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An increasingly popular approach to recording kids' CDs is packaging the CD with a book. In some cases, like Philadelphia Chickens and Rhinoceros Tap from Sandra Boynton or Bed, Bed, Bed by They Might Be Giants, the hardcover book is pretty big, and doesn't necessarily lend itself to play with a preschooler. But the ubiquitous "board book" format is beginning to become popular with recording artists. Now, the first question with any of these book/CD combos is… "Where in the world do you file these things?" With the oversized hardcovers, it seems they get exiled to places far from the stereo or car CD player and just don't get much airplay. The board book versions (this CD, the Dan Zanes CDs) solve that problem by having books that are barely larger than the CD itself. Of course, filing them with the rest of the CDs means that they rarely get read. Oh, the waste! Maybe I'm just too hard to please. Well, not really. And this CD does have an advantage in that it is quite pleasing. Mitchell is known, of course, for her 2 children's CDs, You Are My Flower and You Are My Sunshine. Loeb is new to the children's music game, known best for, well, winsome pop. Together, they've made an album that isn't much different from Mitchell's two solo CDs, except that maybe it's a little more polished (but still somewhat winsome). It's also a little more international, as the album includes renditions of traditional Spanish, Japanese, and French songs. (They're pleasant enough, but don't have huge appeal to me.) That seems to be the Loeb influence; fans of Mitchell's out-of-left-field (though usually excellent) cover song selections for her kids' CDs will be pleased by the inclusion of Dylan's "New Morning." The best track on the album by far is the title track, an original by Mitchell, Loeb, and Mitchell's writing partners. "Catch the Moon" isn't just a great kids' song, it's a great song, period. It's a gentle pop song that would be a minor Billboard hit in a more eclectic radio world. The album is probably best for kids aged 2 years (or even younger) through maybe 5 years. The accompanying book is a nice addition. I would recommend the album to fans of Mitchell's other work, as well as to parents looking for a mellow, poppy, multi-cultural kids' CD.
Review: You Are My Flower - Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell helped found the rock band Ida with her husband Daniel Littleton. Unlike children's artists who have given up their "adult" careers or artists like They Might Be Giants, who are now doing both under the same name, Mitchell has kept her "adult" and "children's" careers separate. I have never heard Ida, so I have absolutely no idea what they're like, but You Are My Flower, the children's CD the two of them recorded together, is wonderful. If you like simple folk tunes polished up just a bit to take the roughest of edges off, you probably will enjoy this CD, which includes renditions of a couple Woody Guthrie children's songs. They also cover a song by the blues artist Leadbelly and two by the Carter Family, so you know it¹s not a typical kid's CD. (In fact, this was one of the first children's music CDs I would play even if there were no kids around. The entire album is pretty mellow, but lots of fun (my favorite songs are "This Little Light of Mine" and "Freight Train"). The CD is appropriate for kids from birth to 5 or so. My only complaint is that the CD is only about 25 minutes long (but, hey, it makes up for the kids' CDs that are way too long). You can find more information on Mitchell, this CD, and their follow-up at http://www.youaremyflower.org.
Review: No! - They Might Be Giants
The band They Might Be Giants are elder statesmen of what has sometimes been called "geek rock." The band has been recording albums for close to 20 years, and for most of that time they aimed their records right at your typical rock-listening audience of high schoolers and those with high school in their rear view mirror. But if you see them live, you'll find something unusual for rock concerts -- little kids on their parents' shoulders. In 2002 the band released No!, their first album specifically for kids. Some of the songs could just as easily have been released on an album for adults (indeed, some have been concert staples of theirs for years). Some of the songs are very simple, if somewhat skewed. "I Am Not Your Broom" and "I Am a Grocery Bag" are about, well, what their titles say. Other songs, however, are significantly more complex, both in instrumentation (full band!) as well as song structure. "The House At the Top of the Tree" has a Memento-like storytelling structure. (Oddly enough, that song is one of my 3-year-old daughter's favorites, and thanks to constant repetition, she's probably better at the lyrical intricacies than I am.) "Bed Bed Bed" is a 6-year-old's version of the Beatles' "Day in the Life" off of Sgt. Pepper's, complete with the sound of a placid ping pong game buried deep in the mix at the end. I would recommend TMBG CDs to kids of all ages (they're the one rock band I don't have any problem playing for our daughter), but this CD is probably best for kids age 3 - 8. There are a number of wonderful songs on the CD -- the first three ("Fibber Island," "Four of Two," "Robot Parade") are particularly strong. The CD is interactive, with lots of games (sort of) you can play while listening to the songs. You can also go to http://www.giantkid.net for more TMBG kiddie-related goodness.


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Although the technology available today may make the task of deciding what to do when designing your web site can seem overwhelming, there are 10 simple rules to which every mobile food operator's web site should adhere to. Over the next couple of days Mobile Cuisine Magazine will go over these 10 rules in detail.In yesterday's article we covered the first 5 topics from this list of areas food truck or cart web sites should follow.
- Be Goal Oriented – You should define early how success will be measured.
- Be Evaluated Regularly – Metrics should be set and monitored. What you don't measure, you don't manage.
- Be Content Focused – Graphics count early on, while content counts always.
- Be an Extension of the Company's Offline Operations – Content and functionality should be consistent and integrated with the company's "brick and mortar" activities.
- Be "Living Organisms" – Constantly updating an adapting to a company's objectives.
- Work Properly – When a user is greeted by an error page on the Web, you don't get a chance to apologize or offer alternatives.
- Be Search Engine Optimized – Many other aspects of site should take precedent.
- Be Engaging – Intuitive graphical interfaces are a must.
- Be Fast – Speed of download and ease of navigation to quickly find desired information are key factors to keep in mind.
- Be Connected to Other Marketing Tactics – This includes opt-in email marketing campaigns.
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Constant change requires constant audits for errors. The web makes it very difficult to recover from an error message or broken function. Once a visitor encounters an error, that's it. That interaction is unrecoverable at that point. As opposed to the same situation you might run into at your truck, the web gives you no ability to react quickly to offer alternatives or even an apology.
Errors can easily translate into lost customers forever and/or more business for the competition.
Be Search Engine Optimized
While not allocating enough resources to content, change, evaluation, and identification of user needs are all common problems; the opposite can be true of pay-per-click search engine advertising. Too many companies start spending money on this traffic-driving tactic without properly preparing the site for that traffic. Pay-per-click advertising allows you to quickly bring qualified visitors to your site. But, as mentioned above, if those visitors do not find what you promised, or what they expect, your campaign will quickly become a money loser.
It is also important to remember that a majority of the clicks to a site still come from what are called "natural" or "organic" listings. Good organic rankings are not achieved without planning and some effort, and they do take time to show results. However, it is important to invest in the search engine optimization of your site early on so that you improve the overall ROI of your traffic-driving investments.
Be Engaging
Even if you can get visitors to your site, the trick is getting visitors to do what you want them to do once they are there. One way to achieve this is by creating an intuitive navigational path toward the behavioral outcome you desire.
Be Fast
Fast does not simply mean download speed; it also alludes to navigational ease. In other words, if I'm a typical user, how soon can I find what I'm looking for? If there is a search function available, does it provide me with relevant results and links to existing, working pages? If I'm a repeat visitor, can I take care of common tasks quickly and easily?
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Normal business common sense applies to the online world too. It is important to know your customers and design your web site, just as a company would design a brick and mortar space, to fit their needs. It is also important to link the web site to other marketing activities.
Lately, Internet video has gained a lot of acceptance by web users. This means, in many cases, you can repurpose your video campaigns for the web or even for email campaigns. This allows you to leverage your investment and expand your branding efforts.
A mobile food web site can be a great strategic tool. But, it has to be thought of strategically. Investing the time and money required early on studying your target audience, developing content, navigation, functionality, and benchmarks for success can result in great returns. The beauty of it is that even if your results are not great right off the bat, the web allows you to tweak things, test new ideas, and measure again. You cannot view the items on this list as isolated techniques; you should instead look at them as interconnected tactics to be considered part of a whole. They all work together and they all affect each other.
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There can be many reasons for an eye to be red and burning. This can range from a viral conjunctivitis (usually follows an upper respiratory infection or exposure to someone with a cold or red eye) and can cause irritation, mattering, tearing, burning or sensitivity to light and these symptoms usually then spread to the other eye. Allergic conjunctivitis is usually distinguished by significant itching. Sometimes a red eye without any other symptoms at all can be due to what is called episcleritis. This is a low-lying level of inflammation that can happen for reasons we do not understand. In addition, a red, irritated eye can be caused by a foreign-body in the eye which may have occurred if you were exposed to flying debris.
If itching is a significant symptom then it is likely allergic in nature. Unfortunately we can't prescribe drops over the internet, but there are two very good over-the-counter allergy drops you can buy at the drug store. Alaway or Zaditor are excellent choices to treat allergies.
If itching is not a significant feature of her symptoms, then I suspect that you have dry eyes with inflammation. If there is tearing associated with this, it is difficult to understand why the eyes may be dry when they tear: the tearing is a reflex in response to dry eyes that is not sufficient to hydrate the eyes as they need to.
When there is inflammation in the eyes and/or eyelids, this is usually from what's called blepharitis, which is inflammation of the eyelids and glands in the eyelids. The eyelids are key players in making a layer of tears that coats the surface of your eyes called a tear film. The inflammation that is blepharitis keeps the eyelids from making that tear film as healthy as it needs to be and so the eyes dry out. Also because there is inflammation in the tears because of the blepharitis, there are bacteria pooling in your tear film. Often times an antibiotic +/- steroid drop or ointment is used to help kill the bacteria. This therapy is usually only used in a pulse fashion, to start out the treatment and then only used when there are flare-ups, not on a regular basis for most people. However, treating this with a steroid drop for a few days is not enough to treat this entire problem, it is usually just an adjunctive measure combined with the baseline treatment as I state below.
The baseline treatment for blepharitis and what I think you should start doing, is everyday in the morning you should do two things: 1. hot compresses and 2. eyelid scrubs. You should do hot compresses for 5-10 minutes over each eye at the same time. It should be as hot as you can tolerate without burning your skin, massaging the eyelids while they are on there. Then, use either commercially available preparations (Sterilid or Ocusoft) or a dilute baby shampoo solution to scrub your eyelashes on all 4 eyelids. The commercially available preparations are both over-the-counter eyelash scrubbing treatments. These cost more money but are quicker to use. Otherwise, the cheaper alternative is the dilute baby shampoo (4-5 drops Johnson's shampoo in 1/4 cup warm water): you will take the wipe (or dip a qtip in the dilute baby shampoo solution) and use that to scrub right on the eyelashes of each eyelid for 15 seconds. That will take 60 seconds when done to all 4 eyelids. The scrubbing is done right on the eyelid margin, where the eyelashes come out. After that, just splash some water on the eyes and you're done.
It does take about 3-4 weeks of doing this consistently every day before it really kicks in, so don't stop it thinking it's not working; often times combining this with the topical steroid helps to bring relief sooner. Also the eyes are still significantly dry during this 3-4 weeks so use artificial tears one drop in each eye, 4x/day. After 4 weeks you should be able to start tapering off of the tears to as you need them.
Just doing the artificial tears, hot compresses and eyelid scrubs alone would likely start to help you after three or 4 weeks--but remember it could take this long of doing it everyday before you see a significant effect, so don't stop it thinking it's not working. Also you may need an antibiotic/steroid combination medicine to help augment the therapy. If after 3 weeks of diligent treatment you are better, but not completely normal, you may need to see your eye doctor to assess for other causes of dry eyes, as blepharitis is only one cause of dry eye. Many times dry eye patients have more than one cause of dry eyes (Restasis is an excellent treatment for those people with dry eyes because they don't make enough of their own tears). Each cause of dry eyes needs to be appropriately treated for your symptoms to resolve.
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|1st March 2013, 09:15 AM
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Who Likes Gradient?
I left CES pondering a couple of things:
1) Dipoles sound really nice, particularly Vanderstien
2) Coaxes solve a lot of problems - the Kef LS50 was probably the best 'bang for the buck' that I heard at the whole show
3) tweeters in horns can't hold a candle to tweeters in waveguides
An obscure speaker from a manufacturer in Finland combined some of the best attributes of all these solutions, and I was surprised by how good it sounded. Particularly since it's a brand that seems often ignored.
I'm a bit curious if anyone else has evaluated them, particularly if they've heard John K, Linkwitz, or Vanderstien dipoles.
Besides sounding good, I was a bit surprised by how good the directivity is. With such a strangely arrayed set of drivers, I would expect to see ugly gaps and discontinuities in the polar response, but it's quite good!
Here's a couple of John Atkinson's measurements. The first is from the Gradient Helsinki, the second is from the Kef LS50 (which is also very good IMHO.)
|1st March 2013, 09:34 AM
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in fact Gradient used coaxials in some of their designs
apparently they eventually came to think that it is better to use in Helsinki a separate dedicated waveguide than to count on the inherent directivity of a coaxial?
or they couldn't find a suitable coaxial? or they opted for strange looks for marketing reasons?
hard to say
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|1st March 2013, 09:36 AM
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Jorma Salmi is a guy who likes to do unconventional designs. He has also published various AES-papers on radiation pattern and room acoustics.
I haven't heard Helsinki if I remember right, but they set some conditions to the room to sound right. I can't forget the sound created by Gradient 1.3
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|1st March 2013, 09:43 AM
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Kef LS50 was measered for a Finnish magazine. The power response was calculated from anechoid chamber measurements. Not the best I have seen. For comparison same measurement from a SEAS coaxial application
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|1st March 2013, 09:45 AM
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thanks Patrick, that's a refreshing thread!
some history..
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|1st March 2013, 09:52 AM
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so much for driver spacing etc. considerations
crazy Finns!
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|1st March 2013, 09:58 AM
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perhaps that's why Helsinki use a separate waveguided tweeter?
because there is no coaxial big enough to meet this requirement of higher directivity - and also the requirement of power and Vd (necessary to cross at 200 Hz to a big dipole woofer) - on the market of raw drivers, apart from perhaps some Tannoy custom installations units
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|1st March 2013, 10:16 AM
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Here is my hypothesis on why the Gradient Helsinki sounds so good.
This is just a hypothesis, and I welcome opinions on why/how it works.
First off, picture a typical bookshelf speaker. In the midrange, we are going to have 'ghosts' of the original signal which are re-radiated by a series of diffractions:
1) There is diffraction off of the left, right, top, and bottom of the front of the enclosure
2) midrange wavelengths are long - between 34 and 68 centimeters - and these wavelengths will 'wrap around' the cabinet, diffracting off the back edges, though to a lesser degree than the front
In addition to cabinet diffraction, we are also going to get reflections off of the back wall, the floor, and the ceiling.
I personally believe that diffraction is more offensive than reflections however. Diffraction happens early, and IMHO the time domain is very important. Basically you can't eliminate reflections and diffraction, but the closer they are to the original impulse, the more they collapse the soundstage and reduce intellgibility. Our brains are adept at isolating the primary source of a sound; it's the reason we can listen to someone speak in a crowded reflective room, and hear what they're saying while filtering out the background noise.
In a nutshell, early diffraction and reflections are bad imho; late reflections are less offensive and can even be psychoacoustically beneficial.
One way to reduce diffraction is to use a spherical enclousre. And this works very well. Just check out my thread on spherical enclosures here* for lots of testimonials.
But it opens up another can of worms - which is harmonic distortion. Basically as you reduce the size of the radiator, efficiency and output is reduced, so you have to increase power to the driver, which generally increases distortion.
Again, spherical enclosures image beautifully, but they're not the best option for dynamics imho.
One solution to the distortion problem is to use lots of drivers!
For instance, the array above uses a line of radiators to increase efficiency and output, which also reduces harmonic distortion.
Ah, now we've created a new problem. We have asymmetric directivity and comb filtering. Basically the array works like a tall narrow radiator. So the horizontal directivity is going to be wide, while the vertical directivity is going to be narrow.
Instead of using array, one might consider an elliptical driver. Basically the ideal driver would play 20hz to 20khz, and it would be be infinitely small. But that's an impossible goal - you're not going to get bass out of a 1" tweeter. But even an elliptical driver won't work, as it basically radiates like an array of drivers with the same dimensions.
The midrange in the Gradient Helsinki is an interesting solution to the problem. By tilting the midrange backwards, we get the displacement of a 5" woofer, with an enclosure that has an acoustic 'signature' that's about the size of a 2" driver. Basically when we're listening to a loudspeaker we don't just here the sound of the speaker in the box; we also hear the sound that's re-radiated via diffraction off of the cabinet. One can reduce the diffraction by using a spherical enclosure*. But that reduces maximum output and dynamics. But simply tilting the enclosure gives us the full output of the driver, but with a 'footprint' that is much smaller. In addition to having a smaller 'acoustic footprint', we also get some other advantages:
The flat baffle of 'conventional' loudspeakers acts like a waveguide. It constrains the output to 180 degrees. But this creates four strong reflections. A reflection off of the floor, the ceiling, the left wall, and the right wall.
We can't escape these reflections, unless our radiator was infinitely small.
But the Gradient does something clever, it basically distributes those reflections all over the listening room. So we still get four reflections, but they're not parallel to each other. More importantly, they're distributed in the time domain. So the 'floor bounce' doesn't occur at the same time as the 'ceiling bounce' or the bounce off of the wall.
Basically it goes back to my original hypothesis; that reflections are inescapable, but late reflections are less offensive than early reflections.
The Gradient Helsinki basically reflects the energy off of the floor and ceiling and walls, just as any loudspeaker does. But it does it later, and when it does it, the reflections are distributed in time to a greater degree than a conventional loudspeaker with a flat baffle.
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Portland, OR, October 19, 2008 – ACM's Special Interest Group for University and College Computing Services (ACM SIGUCCS) presented its highest achievement recognition, the Penny Crane Award, to Jerry Smith for significant service to higher education and the computing profession, and its Hall of Fame awards to Jack McCredie, John Lateulere, Rob Paterson and Jerry Smith for specific contributions to their respective institutions and SIGUCCS. The award recipients received their awards at the ACM SIGUCCS conference in Portland, OR October 19-22. ACM SIGUCCS also announced 24 colleges and universities as recipients of its 2008 Communications Awards. The awards recognize outstanding web sites, publications and promotional materials produced by these higher education computing centers.Penny Crane Award
The Penny Crane Award is named in honor of the individual many people identify with service to SIGUCCS. Crane was actively involved in SIGUCCS from the mid-70s until her untimely death in January 1999. She served in many capacities for both ACM and SIGUCCS; she was board chair of SIGUCCS from 1986 to 1990. Her death left a huge void in the ranks of volunteers, and the SIGUCCS Board could think of no better way to honor her memory than to establish this award.
The 2008 award recognizes Jerry Smith for his years of service to SIGUCCS since 1972. Smith became involved with computers while working at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the 1950s. He earned a BS in Mathematics at the University of Dayton, and worked as an undergrad at the UD Research Institute where he learned to program on a Burroughs 205.
Smith first met Penny Crane at that conference and she persuaded him to chart the following year's conference with her. He has won several communications awards and believes in the team approach to problem solving. He was a member of the UC Berkeley Internet Kit team which received the CAUSE 1996 "Best Practices in Service" award and he carries on Penny Crane's tradition of mentoring and service. His efforts and dedication were further honored by his Hall of Fame recognition.Hall of Fame Awards
The Hall of Fame awards celebrate SIGUCCS members who volunteer their time, talents and energies to help make SIGUCCS a vital and successful organization. The award was established to recognize individuals whose specific contributions have had a positive impact on the organization and therefore on the professional careers of the membership and their institutions.
Jack McCredie has spent the past 16 years at the University of California, Berkeley as the Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor. He retired 18 months ago, and now carries the title of emeritus. This title signifies that he wants to remain involved in the ongoing process of demonstrating how information technology can significantly improve research, learning, and the management of resources in higher education. He pursues this goal as a senior fellow of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR).
He participated in several early SIGUCCS conferences in St. Louis as an attendee, panel member, and presenter. More recently, he presented the keynote address at Computer Services Management Symposium (CSMS) 2001 in St. Louis, and made presentations at CSMS 2003 in Monterey and CSMS 2004 in Santa Fe. McCredie believes strongly in on-going professional development, and encouraged his staff to not only attend SIGUCCS events, but to actively participate in many facets of the organization.
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Portland tops Sonics for 11th win in row
Published 10:00 pm, Tuesday, December 25, 2007
PORTLAND -- One could only imagine how much Brandon Roy would have helped the Sonics get a new arena and resurrect the franchise.
It is only fantasy, like flying reindeer or a snowman coming to life. These are heart-warming holiday stories, but on Dec. 26 they become myths again.
That sums up Roy's potential impact on the Sonics. The former University of Washington shooting guard is as much Seattle as strong coffee on an early morning or heavy traffic on Interstate 5. But what's perhaps the most brutal part of watching the Sonics' attempt at resurrection is that the answer is thriving 174 miles south in Portland.
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On Christmas Day, Roy squashed the Sonics' opportunity to showcase their recent improvement to a national television audience. He was erratic from the field, but during a third-quarter stretch, the reigning rookie of the year scored 11 points in a 20-6 run that catapulted Portland to its 11th consecutive win, an 89-79 decision over the Sonics.
After he canned a long 3-pointer from the corner for a 66-50 lead, Roy showed rare emotion by pointing one finger in the air as the Sonics called timeout.
Of all the mistakes the Sonics have made in the draft in the past several years, they likely wouldn't have passed on Roy had he fallen to 10th two summers ago.
Roy was not considered a cinch top 10 pick, but he impressed the Blazers in a workout against contemporaries Adam Morrison and Rudy Gay, ruining any opportunity to become a Sonic. Instead, they took Mouhamed Sene.
For the foreseeable future, the Sonics have to watch a Seattle kid develop and excel for their archrival. And this was no normal game. The sellout crowd of 20,527 at the Rose Garden cheered vigorously as if it were a first-round playoff game. The Sonics played well defensively, except for the beginning of the third quarter, and that proved costly.
Roy finished with 17 points on 7-for-23 shooting but added seven assists and six rebounds. He and LaMarcus Aldridge combined to shoot 8-for-33 from the field, but the Blazers were plenty talented enough to pull away.
"That clock was under two minutes and I was like, 'Man I'm struggling tonight,' and I look up and we're up 12," Roy said. "Really, there wasn't a threat that they could come back and win the game. We've got to the point where LaMarcus doesn't play the whole fourth quarter and I don't think I've made a shot the whole fourth quarter and we win the game. That just says a lot about our young team."
The Sonics are behind Portland in their redevelopment. Defensively, they played well enough to win -- Roy, Aldridge, Martell Webster and Travis Outlaw shot a combined 13-for-52 -- but they couldn't stop the Blazers from gaining second and third possessions.
Portland grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and 20 of its 89 points were on second chances. Also, the Sonics offense couldn't produce key buckets after it cut the deficit to 74-68 with 9:07 left. The Sonics relied on Wally Szczerbiak, who missed three shots in the next two minutes while Portland went on a game-sealing 9-0 run.
Kevin Durant led Seattle with 23 points on 8-for-20 shooting but scored his four fourth-period points in the final 2:27, when the Sonics were done.
"The biggest thing was definitely the offensive rebounds," Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo said. "We did a poor job. Had we done an adequate job on the board, I think the score would have been something like 75-75. It seemed like we were a basket from breaking the ice but we didn't do it."
Defensively, Seattle focused on stopping Roy. He tried popping his midrange jumper to set up dribble penetration, but several open looks didn't drop. But when his team needed an offensive burst, key rebound or pass in the paint, he delivered.
Roy said he didn't dream much of being a Sonic as a youngster, but there is something special about facing the hometown team, despite its wobbly state.
But that's not his concern. Roy is the cornerstone of the hottest team in the NBA, one that had lowered expectations because of the season-ending injury to Greg Oden. But with Oden watching from the sideline, Roy is sparking the Portland resurgence.
"I think it's extremely important (for the organization)," Roy said of the win. "I was real excited. We've got this opportunity to show the world, hey, we won 10 games in a row. But you look back and say we still won the game by (10) points."


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Nothing like a public cant for making matters find their true level.
And thus it long remained, as if to attest the true level of Holbein's genius.
He was reduced to his true level by being stripped of his royal robes, and by being whipped, a specially servile punishment.
Things will come to their true level presently, but not afore the auld stock o' farmers are crushed past rising again.
Under pressure it is difficult to ascertain such things; one's true level may be higher or lower.
Australia is certainly a good place to bring people to their true level.
Through all the closing scenes of the second he is raised to his own true level by his love for the queen.
To reduce this philosopher to his true level, we ask, what did he say or do that showed a sympathy with all mankind?
It is in London where a man finds his true level in the book world, as Johnson shrewdly observed.


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Secrets' predecessor, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, was the event of the season last year. It went on to become the top-grossing film of 2001, taking in $318 million in North America and landing behind only Titanic in all-time gross. But many critics and some moviegoers thought it a bit tedious and lacking in humor and imaginative fancy, largely because filmmakers were so faithful to the letter of the book.
Though this one isn't expected to do as well at the box office as the first movie (sequels rarely do), the film reflects a confidence that could win over reluctant fans and solidify the Potter franchise as an event for years to come.
"You don't need to sell $900 million worth of tickets to be a huge success," says Seth Siegel, co-founder and licensing chairman of The Beanstalk Group, the world's largest trademark licensing company. "Whether it's a little more or a little less than the first time, it can't do anything but enormous numbers. The franchise is very, very healthy and moving forward."
Advance ticket sales "are on par with last year's, maybe even a little better," says Robert Bucksbaum, president of Reel Source Inc., which tracks box office sales.
In this installment, the bespectacled wizard hero is 12, in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and facing his biggest challenge yet: identifying and fighting a dark magic that could take over the academy. His closest pals, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), and his archenemy, Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), are back, as are many other original characters. There are some distinctive new faces as well, notably Kenneth Branagh as the comically self-absorbed Gilderoy Lockhart and Jason Isaacs as the slyly villainous Lucius Malfoy.
But for this movie, the book became less gospel, more guide, in part because the success of the first movie bolstered director Chris Columbus' ability to be bold.
The underlying themes are darker, too, and more serious. Where Stone narrowly drew on the differences between the world of wizards and the non-magical world of muggles, Secrets emphasizes the evils of racism. There is an effort underway, led mostly by the cruel Lucius Malfoy and his bully son, Draco, to purify the wizarding world of muggles (humans) and mudbloods (wizards with some human ancestors). By exploring a kind of ethnic cleansing within a wizardly setting, the movie presents a lesson in tolerance.
"Lucius believes his own race is superior," says English actor Jason Isaacs, who plays the despicable character. "You don't need to go back in time to Hitler. There are plenty of people getting elected all over that are terrified of change. There are the recent anti-asylum and anti-immigration movements that political parties seem to be acting on.
"If Lucius were American, he'd be running around with a pillowcase on his head."
But it's not all scary morality tale. Secrets also offers more laughs, and characters are better developed. Both filmmakers and actors display a greater assurance with the material.
Radcliffe himself noticed the difference: "I am much more confident with the filmmaking process and would often discuss ideas with Chris Columbus, which I would not have a year ago. The atmosphere was more relaxed because we knew each other very well and felt comfortable in the world."
Says Columbus: "Dan's an incredibly bright, serious person, and he has taken the time to work on his craft day after day for two years, so he's really become much more professional. All the kids were more confident in their performing."
In the first movie, the initial 45 minutes dealt mostly with exposition and introduction of the characters. Secrets is more of an action film, and newcomers — especially Branagh's narcissistic Lockhart — are fully formed rather than simply introduced and discarded.
And filmmakers added their own touches to the story. Lucius, for example, mistreats his son, Draco, which shows the origins and motivations behind the boy's bullying behavior.
And Columbus suggested that Radcliffe deliver one line in the subtly swaggering style of a young Clint Eastwood rather than the less dramatic verbal confrontation in the book. After Lucius says sarcastically, "Let's hope Mr. Potter is always around to save the day," Radcliffe asserts, "Don't worry. I will be."
The sequel also sets up the audience, ever so subtly, for the third Potter movie with a reference to Azkaban prison. That film —Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which starts shooting in March — will again likely be dark and frightening. Towering demonic presences known as dementors menace Harry, "draining peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them." But, on a lighter note, the remedy for their efforts is chocolate. (Raisinets tie-in, anyone?) The third installment will usher in several new challenges for the series:
"The kids were very shocked at his death," Branagh says. "They loved him. The line between fiction and reality was rather blurred in their relationship. When they were around him on set, he was like a compassionate, wise old uncle. They all felt really safe around him. He had a kindly presence."
In the meantime, the kids are clearly still enjoying, even marveling over, their stardom.
"The oddest thing was seeing myself as a Lego action figure," Radcliffe says. "It was so strange seeing my cylindrical head."


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Mina Vaughn
How to Discipline Your Vampire
Pocket Star / August 19, 2013 / $1.99 digital
Cerise Norrell, Type A substitute teacher by day, is ready to quit being a domme. Despite her best intentions, none of her partners can keep up with her scene fetish and attention to detail—let alone her demand that they have a costume and set waiting every afternoon by the time she's home from school.
Over a dozen potential subs have left her in the past year, but just when Cerise thinks it's impossible—that she'll have to go back to vanilla relationships, or be alone forever—she meets William, who wants to make all her fantasies come true. He turns her home into a geisha's dream apartment, a concert hall with a grand piano (which he uses to play an original composition while wearing a tuxedo), and even rents an abandoned loft for a zombie apocalypse scenecomplete with canned goods.
But there's something strange about William. Well, a lot of strange things.
He must be absurdly rich, since he can afford to provide extravagant costumes and props on a daily basis without having to leave work early. He must be insane, since he puts up with Cerise's over-the-top demands. And most importantly, he doesn't redden when he's spanked, and his skin is as cool as satin sheets. When Cerise discovers she's become domme to the infamous "Chilly Willy," as he's known throughout the BDSM urban lore, she begins to find out there's a whole lot more to her handsome submissive than a creative mind and a hard body.
And when it's William, ironically, who starts pressing Cerise to give him the kind of commitment she's never given anyone, it'll take everything she has to work through her issues, confront her past, and learn to be vulnerable.
In Mina Vaughn's debut novel, the reader is treated to the funny side of BDSM, complete with a submissive vampire and a bossy vagina named Bizzy. Yes, you read that correctly. It seems that Cerise's vag has taken on a personality of its own and she can be rather bossy. Not that that is a bad thing; Vaughn's mild-mannered substitute teacher is really the alter ego of a bossy domme, Mistress Cherry, who knows what she wants and will go to extremes to make sure that she gets it.
The fact that Cerise's vag has taken over in the sex department is an indicator that something is holding Cerise back. She separates herself emotionally from the act of sex by creating elaborate scenes in which she gets lost in her role play—zombie apocalypse, geisha, rock star. The creation of these new scenes is bordering on obsession for Cerise. She has created lesson plan books worth of scenes for the next ten years. If only she was able to put that much attention to detail into her real life.
It isn't until Mistress Cherry meets William that she begins to actually enjoy sex. William is the ultimate in unselfish lover, willing to do whatever it takes to make his mistress happy. The fact that he is an uber-sexy vampire is just icing on the cake. However, he comes with his own set of problems—a fear of abandonment and a painful past. Healing Cerise is a challenge that William is definitely up, for but it will take everything he has to convince her to let him into her heart. His first challenge is to get her past the fact that he is a vampire. A real vampire. This isn't role play for William, it's his life.
Of course he was fucking insane. That was my luck, right? Of course the handsomest, most creative and panty-dampening guy I'd met in years was a complete and total whackjob.
A vampire. Great. How long until he tried to "bite" me, or drag me to some Goth club where he and his friends would drink pig's blood and wear plastic fangs and sat-eye contact lenses? How long until we were married and had little Goth kids named Caligula and Artery? Fucking weirdo.
And yet he didn't seem weird-weird. Sure, he had bizarre skin and other peculiar traits. But, in all honesty, I really couldn't picture him doing any of that Goth stuff. So why the lies? Occam's razor dictated that the most obvious answer was usually the right one…
William has his work cut out for him. He needs to convince Cerise that he is the one man, albeit and immortal, who can make her happy. Cerise isn't going to go down without a fight, one that may push William away forever. By creating Mistress Cherry, Cerise has placed herself in control. The scenes she creates allows her to detach herself from sex as an emotional commitment, but rather as a scene to be played out. No emotion, no potential for hurt. William has to push Cerise to confront her past and let go of her sexual obesssins. But, in doing so, he may actually push her further away.
Fuck Me.
I realized I was doing it again: self-sabotage. When it comes to S&M, I was both sides of the coin. I loved the feeling of slapping the ever-loving bejeezus out of someone with a leather whip, but I did the same shit to myself mentally. I was a sadist masochist. What the hell was it about me that tried to undo any potential happiness that came may way? I flipped through my recipe box. I didn't really know why. Was it to remind myself why I had this fetish? To show myself all the fun I'd had over the years? Or was it to prove what a bitch I was—reminding myself of all the men whom I threw away?
When Cerise finally realizes that she loves William will it be too little, too late? Or, are Cerise's obsessions too much for William to work through? Cerise must find the strength to make changes to her life before she can commit to who William is and what he has to offer her. The confirmed self-saboteur has to confront her past and heal herself before she can move forward with a life with William. As for Bizzy, she is totally on board with all the changes in Cerise's life. As long as she doesn't get left out, that is.
For those, like me, who are new to BDS&M, this book is a fun way to transition to the genre. Vaughn combined just the right amount of sex with humor so that the reader isn't overwhelmed. Adding a submissive vampire was a nice twist. William was angsty, but likeably so. Be warned, the book is laugh out loud funny.
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Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has scoffed at praise for President Barack Obama for ordering the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying he would have recommended the operation in a minute.
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My favorite book of all time. This is one the rare instances in literary and cinematic history where the movie does do the book justice. However, though there are a few exceptions, I almost always prefer the book to the movie and it's no different with this epic story. Gone with the Wind spans the Civil War era from the Antebellum through Reconstruction, from the perspective of the legendary Scarlett O' Hara and the Confederate South. Many people believe it's a love story, which it is, but above that it is a story of survival, strength, courage, loyalty and faith. Should be required reading in all schools.
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It's a Screenshot!
Of Grass.
That looks like crap.
What you're seeing right there is an image of grass that my Tile System loaded from a file.
The Tile System is currently in the process of getting scrapped and rewritten, so there you go. Isn't it amazing!
I hope to load more tiles, and show you a big array of different tiles, soon. However, on Black Friday I got a new monitor (Which I'm using right now). It was hooked up today. I'm going to be gone on the weekend too, ! I feel terrible, I want to stay and program, get some work done, however life keeps on getting in the way. So enjoy the screenshot. Also, as of now, I am looking for an artist that would like to do some Tile / Sprites. I'll put your name on the credits, etc., yet the game won't be sold, so there will be no profit. No pressure, however just look at that crappy grass!
Sorry about the crappy screenshot. I'll hopefully have some new code to show you next week, that's shiny and fun !


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Shara Abraham and Brian Leiken announce the birth of their son, Kaleb Abraham Leiken (Kaleb Avraham), on June 19.
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St. Anthony defeated Milaca 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the Section 5AA Volleyball Tournament Tuesday night, Oct. 30, at St. Anthony, ending the 2012 Wolves' season.
St. Anthony won the first two games 25-19, 25-20, then clinched the victory by taking the third game 25-15.
St. Anthony was seeded No. 3 in the tournament while Milaca was seeded No. 11. The Wolves topped No. 6-seeded Minneapolis DeLaSalle in the opening round.
In other quarterfinal matches Tuesday, No. 4-seeded Breck topped No. 5-seeded Park Center 3-1, No. 1-seeded Maple Lake handled No. 9-seeded Becker 3-0 and No. 2-seeded Zimmerman stopped No. 7-seeded Rockford 3-0.
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If you've never seen an episode of Colbert Report, you might want to tune in tonight for the first time. Our very own Albany will be featured on the 30-minute series at 11:30 on Comedy Central. My former teacher, food and arts writer for the Times Union, Steve Barnes will also be on the episode.


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Local bars, restaurants set to host game-day celebrations
February 3, 2013
The New Orleans Super Dome will be filled to capacity Sunday with football fans ready to view the big game. If you are not one of the 72,003 fortunate enough to attend in person, there are several local bars and restaurants ready to set the scene for the 47th annual Super Bowl, pitting the San Francisco 49ers against the Baltimore Ravens.
The ever-popular game-day staples of chicken wings and beer will be offered at some locales specifically for the event.
"We're going to be offering chicken wings as one of the specials, which we normally don't have," said Christina Chu, server at Jernigan's in Nevada City.
"We are offering a free appetizer with the purchase of four Bloody Mary's," said Tucker Cirino, owner of Cirino's in Grass Valley. "We recently purchased a 60- and 45-inch TV."
Goomba's Italian restaurant in Grass Valley will have a tailgating party in the parking lot before the game and will offer a host of specials and even a chili competition.
"We'll be having a tailgate before the game," said Pete VanMatre, kitchen manager of Goomba's, "and then once the game starts inside, our full menu, but then we're going to run some sandwich and pizza specials and beer deals."
Stinky Mulligan's near Lake of the Pines in south county will host some of the Budweiser models for the first time.
"We are still putting together the specials, but we will be doing a wings special for sure," said Mike Sutherland, bartender at Stinky Mulligan's. "We're going to give four wings after your second pitcher of beer and some new food items coming onboard."
The Budweiser models will be on hand before the game starts.
"We are running a Budweiser promo, and the Bud girls will be here right before the game," Sutherland said.
Smiley Guys will show the game on its newly purchased big-screen television.
"We just got a brand new 55-inch, and we'll be having drink and appetizer specials," said Chris McFadden, one of the owners. "We're doing $1.50 bottles of beer, happy hour all day long, $3 Sierra Nevada pints, spicy meatballs, pulled pork taquitos and chicken wings, nachos, then our regular menu."
Smiley Guys is also conducting a football pool with the customers.
The ol' Republic Brewery in Nevada City, which does not normally have food, will provide catered food from Horn of the Bull Catering until 2 p.m. or until all the food is sold.
"We will have the Super Bowl on in its entirety on all of our screens," said Jim Harte, owner of ol' Republic. "And since we don't have a restaurant, we will be doing food, so it's kind of a special day where people can bring their pitcher they can fill and use.
"They're our local team and it's been a long time, so we're excited about that," Harte said of the Niners' presence in the Super Bowl. "We're also excited to see the little goings back and forth between the different fans because on our Facebook page, we're already getting that little bit of bantering back and forth."
The Tijuana Mad Dog will also be available for purchase at the brewery, which Harte describes as "like a Sonora dog but done with Angus beef, frankfurters, bacon, beans and cheese.
"It's quite a wild combination, and when you first see it, you don't know what to think, and then you take your first bite and think you can't wait to have a second one," Harte added.
All three Northridge Restaurant locations will have specials, including deals on prawns and hot wings, a $14.99 spaghetti-and-meatballs-for-two deal and pizza and beer specials.
"You can get 24 wings for $16.99, 10 prawns for 10.99, domestic pitcher for $7.50, microbrews for $10 and a bottle of house wine for $10," said Narissa Jennings, manager of the Northridge Restaurant in Nevada City. "And we have three televisions in our Nevada City location."
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Speculation is that one of NJ's defensemen will be available...one of Salvador, Volchenkov or Fayne are most likely per
opinion (I tend to agree).
Out of those three, Volchenkov has the most qualities that the Oilers are looking for.
At the same time, in the wake of Kovie's retirement, NJ will be looking for offensive help. We are looking to deal Hemsky.
Is it too much to assume thata 1-1 deal cannot be made here?
To NJ:
Hemsky 5 M cap hit
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Volchenkov 4.25 M cap hit
Both teams get what they need, and NJ now has the room to absorb an extra .75 M in cap, with lots of room to still look into the FAs to complement Hemsky's presence.
If you don't think this is a fair trade, what would you change/add?
Volchenkov is the poster boy for not giving physical shutdown d-men long-term deals when they are close to 30 years old.
Would not take him. Now if this was his last year of his deal maybe I would if there were no other options for Hemmer, but Volchenkov has 2 more years after this and is primed for compliance buyout.
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A MOTORCYCLIST injured in a horror crash on the A31 has suffered life-changing injuries, police have confirmed.
The man, in his 40s, remains in hospital but his condition is no longer considered to be life-threatening.
His bike collided with a metal sign around 100 metres to the east of the Roundhouse Roundabout just after 8.30am on June 13.
The Suzuki GSXR is registered to a man from Lymington and it collided with a Ford Fiesta, registered to a man from Somerset.


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STEP into spring with a short walks programme by the Dorset Ramblers.
The independent club is affiliated to the Ramblers Association and aim to arrange a series of Sunday walks throughout the year in Dorset and neighbouring counties.
The walks vary between four and 10 miles and can be circular, arranged in a figure of eight or even linear.
There is also normally a pub lunch arranged with the occasional picnic in the summer.
Now into its second year, the Ramblers' short walks programme offers the chance to get some gentle exercise.
The club was founded over 60 years ago, and has over 60 members.
This season's walks are an 8.5 mile walk from Bowleaze Cove to Osmington on April 6, a five-mile walk from Pine Lodge Farm in Higher Bockhampton at 1pm on April 12, a Daggers Gate walk in West Lulworth on April 13 and a six-mile Stourpaine figure of eight walk via Turnworth and Durweston on April 27. For more details visit dorset-ramblers.org.uk or call 01202 315320.


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