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The Mt. Vernon boys' tennis team swept Anderson at home Wednesday to move to 5-2 on the season.
Bryce Bobb (No. 1 singles), Ben Bobb (No. 2 singles) and Evan Smith/Matt Hays (No. 2 doubles) won their matches 6-0, 6-0.
Nick Pham (No. 3 singles) and Chandler Hines/Andrew Noble (No.1 doubles) also prevailed in straight sets.
"We were like the hunter searching for the prized possession … the bagel. We found a plentiful bounty last night of six sets of bagels," MV coach Gabe Muterspaugh said of the "0" sets won by the Indians (also known as a bagel). "Some players use cream cheese on theirs, some nacho cheese. As a coach, I am not picky."
MV is at the Richmond Invitational Saturday.
Boys' tennis
Franklin Central 4,New Palestine 1
The Dragons were felled by No. 22 Franklin Central on Wednesday.
Brent Barrett rallied to win his No. 1 singles match, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4.
"We played much better tonight," NP coach Chris Hardin said. "It was very reminiscent of the Delta match. We were playing great points, hitting with them, but we weren't coming up with the final point of the game."
NP hosts Silver Creek and University on Saturday.
Lapel 4, Eastern Hancock 1
Caleb Wallen and Garek Ferguson were the only winners for the Royals, taking their No. 2 doubles match 6-4, 6-3.
EH is at Waldron Thursday.
Girls' soccer
New Palestine 8, Yorktown 1
Madison Parish tallied a hat trick as the Dragons routed Yorktown Wednesday.
Lauren Joray added two goals and an assist. Kristin Wagner notched a goal and three assists. Amy Hilton (goal, assist) and Alyssa Mouzin (goal) also chipped in.
"The girls are really playing well together and finding a rhythm," NP coach Bobby Holden said. "Many players got to play tonight and did well. I'm very proud of our varsity starters and bench who started the game off with an amazing six-goal first half."
NP (4-2) is at the Zionsville Invitational today against Roncalli.
Cross country
G-C boys third at Chatard
The Cougars moved to 21-2 in 2012 via a third-place finish at the Chatard Invitational.
G-C's top five runners were Zachary Bishop (ninth), first-time runner Cody Wilburn (11th), Chase VanHalen (14th), Austyn Tift (21st) and Chet Graham (22nd).
Chatard took first place. Decatur Central was second.
G-C is at the Artesian Classic Saturday.

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Here's Khloe Kardashian headed to a meeting of some sort in LA, wearing Givenchy Double Strap Sandals and carrying a Proenza Schouler Camouflage PS11 Bag. Givenchy has become a particular favorite of the entire Kardashian clan ever since Kim first hooked up with Kanye, who is a friend of Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci. You can snag similar open-toed Givenchy sandals for $686 at FarFetch. Khloe's camo PS11 can be had for $2,245 at Net-A-Porter.
Khloe really wowed us this summer with a bevy of colorful designer heels and pumps, but now that the seasons have changed, she seems to be sticking to black almost exclusively. We spotted her wearing these Giuseppe Zanotti Studded Booties with another black and white ensemble just a few weeks ago. Zanotti is another bonafide Kardashian fave.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals have agreed to minor league deals with free agent catcher Chris Snyder and right-handed reliever Jeremy Accardo.
The Nationals announced the deals Tuesday.
Snyder, who turns 32 next week, hit .176 with seven home runs and 24 RBIs last season with Houston. He has also played for Arizona and Pittsburgh.
The 31-year-old Accardo was 0-0 with a 4.82 ERA in 27 games for Cleveland and Oakland last season. He previously pitched for San Francisco, Toronto and Baltimore.


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Released: Mar 05th, 2008
Running Time: 138 Min.
Director: Michael Lucas
Company: Lucas Entertainment
Cast: Jonathan Vargas, Francesco Giovanelly, Mario Perez, Jorden Michaels, Ray Star, T.J. (III), Albert Long, Miguel (II)
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Gay and Bi
Eighteen might be enough. Director Michael Lucas is back with a somewhat disappointing installment of his Auditions series. This time, he heads to Florida to check out the local talent, most of whom seem to be right from some trashy trailer park. Luckily he brings along exclusives (and porn pros) Jonathan Vargas and Ray Star to save the day. Their scenes are the main reason to take this trip south. Vargas shares a hot threeway with Mario Perez and Francesco Giovanelly (who mysteriously disappears halfway through, leaving Vargas and Perez to 69 and fuck on their own - not that they miss him). This trio finally brings some heat to the movie, which is sorely lacking in the first two scenes, with their inspired cocksucking. There is also a great daisy-chain ass-eating shot as the three studs go to town on one another's butt holes. Star has an intense encounter with Todd Welch, pounding his meaty cheeks only after both guys bury their faces deep in each other's asses. As for the newcomers, it's hard to stomach chunky Albert Long in a gay sex scene after he goes on and on in an interview about his wife, kid and how "straight" he is. No wonder he has zero chemistry with Jorden Michaels in their awkward pairing. Cole Daniels and yellow-haired Derek Scott (who is a dead ringer for chubby gossip blogger Perez Hilton, which should tell you a lot about his porn-star potential) are both thick around the middle and not up to Lucas standards. Only real-life couple TJ and Miguel show any promise in their playful romp. Lucas also pushes boundaries a bit here with more oral/facial cum shots and cum eating than usual. Too bad the faces aren't better. Extras include a brief pissing sequence with a few cast members.
RETAILING: Lackluster Lucas product that will still appeal to fans of exclusives Vargas and Star, and to followers of the successful series. Position with other titles in the line.


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Jason Reiner
Jason Reiner is the Latin America business manager at Des-Case Corporation. He is responsible for developing and managing sales distribution channels throughout Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Reiner is an international sales management professional with over 15 years of experience in multiple industries. He is both a U.S. and Brazilian citizen and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Reiner has experience rich in business development throughout Latin America, including sales initiative projects performed in conjunction with Des-Case Corporation and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In the last five years Reiner has overseen the expansion of Des-Case sales into Latin American markets at an average annual growth rate of more than 50 percent per year. By 2014, regional sales are expected to reach 10 times the 2008 sales level. He is responsible for developing distribution partnerships, promoting end-user demand, and supporting in-country marketing efforts. He is currently overseeing more than 40 distribution partners throughout the region.
In a previous company, Reiner enhanced his experience as a national sales manager with a U.S.-based services company. This included expanding the business from only a few locations to a complete services offering in 18 states while managing five regional sales offices.


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Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Incredibles Goes Mobile
As the highly anticipated Disney/Pixar animated feature, The Incredibles, nears its Nov. 5 release, the Walt Disney Co. is offering fans in the U.S. and abroad an array of wireless ... Continue Reading →
Nick Close to Granting Master Games License
Herb Scannell, president of Nickelodeon Networks issued a statement today saying that Nickelodeon is working closely with several parties and is in the final stages of licensing rights ... Continue Reading →
Dragon Flies under Big Tent Ent.
Cite Amerique, Scopas Medien and Image Plus have appointed New York-based integrated marketing agency, Big Tent Ent., as its marketing and licensing agent for the new preschool series ... Continue Reading →
Playmates Gets Kong Toy Deal
Playmates Toys Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Playmates Holdings Ltd., has been appointed master toy licensee for Universal Pictures' upcoming remake of the 1933 monster classic, ... Continue Reading →
Fairly Oddparents Product Line In The U.K.
Nelvana's animated series, The Fairly OddParents, which has achieved ratings success on BBC and Nickelodeon, will come to U.K. retail shelves with the rollout of its 2004/2005 ... Continue Reading →
Hasbro Celebrates Transformers 20th
Thousands of Transformers fans from all over the world will converge on the Chicago area this weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Transformers toy line and animated property. ... Continue Reading →
BRATZ Maker Named Entrepreneur of the Year
MGA Ent.'s BRATZ line of fashion dolls for girls burst onto the scene in 2001, giving Barbie a run for her money and sparking the interest of Twentieth Century Fox, which plans ... Continue Reading →
Atomic Betty Makes MAGIC With New Licensees
Breakthrough Animation Inc., the newly established animation production, marketing and distribution division of Canadian producer Breakthrough Films & Television, has signed six ... Continue Reading →
Majesco Lends BloodRayne to Comics
Fans of Majesco's BloodRayne video games will soon see their favorite femme fatal kicking unholy tail in other mediums. In addition to the movie announced for 2005, the property ... Continue Reading →
Delgo Makes Friends with Playmates
Fathom Studios and its licensing agency, Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG), have awarded Playmates Toys the master toy license for the upcoming CG-animated feature film, Delgo. The ... Continue Reading →


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When you want to learn more about a troubling sleep symptom or your upcoming sleep study, that information should be easy to find and understand. At Valley Baptist, we want to meet you where you are, and now we are doing that online.
Valley Baptist invites you to explore our various sleep lab services in-depth with our new Multimedia feature. Watch a video or listen to a podcast. Information is Valley Baptist Care.
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I recently updated to 13.10, it broke all my opencv installation (impossible to compile or run previous programs that were ok on 13.04). I've found out that cuda wasn't installed anymore, nor were the nvidia drivers.
So here I go to try to install them again (did it in 13.04). I tried all is suggested here: Anyone has successfully installed CUDA 5.5 on Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit? That is, trying to install from:
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.20.run
It didn't work and i could recover from the low graphic mode issue. Then after enabling the proper repository I tried:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-331
It didn't work either and i could recover from the low graphic mode issue.
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates-dev
This got me totally stucked: I now can't recover from the low-graphic mode.
I've checked and tried:
NVIDIA driver problem after updating to 12.04
How can I get out of low graphics mode on 12.04?
Ubuntu with opencv are my working tools... Would anyone be able to help?


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Reactive Spacers for Extended Reach Horizontal Cementing
Extended reach wells can be drilled in the 5-10km range with a high degree of reliability. Longer wells are limited by various factors, but many of them are fluid-related, e.g. frictional pressure exceeding pore-frac envelope, inadequate hole-cleaning, etc. In the case of cementing, mud removal becomes increasingly difficult as many of the techniques that work for vertical/inclined wells are no longer sensible. For example, density differences that help push the drilling mud from a vertical hole cause the fluids to slump. Therefore, it is necessary to find new ways of efficiently removing drilling mud
In the absence of density differences, rheological differences can be used to increase the efficiency of a displacement flow, e.g. higher viscosities generally displace lower viscosities more efficiently than vice versa. Unfortunately, increasing the viscosity of the displacing fluids reduces the extent of the well before the pore-frac envelope is exceeded.
This project focuses on ways in which we may generate beneficial rheological effects, but only local to the displacement front, via any sort of reaction. "Reaction" here is meant loosely, to include a wide range of physico-chemical effects: chemical reactions, flocculation, emulsification, etc..
This project started in 2005, is funded by NSERC via the strategic projects programme, and is also supported by Schlumberger Oilfield Services and Trican Well Services Ltd. We are grateful to our sponsors for their support and continued interest.
- T. Burghelea
- J. Feng
- I. Frigaard
- M. Martinez
- K. Wielage
Results are disseminated initially to our sponsors and later in the open literature. Industrial companies interested in the scope of this project are invited to contact Ian Frigaard for details on how to sponsor the project.
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MADAWASKA – When Tina Boucher's friend asked her to help with her wedding about ten years ago, Boucher never expected that the favor would turn into something more, but that's exactly what happened. Now, the owner of Interior Accents in Madawaska is earning new credentials and expanding her business and the future's looking bright for weddings and events in the St. John Valley and beyond.
"I bought a few things from a florist going out of business," said Boucher of how she started in the wedding decorating business helping a friend. "I liked it and just kept on going. Now I am doing something that I love and working with people in their happiest moments."
Boucher, who also has a degree in interior decorating, always had a flair for design. When she was a kid, Boucher loved changing her room around, moving furniture, and working with colors. She carried that passion with her into adulthood. Four years ago, Boucher's wedding decorating business really began to take off. Now she averages between 20 and 23 weddings per season in addition to her full-time job at Ameublement Brandsource Rice, a furniture store in Edmundston, which Boucher says has been generous in allowing her to continue her side business schedule.
She runs Interior Accents out of her home with the support of her husband, who sacrificed his garage for Boucher to use as her office. Her four children, Samantha, 13, Emily, 12, Valerie, 8, and Christopher, 6 are also busy. They all pitch in to help, says Boucher. Her husband helps with the decorating, her older two girls assist Boucher as a summer job, and even her youngest children help out with folding linens and putting everything back into storage when she dismantles an event.
The basis of Boucher's business is simple; she handles all aspects of decorating for weddings, freeing the bride and groom to concentrate on their future together rather than the particulars of decorating the church or reception hall. Boucher says she will decorate for any event, however, including holiday parties, reunions, anniversaries, and even proms. She'll also coordinate the entire event beyond the decorations if requested.
"We set it up. We take it down. It's stress free," said Boucher.
An important part of Boucher's service includes supplying all of the decorations, from table and chair linens and sashes, to wall drapes, columns, backdrops, flowers, and centerpieces. She has decorations available in a variety of themes and colors and even offers silk or fresh flower arrangements for centerpieces or bridesmaid bouquets. Boucher said she can work with every budget and that she enjoys trying new themes.
"There's always new inventory," she said. Her favorite wedding that she has decorated so far was a beach wedding, but she said she loves playing with colors.
"I did a white on white wedding that was beautiful," she said. "They're all special because they're all different. I can really make it their own."
During the last week of March, Boucher attended a special week-long training in Boston to earn accreditation as a wedding and event designer. The hands-on class introduced her to the latest color schemes and taught her decorating tricks. Armed with the new certification, Boucher is looking to expand her business and offer more to her clients.
"I want to expand into Presque Isle and Caribou," said Boucher, adding that she was willing to travel statewide.
In her quest to provide her clients a stress-free service, something new she is offering this year is payment plans. Interested individuals can find Interior Accents on Facebook, or can contact Boucher at 728-3142 or 436-3142 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Boucher said that she still has a few openings for 2012, and that she is already booking for 2013.
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
April GOALS
Here are my goals for April
1 no chip, no m&m no peanut butter or a small amount in my smoothies or on my oatmeal less than a teaspoon, no more than 2 cracker at a time okay
I am going for 1000 min of exercise for the month
3 somewhere between 10 and 14 glasses of water a day
4 prayers to God everyday
5 I lost about 3 pound in March but will try to lose 4 pounds next month I know I lose slow but slow and steady win the race
7 I am going to walk or run 60 mile this month what include walking video, outside walks, walking and running outside the house stair walking. And my beloved treadmill I have a virtual 5k with the coach krsytie team to donot to meantion my moon jogger walking
7 lose another inch in my stomach
8 have a great vacation with mom for her birthday I will gone for 3 days at the end of April I will try to eat good and exercise on vacation I will be on a wine tour in Amish country so this might be hard
9 find three positives things a day and post them somewhere 10 be a good team leader for the cats in the 5% challenge and a good friend to all my coach Kristy team
11 listen to my coach and do her exercises I took a weekend off in March and didn�t really listen to anyone not in April I will be good I will even be on the plan on vacation
12 I will be going out to eat with the church group and the church meetings. I can have fun without going off plan. I have a fashion show with a lot of food and wine to get through but I will. I am still trying to exercise 30 min a day been doing this since jan 1only miss 1 day. It was over Easter/
also i have a special goal of trying not to take a whole week or weekend off the plan i know i am doing good on this but keep saboting myself. i know that need to stop
After the Great Britain Beer Festival, in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.
The guy from Corona sits down and says, "Hey Senor, I would like the world's best beer, a Corona."
The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.
The guy from Budweiser says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, give me 'The King Of Beers', a Budweiser."
The bartender gives him one.
The guy from Coors says, "I'd like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors."
He gets it.
The guy from Guinness sits down and says, "Give me a Coke."
The bartender is a little taken aback, but gives him what he ordered.
The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask "Why aren't you drinking a Guinness?"
The Guinness president replied, "Well, I figured if you guys aren't drinking beer, neither would I."
Scale Convention
At the scale manufacturers' convention, people often wanted to weigh themselves on different scales to see if they agreed. However, some visitors abstained, not wishing to advertise their weight. A smooth-talking representative coaxed a woman onto his scale by promising her that he would not look and that she could even cover the digital display so only she could see her weight.
She finally stood on the scale, whereupon a loud, mechanical voice from within the machine announced: "One hundred and sixty-three."
According to a recent article I just read on nutrition, they said eating right doesn't have to be complicated. Nutritionists say there is a simple way to tell if you're eating right. Colors. Fill your plates with bright colors. Greens, reds, yellows. In fact, I did that this morning. I had an entire bowl of M&M's. It was delicious! I never knew eating right could be so easy.
But I'll Take...
A customer in a bakery was observed carefully examining all the rich-looking pastries displayed on trays in the glass cases.
A clerk approached him and asked, "What would you like?" He answered, "I'd like that chocolate-covered, cream-filled doughnut, that jelly-filled doughnut and that cheese Danish."
Then with a sigh he added, "But I'll take an oat-bran muffin
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.
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Those are perfect goals. Thanks for the hilarious goodie:-)
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that's quite an ambitious plan you've got! no wonder you're so successful!
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I enjoyed reading your goals. I didn't know there was a wine tour in Amish country, but I'm from Indiana. They do things differently here.
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Jun 18, 2014 9:55 AM
From shower to finishing spray, our daily hair routine involves at least six products. While all of our potions and sprays smell delicious individually, sometimes the scents muddle together and our hair winds up smelling kind of blah. Luckily, this problem is easily solved by spritzing on a light hair fragrance like Thierry Mugler's Angel Hair Mist ($40). Every time you toss your hair, you'll get to enjoy the delicious scents of bergamot, honey, berries, vanilla, and chocolate wafting from your strands. Just try to limit yourself to one toss per hour so you don't wind up looking like you're miming a Pantene commercial at your desk.
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Change for Teens
Change for Teens Foundation (CFT), is a non-profit organization which came about when my life was touched by the stories of girls much like myself, on the other side of the world. Images and videos from war-torn Sierra Leone compelled me to make a difference, by bringing other teenagers along for a fulfilling journey of local community service and international action and awareness.
In Sierra Leone, where education beyond the primary level is not free, the teenage girl child is most at risk. Without the empowerment of a formal education the path of young girls living in poverty, would certainly be destined to lives of very limited opportunities. For $150.00 a year, (this includes: tuition, books and uniforms) with your support, we can do this - we can effect change both locally and internationally, one teen at a time… Please join us.
and THE CFT TEAM
CFT 's INTERNATIONAL VISION is to impact and empower as many girls as we can with a high school education, thus breaking the cycle of poverty and changing the course of their future generations.
CFT 's LOCAL MISSION is to inspire our peers by collaboratively engaging in community and international projects, thus experiencing the joy of serving others and gaining a global perspective.
A BIG THANK YOU to my generous donors who responded to our letter writing campaign, donated at my Sweet Sixteen, and participated at the restaurant fundraisers! We did it together!
2012 Change for Teens Scholarship Recipients
- Kadiatu Aruna
- Alice Boyah
- Simonah Mensah Slobor
- Josephine M. Sinnah
- Jennifer Cambell
- Marie Sesay
- Umu N Koroma
- Mariatu Conteh
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"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."
-Edward Everett Hale
"Be the change you want to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi.
"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
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More strawberry really. This is really good. I don't like tofu. Regular tofu. But silken tofu is a whole 'nother thing. Inspired by Chocolate Covered Katie's "Healthier Vanilla Frosty", this is a faster version for when you want some now. She uses frozen milk and then blends it up. I thought that was likely unessential and so here goes!
- 1 package silken tofu
- 1 container strawberry Dannon carb control yogurt
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup ice cubes (or more if you want more quantity)
- 1/3 cup nonfat milk powder
- 1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice
- a scant 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon raspberry extract
- 2 T xylitol (I used liquid raspberry Splenda syrup to flavor and sweeten)
- A bit of extra xylitol to taste (sweeten to your preference)
You could easily flavor this with vanilla and nonfat cocoa powder or any of the other flavors of liquid sweetener. I didn't realize I was supposed to freeze the milk til I went to make it and had a milk shake in my head. By then, it was too late. I had to have that milk shake! Take a look at the ingredients! It's what's for dinner.


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11 Unforgettable Archways
From Dean Dowd on April 06, 2009 in General Remodel
How do you transform an entryway from unnoticeable to unforgettable? Try creating an archway. Whether it's indoors or out, an archway can frame a room or view with style. Browse through the pictures below to find archways that are themselves amazing focal points for the home.
This archway brings country living up a notch or two.
Photo credit: Country Living
Archways like this create seamless transitions from room to room.
Photo credit: Livingetc.
Notice how designer Denise Richards incorporates multiple arches in this Mission Revival.
Photo credit: My Design Secrets
Who says log homes can't be exciting? Archways like this create instant appeal.
Photo credit: Canadian Log House
A creative use for the outdoor archway: nestle your breakfast nook.
Photo credit: Window on Cyprus
Archways make the best frame for a beautiful view.
Photo credit: Accord-Kerkhokson.com
Multiple archways show you can never have too much of a good thing.
Photo credit: 5Oaks
Can I move here please?
Photo credit: Wallpaper Murals
In the garden, archways are hopelessly romantic.
Photo credit: World of Stock
Start with the basic arch shape, then get creative!
Photo credit: Fine Home Building
With the right archway, you can forget about doors altogether!
With the right archway, you can forget about doors altogether!
Photo credit: Heath Farm
Shot out to the newest member of our blog team, Taylen, for his help with the post!


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C-USA Has 35 Players Taken in 2014 MLB Draft
June 5, 2014
Conference USA had a total of 35 players selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, which concluded Saturday evening. East Carolina RHP Jeff Hoffman was the first C-USA player chosen, going to the Toronto Blue Jays with the ninth pick of the first round. He is the third player in C-USA history to be selected in the top 10.
With his first round selection, Hoffman becomes the highest draft pick in school history in any sport, besting Theodore "Blue" Edwards, who was the 21st-overall selection by the Utah Jazz in the 1989 NBA Draft. The right-hander from Latham, N.Y. is the third-highest baseball selection in Conference USA history trailing only Houston's Brad Lincoln (No. 4 in 2006 by the Pittsburgh Pirates) and Rice's Anthony Rendon (No. 6 in 2011 by the Washington Nationals). Hoffman appeared in 10 games in 2014 (all starts), posting a 3-3 record with a 2.94 ERA. He finished the season with 72 strikeouts to 20 walks in 67.1 innings pitched, holding opposing batters to a .216 composite batting average.
FIU junior catcher Aramis Garcia, the 2014 C-USA Player of the Year, was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the second round at No. 52 overall. That was the second-highest that an FIU player has ever been selected. Garcia was recently named an All-American and was also a semi-finalist for the Johnny Bench Award, given to the nation's best catcher. He hit .368 this season with 14 doubles, eight home runs and 37 RBI. He finished first in Conference USA in batting average, led the conference in slugging percentage (.626) and finished second in on-base percentage (.442). His eight home runs tied for third in C-USA and his .592 slugging percentage and five home runs in C-USA games led the conference.
Eleven teams that played in Conference USA during the 2014 season had at least one player chosen, with Rice producing the most picks with seven, while East Carolina, FIU, Southern Miss and UTSA each had four apiece.
The Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres selected the most Conference USA players with four, while the Los Angeles Angels chose three.
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I am looking for a pediatrician in either Montclair or the Glenview. I'm familiar with Dr. Bean and Dr. Parish at Glenview Pediatrics; I'm curious to hear people's experiences with them as well as with other pediatricians in these neighborhoods. Thanks.
Does anyone have any experience with Dr. Bean, formerly with Glenview Pediatrics and now with North Oakland Pediatrics. I'd like to get some feedback before I take my child in. Any information at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Hi! I'm looking for a new pediatrician for my son who takes MediCal/Blue Cross or Alameda Alliance. One of the doctors whom I spoke with is Dr. Gary Bean on Park Blvd. He seemed very nice, but one can never tell over the phone. Has anybody had experience with him? Is he a kind and good doctor? Any info will help. Also, if you know of any good doctors who accept MediCal/Blue Cross and/or Alameda Alliance for Health, please send their names my way. Thanks! Pamela
We are considering switching to Gary Bean as a pediatrician for our 10yo & 6yo girls. I've seen great recommendations for him on this site, ALL coming from the parents of BOYS. Any information on whether parents of GIRLS are happy with this doctor would help us a lot in our decision. Thank you, Maria
We have found Dr. Bean and his staff to be responsive to our family's special situations...we love the pediatrician he has working with him (a female doctor)...as well as his Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Nada. You will need to bring cash for your insurance co-pay and, if your kid is in diapers, they request that you take any soiled diapers with you. The waiting room and examining rooms reflect Dr. Bean's interest in great jazz.
Finally, Dr. Bean really impressed us with his (and his wife's) participation in the Leukemia and Lymphoma fundraiser ''Team in Training.'' Dr. Bean is in training to complete a tri-athalon to raise money to cure kids like my daughter...he's our hero! likes Dr. Bean
I'm considering switching pediatricians to Dr. Gary Bean at Glenview Pediatrics. I read the older posts, the latest from March 2003, and I'd like to get more recent feedback on people's experience with him. I have a few questions: 1) The older posts talk about difficulty in actually seeing Dr. Bean (as opposed to a nurse practitioner) when he was in Berkeley. Have you found this to be the case in Glenview? 2) What is your experience of Dr. Bean's interactions with young children? I have a 5 month old and a 2 year old. 3) Have you experienced long waits with his office in Glenview? Thanks!
I've seen the raves for Dr. Bean on the website, and when I took my son to see him today at his Glenview office I thought he was great. But the office itself was so depressing! No pictures on the walls, a totally bare waiting room -- no magazines, no toys, nothing for a kid to play with or look at during the 45 minute wait for our appointment. I don't usually make medical decisions based on the decor, but I have to say that I was a bit taken aback by the spartan furnishings. Can any long term patients tell me if his Berkeley office was more appealing? Is this a case of not having gotten around to unpacking the toys and magazines, or is it simply not a priority? And what's with the cash only policy? nelly
Re: Seeking African-American pediatrician
Drs. Gary Bean and Laurie Bostick are both African-American pediatricians. They are moving their office from Berkeley to Park Blvd. (between 580 and Hwy 13) in Oakland sometime this week. Phone is 510-849-3235. I like them both, but get the first appointment of the day or right after lunch or be prepared to wait. Audrey
Re: Seeking African-American family doctor
I don't know a good family doc but I do know a good pediatrician who is african-american in case you are interested. His name is Dr. Gary Bean. He is moving to Glenview district of Oakland, but is currently in Berkeley on Woolsey near Alcatraz and Telegraph. Other staff, like nurse practitioners whom you will see mostly when baby is well, are Caucasian and very, very good. His afternoon doctor is a black female doctor. Overall a well ethnically balanced staff/interns. His clientelle seems balanced too. He's a good doctor regardless of his ethnicity. I highly recommend his practice. Dr. Bean's number is 849-3235. You can see past UCB parents network info for more info on him. mom of 14 mth old
A few other things about his practice that I didn't like:
--there is no separate waiting area for sick children
--there are no books or toys in the waiting room (I understand that they may be hard to keep clean between children, but it showed a lack of intent to create a comfortable atmosphere).
--the staff was not helpful or apologetic when patients were waiting (for LONG periods of time).
I hope this helps. anonomous, please
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An excellent Berkeley pediatrician who takes Medi-Cal and other low reimbursement plans is Dr. Gary Bean in Berkeley. I hate to give his name out because we love him so much and don't want his office to be so flooded we can't get in but he and his nurse practitioners are really wonderful. He even answers his own phones on occassion (just cuz he feels like it) and will take the time to chat, schedule your appt., and hear about your insurance problems. Not many folks like him anymore. If you let him know about your situation, I'm confident he will work with you.
We ended up switching from our son's pediatrician when he was 10 months old, for reasons of convenience: his previous doctor was in Orinda, and we just moved to within 3 blocks of Dr. Bean's office. I like Dr. Bean because he spends a lot of time with us, he's very genial, and he's got good taste in music (jazz fanatic). The main problems I have with his office are that it is nearly impossible to get an appointment (unless, of course, your child is very ill), and the wait once you get there is interminable.
We still miss our son's old pediatrician (Dr. Mar at Summit Pediatrics) and often consider going back to her, especially when we have a cranky and hungry kid and there's no sign of our being seen soon.
A few years ago my husband and I paid for our own health insurance. The cheapest ones were Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Kaiser -- have you looked into those? Good luck, Laurel
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My boys like Gary Bean a lot. He's in Berk just off Telegraph Ave. He's a very bubbly and energetic man in his 40's who skitters around from room to room singing along with the jazz he plays in the waiting room. He is extremely good at getting the kids to talk - he calls them "Buddy" and "Pal" and talks sports. I like him too and he's been really helpful lately advising me on school troubles I'm having with one of the kids.
A down side of Dr. Bean is he splits his time between 2 offices (Richmond and Berkeley) and seems to have every kid in Berkeley as a patient. He was the only Alta Bates pediatrician taking new patients when I switched from Kaiser and I had the impression he takes all comers. However I have never had trouble making appts on short notice. He takes every imaginable kind of insurance and will make a consultation appt if you just want to talk to him. 2320 Woolsey, 849-3235 Ginger
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Sprint Cup Series – Joey Logano picked up his third win of the season and third win of the weekend for Team Penske drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway, winning Saturday night's IRWIN Tools Night Race. His teammate Brad Keselowski finished second, followed by Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch.
Nationwide Series – Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney took the lead from Kyle Busch with seven laps to go on a restart and went on to win the Food City 300 at Bristol Friday night. Busch finished second, followed by Chase Elliott, Ty Dillon and Regan Smith.
Camping World Truck Series – Keselowski drove his own Brad Keselowski Racing Ford F-150 to victory lane on Thursday at Bristol, winning the rain-delayed UNOH 200 for his first career Truck Series victory. Darrell Wallace Jr. finished second, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr. in third, Matt Crafton in fourth and Johnny Sauter in fifth.
Verizon IndyCar Series – Scott Dixon took the checkered flag at Sonoma Raceway in California, home of the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Ryan Hunter-Reay finished second, followed by Simon Pagenaud, Takuma Sato and Juan Pablo Montoya. The Verizon IndyCar Series season wraps up next weekend at Auto Club Raceway in Fontana, California.
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Executive Golf and the Canadian Golf and Country Club have partnered up as party planners to put on a spectacular Canada Day celebration for the whole family.
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The day includes 18 holes, power cart, practice range time, an amazing meal, prizes, music, fireworks and more.
The cost comes in at $90 for EG Members and $100 for guests, plus HST.
"Players get the choice of golf format - social or competitive - and the team at the Canadian is organizing a type of kids' camp so you can bring them along and know they're being taken care of while you play," said Andy Rajhathy, vice-president of EG.
The golf gets going with a 1 p.m. shotgun and there will be awesome contests. The activities for kids include badminton, soccer, mini-putt and a water slide.
Capping the activities will be the serving of a scrumptious roast beef dinner, followed by music and the huge fireworks show.
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Final Shot Against NSU Eludes B-CU Again; Cats Fall 62-61
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NORFOLK, Va. -- Bethune-Cookman once again had the final shot against Norfolk State, but once again the Spartans escaped as the Wildcats fell 62-61 Saturday in a rematch of the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship game.
Pendarvis Williams scored 14 points, and Jamel Fuentes made a late free throw as the Spartans (19-10, 14-0) remained unbeaten in league play while snapping a three-game Wildcat (12-17,7-7) winning streak.
After Paul Scotland's 3-pointer gave B-CU a 59-57 lead, Gaston made a layup with 1:25 left to tie the game at 59.
Fuentes made a layup, and Hawkins went 1 of 2 from the foul line to give the Spartans a 62-59 lead with 17 seconds to go.
After Adrien Coleman's layup for Bethune-Cookman made it 62-61 with 8 seconds left, Williams missed two free throws, giving the Wildcats a chance. Bethune-Cookman was unable to convert on the last-second shot. Norfolk State won the MEAC tournament game last March with a 73-70 decision in which the Wildcats missed its last opportunity.
Scotland scored 16 points for the Wildcats, who overcame early foul trouble and a 10-point first half deficit to hold the lead five times in a tightly-contested second half.
Ricky Johnson gave the Wildcats a 42-41 lead on a lay-up with 11:22 left, and Scotland put B-CU up 48-45 on a free throw with 8:46 left. Coleman's lay-up with 4:34 left gave B-CU another three-point advantage at 53-50.
A Kevin Dukes (12 points) three-pointer with 2:38 helped B-CU regain the lead at 57-56.
Coleman finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. Alex Smith (eight points) and Javoris Bryant (seven) each had nine rebounds.
B-CU's road trip continues Monday night at Hampton.
"Tough game. we played well. "
"We have to be poised down the stretch and make plays down the stretch. We had opportunities to extend our lead and didn't take advantage."
"We understand we have an opportunity to win the conference championship next week."
On Paul Scotland and other taking up the slack with Adrien Coleman and Javoris Bryant having four fouls:
"We have guys who can play multiple positions. We're able to do things when those guys having foul trouble."
NOTES: B-CU now 2-4 in games decided by five points or less this season. Norfolk State has won the last three meetings by a combined six points ... This was the fourth time this season Scotland has led the team in scoring and eighth that Smith has led or co-led the rebounding ... Dukes has been in double-figures three straight games.


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Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy was a difficult book to read. It serves as the basis for the 2013 Netflix series of the same name. As far as Netflix series go, its fame has been eclipsed by other Netflix fare such as Orange is the New Black and House of Cards. The second season of the series was released on July 18th.
I speculate that McGreevy already had a production deal when his novel was published in 2012. The book reads more like a script than a novel with a narrative flow. It was easier to visualize the action taking place on a screen than to follow it page by page as a story. It jumped around a lot with little segue way from one piece of the story to the next.
One of the first things I noticed when starting Hemlock Grove was that it wasn't written for the traditional young adult crowd. It is a darker story, one where a rapist acts like a decent guy some of the time and a protagonist often has psychic feelings emerging from his "balls" (which was noted at one point to have "aged in dog years." page 168). Yet despite being a story with a much darker point of view than say the Twilight franchise, it isn't really an adult novel either since much of the action takes place in a teen induced twilight zone.
Readers are told numerous times that Roman Godfrey is heir apparent to a Fortune 500 company that started out producing steel back in the day but now is a biotech corporation with a secret white tower and its own Josef Mengele figure. There is some reason given for Roman being enrolled in a public school, but most of the time he reads as just another privileged upper middle-class screw wad and not someone who commands respect because his family can buy and sell everyone in town; because you know, there is rich and than there is RICH. Also little is mentioned about how his social life is affected by having a sister who is the dictionary definition of different. Listen, although I wasn't charmed by the novel, I am tempted to watch the series (first season at least) in order to spy Shelly because she sounds like the bees knees. She sounded like a kinder and more elephant looking version of Dren in the movie Splice. I thought she was much more interesting than her upir brother and his werewolf buddy.
The solving of the murder mystery was not overly thrilling. Basically at the end it was werewolf versus werewolf but the secret of just how werewolf number two was made was anticlimactic. The explanation felt like a copout and made it sound easier to catch werewolfism than the West Nile Virus.
Interspersed throughout Hemlock Grove was some very good writing and observations however much of that wasn't followed by good old fashion storytelling. To borrow a term from Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, the plot of Hemlock Grover didn't have the "stickiness factor." Many of the characters were blurred in my mind with other characters and I often found myself rereading passages to see if I was missing something because I didn't quite get how Point H was derived from Point A. Much was hinted at, but little was produced.
I don't recommend Hemlock Grove because (and this is from someone who has not watched the Netflix series) I think the TV version is probably a better than the novel version. I didn't find many aspects of the story believable especially the young love story.
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On the Combinatorics of Rooted Binary Phylogenetic Trees
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We study subtree-prune-and-regraft (SPR) operations on leaf-labelled rooted binary trees, also known as rooted binary phylogenetic trees. This study is motivated by the problem of graphically representing evolutionary histories of biological sequences subject to recombination. We investigate some basic properties of the induced SPR-metric on the space \( \mathcal{T}_{n}^{\mathrm{r}} \) of leaf-labelled rooted binary trees with n leaves. In contrast to the case of unrooted trees, the number |U(T)| of trees in \( \mathcal{T}_{n}^{\mathrm{r}} \) which are one SPR operation away from a given tree \( T \in \mathcal{T}_{n}^{\mathrm{r}} \) depends on the topology of T. In this paper, we construct recursion relations which allow one to determine the unit-neighbourhood size |U(T)| efficiently for any tree topology. In fact, using the recursion relations we are able to derive a simple closed-form formula for the unit-neighbourhood size. As a corollary, we construct sharp upper and lower bounds on the size of unit-neighbourhoods and investigate the diameter of \( \mathcal{T}_{n}^{\mathrm{r}} \). Lastly, we consider an enumeration problem relevant to population genetics.
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Volume 7, Issue 3 , pp 365-379
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This is one of my four (so far) favorite fall books, and definitely my favorite fall middle-grade release. (No, I haven't told you about my other three yet; patience, dear readers.)
My love for Paul Feig already knew no bounds. I am a huge fan of the late, lamented TV show Freaks and Geeks (seriously huge - I own the $140 super DVD set that came in a replica yearbook with ninety bazillion hours of extras), and I also think his two memoirs of earlier life as a supergeek (Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence and Superstud) are hilarious. So when I found out that Paul (I can call you Paul, right?) was writing a kids' novel I was pretty excited. And then the galley came and I was even more excited. So excited that I slipped the only copy off the galley shelf at the bookstore where I used to work and moved it with me to St. Louis. I finally unpacked that box last week, and there was Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut! staring up at me. Read me, read me, it implored. And so I did.
Dude. This is one funny book. This is one thrilling book. This is one fine middle-grade novel. It's sci-fi! It's comedy! It's freaking fantastic. Ignatius (Iggy) is one of those kids who is destined to be bullied in school, and he is. He has two friends who are equally bully-able, and they are walking targets for the school's population of buttheads. Iggy has grown weary of it all and continually wishes that an alien might spot him one day and whisk him off to another planet. When this doesn't happen, he decides that maybe he could build a rocket and blast himself into space, where of course an alien civilization will take him in and change his life. So the kids build this hilariously incompetent rocket out of a garbage can and license plates and a lot of other crap, and then one of them swipes his brother's illegal fireworks stash and they clean the gunpowder out of the fireworks and fill a coffee can with it (Uh...guys? Bad idea, okay?). They light the can on fire, and Iggy decides at the last minute that maybe this is a bad idea, but his backpack gets stuck on something and he can't get out of the garbage can rocket and then...BOOM.
When he comes to, he seems to be in the middle of the same field. Except the only thing that's the same is the basic terrain. What he doesn't yet know is that the explosion shifted him into another Frequency - like an alternate universe. He's technically in the same place, just slightly sideways. He meets a 16 year old girl named Karen who had a chemistry lab accident a year ago, which is how she ended up in this other Frequency, which is otherwise populated by a variety of bizarre alien creatures. Even more bizarre: five years back, a teacher at the high school in Iggy's neighborhood was supposedly killed when his house exploded. The teacher's in this Frequency, too, except he's reinvented himself as the President of the aliens and taken over the world. Karen is trying to stop him, and she wants Iggy to help her. Iggy just wants to get back to his own Frequency. However, it seems that once you become a Frequenaut, getting out of your current Frequency isn't as easy as it seems - especially not when your only friend is a one-woman revolutionary band and is being hunted by the President's army.
The plot is like nothing I've ever read before, and the book is what we'd been wishing for at the bookstore for years - not just sci-fi, but funny sci-fi. This is going to be a great book for kids who like stuff like The Mysterious Benedict Society - smart kids who like their adventure mixed up with a little comedy and a whole lot of brain activity. I love this book and I hope Paul Feig comes to St. Louis so I can tell him how much I love it in person.
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Why The Price Of Palladium Is Headed Higher
Sasha Cekerevac: With the recent shock of the latest Federal Reserve meeting now beginning to subside, the implications can now be extrapolated. By holding its foot on the accelerator, the Federal Reserve is opening the door to further price appreciation in many asset classes, including precious metals.
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However, the inaction by the Federal Reserve is positive for precious metals like palladium for several reasons. One especially noteworthy reason is that this move will boost the automotive industry. To keep the easy money flowing, the Fed will also keep interest rates artificially low, which will, at least over the short term, boost sectors that rely on cheap financing to draw in more consumers. As you may or may not know, car sales are booming in America. Plus, we're now seeing European car demand beginning to pick up, in addition to the continued growth of Chinese vehicle sales.
While investor sentiment for some precious metals might oscillate, there is no choice for car-makers when it comes to palladium, as the commodity is needed for manufacturing their products. And with China beginning to crack down on emissions, the automobile makers there are being forced to bring their catalytic converters up to first-world standards—which means greater demand for palladium, since approximately half of all palladium is used in catalytic converters.
On top of technological innovations that use precious metals such as palladium, including fuel cells as well as groundwater treatment, these industrial uses mean that part of the price is determined from actual demand for commercial purposes and not just investor sentiment that is using precious metals for speculation purposes.
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Of the major precious metals, palladium has held up best during this year. While investor sentiment has hit other precious metals, as I noted earlier, palladium is up approximately five percent since the beginning of the year.
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Lately I have been doing some deep thinking about the state of romance in the 21st century. The Internet has had a profoundly positive effect on our lives, allowing for information to flow easily and in democratic fashion to all segments of society. Yet when it comes to love, I am not so sure the digital world has always served us well. While we've all heard of couples that have met online and married, increasingly I feel these types of success stories are rare. The pitfalls seem to have become greater than the rewards, and the whole way people are dating and mating has become troubling to me.
One social scientist that used to work at the largest online dating service was recently quoted in a newspaper interview as being frustrated with the way couples are matched by the online dating services. Although he worked on the mainframe algorithms to create the initial matches, he said that none of the online dating services incorporate feedback from the men and women who did not find love. He felt that knowing why they didn't meet anyone special to date was important to consider if he would ever be able to hone the process to produce more accurate results.
Online services weren't willing to institute second level coding for those who didn't get matched up properly the first time, I feel, because coding on this level would be expensive. People put a great deal of faith in online dating, but according to this scientist, the experience often brings disappointment, disillusionment, and possibly even worse, a loss of self-confidence. This particular social scientist finally left his position, for he concluded that at this juncture, it was not possible for most to find true love online. This story started me thinking, but the evidence was piling up from other sources too that we seemed to have lost our way when it comes to finding true love.
You might argue that the Internet is simply a perfect reflection of all of us collectively, for it holds up a mirror of all that society is comprised of, including the good, the bad, and the ugly. This argument is true - the Internet is neither good nor bad but a reflection of who we are, or more correctly, who we have become. The answer lies in our hearts, our character, and our values, and that's where we need to focus our attention.
This is the tricky part, because with Neptune in Aquarius since 1998, the whole selection process in mating and dating seems to have shifted from the heart to the head. The needs of self have moved to front and center, shunting the corresponding needs of the new, just-met applicant-significant other to second place. This is in part due to the way computers can sort large amounts of information and to the influence of the very public social media. (Of course, how well the computers sort information depends on how they have been programmed, which, as discussed above, is a little like the tail wagging the dog.)
Back in 1998, Neptune set up a huge cultural change when it moved into Aquarius. Cooperating at the time with Uranus, the planet of genius and breakthroughs (Uranus was in Aquarius 1995-2003) and with Pluto, the power planet (then in fire sign Sagittarius 1995 to 2008, a sign associated with the media and global interests), Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto revolutionized communications through digital forms, the area of life Aquarius rules. The strides the world has seen have been unparalleled and those gains will remain with us. It is the side effect that our new world has brought that fine tuning, for Neptune in Aquarius is a bit too intellectual and analytical to fit well with matters of love.
Judging by my reader mail, most think the process of falling in love has become too difficult. We are all working longer hours now, thanks to the productivity that computers have made possible, so we fall back on the path of least resistance - online dating - to find someone special to love. Something has to change and thankfully, there is hope!
When Neptune enters Pisces it will help us rebalance and correct the excesses that have built up while Neptune was in Aquarius.
In regard to love and romance, lately I have meditated long and hard about the way men and women are relating to one another and have been worried that we have come off track. I finally brought up the subject with my friend Rachel who is a senior editor at Elle, where I have a regular monthly horoscope column. It was troubling to see how exasperating the process of dating has too often become, a troublesome side effect of Neptune in objective, aloof Aquarius.
It spawned a generation who were more comfortable writing short texts to one another than having a real life, meaty conversation with someone in person. With computer online dating sites everywhere, it would be easy to assume there is an endless supply of people to date. Some discovered that that process might work for a while, but in time, it didn't continue to work so well. Behavior that was very acceptable at 25 became less successful at 35, sad at 45, and downright pathetic at 55. Hopefully we grow and mature, and most do, but some people seem to have stunted their emotional and social growth by hiding behind a computer screen.
Dealing with a relationship can be a sweaty, messy experience, at times even filled with drama, but love is all about becoming vulnerable and letting go of control. Avoiding the real life experience by staying behind a computer isn't the answer.
To add to the woes, the list of qualifiers that men and women have drawn up when seeking the ideal mate - necessary to list when on a dating site - seems to have become longer and more detailed, or so say my friends, because sorting through many applicants on a dating site is what computers do best. I muse about all this and wonder, do computers really do this best? The social scientist that quit his job because he felt it was impossible to find love online would disagree that computers are the answer, at least how the dating sites work now.
All this led me to also ponder, has love become a commodity? Has it become a business? These questions that I ask myself send shivers down my spine. Yet the problem lies not in the Internet or in the world, of course, but lies in our hearts, our values, and in our expectations.
There are pitfalls. The first one has to do with the very basic need to know whether the person you're corresponding with online is single or married, or if single, really serious about having a relationship.
Additionally, there is another basic problem with online dating. Questions you'd never ask a new date immediately when you first meet are required by the online service to be answered and posted for the entire world to see. In real life, a little mystery is considered intriguing, but online, with no prior knowledge of your potential romantic interest's support network of friends and family, mystery is definitely not a good thing. It could translate into "this guy (or girl) might be a psycho ax murderer." Yet what does all this exposure do to the dance of romance?
My friend Rachael had been invited to a seminar about love in the 21st century, but was busy with a deadline, so she gave me her ticket. I eagerly attended, only to see my worst fears confirmed.
A very pretty blonde panelist chattered about "TUI" (texting under the influence) - a habit she freely and unabashedly admitted to doing frequently. She was clearly well educated but while she admitted that texting when completely drunk was not a good idea, she conflicted herself by saying it was wise to have as many dates to text as possible (as if it were a contest) and so texting while drunk occasionally came with the territory. Apparently oblivious to the fact she was losing her audience, she led me to wonder what man in his right mind would single her out to be the mother of his children.
A second panelist piped up and said she changed her name and profile (not her handle) every six months on dating sites, shocking even the most veteran social media users among us. The woman sitting next to me, whom I did not know, leaned toward me and whispered, "What advice is that, to keep changing your name and making up fictional background information that you give potential suitors? Is she a used car dealer? Does she have any integrity?" Those were my sentiments exactly - my seatmate could not have said it better.
As the panel went on, I was reminded of the New Yorker cartoon of a dog sitting at a computer, typing, while talking to his friend, another little dog seated nearby. Under the cartoon was the words the dog at the computer was saying to his friend, "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog."
There were two men on this five-person panel, too. One was an Internet entrepreneur, about 31, the other, a psychiatrist, about 55. Listening to the young pretty blond talking about "TUI" the younger man advised the audience that if a girl wanted to get his attention, she should not text him at all but instead send a photo of herself wearing as little as possible. At that point the older man - who should have known better, and been more dignified, considering that he is a doctor by profession - gleefully agreed, rubbing his palms and seconding that advice. "Yes" he said, "and if possible, wear nothing." Ewww! Some of us considered walking out, but the moderator had shut the double doors and so it would have been awkward to do so.
The reason I am looking forward to Neptune's move into Pisces is, first, Neptune is the guardian planet of Pisces, so it will express its best qualities easily and naturally in this sign. Pisces is a soft, gentle, caring sign that will counter the unintentional problems wrought by Neptune in Aquarius. Aquarius loves science and high tech, and that's wonderful - we wouldn't have an Internet without that influence. Neptune in Aquarius has given us much pleasure and information and certainly expanded the number of friends we have and the way we interact with them. What we need now is the addition of some spirituality and some compassion for others, both sorely missing. We want to be valued for who we are, but that is earned by valuing the other person, and Neptune in Pisces understands this. While no planet can provide character and ethics where none exist, a planet in a new sign can provide new perspectives and insights.
Let me define what Neptune rules in a chart. I wrote about Neptune in my book, "Planets and Possibilities."
"Neptune's role is to help us transcend everyday reality, to bring us to a more meditative and spiritual place where ideals have wings and dreams feel so real you can touch them. Compassion, kindness, empathy, and an unselfish, giving nature are Neptune's most important gifts."
I went on to say, "As the 'higher octave' of Venus, Neptune's job is to vastly expand upon Venus' role to send (the first sparks of) romance. Where Venus fully enjoys the lightness of love, Neptune loves so deeply that it will encourage sacrifice for the good of the beloved, shifting the emphasis from 'me' to 'thou' and thereby adding the quality of complete selflessness to Venus' more strict definition of the enjoyment of beauty and fun. "
While Venus has a carefree and even a bit of a hedonistic side, Neptune goes deeper and is very cognizant of the responsibilities that come with a love relationship. Neptune's waters cleanse all that it touches, leaving it purer than it was before, and dissolves structures that it no longer finds viable.
There is no reason to fear that we will lose the gifts of Neptune in Aquarius. As I mentioned earlier, Neptune in Aquarius showed us that we could socialize on a grand scale and communicate with others at the speed of light. We learned to aggregate friends into networks or clusters, and to introduce friends to friends. That allowed us to do much more together than we could ever accomplish alone. In business, Neptune in Aquarius shifted the power from the company to the consumer, and introduced the concept of the wisdom of the crowd, which almost always proves correct.
Neptune in Aquarius also showed us that we could raise money for charities in ways that would not have been possible to do without the Internet and new technology. Raising money for Haitian Relief by having a large number of people donating small amounts of money by texting a pledge on their cell phone was a good example of the sterling quality of Neptune in Aquarius in action. Those gifts of Neptune in Aquarius will endure.
Some may argue that Neptune has another side, and can bring confusion and delusion too, which is true, but all depends on the aspects in the chart. Neptune's proclivity to do this is more pronounced when adversely angled to other planets. However, in that respect, this is not a function of sign, but of the qualities of this planet. In other words, there would be no greater proclivity to cause problems when Neptune is in Pisces than when in Aquarius. I am firm in feeling that our culture's overemphasis on technology and science, to the extent we suppressed intuition, spirituality, and compassion, needs to be rebalanced.
Neptune's move into Pisces offers hope to us all. I have my reasons, too.
Powerful, transformative Pluto in practical earth sign Capricorn at approximately 60 degrees away will be perfectly positioned to help Neptune set up a firm foundation for the future. A 60-degree angle is considered one of opportunity, so it will be up to us to use the advantage.
Also, by June 2011, generous, good fortune Jupiter will be in another earth sign, Taurus, also at 60 degrees, and will join Pluto to encourage spiritual, intuitive expression. It is interesting that both Pluto and Jupiter will be in realistic earth signs, a good omen for the future of love when working with idealistic water sign Pisces.
Pisces believes in the very best in others, while earth signs know a little better, but will help Pisces from becoming swept away or deluded. In fact, earth and water is a lovely mix and produces verdant greenery and a profusion of flowers - a perfect metaphor for this new romantic cycle starting up now. Taurus, the sign Jupiter will tour, symbolizes the quintessential expression of spring and of the regeneration of the life force.
By late 2012, Saturn will join in to support Neptune too, for by then Saturn will enter water sign Scorpio. Pluto, Jupiter, and Saturn will help Neptune establish its new more heartfelt trend, and this is why I am so excited about the future of how we date and mate.
This is a big trend that's on the way, and although it really will be in full bloom by early 2012, we will get our preview of what is to come from April to early August 2011. Once Neptune moves in to Pisces again in February 2012, it will stay, and Neptune's message will take sturdy root.
Each of us will notice Neptune in different ways, depending on the house of the chart it is based. In time, I will return to this topic to get you ready.
For now, if you've been frustrated about how you've met and dated, fell in love, married, and stayed attached in the dance of love, be patient. Change is on the way, and thanks to Neptune in Pisces, the world is soon to become a softer, kinder, and gentler place to be and engender love.
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Google and Fossil designer brand announced today that they will create with technology and fashion a designer brand smartwatch as a first step in this union of wearable tech trend, reports Mobile Commerce Press.
The chief strategy and marketing officer, Greg McKelvey, of the Texas-based Fossil released a statement to explain the creating wearable fashion rooted in twenty-first century technology, 'we believe we are uniquely positioned to develop and bring to market products for our fashion customers that marry the beauty of our designs, the promise of our brands and now the function of new technology.'
The goal is to avoid designing clunky pieces that say technology but have no fashion accent. It must be a wearable design in fashion trend and smart use of the technology.
As fashion and technology are in the formative stage of development it is a challenge to design and create to make a statement. McKelvey is looking forward to this advancement for fashion enhancement with technology assistance.
As chief strategist and marketing officer of Fossil, McKelvey is surely aware of the numerous wearable tech pieces that are abandoned after six months according to a study by research from Endeavour Partners in the US. Also, the survey showed that one in 10 American adults own some form of activity tracker but half no longer use them.
So what is the reason for this abandonment of wearable tech? The Endeavour Partners research study revealed that people stopped using the devices because they saw no value or meaningful addition to their life and health. They simply became disengaged. Endeavour Partners developed a nine-step criteria in their study which included Adoptability, Design Aesthetics, Out-of-the Box experience, Lifestyle contribution, Comfort, Form factor, User experience and Utility overall and Integratability. The bottom line was that there must be value added to a life experience in order to use the wearable tech while being able to not be aware of an extra heavy piece that is in the way of mobility and efficiency.
Wearable tech has numberous opportunities the design fashion can meet practical function of use.
To find out more about this topic view the list below in the Author's suggestions and the video atop this article from WSJ on a wearable clothing that guides you.
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How can I find the volume of the solid generated when the region enclosed by $y=0, x=0, x=1$ and $(1+e^{-2x})^{0.5}$ is rotated through $360^\circ$ about the x axis?
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I'm not completely sure that I understand what you mean, but try this: $$\pi\int_0^1 f(x)^2 \text{ d}x$$ where $f(x)$ in this case is your function $(1+e^{-2x})^{\frac{1}{2}}$.
The volume of an object can be found by integrating the cross-sectional area through all cross-sections.
A cross-section of this solid, taken perpendicularly to the $x$-axis at a distance $x$ from the $y$-axis, is a disk with radius $(1+e^{-2x})^{0.5}$. Express the area of this disk as a function of $x$, and then integrate this function from $x=0$ to $x=1$.


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Fates Warning teams up with Sheet Happens Publishing to offer fans guitar transcription of classic album, 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray'
- December 14th, 2015 – Progressive metal legends Fates Warning...Read More
Allegaeon confirms Riley McShane as new vocalist
- December 14th, 2015 – Band set to record new album this...Read More
Pilgrim premieres new video for "Paladin" via MetalInjection.net
- December 10th, 2015 – Rhode Island's doom metal trio Pilgrim...Read More