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Has very good speed that is at home getting behind the defense on the vertical routes to make plays downfield. Tracks the deep ball well. He accelerates well into his route and has the burst to separate, particularly on the deep post. Works well out of the slot. Can make the quick move after the catch, and with his explosive first step can be dangerous after the catch. Works well on screens and smoke routes. Can juke and spin out of tackles and comfortable with the ball in his hands. Shows decent body control able to adjust to back-shoulder throw. Has good hands and will catch the ball away from his body on the deeper routes. Will dive for low throws. Comfortable working on special teams as a punt returner.
Lacks ideal size and not a reliable option in traffic. Isn't going to extend or lay out for a lot of throws. Lets some passes get into his body. Is limited as a blocker, giving only perfunctory effort there. He needs to polish up his route-running and has a tendency to push off at the top of routes to create last-minute separation. Dances a bit too much after the catch at times. Will take some risks as a punt returner, not fair catching some.
Wright was a solid player for Baylor, but really emerged alongside Robert Griffin to be one of the country's most potent playmaking pairs. He excelled at running the deep routes, and Griffin excelled at throwing them causing them to create a ton of huge plays. He projects well as the undersized, but explosive vertical threat in the league similar to players like Mike Wallace and DeSean Jackson. Like those two, he's going to work best in a similar scheme he played at Baylor, where teams will spread the field and ask him to attack vertically. He also played some basketball during his freshman year, indicated by his high vertical leap. But he's not really a guy that is going to consistently go and get a ball. But it gives him better range than a lot of similar players.
(9/2) vs. TCU: 13 targets, 12 rec., 189 yds (15.6 avg), 45 YAC (3.8 avg), 2 TDs
(12/3) vs. Texas: 9 tgt., 6 rec., 166 yds (27.8 avg), 62 YAC (10.3 avg), 1 TDs
(12/29) vs. Washington: 8 tgt., 6 rec., 84 yds (14.0 avg), 36 YAC (6.0 avg), 1 TDs
2011: 13 GP/12 GS, 108 catches, 1663 yds, 15.4 avg, 14 TDs; 10 rush att., 72 yds, 7.2 avg, 0 TDs; 5 PR, 7.4 avg, 0 TDs
2010: 13/11-78-952-12.2-7; 8-53-6.6-0; 2-2.5-0
2009: 12/11-66-740-11.2-4; 28-132-4.7-1
2008: 12/8-50-649-13.0-5; 29-168-5.8-1
Wright reminds me of Jeremy Maclin in terms of his playmaking ability and speed. Like Maclin, he doesn't possess the greatest hands or ball skills, but he can make plays because of his speed and burst allow him to easily separate from most corners. And like Maclin, he's going to work best in a spread offense that uses him as a complementary threat. He could work well like a Mike Wallace as a vertical threat that can take the top off a defense. And like he had with Griffin, and Maclin has with Vick, and Wallace with Roethlisberger, he'll work best in an offense that has a strong-armed quarterback that likes to take shots downfield. Wright ideally will be worked in the slot where his speed and burst will create a ton of matchup problems. His lack of size and struggles in traffic won't be as big a deal at the next level thanks in part to the rule changes that basically give receivers free reign over the middle. Like a player like Wallace, he's truly a dynamic No. 2 that can produce like a No. 1 in the right offense. But he's not going to be a guy that is going to shine working the short stuff because of his limitations in traffic. You want to get him in space and you want him to run. In the right scheme, Wright can be a guy that consistently catches 60-75 passes a year and be someone that is one of the more feared vertical threats in the league. While he has limited reps on special teams, I do think he offers good potential there because his speed, burst, and acceleration can make him a very effective and dynamic punt returner.
Jeremy Maclin, Eagles.
Wright would be a dynamic slot option for the Falcons. While he has a limited range similar to Harry Douglas because of his lack of ideal size, his superior athleticism and speed will allow him to more easily overcome that because of his ability to create separation. Whether he lives up to the full abilities of his potential will depend largely on Matt Ryan's ability to throw the deep ball. But even Matt Ryan would have difficulty overthrowing Wright. He would give the Falcons the most fearsome quartet of receivers in the league and transform them from a balanced, run-oriented attack to a pass-first, and explosive offense comparable to that of New Orleans or Green Bay.
Wright isn't your traditional first round receiver but because he provides a valuable playmaking element to an offense, he is a solid first round pick. Because he's going to be a fairly one-dimensional vertical threat however means that he should go in the latter half of the first round.
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Speed: 8.5
Hands: 7.0
After Catch: 8.5
Body Control: 5.5
Range: 6.0
Blocking: 3.5
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Diamond, Platinum Bracelet, Oscar Heyman. The bracelet features pear, marquise and full-cut diamonds weighing a total of a...
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The bracelet features pear, marquise and full-cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 25.50 carats, set in platinum, completed by a concealed 18k white gold clasp. Oscar Heyman reference # 84377. Gross weight 63.00 grams.
Dimensions: 7 inches x 3/4 inch
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Oscar Heyman Bros.:The Heyman family, consisting of nine siblings, emigrated from Russia to New York in 1906. Two of the brothers, Oscar and Nathan, had apprenticed at a Faberge factory, while another brother was an accomplished toolmaker. Together, they launched Oscar Heyman & Brothers in 1912. The brothers were master platinumsmiths who utilized only the finest diamonds and colored gems. In time, the firm manufactured and supplied jewelry for the most prestigious American jewelry houses of the 1930s. Flower brooches became the company's signature item. Their magnificent creations are often unstamped, and require specialist authentication. Oscar Heyman & Brothers continues to be a self-contained, family owned and operated business where the old world techniques of tool making, fine platinum and gold metalsmithing are employed in the production of each piece.
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The Zombie apocalypse returns with this content packed edition of the fan favourite. It´s time to return to the beautiful, zombie-infected shores of Banoi!
With the Dead Island Game of the Year Edition players get the chance to experience the full story behind the Banoi Zombie Outbreak. The GOTY includes
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Terror. Violence. Madness. Bedlam. A holiday paradise gone mad. A tropical island turns into total chaos after a mysterious zombie outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player's only chance to survive is to fight to the death and find a way to escape from the island.
Dead Island combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to four players in co-op mode.
Set in an open world tropical island, hordes of different festering zombies await players around every corner while they embark on a variety of thrilling missions through the holiday resort. With firearms and ammunition being scarce the player must rely on utilizing found items as weapons for self-defense and fight off zombie hordes in intense melee combat. A diverse range of items can be collected and will later serve to transform the player's ordinary makeshift weapons into serious instruments of destruction.
In addition to satisfying even the most bloodthirsty action fan's fantasy, Dead Island also features role-playing elements which allow the player to develop one of the game's unique character classes according to their preferences, all the while learning new skills and fresh tactics during their journey through the perilous environments of the island. What's more, anytime during a game up to four players can seamlessly join together and experience the intense combat and immersive story with cooperative gameplay.
With the all-new Chrome Engine 5 powering Dead Island, the game will use the latest installment of Techland's acclaimed proprietary game engine, allowing the player to experience the tropical island paradise in graphical splendor with diverse environments like lush forests and detailed city environments.
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Great zombie gameNosenadaXY | June 8, 2015 | See all NosenadaXY's reviews »
Well, first of all, this game is perfect to play with friends, (yeah, the story) yes, only if you want to enjoy it 100%, In this game you need to explore a lot if you want amazing weapons, and you have to do a lot of missions to get to your way to get out of the Island, the graphics are great but it had a problem with the movements ( FPS) I think, but it won't be a big problem, there are lots of zombies and some specials you know, like the boomer, etc.. You should install this one and then get the Dead Island Riptide, It will be worth..
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At first I thought it was too slow for a zombie game. I was expecting something more like Left 4 Dead 2, with hordes of zombies and weapons. But Dead Island is a solid game, very enjoyable and not easy being a RPG. Graphically, it's beautiful and well optimized. I can run it on my laptop at max settings without problem. The story is good, some secondary missions are very stupid, but you can always turn them down and keep on. If I have something 'bad' about the game is the sunny lightning and the zombies, that are often women wearing bikini and men in swimming suits. Not that is a problem, but we're used to more... 'urban zombies' if you know what I mean. The GOTY edition includes everything, so get ready for zombies!
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Dead Island was a big surprise for me. Techland's game is a pretty solid Survival Horror with RPG elements. You have quest to do (Mostly supplies to gather and people to save) and a whole island to explore. But the real quality of this game lies in the zombies themselves. They are deadlier than they look. One or two is fine to fight. But more of them is a very dangerous situation. Running away is always the better option here. The story is pretty cliché for the genre. You're are a bunch of individuals who happened to be immune to the virus so it's always up to you to do the dirty job. However, I really appreciated the "villain" of the game. The atmosphere of the game is very creepy and the visuals are pretty well done. The soundtrack does the job but it's not that memorable (Except for the main theme "Who do you voodoo?" which is quite catchy) I recommend you to install some mods like SweetFX and the Romero mod (for slow zombies that need to be shot in the head in order to die).


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Leopoldo Flores
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Hombre Sol (Sun Man) inside the Cosmovitral in Toluca
|Tenancingo, Estado de México
Leopoldo Flores (born 1934) is a Mexican artist mostly known for his murals and other monumental works which are concentrated in the city of Toluca, State of Mexico. He was born into a poor family in rural State of Mexico, but his artistic ability was evident early and he was able to attend the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" and receive a scholarship to study in Paris. His best known works are the Cosmovitral a large work in stained glass and the Aratmósfera, a "land art" piece both located in Toluca. The first is used as a symbol for the State of Mexico and the latter dominates the main stadium and the hill behind it at the main campus of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM). He has received a number of recognitions of his work from the State of Mexico and an honorary doctorate from the UAEM, which also founded the Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores to house and promote his work. Despite advanced Parkinson's disease, Flores is still an active artist.
Leopoldo Flores, full name Leopoldo Flores Valdés, was born to a poor family in 1934 in the small town of San Simonito de los Comales in the municipality of Tenancingo, State of Mexico, Mexico.[1][2]
His talent for art was evident in his youth,[1] studying at Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" from 1953 to 1960.[3] In 1962, he received a scholarship to attend the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. This experience exposed him to more artistic influences and allowed him to participate in collective exhibitions in Europe.[1]
His career has spanned from the early 1960s to the present. He returned Paris to paint on several occasions with the last being in the 1980s when he did a series of self portraits including those which likened him to Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Rembrandt .[4]
He is married to Dolores Almada.[5]
Flores was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2000, which he documented in a self-portrait named Hombre con temblor en la mano izquierda (Man with shaking in the left hand).[4] He has gone to Cuba to receive treatment.[6] Despite its advanced stage and concerns about his health, he continues to work.[4][7]
Since 1960, Flores has been exhibiting his work both in Mexico and abroad.[8] From 1962 to 1968, most of these exhibits were collective, including at the Palacio de Bellas Artes during the Festival Solar of the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.[1][3] From 1970 to 1971 he coordinated the "Plastica 70" exhibition and exhibited at the Sala de Arte Moderno of the Casa de Cultura of Toluca.[3] His most recent individual exhibitions were Génesis de tormenta and Apuntes de taller, both held at the Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores in Toluca. Genesis contains thirty abstract acrylics in small format focused on the pollution called by oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico .[1][8] Apuntes was a retrospective which contained 320 drawings, many never exhibited before as well as photographs by Carlos Hahn.[9]
One of Flores first major successes was in 1969 with the creation of "pancarta" murals, which consisted of the placement of large pieces of fabric over the exterior of buildings.[10][11] Examples of works of this type include Retorno de la gran manada and Desembardo de los marines, which were places at Plaza Beau-bourg of the Centre Georges Pompidou and the vestibule of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City .[11] In 1972 he also created a pancarta mural for an exhibition over the Hidalgo Market in Toluca. In addition to this movement he also headed a movement called Arte Abierto in 1976, along with working as a promoter of the fine arts for the State of Mexico in 1969.[3]
Flores is best known for his monumental works, especially murals, most of which are located in the city of Toluca.[1] Early murals include "El hombre contemporáneo at the Hotel Plaza Morelos (1971), "El hombre comtemplando al hombre" at the Palacio de Poder Legislativo (1972-1983) and "Alianza de las culturas" at the Alianza Franciasa de Toluca building (1985) .[3] Others include "El Hombre Universal" at the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales at UAEM (1989), and "En búsqueda de la justicia" at the Procuraduría General de Justicia (1991-1992) .[1][3] From 2001 to 2002 he created "De qué color es el Principio" at the Colegio Mexiquense, and in 2002 worked on "Periplo plástico" at the Museo de Arte Moderno of the Centro Cultural Mexiquense .[1] The latter mural is filled with symbols such as exploding light for the Big Bang theory, along with the appearance of man and manifestations of art.[12] In 2004 he created the La Cátedra de la Justicia at the Escuela de Judicial del Estado de México in only two months.[1][3] In 2006 he created the mural "Justicia Supremo Poder" for the Palacio de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación in Mexico City. It was created in Toluca and transferred to the court building in 2007.[1] It is located in the northeast corner of the main stairs, with a size of about 300m2 in three levels,[7] sharing space with works by Luis Nishizawa, Rafael Cauduro and Ismael Ramos .[13] From 2009 to 2010 he created a mural for the State of Mexico placed at the Palacio del Gobierno in Toluca, about the Bicentennial of Mexico's Independence and Centennial of the Mexican Revolution.[1]
However, his two best known works are located in the city of Toluca, the Cosmovitral, which today serves as an important identity marker for the State of Mexico and Aratmósfera. The Cosmovitral was a renovation of an old Porfirio Díaz era market. The interior was turned into a botanical garden and the windows were replaced by large glass murals with 48 panels which cover an area of 3,200 m2. Inaugurated in 1980, the theme of the work is the opposition of day and night, woman and man, and good and bad.[1][5][14] The glass work used about 75 tons of metal substructure, 45 tons of blown glass and 25 tons of lead solder.[5] The Cosmovitral was named in 2007 as one of thirteen wonders of Mexico and in 2008 it received the Excelsis prize from the Global Quality Foundation.[1]
Aratmósfera covers an area of 10,000m2 over part of a small mountain called Coatepec and down into the main stadium of the Ciudad Universitario of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México .[3] As the hill itself is part of the work it is a type of "land art" and Flores is the first in Mexico to employ the technique. The theme of the work is the birth of light, represented by man, which emerges from the earth and rises, looking and reaching for the sky.[1][3] Although it has been restored twice since its creation between 1974 and 1978, it has problems with deterioration.[3][15]
In addition to mural work, other monumental pieces include a sculpture called "Tocando el Sol" (Touching the Sun) found at the main administration building of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. In 1992, he experimented with painting over snow on the sides of the Nevado de Toluca volcano.[1][3]
His recognitions include the Meztli Award in 1964, the Acquisition Prize in Painting from INBA in 1968,[1] the José María Velasco Award from the State of Mexico in 1984, an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México in 2007 and the Gran Orden de la Reforma from the State of Mexico in 2007.[3][16] He is also a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.[17]
Although best known for murals and other monumental works, Flores has worked with various media, techniques and sizes.[7] Traditional media include oils, acrylics, watercolors and ink in small and medium sized formats as well as monumental.[1][10][11][18] More unusual media and materials have included cloth, rock, plaster, glass, wood, snow, vegetation, paper and cardboard.[1] One collection is a series of ink drawings on paper napkins, which belongs to the Máxima Casa de Estudios.[10] El Minotauro is painted over live rock at the Museo Universitario.[3] Colors that frequently appear in his work include reds, yellows, ochre, grays, blues and black.[19]
His work has been featured in writings by notable Mexican art critics including Raquel Tibol, Antonio Rodriguez and Berta Taracena .[1] He considers his work to be a continuance of Mexican muralism, and he has been described as a "disciple" of David Alfaro Siqueiros .[7][11] He is an important figure in Mexican art of the latter 20th century, but his work is neither decorative nor didactic. Rather it focuses on timeless conflicts of the human race.[1][20] Social problems his work has tackled include violence and consumption. Notable works of this type include Cien Hecatombes (1972), "A la opinion pública" (1973), El Hielo de Ariadna (1983) and a series of Christ figures (1994) .[1] His work is mostly figurative, with images of men and nature. When women appear, they usually accompany men.[21] One of his influences include the writings of José Saramago, who he had the chance to meet.[22]
Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores[edit]
In the early 2000s the artist donated a collection of his works to the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, which opened the Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores in 2002, which the purpose of promoting, investigating and recording the artist's work.[1] (http://www.uaemex.mx/muslf/) The museum was opened in 2002, in a building constructed for the purpose at the Ciudad Universitaria, with Flores participating in the design.[3] It contains a collection of portable murals, large paintings, drawings and sculptures donated by the artist.[20][23] Among these works are "El hijo de Ariadna" and "Los cristos.[23]
It has six halls for temporary exhibitions, a library, photographic collection, bookstore, cafeteria and first aid station.[23] He has a workshop in the museum similar to the one in his home.[3] In addition to the permanent collection, the museum also holds temporary exhibits by contemporary artists along with guided tours, concerts, conferences, book presentations, and workshops.[20][23]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Leopoldo Flores Su hacer en el tiempo" [Leopoldo Flores His work in time] (in Spanish). Toluca: Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ Leonor Sánchez Sánchez (July 15, 2010). "Homenaje de la Alianza Francesa a Leopoldo Flores" [Homage by the Alianza Francesa to Leopoldo Flores] (in Spanish). Toluca: El Sol de Toluca. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Arturo Espinosa (April 11, 2002). "Matiza Leopoldo Flores su propio espacio" [Leopoldo Flores defines his own space] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Reforma. p. 18.
- ^ a b c Arturo Espinosa (February 25, 2003). "Muestra Leopoldo Flores resultados del Parkinson" [Leopoldo Flores shows signs of Parkinson's] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Reforma. pp. 3–310.
- ^ a b c "En el Cosmovitral, justo homenaje a Leopoldo Flores" [In the Cosmovitral, a just homage to Leopoldo Flores] (in Spanish). Mexico: State of Mexico. February 14, 2009.
- ^ Arturo Espinosa (April 22, 2002). "Exhiben el talento de Leopoldo Flores" [Exhibit the talent of Leopoldo Flores] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Reforma. p. 18.
- ^ a b c d Carlos Paul (July 16, 2008). "Inauguraron mural de Leopoldo Flores en un cubo de las escaleras de la Corte" [Inaugurate Leopoldo Flores murals in the stairwell of the Court] (in Spanish). Mexico City: La Jornada. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ a b Celeste Ramírez (November 11, 2011). "Los apuntes de taller de Leopoldo Flores" [The sketches of the workshop of Leopoldo Flores] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Milenio. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ ""Apuntes de taller", bocetos del maestro Leopoldo Flores" [Sketches from the workshop, plans from the master] (in Spanish). Toluca: El Sol de Toluca. November 23, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Dibujos en tinta de Leopoldo Flores" [Ink drawings of Leopoldo Flores] (in Spanish). Toluca: El Sol de Toluca. January 11, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
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First, I don't think a new team in Ontario should be based in Toronto. The population is misleading when you think in terms of people who actually follow hockey. TO is a very multi-cultured town. A new team in Ontario should be placed in Kitchener or Hamilton. Preferably Kitchener. That area, with a one hour radius, is populated with a hockey mad fanbase. Kitchener/Waterloo area being the center of London, Guelph, Cambridge, Brantford, Midwestern Ontario, and the GTA.
Second, and this just has to deal with a team being placed in the Toronto area. For example, as a die hard fan of the Habs, if another team came into to Montreal, I would not feel obligated to cheer for them. I wouldn't be happy if they won the cup, it means that my Canadiens didn't win. Two teams battling for supremacy over the city's fanbase is great for competition and rivalry.
Third, the NHL has done a great job expanding into places where hockey was never present before. They have created many new fans and have opened up more choices for kids when they are deciding what sport they enjoy. But the bottom line is, it is a business and when there are markets that are not doing well, why not put teams in places where they will be successful?
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Is there a current production 3x7 brifter set? Would a 3x8 set work? And I've read here that some people have had to replace the front derailer. Does anybody know if the stock Tourney derailer will be compatible?
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Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California. The group was formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers while its members were still in high school and originally consisted of Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals) Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick (drums). Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World, in 1997. After a tepid response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended college. Dusick and Madden stayed local at UCLA, while Levine and Carmichael relocated to the east coast to attend Five Towns College. While Levine and Carmichael were in New York, they began to take notice of the urban music surrounding them and later let the style influence the songs they wrote.
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The Monkees are an American pop/rock band that released music in their original incarnation between 1966 and 1970, with subsequent reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones. The band's music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner.
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A Rocket to the Moon (commonly abbreviated as ARTTM) was an American rock band formed during 2006 in Braintree, Massachusetts, by Nick Santino, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Guitarist and backup vocalist Justin Richards (also of Brighten), bassist and backup vocalist Eric Halvorsen, and drummer Andrew Cook eventually joined the band, forming the final member lineup. The band has two albums through Fueled by Ramen. Their debut, On Your Side, was released on October 13, 2009. Wild & Free was released on March 26, 2013.
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Hanson is an American band from Tulsa, Oklahoma formed by brothers Isaac (guitar, bass, piano, vocals), Taylor (keyboards, piano, guitar, drums, vocals) and Zac (drums, piano, guitar, vocals). Supporting members include Dimetres Collins (keyboards, guitar), and William Birkhead (bass) who have been with the band since 2007. They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations. Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. The group was moved to Island Def Jam Music Group, which they eventually left after a conflict with the label. Hanson has sold over 16 million records worldwide and have had 8 top 40 albums and 6 top 40 singles in the US, as well as 8 top 40 singles in the UK. The band now records under its own label, 3CG Records.
R5 is an American pop rock band. Formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009, the band consists of Ross Lynch (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Riker Lynch (bass, vocals), Rocky Lynch (lead guitar, vocals), Rydel Lynch (keyboard, vocals) and Ellington Ratliff (drums, vocals). They got the name 'R5' because all of their names begin with the letter 'R', except for Ellington. Ellington's last name is Ratliff. He is most commonly known as Ratliff to stick with the 'R' theme. Ellington met the Lynches at a dance school in Los Angeles in 2009. In March 2010, they self-released an EP, Ready Set Rock.
The Goo Goo Dolls is an American rock band formed on Memorial Day 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist and vocalist John Rzeznik, bassist and vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. Mike Malinin was the band's drummer from January 1995 until December 2013. Although renowned for their commercially successful 1998 single "Iris", they have had several other notable and popular singles including "Name" from 1995's A Boy Named Goo, "Broadway", "Black Balloon" and "Slide" from 1998's Dizzy Up The Girl, which produced a total of five successful singles, and "Here Is Gone", "Sympathy" and "Big Machine" from 2002's Gutterflower. The Goo Goo Dolls have had 14 top ten singles on various charts, and have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide.
The Pretty Reckless is an American rock band from New York City. The current members are Taylor Momsen (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ben Phillips (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mark Damon (bass) and Jamie Perkins (drums).
The Turtles are an American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, later known as Flo and Eddie. The band became notable for several Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" in 1965. They scored their biggest and best-known hit in 1967 with the song "Happy Together".
Hey Monday is an American rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, formed in 2008 and were on a hiatus as of December 2011. They released their debut album Hold on Tight in 2008 which produced singles "Homecoming" and "How You Love Me Now". The album was followed up with their 2010 EP Beneath It All, which achieved moderate commercial success, and Candles EP in 2011. Their final release, The Christmas EP, was released on December 6, 2011. The group has toured extensively both as supporting acts and headliners, and have appeared on Warped Tour. Hey Monday has toured with bands such as Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Yellowcard and We The Kings. Hey Monday is on hiatus and claims to not be "broken up". Lead singer Cassadee Pope pursued a solo career and subsequently won season three of The Voice.
The Ballas Hough Band was an American pop rock band fronted by Mark Ballas and Derek Hough, both of whom play lead guitar and sing lead vocals, respectively. The band's other members are Sam Marder (bass guitar), Harry Sullivan (drums) and Emily Grace (keyboards, background vocals). Both Ballas and Hough are Dancing with the Stars champions.
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Great little holiday with my toddler. Clean caravan, good facilities. Free Wifi on site with great signal.
Right next to the beach, which was great for us.
Only one small complaint; the mattresses were a bit uncomfortable.
Everything in the caravan was clean, fresh .
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I have visited this park every year for the past 3 years, I did notice on this occasion a slight drop in standards and in particularly cleanliness and staff efficiency. The toilets in the club area were in a poor state and clearly not checked throughout the evening as they got worse rather than better. Our Maple 3 caravan, as lovely furnished as it was the cleanliness was very poor, rubbish, used ear buds and cotton wool balls down behind sofa cushions, rubbish beneath bed.
Had a weekend break with my two teenage kids, really enjoyed stay, caravan great location and plenty of space well equipped pool good but a little shallow for us superb for smaller kids. Overall fantastic value for money.
Lovely time had, perfect for young family. Beach great for kids!
Ask for a quiet part of the park, the request was not really complied with.
Great as a base for me and my teenage lads. Activities are great for smaller kids but the location and everything else is lovely and I would definitely recommend this.
One of the best holidays we've ever had. We didn't want to come home.
lovely caravan park in superb location all amenities great only negative was the chippy was not great
Enjoyed the location and the facilities. I felt that for the premium price I paid to hire two beech tree lodges three nights we should have had matching plates etc, it was a bit like they had bought different sets from a car boot sale. Also had an issues with 1/2 a toilet roll per lodge!!!! There were also tea stains in the cups on arrival. I expected more,I could have booked a caravan and got the same. Would think twice bout booking again at this price as the quality, as didn't quite match.
Having said that the lodges each had their own private garden and the hot tubs were maintained daily. Staff at the park were excellent and after 20minutes of looking for the tennis court key for the children to play they offered to bolt cut the lock off (they did eventually find the key).
Talacre Beach is a lovely park, the grounds are very well attended to. We were in one of the cheaper caravans and it was fantastic value for money, very clean and spacious. The restaurant, pool and takeaway were all great. It is in a good location for the beach and easy access to local attractions. Could not fault it for the price we paid.
Lovely short break, caravan clean and spacious, lovely park for the kids to enjoy, and the swimming pool felt modern and clean. The beach is a really short walk away and the children spent a happy few hours digging a hole (!) with plenty of space on the beach for them to fling sand without it mattering. The lighthouse is a lovely feature of the beach. The hotdogs at the shop are great value for money and perfect after a swim. We didn't try the chippy but have heard good things about it.
The caravan we stayed in wasn't the cleanest caravan we have stayed in before. But it was tidy and very spacious. The bedding was very clean. The site was lovely, very clean, peaceful and had enough activities and entertainment to keep the kids busy. The swimming pool was very clean and probably the highlight of the site. The fish and chip shop was very good value for money and very tasty. I thought the children's entertainment room was small and when busy it got very hot in there. And the cards that you scan on the doors to get through everywhere didn't work, it took us up to five times to scan to get through the doors. Overall we really enjoyed our holiday and would definitely come back.
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We love Talacre Beach Holiday Park and can only fault it in one aspect - Smoking outside. There is only one way in and out and I have to walk past and through smoke to get inside the clubhouse. It is such a beautiful park and the standards are kept exceptional high at Talacre Caravan. It would be lovely to see in the future to see it expanding and some other establishments down near the beach meeting the same standards. Thank you for a lovely holiday and we will be returning.
Did not use the Active programme. Accomodation was clean spacious and well equipped. Park was clean and quiet and well located for beach. Had a great walking holiday and it was a pleasure to return each evening to relax in great surroundings. Will be back.


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A piece made for Audi during the Audi Innovation for Future Mobility in Guangzhou, China with Jennifer Wen Ma.
The piece is a projection on six hanging scrolls. Users approach a console with two ipads
where they can choose which type of 3 minute trip they would like (future, present or past, to an urban destination or to an outside/ "nature" destination, and if they want a quick or leisurely pace) and that is combined with current weather conditions (using real time data from the internet) and the movement of people in the room (a simple tracking + webcam system) generate the specific images that are displayed. People also had the option to input their email address and receive a couple of snapshots of their trip as a souvenir.
I designed the system and did all of the coding except the iPad interface which was done by Wang Wei in Beijing.
The installation was overseen by CIndy Ma (the Littlemeat studio manager in Beijing) and Dillon Li (an amazing Audio Visual Tech director)
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Performa Institute - November 2013
Paradise Interrupted is an opera in development that presents a world activated by a lone voice in search of an unattainable ideal. For Performa this opera was presented as a workshop in which Jennifer Wen Ma created a large-scale three-dimensional wall garden in paper, had a public workshop of the opera in progress and concluded with a couple of performances by Qian Yi set within the paper garden and interactive projections on the garden.
I mainly explored the interaction between Qian Yi's voice and some abstract visuals that were rendered as a placeholder for the actual visuals that will be used.
The images were produced by analyzing tone and volume. Volume determined the size of the images, tone determined the complexity of the images and tone change determined the movement (direction and speed) of the images.
I was the Creative Technology Director for this project. The whole team:
Jennifer Wen Ma, concept and visual direction
Qian Yi, Kunqu performer
Huang Ruo, composer
Xiao Lihe, lighting designer
Matthew Hilyard, stage design
Xing-Zhen Chung-Hilyard, costume design
Melissa Kirgan, costume design
Marianna Peragallo, coordination and production
Paradise Interrupted Workshop is co-presented with Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, and supported by the Asian Cultural Council.
This is a great project i worked on by Jennifer Wen Ma ( I did the creative technology direction )
We are controlling the individual "bubbles" surrounding the structure. Each day has it's own different animation based on the I-ching, modified by the mood of the day on Weibo, the Chinese twitter.
The Water Cube is now the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It was originally constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and later converted into a water park.
The structure is a metal space frame holding up a special plastic film (IETF)shaped into bubbles. Each bubble is illuminated from the inside with rows of addressable RGB LED lamps.
Since each bubble is addressable we can use the water cube as a gigantic low-resolution screen.
So each day a program calculates what animation the day brings based on the I-ching and modifies the animation according to the total mood of the day on weibo. For example the day's animation might be thunder. The mood can make the lightning flashes more frequent, more intense and brighter (or the opposite)
This makes each animation a unique combination of the nature of the calendar day plus the experience of the people that lived that day.
How we do it:
Zhao Fei in the foreground was part of the original water cube deployment team during the Olympics and is in charge of the final step of converting the renderings to the specially designed control interface. He is also in charge of the hardware. Zhao Liang , behind him, is in charge of fine tuning the software that generates the daily renderings. In the back Jennifer provides Zhao with guidance. To the right is one of the indefatigable video crew documentarians that followed us around close to 24 X 7
I setup a framework that would read the data from Weibo and the Calendar as an XML file, generate the animations and output them into the Water Cube format. This was all done in a great real time video synthesis toolkit called vvvv (check them out vvvv.org )
So we have the I-Ching telling us what the nature of each day is, say Thunder, or Fire, Water ... We also have the day's emotional content in China. The day's emotion is read by scraping emoji (emoticons) posted on Weibo
The emotional content affects the day's nature. For example if today is Heaven (which is symbolized by a white circle) and the day is sad, the circle will grow very little and very slowly. If instead China had a great day, the circle grows quickly to a very large one.
Programming this was a trip. We normally render animations in High Definition, but here we were working with a kind of very low def as each side is 72 giant bubbles long. And while the bubbles themselves have dozens of lamps in a row along the bottom of each bubble, and each lamp is individually addressable, the effect is that the bubble lights up with one color, or a very gentle gradient. To complicate things further the bubbles do not line up so straight lines are squiggly! On the other hand, basic geometric shapes displayed on the water cube as wonderful abstract images.
For example: Fire starts like this in vvvv:
and ends up like this:
Needless to say I'm very happy with the way this project happened, and I loved working with Jennifer and all of the Beijing team. I can't wait to get back to Beijing to spend some fun times with them.
For more about this project please see Jennifer's website. Also there is a great post about it on The Creators Project.
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For American travel writer Poke Rafferty, life finally seems to hold some semblance of stability. He and his longtime love, Rose, have gone through with their much-deferred marriage ceremony, their adopted daughter, Miaow, a former street child, has become a loving—if sometimes difficult—part of the family, and the three of them live in relative comfort thanks to Rose's housekeeping business and Rafferty's writing.
Then a nightmare figure from Rose's time as a Patpong dancer barges into their world, shattering the peace they've worked so hard to obtain. His appearance threatens everything they cherish: their love, their home . . . their very lives. As a foreigner who's seen some of the worst Bangkok has to offer and survived confrontations with Thailand's most powerful and dangerous elements, Rafferty feels equal to most of the challenges Bangkok can throw at him. But now his only hope is to discover the whole truth of Rose's past—a journey down the dark and twisting road that turned a shy, awkward village teenager into the queen of Asia's most lurid red-light street: Patpong Road. And just when Rafferty thought life was looking good, reality comes crashing in as he learns that the secrets from Rose's former life are almost impossible to accept—and even harder to survive.
The Queen of Patpong is a terrifying, heart-breaking, electrifying story of peril, love, and, ultimately, redemption in modern-day Thailand—and the most ambitious, affecting novel yet from thriller master Timothy Hallinan.
"Hallinan's compassionate fourth Poke Rafferty thriller (after Breathing Water) finds Poke and his live-in girlfriend, Rose, finally married, but a specter from Rose's past as a dancer on Bangkok's notorious Patpong Road comes back to haunt her. As a naïve country girl named Kwan, Rose fell for the charms of American Howard Horner, never suspecting that Horner's true interest in her involved something far darker than romance. Long thought dead, sly predator Horner is back in Bangkok to stalk Rose and all who are dear to her. Hallinan uses the menace Horner represents to springboard into a sympathetic depiction of Rose's life, revealing without condescension how a simple farm girl decided that the least bad of all the unappealing options open to her was to offer herself to a parade of strangers for money. Rafferty neither idolizes nor demonizes Bangkok's sex workers, instead casting an empathetic but incisive eye on a class of people often reduced to mere caricature. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright PWyxz LLC)
"Hallinan is a wordsmith of the first order, and he puts his great narrative skills into overdrive on this one….You wont read a better thriller this year!"
Author Timothy Hallinan returns to Bangkok, Thailand—and plunges his protagonist, travel writer Poke Rafferty, into graver peril than ever before—in The Queen of Patpong, Hallinans fourth Rafferty thriller following A Nail Through the Heart, The Fourth Watcher, and Breathing Water. Fans of John Burdett, Alexander McCall Smith, Daniel Silva, and Alan Furst who love being transported to exotic locales will be riveted when a nightmare figure from the past arrives at Poke Raffertys door to bring chaos and danger to the lives of the people he loves.
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All season long, the judges on "American Idol" have been urging season nine's lackluster finalists to search for a song that will give them their "moment." Those breakout performances have been in short supply this year, but on Tuesday night one of the show's only stand-out singers, Crystal Bowersox , provided one that could very well go down in the annals of the show's all-time greats.
Bowersox's emotion-packed cover of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions' 1965 hit "People Get Ready" was like a greatest hits of past "Idol" moments. There was the a cappella open, a nice homage to season four's Bo Bice, who famously performed "In a Dream" without instrumentation. We had a performance felt so deeply, it brought the singer to tears (think Fantasia's "Summertime"). And we had a family member in the audience that was a big reason for the heightened emotions, in this case Crystal's dad. She told Ryan Seacrest that just seeing him at the show for the first time brought her to tears.
The moment brought to mind the emotion surrounding David Cook's terminally ill brother making the trip to Hollywood to see the eventual season-seven champ perform "You'll Always Be My Baby."
Michael Lynche may have admitted to having his own "Idol playbook" of songs on Tuesday night, but it was the 24-year-old dreadlocked mom from Elliston, Ohio, (who claims she never watched "Idol" before being on it) who ended up pulling out classic moves from the show's bag of tricks. Moves, it's worth noting, that were all employed by contestants who made it to the finales of their respective seasons.
Do I think Crystal's "People Get Ready" is the best "Idol" performance of all time? Heck no. Her vocals weren't as spot-on as one would have hoped, and she didn't really reinvent the song. Essentially, Crystal just did late singer Eva Cassidy's version, and Eva sang it better.
But it was certainly the best performance of the season. Thanks to the recent "Crystal Almost Quit" headlines, the song had an extra layer of interpretation automatically built in. It helped that the majority of Tuesday night's performers were dull and removed from their songs, failing to tap into the inspirational quality the judges were looking for.
Watching someone connect to a song that deeply was a breath of fresh air. In nine seasons, the only time contestants sobbed through a song was after being eliminated or during the finale, post-win, when Carrie Underwood choked through "Inside Your Heaven," Fantasia wailed "I Believe," Kelly Clarkson sniffled the breakdown of "A Moment Like This" and Jordin Sparks got misty during "This Is My Now." Watching Crystal break down was evocative of that finale moment. All we were missing was the confetti.
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26 year old man | Manayunk, PA, USA | Seeking women 21-28 within 20 miles
Just looking to meet someone special and exciting.
Here is a little overview I lived in this area most of my life. Though I spent almost five years out in Colorado going to school. When I was finished with school my heart brought me back here to where I grew up. My family was a huge part in that decision since they play such a large part in my life. If I had to describe myself I would say I am driven, down to earth, passionate, sarcastic, easy going, athletic, and social. Some of the things that I enjoy include watching sports, and if the weather is nice playing sports as well. While I participated in many sports in life I will play just about anything even if I am horrible as long as it is with good people. I love going to the zoo, and museums even if I have been there before I am always amazed at the things I see. This is cliche and I know it though after most weekdays I will go to the gym to run and lift unless someone tells me of a good band is playing or a bunch of people are getting together. If I have time, and someone to come with me I like to run or take a bike ride around the local area on the weekends. I like going out to dinner or staying in eating popcorn and watching a movie. Disney movies are a guilty pleasure. I love to travel the world though traveling for a day locally is just as amazing, and finding someone to take a day to go on a random day trip would be amazing. Some other random things I like is reading, writing, cooking, and paintball (my family tries to go a few times a year). I know there is more I could say though I cannot think of what else to put . So if we have anything in common or you would like to just generally like to know more about me just send me an email.
Camping , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Playing sports , Travel/Sightseeing , Watching sports
Aerobics, Baseball, Cycling, Football, Martial arts, Running, Skiing, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 5 or more times per week.
I have Dogs
I like Cats, Horses
Boomer is a full bred pit bull who is the biggest baby in the world and loves attention. He is an extreme bed hog but a great cuddler.
Middle of the Road
Costa Rica (Pura Vida), Washington DC, New York, Providence, Spain, Croatia, Turkey, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Ireland. Hell pretty much anywhere I have gone to I have had an amazing time and created many great memories.
My family first and foremost. Books, traveling, writing, listening to music, disney/pixar movies, my friends, camping, hiking, exercising, running, biking, taking pictures, laughing, snow days, playing sports, museums, and new experiences.
During the week I will go to the gym, and before bed I will read for a bit. The weekend I will try and go for a run or bike ride. I will spend a lot of time with friends or family going to a museum, a bar, a ball game, or just spend time together.
My dad has turned me into a science fiction nerd, and there quite a few books.
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|What he is looking for
|5'10" (177cms)
|5'3" (160cms) to 5'9" (175cms)
|Body type:
|Athletic and toned
|Slender, Athletic and toned
|No preference
|Dark brown
|No preference
|No Way
|No Way, Occasionally
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker, Regularly
|Sales / Marketing
|No preference
I am a service advisor for Porsche of Conshohocken
|$35,001 to $50,000
|No preference
|Never Married
|Never Married
|Have kids:
|Wants kids:
|Definitely, Someday
|White / Caucasian
|Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander, White / Caucasian
|Christian / Catholic
|No preference
|Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
|Bachelors degree
|Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral


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