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Mount Temple Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: SW Ridge, Normal Route with Brian (Dunsum) and Lubos
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2008
|No snow except the upper portion. Great warm sunny day and incredible view.
|Posted Mar 5, 2009 12:25 am
|Big Day for the Big Momma
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008
|I doubled back from Yoho National Park on my bike tour to climb this peak. Well worth the return trip and tiring bike approach! Eiffel Peak is also good to tag on in a long day.
|Posted Dec 13, 2008 5:18 pm
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008
|After many years of saying that THIS was the year I would climb Temple, I finally got out and did it! Just amazing. The approach, the scramble, and the views were second to none. The weather was perfect but it didn't last beyond this day. (The next morning looked nice, but rain, hail, and lightning turned us back on Paget just by the lookout.)
|Posted Aug 23, 2008 11:12 pm
|SW Ridge, Normal Route
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2008
|A good scramble to a big, beautiful and well situated summit with incredible views.
|Posted Jul 27, 2008 3:53 pm
|SW Route
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1999
|First 11,000 ft peak for me. Pretty green and poor at the time. Used duct tape and garbage bags to make gaiters. Luckily I wasn't dumb enough at the time to hang out on the cornices.
|Posted Jul 25, 2008 9:53 am
|SW ridge (normal route)
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008
| The route condition is now awesome. There is snow all the way up from the sentinel pass to the top. An early start would make the snow hard and easy ascend and even faster descend, but bring an ice axe! No grizzlies...a lot of people hiking to the sentinel pass, beautiful weather and great fun.
6:30h round trip.
|Posted Jun 29, 2008 9:23 pm
|Mount Temple
Date Climbed: Oct 9, 1994
|Solo trip via the Larch Valley which was not closed by Griz this October for a change
|Posted Feb 9, 2008 7:58 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2007
|Tried SW face. Did not know route and didn't know where we were going. Mid-way up a guy told us to go to the right of the face and climb long ice-couloir. We tried going on left. Got past grey rock band and ended up a the yellow rock band. My dad didn't want to go any farther because we didn't know where we were. In order to pass we would have to climb class 4 chimney with deadly exposure. Didn't take long for us to get back to the pass and start heading back to the trail head. Some of the best views I have ever seen.
|Posted Nov 25, 2007 6:01 pm
|SW Ridge - Scramble Route
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007
|My 150th named summit - I had to save it for a fall day with good weather. We had some of the best views I've ever had in the Rockies with clear blue skies all around!
|Posted Sep 17, 2007 6:03 pm
|East Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2007
|Nice route, nailed it in perfect weather with Dow. Met Courtney at the summit within 5 minutes which was incredible and hiked out together. Great day
|Posted Aug 3, 2007 10:17 pm
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2007
|A slog...with great views! Met up with Dow and Peter on the summit, then hiked out together. Good times.
|Posted Aug 3, 2007 3:52 am
|Linda Breton
|Route Climbed:SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007
|Woohoo! A long slog but worth it...the views are mind blowing! I might have to go back just to see it again.
|Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:01 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006
|Did the NF of Temple via Greenwood/Locke Route. Very wild climbing on a big face. It made me very hungry.
|Posted Aug 29, 2006 8:22 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2006
|Really good weather for climbing the easy route but unfortunately haze impeded the view from the top.
|Posted Aug 12, 2006 4:45 am
|A little short
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006
|Stopped just short of the main summit via SW ridge due to bad weather (snow, lightening). Fantastic day though. Wanted to do this since I was a kid living in Lake Louise. I'll be back to try the east ridge someday!
|Posted Jul 8, 2006 1:59 am
|Route Climbed: via sentinel pass Date Climbed: July 27, 2005
|What incredible weather! We had bright sunshine and perfect temperatures the whole way up. The scrambling was phenomenal...not nearly as difficult as we were expecting, but it was obviously quite physically demanding. We took 9 hours and 42 minutes from car to car, with 50 minutes spent on top, taking in the incredible view in the +18ºC temperatures with no wind. I definitely wouldn't mind doing this scramble again.
|Posted Aug 12, 2005 7:10 pm
|Route Climbed: normal scramble Date Climbed: July 31, 2005
|Weather was perfect, sunny and calm throughout the day. The longest hike I have done but the view from the top was exceptional and definately made the effort worth it. Still quite a bit of snow left on the ridge and made for some fun sliding down. Actually, sliding down on a plastic bag was the best part of my day on that trip.
|Posted Aug 1, 2005 12:36 pm
|Dow Williams
|Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: July, 2003
|Smoky (bad fires set in this summer) day for me, but best views included a real good study of Fay and her glacier, Hungabee, Eiffel, The Mitre, Lefroy and Victoria. No snow to deal with this July. Be sure not to circumvent the mountain too far to the SE. Serious accident report on that mistake. In other words, keep moving up, staying on good trail. Cheers.
|Posted Jun 23, 2005 11:13 am
|Route Climbed: sud slope Date Climbed: august 2000
|i reached the top of Mount Temple with my friends Marzio and Gianni in the august of 2000.
Great panorama!
|Posted Apr 7, 2005 12:29 pm
|Pawel Krol
|Route Climbed: NORMAL II Date Climbed: july 2004
|Posted Mar 3, 2005 12:54 pm


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"Natasha Trethewey Interviews Elizabeth Alexander" is part of the Poets in Place series, a Research Collaboration in the Humanities initiative funded through Emory University's Presidential Woodruff Fund, in collaboration with the Office of the Provost. Series producers are Natasha Trethewey and Allen Tullos.
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About Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher born in New York City and raised in Washington, D.C. She has published several books of poems, including: The Venus Hottentot (1990), Body of Life (1996), Antebellum Dream Book (2001), and American Sublime (2005), which was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and was one of the American Library Association's "Notable Books of the Year." In 2008, she composed and delivered "Praise Song for the Day" for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She is also the first recipient of the Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship for work that "contributes to improving race relations in American society and furthers the broad social goals of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954," and is the 2007 winner of the first Jackson Prize for Poetry, awarded by Poets & Writers, Inc.
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Recommended Resources and Selected Writings
Published Works
Alexander, Elizabeth.. United Kingdom: Bloodaxe Books Ltd., 2006.
———. American Sublime. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2005.
———. Antebellum Dream Book. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2001.
———. Body of Life. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1997.
———. Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color. Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Front Street Press, 2007.
———. Poems in Conversation and a Conversation. Sleepy Hollow, New York: Slapering Hol Press, 2008.
———. Power and Possibility: Essays, Interviews, Reviews. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan, 2007.
———. Praise Song for the Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2009.
———.The Black Interior. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2003.
———. The Venus Hottentot. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2004.
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This week, Dave Campbell's Texas Football is counting down the top 50 must-see Texas high school football games in 2014. Keep in mind: this is not necessarily a ranking of the top 50 games, but rather the 50 games you won't want to miss. One rule to remember: each game must feature two Texas teams. We will take a look at the best Texas vs. out of state games later this month.
Monday: Nos. 50-41
Tuesday: Nos. 40-31
TODAY: Nos. 30-21
Thursday: Nos. 20-11
Friday: Nos. 10-1
30. West Orange-Stark at Jasper (Week 3)
Though they're separated by just 65 miles, West Orange-Stark and Jasper find themselves in different regions of the state (the Golden Triangle and the Piney Woods, respectively), and seem to subscribe to their region's native style of play. For Jasper, there's plenty of speedy weapons offensively, especially WR Chris Spikes and do-it-all athlete Randy Spikes. For West Orange-Stark, it's crushing defense, led by all-everything DB Deionte Thompson. So when they go at it in Week 3, it won't just be a clash in styles; it'll be a clash in geography.
29. Arp at Waskom (Week 7)
Want to know a ridiculous fact? Of course you do. Well, here it is: Waskom brings back four 1,000-yard rushers. That's right, four! The Wildcats have an embarrassment of riches in the backfield headlined by our 3A cover boy Kevin Johnson and his just as dangerous cousin June Bug Johnson. Both told us earlier this offseason that Waskom is ready to take the next step after reaching the state semifinals a year ago. But a very good Arp team stands in their way in 8-3A DII. The Tigers have a couple of solid defenders in Tyrone Hunt and Kalik Hunt as a well as an explosive playmaker of their own in Marcalas Johnson. All we can say is what a matchup out in #bEASTtexas.
28. Coldspring-Oakhurst at Navasota (Week 3)
You have to hand it to Coldspring head coach Bryan Barbay and Navasota head coach Lee Fedora: they aren't afraid to take on anyone. That's exactly how you get a non-district matchup between our No. 2 team in 4A DI (Navasota) and our No. 6 team in 4A DII (Coldspring-Oakhurst). But aside from the rankings, this is as tantalizing a matchup as you'll find in 4A, simply because of the firepower. From Navasota's WR Jerbrell Lipscomb and RB Derrion Randle, to Coldspring's RB Daylon Giddens, there are offensive stars everywhere. The difference may be the defenses, where Coldspring has an ace in the hole in LB Alec Dunham. It may not have the sizzle of a district or playoff game, but this one will be electric.
27. CC Flour Bluff at CC Calallen (Week 9)
We wrote yesterday that Cuero vs. Sinton was the most anticipated small-school matchup in South Texas. So what about big schools? You're looking at it. Flour Bluff vs. Calallen is not only going to be a battle for the 30-5A district championship but Coastal Bend supremacy. On one side, you have Calallen, a regional powerhouse with unmatched tradition in the area. On the other, you have an upstart Flour Bluff team with high expectations and arguably the Coastal Bend's most talented player in Jalen Campbell, who missed all of last year with a torn ACL. This one will go down to the wire, but here is a key stat: Flour Bluff returns 10 starters on offense and Calallen returns zero on defense.
26. Gilmer at Tatum (Week 3)
Ho-hum, another non-district match, you're thinking to yourself. Well, besides the fact that this showdown of East Texas small-school powers is about as good as they come, and putting aside the tremendous athletes that will be on display like Gilmer's two-way star Kris Boyd and Tatum's crushing linebackers in Devon Boyd and Kyshaun Smith, consider this: as unlikely as it may be, there is a greater-than-zero chance that this is a first-round playoff preview. That's right: Gilmer's 5-4A DI takes on Tatum's 6-4A DI in the first round of the playoffs. Will they line up to do it again come Week 12? Maybe not. But just in case you thought non-district games were meaningless, this could be a playoff preview, either in the first round or in the regional final.
25. Rogers at Franklin (Week 1)
How about this for an opening week matchup? These two 3A DII powers will meet in one of the most intriguing non-district games in the state. Watching both relentless Slot-T attacks should be fun to say the least. Franklin opens up the year ranked No. 4 thanks to its experience — 15 total returning starters — and massive offensive line that will simply wear down opponents. Rogers comes in right behind Franklin at No. 5 and also has a mammoth line as well as the top offensive player in 10-3A DII in fullback Brady Malovets, who rushed for over 1,700 yards a year ago. Both teams are going run the ball, be physical on defense and at the end of the day, the strongest will survive.
24. Katy at The Woodlands (Week 3)
You know Katy. You know the state championships, you know the legend Gary Joseph, you know the give-you-nothing defense and take-it-all running game. But if you take a step back, isn't The Woodlands a carbon copy of the Tigers? Fearsome running game? Well, yeah, with RB Patrick Carr, you know that's the case. Terrific defense? As always, especially this year with LB Corey Sanders and S Geoff Keating back. Fantastic coach? Mark Schmid's one of the best in the business. When the Tigers and the Highlanders meet on September 12, it'll be like looking in a mirror. And we can't wait to see it.
23. FW Nolan Catholic at Plano Prestonwood (Week 9)
This might be the fiercest private school rivalry in the state tight now. Not only are these two squads district foes, but they competed in the TAAPS Division I final a year ago. FW Nolan avenged a two-point regular season loss to Prestonwood with a thrilling 24-21 win in title game — it was FW Nolan's third straight title. The Vikings enter the year ranked No. 2 in our preseason private schools poll and should be strong again despite losing a bevvy of starters. But this might finally be Prestonwood's year. The Lions are our preseason favorite to win it all. Prestonwood's two-quarterback system features talented signal-callers Ryan Cash and Twayne Blackwell. They'll be throwing early and often to Michael Irvin Jr. — son of 'The Playmaker.'
22. Abilene Wylie at Stephenville (Week 11)
Nobody likes playing The Waiting Game, but we'll have to do it to decide the champion of District 3-4A DI. That's when Hugh Sandifer's Abilene Wylie squad will travel to Stephenville to take on Joseph Gillespie's Yellow Jackets. The rankings make it a must-see game right now — Stephenville is our No. 1 team, and Wylie ranks No. 10 — but what'll be most interesting will be seeing what these teams look like once November rolls around. Neither team has a particular depth of experience, and though Stephenville has one of the state's best players in QB Jarrett Stidham, teams grow and expand and change over the course of a season. Wylie's defense, led by LB Clay Johnston, will be a mature unit by then, and they should provide Stidham and company with all they can handle in what should be the district title game.
21. Celina at Argyle (Week 3)
This is very much a 'Clash of the Titans' game down in 4A. Both teams have plenty of hardware in their respective trophy cases and are poised to be in the title conversation this season. Argyle, which hoisted a trophy at AT&T Stadium last year, has the daunting task of replacing a slew of key contributors from last year's squad including guys like Ian Sadler and Connor Wilson. But the game plan for the No. 5 Eagles (4A Division I) will remain the same — pound the ball with Arizona State commit Nick Ralston and play defense. No. 3 Celina (4A Division II) also likes to run the football, but expect the Bobcats to air out more this year. Why? Quarterback Nathan Elliott, a North Carolina pledge, is one of the top signal-callers in the state and his go-to receiver, Cash Conder, isn't too shabby either.
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merry christmas
Hi Kayla
Hope you got dug out i don't remember the last time we had this much snow before Christmas
they said 2-3" not 2 feet Yuc
been chasing cars off and minor mvas all day
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hey there kayla i hope you are staying warm and doing good i am stuck in the house here i found out i have bronchitis and a sinus infection ....lol...go figure....well just wanted to say merry christmas again to ya you keep your self safe out there i hope ya liked the message and i hope it made ya smile take care bye for now
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Hello All, I am sorry have not been here much...we are dealing with my brother N law who is in the Boston hospital, and is in need of a Heart, Lung and Kidney transplant. So, we have our minds else where. We are finding that things are not getting any better and we have been told he has less than a year to live...... I am soooo sad and not sure how to help my sister and him....oh dear me I wish I could fix it ......Well, Wishing you all A Happy Holidays and Safe New year!!!!!!!
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oh man, you got hit with that mess? nice. yesterday all we had was 40 degrees and pooring rain, then the temp dropped and it all froze, was a fun ride to work this morning ;) 40 and rain yesterday, ten below zero wind chill today, gotta love that chicago weather
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Things are going well. Its Snowing and not to many MVA. Hope that things are going well for you. Have a great week. Stay Safe.
Kayla we are doing well here
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All the usual hype is flowing about Vista 8. This mostly means that Vista 7 was a failure, but I decided to log it for laughs. Vista 7 did not sell as well as Vista did and Vista 8 won't sell any better than Vista 7. Vista failure has really killed Microsoft. The upgrade inevitability myth is six feet underground, tra
Comment Microsoft Responds as Story Gets Out. (Score -1) 2
HTC and Microsoft have a long history of technical and commercial collaboration, and today's agreement is an example of how industry leaders can reach commercial arrangements that address intellectual property,
They had nothng to say about the news that Microsoft is officially a patent troll.
Submission + - Microsoft Makes 5x from Android as Windows Phone-> 2
A rough estimate of the number of HTC Android devices shipped is 30 million. If HTC paid $5 per unit to Microsoft, that adds up to $150 million Android revenues for Microsoft. Microsoft has admitted selling 2 million Windows Phone licenses (though not devices.) Estimating that the license fee is $15/WP phone, that makes Windows Phone revenues to date $30 million.
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I wonder why Slashdot does not tag stories about Windows malware with "Windows". I know why ComputerWorld and other publishers that deal with WE and take Microsoft advertising money are cowed and don't Call Out Windows. Slashdot should be better than that.
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As the Linux Foundation wins new friends and influences people, sharp reporters at PCWorld notice that Windows sales as a fraction of PCs shipped are in a steep and accelerating decline. Woody Leonhard of Infoworld does the math on Microsoft's numbers,
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Thanks, Joe, for such amazing display of hypocrisy. Readers can tell for themselves what I wrote above and what they think about me if they care to make that an issue. People interested in the astroturf account jwilcox154 should visit my troll zoo. It is interesting that this account and the AC still follow me so closely though I have only posted in Slashdot a few times over the last two years.
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US spectrum auctions are inherently corrupt and are a bad idea even if they were not. Google made one attempt to buy spectrum but was quickly out done by incumbents that conspired to keep them out by running up any bids made. Even if it were possible to prevent collusion, a highest bidder wins system will always lead to unreasonable prices.
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Gotta love that doublespeak."
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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Espinosa's creative side shows with a Bummer top by Unif, disco pants by American Apparel, Hellbound boots by Unif, shades from Nasty Gal, and bangles from Urban Outfitters.
Michael Zamora/Caller-Times A little black dress gets an edge: Grail dress by Unif paired with Spike Lita boots by Jeffrey Campbell. Espinosa made the flower headpiece, and earrings are Betsy Johnson.
Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! Espinosa channels the famous movie with a tank top from Express, Beetlejuice leggings by BlackMilk, Dr. Martens Aggy boots, a leather fringe jacket from ASOS, spike headband from PacSun, and shades by Ray Ban.
Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Espinosa gets playful in a skull blouse and suspender skirt from Nasty Gal, a hat by Brixton, Zidler boots by Jeffrey Campbell, and earrings from Forever 21.
Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Espinosa loves her American flag leather biker jacket by Unif and says she wears it with almost anything.


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Tired of waiting for a white iPhone 4? Add some color with Incipio Feather Case [Sponsored]
Since Apple still hasn't shipped a white iPhone 4 -- much less a pink one -- I decided try out a few, fun Incipio Ultra Light Feather Cases instead. Because really, why should I have to wait for style? They come in black, turquoise, metallic black, metallic white, pink, metallic orange, forest green, yellow green, metallic gray, coral, metallic purple, and bright purple (phew!), and are thin and unobtrusive enough you'll barely notice the difference in your pocket or purse. They also come with a screen protector, so if you're worried about scratches, they've got you covered.
Changing the color of my iPhone 4 to white or pink was as simple as snapping on the case. There are openings for all of your buttons and ports with the exception of the small micro sim slot opening on the side. I do not think this omission is a big deal. I have an officially unlocked iPhone 4 from Apple and it's just something I rarely need to have access to in the first place.
Also noteworthy, the Incipio Ultra Light Feather Case should be compatible with most iPhone 4 chargers and sync cables. The wide cut around the 30-pin dock port meant everything from my slim Apple USB cable to my bulky car adapter worked just fine. I did have some problems with Apple's own dock but that is to be expected as most Apple chargers are made to exacting measurements. (I did not have any trouble with the Seidio Inno Dock Jr. of course!)
Overall I liked the look and feel of the Incipio Ultra Light Feather Case, especially the matte finish which lessens the chance that I will drop it and damage my precious iPhone. Also, the case doesn't come up over the iPhone screen which is one of my pet peeves. The white version is a little different, it feels more solid and less flexible, but that's probably due to the more difficult nature of making a white product, something Apple no doubt understands!
So if, like me, you're tired of waiting for a white iPhone (or any color iPhone really) give the Incipio Ultra Light Feather Case a try. It's the perfect way to add a splash of fun and excitement to your iPhone 4.
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The Case-Mate Barely There resists scratches much better
That's what I use is the wet barely there. And yes, Georgia is SMOKIN!!! OOWWWWWWWWWW!
Try Skin It. All White. Looks nice too..
My God. Georgia you are a stunner.
That's on good idea.
So, when will TiPb begin filming reviews and sponsored videos more professionally?
- Mount the camera on a tripod;
- Mount the camera on a tripod;
- Mount the camera on a tripod;
- Mount the camera on a tripod;
- Mount the camera on a tripod;
- Film in a room that isn't the kitchen. Videos,that look like home movies, and that are filmed in kitchens, usually turn out to be porn... Just sayin'. So, unless Georgia is going to be entertaining us further, I suggest you film in front of a white-ish wall, no teapots, kitchen cabinets, and tiles.
Got to agree, Georgia is looking hot!!!
@ Rhit Agreed. Dedicate a room to filming reviews. Soundproof it and make it so you don't sound like you're recording from the bottom of a rain barrel. And PUT THE CAMERA ON A TRIPOD. As much as you probably wish, your husband/BF is NOT hung like a tripod so he doesn't count.
Doom and gloom I guess. better embrace technology. it's here to stay.


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AOC has introduced a new 23-inch passive 3D-capable monitor with that is only 10.6 mm deep and with a thin 5.8 mm frame ' the AOC d2357Ph. The design definitely catches your attention, and thanks to the thin bezel you might want to consider using these monitors for multi-monitor setups in 2D or stereo 3D. AOC d2357Ph uses LED backlight and thus achieves the thin design, although it even has integrated speakers, supports HDMI 1.4 interface with frame packaging as well as row interleaved 3D and comes with a 2D to 3D conversion capabilities.
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This would be great for business like the apple store employees especially product release dates and such. I'm curious just how far people would push this. You know there are going to be idiots out there displaying the wrong thing on their shirt. I can see me and my 4 yr old walking down the street and someone have some kind of adult content or photo displayed.
Meet tShirtOS, the first iPhone-controlled t-shirt with integrated washable display
tShirtOS lets you display anything and everything you want right on your t-shirt, and control it all with your iPhone and an iOS app. Wearable electronics could be a huge part of the future, both for fashion and functionality. Google is already jumping out of planes, and bringing us along for the ride, wearing their Glass technology. tShirtOS has a different goal, though. To make us the display. This system consists of a washable t-shirt with an integrated display panel and camera. It can then display Twitter updates, Facebook content, Instagram photographs and much more.
The display currently only supports a resolution of 32 x 32 which matches that of the tiny built in camera. It is made up of 1,024 tiny RGC LEDs which all connect back to a small PCB which has Bluetooth, USB, an accelerometer and a pair of headphone sockets. The processor for the project is still being decided upon with two prototypes currently in testing. One is an 8-bit processor and the other a 32-bit ARM Cortex processor. The t-shirt will be controlled via an iPhone 4S running at least iOS 5.0 or greater.
The bad news is that the technology is still in its infancy and costs a huge amount to make each t-shirt. CuteCircuit will be monitoring the interest in the product and will make a decision about making a cheaper consumer version in the future.
Could you see yourself wearing a t-shirt that can display tweets and other information from the internet?
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The idea that you'd want to wear your twitter stream is stupid, but the idea that you could change the message on your t-shirt as soon as it was out of date or as soon as your mood changes is quite radical and subversive. You could have a few these replace a drawer full of t-shirts, and instead of impulse buying a new shirt, you just change what your shirt says. If this becomes reasonably priced, and screen technology becomes higher res, this would sell like crazy.


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The German side cruised to a 3-1 victory at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to move a step closer to a place in the quarter-finals.
Arsene Wenger had been under pressure even before the European defeat and Ribery believes they may have lacked some self-belief.
The Frenchman says he still expected a tougher test, but he was delighted with Bayern's performance and is now focused on finishing the job at home next month.
"We didn't think it would be so easy," said Ribery. "We know Arsenal are having some problems in the league, maybe they are lacking confidence.
"Each to their own problems. But we feel good, we feel confident and we're delighted to have got that result.
"We're all working hard together, with the will to play well, to win together, to defend together. It's important to carry on like this."


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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Albert Pujols hit a three-run home run to help the LA Angels of Anaheim take a 7-2 win over the Chicago White Sox in the opener of a two-game set.
Vernon Wells hit a two-run home run and scored twice while Alberto Callaspo and Mark Trumbo added three hits and a run scored each for the Angels, who have won their past two.
Jerome Williams (4-1) went eight innings and gave up two runs on 10 hits with five strikeouts to win his fourth straight decision.
"I felt good and I was throwing the ball where I needed to," said Williams. "I just want to go out there and pitch well. When we score, I just try to go back out there and throw up a zero."
Dayan Viciedo hit a solo home run and Gordon Beckham drove in the other run for the White Sox, who have lost four of their last five. Gavin Floyd (3-4) was tagged for seven runs on 10 hits with a walk and four strikeouts over six innings in the loss.
"We had guys swinging but the balls just didn't want to fall in," said Chicago manager Robin Ventura. "They were swinging the bats well and you have to tip your cap to them."
The Angels took the lead in the second when Wells worked a two-out walk and came home when Erick Aybar followed with a double for a 1-0 lead.
Chicago answered in the third. With one out, Viciedo hit a homer to center for his fifth of the year. After Brent Morel grounded out, Alejandro De Aza singled and Beckham followed with a double for a 2-1 lead.
The Angels, though, grabbed the lead back in the third. Mike Trout and Callaspo singled and Pujols followed with his second homer of the season for a 4-2 advantage.
The score stayed that was until the sixth when the Angels padded their lead. Kendrys Morales led off with a single and Trumbo followed with a double. A sacrifice fly from Howie Kedrick came ahead of a first-pitch homer from Wells for a 7-2 lead.
Jason Isringhausen worked a scoreless ninth to close out the game.
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"The cold stopped me from bleeding to death,"
Traveling east and heading home on Highway 98,
"It was a bitterly cold night," he said. "I was passing Seascape and I remember passing signs for Whataburger and Waffle House and deciding where I wanted to stop for food."
Veering off of the highway,
"The next thing I remember is hearing a helicopter,"
Responders on the scene were not so confident about
"He said he couldn't believe that I was still alive,"
Community reaches out
Due to the accident,
From the moment he was admitted to the hospital,
"An old boss, Jerry Turner came to help me and he got The Palms for the venue," Thrash said. "Soon the whole community started pitching in."
The benefit concert featured bands such as Heritage and Zero Hour, DJs and a live auction with close to $10,000 in merchandise.
"The first thing you see when you see Robbie is his big smile," she said. "When I went to visit him at the hospital, he was on medication and in pain, but he still had that smile on his face."
"The way my friends rallied behind me just blew my mind," he said.
The long road to recovery
"You just can't let it beat you. I lost part of my leg, but I'll get a prosthetic, I'll be on my feet — or foot — soon," he said, joking that metal detectors are the only thing he's concerned about.
"Airports will just be the biggest obstacle."
Even with a prosthetic,
"It's not going to change much — except I won't be riding motorcycles," he said with a smile. "My mom would kill me."
Refusing to see the negative,
"It's a hurdle, a curb in the road,"
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Darkness is the opposite of brightness, and is a relative absence of visible light.
- Dark as pitch.
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1678), Part I.
- The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,
The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;
The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,
And the clouds perish'd; darkness had no need
Of aid from them—she was the Universe.
- Lord Byron, Darkness (1816).
- Darkness which may be felt.
- Exodus, 10:21.
- Darkness will cover the earth, and thick gloom the nations ...
- Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr., 'Where Do We Go From Here?" as published in Where Do We Go from Here : Chaos or Community? (1967), p. 62.
- Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline (1847), Part II, V, line 108.
- Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief
On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair
It has mantled a world.
- Joaquin Miller, From Sea to Sea, Stanza 4; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 160-61.
- Yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible.
- John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book I, line 62.
- Once there was only dark. If you ask me, the light's winning.
- "Rust" Cohle, Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (TV series), Form and Void, written by Nic Pizzolatto
- Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man had power to say, Behold!
The jaws of darkness do devour it up.
- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595-96), Act I, scene 1, line 144.
- The charm dissolves apace,
And as the morning steals upon the night,
Melting the darkness, so their rising senses
Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
Their clearer reason.
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest (c. 1610-1612), Act V, scene 1, line 64.
- And out of darkness came the hands
That reach thro' nature, moulding men.
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Separately, the names Perez Hilton and Katie Hopkins are toxic enough to require a hazmat suit, so it's sort of a no brainer that that the high-brow geniuses at Channel 5 thought that chucking them together into the 'Celebrity' Big Brother House was all we've ever hoped and dreamed of.
Katie, of course, is best known for being the UK's punishment for allowing The Apprentice to happen. She is the adult female version of a 2002 internet forum. Remember forums? The things once used for something other than increasingly desperate cries for Vodafone technical support?
Perez on the other hand, is basically the human version of this website. That is if this website simply posted pictures of famous people with Microsoft Paint jizz coming out of their mouths, called everyone cunts, outed a bunch of celebrities, posted a lot of self-promotional news and directed you to merch wishing that mentally ill people would have died instead of troubled movie stars.
Unlike Perez, LA-Deli is (at the very least) dedicated to bringing you hot new music from breakthrough artists like the unforgettable Three Beat Slide.
Basically Perez and Katie are the two proudest people in the world of how inhumanely awful they are and arewalking examples of the liberal abuse of free-speech. Accordingly it makes 100% sense they'd be put together in an awful house on the worst television channel (Yes, worse than that one that only shows dodgy Irish country music) for the viewing pleasure of, I'm sure, the most interesting people at any watercooler.
You'd think that because Perez and Katie are two parts of the horsemen of the apocalypse that they'd get on swimmingly! Festering in their own putrid shit and inhaling the heady depths of each others massively important opinions about everything. But alas, the great ego required to be the most attention-whoring of trolls of the universe has prevented both parties from uniting in an unholy partnership to serve their Kardashian overlord.
Katie and Perez have been at it like two gay weiner dogs since they entered the house, and – in troubling news for Perez – his relentlessly exhausting general existence has played strongly in Katie's favour.
When Perez spent the day wandering around in his just his pants (shudder), Katie, being the shrinking violet that she is, remarked that he had more "back fat than a blue whale". Perez responded expectedly unfavourably – pushing Katie to counter that he should "man up".
It was roughly at this stage that Perez dipped into his big bag of fuckery and pulled out the sparkly-ass homophobic card, a move that went down not so well with the other celebs. Those poor, poor nobodies. Vague shells of human beings at this stage whom, I'd imagine, are asking themselves which basket of adorable kittens they set ablaze to deserve this punishment.
All I can say is BRAVO to Channel 5 for making me remember they are still a network. BRAVO to Jordan for actually making herself appear relevant by surrounding herself with the only human beings in the universe less relevant than she is. And BRAVO to Perez Hilton, for doing the impossible and making Katie Hopkins look positively tolerable next to him. I mean, she's not tolerable of course, but he's just the absolute fucking worst.