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ATHENS — Three University of Georgia running backs have been suspended for Saturday's football game with New Mexico State for violation of team policies, according to UGA head coach Mark Richt.Junior Carlton Thomas, freshman Isaiah Crowell, and redshirt freshman Ken Malcome will serve one-game suspensions on Saturday. The Bulldogs are already without tailback Richard Samuel, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury in last week's win over Florida. "We have certain standards in all that we do and their actions do not reflect the Georgia way," said Richt. "They will serve their suspensions, learn a lesson and I'm sure be better men for it." The only other tailbacks listed on UGA's football roster are senior Alex Van Dyk, sophomore Alex Parsons and true freshman Kyle Karempelis, a former standout at Wesleyan.
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After serving as co-grand marshal alongside drag performer Hershae Chocolatae in the inaugural Toledo Pride Parade, Toledo City Councilman Steve Steel will keep the party going with his band What's next. in Promenade Park.
"I think the beauty of living in Toledo is the diversity of points of view and of people," Steel said. "Whether it's ethnicity, religious beliefs, artistic expression, sexuality or anything else, Toledo Pride is one more piece of the diversity that makes Toledo a strong and vibrant community."
The jazz trio What's next. formed last fall after Steel met Petr Kharchenko through a mutual friend. Steel said it is impossible to truly label the band's sound.
"We play jazz songs with kind of a rock feel, and we play rock songs with a jazz feel," he said. "If there is such a thing as a fusion of rock, blues and jazz, then that's what we do. We do a lot of improv, but we also do pretty steady beats and driving stuff."
Kharchenko plays guitar in What's next. and occasionally works in a Middle Eastern instrument called an Oud.
"Petr comes from a jazz background, but he also likes a lot of other styles," Steel said. "He's played in punk bands. He's played in straight kind of rock cover bands. There are times when he's just rocking out and you would swear he was a heavy metal guitarist. There are other times where he is very sensitive with very careful melodies."
The band also features Sam Woldenberg on percussion as well as guitar and keyboard.
"There are percussionists who are very technically sound and play the same song three times and are straight on the same beat," Steel said. "Sam feels what is going on musically and can improv even when we are not. He is always moving the band the way he is feeling it rhythmically. He improvs a lot, which a lot of percussionists don't do."
Steel has played piano for more than 40 years and also plays accordion for What's next.
"My keyboard style is based on Billy Preston and Ray Manzarek from The Doors," Steel said. "I wouldn't consider myself a technically proficient keyboard player. I don't go up and down the keyboard. I just try to make it move with what my hands can do. I'm inspired by people like Ray Manzarek, but I don't think I can play like him. I can try to feel what the audience is responding to and work to make them enjoy the groove."
Raised on rock and blues, Steel was not interested in playing jazz growing up. Each band member brings his own non-jazz influence to form a genre all its own.
"Part of what takes us in new directions is we all come from different traditions," Steel said. "I was a straight up rock and occasional blues keyboard player for at least 20 years. Petr has done punk, jazz and heavy metal. Sam has been in more kind of folksy groups. Our backgrounds are a fusion of music."
The band's fusion of music has led to unique covers of jazz standards and rock hits such as "The Long and Winding Road" by The Beatles.
"Covers are more what inspires us to extend ourselves," Steel said. "It will start with a song, then we'll think about where that takes us. We could probably play the same song twice in a row, and you wouldn't recognize that it is the same song."
Like most jazz bands, What's next. does a great deal of improvising in its shows. The band often invites other musicians and artists to perform with them, including spoken word performer Ryan Bunch, performing and literary arts coordinator for the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo.
"We'll do a song like 'House of the Rising Sun,' with an extended improv in the middle," Steel said. "We've also done entire sets where there is freestyle rap going on, and we're just completely improvising the entire set. We're just playing what we're feeling. Most songs we do, people will kind of recognize it at a certain juncture in the song. But there will never be a situation where people say, 'Oh yeah, that's that song.'"
What's next. will perform at Toledo Pride Entertainment from 6:55-7:20 p.m. Aug. 27 at Promenade Park. Admission is $5 before 7 p.m. and $7 after, and ages 17 and younger get in free. Visit ToledoPride.com for more information.
"I think it's going to be a really festive atmosphere and a celebration of the diversity of Toledo," Steel said. "I'm really looking forward to it. We have a half hour. We're called What's next. It's kind of what challenges us to step up all the time. We're always trying to be what's next and go to the next level. It's important that we bring in a variety of other kinds of art and musicians with us. This show, we're trying to really step it up and make this one for the ages. I think this show is going to unique. We have a lot to prove in a half hour."
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Cissy Houston Says Whitney Houston Would Not Lip-Sync The National Anthem
It looks as though Cissy Houston may have ended the long-standing debate regarding whether or not Whitney Houston lip-synched her iconic version of the National Anthem. For years, there were rumors that Whitney sang to a pre-recorded track while performing the "Star Spangled Banner" during Super Bowl and that her mic was turned off. This is standard and recommended by the NFL each year so that it is guaranteed that nothing goes wrong during the performance.
After the media made such a huge deal when it was revealed that Beyonce sung the National Anthem to a pre-recorded track during the Inauguration, the most common line used to defend her was, "Whitney did it too."
But Whitney didn't lip-sync if you believe her mother Cissy Houston. She recently sat down with Kevin Frazier of OMG Insider and when she was asked if the NFL wanted Whitney to lip-sync, she responded:
She wouldn't do it. She said, 'I want to sing it' and she sang it. She SAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG it! I was really proud of her. Always been proud of her.
Watch the interview (which contradicts what Jimmy Jam has said), plus watch Whitney blowing the National Anthem out of the ball park below:
We will never really know who is telling the truth. Back in the day, Jimmy Jam said in an interview that it was pre-recorded:
There's more of a premium of getting it right. Whitney, when she did the national anthem, which was the greatest national anthem that we ever heard, what we heard over the air was prerecorded. The reason it was prerecorded was, that was a moment that no one wanted any mistakes. They didn't want any feedback, they didn't want any technical difficulties … and it was great.
Meanwhile here's a version of Whitney Houston singing the National Anthem which was said to be LIVE. It has definitely been solidified that she has one of the best versions to date.
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ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 17, 2005 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met here late Aug. 16 with Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte Frutos to reaffirm ties between Paraguay and the United States and to lay groundwork for a stronger cooperative relationship in the future.
Rumsfeld is impressed with Paraguay's leadership and its commitment to strengthening its national security to deal with issues in the region and to reform its military, he told reporters following a 90-minute meeting in Duarte Frutos' presidential residence.
Duarte Frutos assembled his key staff, including Gen. Jose Key Kanazawa Gamarra, chief of the defense forces; Roberto Gonzalez Segovia, minister of defense; and Vice President Luis Castiglioni Soria, for Rumsfeld's first visit to Paraguay as secretary of defense. U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay John Francis Keane also attended.
"I must say, I was most impressed with his team and their determination to deal with the problem of corruption," Rumsfeld said. He called corruption "corrosive" to a country and its efforts to create an environment that provides economic opportunity.
While working to strengthen Paraguay's economy, the country's leaders also are focused on modernizing their military and creating a better-trained, modernized force capable of addressing security issues in the region.
Paraguay has been a counterterrorist champion in the unruly "tri-border region," where its borders converge with those of Argentina and Brazil. A senior defense official traveling with Rumsfeld described this area as a center not only for trade, but also for smuggling and other illicit activities. Rumsfeld noted the solid cooperation being demonstrated in the region as Paraguay and other nations work together to counter problems ranging from hostage taking to drug trafficking and gangs.
Rumsfeld and Frutos also discussed concerns about growing Cuban and Venezuelan influence in Bolivia, Paraguay's neighbor to the west. Cuba's aggressive foreign policy agenda, bankrolled by Venezuelan dollars, is having an "unhelpful" influence in the region, the secretary said. "Countries like Paraguay and other neighbors are all interested in being able to grow and function in a manner that's free of external influence," he said.
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Rumsfeld acknowledged Paraguay's recognition that it needs to work closely with its neighbors and allies to address problems that go beyond its immediate borders. "The kinds of problems that the hemisphere faces are problems that don't lend themselves to single-nation solutions," he told reporters during the flight here. "It requires cooperation. ... We're seeing that kind of increasing cooperation in Central and South America, and that is a very healthy and necessary thing."
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i got an adjustable dumbell set it goes up to 50lbs i can buy bigger plates for it and it will go up to 100lbs. it was only 50 bucks at walmart. i felt so strong walking out of walmart with 50lbs dumbells with ease and with everyone staring at me. im so happy now since i can do so many more exercises. my diet got all screwed up today. i had two 700 cal chocolate pb banana shakes before i left. while i was at the mall i had a cappacino chiller with whip cream. then on the way back a semi-truck jackknifed on the highway adding an extra 30min on the way home i was starving. for supper i had chicken parmesan and a side of pasta. now i will do a workout and have a double protein shake with safflower oil and go to bed.
i got a new sight for my bow and went to shoot it. i had to screw in the limb bolts two turns because it was so easy to pull back. im gonna screw it in another turn tomorrow when i shoot it. hopefully i can max it out by archery. im thinking in 2 years i can get a bow with 80lbs. draw weight. id love to take that to the *******s at the archery shop(long story but i hate them theyre so stupid) and ask them use the scale to tell me the draw weight. they'd have a hell of time doing that.also 80lbs would shoot an arrow so freakin fast.
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HOT FUDGE X 20 - what did i do wrong?
Okay so I took a classic hot fudge recipe and scaled it to 20 X what it was initially. I was intending to make the kind of hot fudge that hardens a little on the ice cream. I had 5 pounds of chocolate and all the other ingredients filled my large stock pot. It took awhile to get it all to the boiling point but I COULD NOT get the temperature to go above 213 degrees? I don't get it! I finally had to take it off because it started to scorch. Any ideas why it didn't work?
I think the recipe would be GREAT if I could just figure that part out. I'm happy to share the recipe if anyone else is interested.. it made 16 - 2 cup jars of chocolate "sauce".
My guess is it's because you used a stock pot - tall and narrow. Candy making (and jam making too) require pots that are wide and shallower so that the entire liquid gets to the right temp at once. What was happening to you is that the liquid at the bottom of the pot was getting too hot. That's why you really aren't supposed to double candy or jam recipes. The key is uniform heating. Hope this helps and please do share your recipe!
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"The main lesson about prayer is just this: Do it! Do it! Do it! You want to be taught to pray. My answer is pray and never faint, and then you shall never fail…" John Laidlaw
"A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men." Leonard Ravenhill
"Prayer is the secret of power." Evan Roberts
"Ministers who do not spend two hours a day in prayer are not worth a dime a dozen - degrees or no degrees." Leonard Ravenhill
"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God." Andrew Murray
"All great soul-winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the closet." Samuel Logan Brengle
"Out of a very intimate acquaintance with D. L. Moody, I wish to testify that he was a far greater prayer than he was preacher. Time and time again, he was confronted by obstacles that seemed insurmountable, but he always knew the way to overcome all difficulties. He knew the way to bring to pass anything that needed to be brought to pass. He knew and believed in the deepest depths of his soul that nothing was too hard for the Lord, and that prayer could do anything that God could do." R. A. Torrey
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"The Word of God represents all the possibilities of God as at the disposal of true prayer." A. T. Pierson
"The essence of prayer does not consist in asking God for something but in opening our hearts to God, in speaking with Him, and living with Him in perpetual communion. Prayer is continual abandonment to God. Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want; it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver of Life, Prayer is not asking, but union with God. Prayer is not a painful effort to gain from God help in the varying needs of our lives. Prayer is the desire to possess God Himself, the Source of all life. The true spirit of prayer does not consist in asking for blessings, but in receiving Him who is the giver of all blessings, and in living a life of fellowship with Him." Sadhu Sundar Singh
"Closet communion needs time for the revelation of God's presence. It is vain to say, 'I have too much work to do to find time.' You must find time or forfeit blessing. God knows how to save for you the time you sacredly keep for communion with Him." A. T. Pierson
"Depend upon it, if you are bent on prayer, the devil will not leave you alone. He will molest you, tantalize you, block you, and will surely find some hindrances, big or little or both. And we sometimes fail because we are ignorant of his devices…I do not think he minds our praying about things if we leave it at that. What he minds, and opposes steadily, is the prayer that prays on until it is prayed through, assured of the answer." Mary Warburton Booth
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"It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all our circumstances there. We must first of all bring them there. We must survey them there. We must master them there. In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there. Have you tried that? Or have you been satisfied to meet and fight your foes in the open spaces of the world?" J. H. Jowett
"He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day." John Bunyan
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"Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things 'above all that we ask or think.'" Andrew Murray
"If we would pray aright, the first thing we should do is to see to it that we really get an audience with God, that we really get into His very presence. Before a word of petition is offered, we should have the definite consciousness that we are talking to God, and should believe that He is listening and is going to grant the thing that we ask of Him." R.A. Torrey
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SCBT Financial Corp. and First Financial Holdings Inc. hope to complete the deal later this year. It has been approved by the boards of both companies.
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Shareholders of North Charleston-based First Financial will receive 0.4237 shares of SCBT common stock for each share of FFCH common stock, which equates to a deal value of $18.30 per share based on SCBT's closing stock price of $43.18 on Feb. 19.
"We are pleased to announce that two of the Southeast's oldest, strongest and largest banks are merging to form a dynamic banking company. Our two banks complement each other significantly and, because of our size, earnings power and strength, we will be uniquely positioned to build a premier regional bank in the Southeast," said Robert R. Hill, Jr., president and CEO of SCBT. "This partnership benefits our customers, shareholders and employees and is a unique opportunity to join two local community banks with a similar history and culture. We have admired and respected First Financial for a long time, and we are fortunate to have the opportunity to build an even stronger company together."
Founded in 1934, First Financial operates First Federal Bank, which has 66 locations in the Carolinas and is the third-largest financial institution headquartered in South Carolina.
"For nearly 80 years, both SCBT and First Federal have consistently served the financial needs of our customers and we look forward to continuing this legacy," said R. Wayne Hall, president and CEO of First Financial. "We will collectively continue to deliver the highest level of service, while maintaining our community banking values. Together, we will collaborate to evaluate our strengths and work to leverage the best of each of our institutions."
The merger agreement requires approvals by both SCBT and First Financial shareholders. At closing and upon shareholder approval, the proposed holding company name will be First Financial Holdings Inc.
Under the terms of the agreement, SCBT Financial Corporation will add five First Financial board members to the combined company's board.
First Financial CEO Hall will be named president of SCBT and Paula Harper Bethea, the current chair of First Financial, will become vice chair of the board. Hill will continue as CEO, and Robert R. Horger will be chairman of the board.
The banks will discuss the deal at 10:30 a.m.
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- "I caught a walker cicada! If he'd'a been runnin', I might not have caught him!" —Animal Crossing
- "ツクツクボウシを 捕まえた!なき亢と、おんなじ名前!!" —Animal Forest
- "I caught a walker cicada! He chirps funny!" —Wild World
- "I caught a walker cicada! Quite the walker AND the talker!" —City Folk
- "I caught a walker cicada! I'm the one walkin' the walk now!" —New Leaf
- "I caught a walker cicada! Walkin' in the rain, it seems!" —New Leaf
| Walker Cicada
ツクツクボーシ Tsukutsuku-boshi
|Scientific name
|Meimuna opalifera.
|Cicadidae - cicadas
|Time of year
|July to September
|Time of day
| 8am to 4pm(AF)
8am to 5pm(AC,WW,CF,NL)
|On trees
|44 mm
| Uncommon (★★★) (June-August)
Scarce (★★★★) September)
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Animal Crossing: Wild World,
Animal Crossing: City Folk,
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| Cigale cicadelle
Cigarra Común
Cicala sputacchina
|Species #
|Animal Forest
|Not Present
|Animal Crossing
|Bug #07
|Dōbutsu no Mori e+
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|Animal Crossing: Wild World
|Bug #19
|Animal Crossing: City Folk
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The Walker Cicada (ツクツクボーシ, Tsukutsuku-boshi?) is an uncommon bug found in the Animal Crossing series. It is often noticed from its churring call that slowly fades out after several phrases have been repeated. It is the only cicada found in September.
It is one of the five cicadas, the others being the Brown, Robust, Giant and Evening Cicada.
Below is a recording of this species.
Donating to the Museum
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Upon donation, Blathers the curator will say:
"Cicadas. What can one say about these odd insects? They are certainly...noisy! Noisy enough, I should say! Their horrid caterwauling is awfully irritating, you know. About as musical as a train wreck, eh wot? I'm sure that the cicadas have quite valid reasons for such boisterous behavior, but I dare say there are limits. And they have those membranes on their abdomens, which vibrate to create those disturbing tones...Odius."
In Wild World
"Depending on where you are in the world, the cry of the walker cicada changes. Who do they think they are? Using dialects and whatnot! I mean, really!"
In City Folk
Upon donation to the Museum, Blathers the curator will say:
"Apparently, walker cicadas cry out in an attempt to obscure the calls of other, similar cicadas. I should think that to the average fellow, it just sounds like the cicadas are merely singing together. In any case, I don't suggest looking for them. Their voices may fascinate, but their faces nauseate!"
It can be found in the middle terrace on the tree directly in front of the ramp down to the first terrace, in front of the tree stump.
In New Leaf
In New Leaf an information board in the bug exhibit will list information about this bug.
"Walker cicadas have a unique crying sound that gives the impression they're all singing in harmony. They usually start crying late in the summer, so people can associate their sound with summer's end. This call is so related with summer in general, TV shows regularly use this cicada to indicate the season."
Encyclopedia Information
When the player has caught the walker cicada, they can find information about it in the bug menu. Below is the information regarding the walker cicada:
Animal Forest
| Walker Cicada
Wild World
| "Their cry signals that the end of summer is near."
City Folk
| ''The chirp of this cicada means the end of summer is near."
New Leaf
Further Information
In Japan this particular cicada is known as Tsukutsuku-boushi, a reference to how Japanese people interpreted its song. The word also refers to the reflection of rainbows. This species is known for its variable calls which differ depending on the elevation and habitat. The population is thought to be in decline.
The Meimuna genus of cicadas are much smaller than their close ancestors (such as the Large Brown and Robust Cicadas) and are a part of the subfamily Cicadinae, which is the group which holds most well-known species, including the United States 13 and 15th year Perodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.).
The name "Walker Cicada" is not the true name for this species; it does not actually have an English name as is known widely as Meimuna opalifera or by its Japanese name. The term Walker refers to a man who was responsible for discovering several cicada species in Japan, and thus the correct term may be "Walker's Cicada". Sometimes the Japanese name is translated to "Priest Cicada".


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Welcome to In My Mailbox, a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It's a weekly look at the books received for review, from the library, or purchased in the last week.
This looks like a quiet week, but I did check out about 6 books from the library. I left them there, though, since I'm going to be reading them next week in preparation for a middle school book talk.
On another note: next week, come back for Guys Read Week here at STACKED. Abby will be hosting AudioSynced again so we can bring you a collection of book reviews, resources, and guest posts all about the importance of guy reading. You are in for a treat!
Without further ado.
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Miles From Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams (St Martins, available now): I think Carol Lynch Williams is on my top ten authors list, so to say I'm excited about her new book would be an understatement. Main character is 13 again and the story revolves around her mother's mental illness. It sounded a little reminiscent of Holly Schindler's A Blue So Dark.
Angelfire by Courtney Allison Molton (Harper Collins, available now): A fantasy. I know it's gotten some rave reviews, but it's not really my thing, so I'll be passing this one off to my teens at work.
Abandon by Meg Cabot (Scholastic, April 27): Cabot's new book is billed as way different in tone than her others -- edgy and sexy. The cover reminds me a lot of her adult novel.
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I read Angelfire last week and while it was ok it wasn't as spectacular as many have made it out to be. Since you're not a big paranormal fine you're making the right choice to pass it off to those that are.ReplyDelete
@Michelle: Good to know! I know it will have a good audience but that's probably not me. I'm picky in my paranormal/fantasy reading, given the insane pile of reading I have.ReplyDelete
Oh ~ I SO love Carol lynch williams too. She writes the most gorgeous prose. Feeling slightly jealous. I hope you enjoy your books!ReplyDelete
Angelfire looks so good!ReplyDelete
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Ooh, nice week. I've been wanting to read Miles from Ordinary too.ReplyDelete
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gorgeous covers! i've been wanting to read angelfire. happy reading :)ReplyDelete
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I've seen miles of ordinary on quite a few blogs. Looks like a good book.ReplyDelete
Great haul! Happy Reading :)ReplyDelete
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These look great! I hadn't heard of Miles from Ordinary or Abandon yet, so thank you for helping me add to my tbr pile!ReplyDelete
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Oh...I have all of those on my really want list!ReplyDelete
Great haul this week.
You are the luckiest person alive to have gotten Abandon for review ;) I've been wanting to read that one for ages now. The cover is absolutely gorgeous. Enjoy reading!ReplyDelete
Take a look at what I found in my Mailbox this week.
A fanstastic pile of books! They all look very interesting. Happy reading :)ReplyDelete
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A great bunch of books. They all look like fantastic reads.ReplyDelete
I hope you enjoy all your new books! :D My IMM is here. Happy Reading,ReplyDelete
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I just got Angelfire this week myself. I'm looking forward to reading it. Can't wait to see what you thought of it! Abandon looks really good too. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
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Fab books. I love the cover for Miles From Ordinary.ReplyDelete
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I want to read Miles from Ordinary so badly. Really can't wait to see your reaction to that one!ReplyDelete
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Anglefire was pretty good! I hope you enjoy it! Ive never read a Meg Cabot book but everyone raves on her, so I need to check those out soon! Happy reading! Here is mine: http://nikkibrandyberry.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/in-my-mailbox-kinda-22/ReplyDelete
Angelfire is one of my favourite 2011 debuts so far, hope you enjoy it just as much as I did! And then I never read a book written by Meg Cabot...should I?ReplyDelete
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Three awesome books! I haven't heard of the first one before, but I will definitely check it out now. And I really want to read Angelfire and Abandon! But especially Angelfire. It looks AMAZING.ReplyDelete
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Your a collector. You buy and buy (or borrow) books like your life depends on it. Your constantly broke and have a book on you at all times. Your running out of bookshelf space and your always reading a book. Sometime more than one! Your never without, whether at dinner, at work, hanging with friends, etc. You even have an emergency book stashed in your car! You want to read any and all books as possible.
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You try and try, but can never finish, or in some cases start a book. But it looks so dang pretty as a shelf ornament. You buy books that sound interesting, but when it comes down to it, you'd rather do something else with your time. You love books, but hate reading. The next time you decide to buy a book, just save your money because you know you'll never read it.
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You read. You enjoy reading. But you can never find that one AWESOME book that you've read before. So instead of trying to find a book just as good, you'll read that awesome book over and over until you've worn it out to the spine. You love that book so much you feel like a cheater when you find another book that's just as awesome.
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The College of Business has two departments with each department delivering separate degree programs. The Department of Business Administration offers a B.S.B.A. with majors in accounting, finance, management, and marketing and an M.B.A. The Department of Sport Management and Leadership Studies delivers a B.S. in Leisure and Sport Studies. The study of business in KU's Department of Business Administration is a stimulating intellectual experience and a practical introduction to all careers that require the managerial and analytical skills that are in demand in today's dynamic, global environment. To compliment our major fields of study, we offer minors in economics and advertising.
We encourage our students to pursue internships. They also have the opportunity to work with our award winning Small Business Development Center. These activities give our students windows into the business world and exposure to the environment and challenges they will face after graduation.
The Department of Sport Management and Leadership Studies offers areas of study leading to careers in athletic coaching, athletic administration, sport-related business, and the fitness industry. Additionally, the department offers a selection of courses designed to assist a student in exploring a variety of lifelong recreational activities and developing knowledge and skills contributing to sensible health and lifestyle decisions.
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Our alumni and alumnae can be found in prominent positions in organizations, large and small, around the globe.
We sponsor a number of student organizations and encourage student participation in professional organizations to develop their leadership and social skills and to help them start building the network that will accompany them into their chosen careers.
On behalf of the faculty, staff and students of the College of Business, I invite you to explore the various programs and services that we offer. As you ponder your college choice, I encourage you to visit us in person to learn first-hand by speaking with someone - our faculty, our students, or the admissions counselors.
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CTC Media clamps down on piracy
CTC Media, a leading Russian broadcasting company, has embarked on a joint campaign with Vkontakte, the largest social network in Russian and the CIS, to combat illegal content and promote Videomore, CTC Media's own licensed player.
According to CTC Media, which is backed by MTG, the campaign will have the tools at its disposal to search for and delete counterfeit video whose broadcasting rights belong to CTC Media, Inc.
More than 3,200 pirated videos have been removed from Vkontakte during the first two weeks of the campaign.
Commenting on the success of the operation to date, Askar Tuganbaev, Internet project development director of CTC Media, said: "we plan to continue this practice with other popular social networks. We also plan to use specialised software which will be capable of flagging pirated content and automatically replacing it with a licensed product."


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Naples High School Class of 2009 graduate list, STORY PHOTOS
With song and surprises, Naples High School grads celebrate a milestone
Naples High School principal Nancy Graham started the fun.
She grabbed the inflatable beach ball from beneath the podium, walked to the front of the stage and with a big broad smile tossed it into the sea of blue gowns in front of her.
"Let's get the ball rolling," she said with a laugh.
The ball was one of several surprises during Friday night's Naples High School graduation. The ceremony also included two musical numbers, several beach balls and a class speaker who kicked off her heels before taking the stage.
"I've been a singer/songwriter for seven years, and I was just inspired by graduation and going off into the real world," said class speaker Frankie Pollom, who sang her speech.
Pollom, 18, kicked off her shoes and tossed off her cap before grabbing her guitar and walking onto stage. While some of her classmates may have known she was performing, few knew the song, 'Maybe', was written especially for the event because "you don't always know what you're going to do."
The unknown was on all of the graduates' minds Friday night as they prepared to walk into Germain Arena.
"I'm kind of nervous," said 17-year-old Michael Anderson as he fixed his cap before the ceremony. "(High school) was fun. It was a good experience that sets a tone for your future."
That future is bright for Naples High graduates, said School Board Vice Chairwoman Kathy Curatolo. Curatolo told students that their families and the school district has high hopes for them.
"Learning is a life-long process. As you close the door, another one opens (and) always, always go through that second door," she said. "Go forward wisely with enthusiasm and failures. Only then will you find the end of your journey. We have great expectations for you."
Naples High School graduated 320 students this year. The ceremony came just six days after the school's baseball team won the state championship.
Those state champions were recognized Friday, when members of the championship team were told to stand and be recognized. The players received a round of applause from an excited crowd.
Meghan MacDonell, 17, said Friday's ceremony was bittersweet because it was one of the last times she and all her friends would be together. But while MacDonell said she was going to miss her friends, she said she was excited for the future.
That was echoed throughout the night as students reflected on the past, while amping-up for what comes next.
"As a small army, the class of 2009 took Naples High by storm," said speaker Laura Golly. "We have the power to change the status quo. Each of us has a passion that drives us. You are the best, the brightest, the most fun class this state, this nation, has to offer, and we are going to set this world on fire."
Collier County School Board Vice Chairwoman Kathleen Curatolo and Naples High School Principal Nancy Graham congratulated Naples High School graduates as they presented diplomas at Germain Arena Friday evening. This year's senior class was composed of 320 students. The 2009 valedictorian was Marla Perez. The salutatorian was Nancy Flewelling.
The following are the members of the 2009 graduating class from Naples High School:
Anna Gabriella Acosta; Paige S. Ahrens; Nicholas Horton Alajajian; Erica Alfaro-Andrade; Jesse Gavin Allums; Josh Adam Alphord; Gina Altidor; Michael James Anderson; Steven Langlie Anderson, II; Nichole Shanee Arevalo; Katherine Arnold; Alberto Jose Arriaga; Woodline Augustin; Jason Michael Avola; Michael Stephen Axline; Adam D. Bailey; Nicholas Bailey; Jason Taylor Baker; Brian Keith Balance; Virgilio Alfredo Balmori; Maria Josefina Barajaz; Peter Anthony Barcia; Vanessa K. Barrero; Allison Rachel Basham; Windy Belizaire; Heather Alissa Benfield; Ana Elizabeth Benitez Muñoz; Jared Robert Benner; Andrew Thornton Bolhover; Jonathan David Bonello; Shanae Shantel Bowman; Ryan Vincent Brennan; Juan-Carlos Briceno; John Matthew Bridges; Penny Kirby Brock; Ainsley Mariah Brown; Michael Anthony Bryan; Chelsea Buchman; Ethena Latezia Bulger; Stephanie Therése Bunnett;
Yaneisy Caceres; Daniel Camargo; Gaelle Lynn Cameron; Bradley Alexander Canada; Hannah Audreyelle Cardenas; Andres Fernando Cardona; Colleen Elle Carney; Tayler Anne Carraway; David Alan Cascione; Victoria Castellanos; Nancy Castillo; Zoelle Nicole Cattanio; Shirlynn Althea Tio Chu; Mayo Donald Coates; Kristian Miguel Cobeaga-Fernandez; Cherley Constant; Johanna Cornejo; Jacqueline Alexis Costa; Nathan Douglas Cox; James Anthony Crook; Miles Crispin Cumming; Rachel Kay Cunard; Timothy Curfman; Mikayla Marie Curro;
George Hector Davila; Jeffrey Jessie Davis; Crystal Diane Delacruz; Derek Francis Delgado; Matthew Louis Delgado; Ethan Thomas Delk; James Michael DelleCave; Brittany Leigh DeMeo; Dustin Gerald Demilt; Seth Robert Denison; Matthew Cole; Evander Denny; Aaron Hansley Deonarine; Kayinah Destine; Dana Leigh DeTrano; Ian William Diamond; Anais Aimée Dobson; Roberte Donatien; Rodgila Dorcelus; Amanda Belchior Dos Anjos; Mark William Dunn; Austin Michael Dykes; Saxon Eastman; Grey Eaton; Joshua Elizondo; Robert John Ellwanger; Courtney Shea Enright; Anthony M. Esparza; Leonardo Esperanza; Victor Gerardo Espinosa; Daniel Keith Evans; Mario Evans;
Eric John Farmosa; Alexis Jo Farnella; Steven Jeffrey Fenttiman; Nicole Jane Fernandez; Mark Diamond Ferraiuolo; Alysia Marie Finger; Nancy L. Flewelling; Ian Timothy Flood; Wesley Ried Foreman; Leonard Forges; Craig Allan Foxhoven; Steven Francois; Stuart James Frederick; Agnieszka Freund Chloe Beth Friedman; Leah Jacqueline Frontz; James M. Fuller; Kimberly Ann Gaffney; Genevieve Marie Gallogly; Adolfo Galvan; Jalessa Garcia; Karina Garcia; Olivia Gaspar; Cassandra Jean Gibbs; Laura Kathryn Goby; Hope Anne Gofton; Laura Ann Golly ; Alyssa Sullivan Gonzalez; Christopher Cole Gordon; Ashley Renee Gore; Christopher Rex Gorman; Corey Lee Gorman; Emily Bliss Gorman; Eden Elisabeth Guerra; Eliza Marie Guerra; Elizabeth Guerrero; Joseph Benjamin Gundlach; Frank Gutierrez; Josnni S. Gutierrez; Karen Gutierrez;
Jade Nicole Hail; Courtney Lee Hallmark; Timothy William Ham; Lauren Elain Harrington; Jan Lee Harris; Flor De Maria Hernandez; Laura Alicia Hernandez; Brooke Alessandra Higgs; Tom Miles High, II; Tanner E. Hoban; Taylor Cathryn Hughes; John Evin Humphreville; Kurtis Paul Hussey; Carlos Dawoon Hyde; Kenia Israel;
Philipp Johannes Jabornik; Warren Guy Jacobs; Anderson Archimede Jean; Weslande Jean Baptiste; Luz Alexandria Jimenez; Robert C. Jimenez; Tatum Rae Johansson; Ross Gregory Johnson; Stephanie Anne Jones; Dainka Joseph; Nakita Shenay Joseph; Natalie Marie Kaouk; Lucas Drew Kasley; Michelle Kerr; Kelly Ann Kirk; Tyler William Koronas; Amelia Elizabeth Krauss; Lance Krietemeyer; Cameron Kenton Kunstler;
Linsky Taylor Laine; Jordan Paige Lamb; Pierre Paul LaPlante; Sarah Elizabeth Lashley; Neka Latimer; Nicholas David Lawton; Elizabeth K. Leiter; Manuel Alejandro Leon Fragoso; Enrique Lesende, Jr.; Hannah M. Lewis; Jayde Spencer Lippert; Alex George Lopez; Suzanne Lynne Loredo; Marie Marte Loudenas; Wynstona Princess Louis; Yvenalie Louissaint; Maxwell Waylin Lowther; Hebreux Lubin;
Alexandra Chenoweth MacDonell; Meghan Elizabeth MacDonell; Zachary Guy Malen; Virginia Kirk Marshall; Kate Elizabeth Martin; Diana Martinez; Edison Martinez; Jeffrey William Marvel; Lindsay Marie McCandless; Matthew Nelson McCartney; Matthew R. McConnell; Heather Brooke McCord; Richard James McCoy; Shane Alan McIntosh, III; Alyssa Danielle McKellar; Lauren Elizabeth Meinert; Sabrina Mickail; Victoria Lynn Miles; Ashley N. Miller; Lauren Lee Montalbo; Stephanie Marie Montalbo; Samantha Christine Moran; Veronica Carolina Moreno; Alyshia Austin Morse; Jessica Lee Mott; Ronishia Shamika Moxam; Vivianna Muñoz;
Ian Nigel Nabbs; Anthony John Nadotti; Simone Andrea Nageon De Lestang; Rachel Anne Naples; Paul Navarrete; Elaine Celeste Neal; Alejandro Abdul Nostas; Florita Novelo; Marcus Hunter Nowak; Pellumb Nuredini; Zabrina Angela Occhiuzzo; Maxwell Lewis Oglander; Melissa Olivarez; Christopher Alexander Ordoñez;
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Social media platforms have effectively become "The Matrix."
The Disconnection Paradox of Exiting Social Media Platforms.
Most of us are simply too busy to really care or notice. Yet, it is clearly written on the wall. There is a problem in existing social media platforms and particularly in the way we use it, and it is important we acknowledge it.
Social media platforms have effectively become "The Matrix."
Let me explain.
Social Media Platforms Are Broken.
As much as we are all connected to each other through multiple social media platforms, the truth is that we are practically disconnected and deceived. We have become slaves to blind consumption of non-sense and are in fact, used as effective tools for the distribution of media and new forms of advertising. Even when we realize this, we still remain hooked simply because we are somehow convinced that we are going to miss something or god forbid, become irrelevant.
Could you imagine what could possibly have happened if we all stop sharing?
The likelihood is that nothing could really happen, simply because the visibility of the typical social media user is already zero-to-none. But more importantly, nothing will happen because there is no lifelong value for us in the way we currently use social media platforms. What is shared today is in most cases, a shallow, superficial or otherwise suppressed representation of our true identities.
Following Race Leads To Invisibility and Noise
We are all consumed in this constant acquisition race after followers (and fans). We want to build audiences primarily to be heard and promote our online presence. We want to ensure our social existence and relevancy. But we are sucked into this vicious cycle of reciprocal following game.
We are unable to distinguish between organic and manipulated accounts. The amount of available tools and services that are specifically designed to boost your followers count and at the same time, keep your account "balanced" and under the banning radar of the networks—is overwhelming. It has become a number game. A way to inflate your online reputation.
And if not embraced by marketers, "gurus," or even mainstream users, this type of activity is directly promoted by the platform itself. In an effort to grow each platform's ecosystem by continuously fuel the built-in distribution—we are constantly encouraged to follow, be friended, and connect to pages, advertisers, acquaintances, companies, or anything that is part of the platform's social graph. "The more the merrier" type of agenda.
Whether it is an organic acquisition or a promoted one, at the end, the more users (or things) we follow the faster we lose control of our aggregated feed. Even a small number of followees could mean a busy, flooded feed. No matter at what time of the day your followers "plug" in, chances are that your most recent messages are already buried at the bottom of their feed. And as we all have that much of an attention span, most users are unlikely able to scroll their entire feeds. It is simply time consuming and they are likely be distracted much earlier.
The result is that your voice cannot really be heard by your very own followers. When this happens, it is just a matter of time until invisibility becomes apparent to the average user, a realization that results in a much reduced activity and suppresses continued growth of these platforms.
You are invisible. You are broadcasting, consuming, and distributing. You are connected but disconnected.
Irrelevancy & Self-Censorship.
Technically speaking, most existing social networks promote irrelevancy by design. As a user, you are allocated with a single feed into which you share your content. When following other users, you are basically forced to consume their entire feeds. However, if you think about it, any two individuals share very little interests in common, no matter how close they are. Overlapping interest base is non-existence, if the social tie was created only on the basis of reviewing some random messages. And as a person grows on both personal and professional levels, his interests and focus are constantly shifting and as a result his sharing themes.
No matter how narrow or wide the context of the network is, you will find that you are (unconsciously) restricting yourself to a limited set of sharing themes, or involuntarily forced to pick sharing themes that are aligned to the lowest common denominator of your direct network. Not doing so, and you will be adding noise and irrelevancy to you followers, and risk to be gracefully hidden or removed from their feed.
Controlling the sharing based on a manual segmentation of your followers doesn't solve the problem of irrelevancy. You cannot assume relevancy even based on real-life relationships.
You are practicing self-censorship and you don't even know it.
Retention Models Are Abused.
The default retention models are based on email notifications and mobile push notifications. If the notifications are not excessively used by the platform itself, then it is used by robots and marketers exploiting the platform. Either you get that random "favorite" email for a post you submitted a year ago, or you get a dozen notifications and emails the second you clicked the Post Message button.
I have opted into social media to engage with people, not with organizations, brands, and marketers that promote their agenda. I want real people to follow me and send me real feedback in regards to what I share or what I have to say.
I am annoyed by marketers who tend to forget the correct approach to conversion. Social media is not different than any other sales channels: ignite or actively participate in a discussion first, and then build relationships that will eventually result in a transaction.
I know, it doesn't scale, and you are in a rush for my money.
Retention models are now used as the back door to your phone and inbox. It's the good 'old spamming, just dressed a bit nicer. A "social" spamming.
Who will be the first to enforce "No Soliciting" policy?
Automation Tools, Robots, and Droids.
Social media management tools and other plugins allow you to schedule your messages. You are timing your messages probably because you want to ensure maximum visibility and combat message invisibility with technology. But this practice is not social. Are you skipping the lineup in the bank or in the coffee shop? Who gives you the right to push my friends down the feed?
Or do you want to schedule your messages simply because you don't want to assault my feed with too many messages too frequently? How thoughtful. You must be very creative to post, and schedule that many messages, don't you? Yes, I know. That's a nonissue for you the "brainer." There are some more tools that gladly help you find the most popular content in social media. But why would you want to send that many messages in the first place? Ah, I get it, to make sure I know you exist, and increase the likelihood I will continue your distribution cycle. Thank you, that is very sociable of you.
You see, we are being manipulated by marketers and their robots, and we have become droids ourselves. Was that the original intention of the creators? Most certainly not.
Hidden Advertising.
While we all understand the tight dependency of large-scale platforms on advertising revenue, as a user, I am annoyed when I see something that is out of context and artificially implanted in my feed in a way that is hard to identify as an advertising. I am even more annoyed when I see an endorsement of some page timed artificially and repetitively. Any form of advertising should be clearly and prominently distinguished from the organic content of the feed. The exact layout or color theme of a user-generated message within the feed should not be used.
Overtime, and unintentionally from our end, we have replaced (or supplemented) the flood in our email inbox with an opt-in advertising and directly into our personal aggregated feeds. Instead of letting the users to naturally endorse products and services, we are being fed directly, and are socially engineered to endorse brands and distribute their well-crafted, and continually flowing content to our personal network.
We have a new part-time job.
Fragmentation & Complexity.
As much as specializing in specific niche markets is important, the social universe and our online identity is fragmented across multiple social media platforms. We are loosing our ability to control and manage our online identity. We juggle between multiple social networks and share differently based on the context, while others may conclude wrongly based on the first context they find.
We are confused with the rich options, cannot distinguish between default and controlled privacy settings, and have to constantly assess and understand the risk of unintentional disclosure.
Content We Share.
The typical sharing theme: A link to an article. Photography, at times, animated. A video. Recycled content. Bragging.
Are we that shallow? We have all the time in the world to relentlessly check out our feeds, and that's all we can do?
How about writing our own opinions? How about recommending a good read? How about sharing our thoughts and life experiences, verbally? How about we ask questions and ignite a discussion? What? We have graduated Grade 12 and are not capable of writing one paragraph a day? Once a week? Once a month!
Are we creating value to ourselves? What can we do different?
"And, while I'm happy that I'm building a collection of life recordings that I can look back on later, I'd still prefer if I shared better stuff, that's more accurate, more personal, more meaningful, so I could have a better accounting of my life." Liz Gannes, AllThingsD
Thank you for taking the red pill.
The above was written based on a personal observation. The author believes an evolution in social media space is imminent, and is actively building and promoting a new type of social media platform.
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Founder and CEO, YAYME.COM. Crafting a new breed of social media platform. #socialmediaPublished August 30, 2013Thanks to: Gordo


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A Demo That's Truly 'A Head' of Its Time
Computer-generated special effects have amazed audiences for nearly a generation now. But they've long fallen short when modeling the one thing that's most important to telling a good story: the human face. Until now.
At our annual GPU Technology Conference this week, Jen-Hsun Huang, our CEO, showed off a startling digital model of a human head that not only offered unparalleled realism ' but was generated in real-time using commercially-available GPUs and an NVIDIA innovation we call FaceWorks.
'Let's have Ira say a few things,' Jen-Hsun asks during his keynote presentation, as Ira's visage loomed overhead. 'What did you have for breakfast?'
Ira complains that he had yogurt for breakfast, but it was largely frozen fruit.
Asked about Project SHIELD, Ira screams 'take my money!'
To create 'Ira' we partnered with Dr. Paul Debevec of the Institute for Creative Technology (ICT) at the University of Southern California. He and his team have been building next-generation systems that can capture facial data to within a tenth of a millimeter without the need for special makeup, awkward markers or specialized cameras.
ICT's 'light stage' technology uses photographic techniques to derive not only the 3D shape of an actor's face, but the critical elements needed to properly represent human skin. These include light reflection and transmission through the skin, reflectivity from oils in the skin, and the nearly microscopic lines and bumps in the skin surface.
After asking an actor to model several dozen basic expressions, Debevec's team then runs their footage through a compression engine. The result: a pared down set of data that can be mixed and matched to generate a wide range of expressions.
'Ira' makes his appearance at NVIDA's annual GPU Technology Conference.
Enter the GPU. All the incredible detail gathered by Debevec's team is for naught if it can't be processed and displayed on the screen interactively. NVIDIA's FaceWorks technology running on the world's fastest GPUs accomplish exactly this.
All the subtlety of 'crows feet' around the eyes, light transmission through ears and nose, and the micro bumps on the skin surface are precisely represented and interactively manipulated on the screen.
That's not simple. Complex skin shaders executing over 8,000 instructions per pixel allow realistic rendering of the face in any lighting situation. At full HD resolution that's 82 billion floating point operations per second (FLOPs) per frame ' or 4.9 trillion FLOPs per second at 60 frames per second. And all that doesn't include the 161 filtered texture fetches per pixel.
All this detail comes at a price: size. The data from Debevec's team exceeds 32 gigabytes for a few expressions. Even the most advanced GPUs will choke on the immensity of that. FaceWorks reduces this to a very manageable 300 megabytes.
The trick is to take advantage of similarities in the textures for each of the actor's expressions. Each texture is divided into an eight by eight grid of tiles, and those tiles that are recognized as being nearly identical to the same tile in other expressions are discarded.
The result: a pared down set of meshes and textures that can be mixed and matched to generate a wide range of expressions. Clever, no?
I guess you could say we're, um, using our heads.
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