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Progress Lighting P4405-77 Forged Bronze Torino Three-Light Single-Tier Chandelier with Down Lighting Bell-Shaped Etched Glass Shades
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Technical Specs
|Specification Sheet
|Bulb Base
|Medium (E26)
|Bulb Type
|Compact Fluorescent, Incandescent
|Finish Application
|Light Direction
|Down Lighting
|Maximum Height
|Number of Bulbs
|Number of Tiers
|Suggested Room Fit
|Kitchen, Living Room, Office
|Watts Per Bulb
|Wire Length
- Featuring etched white or tea-stained, bell-shaped glass bowls
- Distinctive ebbing and flowing of squared scrolls and arms in Brushed Nickel finish.
- Requires (3) 100w medium base bulbs
- Supplied with 15' of wire
- Overall Height: 97"
- Bulb Base: Medium (E26)
- Bulb Included: No
- Number of Bulbs: 3
- Height: 21.6
- Width: 19.2
- Watts Per Bulb: 100
- Wattage: 300
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- Brushed Nickel
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3 Questions from the Community
The Progress Lighting P4405 has 2 different glass replacements, the Satin Nickel part number is 93021338 and the Forged Bronze is 93009814.
i broke one of the glass shades...how do I order only the glass shade?
A. The Progress Lighting P4405 has 2 different glass replacements, the Satin Nickel part number is 93021338 and the Forged Bronze is 93009814.
The Progress Lighting P4405 does include a chain. This fixture is only 21.62 inches long. So it is not quite 2 ft. Im not sure that I would recommend you to hang this on a slanted ceiling. It may not hang long enough.
Is this on a chain and can it be hung on a slanted ceiling?
A. The Progress Lighting P4405 does include a chain. This fixture is only 21.62 inches long. So it is not quite 2 ft. Im not sure that I would recommend you to hang this on a slanted ceiling. It may not hang long enough.
The Progress Lighting P4405 can be used with a dimmer switch.
Will the Progress Lighting P 4405 work with a dimmer switch?
A. The Progress Lighting P4405 can be used with a dimmer switch.
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Lib-Ray Video Standard: Handling Languages and Localization
I'm used to thinking of region codes as an unmitigated evil, but they do serve one useful purpose: they divide DVD editions up so that any given regional edition has fewer languages to support. It's uncommon to find a DVD with more than just three or four languages in subtitles or audio tracks. Early on in the concept for Lib-Ray, though, I decided to do away with region-coding, and instead allow for broader localization in the design. This means there's just one edition worldwide, which is very helpful, but it does also mean that the subtitle menu in particular can become very cumbersome to navigate. How will we solve this user interface design problem?

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- Feb 12:
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Oakland Tribune editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Feb 7:
- California Drought: Desperately needed rain, courtesy of "Pineapple Express" slamming into California
- Feb 6:
- Drought doesn't mean doom for your plants
- Rain soaks Bay Area, another storm coming
- California drought: Big rain headed toward Bay Area could double dismal rainfall totals
- Feb 5:
- California drought: House water bill exposes deep partisan divide
- Feb 4:
- Fremont district urges conservation, offers water-saving program as drought persists
- Gov. Jerry Brown calls congressional Republican drought bill 'divisive'
- Roadshow: Caltrans watering less as drought continues
- Feb 3:
- North Bay homeowners slash water usage through creative conservation
- California drought: Biggest rainfall of 2014 soaks Bay Area
- Jan 31:
- California drought: State Water Project will deliver no water this summer
- Gov. Brown says flush less as California struggles with drought
- Drought shakes off winter for perilous early spring
- Jan 30:
- Obama pledges support amid California drought
- California wine industry reports robust 2013, but worries loom about drought
- Drizzle brings hope to thirsty California but does nothing to deter drought
- Jan 29:
- Bay Area wakes up to drizzle as light rain appears for first time in more than a month
- Zone 7 Water Agency seeks 20 percent voluntary water reduction from customers
- Jan 28:
- California drought: 17 communities could run out of water within 60 to 120 days, state says
- Jan 27:
- Water oak trees if needed, but not too much
- Rain expected this week won't put dent in the drought, forecasters say
- Gold prospectors take advantage of California drought
- California drought: Bay Area water districts start asking urban residents to conserve
- Jan 26:
- After decades of payments, EBMUD may finally use its emergency water supply
- Jan 25:
- California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say
- Jan 23:
- Around Dublin: Do your part now to get ahead of drought
- Jan 21:
- California drought: Tips for conserving water
- Jan 18:
- Snow makers rescue big Sierra resorts as drought bakes smaller ones
- Jan 17:
- Brown declares California drought emergency
- California drought: Three more months of dry weather likely, National Weather Service announces
- Jan 16:
- Drought declared a natural disaster in California, 10 other states
- Jan 14:
- Drought imperils California salmon, steelhead
- California drought: What's causing it?
- Jan 10:
- Despite California drought, chances for water bond are evaporating
- Jan 8:
- Timm Herdt: Learning to adapt to droughts
- Jan 3:
- Barnidge: California droughts aren't nearly as scary as they used to be
- Dec 29:
- California drought deepens as another year's rains stay away
Oh, the weather outside is frightful ... everywhere but here. In Chicago, the forecast high temperature for Thursday is 10 degrees, with a wind chill factor of -15. And in New York City, where the wind chill was -12 Wednesday morning, there were 111/2 inches of sludge on the ground, following a mammoth snowstorm that also dumped more than 15 inches on New Jersey.
Meanwhile, at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, every weekend in January has looked like spring break, with people in shorts and tank tops crowding onto double the usual number of rides open this month. "It definitely feels more like a weekend in May," said Boardwalk spokesman Chris Reyes. "It's hard to remember sometimes it's really January."
The worse the weather gets for the rest of the country, the better it seems to get here -- although it's probably not a good idea to say "better" to a Central Valley farmer whose crops are wilting in the fields. A color-coded precipitation map that uses red to highlight areas suffering drought was released recently by climatologists at the University of Nebraska, and for once in its tree-hugging, latte-loving life, California was one of the biggest, reddest states in the country. People may be riding the Giant Dipper in Santa Cruz, but they don't need one for the rain barrel in Fresno.
In Oakland, Eddie Ortega tries to remain respectfully subdued about the drought that has caused his exterior house painting business, Charmed Painting, to live up to its name. During what is customarily his slowest month, he said he has been getting the same volume of work that he would normally only get during peak summer months. And Ortega feels guilty about that -- "up to a point," he said. "Unfortunately, we need the rain."
This is the classic California Precipitation Genuflect, which is typically performed in open toe shoes -- preferably flip-flops. But Ortega can only maintain his gloomy mien for so long, then a sunny disposition breaks through the clouds. "Business is business," he said, "and it's not like they're rationing water in the cities yet. We've got two exteriors finishing up this week, and we've got two more for next week. This season has been fantastic for us. We're thrilled."
Even at the National Weather Service in Monterey, the forecasters have experienced some difficulty maintaining the party line about how badly we need rain. "Some people are really happy about it," said meteorologist Austin Cross, "especially people pouring concrete or fixing roofs. For them, you couldn't have a better January." Cross was planning to have his home painted in June. "But now it's like, why wait?" he said. "Let's do it now."
"How is it our fault that we don't have rain?" asked Nicole Selves of Campbell. She said she was "sad" about the drought and all, but that hasn't stopped her from going to the beach on her days off. "It's still too cold for me to go in the water," she said. "But I've got a tan."
Charlene Kim complained Tuesday that her Campbell home "has been a little chilly" lately, which would put her among the rare minority of California dwellers not calling friends and relations in snowier parts of the country to gloat about how warm it's been here. And it has.
The Bay Area is headed for the warmest January on record if current temperatures continue, according to meteorologist Jan Null of Golden Gate Weather Services. The average maximum temperature in San Jose this month is 65.6 degrees, which would shatter the old record by 7.5 degrees. San Francisco has been equally toasty. "We love to share that with our friends back East," confided Null, who also noted that our balmy weather -- caused by a freakish ridge of high pressure -- actually is causing the mess the rest of the country is experiencing.
"When we get a ridge, they have a trough," he explained. "When we have good weather, they're going to have bad weather." We are the yin to their yang, with highs in Oakland and San Jose expected to climb through the rest of the week, reaching the low 70s by Sunday.
Hellooooooooo, Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The weather out here is delightful. And we feel just awful about it. Hahahahaha.
Contact Bruce Newman at 408-920-5004. Follow him at twitter.com/BruceNewmanTwit.


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Dr. Donald E. Sullivan was called to heaven on Saturday, July 7. Don was born on May 7, 1928, in Richmond, California, the oldest of five children born to Edward J. and Mae C. Sullivan. He attended schools in the Bay Area and Bellarmine Prep in San Jose. He was also awarded Eagle Scout honors in 1947. In 1949 he graduated from Santa Clara University as a premed student and earned his medical degree in 1954 from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
In 1951 he married his sweetheart, Loretta Joan Weaver. Together they worked at Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska. He then joined the US Navy Medical Corps and attended the Naval School of Aviation Medicine as a Flight Surgeon in 1955, receiving several commendations and medals during his service and being discharged as a Lt. Senior Grade in October 1957.
In 1957, Don and Joan moved to Yuba City where he was hired as a county physician at Sutter County Hospital. In 1958 he opened his first family medical practice in Live Oak, and in 1964 he opened his medical practice in Gridley, where wife Joan and later daughter Laurie, both nurses, assisted him. During this time he served as Chief of Staff for the Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital for several terms, medical director for Valley Oaks Health Care Center, visiting physician for the Leo Chesney Correctional Facility in Live Oak and medical director for the Hovlid Center at Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital. He was also a lifetime member of the American Academy of Family Practice.
As a family practitioner, Don loved and cared for generations of families in the Gridley-Biggs-Live Oak area for over 52 years. At the time of his retirement, the hospital foundation honored Don by naming Gridley's medical clinic The Donald E. Sullivan, M.D. Medical Specialty Center.
Don also served the community through volunteer work, including providing Pop Warner football physicals, serving as a team physician for the Gridley High School football team, and conducting polio vaccination clinics. He was a lifetime member of the Gridley Rotary Club and a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Gridley Moose Lodge. Because of his dedication to the community, in 1982 he was awarded the Chamber of Commerce's Man of the Year Award and received the Chamber's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.
Don is survived by the love of his life and wife of 60 years, Joan, two sons, Ed, of Folsom, Bill (Tina), of Gridley, and two daughters, Kathy (John) McHenry, of Sparks, Nevada, and Laurie, of Gridley, four grandchildren, Maycee Sullivan and John, Matt and Kyle McHenry, as well as four great-grandchildren, Sadye, John, Micky and Jackson. He is also survived by his brother, Terence (Ann) Sullivan, and sister, Mary Sullivan Prolo (Jeff), and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, sister Loretta McClellan, and brother, Richard Sullivan.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Gridley-Block Funeral Chapel, in Gridley. The funeral mass was held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Thursday, July 12, and the burial was held at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery. A celebration was held at the Moose Lodge after the burial ceremony.
Page 2 of 2 - In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Biggs-Gridley Hospital Foundation, Rotary Foundation, the Moose Lodge, or a charity of your choice.
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This product is part of Icons' exclusive UEFA Champions League signed memorabilia range, officially licensed by UEFA.
This stunning photo was personally signed by Cristiano Ronaldo in an exclusive signing session organised and carried out by Icons in Madrid on February 8th, 2012.
It shows Ronaldo's spectacular headed goal against Chelsea in the 2008 Champions League final in Moscow, when United overcame the Blues in a penalty shoot-out to become European champions for the third time.
Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid for 80m in 2009, but will forever be remembered and loved by United fans for all he achieved at Old Trafford.
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Iditarod runner-up seeks to become first woman champ in 23 years
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And it is, it is, a glorious thing to be a Pirate King (1)
Piracy, and pirates, can conjure a variety of images. One picture it may bring to mind is that of a "Captain Sparrow" type figure buckling his swash in the remoter corners of the 17th century Caribbean, escaping certain death with a flair and style that guarantees nominations at film festivals and a sizable profit at the box office (2). Then there is another picture of a teenage geek in his bedroom copying a DVD of the above story onto another one for his friends. It is interesting to me the Walt Disney glorifies the former, who in reality were ruthless murderers and killers with no thought of their victims, while condemning the latter, whose actions have not yet been proved to hurt anyone and could well improve Walt Disney's profits through greater exposure.
The pirates I would like to talk about are not "outlaws", in the same way that privateers were not outlaws in the olden Caribbean. They are the litigation firms that scour the IT industry to extort money using the weapon of inappropriately granted patents...
The cause of my outburst on this is FireStar's Patent Infringement Suit against Red Hat. I have examined the technology involved as a programmer, and, as far as I can understand it, there is nothing new there. I have been using automatically generated objects to access database schema and manipulate data for at least a decade, probably a lot more, certainly long before the 1998 date of the patent. FireStar may well have created there own implementation of this concept, but they were certainly not the first ones to do so. However, they managed to convince the USPTO into giving them a piece of paper they claim grants them exclusivity on the idea, which, as I understand it, if you pay the correct lawyer the correct money, is not hard to do even if you didn't invent anything.
The patent system, especially in the United States, is a mess. There are those in the various legislatures and institutions of the US who are trying to sort things out, but the necessary progress seems to be moving at the lightning speed of a glacier, and like some of the real ones, may well be melted into nothing before anyone takes notice. The problem seems to be that the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Lawyers make money by people using them, and they appear to have manipulated the situation in the US to the point where, in order for your software company to thrive, you need to employ lawyers to prevent a FireStar type company firing their cannons at you, boarding your ship, taking your treasure and sinking you.
These IP Pirate (or Privateer if you don't like the word) companies seem to be be largely legally based. This is not surprising since it is the law that is manipulated and used to extort, and as such seems to enjoy a perverse respectability. However, so did the Atlantic Slave Traders when they were around, and that certainly didn't make them right. They are increasing in numbers too. Intellectual Vectors, founded by ex-Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold, is one of these. There are many more. Moths fly to the light, pirates sail where there are rich pickings.
There is an answer to the IP pirates' problem, or rather the problem the IP pirates create for everyone else, and it is remarkably similar to the solution to the Caribbean Pirate problem of the 18th century. I am a European, and therefore I live in Europe (unsurprisingly). Here we have yet to embrace software patents in the same way as the US, and I believe we are richer for that. There is effort by some to try and go down the US path, but thankfully they have been unsuccessful to date, and hopefully will continue to be so in the future. I do not believe the FireStar shenanigans with Red Hat would have happened here. Also, as mentioned before, moves are in progress in the US to change the laws and procedures around Software Patents, and my pessimism on this may be misplaced as that concept seems to be gaining in popularity, and the non-sensibility of the current situation is coming to the fore more and more.
The old Caribbean Pirates needed friendly seas to sail in. The way they were defeated was to deny them of these. The same idea applies to the modern IP pirates.
- "Pirate King" quote comes frm Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance operaetta
- "Pirate of the Caribbean" films are a series of swash-buckling fantasy films produced by Walt Disney
It used to be OK to copy
The sad thing is that when I was younger it used to be OK to copy things.
In fact, I think most of these laws are still on the books. They say you can make another copy of a work that you own as long as you don't sell it.
I think that it's weird that we have laws that prevent us from sharing.
It's human nature to share. And laws that defy human nature usually fall in the end, but how long it will take before that end comes when so many people are throwing so much money at the laws, it is hard to say.
The truth is, that most of the media laws in the US are protecting the middle man. Musicians and software programmers themselves are not becoming rich on these laws. It is the companies that own the rights, the ones that say that everyone needs them and their lawyers or they will lose everything.
Free licences and the internet are making some strides to bring the end-user and the creater of a work together, but the middlemen have already begun the attack to stop the internet.
I fear that this may get worse before it gets better.
It still is for most people
The sad thing is that when I was younger it used to be OK to copy things.
In fact, I think most of these laws are still on the books. They say you can make another copy of a work that you own as long as you don't sell it.
Was that ever really a statute? I don't think it was in the UK at least. Fair usage always allowed you to make backup copies and I always assumed that people just took it for granted that they were allowed to "lend" those backup copies to friends - again provided they weren't selling it. It always seeemed to me that it was a case of the copyright owners turning ablind eye because they had no way to realistically track or stop you. Now with DRM they see a way to do what they've always wanted - impinge on fair usage/user rights to make even more profit.
The truth is, that most of the media laws in the US are protecting the middle man. Musicians and software programmers themselves are not becoming rich on these laws. It is the companies that own the rights, the ones that say that everyone needs them and their lawyers or they will lose everything.
Ain't that the truth! For too long the publishers have been making too much money off the back of (and in the same process controlling) artists and now they're worried because artists are figuring out ways to use digital formats to stop that.
The thing is, I think that in the eyes of the public it still is okay to copy for your friends and the music industry only have themselves to blame for it.
When they gave us the compact cassette they gave us - for the first time - a cheap and accessible means to copy material ourselves. Of course we grabbed this chance as it suited our needs and still does. Because the industry then gave us the recordable CD and the MP3 they have given the view that copying onto these is still okay.
People are thus still in the mindset that says it's okay to copy a CD and use the copy in the car (to keep your original safe), the public is still generally in the mindset that it's okay to make a copy of a piece of music and give it to your friend because she can't afford (or be bothered) to buy her own. This is why the entertainment publishing industry has had to "educate" (read hoodwink) the punters so much.
What all their education is doing is saying to their "valued" customers, "Look we used to trust you and now we don't." and eventually the customers will revolt.
At least I hope they are. In the meantime we advocates of freedom need to keep countering the spin of the fat-cats and hope it sticks.


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The systematic approach for CPP selection and use discussed in this article was developed in line with the International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) Q8, Q9, Q10, and Q11 guidelines, which recommend quality risk management and the identification of CPPs as part of drug quality and process control development (1–4).
Specifically, ICH Q8(R2) Section 2.5 on Control Strategy (1), states:
"…. These controls should be based on product, formulation and process understanding and should include, at a minimum, control of the critical process parameters and material attributes…. A comprehensive pharmaceutical development approach will generate process and product understanding and identify sources of variability. Sources of variability that can impact product quality should be identified, appropriately understood, and subsequently controlled. Understanding sources of variability and their impact on downstream processes or processing, in-process materials, and drug product quality can provide an opportunity to shift controls upstream and minimize the need for end product testing. Product and process understanding, in combination with quality risk management (see ICH Q9), will support the control of the process such that the variability (e.g., of raw materials) can be compensated for in an adaptable manner to deliver consistent product quality."CPP selection has traditionally been difficult because of a lack of a systematic approach to the problem. CPPs can be found in media, upstream and downstream unit operations, and drug-product processing. Due to the large number of unit operations and media complexity, it is easy to overlook processing parameters and materials that may impact drug-substance and drug-product variation and CQAs. Failure to identify critical parameters can result in unexplainable variation during batch processing and lot acceptance.
Selecting CPPs
The key steps to selecting CPPs and their application to process control are as follows:
These steps are considered in detail below.
CQA identification. CQAs are those attributes that are important to the quality of the drug product and that remain consistent with those used in clinical studies. The industry generally associates them with ICH parameters, such as identity, purity, potency, stability, and safety. CQAs provide the justification and rationale of what is critical to function and what ultimately needs to be controlled to assure compliance and fit for use. CQAs are the foundation upon which the CPPs must be associated. Line-of-site between CPPs and CQAs is considered a major component of the drug-development strategy.
Ingredient, materials, and container closure. Key parameters and analytical methods that measure the attributes of the API, excipients, key materials, and packaging/container closure must be examined using a quality risk-management (QRM) approach. This approach focuses on finding those attributes that will be crucial to maintaining the quality and stability of the drug substance and drug product. Key findings of this review will be added to the list of candidate process parameters that need to be controlled. Output of a QRM material assessment can help to generate candidate CPPs.
Unit operation process definition. Identification of all unit operations and their associated equipment sets and equipment capabilities in upstream and downstream processes are crucial when selecting those parameters that need to be controlled to assure potency and drug lot consistency. Small changes in time, temperature, pH, and other variables may result in changes to API characteristic, yield, and impurity profiles. Output of a QRM unit operation assessment will generate some candidate CPPs. Because biologics are extremely sensitive to processing, it is important that each unit operation is carefully evaluated for possible impacts to the large molecule and impurities.


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I had the same problem with the pipes. I thought the solution was 1.02 with another codec pack (K-Lite instead of CCCP), but as it seems, the problem was the Sunbelt firewall.
I already have several problems with this piece of software. It's a shame they ask so much money for that.


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Stressed Out? Here's Your New Workout
When you're stressed, the last thing you want to do is exercise. But these 11 easy moves will help you feel better fast
Don't get us wrong, we're not ones to judge. We've made these excuses too. But after talking to top trainers from around the country, we've decided it's time to put the skids on the lame-o justifications for not working out. Why? Because these trainers clued us in to the fact that it's seriously easy to create an at-home gym that'll help you look and feel better almost immediately.
"It's much easier than you might think to train your body effectively at home," says Ky Evans, head trainer at The Studio (MDR), an SPX Pilates studio in Los Angeles. Even better, not only will these moves help you tone up quickly, but they can also help ease chronic pain, fatigue, and stress. "Too often, we stay sedentary when we're stressed -- or we think of pain as a reason not to work out," says Evans. "These moves will help you feel energized -- and they'll make your aches and pains go away."
Enter this cheat sheet of simple exercises that use things everyone's got laying around the house. Grab 'em all and you can create a home workout that'll get your heart pumping and muscles working. Even better, the moves are so much fun, you might actually look forward to doing them.
Another bonus: This at-home gym "equipment" is portable, which means we're really doing a number on your cache of I-don't-want-to-workout excuses. "You can do these moves anywhere -- in your hotel room, at the beach, when you're camping, anywhere," says Evans.
So what are you waiting for? Read on for the kick in the yoga pants you've been looking for.
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Thanks for the info
by EricaF123 Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 04:20PM Report as inappropriate
I thought some of these exercises were interesting.
by Sari Monday, January 7, 2013 at 09:26PM Report as inappropriate
I dont own a skateboard
by kimihavens Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 08:53AM Report as inappropriate
very interesting....
by Chris213 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 07:22PM Report as inappropriate
These tips do away with the I can't exercise excuse!
by robyne00 Friday, September 21, 2012 at 11:36AM Report as inappropriate
I felt like a new person after this work-out!
by alictasia Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 10:02AM Report as inappropriate
These look like good techniques.
by andyv1217 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 09:47PM Report as inappropriate
love the beach towel roller abs, I often hurt my neck doing situps!
by sportimonki13 Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 07:18PM Report as inappropriate
where my comment go? :( I hate it when my comment doesn't show up.
by MissXu Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 08:52AM Report as inappropriate
Great tips, I will try some of these. :)
by yestfl Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 10:04PM Report as inappropriate
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team put together a late surge but it wasn't enough as Indiana sealed a 58-47 victory Monday night at the American Bank Center. Senior Alisa Roberts tallied a season-high 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and junior Jessica Jammer tied her career-high with 11 rebounds.
The Islanders (0-4) outscored the Hoosiers (3-1) 28-25 in the second half but Indiana capitalized on 19 second-chance points and five three's in the first half to push ahead. The Hoosiers were paced by Aulani Sinclair's 23 points, including 5-of-8 from behind the arc.
The Islanders jumped out to an early 4-0 lead before Indiana got on board with back-to-back treys to take a 6-4 lead with 16 minutes to play. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi took the lead back over with a free throw from Janae Blount and a jumper by Morgan Schwartz. The two traded baskets before Indiana took the lead back over at the 11:48 mark with two free throws. Roberts answered with the Islanders' first trey of the game but the Hoosiers' Sinclair triggered her third three of the half to give Indiana the lead for good with 10:46 to play. After trading buckets, Sinclair hit another trey to push the Hoosiers' ahead by four.
Ashley Darley hit a jumper to trim the lead to two before Indiana went on an 11-0 run to extend the lead to 13 with 2:34 to play. After a six-minute dry spell without a basket, Sarah Alva scored her first points of the season with a jumper, but the Hoosiers pushed the lead to 13 with 1:42 to play. Roberts tallied a free throw before Sinclair hit a jumper with 26 seconds to play.
Indiana took a 33-19 lead into the locker room on a 15-3 run. Roberts paced the Islanders with eight points and Jammer led the boards with four. The Islanders shot 35 percent to the Hoosiers' 40.7 percent and outscored Indiana's bench 12-6. Sinclair led the Hoosiers with 16 points, including 4-of-5 from behind the arc. Indiana scored 13 points off the Islanders' 16 first-half turnovers and tallied 15 second-chance points. The first half featured seven lead changes.
The Hoosiers opened the second half with a jumper before the two teams traded baskets at the charity stripe. Roberts followed with the Islanders' first field goal of the second half before the two teams hit back-to-back buckets. After Indiana pushed ahead by 18 with consecutive layups, Darley got on board with her first points of the second half with a put back at the 12:32 mark. After both teams scored at the free-throw line, Indiana's Sasha Chaplin hit a layup and Roberts answered with a lay in for the Islanders. The teams traded baskets before the Islanders went on a mini 4-0 run with layups by Jammer and Brandi Huff to cut the lead to 14 with 7:16 to play.
Indiana answered with a 5-0 run to push the lead back to 19 with 5:15 to play. After trading free throws, the Islanders put together an 8-0 run jumpstarted by Marquesha Anderson-Sparks' two points at the charity stripe. Blount followed with back-to-back treys to pull the Islanders within 11, but it wasn't enough as time expired.
The Islanders will travel to Boulder, Colo. for the 26th Annual Omni Hotels Classic, hosted by Colorado. The Islanders will take on Colorado on Friday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. MST and will play the winner/loser of the Auburn and San Diego State game on Saturday, Nov. 24, either at 5 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. MST.
For the latest on Islanders Women's Basketball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Womens Basketball), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersWBB) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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After what was the toughest week of soccer so far this season, the Lady Wildcats only managed a tie against Hardin Valley Academy and a very tough loss against Farragut.
Last Thursday, the Lady 'Cats faced a determined and undefeated HVA, which gave ORHS all it could handle. In the end, the match ended in a 0-0 tie. Though HVA outshot the Lady 'Cats, the defense held on tight and kept HVA from scoring.
Tuesday night, Oak Ridge faced state semi-finalist Farragut in a game the Lady Wildcats have been looking forward to since the start of the season. Oak Ridge has always had a very hard time against Farragut, who has ended on the winning side for the last two years.
Unfortunately, this year was no different, as Oak Ridge was dominated in all facets of the game by a more aggressive, athletic and skillful team. The final score — 6-0.
It's important to mention both of these games were nondistrict matches. Oak Ridge is still on top of its district with one district match left. Matches like the ones against HVA and Farragut present an excellent opportunity for the Lady 'Cats to see the kind of competition they will be facing at state competition should they make it there — as they hope they will.
Next on the schedule is a nondistrict tournament this weekend in Nashville.
Local playing will resume next week against Central. That would be the last district match of the regular season for the Lady Wildcats.
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The lunchtime crowd in downtown St. Paul will get a taste of what's in store at the 40th annual "Back to the Fifties" Weekend.
More than a dozen street rods will rev their way to Mears Park on Thursday.
The event is free and open to the public. There will be games, live music and hula hoops to help kick off this weekend's classic car extravaganza.
Nearly 12,000 classic cars, customs and street rods will be on display at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Friday through Sunday. All cars are dated 1964 and older.
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This show is important to me casue it was right after I had been busted for pot at my college. That's why I loved Stash so much I must thank the other reviewer of this show for requesting that song. This was the first Tweezer for me and it rocked. Really fun jam and I was blown away when they did the reprise cause I had no idea they did that. Great way to close the second set.
Harry Hood was a blast and the Mike's Song>H2O>Weekapaug was fun especially for the strobes and smoke. I loved how Trey would swing his guitar around in the during the strobe lights and make such weird sounds. I have to admit I miss the small venues for this band cause some of their antics just don't come across as surreal on a large stage. A great realease after a terrible Halloween where my college career was in turmoil. D'OH!!!!


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Traffic was diverted off the U.S. 29 north ramp to Wendover Avenue east Thursday due to a tractor-trailer crash.
The crash was reported around 1 p.m., though the lanes didn't reopen until a little after 7 p.m. Crews cleaned up a minor spill at the crash scene, Greensboro police said.
The closure began at the intersection with Tucker Street. Drivers who wished to access Wendover Avenue east were detoured to East Bessemer Avenue.


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Dr. Fay Perry Greene, 94, a longtime resident and physician/surgeon in the Parkersburg and Marietta areas, passed away on Oct. 27, 2012, at his home of 10 years in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, with his daughters and son, Sandra, Laura, and John at his side. His children, granddaughters and son-in-law cared for him during his illness, as he left his family with love, grace, and humor even in his final days. He was the husband of Genevieve Daves Greene (1924-1999), a well known musician in the area and composer of "Eden on the River," the historical musical drama about Harmon & Margaret Blennerhassett and Aaron Burr.
Dr. Greene was born on March 17, 1918 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, to Fay Perry Greene Sr. and Edith Mary Riley. Thus began a life filled with adventure, exploration, commitment, fortitude, accomplishment and caring. He felt honored to meet the legions of people who crossed his path from every walk of life, including his many patients and a few of his own personal heroes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warner Von Braun, and Dr. Christiaan Barnard. An only child, he held a lifelong interest in his ancestry of early colonial American families and their lives, including the Greenes of Rhode Island, and Fays of Massachusetts (for whom he and his father were named).
As a young boy in the 1920s, his family left Olean to move to Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas so his father could work in the oil fields. Dr. Greene graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield in Physics and won admission to the medical schools of Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Columbia Universities, choosing the latter for their generous scholarship and graduating in 1942. Along with scholarships, he put himself through both college and medical school by mowing lawns and waiting on tables. He then served in the United States Army Air Force in WWII during which he married Genevieve Faith Daves ("Judy"), the daughter of Emma Florence Snyder and John Chesley Daves of Winfield, Kan., on May 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. He subsequently completed his residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and his Surgical Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, and began his private practice in East Hampton, New York. In 1952 he moved with his family to Parkersburg to establish a longtime surgical career in the area of over 50 years, and in 1957 he purchased "Little Run Farm" in Williamstown, the replica of the home of Harmon and Margaret Blennerhassett.
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Performing over 30,000 surgeries throughout his medical practice, his dedication to his patients was often reflected in accepting eggs or other such commodities in lieu of payment, making house calls, and leaving the dinner table just after arriving home to return to the hospital to tend to an emergency. His days were long, and sleep was often elusive, but he always remembered his Depression-era roots, encouraging his staff to accommodate any patient's inability to pay for his services. The nurses who worked with him referred to him as "Peaches," telling his family the name was apt because he was such a peach to work with. In addition, he ran two farms, sometimes climbing the large silo by himself in the dead of winter to dig out the frozen silage for his cattle. In addition to his numerous community activities, he served as surgeon to the B&O Railroad, chairman of the Federal Appeal Board of the Selective Service System for WV, president of the Parkersburg Medical Society, president of Blue Cross, and chief of staff of St. Joseph's Hospital. He was a surgical consultant to the country of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, where he and Genevieve had their second home.
He and Genevieve (Judy) were fascinated by the story of the Blennerhassetts and Aaron Burr, and upon his retirement from medical practice in the late 1970s, he embarked on his second career when he was named by Governor John Rockefeller as chairman of the commission to establish West Virginia's Blennerhassett Historical State Park. Many people joined him in bringing Blennerhassett Island back to its past, reflecting an important time in early American history.
Ever the renaissance man in a perpetual state of learning about almost every topic, he was a teacher, humanitarian, pilot, athlete, world traveler, builder, and computer aficionado who taught himself to operate a computer at age 76. An early adopter, he was thrilled with the continuous development of new technology throughout his lifetime, from early radio to color TV to the Ipad.
He is survived by his three children and their respective spouses: Sandra L. Stevenson of Ottawa, Canada, John F. Greene (Margie Greene) of Paris, Ky., Laura G. Greene (Scott Hardtman) of Carlsbad, Calif.; eight grandchildren: William Sealey, Damon Stevenson, Darian Stevenson, Bryan Williams, Jeffrey Greene, Kari Greene, Lauren Hardtman, and Dayna Hardtman; and six great-grandchildren.
Dr. Greene was a remarkable man, friend, father, and grandfather, who dedicated his life to his family, patients, and community. He requested that no funeral service be held, and a family memorial will be held at a later date. The family asks that those wishing to make contributions in his name consider the Blennerhassett Historical Foundation, the Friends of the Blennerhassetts, or the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. Dr. Greene's family has gathered his memoirs during the past 10 years, and invites friends and family to forward their own memories and stories to firstname.lastname@example.com so his future descendants may know more about their ancestor, in keeping with his own tradition.
While his many accomplishments, awards and accolades reflect a full life well lived and a man well loved, Dr. Greene described his greatest accomplishment as "marrying my wife Genevieve and raising three wonderful children." But if one is to measure a life by the number of people touched, then his life is without a doubt immeasurable.


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1. The city of Dresden was subject to two fierce attacks by British bombers on the night of 13/14 February 1945, followed the next day by two further attacks by American bombers. The attacks are rightly seen as the high point of the strategic air war in Europe. Ill chance played a role in sealing Dresden's fate. The head of the RAF's Bomber Command, Arthur Harris, anticipating the complications that such a long-range attack would probably entail, sent double the number of planes in the second wave of the attack. Dresden itself was ill-prepared for the attack. Flak batteries had been removed to the Eastern front and Dresden citizens had the illusion that their city would escape the fate of so many other German towns. German defence fighters remained grounded and the first attacking wave had unusually good weather, so that marking the target was achieved without hindrance.
2. Dresden was an important centre for administration, communications, and transport. After Berlin and Leipzig it was the largest city behind the eastern front, a military installation with garrisons and troops. Dresden's industries were fully integrated into the structure of armaments manufacture.1 Yet these war industries, although cited as a justification for the raid, were not even targeted. Instead, the British attacked the maze of timbered buildings which made up the historic heart of Dresden and which were so easy to ignite. In proportion to the stated aim of crippling Dresden as a transportation point, the attack was grotesquely large. Industrial production, although damaged, was not crippled, and even the main railway line remained severed for only four days.
3. The resulting firestorm blazed in the centre of a city clotted with refugees fleeing the encroaching Russian army. Fifteen square kilometres of Dresden were destroyed. The death-roll, whatever its final figure, was substantial. This, and the destruction of the historic heart one of Germany's finest cultural treasures, became the Focal Point of impassioned post-war debate about the respective crimes of the Allies and the Axis. It has proven hard to disentangle the strategic merits or limitations of Allied bombing from the ethical implications. Opinions have been divided between those who have seen the British bombing campaign as in some way as effective and therefore justifiable,2 and those who have condemned it not merely as ineffective but as calculated 'terror'.3
4. The conclusion reached by most historians is that Dresden was bombed in an effort to kill German morale and damage beyond repair the German people's will to resist the invading Allied armies on the Eastern and Western fronts. The Soviet advance westward was to be aided by disrupting the German rail network and fouling the transport arteries with refugees.4 As with Hiroshima and Nagasaki an effort may well have been made to impress and intimidate the Soviet Union with Anglo-American air power.5 None of this, however, has succeeded in arguing away the impassioned moral debate which still surrounds the events of 13-14 February 1945.
1. Rudolf Förster, 'Dresden', in Marlene P. Hiller, Eberhard Jäckel and Jürgen Rohwer (eds.) Städte im 2. Weltkrieg. Ein internationaler Vergleich, (Essen, 1991), pp. 299-315, pp. 302-5.
2. Most commonly official air-force historians or historians close to them in their sympathies. For example C. Webster and N. Frankland, The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 4 vols. (London. 1961); Richard Overy, Why the Allies Won (London, 1995), chapter 4.
3. For instance Geoffrey Best, Humanity n Warfare. The Modern History of the International Law of Armed Conflicts (Bristol, 1983), 2nd. ed., pp. 262-285; Reiner Pommerin, 'Zur Einsicht bomben? Die Zerstörung Dresdens in der Luftkrieg-Strategie des Zweiten Weltkriegs' in Reiner Pommerin (ed.), Dresden unterem Hakenkreuz (Cologne, 1998), pp. 227-245.
4. Overy, pp. 106 and 132; Best, p. 268; Pommerin, pp. 241-3.
5. Michael S. Sherry, The Rise of American Air Power. The Creation of Armageddon (New Haven/London, 1987), pp. 260-61.
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The Governor's Office of Film and Television will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m. today in Portland, and Southern Oregon University's Meese Auditorium will host a live telecast of the event.
Doors to the telecast open at 5:30 p.m. It is open to everyone.
Gov. John Kitzhaber, Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, film producers Dean Devlin and Gus Van Sant, and Carrie Brownstein from the TV show "Portlandia" will be at the meeting.
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RingTV.com readers overwhelmingly voted Gary Russell Jr. the Prospect of the Year for 2011, recognizing the 23-year-old featherweight's considerable ability and also affirming the perks of having the right connections in boxing.
Russell (19-0, 11 knockouts) isn't as battle tested as some of the other candidates in this year's readers's choice poll but the ultra-fast southpaw received more than half the votes.
The Washington, D.C. native, who practically lapped the field with 55.8 percent of the vote, was still fighting in six-round bouts at the start of the year and has yet to fight past the eight-round distance.
By contrast, heavyweight hopeful Tyson Fury, a distant second with 18 percent, proved his mettle by outpointing fellow British prospect Dereck Chisora over the 12-round distance in July.
Junior welterweight standout Jessie Vargas, who outworked dangerous fringe contender Josesito Lopez in a heated 10-round scrap in September, was third with 11.1 percent.
The "also rans" Logan McGuinness (8.4), Demetrius Andrade (5.5), and Javier Fortuna (1.2) were also tested in tough 10-round bouts.
However, Russell was the young up-and-comer on the minds of most fans by the end of the year for a few reasons.
For starters Russell, who fought six times in 2011 (often on the undercards of major fights thanks to his relationship with Golden Boy Promotions), was busy.
And beginning with the highlights of his eight-round unanimous decision over once-beaten Eric Estrada that were shown during the Amir Khan-Zab Judah broadcast in July, Russell appeared on HBO.
His eight-round unanimous decision over Leonilo Miranda was the co-featured bout to the Jan Zaveck-Andre Berto welterweight title bout on Sept. 3. It was a rarity for HBO to broadcast a bout scheduled for only eight rounds, and most fans and media believe it wouldn't have happened without the influence of Russell's powerful manager Al Haymon.
Still, it's clear that Russell is gifted with the kind of elite-level talent that the subscription cable network wants to showcase.
An amateur star who won numerous national titles before making the 2008 U.S. Olympic squad, Russell possesses phenominal speed, good power and solid overall technique. He's smart and economical with his punches, but he knows how to close the show when he hurts his opponents.
Russell blinds them with his lightening-fast jab. He weakens them with his body attack. And he has the ability to turn most fighters' lights out with his arrow-straight left and his compact right hook, the punch responcible for starching late-sub Heriberto Ruiz in November.
The first-round KO of Ruiz was a taped highlight shown in its entirety during HBO's Saul Alvarez-Kermit Cintron/Adrien Broner-Martin Rodriguez broadcast. Some fans were awed by the chilling one-punch stoppage, others were disgusted that a knockout of a bona-fide journeyman was televised.
They and many members of the boxing media want to know when Russell will step up his opposition, which in a way is a compliment to the speed merchant.
Ruiz is indeed a journeyman, but he's no chump. Only current WBA 122-pound titleholder Rico Ramos has blown him out in recent years. Ruiz outpointed Rey Bautista in 2008 and was competitive with the Filipino fringe contender during their rematch in June. He also gave former two-time 122-pound beltholder Steve Molitor fits in 12-round split decision loss in 2009.
Miranda, a 29-year-old veteran who had scored 30 stoppages in 32 vicotries against only three losses, was coming off a heated10-round split-decision loss to undefeated Cuban amateur star Luis Franco when he fought Russell.
Still, fans want more. Maybe they will get more when Russell makes his Showtime debut on the undercard of the Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto rematch on Feb. 11. If not, they will at some point in 2012.
The featherweight division is a deep one and Russell knows he has to beat better competition if he wants to be more than a just a prospect.
Today's RingTV.com readers' choice year-end awards poll category is "Comeback of the Year." Go to the poll section on the right side of the homepage to cast your vote now.


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I love being a dad. Knowing there are people who get excited to just see you come home at the end of the day (at least during those pre-teen years) makes all of the other stuff seem trivial. As the dad of seven kids, I am stretched at times to ensure each of them gets the kind of attention they need and deserve, and I know I fall short on far too many occasions. Alexander Imich, who was the oldest man in the world until his passing over the weekend, attributed his longevity to many things. One of those things was the fact that he had no kids. Honestly, I am not sure I would want to live to be 111 if I was not able to be around my Naomi, Caleb, Mimi, Amos, Anna, Martha and Gideon. Being a dad means providing sage advice on a regular basis that can help guide your children as they grow into adults, but to be honest there are times when I learn just as much from being around them as they might by hearing from me. There are two valuable characteristics I have gained over the past 20 years of being a dad – patience and humility. Honestly, it is most often the youngest of the children who provide the best context for both. Reading through the same book 47 times in a row on a Saturday night teaches patience. A four-year-old girl whose tact has not yet developed definitely can be very humbling. Being told just how many gray hairs you have in the hair remaining on your head demonstrates there are times when patience wears thin. Watching your child do homework, especially in math, knowing there is no way you could ever understand it can be humbling. (Thankfully, there are others who can help them.) I know there were plenty of times when I tested the patience of my own dad growing up, and I am confident there are times when I still do. I had the chance to be in a vehicle with my dad for more than 40 hours as we traveled to El Paso recently, and it was nice to be able to connect with him in a way I have not been able to in a very long time. I have a great dad. He has a very humble spirit and has taught me so many lessons over the years. As our father-son relationship continues I know that is going to keep happening. I just hope I can have that same kind of relationship with my progeny over time. This Sunday is Father's Day, and I want to encourage everyone to take the time to celebrate the dad in your life. I know not everyone's dad is around anymore, but even if you are not able to be with your dad during the day, I would encourage you to just spend some time thinking about all of the sacrifices he made for you. If your dad is alive, be sure to spend some time with him. If he is too far away for face to face interaction, make sure you give him a call, and do not make it a collect call. (Did you know more collect calls are made on Father's Day than any other day of the year?) To all of you dads out there I want to encourage you to just keep trying to be the best you can be. We all are going to make mistakes along the way. Be involved in the lives of your children. They need you, even when it seems they have no interest in what you have to say. In reality they are still relying on you to be that lighthouse in their lives that helps point them to safety, security and hope.
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Pumpkin Town!
by Katie McKy Illustrated by Pablo Bernasconi
One pumpkin makes a tasty pie. Two pumpkins can be carved into grinning jack-o'-lanterns, and a couple hundred more make for a decent pumpkin patch. Gather one thousand pumpkins and you'll have a grand fall festival.
But what happens when a town has an accidental abundance of pumpkins?
What do Jose and his brothers do with a mountain of pumpkins? An EXPLOSION of pumpkins? Step into Pumpkin Town and see!
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is tagging the new double bill of exhibits that fill its fourth floor "Two Artists/Two Coasts."
Museum director Neal Benezra has another capsule description: The two came of age when artists were "looking for a way forward" from Abstract Impressionism, which dominated American art after World War II. "Very important but very different artists," Benezra notes.
These two decidedly independent creative forces -- the oft-neglected Bay Area artist Jay DeFeo and the far better-known Jasper Johns -- have never fit exactly into anybody's categories.
DeFeo, whose monumental painting "The Rose" long eclipsed the rest of her career, was the Bay Area artist who taught at Mills College in Oakland for nearly a decade until her death in 1989. Johns, whose work startled New York in the 1950s and led the way to Pop art and Minimalism, is still painting at the age of 82.
"Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective" is exactly that: The hypnotic "Rose" is here, all 2,000 pounds of it, plus more than 130 other paintings, drawings, collages, constructions and even jewelry she crafted in the 1950s. This exploration of DeFeo's life and work, organized by New York's Whitney Museum, offers just what curator Dana Miller promises, "an astoundingly diverse range of works."
"Jasper Johns: Seeing With the Mind's Eye" does not include Johns' most iconic painting, the red-white-and-blue American "Flag" from 1955. But it does feature touchstones from a half century of his career, among them lithographed flags, targets, numbers, alphabets, lead sculptures, constructions and paintings from as recently as 2005. Most are from SFMOMA's own holdings or borrowed from Bay Area art collectors.
In their lives and work, DeFeo and Johns do show some common traits.
They refused to be labeled. DeFeo moved among San Francisco artists, writers and musicians in the 1950s but didn't consider herself part of the Beat scene. Although Johns used familiar, sometimes commercial objects as subjects, he rejected the Pop art label. "I decided to do only what I meant to do, and not what other people did," he said.
Throughout the two exhibits, on view through Feb. 3, DeFeo and Johns redefine what can make art.
A DeFeo construction from the 1960s is labeled with its contents: "trowel, shoe, newspaper, newsprint, American flag, paint remover can, Saint Christopher statue, string, paint." She used her dentures as the mysterious, floating subject of the painting, "Crescent Bridge." She once tore apart a painting-in-progress that wasn't going well; 15 years later, she mounted and framed one of the fragments.
Johns' celebrated work in wax-pigment encaustic is on display (in "White Numbers," 1959), along with pieces using the medium of sculpt-metal and lead relief and a construction including a plate, a mirror and a flashlight. There's also a notable painting from the 1950s, done in gray, as the label notes, "to avoid the distraction of emotion." It's simply called "Canvas."
For both artists, there's a sense of inventing and reinventing. If Johns' most influential "Flag" isn't on display, other images are, such as "Flags" (1967-68) with black-and-green stripes and black stars on an orange ground.
There's a target image, too, "Target With Four Faces" (1979), with the "faces" made up of the word "face" lettered four times. Johns' numbers are here in image after image: drawn, etched, lithographed, done in silver, gold and lead.
Johns includes personal elements -- which he avoided early in his career -- in the fresh, collagelike images of "The Seasons," a series of etchings from the 1980s on display. And his wit and irony come through in such works as the lead relief "The Critic Smiles," a stylized toothbrush with cast-gold teeth for bristles, and "Souvenir 2," with his own face superimposed in a circle, suggesting a Buster Keaton silent-movie still photo from "The Navigator."
Nine years ago, the Whitney Museum in New York organized the exhibit "Beside 'The Rose': Selected Works by Jay DeFeo." The idea was to introduce the artist's larger body of work, beyond that legendary, monumental painting, which itself had been rarely seen.
Now 100 more works are included in the Whitney's retrospective at SFMOMA -- in the city where DeFeo created "The Rose" and so much else.
DeFeo worked on "The Rose" for seven years in her studio on Fillmore Street, applying paint and chiseling away at it, sometimes scraping it all the way down to the canvas and starting again. When DeFeo was finished, "The Rose" was more than 11 feet high, as much as 11 inches deep, and it weighed about 1,800 pounds. A window had to be removed and a section of the wall cut out to get the painting out of the building.
After initial showings in Pasadena and San Francisco, deterioration of "The Rose" meant that it was covered and, eventually, hidden behind a temporary wall for nearly 20 years at the San Francisco Art Institute. Restored and resupported with a metal framework in the 1990s and owned by the Whitney, it was shown at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in 1996 and the Berkeley Art Museum in 1997-98.
Even though it is part of a comprehensive exhibit covering DeFeo's entire career, "The Rose" truly is a revelation, with radiating indentations from a central core, an earthiness suggesting prehistoric mystery and an almost palpable sense of exploding and contracting.
How DeFeo got to "The Rose" and managed, after a three-year hiatus, to get beyond it and continue painting, provides an enthralling journey for visitors to this retrospective. There are paintings from the early 1950s inspired by her fellowship in Italy after she graduated from UC Berkeley, among them a bold geometric from Florence. There are vivid photo-collages from later in the 1950s, and big, bold, earthy works in the spirit of "The Rose."
DeFeo remained an imaginative, inventive artist throughout her life, until her death from lung cancer at the age of 60 in Oakland. One of her works from the 1970s looks like it was torn from an ancient temple; in truth, it was a paint-on-paper image she'd stored under her bed for eight years.
DeFeo used many, many gum-erasers when she created drawings. Toss them away? Not at all. She shaped the erasers into sculptural objects, photographed them, and used them as models for another series of drawings.
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"Defenseman Brad Stuart was cleared to play by the Detroit Red Wings' medical staff and said he'll be in the lineup Thursday, when the Wings visit the Tampa Bay Lightning." (Freep)
Check out the big jaw on Brad. Our boy Stuart was killed, like legitimately murdered dead, by Tom Kostopoulos only five weeks ago. He somehow came back to life albeit with a broken jaw, and will be playing hockey again in two days. This shit never ceases to amaze me. If I ever break my jaw, I will either be bed-ridden for 10 months or simply commit suicide over not being able to eat jerky for that long. Speaking of suicide, the Freep also reports that Mike Modano is slated to return in 11 days after taking a blade to his wrist and missing three months.
While it wasn't a humongous slip, Stu's absence has helped us to a sparkling penalty kill of 79% in his wake (82% prior to his January 7th injury). And after all of the glum reports after Modano went down I am thrilled that he'll get back in the lineup before the beginning of March. Things are looking up, for the moment.


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Good player and he and Kompany's partnership were the key last season. Nastasic is an excellent player but the understanding with Kompany is just not the same. He is a very much left footed, LCB so doubt it would work with Agger. Isnt it funny how 2 right footed centre halves are fine but 2 left footers seem weird? My guess is he is going to Arsenal this summer with Vermaelen heading to the Nou Camp, great value though!


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Studying can be hard. It is often boring, tedious, and mind numbing. Lucky for us, music has been linked to increased function in the part of the brain that controls the attention span. With the right music, a student can vastly improve the efficiency of their studying.
That's right, you can actually accomplish more while listening to the right types of music than you would otherwise. It all comes down to the type of music and your ability to focus and multitask.
The type of music you listens to while studying is extremely important. For one, the music cannot be super familiar. If you try to study to your favorite country album or the latest Billboard Top 100, you won't be very successful because you will be focusing more on the music than on the studying.
The best type of music to listen to while studying is classical music. It has been shown to increase positive cognitive functions while simultaneously being non-attention grabbing. Why is classical music so good to listen to? Because it has no vocals. Words attract your attention just as movement attracts our vision. If you start listening to the lyrics of a song, you stop paying attention to the words the page. So if you need to get a couple hours of reading done, I suggest this playlist or any other classical music playlist (Pandora has some great ones; so does Spotify).
Focus and the ability to multitask play a large role in deciding whether or not you should even listen to music while your are studying. If you cannot adequately complete three or more tasks simultaneously, music may be a detriment to you simply because you will start to focus on it rather than the studying at hand. In the same sense, if you have serious problems bringing yourself to focus on the job at hand, bringing another thing into the picture could fracture your concentration. But, and this is a BIG but, music may also be the answer to the problems you are having. For instance, moderately fast music with no vocals, minimal drums and bass, and calm, relaxing tones will improve your ability to focus on your task rather than occupying your mind. Just don't blast the music, play it softly. In essence, this background music should be like elevator music, except classier.
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Laurel Goodwin (born 11 August 1942; age 74) portrayed Yeoman J.M. Colt in the first Star Trek pilot, "The Cage". As of 2016, she is the only surviving credited actor/actress from the episode.
Goodwin, like Kirstie Alley, was born in Wichita, Kansas. Unlike Alley, however, who had begun her career with proceeds from game-show winnings, Laurel began her career as a child model. She majored in drama at San Francisco State University, with her break coming when she was selected to star opposite Elvis Presley in the 1962 film Girls! Girls! Girls!. During the 1960s, Goodwin made three more feature films and performed in a handful of television guest star roles. Tired of "pounding the pavement," she abandoned acting in 1971. For many years she lived with her husband, business executive Walter Wood, in New York. Together they produced several films, most notably – in partnership with Hugh Wilson and others – the Burt Reynolds film, Stroker Ace, which Hal Needham directed and in which Warren Stevens was featured. As of early July of 2012, they were living in Palm Springs, where Goodwin pursued a career in home nursing. Although she had attended a few Elvis conventions over the years, it was not until 2005 that she attended her first Trek convention, along with Peter Duryea.
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Individuals that design grocery stores are highly skilled manipulators. Ever notice that the bakery is in the back of all grocery stores? The scent of the bakery draws you to the back of the store and away from your intended goal.
The dairy products are also in the back. Again, you have to trudge through the store to get to your dairy purchase and on the way you can easily be diverted. Remember, the perimeter of a grocery store usually contains all the basic necessities of your healthy diabetes diet.
It would be better for all of us if we never entered into the center core of the grocery store. It contains all the foods you never knew you could live without. Did you know you can buy a mix to make green bean casserole? It contains a can of green beans, a can of fried onion rings, a can of cream of mushroom soup (for real) and costs three times as much as buying the items separately. But you get the instructions so it's a wash, right?
Another thing to stay clear of in groceries stores is the dietetics section. The food tastes awful, is expensive, and often contains more carbohydrate/calories than the regular products, and the sorbitol products give you gas. In my opinion, there's no real necessity for a dietetics section in the grocery store.
I think we've all heard the old adage, don't go to the grocery store when you're hungry. This is still good advice. When I go to the store hungry, everything looks divine and my bill shows it.
I do feel as a consumer and person with diabetes that it's important to read labels and know what you're buying. The Nutrition Facts label contains a wealth of information and it's to everyone's benefit to know how to use it.
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Thanks for very useful and practical tips. They are very informative and helpful. I always kook forward.
My pet peeves about the grocery store,especially one that advertises "Save Money,Live Better" is shelves that are not stocked,especially the sale items,and long lines or worse,only self checkout lanes open. What really made me swear never to shop there again was the self checkout lanes would not accept cash because the machines were broken! I manage (my diabetes,too) much better at the small,neighborhood grocer where they don't use all those tricks to get you to buy stuff you shouldn't!
Have any health experts actually been to the grocery store lately? The ones in the Kansas City area have fresh produce at one side end. Meat and fish displays, Processed meats and processed cheeses are along the back. If ate around the perimeter, I would be full of nitrates, msg and multiple other artificial ingredients and fake foods. Get real...please.
I keep reading how a daily dose of cinnamon might help type 2 diabetes. I have taken cinnamon, daily, for 3 years. I am still waiting to see a result.
Take and plan time to cook or at least prepare. Do not eat out of a box.
My pet peeve is the candy that is placed in the check-out aisles. My prediabetic pretty overweight hubby does most of the grocery shopping and finds getting by all that chocolate a problem. Sometimes he has the will power but many times he just picks one up and enjoys it - for only a short period before he regrets it. He would really like some help from the grocery store - don't tempt him so much.
What about the wonderful edible incredible egg? I read on a diabetes website that eggs are so packed with nutrition and so inexpensive that they are now considered to be one of the "wonder foods" for diabetics. They said don't worry about the usual cautions about consuming eggs -- as a diabetic, you should go ahead and enjoy them as part of your healthy diet. Can this be true? ? ? .....your professional opinions, please! Thanx!
Can anyone inform me of thoughts on margarin/salted or unsalted butter. I have read many articles but still need input.
We outsmart the grocery industry's staff psychologists when we "perimeter shop", as you recommend. I also shop "high/low". The perimeter is definitely the place for diabetics (and every other health-conscious person!) to shop. But when you enter the "dangerous aisles" and are bombarded with the high carb/high salt/high sugar/high calorie/high fat foods, shop "high/low". The healthier & less expensive items are placed on the highest and lowest shelves. Perimeter shop....shop fresh as much as you can, then shop frozen....then shop high/low. I also spend a lot less & eat better by avoiding all convenience foods. Why pay for all that fancy advertising and complicated packaging!
My pet peeve with grocery stores is the lack of low sodium foods. While going through the store all that can be seen, in every direction, is sodium enriched(?) junk. Even food that would normally be good for one has a ton of sodium. So, scratch that one. But, there is a way to combat that bug-a-bear. And, that is, sticking with fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, minimal meat, whole grains such as bulgur, whole wheat, brown rice and eating more fish and poultry. Grocery stores really could help by stocking more healthy food, but, they really do not seem to care that they are contributing to the demise of their patrons. Oh well, such is life in this world.
Pet peeve about grocery store other than trying to find the things you need is the crowds of parents with little kids. I love children and that is why I do not shop during lunch or dinner hours. I go later in the evening or early morning to be able to take my time to purchase the items that I need to help control my diabetes.
High protein, high fiber snacks are great for keeping blood sugar levels steady, and new research shows that pistachio nuts are a great match if you're looking for healthy snacks, in recipes or out of the package. http://thegreennut.org/news/index.html
Celebrity chefs cooking heart healthy, low-fat, high protein recipes with pistachio nuts are really putting some interesting things together for people who want to eat well, and for people dealing with weight management, chronic disease prevention, and heart disease: http://thegreennut.org/recipes/index.html
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Hi Myriam, I discussed your question with one of my fellow dietitians. Colas and pepper type drinks do contain significant phosphorous which can be an issue if you have kidney damage from diabetes or high blood pressure.
My biggest peeve is the meat counter. They have changed the names and types of cuts in order to charge more for less! One example is the beef shank. This is meat on the bone and makes the best beef stock. The stores that I shop at are now calling it beef stew, they still include the bone, and charge 2.5 X more. This is only one example that peeves me. I have in most cases reverted to shopping at the old fashioned butcher store. They may charge more but you know what you are getting. The meat is better aged, too.
Yours is a great source of information; I heard that drinking diet sodas for a long time can affect the kidneys is this true?
Wonderful idea Margaret!
Buying groceries on line is even better. You save the environment because they deliver for several households at a time, you don't see the things you shouldn't buy, you bill is consequently lower, and you have a cupboard and refrigerator full of things you really need. invite the friends over for coffee instead of meeting them at the shops, and you have the whole experience without thedisadvantages.
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