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"They proved they can beat us on our field, we proved we can beat them on their field. This is what it's about now," Washington said when asked if he has a message for his team heading into tonight's decisive fifth game of their American League Division Series.
"They have the right person they feel that's going to be throwing tomorrow, and we certainly feel the same way," Washington said, comparing Tampa Bay's David Price and Lee. "So it's a matter of going out there, getting Cliff some runs. And if we get him some runs, he'll take it to the finish line. That's what it's all about."
Lee, obtained from Seattle in early July with this type of situation in mind, is 5-0 with a 1.52 ERA in six career postseason starts. He pitched a five-hitter with a career postseason high 10 strikeouts in the Rangers' 5-1 victory over Price and the Rays in Game One last week.


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Chapter One
The Lovely Girls Club
I work as a deputy producer on a soap opera and often think that if this job came with a catchphrase, it would be, quite simply:
"I hate actors!!!!"
Well . . . I should say more correctly, all actors except my darling friend Jamie French (and honorary Lovely Girl), who I'm meeting later on tonight.
At the moment, while resting between acting jobs, Jamie's working as a waiter at Nosh, a hip, protein-only celebrity restaurant in the heart of Dublin's Temple Bar. Although, according to him, they only call it a celebrity restaurant because Enya once had a coffee there. There was also a rumor that Bono went in once looking for directions, but it turned out to be just a look-alike. Anyway, it's Nosh's first birthday party tonight, and me and the other Lovely Girls are all going along. Now, I use the term girls in the loosest sense, as we're all well into our late thirties, but none of us are quite ready to graduate and start classifying ourselves as "women." At least, not just yet.
Okay. Lovely Girl number one is Caroline, who is easily and effortlessly the loveliest one of the lot of us. (Although, admittedly, there's not much contest there.) Caroline is stunning, she's amazing, she's just fab. When I grow up, I want to be her. She's my oldest and closest pal, ever since we first met at primary school, when we were both cast as angels in the school nativity play. One hundred percent pure typecasting in her case.
Two things about Caroline: (A) She's led little short of a charmed life, and (B) in all the years I'veknown her, she has not once, never, ever been in a bad mood.
Gorgeous (the image of the blond one in Abba) as well as smart, she modeled professionally for a bit after college and then did what we're all supposed to do—got married to her steady, lovely boyfriend Mike (six foot four, a dentist, a rugby player, and a general all-round lovely guy) and became the perfect yummy mummy with her two perfect, straight-out-of-a-Mothercare-catalog babies. They're very rich, outrageously happy, and you couldn't even hold it against them. They're both just too nice.
And then, drum roll, da da daaaaaaaaaa, finally there's Rachel. Or Joan Collins, as we've nicknamed her. The reason being that, although she's the same age as the rest of us, Rachel has already had two husbands. I'm not kidding. Number one was Parisian, a very cool-looking architect she met way back when we were all in college together. They led an über-sophisticated life in a loft apartment on the West Bank, with Rachel point-blank refusing to marry him on the grounds that living together annoyed her mother more.
Now this is where is gets complicated. There's something I need to tell you about our Rachel, a kind of running gag among us, which I should explain.
We call it the lethal Rachel pheromone. It's almost like a chemical she exudes from her pores that says, "I'm not looking for a man, I don't particularly want a man, come any nearer and I'll slit your throat." But the more she gives this off, the more guys chase after her like a Benny Hill movie speeded up. The irony is, there's me dying for a fella I can call my own and they run a mile from me, whereas all Rachel has to do is snarl at a guy and he immediately turns into her slobbering lapdog.
I often wonder, is my desperation and her lack of it something that single men can smell?
So anyway. Back to Paris and husband number one. After years of trying to persuade her that annoying her mother was a really lame excuse for not getting married, he handed her an ultimatum. Either we break up, or get hitched.
I know, I know, normally it's the other way around, women are the ones who are supposed to give men the shit-or-get-off-the-pot ultimatum, but this is Rachel's world, not mine. She didn't particularly want to break up, so, while on holiday in Las Vegas, she impulsively married him Britney Spears style, at the end of an all-night drinking session, with two cleaners for witnesses. And then the unthinkable happened.
She came back to Dublin for a flying visit to break the news to all of us, but ended up having a vicious fight with her mother, who nearly hit the ceiling when she realized that now she'd never get one Jimmy Chooclad foot into a mother-of-the-bride rig-out. So, unexpectedly, Rachel decided to hop on the first flight she could get back home to Paris to surprise her brand-new husband. Big mistake.
Rachel says to this day she can vividly remember racing up all fifteen flights of stairs and breathlessly flinging the door open, to find him in bed with a close mutual friend of theirs. Stunned, she somehow made her way back to Charles de Gaulle Airport, only to realize that she had absolutely no money. Nothing. Not even enough to make a call in those long-ago pre-cell-phone days. So she did what we'd all do in similar circumstances. Sat on her suitcase in the middle of the concourse, cigarette in hand, bawling.
Second big mistake.
It just so happened that there had been a big match on that weekend, and the airport bar was packed to overflowing with fans on their way home. One of them spotted this gorgeous damsel in distress (Rachel looks a bit like a 1920s silent movie star, you know, snow-white skin and dark bobbed hair, kind of like Louise Brooks, except with muscles), and he went to help. He was a big, beefy New Zealander who seemed like the answer to her prayers—i.e., he bought her drinks, paid for her flight home, and offered to rip number one's head off on her behalf. As far as Rachel was concerned, he came along in such a haze of romance, he may as well have been riding on a white charger. Who could resist? Within a year, she had divorced number one, married number two, and then divorced him only a few months later.Remind Me Again Why I Need A Man. Copyright © by Claudia Carroll. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.


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PERCEIVED bad news after the offering @$30.00 against the Box shorts and regular industry shorts,
retail jumps on look at the chart 30 minute over the 10 days and you will see advance knowledge of the "export of oil" press releases.
refiners dropped but the "culprits" hammered the issue for pbf. and are now trying to fill the bucket
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The latest controversy to hit the Obama administration hits close to home.
In the June 8 Amarillo Globe-News, AGN Senior Investigative Reporter Jim McBride told the story of U.S. Army 2nd Lt. and paratrooper Darryn Andrews, who was killed in September 2009 in Afghanistan (Soldier's mother wants answers, June 7, amarillo.com).
Andrews, who grew up in the Texas Panhandle, may have been one of six U.S. soldiers killed while trying to locate U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was recently released by the Taliban after Obama agreed to release five Taliban detainees.
This latest Obama scandal has produced many legitimate questions, primarily:
■ Is Bergdahl a deserter? Can a U.S. soldier really be considered a "prisoner of war" or "left behind" if this soldier willfully deserts his post and seeks out the enemy, in effect, turning his back on his fellow soldiers and his country?
Forget for a moment, if possible, the many questions related to this latest Obama scandal — and the politics.
There is only one question that matters, one question that must be answered by the Obama administration — a question that transcends political parties and partisanship.
How did Andrews die — and why?
Does the president owe an explanation to the nation?
No, not necessarily. But Andrews' loved ones and family members deserve to know the details of his death, and what he was doing when he made the ultimate sacrifice for his country — and for one of his fellow soldiers.
Considering the lengths the administration went to bring home Bergdahl (and the awkward White House photo-op with Bergdahl's parents that was more troubling than inspiring), an explanation to family members and loved ones of the soldiers who died trying to locate Bergdahl is the least the Obama administration can do.
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Don't be afraid to sell off structures: Each planet has a very limited number of slots to build ground structures, so section off planets as either money-makers, infantry production facilities, armor production centers, or defensive hard-points with anti-orbital weaponry, shields, defensive turbo-lasers, and a defensive-unit producer like a garrison or a factory. Build what you need immediately, and as your controlled territory grows sell of no-longer needed barracks and factories to make your worlds into what they need to be.
Use your heroes: Mon Motha and the Emperor both drastically reduce production costs for the planet they're in-system of; make sure you have them in place before you build something costly. Grand Moff Tarkin reduces the cost of research facilities, and heroes like Darth Vader or the Millennium Falcon can serve to hold off considerable enemy forces all by themselves, if needed, letting you stretch more mundane forces further.
Never leave a planet undefended: Even if the entire Imperial Navy is coming for the planet, leave at least one unit behind. This sacrifice will let buy you a few moments, and more importantly, will let you see the exact composition of the enemy fleet when you go into tactical combat.
Don't let your ground units into space: If there's even the slightest risk that space units will be in the area, keep your armies on the ground until they're en route for an invasion. Otherwise, if they encounter an enemy fleet then they'll just be lumbering, essentially defenseless transports waiting to be plucked from space.
Pick your shipyards carefully: Space stations are the easiest way to spend too much money on things you don't need. Consider putting a level 1 space station in orbit for the garrison defense and increased unit cap it provides as you get further into a game, and consider upgrading those stations when you're flush and need the unit cap boost. For the most part, though, that's money that you can't afford to spend - pick your space unit production planets and stick to 'em.
Defend your shipyards: Space stations are an investment - usually a heavy one. Make sure that you put an Ion Cannon/Hyper-Velocity Gun on the planet they orbit ASAP - even if the space station falls, they'll make recapturing the planet's orbital zone much easier.
Think ahead: Lastly, all of these things add up to the most important tip for this level of play: plan your conquest. Look in advance at which worlds gain you the most immediate and long-term advantages in terms of a defendable perimeter and bonuses, build planets to provide money or troops or an undefeatable defense, and don't get caught with your pants down. The bisection of combat from the (galactic) production map means that you should have plenty of time to lay out your next move and keep your cool; don't let the pressure of controlling the galaxy get you down!
Combat tips
Don't be ashamed to surrender: Units that survive the combat are units that you can bring back with friends. Whether it's because you got into combat by accident and need to run away, or because it turns out there's a lot more Star Destroyers then you thought there, don't hesitate to flee if you need to.


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- PM Modi extends best wishes to Nawaz Sharif for Ramzan
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- Sushma-Lalit row: Congress questions Modi's continued silence
- BJP not to announce CM candidate in Bihar, will contest on Modi's name
Authorities have relaxed a curfew in much parts of Kashmir after days of protests over the secret execution of a Kashmiri man convicted in an attack on India's Parliament.
However, the curfew remained in effect Thursday for the sixth straight day in more than a dozen places, including parts of Srinagar, Kashmir's main city.
The region was rocked by violent anti-India protests after Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged Saturday in a New Delhi jail and buried there. Three protesters died in clashes with government forces.
Police on Thursday stopped nearly two dozen lawyers from marching in Srinagar to demand that Guru's remains be brought to the region.
The government also directed public employees to "attend their duties without fail," saying their identity documents would be treated as curfew passes.


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khwanrat14 2393 days ago
@khwanrat14 hahaha nick happy
purebloodfanpir 2400 days ago
lookin good nick
Karen_Maestas 2403 days ago
I am really happy that you are using twitter now. Good pic by the way.
cafekatii 2405 days ago
you are the reason why I have a thing for guys named Nick. good job increasing my standards by a million ;)
linesd8 2420 days ago
My Favorite Guy Ever...
MWKvanessa 2426 days ago
haha i love the shades! :)
Kenderlicious 2427 days ago
You're my favorite:)
ilovenickgroff 2427 days ago
OK i don't know if my post got deleted but looking good Nick, hope you have a good one.
jojo880 2428 days ago
hey there! thats so awesome ur on twitter...finally! lol jk
Danibec34 2428 days ago
Ditto glad to see you on here
ZaksVampireGirl 2428 days ago
Good grief Nick, I think Aaron and Zak finally rubbed off on ya. LOL now your posting pics of yourself on here. Glad ya got a twitter though. :o}
KweenKim 2428 days ago
Aw...is Zak and Aaron rubbing off on ya? Just don't be sticking ur finger up ur nose...lol. Aaron likes doing that :)
CeciVR 2428 days ago
GAH!! Your so adorable Nick! I love your smile... :)
jacierenee 2428 days ago
Nick. I am friggin' stoked you got Twitter. and I love this picture.
SweetoftheSouth 2428 days ago
Glad you're on twitter Nick!
morganxxbeauty 2428 days ago
haha cool sunglasses nick! just wondering...what kind of car do you have?
niccigarvito 2428 days ago
you look so....cool!
LuciferRisin666 2428 days ago
great pic!!
jszalaj 2428 days ago
Nick, good to see the pic! Have a great day!
GAC_Rox27 2428 days ago
yay his first pic and he's looking adorable as ever lol luv ya nick


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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a proposed rule that would enact mandatory training requirements for entry-level commercial motor vehicle operators who must have a CDL, including school bus drivers.
Under the new rule, drivers with two or fewer years of experience operating commercial motor vehicles would have to go through training in four specific categories. These four key training areas include:
The FMCSA estimates that the training under the proposed rule should take 4.5 hours for school bus drivers. Training must be offered to all prospective drivers, and it would serve as a minimum standard that drivers must meet before they would be able to operate a truck or bus on public roads.
Existing rules only address testing and licensing. Currently, new and prospective drivers must prepare for CDL testing by studying such topics as vehicle inspection procedures, off-road vehicle maneuvering and operation of a commercial vehicle in traffic. The proposed rule expands the essential information that commercial drivers must be trained in, but does not add the new information to the CDL testing program.
Notably, the proposal gives employers 90 days from the passing of the rule to ensure that all currently employed entry-level drivers receive the mandatory training. Evidence of training completion must be maintained in a qualification file. Some entry-level drivers can be "grandfathered," or exempted, from the training if they have a good driving record and one to two years' experience.
The proposed action responds to a study mandated by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 that found the training of entry-level commercial motor vehicle drivers insufficient.
According to Rick Hudson, human resources director, 300 to 350 of the Fort Valley layoffs will be at the company's bus and chassis production facility, and 100 will occur at the motor home production plant.
Blue Bird plans to reduce its LaFayette workforce of 600 to 700 to about 300 to 400 between fall 2003 and spring 2004. The LaFayette plant, in northwest Georgia, makes school buses.
Hudson said the layoffs have already started and, ultimately, will include semi-skilled, skilled and white-collar workers.
Hudson said employment at the Fort Valley Blue Bird plants should return to its current level of 1,500 to 1,600 by April next year as a new production line begins operating at full capacity. It is unclear how many employees who are idled will be rehired.
Blue Bird included the layoff announcement in a company statement that outlined a $12 million investment in new assembly lines at its Fort Valley and LaFayette facilities.
"In 2002, we introduced too much model complexity and volume into the LaFayette facility, causing productivity and delivery issues," said Blue Bird CEO Jeff Bust in the company release. "Not only are we addressing these aggressively, we are moving Blue Bird's school bus manufacturing process to the next level." Two hundred company employees were also laid off in 2001 and another 90 in late 2002.
At press time, Hudson indicated that the company changes would not affect any executive level employees. "This reduction did not reflect any upper management positions," he said.
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Niché au pied des Blue Ridge Mountains, vous trouverez un glen isolée de cabines historiques entourant une source naturelle découverte en 1885. La source naturelle est censée avoir des capacités de guérison mystiques et répandue pour avoir guéri tout de lierre de poison aux rhumatismes, indigestion d'ulcères. Explorez la New River, Lansing, West Jefferson, Sparte, Boone ou Todd, ou profiter d'une voiture à la frontière de la Virginie. Notre emplacement paisible vous offre un accès facile à tous de ce que peut offrir le comté de Ashe! Nos cabines confortables ont été restaurés avec bienveillance. Nous sommes l'escapade idéale pour les week-ends romantiques, ou juste une escapade tranquille des pressions de la vie quotidienne. Donc laissez tous vos soucis, viens dans la cabine Springs Healing pour renouveler, de reconstituer et de se réjouir dans les bois qui vous entourent.
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Nice cabins in a pretty rustic setting. Owners aim to please.
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This is our 3rd time staying here. The cabins have been restored beautifully. There are lots of things to do in the area. Very peaceful place.
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Our room was a studio connected to the owners' cabin. It was small but cozy and clean.
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Thanks for the kind words about our Acorn Cabin. We hope that you will return to see us again and try one of our other (larger) cabins!
One of the earliest cabins built here at Healing Springs, Chickadee features a small cabin footprint with a vaulted ceiling and plush Queen size bed. A small bathroom with shower makes this a cozy space for 2 people. A comfy love-seat completes this space. Mini-fridge, toaster oven and coffee pot are provided. Chickadee shares a connecting wall and front porch with Hummingbird, but each has its own entrance. Access to Chickadee requires a walk up a small hill with just a few stairs to the front porch.
Prix par nuit: $65 - $85
Prix par nuit: $65 - $85
Set among the original row of cabins built at Healing Springs, Duck's bedroom features a plush Queen size bed with a gas log fireplace. The bathroom has an antique claw foot tub (with shower conversion). A separate living room with vaulted ceilings has a comfortable sofa, a full kitchen and small eating area. The kitchen has a stove/oven, fridge, toaster and coffee pot and is stocked with plates, cutlery, pots and pans. A roomy covered porch overlooks the hillside and creek that runs through out the property. This cabin is "dog friendly". There is an additional fee for dogs. Please review our dog policy page prior to booking.
Prix par nuit: $95 - $120
Prix par nuit: $95 - $120
Walk up a flight of stairs and find our most secluded cabin perched up on the north side of the hill featuring two bedrooms , a cozy living room with gas logs in the fireplace, cable TV, and DVD player. There is a full kitchen. The cabin has a bathroom that has an oversize tile shower that is accessible to all and has an additional half bath that connects to one of the bedrooms. The small kitchen has a stove, fridge, microwave, toaster and coffee pot and has enough plates, cutlery, pots and pans for you to prepare simple meals. This cabin has a spacious covered porch overlooking the Healing Springs, complete with porch swing! This cabin is "dog friendly". There is an additional fee for dogs. Please review our dog policy prior to booking.
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Prix par nuit: $125 - $145
This sunny cabin has a vaulted ceiling and the original brick fireplace with gas logs, packing a lot of charm into a small space. With a plush Full size bed and a bathroom that features an antique claw foot tub (with shower conversion), this is a charming retreat for a couple. Hummingbird cabin has a mini fridge, toaster oven and coffee pot. A shared front porch with Chickadee makes this ideal for friends traveling together, though each has a private entrance. Access to this cabin requires a very short walk (10 paces) up a fairly steep slope.
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Prix par nuit: $60 - $80
Our Owl Cabin is a bright and welcoming one room cabin that features the original plank chestnut cabin walls. A plush Queen mattress is tucked into an antique poster bed. Your private bathroom has a over-sized tile shower and features a charming chandelier. Cozy armchairs flank a seating area, with gas logs in the fireplace and there is a small dining table as well. The cabin kitchen area has a 2 burner stove top, mini-fridge, sink, microwave, toaster oven and coffee maker. Plates, cutlery, pots and pans are provided so you can cook as much or as little as you would like. This cabin offers both cable TV and WiFi. Owl Cabin shares a duplex wall with Pine Cabin though each has their own entrance.
Prix par nuit: $105 - $125
Prix par nuit: $105 - $125
Acorn is a cozy studio space featuring a plush Queen size bed. The large bathroom has both a garden tub and a separate shower. A pair of comfy armchairs provide a seating area. The kitchen area has a mini-fridge, microwave, toaster, coffee pot, along with a kitchenette sink. Acorn has cable TV and WiFi. Acorn shares a sound proofed wall with another cabin, and is pet friendly for an additional fee.
Prix par nuit: $85 - $95
Prix par nuit: $85 - $95
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SEIA Solar Newsletter | Oct. 20, 2015
Every week, The SEIA Solar Update includes top news stories covering the solar industry, major upcoming events, policy updates, and much more. This newsletter is open to SEIA Members and to the general public.
Don't Weaken New York's Solar Energy Strength
New York is embracing new ways to generate, distribute and consume electricity, which is translating into an expansion of clean energy and improved consumer choice and affordability. Thanks to these forward-looking and smart efforts — like community net metering and wholesale-distributed generation — solar energy is thriving in New York.
SolarCity Opens New Operations Center In Vermont
SolarCity has opened a new 13,000 square foot operations center in Burlington.
SunEdison Begins Solar Project Construction For 8 Schools In Maryland
SunEdison, Inc. announced that it has begun construction on a 2.8 megawatt (MW) solar project for eight schools in the Montgomery County Public School system in Maryland.
Countdown Begins for Solar Power Mid-Atlantic
With less than a month to go, the first Solar Power Mid-Atlantic, a new regional event highlighting the strong solar industry in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, is gaining momentum.
SEIA Urges SolarWorld to Offer Counter Proposal in Trade Dispute
In hopes of ending the long-running and costly U.S.-China solar trade dispute, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today urged SolarWorld Americas LLC to offer a specific proposal which could serve as the basis for discussions in renewed attempts to reach a negotiated settlement.
Massachusetts Lawmakers Lift NEM Cap, But Fail to Act on Broader Legislation
With the clock running out on its 2014 session, the Massachusetts Legislature has agreed to a short term fix to address the bottleneck of solar projects across the Commonwealth by immediately raising the cap on net metering.
Massachusetts Approves Legislation Designed to Expand SHC Technologies
In a move expected to spur solar heating and cooling (SHC) deployment across the state, the Massachusetts Legislature has approved SB 2214 and sent it to Governor Deval Patrick for his signature. This important legislation will allow renewable thermal technologies, including SHC, to be eligible for alternative energy credits under the Massachusetts Alternative Portfolio Standard (APS).
Massachusetts Legislature Urged to Pass Solar Energy Legislation
With two days left in the legislative session, National Grid, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the Solar Energy Business Association of New England (SEBANE), the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) and Environment Massachusetts are asking the House Ways and Means Committee to quickly release consensus language on House Bill 4185, a landmark compromise that provides a stable and cost-effective policy solution to support solar energy in Massachusetts. Last week, this broad coalition of stakeholders agreed upon language that
Sunrun Opens Branch in Massachusetts, Bringing More than 100 Jobs
Sunrun, a dedicated residential solar company, today announced the opening of a new branch office in Marlborough, Massachusetts (US).
SunLink and Blattner Energy Partner on 148.5 MW Solar Project
Adding to its portfolio of leading utility-scale, fixed-tilt solar projects, SunLink Corporation has been selected as a project partner for a 148.5 MW solar PV portfolio project under development in the southeastern United States by Blattner Energy.
SunEdison And Dominion Partner For 420 MW Solar Project In Utah
Borrego Solar Selling LG High-Efficiency Modules To U.S. Commercial Market
SolarEdge Hitting Record Revenue in PV Module-Level Power Electronics
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Architecture in Helsinki at Grand Central November 11
The architecture in Helsinki, Finland, is world-renowned. The city's neoclassical structures and art nouveau buildings have been celebrated for their architecturally functional design and aesthetic appeal. Naturally, when the members of an indie outfit from Fitzroy, Australia, needed a name that would capture their brand of stylishly synthesized pop music, they chose Architecture in Helsinki.
For 11 years, this quintet from Down Under has turned out brilliantly crafted pop music with an aura of sweet youthfulness that's second to none. Like the city and structures it's named for, the group effortlessly blends classical and new, incorporating a variety of instruments ranging from glockenspiel to Roland keyboards.
Earlier this year, the band released Moment Bends, its fourth studio album. As usual, Architecture delivered an incredibly catchy 40-minute batch of brainy pop-rock. In our capsule review, we called "Contact High," the record's first single, "perhaps the most carefully constructed pop song not written by Swedish music producers for Katy Perry." And that's a declaration we proudly stand by.
Architecture in Helsinki
With Dom and Lo-Fi-Fnk. 8 p.m. Friday, November 11, at Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-377-2277; grandcentralmiami.com. Tickets cost $10 via fla.vor.us. All ages.
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English slang meaning 'good', often used to describe fashion.
''Toms looking swish today''
- ''yeah i'd give him one''
- ''yeah i'd give him one''
Joyce.によって 2010年01月10日(日)
Something extremely awesome, impressive and satisfying, much like hearing a swish when you shoot in basketball.
Wow, these shoes are so comfortable and stylish. Pretty damn swish.
MrWafflesによって 2014年02月24日(月)
A blunt and a shortened name for Swisher Sweets which are cheap cigars($1) that are hollowed out and used as a blunt.
Yo u got that swish we about to blaze
fat blunt smokerによって 2008年08月14日(木)
When all of the tracks on an album sound like shit.
Kanye's new album is swish!
Sgt13echoによって 2015年05月19日(火)
Much like the above definition, except the exclaimation "swish!" can be extended outside of basketball to notify:
*a perfect play in any field of life,
*huge contentment with a recent development or situation
*a perfect play in any field of life,
*huge contentment with a recent development or situation
Just found out I don't have to get up early tomorrow morning. Swish!
spider_dijonによって 2009年06月21日(日)
Swish is this old dirty, shitty tasting homemade liquor that you can barely get into you.
But my fuck does swish ever get you some drunk.
mattによって 2005年11月28日(月)
an expression of excitement; an exclamation of an event worth celebrating in the moment; to be rad.
1.AAHH, that rhyme was SWISH doggy dogg!
2.(after doing something cool)...SWISH!
3.Your new kicks are SWISH!
2.(after doing something cool)...SWISH!
3.Your new kicks are SWISH!
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Best Western Plus King's Inn & Suites is located 1.7 mi (2.8 km) from Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course and within a 10-minute drive of Mohave Museum of History and Arts. This hotel has 100 rooms and welcomes guests with conveniences like free breakfast, free in-room WiFi, and free self parking. Kingman Army Airfield Museum is also within a 15-minute drive.
Free full breakfast is offered each morning.
The 100 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including coffee makers, free local calls, and ironing boards. Guests can expect 37-inch LCD TVs with cable channels, along with free WiFi and wired Internet. Hair dryers and desks are also standard.
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Best Western Plus King's Inn & Suites offers a fitness center, a spa tub, and free WiFi in public areas. If you drive, take advantage of free parking. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day to help with dry cleaning/laundry and securing valuables. Additional amenities include conference space, a 24-hour business center, and a seasonal outdoor pool.
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In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool, Best Western Plus King's Inn & Suites provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Event facilities measuring 576 square feet (54 square meters) include conference space. This Kingman hotel also offers laundry facilities, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a grocery/convenience store. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 100
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
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- Express check-in
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- Fitness facilities
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- Free WiFi
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- One meeting room
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Pool sun loungers
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 54
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 576
- Spa tub
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
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Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
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- Premium TV channels
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- Hair dryer
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- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Guests are offered a complimentary full breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
A seasonal outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
To make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
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- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 0 per pet, per night
- 2 per room (up to 80 lb)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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Great Barrier Reef Swim at Heron Island
2016 Great Barrier Reef Swim
Thursday 3 November - Monday 7 November 2016
The Great Barrier Reef Swim is held annually in conjunction with Oceanswims.com at Heron Island.
Whether you are an accomplished swimmer or complete novice, all swimming levels are catered for with an emphasis on having fun and simply enjoying the stunning marine life in crystal clear waters. Stunning coral gardens and sea creatures great and small flourish in abundance and colour, making Heron Island an ideal place for swimmers.
Accompanied by well-known, highly respected coaches as well as a vast array of marine life, there is no better place to swim around an island right on the Great Barrier Reef than at Heron Island.
Guests must be 15 years or older to participate in the 1km & 3km swim events. Guests aged 15 – 18 years of age can participate with guardian's consent. They will be required to complete a swim clinic with swim coach, Graeme Brewer, for him to assess capability. He will have final word on whether they can enter the race.
The 4 Night Great Barrier Reef Swim Package includes:
- 4 nights' accommodation in the rooms and suites listed below, subject to availability
- All meals - breakfast, buffet lunch, 2 course or buffet dinner
- Return boat transfers from Gladstone for 2 guests
- Welcome drinks
- Swim clinics
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- A 2016 Great Barrier Reef Swim goodie bag
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Capturing the Flora and Fauna of Sweden with KeyShot
Some of the most captivating 3D renderings I've seen are of creatures, humans and characters, but little did I know the extent of how and where they are being used. Anders Rådén is a KeyShot user. He creates some of the most intricate models of insects and animals you will ever see. He's not creating these for movies, games or television though. Here, Anders tells us about how he is using KeyShot to bring realism to the models he creates and takes us through the simple process he uses to develop absolutely stunning images.
The 3D Rendering Process with Anders Rådén
Anders Rådén is freelance illustrator from Uppsala, Sweden and his line of work is extremely unique. "Most of my commissions have been for museums, zoos and non-governmental organization (NGO's). Since 2007, I've been involved in a large book project aiming to document the entire flora and fauna of Sweden in over 60 volumes. That's where I started using ZBrush to sculpt different organisms and anatomical details. Eventually, I also discovered the advantage of using KeyShot for the 3D rendering."
For this ant, Anders begins his process in ZBrush. "I started out with a very basic sculpt of the tiny insect without the details. This is what it looked like at first."
"I had two high-res reference photos of the ant at my disposal, one from the side and one from above. This made the sculpting job a lot easier. Ants have microscopic hairs all over their bodies, and trying to create these in 3D would have taken too much time and effort, so I opted to create only the most obvious hairs (especially on the legs, antennae and hind body) and then let the textures take care of the rest. I also added noise to the surface to mimic the rough texture of the ant body. This is what the final sculpt looked like before adding textures."
"After creating body textures from the reference photos in Photoshop, I exported the whole sculpt as an .obj file and imported it into KeyShot. I used a translucent material for the eyes and hind body, and the default advanced material for the rest of the body – except for the hairs and the small hanging antennae "combs" on the front legs, where I applied a double-sided glass material with a hint of yellow."
"I tried at first to render the ant in ZBrush but just couldn't get it right. The fact that the tweaking possibilities are so numerous and that the rendering doesn't take place in realtime is very time-consuming. With Keyshot I could just open the sculpt, pick a material, tweak it to my liking and see the result instantly. It really couldn't be easier! The final rendering only needed a minimal amount of adjusting in Photoshop, and I'm very pleased with the final result."
"Additional tweaking, especially DOF, creates an even more photorealistic effect, giving an illusion how small the ant is."
Whether it's for film or documenting the details of the enviroment, this is a wonderful example of how KeyShot can be used to bring realism to 3D models. We would like to thank Anders for sharing his process and his amazing work as an illustrator documenting the flora and fauna of Sweden.
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On the one hand, I can't take any more comments about first lady Michelle Obama's bangs. Bangs are trendy; she likes them.
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The Smart Brush tool is the most direct way to apply an adjustment to just a selected area of an image. This tool both selects an area and applies an adjustment to that selection all in one step. Elements 8 comes with a collection of adjustments that work with this tool and they cover the gamut from practical photo adjustments to fun graphic adjustments. Before I show you this, I'd like to close my Effects panel over here so there is more room for the panels that I want to use. So I'm going to click the panel menu icon at the right of the Effects panel and choose Close.
And now I have just my Layers panel open. I'll select the Smart Brush tool from the toolbar by clicking on it right here. And I want to be sure to get the Smart Brush tool, not the Detail Smart Brush tool for this particular lesson. When I select that tool, the Options bar changes to show me the options for the Smart Brush tool. One of those options is this menu that has a small thumbnail on it. I'm going to click the arrow on the right of that menu and here I see some of the adjustments that are available in Elements 8. I'm going to click this menu currently labeled All Purpose to see a list of categories of adjustments that are available, everything from Black and White conversions to Color adjustments, Lighting adjustments, some Special Effects, and more.
I'm going to choose Color adjustments, and then in this drop-down menu with thumbnails I can see all of the Color adjustments that are available. What these adjustments do is to change the color of a selected area, but to keep its photographic quality by allowing the tonality to show through. So for example, let's say that I want to change the color of this cloak to green. I'll choose Going Green here and then I'll click in a blank area of the Options bar to close that menu. Now I'll come into this image and I'll just click-and-drag and as I do, the Smart Brush tool selects the cloak on the basis of its color and tone and what the tool detects is edges.
And it colors it using the Green adjustment retaining the photographic quality. So it doesn't look just like a solid color graphic. Notice that by mistake I selected a little more than the cloak. I've also selected these cards over here and they been turned to green as well. I can fix that by using an option in the Smart Brush Tool Options bar up here. I'm going to click on the minus icon and then I'm going to come back down into the image and I'm going to click-and- drag over the area that I don't want to include in the adjustment and that subtracts that area from the selection and from the green adjustment.
Now take a look at the Layers panel. Notice that the Smart Brush tool has created a new layer. This layer is a fill layer very similar to an adjustment layer, which I covered earlier. It has two thumbnails. The one on the left representing the adjustment, the green tint. And the one on the right, a layer mask that automatically comes with this adjustment that defines the area to which the adjustment is being applied. The black in this layer mask is hiding the adjustment and the white is revealing the adjustment just in the area of the cloak. One of the nice things about making an adjustment with this Smart Brush tool is that I can come back later and change my mind and change that adjustment.
So for example, let's say that I was working here on the Background layer and I decided that green wasn't really the color that I want for the cloak. It's too similar to the background. All I have to do is click again on that Going Green 1 layer, and that brings back the selection that the Smart Brush tool made. And with the Smart Brush tool selected in the toolbar I can go up to the Options bar, click on the arrow to the right of this menu, and I could choose a different option, either a different adjustment or from the Color menu I could just go down and choose a different color.
I'll choose this pink. And then I'll click in a blank area of the Options bar to close that menu. And as you can see that automatically changed the adjustment to the pink color adjustment. Another thing that I can do with the Smart Brush tool is to control the edge of the selection that it makes, either making that edge softer or maybe contracting it or expanding it. I can do all of that by making sure I still have the Smart Brush tool selected, and then going to its Options bar and clicking the Refine Edge button. That opens the Refine Mask dialog box here.
The first thing I'll do here is decide how I want to preview the settings that I make. Right now I have the regular marching ants preview selected, but if I click the red icon I can see the selection without the marching ants and instead with this red overlay. Then I can use the sliders here to smooth the edge a little. Maybe to blur it slightly so that it's a little softer, and I can contract and expand that edge. I'll take this way over so that you can see where the red overlay is infringing on the pink cloak.
I'm going to actually reset these in this case by holding down the Alt key on the keyboard, which changes the Cancel button to a Reset button, and clicking that button. And then I'll click OK and I'll click back in the Options bar to close that menu. I can have more than one adjustment on the same image. To do that I first have to go to the Layers panel and click on the layer other than the layer that contains the current adjustment. So I'll click on this Background layer, and then with the Smart Brush tool still selected, I'll come back up to the Options bar, I'll click the arrow to the right of that menu and I'm going to choose a different color.
Or I could choose a completely different kind of adjustment. But I'm just going to choose the Chocoholic color and then click in the Options bar to close the menu. I'll use this adjustment flavor to change the color of this hat, coming in and dragging over the hat, and it immediately changes from blue to brown. And in the Layers panel you can see that there is now another adjustment style layer, the Chocoholic 1 layer. It comes with its own layer mask and its own adjustment icon. One of the nice things about Smart Brush adjustments is that many of them, but not all, remain editable so that I can modify the adjustment at any time.
For example, let's say that I decide I want to change the color of the hat, but I didn't see the color that I want in the Color menu up here. I can just go over to the Chocoholic layer and double-click the left-hand icon on that layer, the one that represents the adjustment. That opens the Adjustments panel with controls for that adjustment. This happens to be a Gradient Map adjustment, which I can customize. To customize this Gradient Map I'll click in this Gradient bar and that opens the Gradient Editor. And here, there are some Presets for different color gradients.
I'll choose a different Preset, this purple to orange preset, and I'll click OK. And that immediately changes the color of the hat so the shadow areas are purple and the lighter areas are orange. And then I'll click in the Options bar again to close that menu. Now not all adjustments are editable. So for example, I'm going to apply another adjustment. I'm going to click down on the Background layer and then with the Smart Brush tool still selected, I'll come up to this menu and click the arrow to the right of it again. And then I'm going to click the Category menu that currently says Color and I'm going to choose from the Black and White category.
I'll select that very first adjustment, the Blue Filter adjustment, which will convert the selected area from color to black and white. I'll close this menu and then I'll come into the image and I'm going to click-and-drag over the cloak, converting it to black and white. I got a little bit extra but I'll just leave that for now, because what I want to show you is that this particular adjustment is not editable. Notice that there is now a Blue Filter layer in the Layers panel, and when that layer is selected down here in the Adjustments panel, there's a message that explains that this particular adjustment layer can't be edited.
Your message may have a little different wording than mine but the issue is the same. Some but not all of these adjustments can be changed. So that's a look at the Smart Brush tool, which is a flexible way for you to paint in all kinds of different adjustments. It makes applying an adjustment a one step efficient operation.
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