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Star Trees celebration will be festive (and filling) as ever
We all know the great WU tradition, but you might not know about the amazing holiday feast.
How's this for a menu? Details on the whole night's events below. We hope you'll join us on campus.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
The 17th annual Star Trees Lighting and Holiday Concert will begin with a holiday dinner and end with a free concert.
Holiday Dinner
A buffet dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. in Goudy Commons. The menu includes:
- Wilted Spinach Salad with Smoked Bacon, Shaved Red Onions, Rainshadow Farms Heirloom Eggs & Warm Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Wheatberry, Quinoa & Wild Rice Salad with Dried Cranberries, Orange Segments, Chopped Parsley, Celery & Flying Bee Honey-Herb Vinaigrette
- Mixed Greens Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash, Candied Pumpkin Seeds,House Made Ricotta & a Maple-Vanilla Apple Cider Vinaigrette
- Creamy Portobello Mushroom Soup with Whole Grains & Fresh Herbs
- Roasted Chicken Soup with Onions, Celery, Carrots, Orzo Pasta & Fresh Herbs
- Country Natural Beef Pot Roast with Onions, Carrots, Yukon Gold Potatoes & Root Vegetables
- Sage, Rosemary & Oregon Sea Salt Rubbed Traeger Smoked Turkey with Willamette Valley Vineyards Pinot Noir & Oregon Cherry Reduction or Wild Mushroom Gravy
- Tortellini Pasta with Egor's Acres Kale, Sauteed Shallots, Garlic & Fresh Herb Infused Olive Oil
- Roasted Egor's Acres Carnival Squash
- Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes topped with Crisp Potato-Cheddar Crust
- Maple-Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites
- Mini White Chocolate Cups filled with Eggnog Mousse
- Vegan Cherry Pistachio Cookies
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No reservations are needed for this dinner. The cost is $11 for adults, $8 for Willamette faculty, staff and students, and $8 for children 13 and younger. Children 5 and younger eat for free if accompanied by an adult.
Tree Lighting
The lighting of the five Giant Sequoias, planted in 1942, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in front of Waller Hall, where free hot chocolate and cookies will be served. Per tradition, the Interfraternity Council will accept donations of coats and clothing during the lighting ceremony to benefit people in need.
The five trees were planted by Willamette President Carl Sumner Knopf in honor of Willamette's centennial. They are now some of the largest trees on any American campus.
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The lighting ceremony will be followed by a free family concert at 7 p.m. at Smith Auditorium, sponsored by the university's music department. The Willamette University Wind Ensemble and special guests will perform an array of seasonal music. Seating is limited.


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Reverting to Older Version of iOS App
I don't know what it is about this latest iOS update, but a lot of apps are crashing on me. Facebook, Words with Friends, Newsify and a couple of others seems to crash too often.
WordPress is even worse, as it just totally locks up and won't respond after the first time. I don't understand why, but after an update or reinstall, it will work, but then returning to it later just gives a partially loaded screen. Since this was the first obvious problem, and because the app also just updated to a new version, it got the initial blame. However, no other apps are doing that. They are just crashing.
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I'm an old-school fan of classic, frantic FPS games like Quake and Serious Sam, and many times I've heard a lament over how the days of those games are gone. Nothing seemed to nail that coffin shut for fans like Doom 3's claustrophobic setting and low monster count, and the forthcoming Serious Sam 3 still has a ways to go. But a new studio called Flying Wild Hog - made up largely of developers that worked on games like Painkiller and The Witcher - has released a game that fans of the super-fast FPS should enjoy. It's called Hard Reset, and while it might not scratch every old-school itch you've got, it might just tickle you in places you didn't know were so sensitive in the first place.
Hard Reset takes place hundreds of years in the future, where machines have taken over Earth and humanity is hanging on by a thread in defense of the killer machines that patrol nearly every city street. You play a grizzled, film-noir-style hero named Fletcher who's set out on a task to investigate some deaths in one of one of the few human strongholds left. Things get pretty crazy shortly afterwards, and while Hard Reset's story isn't exactly amazing - nor was it integrated well into the game, seeing that most of it plays out in cutscenes during loading screens - it's still worth seeing. The hand-drawn, graphic novel-style art for these cutscenes is nice but it provides a nice counter-balance to the realistic-looking Blade Runner-style environments and copious amounts of explosions and special effects.
You have a grand total of two guns in this game, no ability to take cover, no melee attacks, and you can't even duck. (At least Fletcher is able to jump and sprint.) Sounds awful, huh? Well, your guns actually pack five separate weapons into a transforming shell that you unlock as you spend cash picked up from fallen enemies and in secret areas, and each of those weapon modes has some kind of alternate-fire usage that can be unlocked as well, whether it's a charged-up version of a basic shot, firing missiles via lock-on, or maybe an x-ray zoom scope. One of your two guns is an energy weapon with variants on that style that follow - electricity, plasma, and the like - and the other is a ballistic weapon that includes more conventional weaponry like a shotgun, assault rifle, rocket launcher, and more. Finally, there's a third set of upgrades for Fletcher himself. The purchase of each unlock through in-game cash is a nice way to introduce an upgrade system, because it allows players to buy the items they want, rather than have the game dictate to them when they get the shotgun, then the chaingun, on to the rocket launcher, and the like.
Hard Reset is full of tough robotic and cybernetic enemies, but the environment is littered with exploding objects, too, all powered by Havok physics. This game takes the idea of the classic FPS explosive barrel to the extreme - many areas are generously peppered with all kinds of objects that can electrocute, frag, or incinerate enemies, and it's up to you to lure them into those objects and possibly time the explosion to do maximum damage. You can probably get through the whole game without taking much advantage of the explosive environment, but this is clearly how the game was meant to be played - and the special effects you unleash when setting off a chain reaction that destroys a whole courtyard full of enemies easily makes it worth the effort.
The developers are trying to stick with a few old-school trappings here, so Fletcher performs like the sort of disembodied floating gun we played with back in the late '90s - and still have in games like Call of Duty. But going beyond even that, there are no ladders to climb in Hard Reset, no cover to take except what you naturally do to try and duck behind something, and your health only regenerates by picking up green orbs from fallen enemies. You do have a shield that recharges, but unlike many sci-fi games with personal shields, Hard Reset's shielding does not completely negate damage to your health when it's active; it is stripped away as you take hits, and it only mitigates health loss - so having low shields is almost like having none at all. The less shield you have, the more health you lose when you get hit. This can make some of the bigger fights, including the huge boss fights, particularly interesting, because you'll find that many fights will keep you taking small hits to keep your shields from recharging.
All of these little limitations can get a bit frustrating, since Fletcher isn't exactly the most nimble of characters. His sprint is a bit awkward and sluggish to get going, and he can't easily dodge out of the way of enemies or incoming projectiles, so you're going to take a lot of damage that you'll feel you could have avoided in a more modern game. And one feature I do expect of an old-school shooter - the ability to save and load anywhere and anytime - has been replaced with a checkpoint system that can get frustrating. Unlike Halo which generally hits you with checkpoints as soon as nearly any fight ends, Hard Reset extends it out; you could find yourself re-playing five or more minutes of tough combat if you die right before a checkpoint happens. I'm not the type to say that checkpoints are always bad, but extensive playtesting needs to go in to make it work, and that didn't happen here. Even if it did, though, in a game like Hard Reset which is intended to be so refreshingly, uh, "old", checkpoints feel entirely out of place here.
Beyond that, Hard Reset does a decent job of keeping you focused on the action, and that's good because the setting does wear thin pretty quickly. Flying Wild Hog has gone on the record talking about their particular brand of shooter here, where it's got a higher budget than a standard indie game, but a lower bankroll behind it than the dozens-of-millions AAA shooters that these developers used to work on. The $30 price tag will still likely raise a few eyebrows, but I don't feel like it's outside the realm of a good value. I suppose that future updates that add multiplayer, cooperative play, or other features would help soothe the sting a bit, especially since Hard Reset offers little replay value beyond just the fun of sizzling up some robots in a single run-through of the campaign, but I don't think a bunch of new gameplay modes or multiplayer features are really what will make or break this game.
One thing that Hard Reset does right is that it gives me the sort of charmed, care-free feeling I used to get from FPS games, a laid-back attitude that you don't often get from today's shooters. You know what I'm talking about: that arbitrary tension that developers brew up, that artificially (superficially?) increase your heart rate and make you feel like you're being screamed at and rushed into constant cranked-to-eleven cinematic battles. With Hard Reset, I don't have to worry or care about a plot, the guns are fun and satisfying to use, and the visuals, delivered at smooth frame rates on most half-decent gaming PCs, offer great visual quality considering the game's generally solid and consistent performance. There's an easy objective-marking arrow I can turn on that points me to where I need to go next, and I'm always keeping an eye out for secret areas - which are tracked on a "level complete" screen like we used to get in the Doom days.
The level design isn't ever really totally brilliant, but sometimes, I have found that a particularly tough battle becomes easier if I brainstorm and try setting off a specific chain reaction of explosions from this barrel, over to this sign, and onto that kiosk. Sometimes, the challenge lies in both setting up the biggest environmental hazard for our glorious robot overlords, then in herding them into those explosions while keeping Fletcher out of those same areas of effect. Hard Reset may not have any terribly devious puzzles and the enemy variety isn't the greatest - also, doesn't it ever turn to daytime in cities like this? - but I wasn't really looking for that, anyway.
I think the only unfortunate thing here is that many of the gamers that would enjoy Hard Reset - old Quake veterans setting up impromptu LAN parties in their college dorms in the late '90s - have since "grown up", gotten married, and are funneling all of their money towards their kids rather than their gaming PCs. Oh, sure, they still play a few games, but they have two hours a week away from the rest of the family, and that's not enough to make Hard Reset necessarily worth it for some. Either way, this game certainly isn't for everyone, and I'm still a little doubtful as to whether this game really has a market left after all these years, but there are still at least a few of us left that play and we really appreciate the effort. I hope that Flying Wild Hog finds the customers they're looking for; with any luck, enough of them are still around and playing to make Hard Reset a success.


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Method 1: Measuring a Ring you Already Own
- 1. Select a ring that properly fits the intended finger
- 2. Measure the INSIDE diameter of the ring
- 3. Match the measurement to the conversion chart to the right. If the ring falls between two sizes, we advise you to order the larger of the two sizes.
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First of all you can use our ring sizer above. In order to print the ring sizer above, be sure that your printer is set to 100%. In other words, make sure that you have not reduced the print size in 'page set up.' You can verify that the sizer printed correctly by measuring it with a ruler; it should measure from left to right: 3 3/8 inches.
Once you have printed the sizer, you may cut it out and use it or try the following directions to measure ring size of your finger:
- 1. Wrap a piece of loose string around your finger. Be sure to allow for the size of your knuckle.
- 2. With a pen, mark the point on the string where the end meets.
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iCloud Keychain now "coming soon," not shipping with iOS 7?
If you take a trip down the iOS 7 page over on Apple.com an interesting amendment has emerged next to iCloud Keychain that suggests it may not ship with iOS 7 next week. While iOS 7 itself is still technically "coming soon," the only other item specifically labelled this way is iOS in the car, which we know to be coming some time in 2014.
Apple didn't say anything about iCloud Keychain during their keynote yesterday in Cupertino, but then it wasn't on its own, either. Perhaps the new security feature is being held back until the release of OS X Mavericks, which we expect may arrive as part of a Mac event sometime later this fall.
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iCloud Keychain now "coming soon," not shipping with iOS 7?
Waiting for OS X is definitely a possible reason, although it doesn't really make sense to me. It would be a big benefit to share passwords between my iPhone and iPad. Besides, even when Mavericks ships it will take quite a while for everyone to install it, and some may never install it (unlike iOS where most people upgrade soon after the release of a new version).
Maybe Apple found a security hole in their system that they need time to patch up?
Wait... did it get disabled from GM iOS7 ? Because I'm using it with Beta 6.
from a daring fireball / quora link:
"Apple has wisely restricted very, very limited access to Touch ID and does not have any APIs available for developers. In fact Apple has removed the iCloud Keychain from the most recent developer build of iOS 7. I can only publicly say this has a lot of reasons that will be very clear in the next few months."


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Thread: My latest work - Noobie!
March 10th, 2014 #1
My latest work - Noobie!
Hey everyone!
This is my first post on conceptart.org, and it's typical of me to post in the wrong place, so yeah, if that's the case, sorry!
Figured after posting that maybe I should get to know the forum better before, but well, figured I'd just say hey this way.
Looking forward to starting the lessons and to be a part of the community here. And btw, all these smileys seems very useful! hahah
Hopefully this is the right place and the right way to present my work.. If not, maybe an administrator or something can move it to the right place?
I'm Lise, a Norwegian student studying to become an art teacher, and will have my bachelor degree in May. I actually started my bachelor assignment today, so I will probably be posting some of the progress in the forums soon ^^ The following paintings are some of the artworks I've done for this school year's assignments. I've been really interested in children's book illustrations lately - there's so many inspiring book illustrations out there, it's overwhelming! I've only started scratching the surface of the subject and it's been really fun so far.
I know I still got a LOT to learn, which is why I joined Level Up in the first place.
Critiques and tips are very appreciated and will be repaid!
I want to work hard to improve my art and hopefully make a living out of being an illustrator and a part time art teacher one day.
"Adventure in Dreamland" - Acrylic painting, 80 x 100 cm
I did this one before Christmas and it took me a looot of time to finish, more than it probably should because I'm still getting used to acrylics paint. I'm most experienced with working with digital illustrations in Photoshop, and maybe this sort of painting would be better as a digital one. But it was fun to try and I learned a lot about working with acrylics on a large canvas. The school assignment was "Night and day".
You can find close ups below and if anyone is interested, there's some more information about the painting and characters on my Facebook page
I put thought into creating different personalities into each of the characters and even had a little story going with the painting.
I know I have a lot to learn about composition, light and colors (and everything). Hopefully the lessons and watching others work and comments will help me on the way. I also need to widen my art vocabulary. My English vocabulary when it comes to art is almost wider than my Norwegian one (because of Youtube tutorials and the internet), so maybe I should become an English art teacher, hah..
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"Storytelling" - Watercolor and character creation
The painting above was my first watercolor painting to test out how the medium actually worked. I watched a lot of tutorials on Youtube beforehand; how to work wet into wet, textures with different brushstrokes etc. I was a bit hesitant to start with watercolor, it seemed to be very unpredictable and I'm always scared to do something wrong. After doing this painting I fell in love with the medium. It didn't take too long to get the hang of it and experimenting with it is really fun - recommended if you haven't tried it!
After doing the first watercolor painting, I took the experience with me into my next school assignment. The class agreed to have the theme "dreams" for the assignment, lucky me! That meant that I could continue with my little attempt at doing children's book illustrations. I did a lot of experimenting and testing before actually starting on the painting and tried to be reflected on color use, composition, rhythm and such. It was very interesting to try the negative painting technique where you paint around the form and not inside of it (to make the trees and silhouette creatures).
The three paintings above have similarities when it comes to theme, but my intention wasn't that they should all be for the same story. I wanted to try out different styles. Which one do you prefer of the three?
That's my latest fine art for now. I'd be very happy to hear any thoughts and/or critiques on my work, and I'd be happy to repay it!
Hopefully I didn't jabber on too much, I'm tired.. Time to sleep meow :meow
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberMarch 11th, 2014 #2
I think your students will be lucky to have you as their teacher when the time comes... My entire art education at school consisted of fat bored middle aged men who had pretty much nothing to show art wise. A disgrace considering my parents put me through private school and paid through the teeth! Its wonderful to see an excellent artist committed to inspiring the next generation!
Oh and if you want to watch me paint live I recently got introduced to this thing called picarto TV... It's nice to do art and share it - if you have any questions it's great to talk too! I'm painting pretty much 12 hours a day so you'll most likely find me - unless I'm eating
March 13th, 2014 #3
Thank you for kind words! I think the best would be if art teachers actually practiced arts themselves on a regular basis. Many of my favorite teachers does, which is inspiring and motivational for the students. I also think the students will have a lot to teach me in return. I hope to end up as a teacher in highschool or at least for a bit older kids that have chosen to study arts themselves and are motivated to get better.
March 14th, 2014 #4
I think you are off to a great started. I have a few things for you to consider.
In the first one your flying bed group is well composed it's not supported well with the background in space. Please think about a balance picture a heavy object to one side near the balance point then a small object balancing it, the small object will be much farther away from the balance point or fulcrum. Composition can work this way too. so your little house is too close to balance the big bed. when you balance in perspective it will still work as you have placed your house
behind the bed.
Now for the second piece most of you negative spaces are interesting shapes but no all of them. The shapes of the grass need more interest when they become interesting the roots and the tree and other figures will be much more interesting. You could also play with line weight on some of the figures the girl would come forward some and be seen as more important if she had strong outlining or shading behind her (she does under her legs but fades out has you go up her body. The hot pink of the little bear in the back makes him seem like an important figure if he is then maybe darker line work would make him a little clearer if he is not important then knock down the pink to subordinate him.
Piece three I like this one I would suggest playing with line to separate the characters in a more thoughtful way. you can use shading also to help this too. So many characters in would be helpful to group them into smaller sub-groups they then have relationships with each other. this can be done with the line work ,shading and posing of characters. This will one lead the viewer thru the larger group easier two it will let you establish relations and mini stories at the same time.
I'm going to suggest Scott McCloud's book on understanding comics as a good source for fine art and story telling too. Let me know what you think. You can get a used copy reasonably priced or pay full price as I think it is worth it.
You are very talented keep at it.
March 17th, 2014 #5
Thank you so much for your feedback, very appreciated!
I see your point with the balance in the first piece, it's a bit heavy on the right and you have a good point with placing the house further from it. Will definitely think of this in later works.
Great tips about the shading/outlining of characters to make them stand out more. And I agree that I should probably have separated the figures in the last picture more so that they would get more relation to each other and create more interest in the characters.
Will definitely check out the book after finishing my bachelor assignment.
Thanks again! Great to get some tips on how to improve
- Limsk
April 8th, 2014 #6
keep the work coming...
May 2nd, 2014 #7
Cool! your watercolors are very tidy!
I hope to do some works like this some day.
I've never been much to use a brush, (pens pens pens all day pens, haha).
maybe some pointers?


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Rivalry week is 'Kumbaya' week for Broncos, 'Hawks
He said he didn't get to know Caminiti well, though he described the 1996 National League MVP and his uncle as best friends. He said he wasn't necessarily shocked to hear of Caminiti's death, considering Caminiti had admitted using steroids as a player and had well-documented struggles with alcohol and cocaine.
"Yes and no," Candaele said. "Yes, because he was only 41. No, because of all the chemicals he was under. The autopsy will tell, but it sounds like his body just went out on him. It's unfortunate."
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Paloma golf making strides
In what is already shaping up to be a significant season for Paloma Valley's girls golf team, the Wildcats enjoyed a benchmark achievement Friday.
For the first time, the Wildcats got three scorers under 40 in their 209-261 Sunbelt League victory over West Valley. At Seven Hills Golf Club in Hemet, Krystina Gillenwater and Jessica Lewis each shot 38, while Roxy Mejia added a 39.
While impressive, the low scores didn't surprise first-year head coach Jonathan Stoops, who was an assistant under Tim Daniel last year.
"This is just how I hoped we would be doing," he said.
Paloma is 2-0 in league and 10-2 overall, and the Wildcats are probably the most talented team in the Valley.
Gillenwater continues to be the team catalyst.
"I've never professed to be a great player," Stoops said, "but I was a single handicap. Yet Krystina is a better player than I ever was."
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I purely love Head's Save Me From Myself.
The guy is obviously really talented on his own and i am really obsessed with the guitarwork he's done for that album. Beyond all the xtianity thing, it evokes that kind of music that i love and i really put head's save me from myself up to the rest of the korn albums. it still has the korn vibe, yet is different. really good stuff. and i like the fact that is no too preachy about all his beliefs. The autobiographical path he choose fits that album really well. And besides somehow cheesy lyrics and some cheesy vocal parts , the music stands out and wipes all the flaws out.
Some of my favorites include Save Me from myself, Adonai ,Washed By Blood.
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Head tweeted this today
"Lots of trash talk bout how messed up my business life is.People think I'm done & trapped.DON'T EVER COUNT ME OUT! Good news coming soon"
Hoping the "good news coming soon" is a new album announcement.
EDIT- Another Tweet today from Head (8/16)
"Seasons are changing, great news is coming, we are ready for the next adventure!"
The good news has to be a new album right?? one can hope
"I tried peace, I tried love, I tried kind, I give up You don't hear, you don't feel, Now I'm here, and I'm real I gave you my blessings, You've failed from testings, I'll show you what death brings, Now feel how my wrath stings"
I talked to Head a few days after that. He said it was the new single coming out. New EP will be out next spring.
Re: HEAD
I love his project... and Save me from y self was awesome!
From what I hear from his new single Paralyzed his new EP is going to Rock!
And I loved that the guys from KoRn hanged together again... :D
made me very happy when i saw the pic with Head and JD :)
RE: Re: HEAD
I did like it wery much, but still not as much as KoRn all together.
KoRn without Fieldy wouldn't be so amazing :3 I love when he is playing the bass, it sounds great and it looks gorgeous!
And I loved that the guys from KoRn hanged together again... :D
made me very happy when i saw the pic with Head and JD :)
Can you show me this photo? I would be so grateful if you do! ;)
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Jennifer Gambino, pictured here with her mother, was diagnosed with CF at 21 and currently teaches math at an inner-city school through the Teach for America program.
"There's nothing I can do to change the fact that I have CF, so I just try to fit it into my life as best I can," she said.
In addition to having a positive attitude, Jennifer spends 40 minutes each day on treatments that include an inhaler and nebulizer, which help keep her airways clear of thick, sticky mucus. She exercises regularly, and washes her hands as much as she can to avoid germs.
She also volunteers for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Originally from New York, Jennifer and her family have participated in a number of events hosted by the Western New York Chapter. Now living in Baltimore, Jennifer is busy working on her Science in Education Master's degree.
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It's in the classroom where Jennifer keeps her focus. She currently teaches math at an inner-city school through the Teach for America program. She faces the challenge of keeping second graders interested in learning while also helping them break the achievement gap.
Jennifer uses puppets in her classroom as a way to keep lessons upbeat and fun. Her priority is her students, and she is able to care for them by adhering to treatments and having a positive attitude. "Staying positive with this diagnosis helps me stay healthy. As long as I'm healthy, I'm able to help my students, and that's a great feeling," Jennifer said.
"Because of the nature of Teach for America and where my school is located, I spend half of my time acting as a social worker, and half of my time teaching," Jennifer said. "I deal with a lot mental health and nutrition issues, but I love the work. Being around kids all day is hysterical."
"I use a frog puppet to teach about number values. The frog might have a choice to eat 25 flies or 36 flies. It's up the students to tell me which group of flies will make the frog happier."
Making Progress
The method seems to be working. At the end of each school year, Jennifer notes just how far her students come in understanding new concepts and embracing what they have learned.
"At the beginning of the year, some students can barely add 5 plus 5. By the end of the year, they are adding together two three-digit numbers. It's great to see that much growth," Jennifer said. "What's really fun is how much the kids like carrying numbers. To them, it's big-kid math and they feel really proud when they are able to do it."
Jennifer is also proud of her accomplishments and the way she's been able to thrive despite having a life-shortening disease.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to Australia this weekend for UFC 127 and marks two outings Down Under in as many years. While there are no titles on the line, the fight in the mind of many Aussie fighting fans is the bout between Aussie fighter George Sotiropoulos and German Dennis Siver. If Sotiropoulos wins the fight, UFC president Dana White has confirmed that he'll be in line for a shot at the lightweight title.
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Question of the Week: Back in the Groove
Having just spent four years on the ALA Notable Books Council, I am diving into the piles of books I've had pushed aside. And I love catching up all the mysteries that I've missed! But I am feeling overwhelmed and need help--give me some ideas of what a good mystery series would be for someone who has been out of the loop for a few years.
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- Amy said...
I recommend the Professor Bradshaw mysteries by Bernadette Pajer. They are set in historic Seattle.
- April 4, 2014 at 10:29 AM
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It's not a series but a truly delighful book is "Three Bags Full" by Leonie Swann. A shepherd in Ireland is found murdered, and his sheep attempt to solve the crime. I know, I thought it was a dumb idea too -- but it's very cleverly rendered.
- April 7, 2014 at 4:20 PM
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You didn't miss out on the Alan Bradley mysteries, did you? Flavia de Luce is a very memorable and engaging young detective-- set in 1950's England.
- April 15, 2014 at 8:58 PM
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Since being taken over by the Volkswagen Group, Bentley has fielded some truly extraordinary automobiles. The first all-new car to emerge under VW's stewardship was the 2003 Bentley Continental GT. And while this Bentley was conscribed to share its platform with a VW model (Phaeton—the most powerful and luxurious Volkswagen ever) this all-wheel driven wonder boasted a six-liter twin-turbocharged 12-cylinder engine producing 552 horsepower and 479 ft-lbs of torque. A six-speed transmission routed the engine's output to all four wheels.
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For anyone who didn't know about America's Next Top Model contestant Lisa D'Amato's musical background, it may have come as a shock to see her usually twisted mind come up with "Like Whoa," an undeniably catchy song that even Tyra admitted kept her awake at night in Cycle 17, Episode 8: "Game."
But Lisa wasn't exaggerating when she bragged about being able to win the challenge on last night's episode. She's been around the rapping, hip-hopping block before. And she's more than accustomed to dancing half-naked while she lip syncs. A guide to her musical conquests:
"Ace of Spades," 133,000 views: 2007
Following the same formula as "Like Whoa," this upbeat shout-a-thon has a pretty appealing chorus, but the rest just sounds like someone desperately trying to get our attention by yelling about cars and not having a job. Also why is she wearing a long piece of pink silly string as an outfit? There is never a good reason for that. Trust us.
"Grind," 20,000 views: 2009
Oh, autotune. What did reality stars do without you? Well, we know what they did. They took a spin in the studio with an expensive producer, who promptly told them they sounded like screeching birds, and shut it down. Fortunately, Lisa found a (clearly inexpensive) producer who whipped out autotune instead.
"Trainwreck," 54,000 views: 2009
We've all been there: wake up in a stranger's bed, find a parking ticket on your car, bike home and call the girls. Floss your teeth, use said floss as an outfit, then rush to the nearest graffiti'd wall and grind up against it with your posse. We've all lived this day, Lisa. We just didn't videotape it.
"Faded Fluorescent," 5,000 views: 2011
An officially released single from Lisa's upcoming album Flippin' the Bird, Lisa monotones about being a geek and last season's trends. She looks fantastic, and there's clearly a higher production cost backing this video. But can't she come up with dance moves other than bopping in front of the camera wearing big sunglasses? Oh, and shoving her (admittedly hot) butt in our face?
"Hopscotch," 500 views: 2008
This is video of three girls in bathing suits and high socks from American Apparel instructing a nightclub on how to hopscotch your way to hotness. There is also a screeching bird on the sound system telling everyone to put an 8 track on.
We sincerely do wish Lisa the best of luck with her music career. We just wish she would win this silly modeling contest and use whatever money she gets to invest in some clothing that actually covers her body.
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The "gearhead" aftermarket gets a great deal of its business from the DIY crowd. Lots of guys (and girls) spend a lot of their hard earned money and a lot of their free time tinkering on a favorite car or truck. Many members of that same crowd entertain the thought of building their own engines at some point.
Building your own engine is a great way to learn about what's going on inside your favorite mill. Also, knowing that your mind went into the design and your hands were used for the assembly produces a great sense of accomplishment. If you happen to be a member of that crowd and want to start delving into the world of engine building, then this article (which will be continued next month) is aimed at you.
The foundation of every engine is the engine block, and a well-machined engine block isn't anything without some strength behind it. A strong engine block isn't anything without precision machine work. You have to have a block that's strong enough to hold the horsepower and rpm that you have planned, and you have to have the machine work to support the game plan. There are two choices when it comes to block options: factory and aftermarket. We don't have the time to go into each Ford engine family and discuss every single strength and weakness, but we can offer some basic rules on block strength though.
1. Don't always assume that a factory four-bolt-main block is stronger than a factory two-bolt-main block.
2. Don't always assume that a main girdle will give a block magical powers. Girdles can help with main cap walk on milder applications, but beyond that, they usually just hold the pieces together when the block explodes. We've seen 302 blocks split in half (literally) with the three middle main caps neatly tied together.
3. For factory 302s, we usually draw the horsepower line at around 450-500 hp. These blocks are really weak between the cam tunnel and main cap areas. As stated above, they will literally split right down the middle. They don't run well like that. The production 351W blocks will generally hang in there a little longer and we've seen them survive well in 550-600hp applications.
4. Watch out for cylinder wall thicknesses on the Cleveland blocks. It's not uncommon to do a sonic test and find some thrust wall thicknesses that would make you scared to bore the block 0.030-inch over. A sonic test any time you plan a Cleveland build is money well spent just to see where you stand.
5. The factory big-blocks (FEs and 385 series) will handle a decent amount of horsepower. The FEs can gain strength by adding a girdle (little more effective here since the blocks are skirted and most girdles attach to both the main caps and the oil pan rails) or by adding cross-bolted main caps. Even then, they are still susceptible to cracks in between the cam tunnel and the mains. The 385 series blocks (429s, 460s, and so on) will handle a very large amount of horsepower and it's not uncommon to see them as foundations for 700-800hp engine builds.
If you're planning a build and you're on the fence as to whether or not the block is capable of handling the stresses, it may be wise to go ahead and ante up the money for an aftermarket block. The horsepower numbers that we've quoted up above are not set in stone. We've seen 302 blocks split at 450 hp and seen others take 600 hp religiously. Your results may vary, so use your own discretion and judgment.


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DAMASCUS: Russia insisted on Friday its stand on the conflict in key ally Syria was unchanged, while Washington and Berlin prepared to deploy Patriot missiles and troops near Turkey's border with the country.
A foreign ministry spokesman in Moscow said Russia's controversial support for President Bashar al-Assad's regime was unchanged and that remarks by Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov did not reflect official policy.
But Washington swiftly welcomed Bogdanov's observations on Thursday while announcing the deployment of two Patriot missile batteries and 400 support troops to fellow NATO member Turkey.
Germany and The Netherlands also have agreed to provide advanced "hit-to-kill" Patriot weapons, which are designed to knock out cruise and ballistic missiles as well as aircraft.
On Friday, the German parliament approved sending the missiles along with up to 400 US soldiers. Last week, the Dutch cabinet also gave a go-ahead for Patriots, along with a maximum 360 soldiers to operate them.
Bogdanov's comments, reported by several Russian news agencies, had appeared to mark a major change in policy by Moscow, which has repeatedly used its veto powers in the UN Security Council to shield its Cold War ally.
But foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich insisted on Friday that there was no such shift. "We have never changed our position and we never will," he said.
At the close of a two-day European Union summit, British Prime Minister David Cameron said "inaction and indifference are not options" in Syria.
The situation in Syria, with more than 43,000 now dead since March 2011, is "truly dreadful and getting worse," he said, adding that there is "no single, simple answer."
Earlier, French President Francois Hollande said "the war is now turning against Assad and we should set ourselves this objective -- make Assad leave as quickly as possible."
A joint statement by EU leaders said they were "appalled by the increasingly deteriorating situation in Syria" and looking at "all options" to help the opposition and protect civilians.
As rebels have seized large swathes of northern Syria along Turkey's southern flanks, there has been mounting stray fire across the frontier. Some of it has been deadly, drawing strong warnings from Ankara that it will act to defend its territory.
Western governments resisted a Turkish call earlier this year for a Libyan-style no-fly zone to create a buffer zone at the border, a position reiterated by NATO on Friday.
"The deployment will be defensive only. It will not support a no-fly zone or any offensive operation," said alliance spokeswoman Oana Lungescu.
The Patriot, or "Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target," came into its own during the 1991 Gulf War when it was deployed to protect allies and US forces from Iraqi Scud missiles.
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on a visit to an airbase in southeast Turkey that his biggest concern was that Assad's regime might resort to chemical weapons in desperation.
"You can't imagine anyone who would do that to their own people. But history is replete with those leaders who made those kind of decisions, terrible decisions," he said. "So we have to be ready."
On the ground, Syrian troops bombed southern districts of Damascus on Friday while rebels and soldiers battled around two military schools in the north of the country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Nine rebels and eight soldiers were killed in heavy clashes near the School of Administrative Affairs, a military academy between Aleppo city and the town of Saraqeb to the southwest, said the monitoring group.
And thousands of Syrians took to the streets, criticising Washington for blacklisting a rebel jihadist group. "There is no terrorism in Syria except that of Assad," they chanted, as seen in videos posted on the Internet.
Nationwide at least 48 people were killed on Friday, including 24 rebels, the Britain-based Observatory reported.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart work wonderfully together in this story of a workaholic chef who rediscovers love after her sister suddenly dies and she is left to take care of her young niece.
I would call No Reservations a light romantic drama, there are a few funny moments but overall the tone is more dramatic than comedic. Yes, I have seen this story before. Someone who is so involved with a career and does not want or have time for a relationship finally finds love when that certain someone enters his/her life. And yes, I guessed the ending about half way through the movie. However Catherine Zeta-Jones as the chef without a personal life and Aaron Eckhart as the new sous chef with a zest for life do such a good job that I was able to forget about the predictability.
If you do not have great expectations for No Reservations then you will probably enjoy this movie. I watched it one lazy Sunday morning with a few cups of tea and I was entertained enough to recommend watching this to others.
Foodie Notes
There are a few good shots of plates of food but there is better food porn on the Food Network. Also there are not any real good long, drawn-out scenes of food being prepared or any real philosophy about how food and cooking are metaphors for life (I recommend Eat Drink Man Woman for that). However Zeta-Jones and Eckhart are convincing as chefs, they seem at home in a kitchen.
DVD Extra
The only DVD extra is an episode of Unwrapped about the behind the scenes of the filming of No Reservations. I recommend watching it for the real life chefs who were consulted in the making of the movie. There is some interesting material here and this extra is only about 20 minutes long, so why not watch it?
No Reservations at IMDB, 6.3/10 with 8,687 votes.
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In addition, the next president will have the opportunity in 2014 to renominate Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
In one of the biggest "gets" of the book, Cohan interviews Robert Steel, who was the chairman of Dukes?
General Sarnoff, the chairman of the board of RCA; Pat Weaver, the president of NBC; Max Liebman and Sid.
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But Morrison lost that advantage -- and a sizable lead in the polls -- when news of his "zipper problem," as Tester campaign workers have labeled the extramarital affair, leaked to the press. Even worse for Morrison, the woman's fiancé was under investigation by the state auditor's office, and allegations abounded about blackmail, extortion, vindictiveness, and sentencing deals. Although Morrison has denied those claims, and said that he did not involve himself in the case, Democrats began to worry that if Morrison were their nominee, he would blunt their edge in the "culture of corruption" war.
Morrison and Tester received last-minute donations from out of states residents and political action committees that dwarfed the contributions from their own constituents. LINK
2006: Iowa:
Thomas Beaumont of the Des Moines Register writes that the three leading Democratic candidates for governor -- former state economic development director Mike Blouin, Secretary of State Chet Culver and state Rep. Ed Fallon -- are struggling to invigorate primary voters. LINK
Beaumont also Notes that Democratic Governor Tom Vilsack's decision not to run for a third term goes against precedent in the non-term-limited Iowa, where popular governors have served up to sixteen years in the past. LINK
He points out, "A Des Moines Register poll taken last week showed 50 percent of Democratic primary voters were ready for a change, while 41 percent wanted the next governor to continue in the same direction as Vilsack."
Again, turnout is expected to be "light." LINK
The Quad-Cities Online's Janee Jackson lists the "tough competition" among Democrats and Republicans for the 1st Congressional seat: LINK
2006: New Jersey:
"The turnout is expected to be light, which is not surprising, since in the Senate race, Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat, is expected to trounce token opposition, while State Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr., a Republican, is expected to prevail easily over a more conservative rival," reports the New York Times. LINK
Primaries today in New Jersey are expected to be a "light affair" per the Newark Star-Ledger. Most eyes will dart to the Garden State's thirteenth congressional district, where Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) left his seat up for grabs when he filled Gov. Jon Corzine's vacated seat. LINK
Politics of same-sex marriage:
In our latest poll, ABC News' Gary Langer looks at how the intensity of views on same-sex marriage informs the political debate. LINK
People who "strongly" oppose gay marriage -- 51 percent of the public -- outnumber strong supporters by 2-1. And those strong opponents are nearly three times as likely as other Americans to say they would vote only for a candidate who shares their view on the issue.
The New York Times' Rutenberg looks at how social conservative groups such as Focus on the Family and Family Research Council plan to use lawmakers' position on the marriage amendment as a litmus-test for support. LINK
The Washington Post's Michael Abramowitz and Charles Babington report that Republican leaders "appear to be betting that a new thrust against same-sex marriage could help" in "such states as Pennsylvania, Montana, Missouri, and Ohio, where Senate GOP incumbents face stiff challenges." LINK
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text: Tim Hall wrote: > The difference is that a > synth that uses samples uses relatively short bursts of sound, mostly the > attack portion, that the ear uses to differentiate instruments and various > loop portions, the difference is made up with synthesised sound. > This kind of thing exists in soundfonts, usable by fluidsynth and editable > with smurf/swami (in theory) The term "wave table" refers to looking up the sequence of values in a table or an array, not where the samples came from nor how they were created. A wave table synth is a type of sampler synth. There is no requirement that the violin begin with a sample of the attack of a real violin, then transform into an oscillator. This could be done, and the values could be stored in a table, subsequently played out a wave table synth. But this doesn't determine that such a synth has the name "wave table synth." One can record knee slaps and put them into a soundfont, and then play them out their SB Live! card with no synthesis anywhere in this process. Longer notes of extended samples can be created by looping back through the sample. One doesn't need to resort to synthesized sound for the remainder of a note, yet still legitimately refer to their synth as a "wave table synth." Chris wrote: > a sampler accomplishes basically the same > thing as a wavetable synth -- it uses sound samples to generate > tones, doing frequency shifting and interpolation as necessary. I would recommend considering a wavetable synth to be a type of sampler synth. > And as I understand it, the main difference between a sampler and > a wavetable synth is the lack of constraints on the samples used > -- with a sampler, anything at all could be a perfectly good > sample, including samples of almost arbitrary duration (and thus > size). This is not really correct, but an implementation detail. ALL sampler synths, including wavetable synths, have limitations on the samples. Now sometimes you'll see marketingspeak: "Limited only by the capabilities of your machine." There may be no hard- coded limits, but there are indeed limits. > But that brings my > first question -- if you don't own/play the instruments in question, > where do you get the samples? I've done a lot of web searching, > and found tons of drum loops and bass lines that are two measures > long and so forth, but don't find much in the way of e.g. individual > notes on basses. When someone asks "Where does one obtain samples," many immediately advise the questioner to go to the many sample libraries which exist, sample CD's, sample loops, the Internet sources, etc. One can also record one's own samples. One can also simulate instruments through physical modelling. One can also record one's own samples of *whatever can be sent through the audio path*. One can mix samples, including individual notes. For masochists, one can type in a table of values, convert this to an audio format, then use that as samples. One can "rip" them off CD's, videotapes, radio broadcasts (the legality of which depends on the source and the use of the material). There are *many* sources of samples. The main limitation is the composer's imagination. A simple example: Record yourself humming into a mic. Go into a WAV editor and give this a guitar envelope. If you can, build an SF2 font. Now play some guitar melody. Send it through an effects processor. Those who have never done anything like this will learn a lot. Now repeat with some other sustained sound... In some wave editors you can keep just the envelope. So take a spoon and tap on something. Keep this envelope and apply it to your humming or other sustained sound. Rip a track of a CD and isolate one sound that you really like that is a solo part, and edit it down to one second. Apply the envelope to this. Build a font and play something. (Specimen by Pete Bessman can be used to do this sort of thing without having to build fonts.) > you're gonna be > spending hours and hours trying to find samples that work. In my opinion, this is always true for great music. You can either spend years learning how to play an instrument, or you can spend years learning how to sythesize, record, or manipulate samples. Otherwise your stuff sounds like everybody else's and/or you begin to repeat yourself.


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i with ladyboy 2 to 3 times...girl i never have a great fj before..before i play with this chinese ladyboy, i thought my dick got problems cannot cums out then i know de....is coz of the girl i find not good so much....i wan to try girl next time, after midnight where can find chick on the road ya?
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When I was born, I was given a choice - A big penis or a good memory. I don't remember what I chose.
Forget you.
but i never see gals stand on the road at night la...
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When I was born, I was given a choice - A big penis or a good memory. I don't remember what I chose.
Forget you.
Personaly i m in penang since 1 month now and pondan quality is a real disaster...and i m polite...good pondan quality is in chulia street they charge the same price as you paid in lorong gaharu vicinity, best quality hang around soho pub but price is outrageous
btw last week i was cheat? i don t know if the word is suitable coz i can also blamed myself..but anyway i finished with a chapati that has good english and good attitude..i was puzzled by her fingers size, so i touch the products and find nothing like didi ..for being short i discovered some minutes later that she was a post op pondan..a pondan with pussy..i will post some report later about girls scene or pondan if someone is interesting
sorry all if im being rude here, nowadays i dont get too much time on0, so im coming to the topic with no helmet lor.. channy, what do u mean by got cheat? and do need help..how to get good one but not too many damage?
You are right that the lady boys at SOHO are so much better in standard, quality and in holding good, intelligent conversation in English at about the same damage if one knows how to talk with them.
There is a Sri Langkan ladyboy operating at SOHO. She's chubby, post-op, friendly and speaks good English. Damage is only RM60 including hotel room. PM me if you are interested in her private tel. no for a private rendezvous.
There is a big bunch of ladyboy in chulia street,especially after 1 am i saw them every nights..they showed 4 fingers to guy stopping their motorbike in front of them..
Talking about quality there is 3 thai ladyboy with good looking beside the island city hotel..they mixed with thai girls playing their trade..unfortunatly they are not often in the street, often cars goes to pick them at the hotel reception..maybe if you try late in the night
there is one ladyboy with cute face that is often on the corner of lebuh cintra/chulia..she has mid long hair a bit curly at the moment...the rest of the street is just horror monsters show...2 weeks ago 2 very slim and cute face indian ladyboy was working in chulia mostly at corner of chulia/jl pintan tali..but i haven t see them since last week
jeff10012003 when i mean cheat is: i was expected to get a real girl in lorong gaharu not a fake pussy..despite this post op ladyboy called #curry# was friendly,polite with very good english..she/he is everyday in the lorong always wearing colorfull saree..
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Nairobi — The Pambazuka Coalition was on Saturday terminated after accusations that New Ford Kenya had failed to honour the agreement that brought them together.
Cyrus Jirongo's Federal Party of Kenya, Nicholas Biwott's Vision Party of Kenya and Shirikisho party had signed the Pambazuka pre-election pact earlier in the month with Eugene Wamalwa's New Ford Kenya.
Vision Party vice chairperson Benta Opande said the three parties had already informed the Registrar of Political Parties of their pullout, after New Ford Kenya started consulting with other political groupings and dishonouring the agreement of the coalition.
"The reasons quoted by all three parties were failure of New Ford Kenya to behave honourably within the coalition and failure to consult its coalition partners with regard to dealings with other political outfits," Opande told Journalists at a press conference.
She said they are aggrieved after Wamalwa started political engagements with the Kenya National Congress (KNC) presidential candidate Peter Kenneth without their knowledge.
However Kenneth has on his part denied this and insisted that there has been no discussion between him and New Ford Kenya's party leader.
"In the last two weeks, Kenyans have watched as New Ford Kenya and its leadership led by Hon Eugene Wamalwa engaging in disgraceful political summersaults while pretending to speak for the Pambazuka movement," Opande added.
They claim Wamalwa had hidden plans to force himself to be the flag bearer of the now collapsed coalition.
"All attempts to get New Ford Kenya to change this juvenile and non serious approach to national politics have failed. We are left with no alternative but to officially disassociate ourselves from Pambazuka which is quickly being turned into a national joke," said Opande.
The three parties now plan to hold a National Delegates Conference in January and decide the way forward.


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Temple University
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CHALLENGE: To reduce implementation and support costs and improve efficiency of operations, Texas A&M strives to develop a standardized technology deployment approach to controlling classrooms, conference rooms and auditoriums. The specific requirements of various departments and colleges are assessed in the planning phase of all new building construction projects, with agreement from various stakeholders on the technologies to be deployed contributing to a robust and efficient environment. See solution and impact
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I think the voices are 'in game'. They sound awesome and realistic too.
I think the voices were actual players playing, teams of 4 it looks like. Near the end, the one guy says "there's another group of players, get ready for pvp". It Then it pans out and shows all the dots that signify real people playing and on the bottom text it says it's a open world rpg game