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Interview: Cartoonist Chuck BB Discusses 'Black Metal Vol. 2'
It's rare that an artist, much less a cartoonist, can pay homage to extreme metal without the feeling that he or she is laughing at it behind his or her back. Fortunately, with Black Metal, artist Chuck BB and writer Rick Spears have created an awesome tribute to their favorite genre of music that cackles right in its fucking face. Full of quirky humor, riveting plot development, and great heaps of northern darkness, Black Metal tells the tale of Shawn and Sam Stronghand, two demonic brothers whose love of sonic darkness leads them to find a magical sword and overthrow the hierarchy of Hell itself. Revolver reached out to ink-slinger Chuck BB about the task of crafting a worthy cartoon sacrifice to the power of the beast.
REVOLVER How did you and Rick Spears came up with Black Metal?
CHUCK BB At the time I was way into black-metal music, I just couldn't get enough, so of course my drawings reflected it. I started doodling these two metalhead hooligans with corpse paint, but I had very little planned out aside from the fact that they had a sword. I met up with Rick years ago--I already knew his work--and when I showed him some of the character designs, he got pretty into the idea, and I sent him a bunch of Darkthrone and Emperor and he fleshed out the story like a real champion of the deep.
As the artist, how much input do you have on the story behind the comic book? Does Rick send you a story, or do you two collaborate?
It's a fairly collaborative process. Rick handles the writing, but we always discuss where it is going beforehand. And then I end up coming back with notes. Mostly my notes are something like, "Can we change this minotaur into a goat-a-taur?"
Your artistic style is very different from traditional black-metal art—not as much cross-hatching, more clean lines. What did you do to inject the music's atmosphere into your artistic style?
Use a lot of black! Partly that's true, I think that there is a good amount of contrast in the books, that is sort of indicative of those great Darkthrone album covers. Of course the style I work in is very cartooned--and that is something pretty foreign to black metal, which has an image that is taken very seriously. But I think that the subject matter of the genre lends itself to cartooning. It's how I draw, and I love black metal--so it's what I do.
Tell us about Sam and Shawn Stronghand, their origin and design. Though they're twins, what differentiates them as characters--other than a hoodie?
Don't forget their corpse paint patterns are different. Shawn is the de facto leader of the two, because he wields the sword. Sam is the more visceral feral brother, who will get a little more violent and probably says fewer words. But their differences become much more apparent in Black Metal 2, where the twins truly find their individual voices and motivations.
Black Metal Vol. 1 sees Sam and Shawn defeating the ruling Baron of Hell. Where does Vol. 2 take us?
I think Gaahl of Gorgoroth said it best "...Satan." It is those aforementioned differences between the Brothers Stronghand that come into play story-wise. All the while delving deeper into hell and ascending to the blasphemous bureaucracy of Heaven. We see much more of Satan, and it is very likely that the twins will come face to face with the Bringer of Light.
The figure of Satan Himself only shows up at the very end of Black Metal Vol. 1—why wait so long? Many would think Satan to be the pivotal character in the story of this music…
Of course you can't have black metal without Satan, we knew that--but we wanted to build up to that. And I won't say too much, but Book 2 has plenty of the big guy. Black Metal 2 gives us a pretty solid look at Satan, his origins in heaven and in hell. So Don't worry--Satan is fully covered in the world of Black Metal 2, and he proves to be very pivotal.
A big part of Vol. 1 is Frost Axe, your fictional black-metal band. What went into their creation? In your mind, how do Frost Axe sound?
Initially, I think we had settled on the name Wintre Blade, but after a moment it became apparent that was way too fantasy/power metal. I always envisioned them as sort of an Immortal-like band. Big giant Norsemen, who dress like black-metal wrestlers. I think they sound just like Immortal as well, but with a Burzum-like production value. There is something bigger than life about a band like Immortal, and, on top of having this crazy image with all the posing and wireless guitar playing on mountain tops, they also put out some pretty great tunes. I was able to get Christophe Szpajdel to design Frost Axe's new logo which appears in Black Metal 2. You may know his logo work from a little band called Emperor and many others. It is totally awesome [Check out Szpajdel's work at frostaxe.com.]
Many would see writing a comic book about black metal as poking fun at the genre, but Black Metal is very serious and respectful. Is it a hard balance to keep—being funny, but not hating on the music?
I love every aspect of black metal, from the kvlt grimness of low-fi recording to the ridiculous corpse paint--I honestly think it is all so cool. But you have to be sort of blind, even within this genre, by now to not find some things relatively humorous about it. Still, it was very important for us to not poke fun directly at the genre, and this is where I think the style I chose to draw it in comes in handy. The art style is fun, and has some humor to it--but the subject matter is almost completely serious and intense as hell. I think the book comes off pretty reverential to the genre, and metal in general--with many references and capturing the overall attitude of a teenage black-metal kid.
Tell us about your own experiences getting into black metal.
Living in Los Angeles, it may seem pretty hard to identify with a music born out of frost and an overbearing Christian presence--but something about the music just drew me in. From the imagery, to the melodies...it just connected with me. There is something so genuine about black metal, especially the early stuff, it's hard not to admire because it came from such a real place.
You reference tons of bands in the comics, both visually and textually—who are your favorite black-metal bands? Who do you listen to while draw
Yes, we definitely wanted to pepper the book with lyrical reference and visual references. There are just so many great lyrics to quote, Rick and I would just keep emailing each other back and forth with different choice selections. Easily my favorite piece of black metal is Ulver's black-metal Trilogie. I even have all three of the albums on picture-vinyl in the box set, because I am a nerd. Of course, I regularly listen to Emperor, Burzum, and Darkthrone for inspirations, as far as newer bands I'm really enjoying Nachmystium, Agalloch, and Wolves in the Throne Room... I just recently started listening to the new Absu album, and if it is as good as their last, it may go into the Black Metal inspiration pile. The truth is I listen to way too many to even remember everything and some of the stuff absolutely blends together. Beyond that, I am not limited only to metal while I work, and I do imbibe quite a bit of podcasting and Howard Stern.
How have metal fans responded to Black Metal?
I was pretty worried how It would be received by metalheads, that that might think we were mocking the genre or taking the genre for our own purposes. But the goal was always to sort of write a love letter to metal music and attitude. Thankfully, it has been almost 100-percent positive. I have met a lot of metalheads who love the book. I even had one guy say that Shawn and Sam reminded of he and his brother when they were younger. I think we really connected with the metal mentality in the book, and its kind of the only thing like it in comics. Comics and metal have more of an overlap than it might seem, or at least that is what I've found.
How long do you and Rick intend the keep Black Metal going?
We have always planned on it being a three-volume series--so the next volume will be the last. I know what the end is, Rick has already finished the script...and it is extremely "Black Wizards."
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Words being an imperfect means of communication, they can only reveal so much about what someone is truly thinking.
The instinct, especially when it comes to sports fans and commentators, is put people on the couch, as it were.
Several thousand have done so over the past day or two to try and divine the intentions and motivations of Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson.
Was his answer as to how feasible it is for the Sens to climb out of a 1-3 hole against the Pittsburgh Penguins ("probably not") really the biggest no-no in jockdom, an actual admission of a defeat?
An expression of frustration after a 7-3 thumping from a player who's getting too old for this sort of stuff? An off-the-cuff remark, blown miles out of proportion? Or was it some clever bit of reverse psychology from the NHL's longest-serving captain, designed to spur the team after a poor effort?
While we're at it, what if Alfredsson is adopting the tried-and-true tactic of drawing attention to himself so as to deflect it from his squad-mates?
Speculation is fun, but here's where the direct evidence led on Thursday: Alfredsson's comments weren't considered in their full and proper context, not that he's backing away from them – "I'm not going to change anything in what I said, it's pretty obvious to me we're in very tough."
The Sens do indeed face a steep incline against one of the NHL's elite teams, but he reckons their chances are as good as anyone's to climb it.
"I haven't listened or heard all the comments, but it sounds like [people are saying] I had given up. If you ask anyone and they looked at our series, I don't think there's too many people that would have pick us right now. That's what I meant," the 40-year-old Swede said. "We have an opportunity and we're still in the playoffs. We have always responded when we were up against the wall and I expect us to do the same thing [in Game 5 on Friday] and give ourselves a chance to win a game and come back here again."
Defenceman Erik Karlsson indicated the team had talked about Alfredsson's comments, and the likeliest explanation is they were misconstrued. "I don't think he meant anything," he said, jokingly adding: "I just think he probably thought it was a stupid question and got it over with."
Beyond the explanations, clarifications, and occasional obfuscations, Alfredsson's words and gestures have an effect on his teammates.
When he snagged the game puck at the end of regulation, more than one Senator was left with the feeling it might be to mark the last home game of his illustrious career.
Nonsense, said his countryman Karlsson.
"I actually have a puck here, too, for him," he said, reaching into his locker. "I always pick pucks [up] for him, his kids always ask for them, and there's always kids around, I don't think it means anything at all."
Except centre Jason Spezza offered a different version: he's the one who suggested Alfredsson should grab a keepsake to mark his 100th career NHL playoff point (a late power-play goal).
The man himself said there was "no specific reason" to take the puck.
No matter, the fact is there is uncertainty over Alfredsson's future, and he has understandably done little to dispel it, even behind closed doors
"I'm sure Alfie doesn't really know with regards to his future what he's going to be doing," defenceman Marc Methot said. "Emotions were probably a big factor in that [Wednesday]. We talked to him today, he seemed upbeat, the guy wants to win, no question."
Another fact: the Senators' core identity is about shoving it in the doubters' faces just when things are at their bleakest.
So it may not be all bad for a person who commands enormous respect in the room and is universally loved, to point out the dark clouds above.
"The odds makers aren't going to give us a chance to win this series, and maybe that's how we like it. Maybe that's how we've played our best hockey all year. I think that's what [Alfredsson] was getting at," Spezza said.
At bottom, perhaps Alfredsson was just confronting reality in typically blunt terms.
"I'll say this: Alfie's an extremely intelligent individual. He doesn't sugarcoat anything, he's usually right to the point," Methot said. "He's great with all the young guys in terms of helping, he's a teacher. Does it shock me? Probably not so much."
Coming back in these circumstances is, factually, a very difficult, nearly impossible thing to do, in nearly a century of NHL play, a team down 3-1 in a series has come back to win less than 9 per cent of the time.
It's a chance, just not a very good one.
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(CNSNews.com) - Fresh from the Labor Day recess, Senate Democrats and Republicans have resumed their on-going battle over who gets to characterize the shrinking federal tax surplus.
In the wake of last week's Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, Democrats have criticized President Bush's ten year, $1.3 trillion tax cut for taking money away from the Social Security and Medicare trust fund surpluses, money that would otherwise be spent on reducing publicly held debt.
They also accuse Republicans of failing to plan for necessary changes to the tax code and for increases in defense and education spending.
Republicans have blamed the slowing economy for the reduction in the expected fiscal year 2001 surplus, from $153 billion to $122 billion, still the second largest surplus as a share of the economy since 1951.
Either way, Dan L. Crippen, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, says the important issue for Social Security is not whether money is taken from the trust fund.
"The attention given to what's in the [Social Security] trust fund come 2015, or even if the trust fund exists at that point, is misplaced," Crippen told the Senate budget committee Tuesday. "What will matter is size of economy" and the amount of benefits paid to retirees.
"Ultimately it is the size of the economy that will determine the ability of my children to fund my benefits," said Crippen.
"The payroll taxes will have no changes due to the president's tax cut," Crippen added.
CBO has attributed the drop in surplus projections for 2001 mostly to new spending legislation and about 20 percent of it to the slowing economy. Over the next ten years, according to CBO, the president's tax cut will have the biggest impact on projected surpluses. "But current economic weakness nonetheless contributes 20 percent ... to the reduced 10 year projections," said Crippen.
Democrats like Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) say the back-loaded tax cut, along with other upcoming changes in the tax code, will slow debt repayment and cost taxpayers more in interest payments. That, they say, will make it harder to pay Social Security's expected shortfall in 2016.
"The senator from New Mexico [Republican Pete Domenici] says that this [recent forecast] is just a short-term thing ... just caused by the economy," said Conrad. "No it's not. It's a long-term thing.
"It has enormous implications for the United States," said Conrad, because instead of having, at the end of 2006, a $1.3 trillion publicly held debt, the nation will have a $2.3 trillion publicly held debt. Federal interest costs will go up dramatically, by 91 percent, he said, from $621 billion to $1.2 trillion.
"So there are real consequences to the fiscal choices that have been made," said Conrad. "The important thing right now is for the president to get beyond denial. I think paying attention to the new CBO report could help him take that step."Domenici protest
"The problem right now is how much of the surplus has gone down because we have not had the economic growth we expected," said Domenici, former chairman and now ranking minority member of the budget committee. "If you have a slowdown in the American economy, you lose tax revenues.
"We've been losing tax revenues by large amounts, not to a tax cut, but because the American economy is slowing down," said Domenici.
"The fiscal plan adopted earlier this year was a correct one ... for a weakening economy," said Domenici. "If we had followed the Democratic proposals, it is clear that dipping into Social Security, which is now the new word around, and Medicare trust funds would have been even greater than estimated by the CBO.
"Whenever I hear that the Republicans are dipping, I would say the Democratic plans would have dipped more," said Domenici. "They just didn't get passed."
CBO's ten-year surplus estimates are down $40 billion -- $5.6 trillion to about $3.4 trillion -- from May estimates. See Related Stories:
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Leave it to Steve Jobs to stir up controversy and potentially shift the web so profoundly with his public message to Adobe posted on the Apple website yesterday. There may be many implications from this message to web designers and developers alike; the clear one being the push for the progress of HTML5, a standard that seems to be gaining momentum with each passing day. While this debate started on terms of mobile devices and why Flash doesn't suit them, it goes beyond that now.
"New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too)."– Steve Jobs
Outside of Adobe, Jobs' message also has an indirect effect to other companies who still utilize Flash as their main web application base. This only further solidifies the concept of both technologies being competitors, rather than complimentary to each other. Developers have to question if moving forward with Flash is the right thing to do, as the shift towards mobile computing grows larger each year. If more and more designers and developers eventually fall out of favor with Flash to keep up with the changing computing demographics though, I can only ask myself how will the web look five years from now?
Now, this debate goes deeper than just web software ideology. Web-based applications are the future and while I understand Flash over the years provided necessary tools for the web that weren't possible using only HTML, CSS and JS, that isn't so much the case now. Speaking strictly from a design perspective, I think this is a very good thing. I've been already experimenting with HTML5 and am not typically a fan of any Flash, but I understand that for many web applications beyond your typical website, Flash may still be the way to go. Google, once powerful allies to Apple just confirmed that Flash is coming to Android. Google Street View still uses Flash to run its user interface and there are signs it's expanding. YouTube, even with all the talk of moving towards video tag implementation, is still is a ways off from moving everything away from Flash. So if a large company such as Google who arguably have the best engineers in the industry, will still have their main online applications utilizing Flash, I think it's going to be a while before we see full HTML5 implementation across all platforms.
There's no denying Jobs is a true visionary; he is banking on the mobile computing "boom" over the next few years and he's probably right in that regard. The problem is, as it stands today PCs still outnumber smartphone and tablet devices by a wide margin. So while I agree this is an important first step in moving forward with HTML standards, the killing of Flash all-together strictly for the benefit of mobile devices may not be fully justified. That is, until a majority of web apps currently utilizing Flash successfully switch over to HTML5 on the PC side first. I haven't seen any full evidence of that yet, so I feel that signs of the death of Flash are a bit premature.


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ROCKFORD, Ohio — Helen Pauline Shinabery, 93, of Rockford, died at
10:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, at VanCrest Health Care Center, Van
Wert, Ohio.
She was born July 29, 1921, in Ohio City, to the late Loretta Louetta (Rayer) and Peter W. Wiseman.
Her husband, Darlene M. Shinabery, died Dec. 17, 1993. They were married Oct. 17, 1941.
Survivors include children: Sandi (James) Allmyer of Mason, Ohio,
Bruce (Marcella) Shinabery of Van Wert, Brent Shinabery of Rockford,
Vikki (Kerry) Kauffman of Decatur, Ind., Victor (Donna) Shinabery of St.
Marys; a sister: Thelma "Tootie" Allen of Rockford; seven
grandchildren: Carey (Kristin) Allmyer, Kyle Kauffman, Kara Kauffman,
Kendra Kauffman Ryan Shinabery, Matthew (Ashley) Shinabery, and
Stephanie Shinabery; a great-grandson: Jayson Allmyer;
stepgranddaughter: Chelli (Rodney) Sheffar, and three
stepgreat-grandchildren: Dolan and Emma Haynes, Adam Sheffar.
was preceded in death by her brothers: Paul Wiseman, Waldo Wiseman,
Robert Wiseman and Lloyd F. "Bud" Wiseman, and sisters: Emma Lou Myers
and Marcile Edna McDougal.
She had worked at Colonial Nursing Home
and retired from Shane Hill Nursing Home after 25 years of service. She
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Services will be held at 8 p.m.
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Pastor Chad Strabbing of St. Pauls RCA will officiate. Burial will be in
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Among the tribes which formerly lived on the plains of the United States, it was not uncommon for two men to become "friends."
This type of friendship entailed obligations greater than that which we ordinarily associate with the term. Depending on the
tribe, "friends" were bound to assist each other in ceremonial matters, on the warpath, and in routine affairs connected with
daily life. However, except for a very few scattered references this institution has not been noted among the tribes which
lived in the southeastern part of the country. For this reason the following information is of interest.
In the course of ethnological field work among the Oklahoma Seminole, I found that in the old days they also had a type of
formally recognized friendship. Two men who had known and liked each other for a long time might decide to become anhissi lakko, or "big friends." There are none of these living today, but I was told that "big friends" treated each other "better than
brothers." They were very respectful and did not joke or make fun of each other. They were always helpful, in small matters
as well as in those of greater importance. A man who had just returned from hunting would go out of his way to give a cut
of meat to his "big friend." If one partner were ill, the other took special care to see that he was well attended. "Big friends"
went to war together, and should one be killed the other was pledged to fight by the body till the end. Men who had entered
into this type of relationship did not belong necessarily to the same clan or town, but might live a considerable distance
apart. The native attitude is well expressed by the comment of an elderly Seminole:
By no means did all men have "big friends." It was a very serious thing. "You must be very careful in making anhissi lakko," parents would tell their son. Sometimes a man would want to be friendly with another because he wished to marry the other's
sister; that was the opposite of this kind of friendship. Sometimes women would become "big friends" also. When that happened
they exchanged gifts precious to themselves. But because two men were "big friends," their wives didn't have to be too.
The Seminole and various Plains tribes have lived in Oklahoma for a long time, and one cannot ignore the possibility that
the Seminole might have borrowed the institution from one of the Plains groups. However, there is evidence to the contrary,
for in 1880 MacCauley found that the isolated Florida Seminole also had the institution of formal fellowhood, though he gave
no details about the custom.1 Today it is still remembered by the older Florida Indians, though no longer practiced. As the Florida Seminole have not been
in sustained close contact with Plains tribes, nor even with their Oklahoma brethren until quite recently, formal friendship
was apparently characteristic of the Seminole prior to the removal west of the main body of the tribe. The institution may
consequently be considered a Southeastern as well as a Plains culture trait.
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As some of you saw on Twitter last night, here is my Christmas gift to all of you loyal readers — an in-depth look at the 2013 Slam Dunk Tournament at the Westchester County Center, which begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday. I've included a special edition of "players to watch" at the end of the feature, as well as a graphic of the full girls schedule. Enjoy the piece, and have a very merry, safe Christmas!
This was supposed to be the year that the Section 1 field evened out.
With Ossining losing stars Saniya Chong (graduation, UConn) and Andra Espinoza-Hunter (transfer, Blair Academy), and Irvington graduating reigning state Class B co-players of the year Lexi Martins and Brittni Lai to the Division I level, it seemed like these two teams in particular would come back down to earth in 2013-14.
Entering the Slam Dunk Tournament, the two are a combined 14-1 and appear poised to defend their respective section titles — if not regional and state crowns, as well. Irvington (8-0) is undefeated, and Ossining is coming off a school-record 114-point performance against Newburgh Free Academy.
"This group of kids are really trained. … I wasn't sure how they would jell," said Irvington coach Gina Maher, the section's all-time winningest coach in girls basketball at 594 wins and counting. "I think playing against players like Lexi and Brittni (in practice every day) makes you better."
With Irvington in the challenge game and not vying for one of the two Slam Dunk titles, the rest of the well-rounded field will be looking to step out from the massive shadow that Ossining and Irvington have cast over the section during the last four seasons.
Albertus Magnus will have the opportunity to avenge two disappointing losses during the tournament, which is now in its 15th year. The Falcons face Class AA powerhouse Lourdes, which they lost to in their season opener despite leading at halftime.
"We didn't play smart in the second half," Albertus Magnus coach Pat Buckley said of the early- season loss to the Warriors. "We need to make every possession count."
If the Falcons are victorious, it could set up a rematch of last year's Class A section final against Peekskill in the title game. The Red Devils face New Rochelle in Thursday's semifinals after Albertus Magnus-Lourdes.
"It's a great environment," said Buckley, who is looking to lead the Falcons to their first section title since 2009. "The younger girls need to go in there and play basketball. They can't be shellshocked."
New Rochelle will also be seeking some redemption after being held to 26 points by Lourdes at the County Center in last year's Class AA section semifinals.
North Rockland, the only other local team in the actual tournament (not one of the challenge games), is looking to prove it belongs in the discussion as one of the top Class AA teams in the section.
Playing in a bracket that features Ossining, Class A state Federation champion Long Island Lutheran, and CHSAA Class AA powerhouse Archbishop Molloy, any win would certainly put the Red Raiders in that discussion.
Sleepy Hollow, White Plains and Ardsley will join Irvington in the challenge games, which do not have advancement rounds. The tournament begins on Thursday at 11 a.m.
Players to watch: Most of you know the top players in the tournament — the "standouts" on a team, if you will. Aside from the fact that most of the "players to watch" for the season preview are playing in the this tournament, I wanted to switch it up. These are the players to actually watch — younger players who usually don't get noticed, but you should definitely keep an eye on in this tournament and the rest of the way. For the out-of-area teams (Long Island Lutheran and Archbishop Molloy), I listed their top players since we don't see them often. Here you go:
Lauren "Boogie" Brozoski, Long Island Lutheran: The reigning Class A state player of the year has already committed to Michigan as a junior.
Lisana Burnett, Peekskill: After losing her starting position from last year, the sophomore was clutch in the Red Devils' win at the Tappan Zee Tip-off Tournament last week.
Lauren Chafizadeh, Irvington: With Lai off to Marist, the senior has the stage all to herself. She's wasting no time, putting up big numbers for the undefeated Bulldogs.
Nicolina Chenard, Ardsley: An aggressive, standout three-sport athlete, the sophomore will be a player to keep an eye on in volleyball, basketball and softball until she graduates.
Kaleigh D'Arcy, White Plains: The Tigers likely won't make a deep playoff run, but D'Arcy is a talent worth watching at the County Center.
Lindsay Halpin, Irvington: At just 5-foot-4, the freshman won't get as good a look as some other players, but her play through the first six games this season shows she is the future of Irvington basketball.
Nyrie Holliman, Peekskill: The last time Holliman was at the County Center she led the Red Devils to a section title, scoring 14 points off the bench as an eighth-grader.
Nyasha Irizarry, Archbishop Molloy: The Manhattan-bound senior is one of three Division I recruits for a Stanners team with some serious height.
Madison McGrath, Albertus Magnus: Following a breakout sophomore campaign, the sharp-shooting junior is one of the Falcons' go-to players when a big shot is needed.
Chloe Mullarkey, North Rockland: If there was a "Sixth Man" award for high school girls basketball, Mullarkey likely would've won for Section 1 after averaging double digits off the bench as a freshman.
Vanessa Onwe, Sleepy Hollow: The sophomore can record a double-double in any game. A skilled rebounder, Onwe could lead the Headless Horsemen deep into the Class A section tournament.
Abby Squirrell, Ossining: She doesn't put up the offensive numbers that some of her teammates do, but the 6-foot-1 junior is at the heart of arguably the best frontcourt in the section.
Abby Weeks, Lourdes: A beast on the boards, the 5-foot-10 freshman makes up the bulk of the height on a quick, run-and-gun Warriors team.
Nicole Ziogas, New Rochelle: The only freshman on Bruce Daniele's squad, the 5-foot-10 Ziogas can play any position on the court. Ziogas starts on the same Lady Knicks AAU team as Halpin.


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The Big Four have reached the first impasse in their talks on the Middle East, the New York Post reported today. According to the Post's United Nations reporter Midhael J. Berlin, they disagree about a declaration of intent to carry out the provisions of the Security Council's Nov. 22, 1967 resolution.
The Anglo-American position is that the Arab governments should declare their intent to end the state of belligerency and pledge to respect Israel's right to exist within recognized and secure borders before Israel declares its intent to withdraw to agreed borders, Mr. Berlin said. The Soviet Union and France insist however that Israel's intent to withdraw must come first, and the two powers wish to enter into the substance of defining specifically the extent of Israel's withdrawal, Mr. Berlin wrote.
According to the report, the difficulty arose at a meeting of the deputy ambassadors of the Four Powers last Thursday. The deputies were assigned the task of working up the draft declarations which Israel, Jordan and Egypt would be asked to sign. The Big Four powers held their third meeting yesterday at the Manhattan residence of the British Ambassador. Lord Caradon. They will hold a fourth meeting at the residence of U.S. Ambassador Charles Yost on Thursday.
The Post reported that the U.S. holds that the declarations would not be carried out until the borders themselves are defined–"by a process," it adds,"that has not yet itself been defined." Meetings of the deputies have been put off until the stalemate is resolved, at least until after Thursday's Big Four session, the Post cited diplomatic sources as saying.


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Ashlee Simpson to record with The Cure frontman, Robert Smith.
She's been devoting her time to performing on stage lately. But now Ashlee Simpson is planning a comeback to music scene.
The singer wants to rock the industry with the help from The Cure's frontman Robert Smith.
On the encounter, Ashlee said, "Robert Smith from the Cure came to my last show in London, and I don't know if I was more excited about him or that it was the last show! To work with Robert Smith would be an honor."


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10 Spike Lee Hip-Hop Moments – Old School Daze
2) The next year, Lee directed his second music video, Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," from the soundtrack to his classic 1989 film Do the Right Thing
You'd think a film as powerful as Do the Right Thing wouldn't need its music video element to be just as provocative. But that's exactly what Lee and PE did with this clip, a call-to-arms staged as a rally down the streets of Brooklyn. Not to mention, a vicious slap to the faces of John Wayne fans worldwide.


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With the environmental issues at its core now more mainstream than when it launched in 2002, the DAB station Passion for the Planet comes across as highly confident these days. It also sounds mighty timely, with short speech features sprinkled through the music on topics ranging from new uses for cassava in Nigerian industry to eco-friendly fitness tips for the new year. News bulletins take a truly global approach, and the station is blissfully free of celebrity gossip. I'm impressed by how the station has grown, and how much more there is to listen to, compared with a couple of years back. Passion feels like radio that fits into a greener lifestyle rather than promoting a single issue for the already converted.
There is still work to be done. The music policy needs more focus: at the moment, world-music tracks pop up amongst a selection of mouldy, bland tunes that simply don't give the station as strong an identity as the speech segments. Also, the station lacks audience interaction and could really do with a dynamic strand that brings in listeners' own reflections on eco-conscious living. Passion doesn't preach, but at times listening to it can feel like a one-way experience.


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Celebrities Who've Been Banned For Bad Behavior
Lindsay Lohan has finally been un-banned from Avenue, the club where she famously (?) accused Justin Timberlake of cheating on Jessica Biel via Twitter. She went back to the club twice this week after she, as the New York Post reported, "besieged the management with calls and e-mails to let her back in, and she promised to be on her best behavior." The behavior management includes abstaining from alcohol—she's going so far as to send back drinks bought by other guests. [NY Post]
Celebs really have a knack for warming people's hearts with their charisma and giant heads, but every once in a while, celebs get banned. Dun dun dun.
- Michael Jackson's dad, Joe Jackson, was recently banned from attending the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. The 79-year-old Jackson registered for VIP tickets, but organizers rejected the request because they believed Joe should be mourning his son's death. One organizer said, "I don't think you can party shortly after your son has been buried. Anyone who breaches decency doesn't belong here." [Entertainment Wise] — As you might not know, Oktoberfest is all about polishing your moral compass. Wait, no it's not. I think we can all agree Joe isn't a good guy, but to deny him an escape because he should be mourning seems judgmental.
- David Letterman's former mistress Stephanie Birkitt has supposedly been banned from the "Late Show," where she was Letterman's assistant. The show is filmed in the Ed Sullivan Theatre where a security worker said, "Security got a verbal order that she is 'banned' from the property for the time being." Meanwhile, Letterman's company denies that, saying, "Stephanie is on paid leave of absence … she has not been banned from the Ed Sullivan Theatre." [Tribute] — It's not really fair to punish her since she didn't spill the beans, but I can't imagine she's really enjoying that leave of absence with her boyfriend getting arrested and former lover being humiliated. Fun times.
- The infamously temperamental but still dreamy Russell Crowe was allegedly banned from a British pub called The Brickmakers, close to where he was filming "Robin Hood" this summer. Apparently, he got in an argument with the staff when they wouldn't let him pay extra money to stay and keep drinking after they'd closed. A bar manager told reporters, "There was apparently trouble and he's been asked not to return," and mentioned that Crowe had been banned from two other pubs in the area as well. Crowe's manager denied the allegations saying, "The only truth to the whole thing is that he has been to the pub." [NBC Chicago] — Asking a bar to stay open late is one of the nicer things Crowe's done. I don't even think the Mercer banned him from throwing a phone at their concierge.
- In 2008, level-headed super model Naomi Campbell got banned from British Airways after spitting on a police officer at Heathrow Airport when she found out one of her bags was lost. Campbell's spokeswoman said, "Naomi has been flying with British Airways for nearly 30 years and has been a good customer. She hopes this can be resolved amicably." Campbell was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer. [Fox News] — In her defense, I sometimes want to spit at airport security, too. They can be so annoying.
- In 2007, when Britney Spears was still batsh** crazy, she was banned from the Chateau Marmont when other guests whined about her "acting weird" over the course of several months. The dealbreaker was allegedly when Britney started smearing food on her face while eating in the hotel's restaurant. A source said, "The diners were disgusted. You wouldn't expect that from a teenager in a fast-food joint. Royalty have dined in this restaurant. Her behavior was totally unacceptable." [Fametastic] — Having been to the Chateau and witnessed Josh Hartnett topless, I can confirm that no one wants to be banned from there. It's like heaven if heaven were made of mini bars and cute half-naked boys. Which hopefully it will be.


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Neutral spine is a term used when your back and, therefore, your spinal column, is in its natural, neutral posture. First, what is good posture?
Three Natural Curves:
In order to assure the spine is working efficiently, we must keep the bones in the best alignment. Otherwise, the stress and forces are magnified- ligaments will be overstretched and muscles fatigued- causingpain and possible injury. In any activity, these 3 curves should be maintained- but not increased.
The head should be above the shoulders so that the ear is in-line with the top of the shoulder. The top of the shoulder should be over the hips.
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It is as absurd to put a hospital ship under a line officer as it would be to put a hospital on shore under such a command.
And there was not a person there to help us to do this—not a line officer, not a second lieutenant.
He once said to me, 'I would rather be a private in the cavalry than a line officer in the infantry.'
It seemed as if the Phalanx must surrender; they were outnumbered two to one, and every line officer was dead or wounded.
And not being a line officer, he did not himself issue commands to any one except his own hard-worked orderly or clerk.
It was a field officer's command held by a line officer promoted from the ranks, where he had quietly served until "discovered."
Having reached this point, I find myself called upon to work as hard as any line officer on full pay.
He had the line officer's inherent scorn for administrative officers, who are necessary but not glamorous or admired.
"B" company being taken over by Capt. Branthwaite, a recently joined 2nd line officer.
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Most of you will have seen the sports-style boot bags, usually used by kids for carrying about their muddy sports boots around during schooltime. Cheap materials and poor quality that cost pennies to make - the Piel leather shoe travel bag has moved things along a lot since those days. The bag has a simple U-zip to access the main shoe compartment, and there is also a straight zip along one of the sides of the bag for storing items you want to keep apart from your footwear. There is no doubt that the Piel leather shoe bag offers a refined look and the finish will appeal to the more discerning purchaser.
I have used my shoe bag for transporting shoes, but also for toiletries during a weekend away and it is also useful for carrying other necessities in a stylish leather case. The shoe bag allows you to remain organised and classy whilst travelling. The divided compartment and small zip pocket mean this bag can fulfil numerous uses as I have said.
When packing a suitcase you can use it for your toiletries or more valuable items and the superb leather finish suggests you wont be too keen on hiding the bag away very often. At around £40 the fine leather shoe bag could be purchased with other Piel bags and cases, and even on its own it will prove to be a standout accessory as hand luggage.
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Gold Coast Airport Accommodation - La Costa Motel
Top Airport Hotel
Airport shuttle
The rooms were clean and pleasant with a close proximity to the beach. Easy access to airport and other facilities.
Proximity to planned activities
Clean rooms, good location $150 for 1 night in a clean but small family room seems excessive. I would have expected at least a microwave, better TV reception and less traffic noise for that amount of money.
Close to beach, food outlets, very clean rooms
Value for money, good location, friendly owners
Location and surrounding stores - convenience &restaurants Smokers on balcony - smoke filtered into room while we slept with windos open
The Inn was clean , comfortable and great for us as a over night stay which was close enough for our gold coast appointment.Also it was good for breakfast as Subway was across the road.
The convenience of the location of the motel to the beach and shops across the road.
the operators were very helpful& cooperative.good location as well
close to shops older style complex
Friendly staff. Appreciated the microwave, crockery and cutlery. Very close to the Coolangatta Airport. Very close to the airport so can be a little noisy until the last flight.
We chose the hotel for its proximity to Gold Coast airport, and it exactly met our requirements in this regard. There was nothing that we didn't like.
Friendly helpful staff, great location central to everything,good value, comfy beds.
It was near to where we where going for the day. I t was quiet and professionally run, very friendly approachable staff. Would stay again.
Friendly staff, clean and comfortable room that was well appointed. Actually, nothing apart from one pair of inconsiderate guests coming in at 2.40am and (briefly) making a lot of noise - hardly the motel's fault.
We had a 3 person family room (1 double and 1 single) the room suited our needs and provided useful amenities
The hotel was scrupulously clean, amenities were good. We only stayed one night on our way overseas flying out of Gold Coast airport. The hotel offers airport transfers and car storage for travellers which is very convenient. The hotel staff were all lovely, very helpful.
Proximity to Gold Coast Airport Having to get up early to meet international flight - but not as early as it would have been from home
Karen is a saint!!! Very friendly!! I don't leave my opinions at all my hotels, but this one is so important for the next guest to know. She went out of her way to help me with my reservations. THANK YOU KAREN!!!! Nothing.
Comfortable bed and clean sheets! Thought the shower could be improved upon with a glass door.
It was convenient and very reasonably priced. Very clean.
I liked the pillows and bed I didn't like how there was no seperate lounge. There were no couches only uncomfortable chairs or the bed to sit on
Position to shopping and clubs and the reasonable price.. No complaints
nothing rooms were nothing like the pictures
It's closeness to the Tweed Bowls Club and the friendly staff. The room was very well appointed and comfy. Not long enough.


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Inner Life was a studio group under the control of Greg Carmichael, with occasional input from Patrick Adams and Stan Lucas. The main vocalist was Jocelyn Brown, who had a long standing working relationship with all three writers/producers. The group first hit paydirt with "I'm Caught Up In A One Night Affair" in 1978. The song was so popular as an acetate that the bidding for the release rights reportedly shot into five figures, unheard of at the time for a single track. Nonetheless, it was an indication of the anticipation that audiences would have for product coming from such a distinctive assembly of talent. After "Caught Up" ran its course, the act was shelved until 1981. At that time, a truly monumental cover of the Motown ditty "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was recorded and it assaulted clubs upon its release. Brown's performance was particularly moving and it remains a highlight of everyone involved. "Moment of My Life" was another club classic from their final album. Be sure to check out their LPs, because they always contained quality songs beyond the singles.
Inner Life's Deepest Grooves
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The cross-border bridge at Clady is capable of supporting articulated trucks and Roads Minister Danny Kennedy has no further plans to divert traffic from the village.
He said: "In order to reduce vehicle speeds and discourage vehicles unnecessarily travelling through Clady, my Department provided traffic calming measures on Urney Road and Bellspark Road within the village in 2008.
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From spring to fall, I get so wrapped up in con season that I forget just how much Japan outpaces us at damn near everything nerdy and fan-based. Example? Comiket is so deeply and intensely nerdy that even the bags are crazy.
How crazy? Holding hands with a little girl crazy. Toting a gun crazy.
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Congratulations to Jack of Kent for being longlisted for this year's Orwell Prize. Take it from me comrade, those judges are a bunch of bastards who wouldn't know a good blog from a hole in the wall ;-)
One of the judges is Jack Night - the copper who won it last year. He caused a bit of a stir when he referred to the evil poor (his own site is gone now, probably because of this?). Most of the commentary I read at the time seemed to be a rehearsal and a re-run of older arguments, but there was one thing that I was sure of:
Its better that people who work in the public sector can showcase prejudices that they have and do it anonymously (without having to duck people trying to unmask them) than to keep them buttoned up. If lots of coppers think the way that Jack Night does, then it's something that needs challenging.
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But I want values in my columns... Imagine a cf with authors as keys. Each author has written several books. So each row has columns with the title as column names and the text of the book as value (ie a lot of data). If a user wants to know the different books for an author, I'd like to be able to have the column names without the values, then a user can pick a book name. In this case I can retrieve the value from this column (and only for this one). Of course, I could have an additionnal column which will manage the column names (=titles), but it's not very efficient and could be source of errors... If you have a method to retrieve the number of columns of a row (without their values), I can't see why you couldn't retrieve the column names (without their values). It's perharps harder than I think... But it would be rather useful ! Thanks ! On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:08 AM, aaron morton <firstname.lastname@example.com>wrote: > You can create columns without values. > > Are you talking about reading them back through the API ? > > I would suggest looking at your data model to see if there is a better way > to support your read patterns. > > Cheers > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > Freelance Cassandra Developer > @aaronmorton > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 6 Jun 2011, at 10:18, Patrick de Torcy wrote: > > It would be definetely useful to be able to have columns (or super columns) > names WITHOUT their values. If these ones are pretty big or if there are a > lot of columns, that would generate traffic not necessarily needed (if in > the end you are just interrested by some column). > Moreover it doesn't seem to be a feature too difficult to implement (well, > I think...) > > Patrick > > >
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Proceedings, issue 2
Thanks to a little ingenuity and a lot of plagiarism, the Proceedings of the Society of Drinking a lot of Cough Syrup is back with a second issue. The contents are as follows.
Moving Forward by Reading Backwards and Forwards
Ben Bronner and Anonymous
Wittgenstein said that philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. We argue that perhaps the most bewitching aspect of our language is its left-to-right structure, which subtly insinuates that the world which it pictures also possesses a left-to-right structure, a privileged direction. The solution, of course, is that philosophy should be written solely in palindromes. Some claim this stricture would inhibit genuinely philosophical discussion, to which we respond: Do geese see God?
A new philosophy journal
I am pleased to announce the first issue of the Proceedings of the Society of Drinking a Lot of Cough Syrup. Interested readers may find the Proceedings wherever philosophy journals are sold. The contents of the first issue are as follows.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
If ghosts exist, then where is the evidence? I answer this question by arguing as follows. If ghosts exist, they are subject to the force of gravity. Since ghosts can pass through walls, they would likewise (under the force of gravity) pass through floors. Where would the ghosts go? Clearly to the Earth's center of mass. This argument shows that, in a normal Bayesian model, the fact that we don't see any ghosts actually makes it more likely that there really are ghosts.
Justice Thomas reveals elaborate reductio of "money = speech"
[The quotations attributed below to Justice Thomas are genuine (though not the picture caption, obviously). Thanks to Alex Guerrero for the quip which inspired this post and became its title.]
This week's ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission confirms what many have suspected since 2010's Citizens United: Justice Clarence Thomas is engaged in an elaborate reductio of the idea that money is speech.
In Citizens United Justice Thomas argued that if political expenditures by corporations and unions are speech (as claimed by the Court), then existing disclosure requirements are unconstitutional. Such requirements, Thomas wrote, would violate the right to anonymous speech.
But Thomas's position on the matter was too extreme even for Justices Roberts, Scalia, and Alito, leading some to suggest that Thomas had unknowingly produced a reductio ad absurdum of the idea that corporate political expenditures are speech. Others responded that Thomas was well aware of the reductio he had crafted, and the proper interpretation of his intentions remained controversial.
The Pipe You Can Save
[The following is a "guest post" by Roger Scruton. Actual passages from Mr. Scruton's columns in The Wall Street Journal appear in quotes, followed by links to the original articles.]
Each day 19,000 children die from preventable, poverty-related causes. For the vast majority of these children, their early death means that they will never have the chance to take up smoking. And if the World Health Organization has its way, the number of such tragedies will only increase.
The WHO is aggressively pursuing anti-smoking policies in the developing world. Measures range from excise taxes to warning labels to complete bans on advertising. "This despite the fact that tobacco-smoking has not been identified as the sole cause of any of the diseases associated with it." [1] "Of course tobacco, used to excess, can damage one's health." But "what do we mean by health? The average smoker gains mental relaxation, social confidence and an easy form of hospitality from his habit: are these not parts of health? And are we necessarily right to trade them for a few extra years of life, when most of us live too long in any case?" [2]
Grad school
So I haven't posted a story in a while. Apologies for that. Now that I'm back in school my attention is elsewhere. But I figure I can at least share the more amusing bits of life in grad school. So here goes.
I always dress up for one class in particular. It's called "Formal Philosophy." My jokes are too subtle to be perceived by the human mind.
Speaking of formal philosophy, partial meat contraction is not what it sounds like. (Think swimming on a cold day.) Largely that's because it sounds like "partial meat contraction" but it's actually "partial meet contraction."
I named my new cat 'the king of France'. Originally I was leaning towards 'Louis XIV', but Bertrand Russell convinced me that ordinary names are just disguised definite descriptions. I figured I might as well get it out there in the open. Bonus: 'The king of France is bald' is unequivocally false. Take that, Strawson.
Obama releases philosophy from strategic reserve
President Obama authorized the Department of Education on Monday to release 100,000 counterexamples from the Strategic Philosophy Reserve (SPR). The move follows worries that the nation's friends, family members, and acquaintances are increasingly getting away with overgeneralizations, invalid inferences, and general bullshittery. This is the first release since 2010, when Obama tapped into the SPR in a failed attempt to head off $2,000-per-year subscription rates for Springer journals.
The broader context for the SPR release is provided by the nation's ongoing philosophy work stoppage. The strike, which has spread to philosophy departments in all 50 states, is now in its fourth month with no end in sight.
Sean Hannity: Not even wrong, new report says
A report released by the Moral Philosophy Research Group this week confirms what many have long suspected: Sean Hannity's commentary is entirely devoid of cognitive content. "Yes, except we mean it literally," says Anthony Vega, the report's lead author. "When Hannity utters a sentence, he's not asserting a proposition that might be true or false – he's simply expressing an attitude."
The researchers first became interested in Hannity after noticing a startling contrast between his apparently successful use of language and what seemed to be a never-ending string of blatant falsehoods. "Most of what he says seems to be demonstrably false," Vega notes, "and yet he engages in these back-and-forth exchanges in which his guests somehow just don't seem to care. I found myself wondering: What if Sean Hannity isn't even in the business of describing reality?"


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ColorBug is a handy color-picker tool, which makes it simple to select colors. It allows to determine colors from other applications, and to find matching colors. This is especially useful for designing websites, and other graphic works.
Operating systems: WindowsXP, Vista, Windows7, Windows8
|Standard setup
|colorbug_3_0.msi (478 KB)
|Portable (without installer)
|colorbug_portable_3_0.zip (142 KB)
* Thanks to Miguel Angel Chamorro for the spanish translation.
Version 3.0 is a usability overhaul, its throughout drag&drop system should make managing colors very intuitive. ColorBug is now able to import/export color palettes in the Adobe-Swatch-Exchange format (*.ase). There is a new tool called "color steps", which can calculate a number of colors between two given colors. Other smaller improvements like zooming with the mouse wheel, automatical detection whether ColorBug runs portable, and adjusting the window position to the visible screen, shall make working with ColorBug comfortable. Version 3.0.3 fixes a bug when ColorBug runs without visual styles (Windows-classic theme).
Colors can be dragged from the color buttons to the color palette to store them, or back to set a color. The same is possible between the color buttons, even if they are placed on different windows.
The color sliders and the pick tool will change the color of the active color button, even if it resides in another window.
The gradient tool can create gradients just by selecting a color and moving the slider to define the intensity of the gradient. The gradients can then be exported as CSS code, ready to be put into a style sheet.
.gradient { background-color: #0089c1; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#08b1f7), to(#005e84)); background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #08b1f7, #005e84); background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #08b1f7, #005e84); background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #08b1f7, #005e84); background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #08b1f7, #005e84); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#08b1f7', endColorstr='#005e84'); }
If the default format does not fit to your existing style sheet, or if you don't need to support the whole range of browsers, you can define your own template.
Often we have a given background from a photo or from the design of an existing web site, and we are looking for a matching text color. This screencast shows how you can find such a color easily.
Finding the real color of a text from the screen can be quite a challenge, because most texts are drawn antialiased today. The antialiasing divides the original pixel horizontally into several pixels with different colors. This can be seen very well at the vertical part of the "T". However if we can find a horizontal part of a certain length, like the upper part of the "T", the original color can be picket from there.
The installation is straightforward, start the setup and confirm the installation. To uninstall the application go to the control panel and select remove program.
To run ColorBug portable from an USB-stick (without installation), download the ZIP archive and decompress the whole directory to the USB-stick. ColorBug will then write the user settings to the same directory on the USB-stick. The installed and the portable version are identical, ColorBug determines automatically whether it was started from a removable drive.
ColorBug was written for the Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 and higher. Probably this version is already installed on your system (it is part of Windows-Vista), if necessary you can download the .NET framework from Microsoft's homepage.
At the moment ColorBug is available in four languages, though it can be translated to other languages without difficulty.
ColorBug is freeware, you can make free copies, give it to friends or do whatever you want to do with it. However, you are not allowed to redistribute it in any modified form, or to sell it and earn money.
Copyright 2012 by: Martin Stoeckli
You can visit ColorBug's homepage anytime for more information and to check for the current version. If you should have problems, questions or suggestions about it, or if you simply find it useful, don't hesitate to contact me.
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New Dates Announced For SAGE Show 2014
SAGE announced new dates today for the 2014 SAGE Show™, a national promotional products trade show in the central U.S. The SAGE Show will kick off on April 23, 2014, with an education day hosted by PPAI, followed by two full show days April 24-25, with the last day being open to hosted end-user clients. The hosted client day enables distributors to invite their clients to join them on the show floor to create a one-on-one enhanced sales experience geared toward identifying and satisfying the needs of key advertisers. The three-day event will take place at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. This year's inaugural SAGE Show was held the last week of February.
David Natinsky, CAS, president of SAGE, says: "The inaugural SAGE Show in 2013 met expectations for the first year of a brand new show. But our vision is to grow the show to be much larger. Our industry research indicates that an April show would allow us to grow the show at a much faster rate. In fact, a spring show in the Dallas-Fort Worth area was overwhelmingly preferred over February. Our team is excited to continue to build on the 2013 SAGE Show to deliver an even bigger and better experience in April 2014."
The show will remain at the state-of-the-art Fort Worth Convention Center, allowing attendees to take advantage of the hundreds of local food, shopping and entertainment options in the area. The convention center is also in close proximity to DFW Airport for easy travel.
"The member feedback we received was clear that moving the SAGE Show to April would provide for the best show experience given the calendar, weather and other factors," says Paul Bellantone, CAE, president and CEO of PPAI. "As an organization, we are constantly looking at ways to reach more members. One way to do that is by providing world-class trade shows in convenient locations at convenient times. The SAGE Show, along with The PPAI Expo and Expo East, form a three-show package that allow suppliers to cover the United States in a convenient, hassle-free manner to reach as much of our membership as possible. We are extremely excited to continue our relationship with SAGE on this important industry trade show."
Kippie Helzel, MAS, vice president of sales at Keystone Creative Product Solutions (UPIC: keystone), says: "CPS is excited about the April SAGE Show. The timing is perfect to showcase our best items as the busy spring and early summer sales period begins." Multi-line representative Chris Dollar from Chris Dollar Marketing Group (UPIC: BillN363) adds, "The 2013 SAGE Show was a great show for us. We received multiple orders at the show equaling thousands of dollars in new sales. We are really looking forward to exhibiting at the 2014 show."
Exhibitors can secure their 2014 trade-show booths at the SAGE Show as well as The PPAI Expo and Expo East with a three-show package that includes free shipping from The PPAI Expo to the SAGE Show, then from the SAGE Show to Expo East. It also includes a 15-percent discount on material handling at the SAGE Show and Expo East, plus a one-time $500 discount per booth applied to Expo East. The three-show package will be available until May 31, 2013. To sign up, exhibitors should contact PPAI at 888-I-AM-PPAI. Exhibitors and attendees can learn more about the SAGE Show at www.sageshow.com.


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Apex bodybugg - FAQs
Is there a warranty that comes
with the
Yes, the armband comes with a one-year
warranty which begins the day you
activate your armband. Please note:
water damage is not covered by the
warranty. The elastic strap is intended
to last at least 90 days from purchase
date, provided it is hand-washed and
allowed to air-dry (do not tumble dry).
How do I order a replacement
Log into
http://www.myapex.com with your
user name and password, and point your
mouse to the to
in the gray navigation bar across the
top of the screen. A menu will drop
down. Select the "purchase accessories"
option. Please note: you must be LOGGED
INTO myapex.com before you will see the
accessories option. If you open your
simply click "Return to Home" and look
for the gray
tab described above.
Can I use the
Armband if I am pregnant?
While we have no data suggesting the
Armband is unsafe during pregnancy we
recommend that you consult with your
physician prior to wearing the Armband
if you are pregnant or think you may be
How accurate is the
The Armband has been clinically
validated to be over 90% accurate when
determining calorie burn through the
entire day. More specifically, a recent
independent study tested the Armband in
real-life situations. Participants
engaged in "free living" activities,
including brisk walking, running,
bicycling, sedentary activities, home
activities, home repair, occupational
activities, strength training, and ball
games. The study compared the Armband to
a $40,000 "portable oxygen analyzer",
the gold standard for measuring
calories. Results showed:
Total Calories for free living
activities: mean error <10%.
Total Minutes of exercise: mean error
Source: British Journal of Sports
Medicine. July 2008. Berntsen et al.
I am seeing numbers that are
less or more than I would think for a
specific activity
Armband has been clinically and
independently validated, and on average
is over 90% accurate when determining
calorie burn through the entire day.
Short periods of time in the day may
show calorie values you were not
expecting. This may be because the
calorie burn for that activity is
different to what you were expecting,
and the accuracy of the system varies
with different activities. Over the
whole day the average accuracy remains
over 90%.
What is the proper way to clean
Gently wipe the side of the armband
touching the skin with a soft cloth or
towel moistened with a mild soap and
water. Wipe with a clean damp cloth to
remove any excess soap remaining. Use a
dry, soft cloth or towel to completely
dry the armband before wearing.
Additionally, your arm should be cleaned
and thoroughly dry.
Never use solvents to clean the armband.
To clean the strap/wing assembly: Hand
wash with mild soap and warm water,
rinse, then air dry. Machine drying may
affect the performance and lifespan of
the strap.
What is Calorie balance, deficit
and surplus?
Calorie balance is the difference
between calories consumed and calories
burned. Your caloric burn value is
determined by the data from the Armband,
off-body estimates and any manual
activities that have been logged. The
caloric consumption value is determined
by either the logged meals or body mass
Calorie deficit = when you have burned
more calories than consumed. Maintaining
a calorie deficit over time is a key
ingredient to weight loss.
Calorie surplus = when you have consumed
more calories than burned. Maintaining a
caloric surplus over time is a key
ingredient to weight gain.
Can I use the
system online without the
Yes. Actually, the online program is the
foundation of the
system. Based on your measurement
changes, the system will determine your
actual daily calorie deficit (or
surplus) according to your one-week
average. To help you stay on track
without the
armband, there's an easy-to-use food
logging function so you can keep track
of calories consumed. There's also an
exercise calculator with hundreds of
activities to choose from to determine
how many calories you've burned. Through
online interface you can customize and
print menus as well as view and print
your exercise programs. There are also
several informative knowledge builders,
tutorials, newsletters, and daily
questions and answers to help you stay
on track. Check out www.myapex.com for
even more educational resources.
Can one
armband be used by multiple people?
No, we do not recommend multiple users
on one
armband. Each armband is linked to a
online program. Having multiple users
wearing the same device simultaneously
would negate the accuracy and
effectiveness of the overall
Do I have to wear the
device 24 hours a day?
We recommend wearing the armband as much
as possible during waking hours. The
more you wear your
, the more accurate and effective you
will be at maintaining your calorie
deficit goal. During times of low
activity (such as sleeping), the program
will estimate your calorie burn at rest,
based on your body parameters, so it is
not 100% necessary to wear to sleep. We
advise removing the device for at least
an hour during the day to allow your
skin to breath.
Why is the
more accurate than a pedometer?
is more accurate than a pedometer for
calculating calories burned because it
is "watching" your body from four
different perspectives. A pedometer only
measures steps. In addition to measuring
motion and steps, the
is able to see how much you are
sweating, your skin temperature and the
rate at which heat is being dissipated
from your body. These additional
physiological parameters give the
a more complete picture of what your
body is doing and its level of exertion,
all of which means a much more accurate
estimation of your calories burned.
Does the
measure my heart rate?
Not at this time. While heart rate
information can be useful, it is not
necessary to accurately measure total
calorie burn. In fact, there are many
factors, such as prescription drugs,
cardiovascular disease and
abnormalities, which can affect heart
rate, making it more difficult to obtain
an accurate overall assessment of
calories burned.
Does the
come in any other colors?
Not at this time.
Can I get the
should be protected from water and
should be removed before showering,
bathing or swimming. The armband should
not be worn in saunas or steam rooms.
Does the
armband track what I eat?
No, the armband itself tracks the
calories you burn, but not the calories
you eat. Your calories consumed are
calculated by the
web interface based on your weekly body
mass change. To better track your
calorie input, the program also offers
an easy-to-use food log so you can
monitor the calories you eat throughout
the day.
How do I help ensure a
comfortable wearing experience?
Will the Display work without
No. The Display provides a visual output
for your Armband. It is not a monitor in
itself. It will only update and present
your Armband data when the Armband is on
your arm and "on-body" (sensing). Note:
You can still use the Display as a time
piece when the Display says "not in
My armband is not responding. It
seems to be off, and I cannot get it to
come back on.
Press the Status button. If the battery
or memory lights are flashing red,
either the battery needs to be charged
or the memory is full. If after pressing
the Status button you still receive no
feedback (no lights or sound), try
charging the battery, it may have
drained while you were not wearing the
armband. If after replacing the battery
you still do not receive feedback,
please contact Technical Support.
Data that I thought was on my
armband has been erased.
Your armband may not have turned on. If
this is the case, the armband did not
collect data, but you will be prompted
to manually enter your activities during
any detected off-body time the next time
you upload your armband. Off-body time
occurs only during the non-sleeping
hours you've established in your
program, and you've had the armband off
for at least 30 minutes.
How do I upload the Armband
using the Wireless Communicator
How do I synchronize a new or
replacement Armband with the Display?
Perform the steps below to synchronize
your Display with your Armband. Once the
Armband is "paired" with the Display,
synchronizing should require only a
single short press of the Armband button
when prompted by the Display.
What do I do if the battery is
not charging?
After performing any of the following,
attempt to charge your Armband to see if
the problem has been corrected.
How do I locate the serial
number in either version of the Armband?
Grey Armband - Open the round battery
cap. Remove the AAA battery. The serial
number is the 8 digit number found
within the battery well.
Black Armband - Remove the Armband
sensor from the strap/wing assembly. The
serial number is the 10 digit number
found on the Armband sensor label.
What is the proper way to wear
the Armband?
The Armband is designed to be worn on
the back of the upper arm (the triceps)
with the
logo towards the shoulder and the
sensors touching the skin. Adjust the
strap so that it fits on your arm
comfortably, and secure the pull-tab.
Confirm that the sensors maintain
continuous contact with your skin at all
times and that the Armband does not
slide off your arm. Be sure not to
secure the strap too tightly.
The black
armband was designed to be worn on the
left arm.
The gray
armband was designed to be worn on the
right arm.
What to do if the computer will
not recognize the Armband
After performing any of the following,
attempt to upload your Armband to see if
the problem has been corrected.
How do I enable Java in Internet
version 6.0 and version 7.0?
Use the following steps to enable the
Sun JRE (Java Runtime Environment)
Use the following steps to manage the
Sun Add-ons.
How do I remove the Armband from
the strap/wing assembly?
How do I register an Armband on
an already existing account?
How do I verify the settings in
Internet Explorer to make sure
everything is set correctly? (Manage
Add-ons, phishing filters, pop up
blockers, etc.)
How do I contact bodybugg®
technical support?
Please call 866.314.9423 between the
hours of 5am and 7pm PST, Monday through
Friday. You can also send an email to
support@bodybugg®.com. If you're
calling from outside the US, please dial
When I press the armband button,
the armband does not respond?
Press the armband button again to see if
it responds. Press and hold the status
button for 15 seconds to reboot. Go into
the software and retrieve your data
(upload) to re-sync your armband.
My armband is beeping while it
is on my arm.
armband is not automatically
turning on when I slide it on.
If your armband has not turned on within
10 minutes of putting it on, try very
lightly moistening the back of your
upper arm with water and slide the
armband on again. Do not use enough
water to form drops on your skin should
be no more than slightly damp. It should
turn on within a few minutes. If the
problem persists, please contact
Technical Support.
What should I do if my skin
becomes red or irritated?
In most cases the redness or irritation
is the result of heat and moisture build
up between the armband and skin due to
prolonged wearing. Discontinuing use for
a few days should allow the affected
area to breathe and clear up. If the
area does not seem to clear by itself or
remains irritated for several days
following discontinuation, consult your
physician before wearing again. If you
are allergic to any of the materials in
the armband, consult your physician.
Why do you recommend that I
schedule my
coaching session fourteen days after
enrolling in the program?
If I need to return the
will I be reimbursed for the coaching
If you purchase your
from myApex.com, it can be returned if
it's within 30 days from the date of
armband activation. If the coaching
session has been used, you will be
reimbursed for the cost of the unit less
coaching session and any shipping costs.
If the coaching session has not been
used, you will be reimbursed for the
as well as the coaching session, minus
any shipping costs.
If I opt out of the
phone coaching session, will I receive a
No, the
phone coaching session is nonrefundable.
Therefore you will not receive a refund.
However, you do have the option to
schedule the coaching session at any
time that is convenient for you.
What happens if I would like to
use my
phone coaching session even though I
initially opted out?
Your coaching session can be retrieved
at any time. So, if you decide you'd
like to take advantage of the coaching
sessions after you initially opt-out,
please contact the coaching team at
800-656-2739 ext. 4073 or send an email
to firstname.lastname@example.com to set up an
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Out of its population of 20 million, Ghana's Muslims account
for 45 percent of that population.
Sheikh Hassan Khalid, a prominent Ghanaian Islamic Daawa
activist said that Islam reached through Daawa activists who
visited the country from the neighboring African countries,
whose sole aim was to spread Islam to their neighbors.
Sheikh Hassan told DAAWA magazine that many of Ghana's Daawa
activists got their Islamic education in mosques where the
activists from the neighboring countries used to give
instruction to the Muslims, adding that the mosque in Ghana is
playing a prominent role in the lives of the Muslims here.
He said apart from being a place of worship, the mosque is
also a place of learning, scholarship, and guidance, adding that
in addition to the learning the Holy Qur'an the faithful learn
other subjects, such as the Prophet's Hadith, and other Islamic
Shari'a Studies.
Sheikh Hassan Khalid said that the Daawa activists of Ghana
are now focusing their attention on the Muslim youths, so as to
prevent them from going astray, and lead them toward the proper
path and the correct Islamic practices.
Speaking about some of the problems facing Ghanaian Muslims,
Sheikh Hassan said that ignorance is one of the problems, and
the Daawa activities face the problem of lack of resources, and
this has made it impossible to acquire new and modern methods of
spreading the Islamic Daawa. These include printing presses and
other communication equipments.
Sheikh Hassan also referred to the sporadic frictions between
Muslims, and said that these frictions also hamper Daawa work,
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Katy Perry's Giant Breasts Twerking In A Bikini
Katy Perry got into some sort of fight with the paparazzi in Sydney on Friday and made fun of their tiny penises, but everybody seems to be friends now because here are bikini photos of her giant breasts that I'm posting now so they don't get buried beneath AMAs red carpet pics, or worse, the eight million stories flying out of Bill Cosby's Jell-O raping pop. That guy's done enough shit to women – "allegedly." He's good for a while.
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5 Tips for Using Content Marketing to Boost SEO
Integrating content marketing into your SEO strategy can bring more traffic to your website while also converting more of that traffic into customers, but be sure to have a solid plan before you start. The Content Marketing Institute's 2015 Benchmark Report found of the most effective content marketers, 47 percent had a documented strategy, while only 5 percent of the least effective do. Devising a content marketing strategy to support your SEO efforts makes sense in order to expose new customers to your brand and improve search engine results, but not having a plan is a great way to waste money.
Whatever content strategy you decide on, ensure that content is designed to be viewed easily on any type of device, including smartphones and tablets. In 2015, Google Search announced mobile-friendliness will serve as a search engine ranking signal. Once the website is designed to effectively work on mobile devices, use these steps to use content marketing to improve search engine optimization for a brand.
1. Keep These Basic SEO Guidelines in Mind
No matter what type of content you're producing or having other people produce for your site — a written blog post, a video, a podcast, a photo slideshow, an infographic, or something different — it's vital to keep these basic SEO principles in mind:
- Do your keyword research. Use Google's free keyword planner tool to discover keywords people are searching for when looking for the types of products or services you offer, and use these keywords to drive your website's content strategy.
- Optimize your copy. Now that you have keywords you want to rank for in order for more relevant visitors to get to your site, use these keywords in post titles and headlines, meta-descriptions, and title tags.
Don't just try to write clever and catchy copy. Write clever and catchy copy that also has valuable keywords related to your brand.
2. Create Useful Content for Your Site
Possibilities are endless when it comes to determining stellar content for your site. The more valuable the content you produce, the more likely it will be read or watched, which increases time spent on the site, which positively relates to search results. Compelling content also makes it more likely to be shared, which leads to increased page view numbers that also benefit search results.
Digital Current recommends striving to create search engine optimized content that is unique, relevant, and substantive in order to best attract the positive attention of search engines. If you're stumped about what to share with your Web visitors, think in terms of:
- What are their interests? Determine audience demographics and what types of content will keep them engaged.
- How can I share something unique that's product-related? If you're working on a site for a food product, for example, you could create recipe infographics. If your product is geared toward business owners, a blog with useful business tips is helpful.
- What type of content do my Web visitors want to consume? A round-up of studies by Xerox Corporation found colored visuals can make people more likely to consume content by 80 percent, while expert marketer Jeff Bullas reports articles with images receive 94 percent more total views than articles without images. Color photography and videos are ever-increasing in popularity with Web visitors, making them essential elements of your content.
Don't create spammy content by peppering keywords throughout the post where they don't belong, but don't be afraid to link to other content on your site throughout new content — but only if it's relevant and done sparingly. Write and create with user benefit in mind first, and relevancy will be rewarded by search engines.
3. Create Useful Content for Other Sites
As a new content creating expert, sharing your knowledge and expertise with other great minds and audiences in your field is an effective way to help your own search engine optimization. Guest blogging provides the following benefits:
- Credible backlinks through a link to your website within the content or via an author bio
- Exposure to your website for new visitors, via direct traffic and traffic from social networks, email campaigns, and other sites the guest post may be shared through
- Increased page views to your website through referrals
- Improved reputation as a subject matter expert, which may lead to more business
- The possibility of new partnerships through other outlets with the business you're guest blogging for
- Content creation practice and the learning of new skills through learning other sites' sharing strategies
Don't be afraid to reach out to webmasters of sites you love reading and offer to create guest content for them in exchange for a link back to your website. You're creating free, useful content, and reaping the rewards of a link and increased referrals and page views to your website that search engines will look favorably upon.
4. Get Others to Create Useful Content for Your Site
It's also wise to solicit other brand experts to contribute content to your website, or to interview prominent subject matter professionals and feature them in your content. Showing off others on your site through hosting guest posts or by highlighting them in your content provides these advantages to a business and its search results:
- Contributors are likely to share your content. This exposes your brand to potential new customers and increases your page views, which benefits search results.
- Hosting links to reputable sites on your own site is positive. This increases the relevancy of content on your site, which boosts search.
- Your site will be viewed as authoritative. By featuring experts in spaces that relate to your business, your content will become attractive to Web visitors, which may drive up direct traffic, which is positive for search engine optimization.
If you'd like to ask someone to contribute to your site, offer to include a link back to the reputable site of their choosing within the content. Remember not to link to low-quality, spammy sites, because that can damage your site's search results.
5. Share Your Useful Content With the Masses
Now that you've put energy into producing and optimizing content for search engines, it's time to give that content extra juice that will extend its reach — and the reach of your brand. Free and paid options abound, but remember only quality, relevant, non-spammy content will be likely to be shared and engaged with. Here are some marketing avenues you can use to share your content:
- Social media
- Email marketing
- Sending it to influences and asking them to share it with their audiences if it's relevant — and offering to do the same for them if they have useful content your followers would find enjoyable
- Paid ads
Include calls to action when you share your content, or ask questions to further encourage engagement. Include social sharing buttons on all your content to allow viewers to easily click and share with their social networks, and work on building up your followings on social media and in your email list to elevate your reach and improve your search engine rankings for the keywords you want to be associated with.