavi Beck | The Theme Park
Welcome Coral!
Posted by Wendz Tempest in Fashion, Fashion Events, Learning 2 Style, Second Life on May 9, 2014
A New Friend!
Posted by Wendz Tempest in Blogger Challenges, Fashion, Fashion Events, Inventory Game, L'accessoires, Mix and Match, Second Life, Travel on April 19, 2014
Look at who's coming your way to the Pose Fair! A New Friend from Biabi Meili of EmmePose! I named him Red, because that is the letter of the alphabet for the Inventory Game!
I've been seeing some chatter as to when the Pose Fair officially starts, and so far the goal is tomorrow around noon SLT. Feel free to bookmark the Hottie Cooterati's blog for the official opening announcement.
Mavi Beck of Ma Vie's has a nice collection of static poses exclusive for the fair. This one is from a series called Lost Feeling. It did a beautiful job with helping me showcase this darling mask from 22769 now at L'accessoires.
I appreciate pose makers who pay close attention to the little details, like, bone or joint placements and realistic angles. Not once have I used Animare for the adjustments. Not once.
Just like many of you, I've collected static poses like I collect anything 'bees'. I'm constantly going back to the static poses where there are no adjustments needed.
Sits are also something of a challenge. When I started Cozey, I would never dream of sitting with mesh, let alone snap it. This is another testament to pose makers. This is one is by Nati Williams of Imeka and the series itself is your standard sit poses, only, better. Mesh intact :)
Expect to see new designers and many of your favorites this year. The build is something of a masterpiece itself, and you'll want to read every note card flashed at you.
Till next time!
Featured Items:
EmmePose My doggy by Biabi Meili | The Pose Fair Coming Soon!
{Imeka} Sits #01 by Nati Williams | The Pose Fair Coming Soon!
Ma Vie's Lost Feeling #10 by Mavi Beck | The Pose Fair Coming Soon!
Dress: *COCO* Boat Neck Dress in cream by Cocoro Lemon | The Season's Story
Mask: 22769 ~ Mes pensees sont des papillons bleu by Paco Pooley | L'accessoires
Hair: Truth's Fleur by Truth Hawks | The Season's Story
Skin: Glam Affair's Brandi in Europa #5b by Aida Ewing | The Season's Story
Nails: Action' Brighton (Slink Av/E) | Cosmetic Fair
Hands/Feet: Slink Casual Mesh Hands and Mid Height Mesh Feet
Windlight: Annyka's Soft Lavender
Location: Hale Kahana
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