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Following the opening of the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion, designed this year by Diébédo Francis Kéré (Kéré Architecture), photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu has turned his lens to London. Designed to mimic a tree, or a canopy of trees, the wooden structure has been designed to fuse cultural references from Kéré's home town of Gando in Burkino Faso with more "experimental" construction techniques. His ambition is that the pavilion becomes a social condenser – "a symbol of storytelling and togetherness."
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Diébédo Francis Kéré's Serpentine Pavilion Photographed by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Francis Kéré to Design 2017 Serpentine Pavilion
The Serpentine Galleries have announced that the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion will be designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré (Kéré Architecture), an African architect based between Berlin, Germany, and his home town of Gando in Burkino Faso. The design for the proposal, which will be built this summer in London's Kensington Gardens, comprises an expansive roof supported by a steel frame, mimicking the canopy of a tree. According to Kéré, the design for the roof stems from a tree that serves as the central meeting point for life in Gando. In line with the criteria for the selection of the Serpentine Pavilion architect Kéré has yet to have realised a permanent building in England.
Step Into BIG's 2016 Serpentine Pavilion with This 360° Panorama
Following the success of last year's virtual tour of Selgascano's 2015 Serpentine Pavilion, Photographer Nikhilesh Haval of nikreations has shared with us his virtual tour of BIG's 2016 Pavilion entry. Hosted this year on Google Street View, the tour allows you to move through and around the "unzipped wall" design, giving you the ability to perceive how sunlight interacts with the structure. Check out how visitors are using the pavilion as an escape from the sunny park or sipping on drinks ordered at the pavilion bar – and don't forget to look up, where it's easy to get lost in the sea of interlocking fiberglass bricks.
Round-Up: The Serpentine Pavilion Through the Years
Lasting for close to two decades now, the annual Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Exhibition has become one of the most anticipated architectural events in London and for the global architecture community. With this year's edition featuring not just one pavilion but four additional "summer houses," the program shows no sign of slowing down. Each of the previous sixteen pavilions have been thought-provoking, leaving an indelible mark and strong message to the architectural community. And even though each of the past pavilions are removed from the site after their short summer stints to occupy far-flung private estates, they continue to be shared through photographs, and in architectural lectures. With the launch of the 16th Pavilion this month, we take a look back at all the previous pavilions and their significance to the architecturally-minded public.
BIG to Design 2016 Serpentine Pavilion While Four New 'Summer House' Architects are Announced
The Serpentine Galleries have revealed that the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion will be designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), alongside a surprise announcement that four "Summer Houses" will also be built by internationally acclaimed practices. Kunlé Adeyemi – NLÉ (Amsterdam/Lagos), Barkow Leibinger (Berlin/New York), Yona Friedman (Paris), and Asif Khan (London) will each design a 25sqm structure inspired by the nearby Queen Caroline's Temple, a neo-Classical summer house built in 1734 and "a stone's throw from the Serpentine Gallery." In line with the criteria for the selection of the Serpentine Pavilion architect, each chosen to design a Summer House has yet to realise a permanent building in England.
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Photographer Nikhilesh Haval of nikreations has shared with us this virtual tour of the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion. Taking viewers through a series of 360-degree panoramas shot on a mercifully sunny day, the tour shows off the pavilion's striking colors to good effect and gives some indication of the complex and dynamic arrangement of the design's double skin.
For those won't get the opportunity to visit for themselves, Haval's virtual tour is a great way to experience SelgasCano's psychedelic space as it gives a reasonable impression of what it feels like to actually be there. I can say that with some authority because, since I last wrote about the pavilion, I got the chance to visit it myself - and what I found was completely different to the pavilion I might have expected had I been taking cues from our comments section. I'd like to talk to our readers about that directly, if I may.
SelgasCano's Serpentine Pavilion: "Cheap Plastic Bag" or "Pop-Art Inflatable Funscape"?
We're just three days into the four-month display of SelgasCano's 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and the comments it has generated from ArchDaily readers have already been as colorful as the pavilion itself - with criticisms ranging from "worst Serpentine Gallery Pavilion ever" to "trash bag monster" and a few other comparisons that I'd rather not even repeat. This may surprise some people, but at ArchDaily we do actually read the comments section, and we get it: unless you're the brave and persistent soul who comments as "notyourproblem," who thinks "it must be exciting getting inside those tunnels," there's a good chance that you hate this pavilion - and I don't use the word "hate" lightly.
But is this violent dismissal warranted? In short, is SelgasCano's pavilion as bad as you probably think it is? Fortunately, we're not the only publication giving the pavilion extensive coverage: as usual the Serpentine Gallery has attracted a number of the UK's most well-known critics. Find out what they thought of the pavilion after the break.
SelgasCano's Serpentine Pavilion / Images by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Take a peek into SelgasCano's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion—which opened on June 22—through the lens of Romanian photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu.
Iwan Baan's Images of Selgas Cano's 2015 Serpentine Pavilion
With the opening ceremony of SelgasCano's Serpentine Gallery pavilion earlier today, the Serpentine Gallery has released a set of images by Iwan Baan, capturing the riotous color explosion delivered by the pavilion's ETFE wrapping. Always one of London's most popular architectural attractions over the summer, this year marks the pavilion's 15th anniversary, and will be on display until October 18th.
Read on after the break for more images - and stay tuned to this posts for updates throughout the day!
SelgasCano's 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Opens
The 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was revealed today in London, showcasing the colorful plastic design by SelgasCano to the public for the first time. Consisting of a minimal steel frame wrapped in multi-colored ETFE sheets and webbing, the design is encompassed by "secret corridors" which provide access to the main internal space, inspired by the multi-layered and sometimes chaotic network of the London underground.
Smiljan Radic's Serpentine Pavilion Opens
UPDATE: Check out video from today's press conference at the Serpentine Pavilion!
The 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radic, opened this morning in London's Hyde Park. The pavilion, a glass-fibre reinforced plastic shell resting on large quarry stones, was inspired by a papier mâché model which Radic created four years ago as a response to the Oscar Wilde story 'The Selfish Giant'.
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Existing evidence suggests that early individual differences in literacy skills are established by first grade and remain relatively stable in the following years. Because early experiences appear to be so important for later reading skills, researchers Monique Senechal and Jo-Anne LeFevre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, were interested in finding out how children acquire these early literacy skills.
They speculated that these skills were acquired both at home and in kindergarten. They specifically sought to determine how parental involvement is related to the development of reading skills.
Previous studies have shown that including parents in children's academic development can critically enhance their performance and predict both the vocabulary development and reading growth of children in the primary grades.
Home literacy experiences
These researchers studied the informal and formal literacy experiences of 168 middle- and upper-middle-income children at home. Formal literacy activities are those in which parents try to teach children to read or write. Examples include working with an alphabet book or teaching them to write their name.
Informal literacy refers to activities such as reciting nursery rhymes and reading storybooks aloud. One previous study revealed that children whose parents believed in the importance of more structured literacy experiences tended to have stronger emergent literacy skills than children whose parents believed in providing less structured experiences such as simply reading aloud.
In the current study, the middle- and upper middle-class English-speaking parents reported lots of home literacy experiences. On average, these parents began reading to their children when they were 9 months old. These homes had between 60 and 80 children's books and some children were also taken to the library.
Because reading was a highly valued activity in these homes, Senechal and LeFevre wanted to assess children's exposure to formal and informal literacy experiences in other ways than simply asking parents how often they engaged in such activities. Therefore, they created lists of children's book titles and children's authors and asked parents to indicate titles and authors they recognized.
Formal and informal activities
This checklist consisted of 40 titles available in local libraries and bookstores and an additional 20 names invented by the researchers. Researchers discouraged parents from guessing if they were unsure they recognized a name. This kind of checklist has been shown in previous studies to be a valid and reliable measure of exposure to books.
The list was used to measure the informal literacy experiences of children. Parents who frequently read to their children did not necessarily report teaching them to read and print words. Few researchers have examined the possibility that informal and formal literacy experiences might have different relations to the develop-ment of children's literacy.
These researchers, however, sought to determine the relative importance of these two distinct parent-child activities — storybook reading and parents' reports of teaching — to the development of children's receptive language, emergent literacy, skill acquisition and fluent reading.
In the current study, two groups of kindergartners and one group of first graders were assessed and studied through third grade. Children's receptive language and emergent literacy were assessed at the beginning of first grade, and reading skills were assessed at the end of first and third grade.
All three schools in the study shared a common mandate emphasizing self-directed learning, integrated curricula and parent and community involvement. These schools used multi-age groups and many of the children in the study had the same teacher in first, second and third grade. Reading instruction began in first grade with a balanced literacy approach in which phonics teaching was included within the context of reading and writing activities.
At the beginning of first grade, children's vocabulary was tested with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. Listening comprehension and phonological awareness were assessed with subtests from the Stanford Early School Achievement Tests. I
n addition, researchers measured children's concepts about print, alphabet knowledge, and decoding of simple consonant-vowel-consonant words. Children were asked to spell words or as many sounds in the words as possible. At the end of first and third grades, word reading and reading comprehension subtests were administered.
Limits of storybook reading
Different types of early literacy experiences are related to different outcomes: Storybook exposure predicted receptive language and parents' reports of teaching predicted emergent literacy skills. Neither storybook reading nor parents' reports of direct teaching predicted a significant variance in phonological awareness.
Results showed that reading storybooks during the preschool years will enhance children's vocabulary and listening comprehension, and that in time, these receptive language skills will facilitate fluent reading. This influence remains after controlling for parent education and differences in phonological awareness.
However, storybook reading by itself is insufficient to foster specific emergent literacy skills such as alphabet knowledge or early decoding. These skills appear to require specific teaching.
These findings are important in light of the relative stability of these early individual differences once children begin formal instruction in reading. In this study, early home literacy experiences were indirectly related to later reading performance — children's exposure to books at home played an impor- tant indirect role in the development of reading skills.
Shared book reading supported children's receptive language development which, in turn, shows a strong link to reading performance once the mechanics of reading were learned in the early grades. Continued exposure to books in school also made a significant contribution to children's reading performance in third grade.
In contrast to storybook reading, parents' reports of teaching appear to have a more limited influence on learning to read. Parent involvement in teaching provided some foundation for early literacy skills. But early literacy skills were a better predictor of success in the learning the mechanics of reading than of fluent reading later on.
Middle-class children's vocabularies are usually adequate for learning to decode simple words, and thus are not believed to be a source of variability in early reading skill.
In conclusion, vocabulary and listening comprehension are predicted by storybook reading at home. Teachers should continue to recommend that parents read to their children before and after they begin to read in school, because early progress in developing receptive language has a long-term effect on acquiring reading vocabulary and comprehension.
However, Senechal and LeFevre found no long-term effect on reading skills in children whose parents reported they taught them to read and write letters and words. These researchers warn that it is not known whether these results would hold true for lower-income or more diverse populations. They believe, however, that this study does reveal the importance of early storybook reading for the development of fluent reading.
"Parental Involvement in the Development of Children's Reading Skill: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study" Child Development Volume 73, Number 2, April 2002 Pp. 445-460.
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Jurors should believe the incriminating testimony of accomplices and convict two Athens men of robbing nearly a quarter of a million dollars from an armored car two years ago, prosecutors argued Thursday.
Defendants Armond Dewayne "P-nut" Payne and Jeffery Bernard Henson wore masks and wielded a pistol and shotgun when they robbed more than $200,000 from the armored car at a West Athens shopping center, prosecutors said.
But witnesses lied to get either lighter prison sentences or a piece of reward money offered after the heist at the Colonial Promenade Beechwood shopping center on Alps Road, defense attorneys argued.
A panel of five men and seven women took those words with them into the jury room as they began deliberating late Thursday afternoon following a four-day trial.
Clarke County Superior Court Chief Judge Lawton Stephens sent jurors home at 6:40 p.m., after nearly 90 minutes of deliberation, and ordered them to return to court this morning to resume deciding the defendants' fates.
Western Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Matt Jordan said in closing arguments that the robbery was well-planned, and that Payne got out of a stolen sport utility vehicle and approached an armored car company employee before Henson joined him, toting a shotgun.
"He knew the man in the mask wasn't coming to say hello to him," the prosecutor said.
Jordan reminded jurors that Darious Smith testified he helped the defendants remove cash from the armored car outside the Bank of America's Colonial Promenade Beechwood branch, and that Yolanda Wilcher testified she acted as getaway driver for the bandits.
Another witness, a man looking to buy drugs at the Bulldog Inn, testified he saw Payne in a room at the Commerce Road motel with wads of cash, and called police after reading about the armored car robbery in the newspaper.
But Henson's attorney, David Crowe, said the witnesses weren't credible.
Smith, the third alleged bandit, and Yolanda Wilcher, the purported getaway car driver, each were facing possible life prison sentences, but agreed to testify in return for lighter penalties, the defense attorney said.
Smith was "absolutely lying" when he said he helped make off with the cash, and Wilcher could get probation in return for her testimony, Crowe argued.
Smith and Wilcher both pleaded guilty and prosecutors will ask the judge to sentence Smith to 10 years in prison and Wilcher to two years.
Payne's attorney, Bill Overend, said prosecution witness Ron Harris admitted, "Yeah, I'd like to get my hands on some of that reward money" after telling police he saw Payne loaded with cash at the Bulldog Inn.
The Bantek West Inc. armored car company offered a $20,000 reward after the robbery.
But jurors should question Harris' credibility, Overend told them, because he was a "proven liar," convicted of 18 counts of fraud for illegally obtaining state disability benefits.
Investigators rounded up Payne, Henson and two alleged accomplices after informants told authorities how the four conspirators were bragging on the street about a big score, police said. Henson paid cash for two Nissan Maximas and a Chevrolet Corvette in the months after the hold-up, further proof he was involved in the robbery, police said.
According to prosecutors, Henson and Payne arrived at the bank in a 2004 Kia Sorento sport utility vehicle stolen weeks before in Madison County, and were joined by Smith who helped unload cash from the armored car. They drove to University Garden Apartments on Baxter Street, where they ditched the stolen SUV and climbed into a waiting car driven by Wilcher.
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Capel: We try to get players to make informed decisions
Posted April 23, 2014
Recently named Duke basketball associate head coach Jeff Capel told Mike Maniscalco and Mark Thomas on 620AM The Buzz Wednesday that the Blue Devils staff aims to give players accurate information ahead of their decision to stay or leave early for the NBA.
"With these kids now, especially the ones that are looked at as potential NBA players, there are a lot of people, and when I saw a lot, A LOT of people that try to get to them," said Capel. "And it's a lot of people at times that may give them the wrong information. And the thing we try to do is get them accurate information."
Capel said with 40 years of college head coaching experience and his involvement with USA basketball, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is able to attain accurate information for his players.
"So if they do decide to come out they understand the things they need to work on, they understand what people think of them right now, the things they need to work on to improve," said Capel. "So when that time comes that they are in front of people they can showcase their talent."
Capel has coached two of the most highly touted college players, current Clippers star Blake Griffin and Duke's Jabari Parker. Griffin left Oklahoma after his sophomore year, averaging 24 points and 14 rebounds a game. Parker has declared for the NBA draft after his freshman year, averaging 19 points and nine rebounds a game.
"Jabari is a better natural scorer than Blake. Jabari is probably the most talented and gifted offensive player that I've been around. And I think that will translate very well to the next level and he will continue to get better," said Capel. "I find it fascinating when people say that he doesn't have a high ceiling, I actually think that's the farthest thing from the truth. I think he's just starting to scratch the surface of how good he will be."
[Jabari and Blake are] both equally and incredibly talented and they're both incredible kids, incredible guys. Very unique when you have that talent, that skill set, the passion and desire to be really good and then they're really good guys – you don't find that very often."
Not only do college coaches have to deal with players leaving early, they have to deal with players leaving for another school – something that Capel has had a lot of experience with.
"I think when you're dealing with high-major kids and high-major recruiting all of the guys think they're going to be pros. And so they don't want to be patient and they don't understand that," said Capel. "If they come to a place and they're not playing right away or getting the kind of minutes they think they should get, there's someone in their ear telling them to leave or you have to leave."
It's the culture it's the way it is right now. People don't want to be patient. The days of a kid sticking it out, fighting through it, learning, understanding and then by the time he's a junior or senior really figuring this thing out and being a really good program guy and having a chance to be pro. Those days for the most part have passed. It is a problem and I don't know how it can be fixed."


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Chilled Strawberry Soup Recipe
A neighbor gave this recipe to my young daughter after she went to visit with a bowl and spoon in hand!—Ellen Lohrenz, Enid, Oklahoma
- 1 quart fresh strawberries
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1-1/2 teaspoons quick-cooking tapioca
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- Whipped cream or yogurt and fresh mint, optional
- 1. In a blender, combine strawberries, orange juice and cinnamon; cover and process until smooth.
- 2. Transfer to a large saucepan; add the tapioca and let stand for 5 minutes. Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in buttermilk, sugar, lemon juice and peel. Refrigerate. Garnish with whipped cream or yogurt and mint if desired. Yield: 4-6 servings.
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Editor's Note: Hollowed-out honeydew or cantaloupe halves make fun serving bowls for this soup.
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Professor Lermack to retire
April 15, 2011
Professor Paul Lermack will retire at the end of the fall 2011 semester. Professor Lermack began is Bradley University career in 1971 after receiving his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Minnesota. Hundreds of criminal justices majors will remember Professor Lermack's Judicial Politics course, but it is his constitutional law courses that have been consistently singled out by law school graduates as invaluable in preparing them for law school and their legal careers. While Professor Lermack is completing his retirement plans the department is conducting a national search for his successor. Professor Lermack can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This is awesome, I love it!
In the Beaufort Observer yesterday:
Rush Limbaugh to President Obama: "You lie" (about jobs "created or saved") And unfortunately, the data support Rush's argument!
As though it's a darn shame that Rush Limbaugh, of all people, is actually factually correct about something! It begins:
"The question can be simply stated: "How many jobs did the $787 billion Stimulus Plan create?" The answer cannot be state at all, with any degree of accuracy. By most people's reasoning that means that the $787 billion has been wasted. Now we realize it has not all been "spent" but since it is assumed they will do so as they have done for what they have already spent, we contend that the accountability must be applied to the full $787 billion. The original idea can also be simply stated: In the face of rising unemployment President-elect Obama in December and January of 2009, just before he took office, advocated for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) saying that it would create "3-4 million jobs and 90% of these jobs will be created in the private sector."
You can listen to it in his January 10. 2009 weekly radio address. Unemployment was at 7.2% at the time."
The "Report" he refers to in his address can be read by clicking here. A few day later Obama raised the estimate to 4 million jobs, again 90% in the private sector. The article goes on to say that:
"Even the president admits the Stimulus Plan has not worked. Within weeks of passage he switched from saying it would create 3-4 million jobs to saying that it would "save" that many jobs. Unemployment continued to climb. Now he has reduced the number to 650,000 jobs "saved or created". This ABC article chronicles some of the erroneous numbers that Team Obama have been putting out."
Lies, all lies Mr. President! See, Rush is not the idiot the antagostic "left" consistently portrays him as!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
3 comments:
- George said...
Wow, this is quite the admission from a MSM outlet. Especially when ANY Conservative, when making a statement of fact needs at least 2 corroborating sources.
FUHRER OBAMA, however... has been noted and stashed.
- November 21, 2009 at 8:19 AM
- Austin Fitness Trainer said...
$787 billion stimulus. What does that come out to for each job "saved'. It would have been much cheaper just to write checks to those whose jobs were saved.
- November 21, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- GIANTS FAN said...
Thanks for getting back to me! I'm going to add you to the Compadres page now.
- November 21, 2009 at 1:17 PM
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BERLIN (Nov. 19)
School authorities in the town of Teritz, Saxony, have urged children to read Julius Streicher's pornographic anti-Semitic weekly, Der Stuermer, instead of the Old Testament, newspapers reported here today.
In reply to a local Catholic priest who publicly urged parishioners to read the Bible instead of the Stuermer, the school authorities issued an order saying:
"Do not read the Old Testament. Read the Stuermer, for the Old Testament spoils the purity of the child's soul."


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This guitar suits everything that I play better than any other guitar I own. I'm still in awe of it's versatility and still finding wonderful tones i didn't know could possibly extracted out of this guitar. It's simply incredible. I play mostly classic rock and new wave, but this guitar can suit heavy rock, punk, you name it it'll do it, maybe unless it's metal - if you want an Esprit for metal I'd recommend the Esprit V (dual humbucker model) to be on the safe side as single coil P-90 pickups will screech and hum like mad if you push the gain too far, as they have a tendency to be a bit microphonic. I use this guitar with a Laney VC30 and a wide array of FX, which give me ultimate versatility. The neck pickup gives a rich, smooth sound great for singing solos and clean chords, but the bridge pickup gives a bright, kind of twangy sound, but with a lot more depth than say, a Strat. And of course, the middle pickup will give you somewhere between, as will the bridge+middle and middle+neck combinations. Overall, the best way I can think to describe the sound is like a Strat, but with a lot more depth and less twang. It's almost completely middle ground between a Strat and a les paul, and will do a song played on either justice - I cannot put into words just how impressed I am with the versatility. And of course, the quality of the tone that comes out is also astonishing for the price, and will certainly give Gibson a run for their money.
Overall Impression — 10
I play a lot of styles of music and this guitar fits them all in such a way I never thought possible. It's the perfect match for everything I play - astonishing. I've been playing guitar seriously for about 5 years although I did start very young and had about 7 more years of simply playing around occasionally before which may have been beneficial. With said experience comes a lot of gear. Too much to list. I'm a hoarder, especially on the guitar side of things. Of all.. Well, I'd say 20-ish guitars that I own, nothing has come closer to providing me with "that tone that I hear in my head" that plagues us for our entire lives as guitarists, than this Esprit III. Normally I don't go for the odd shaped instruments but I couldn't say no to this! If this guitar was stolen I'd definitely get another one. Definitely. I seriously don't know how I lived without it since I've had it. I love the sound, the neck, the versatility, well everything about it that makes a guitar what it is from a players point of view. The one thing I'm not so keen on is the overall appearance, but I'm not one to judge a book by it's cover and now that I'm a little more used to it I've grown accustomed to the unusual appearance. I compared this guitar with a Fret-King Eclat (A les paul special style guitar) and a Gibson Les Paul Studio Vintage mahogany, along with a few others. This was definitely the pick of the bunch, for me anyway, although I will admit, I paid a deposit on that Gibson the day I bought this guitar, too! I chose it over the Gibson mainly because of the lower price but almost equivalent quality, and the fact this has P-90s unlike any of my other guitars - I certainly do not regret the decision to get this guitar - no buyers remorse whatsoever. The only thing I could wish for is a Hardshell case for it as I want to take very good care of it - howvever, at the price, for the quality of the guitar you get, I think a hardshell case may be asking a little too much.
Reliability & Durability — 9
This guitar will definitely withstand Live playing - It's one of the most solid, sturdy feeling guitars I've played. You can feel the quality and I feel it can definitely rival a Gibson (I keep saying it can rival Gibson due to the more Gibson like construction, not to be getting at Gibson!) for durability, although I'm a little concerned that the headstock may be a weak spot like many back-angled headstocks. The strap buttons and other hardware seem just as solid as the guitar itself. I can depend on this guitar for sure. I haven't gigged with it yet but it's a lot more solid than a lot of the other guitars that I have gigged with in the past. It's not like me to gig without a backup but I would do so if I had to. The finish will probably last, I'm a bit skeptical due to the blemishes on mine, but I think a better finished Esprit will keep it's finish for a very long time.
Action, Fit & Finish — 7
The factory setup was fairly good, although the intonation was not quite there - it's a good thing I can do setups myself. I have seen many esprits with the action set so low out of the factory that there is a lot of fret buzz, too, however this is not a problem with mine. The pickups are setup to what seems to be a rough estimate which does the job well enough for my taste as I have not had the urge to go adjusting them yet. One thing I will say is that I got this guitar at a reduced price due to some finish flaws - there are a few splodges in the finish, and some small air bubbles which may be prone to cracking later on, which is something I'm willing to Live with, especially as this was the best playing Esprit out of all the other seemingly identical guitars I played - although I do need to praise the consistency of these fret-kings - the individual guitars are more alike than any other brand I've seen, although of course there will always be slight variations, it's just the nature of.. Well nature.
Features — 9
My Fret King Esprit III Is a 2008 Blue Label model, Made in Korea. It has a 22 fret mahogany set-neck with a very PRS-esque neck profile - Kind of thick but not too thick, just right for my hands, and a 25" scale length (between Fender and Gibson scale). I think the frets are medium jumbo, and the fretboard is rosewood with a 12" radius. The body is thick mahogany and a very unusual shape which is somewhat difficult to describe - It has a raised-centre which widens towards the neck and somewhat resembles the "hood" of a sports car. Shape-wise, the body horn and cutaways resemble a Fender Jaguar to a certain extent while the lower half is modelled on a Gibson Explorer shape. As unusual as this sounds, it still somehow looks sleek, and is incredibly well balanced for such an unusually shaped instrument! Upper fret access is incredible, it honestly almost has a Gibson SG beat in terms of comfort at the higher frets, perhaps a little aided by the longer scale length? I guess this is a matter of preference. It has a traditional looking tune-o-matic/stopbar bridge/tailpiece setup, providing a solid string anchoring point. One neat little feature I've noticed is that the tune-o-matic has little allen-key adjustments for height, making it more convenient should the action need to be raised. The bridge posts are sunk directly into the body. The controls are simple - a master volume and tone and a Strat style 5 way Switch to toggle between the 3 P-90 pickups exactly how the Switch works on a Strat. The firebird-like reverse headstock is equipped with gotoh tuners which hold the guitar in tune very well. The headstock, incidentally, is very reminiscent of the late '60s Epiphone 6-a-side "batwing" headstock. A gig bag is included, as you'd probably expect at the very least with such an unusually shaped guitar - however, considering the guaranteed difficulty of finding a suitable hardshell case for it, I feel they should've included a hardshell case.


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The Suns' bid to win the 1992-93 NBA title
By Lee Shappell
The Arizona Republic
June 22, 2003
April 23, 1992 – Paul Westphal named Suns coach for 1992-93, succeeding Cotton Fitzsimmons.
May 14, 1992 – Suns eliminated from second round of NBA playoffs in five games by Portland. Assistant coach Lionel Hollins says to Suns Chairman Jerry Colangelo, "We've got to get us a Charles Barkley."
June 17, 1992 – Suns trade for Charles Barkley, sending G Jeff Hornacek, F Tim Perry and C Andrew Lang to Philadelphia.
June 24, 1992 – Suns draft C Oliver Miller in first round.
July 3, 1992 – Suns sign free agent G Danny Ainge from Portland.
Oct. 18, 1992 – Barkley ejected from his first game as a Suns player, a preseason win over Boston in the debut of $89 million America West Arena.
Nov. 7, 1992 – Suns unveil new uniforms in opening win over LA Clippers; G Kevin Johnson begins season on injured list with abdomen strained lifting 300-pound Miller to celebrate preseason win.
Dec. 2, 1992 – Majerle's Sports Grill opens two blocks north of the arena, now dubbed the "Purple Palace."
Dec. 9, 1992 – Barkley's first triple-double keys 110-101 defeat of the Charlotte Hornets, lifts Suns to league-leading record of 12-4. They do not relinquish that position for the remainder of season.
Dec. 21, 1992 – Suns practice opened to public at America West Arena; 18,000 get in, more than 3,000 others turned away.
Dec. 30, 1992 – Kevin Johnson returns to lineup to help team blast Houston 133-110, completing 14-0 month, Suns' best ever, improving record to NBA-best 21-4.
Jan. 18, 1993 – Barkley hops scorer's table at Madison Square Garden, chases referee Jimmy Clark to dressing room, upset over officiating in loss to Knicks. Barkley suspended one game.
Feb. 3, 1993 – Suns reach midpoint of season at league-leading 32-9, tying club record.
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March 10, 1993 – Miller comes off injured list, reveals that he spent nights for six weeks at a hospital monitoring dietary intake to reduce weight. Claims to have lost 40 pounds, to 285, to ease burden on knees and feet.
March 16, 1993 – Suns clinch fifth straight playoff berth.
March 23, 1993 – A benches-clearing brawl against the East-leading Knicks in which six players were ejected resulted in league-record 21 players fined a record $292,500. Ruled instigator: Resident nice guy Kevin Johnson was suspended two games and fined $60,000. Among only four players on either side not disciplined: Charles Barkley.
March 28, 1993 – Barkley returns to Philadelphia for first game since trade, receives thunderous reception, scores 35 points in 110-100 win; fans break into chant of "MVP! MVP!"
April 6, 1993 – With 1.6 seconds to go after Suns lost 20-point lead on Lakers with 11 minutes left, Majerle takes inbound pass, makes 33-foot three-point basket for 115-114 win and Suns' first-ever season sweep of LA. Majerle jumps on scorer's table to celebrate as cheers last for minutes.
April 8, 1993 – Cedric Ceballos scores 28 but suffers stress reaction in a leg on final play of win at Sacramento.
April 11, 1993 – Suns clinch Pacific Division title with 112-99 win over Utah.
April 14, 1993 – Suns beat Minnesota 98-84 at home for team-record 60th win.
April 16, 1993 – Suns clinch best record in league and home-court edge throughout playoffs. Coach Paul Westphal proclaims final five games "exhibitions."
April 22, 1993 – Trailing by 1 with a half-second remaining at Portland, Miller fires inbound pass from midcourt off backboard. Barkley, just off injured list, scoops up ball and flings it in for 115-114 win, the signature play of season. Also symbolic: Kevin Johnson strains medial collateral ligament in knee during the postgame celebration, goes onto injured list for remainder of season.
April 25, 1993 – Suns finish franchise-record 62-20.
May 2, 1993 – Suns fall behind Lakers 2-0 in best-of-five first-round series; Westphal, criticized for "exhibition" declaration, guarantees Suns will win three straight and advance.
May 9, 1993 – Sixty seconds from being first No. 1 ever bounced by a No. 8 seed, Suns rally to force overtime, then Miller scores nine points, grabs five rebounds in 112-104 win. Miller blocks Suns playoff-record seven shots in game; they become first to come back from 0-2 deficit at home to win NBA playoff series.
May 13, 1993 – Suns playoff-record seven steals by Charles Barkley helps Suns to 109-103 decision over San Antonio and a 2-0 lead in second-round best-of-seven playoff series, reversing start at home in first round; first time Suns ever led a best-of-seven playoff series 2-0.
May 20, 1993 – Barkley, playing guard at top of 1-4 set, runs clock from 10 seconds to 1.5, makes 20-footer over fellow Dream Team Olympian David Robinson for 102-100 series-clinching victory at San Antonio.
May 24, 1993 – Ceballos gets surprise start in Game 1 of Western Conference finals against Seattle, responds with 21 points in 105-91 home win - but aggravates stress reaction in his leg.
May 25, 1993 – Barkley named NBA MVP, first Suns player ever to win award.
June 1, 1993 – Colangelo named NBA Executive of the Year for an unprecedented fourth time - no one else has more than two. Barkley goes for 43 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, and Majerle makes NBA playoff-record eight three-pointers in 120-114 victory that lifts Suns one win from NBA Finals.
June 3, 1993 – Suns' hopes of clinching trip to Finals at Seattle dashed in 118-102 rout by Sonics. Ceballos' stress reaction degenerates into stress fracture, needs surgery and he is out remainder of playoffs.
June 4, 1993 – Chicago Bulls beat NY Knicks 96-88 to win Eastern Conference title 4-2 and advance to NBA Finals against Suns-Sonics winner.
June 5, 1993 – Tom Chambers, in only start of season, has 17 points, six rebounds, two blocked shots, and Barkley scores 44 points, grabs 24 rebounds in Game 7 as Suns move into NBA Finals with 123-110 Game 7 decision over Sonics.
June 9, 1993 – Suns show nerves in 100-92 Game 1 loss to two-time champion Bulls at America West Arena. Michael Jordan scores 14 of 31 points in the fourth quarter.
June 11, 1993 – Suns first ever to lose opening two games of Finals at home by falling 111-108 to Bulls. Barkley and Jordan score 42 points each, but Bulls forward Scottie Pippen sways game with triple-double.
June 13, 1993 – Down by two in third overtime of Game 3, Majerle makes Finals-record sixth three-pointer to start 9-0 run that carries Suns to 129-121 win in 3-hour, 20-minute marathon at Chicago Stadium that closes series to 2-1.
June 16, 1993 – Turning point of Finals: Down by two points in closing 33 seconds, Kevin Johnson has inbound pass go through fingers, Bulls' B.J. Armstrong grabs ball and feeds Jordan for game-sealing basket in 111-105 win that leaves Suns one loss from elimination. Jordan scores 55, second-most ever in Finals.
June 18, 1993 – Suns pull out 108-98 win that sends Finals back to America West Arena; Richard Dumas makes 12 of 14 shots, scores 25 points; Westphal proclaims, "We saved the city," referring to fear of rioting in Chicago if Bulls had won series in Game 5. At Sky Harbor International Airport, police estimate crowd of 12,000 greets team at 2:30 a.m. when charter jet arrives.
June 20, 1993 – Suns have four-point lead and ball with one minute to go, appear on way to Game 7 before Bulls cut it to two and have ball with 14 seconds. On inbound play, ball winds up in hands of John Paxson behind three-point line, who swishes shot that gives Bulls third straight title and shatters Suns' dreams 99-98. Series ends 640 points for Bulls, 640 for Suns.
June 26, 1993 – On hottest day of year to that point, 300,000 - three times crowd anticipated by Phoenix police - come to downtown Phoenix along 2.5-mile parade route; Barkley's convertible is mobbed, police have to remove him from parade before he has gone two blocks; Barkley acknowledges crowd from balcony overlooking America West Arena Plaza during post-parade ceremony.
June 22, 2003 – A decade later, Suns have yet to return to Finals; Bulls returned three times and won them all.
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Lots of people are shocked and worried about this story, so here are some answers to questions you might be thinking about.
Most schools in the UK have some sort of security system where visitors have to wear badges and sign in.
There is usually a receptionist on the desk and lots of schools in busy areas have special locks the receptionist has to open to let you in.
Many also have CCTV cameras to check on playgrounds and corridors, and are surrounded by high fences and walls with barbed wire on top.
Remember, your school is still one of the safest places to be. Shootings like the one in Virginia make the news but that's because they're very unusual. They're more common in America where the laws about owning guns are very different to the UK.
In the UK there have been no school shootings during the years you've been at school and there's no reason to think there will be.
And the most dangerous sorts of gun have been banned. Hand guns like the one the gunman had in the Virginia shooting are banned in the UK.
The situation is completely different in America compared with Britain. It's thought there are around 250 million guns in America and it's much easier to buy one there.
If you're 18 or older you can buy a gun from a recognised dealer if you have a computerised background check. But if you buy one from a non-registered dealer you don't need to be checked.
The American Constitution, which sets out the country's rights and freedoms, says people are allowed to "keep and bear arms".
In Britain it's much harder to get a gun - which means a tragedy like this is much less likely to occur in the UK.
You need to have a licence to own a gun, and getting a licence can take a very long time. You need to prove you will store your gun properly, and give the police lots of information about yourself, including your medical records. And two people have to tell the police they think you're a good person to own a gun.


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Ah, the raw splendor of the tropics. Gambling at new year on the lawn of the Ho Chi Minh City Botanic Garden and Zoo. What's the advantage of cold winters?
A day at the races
We celebrated the start of Golden Week holiday by going to the Tokyo racetrack with Shu's cousins. I was unprepared for the sheer scale of this gambling palace, like a global airport but much larger. The festive and somewhat sleazy ambiance was familiar, and I imagine if my uncle Yummy (friend of Seabiscuit) were Japanese, he'd have been hanging out in his toe socks, too.


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Baku, Azerbaijan, April 22
By Aygun Badalova -Trend:
The chairman of Tajikistan's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said met with Afghanistan's CCI Vice-President Khan Jan Alokozay, Avesta.Tj reported on April, 22 referring to Tajik CCI's statement.
During the meting the sides discussed expanding of Tajikistan-Afghanistan inter-chamber cooperation on support for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Organization of the fourth fair of Afghan products in Dushanbe in October, and Tajikistan- Afghanistan business forum has been also discussed at the meeting.
Tajikistan's CCI chairman expressed hope that the new government of Afghanistan will continue the policy on supporting and developing trade and economic relations in the region, including Tajikistan.


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A Wharfedale MP has welcomed £10 million of Government funding to help stage the Tour de France, as a meeting is planned in Ilkley to help local businesses make the most of next year's event.
There were widespread celebrations in January when it was confirmed that the cycling event's Grand Depart would take place in Yorkshire – passing through Harewood, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Otley and Ilkley.
But concerns have since been raised about the multi-million pound expense of hosting Le Tour, especially after the Government turned down an initial request for financial assistance.
The U-turn came about after a delegation of MPs met Culture Secretary Maria Miller to ask her to reconsider.
Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West), who worked with the Back Le Bid team and other MPs to promote Yorkshire for the Grand Depart, said: "I am delighted the Government has now committed £10 million in financial support for the 2014 Grand Depart.
"It is hugely exciting for everyone in the area that Yorkshire will play host to three stages of one of the largest sporting events in the world, it will be a huge boost to the local economy as well as cycling.
"With this extra funding I am certain the Grand Depart in Leeds and Yorkshire will be a huge success, and I will be continuing to do everything I can to support the organisers as co-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the 2014 Yorkshire and UK Tour de France."
The build-up to the Tour De France begins next month, when more details of the once-in-a-lifetime event will be revealed to people and businesses living along the route.
Local businesses, community groups and councils are being asked to start preparing for how they will make the most of the area's high profile. Tourism group Welcome to Yorkshire is holding a number of roadshows across the county. The events will let businesses know what they can do to make the most of next June's event.
It will also reveal more detailed plans for the 100-day cultural festival that will precede the race, and encourage towns and villages to think about how they could tie their annual summer events in with it.
Coun Susan Hinchliffe, portfolio holder for tourism at Bradford Council, said: "We know from other places where the Tour has passed through, that the economic benefits can be significant. These workshops are a good opportunity for businesses and other local organisations to start to understand the opportunities and to be ready to make the most of them in 2014."
The Ilkley meeting is at The Craiglands Hotel on May 8 between 10am and noon, and a Skipton meeting is at the Rendezvous Hotel on May 9 from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
To register, visit Yorkshire.com


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LONDON - 24, 25, 26 & 27th
Out and about London, Leeds Castle, White cliffs of Dover & Canterbury Cathedral
24.08.2013 - 27.08.2013
Our last few days have been in London. Out and about, wandering taking random photos.
Yes, more bikes - we are seriously missing our bikes now -
The Household Cavalry :
In front of the National Gallery:
The National Gallery is brilliant - no photos allowed - grrrrr.
and other stuff :
On Monday (26th) we did a tour of the Tower of London complete with a Beefeater guide:
Double barrelled Wheelock Pistol
Today (Tues 27th) we took a Bus trip, 1st stop was Leeds Castle built in the 1119 (12th Century):
Lady Baillie purchased the Castle in 1926 to use as her home, massive renovations were required including installing plumbing and electricity.
Her personal bathroom - with Russian Onyx and underfloor heating - very rare in those days.
Note the Black Swans - Lady Baillie purchased a pair after visiting Australia, and liked them so much she had black swans embroidered on all of her linen.
This is her personal toiletries case - taken on all journeys - and contains all her personal requirements. Obviously never had to "Travel Light" like we do !!!
Next stop was The White Cliffs of Dover - and their "spectacular beach" of rocks.
Final stop for the day was the Canterbury Cathedral - where prayer has been offered for more than 1400 years.
In 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in the Cathedral and, when soon afterwards miracles were said to take place, the Cathedral became one of Europe's most important pilgrimage centres.
Murdered at this place now known as the Martyrdom, with implements like this, the spot is simply marked THOMAS
Of course, amazing architecture and unbelievable lead light windows that tell many stories. Still amazing to believe these windows have been here for 1400 years.
Tomorrow is the last day of our adventure which will include a frantic last minute dash to the shops.
When I get home there will be one last blog - could take a few days though - Jetlag will get the blame.
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Submitted to: Proceedings of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International (ASABE)
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/20/2009
Publication Date: 6/24/2009
Citation: Brown Brandl, T.M., Eigenberg, R.A., Nienaber, J.A. 2009. Water Spray Cooling During Handling of Feedlot Cattle. In: Proceedings of the American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers. June 21-24, 2009. Reno, NV. ASABE Paper No. 96201. St. Joseph, Mich.:ASABE. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Activities involved in receiving or working (e.g. sorting, dehorning, castration, weighing, implanting, etc.) of feedlot cattle cause an increase in body temperature. During hot weather the increased body temperature may disrupt normal behaviors including eating, which can be especially detrimental to the well-being and performance of the animals. A study was conducted to investigate sprinkle cooling of representative animals at the time of working to provide extra evaporative cooling to offset the added heat produced by activity. Sixty-four cross-bred heifers were randomly assigned to one of eight pens. On four separate occasions, during hot conditions, the heifers were moved from their pens to and from the working facility (a building with a scale and squeeze chute located 160-200 m). While in the squeeze chute, four of the pens of heifers were sprinkle cooled and the remaining four pens were worked as normal. The heifers that were treated had a body temperature that peaked sooner with a lower peak body temperature, and recovered sooner. The treated animals also had a lower panting score. The behavior measurements that were taken did not indicate a change in behavior. It was concluded that sprinkle cooling feedlot cattle during a working event during hot conditions was beneficial.


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Six Wildcats Earn Academic All-Big 12 Honors
Six Wildcats Earn Academic All-Big 12 Honors
May 16, 2013
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Led by juniors Jared King and RJ Santigate on the first team, Kansas State placed six players on the 2013 Academic All-Big 12 teams as the conference office released its list of 57 student-athletes who earned academic honors on Thursday.
Four of the six players picked up the academic all-conference accolade for the first time in their careers, including Santigate. Three first-time members of the list were on the second team, which included seniors Jake Doller and Tanner Witt, and juniors Ross Kivett and Jared Moore.
Kansas State's six selections are the second-most in school history, just one shy of the 2003, 2010 and 2012 squads. In head coach Brad Hill's 10 seasons at Kansas State, the Wildcats have collected 53 academic all-conference honors, including 36 first-team designations.
King, who also picked up first-team accolades in 2012, holds a 3.522 GPA in entrepreneurship. On the field, the Dublin, Ohio, product is hitting .333 with 13 doubles, two triples, six home runs and a team-leading 44 RBI. A preseason candidate for the Golden Spikes Award as the nation's top player, King is one extra-base hit and one home run away from tying for 10th on the school's career list in each category.
A social sciences major from Las Vegas, Nev., Santigate garnered academic all-conference accolades the first year he is eligible for the list. The transfer from Central Arizona College was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 team two weeks ago and is now in the running for Academic All-America honors. A 48-game starter in 2013, Santigate is hitting .335 to rank 10th in the Big 12 to go along with 27 RBI.
Witt earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honors for the second-straight season, while Doller, Kivett and Moore are first-time recipients. Witt, a management major and candidate for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award, is hitting .325 as the everyday left fielder and holds a 3.18 ERA with seven saves in 17 appearances on the mound.
A social sciences major, Doller holds a 2-2 record and a 2.95 ERA in 11 outings, including eight starts. Kivett ranks second on the team and fifth in the Big 12 with a .354 batting average, while the communications major paces the team with 22 steals. A marketing major, Moore holds a 3-0 record and a 2.81 ERA in 17 relief appearances.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, the Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team consists of first-team members who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher – either cumulative or the two previous semesters – and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests (20 percent for pitchers). Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence.
No. 18 Kansas State hosts the 19th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners in a three-game series this weekend at Tointon Family Stadium. The Friday and Saturday contests each begin at 6:30 p.m., while the regular-season finale is slated for 1 p.m., on Sunday.
Friday is "Mustache Night" as the first 2,000 fans will receive a free stick-on mustache. In addition, season-ticket holders and those with a graduation program can receive a general admission bench ticket for $3. The same ticket promotion for graduation applies on Saturday, while Sunday is Senior Day and a Family Day with Wildcat 4 Packs available for $30. Fans can purchase tickets online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or in person at either the main ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum or at the stadium box office beginning one hour prior to first pitch.
Friday's series-opener will be televised throughout the state on Cox Communication's Kansas 22 and in the Kansas City area on MetroSports. K-StateHD.TV on Fox Sports will produce the final two games that will air on Fox College Sports Central. Radio coverage from the K-State Sports Network will begin at 6 p.m., on Friday, while SportsRadio 1350 KMAN will carry the final two games. Free live audio of the entire series is also available online at www.k-statesports.com.


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Southerner born and raised in a two-stoplight town 40 miles east of Memphis, went to school in Chicago, now living here. I miss real storms, cicadas, and the smell of honeysuckle heavy on the air.
In terms of women, I like those whose intelligence, competence, and confidence are borderline intimidating.
I subscribe to Alan Watts' philosophy that the path to fulfillment requires blurring of the line between your work and play. I'm not career-obsessed, I just love what I do.
Everything else gets a sampling of five favorites because I no more want to list them all than you want to read them.
Books: House of Leaves; The Weeds of God; The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; I Am A Strange Loop; The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are. Right now I'm working on Danielewski's new book "The Familiar: One Rainy Day in May".
Movies: Requiem for a Dream; Black Swan; Snatch; Tucker and Dale vs. Evil; Sunshine. Recent favorite: IT FOLLOWS HOLY SHIT
Shows: The Wire; True Detective; Parks and Recreation; Hannibal; Louie
Music: According to my Last.fm, my top 5 artists are Mew, Nine Inch Nails, Porcupine Tree, Efterklang, and Radiohead, but I've been listening to a lot of Yeezy lately.
You have a dream you're actively pursuing.
You appreciate the stillness brought by exhaustion and the smell of the earth.
If you made it this far, you should probably just hit me up. Seriously, I'm not smelly and I will make you laugh (if not with then at least at me).


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Jaguar Secures Its Place as a Leading Initial Quality Brand with 2nd Place Score In J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality Study
Improvement in initial quality helps Jaguar achieve a second place ranking among all nameplates in U.S. industry
- Jaguar ranks in top ten in initial quality for the third year in a row
- The Jaguar F-TYPE launches to second place in its segment
MAHWAH, NJ--June 18, 2014: J.D. Power today announced Jaguar ranks second among all nameplates in the automotive Industry in its 2014 Initial Quality Study (IQS), giving the British brand its third consecutive year as a top ten scorer in the critical U.S. consumer study. Contributing to the high ranking was the Jaguar F-TYPE which placed second highest in the Midsize Premium Sporty Car segment in its first year. The 2014 MY Jaguar lineup includes the F-TYPE, the XK coupe and convertible and the XF and XJ sedans.
The IQS study collects customer feedback on their vehicles after 90 days of ownership.
"Jaguar is moving forward as a fast rising challenger brand in the luxury car market, adding its achievement in initial quality to the great design and performance that makes people fall in love with our vehicles and the brand," said Jeff Curry, Brand Vice President, Jaguar North America. "This performance in initial quality, ahead of our larger luxury competitors, is very gratifying for everyone on the global Jaguar team who are so committed to building a new generation of Jaguar enthusiasts."
The all-aluminum 2015 F-TYPE Coupe, starting at MSRP of $65,0001, joins the F-TYPE convertible to expand the Jaguar sports car lineup. The new F-TYPE R Coupe leads the range, powered by a 550hp 5-liter supercharged V8 engine and capable of reaching 60 mph from rest in 4 seconds and achieving a top track speed of 186 mph (electronically limited)2.
The future holds many exciting advancements for the Jaguar brand. The Jaguar XE, an all-new compact premium sports sedan is slated to arrive in the U.S. in 2016. The Jaguar XE will be the first vehicle powered by the new Ingenium high-output, fuel-efficient two-liter four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines delivering exceptional performance and low emissions. In addition, Jaguar Land Rover's innovative new smartphone integration platform - InControl™ Apps – was launched this year and will be available in new Jaguar and Land Rover models progressively during 2014 starting with the F-TYPE.
1 All prices shown are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price. Excludes $925 destination/handling charge, tax, title, license, and retailer fees, all due at signing, and optional equipment. Retailer price, terms and vehicle availability may vary. See your local authorized Jaguar Retailer for details.
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Devotion means universal love.
It does not matter whether you are a man or a woman; your caste, name and position are not taken into account…Devotion is the only thing that is essential to worship the One.
When you truly understand that the Atman, which is your true Self, is without any attribute or attachment, you should give up your identification with your body which is inert and impermanent. So seek the true nature of Atman.
Don't you see the great sky reflected in each and every lake or river? Paramatman is the sky which is stationary. Its reflections are not permanent… Paramatman, which is the Brahman, is the only reality. All the visible living things are only its reflections.
Source – Book - Teachers of Wisdom By Igor Kononenko, Irena Kononenko


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My favorite movies are Love and Other Drugs, the Notebook, The Boy with the Striped Pajamas, Sweet Home Alabama, and The Thorn Birds
My favorite TV shows consists of reality shows, a good history or food documentary, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, and my one guilty pleasure would be Keeping up with the Kardashians.
To say I have a favorite food would be to neglect all of my taste buds. I have an elaborate pallet that goes beyond the typical American diet. My dream would be to travel the world and sample all of the delicious cuisines in various countries. But to answer your question I never so NO to sushi, authentic Mexican food, and Southern style sweet potatoes
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Evolution Battles
Matt Cherry on 'dowdy Darwin and 'cool Charles'
One of the more enjoyable achievements of America's Christian fundamentalists has been to make Charles Darwin seem daring and dangerous again. In Britain, he's dowdy Darwin: a dead, white Victorian male – who, even while alive, was a neurotic, publicity-shy recluse. But in the US, he's cool Charles, the rebel with a theory. In the American sub-culture of scientifically minded people, Darwin has become a symbol of reason, scientific inquiry, and – yes – evolution. Among the more in-your-face rationalists, the best-selling bumper sticker is the Darwin Fish: a parody of the Christian fish, sprouting legs, and with the letters DARWIN inside. The Darwin Fish can be spotted on vehicles throughout America, and it has given birth to numerous variations. The Evolve Fish doesn't just have legs, but also hands grasping a tool. The Science Fish looks like a Buck Rogers-style space rocket. Even other religious groups are touting their own fish: a fat fish with the word Buddha inside, the Hindu fish with udders, and the Rastafarian fish smoking a spliff.
Interestingly, a Christian counter-attack has begun against the Darwin Fish, with symbols of the Christ Fish as a shark eating the Darwin Fish. (So much for turning the other cheek!) And, in turn, you can now buy the Darwin Fish eating the Christ Fish. The newest addition to the family is the 'Procreation Fish', which is certainly not Pro-Creationist, depicting the Evolution Fish (How can I put this delicately?) sharing its genes with the Christ Fish. (You can find these Darwinian emblems and other freethought merchandise at www.evolvefish.com )
All this symbolic evolution reveals the status of 'Darwin' as an all-purpose icon for the scientific worldview. Darwin is the definitive rebuff to fundamentalist Christianity. For many American college kids, this makes Darwin seem kind of cool. 'Darwinistas' are perceived as a dangerous, radical minority. If you really want to alarm your family, and the nose ring and other metal in your face is no longer freaking out granny, then get a Darwin Fish. Or better yet, celebrate Darwin Day!
Darwin Day is celebrated every year on or about February 12, Charles Darwin's birthday. Darwin Days are mostly sponsored by local and campus humanist groups, but university science departments and other groups are also starting to join the celebrations.
A 'Darwin Festival' was first celebrated on February 12, 1980 at Salem State College in Massachusetts. In 1991, 'Darwin Day' was adopted by the Humanist Community at Stanford, California, and other humanist groups in the US, Europe, and Australia gradually began to copy the idea.
In 1996, Massimo Pigliucci, a biology professor at the University of Tennessee, began an annual Darwin Day conference that brought together university biologists, high-school science teachers, students, local humanists, and the general public to explore the theory of evolution and its impact on the world.
In 2001, the 'Darwin Day Program' was incorporated and an excellent website created, at www.darwinday.org Darwin Day celebrations began to multiply almost as fast as Darwin Fish stickers. In 2001, 24 groups celebrated Darwin Day. Around 150 celebrations were organized in 2002. Organizers hope for 300 Darwin Day events in 2003.
Darwinistas have a multitude of options to celebrate Darwin Day. Few humanist groups can resist the lure of a lecture, so the most common way to mark 'D-Day' is with a talk by a local biology professor.
But more creative celebrations are evolving. Darwin Day festivities can include essay contests, film festivals, museum exhibits, art shows, and even an 'Evolution Banquet' with 'Primordial Soup' followed by a 'Darwin Fish Fry'. On some campuses, students don ape costumes and walk around handing out pro-evolution flyers. For many science students, this could be the highlight of their year!
"The best activity I've heard of is the one done by the California Academy of Sciences," says Amanda Chesworth, executive director of the Darwin Day Program. "They had a Darwin Roadshow that invited the community to bring in fossils, nature items, and so on, and their experts would identify them."
Amanda also recommends the Darwinian Beauty Contest, where beauty is based on survival value: "Contestants dress up as a particular animal or plant and show specific things about them that are adapted to their environment or provide them some sort of advantage in surviving. For instance, a male peacock might wear an incredibly brilliant tail and discuss how this gets him the girl peacock every time – thereby perpetuating his kind."
Darwin Day seems to be benefiting from the association of with reason-based rebellion against religious authority. The Honorary President of the Darwin Day Program is Richard Dawkins, a biologist well-known for critiquing religion as well as popularising evolution. Yet the organizers are careful to focus on promoting scientific understanding rather than challenging religion. The Darwin Day website proclaims its mission is to "celebrate the wonder and beauty of both science and humanity."
The Darwin Day Program is beginning to expand its focus beyond just one day in the year. The organizers are planning a year-round program of education and outreach to "improve the public's understanding of science and it's appreciation for our shared humanity.
Darwin Day is also going global. Although based in America, the Darwin Day Program has very strong ties with the UK working with Cambridge University (where Darwin studied), Down House (where Darwin lived), the Natural History Museum, and many other prestigious institutions. Darwin Day has also been celebrated in Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and Zambia.
Billing itself as an 'International Celebration of Science and Humanity', the Darwin Day Program is building up to a 'Global Celebration' of Darwin's Birthday in 2009. That year will mark the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. D-Day organizers are already working with Robin McKie, the science editor for the Observer, to create a media insert to be distributed to major international media in 2009.
In the early 1990s, the Humanist Community of Stanford proposed that the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) formally adopt Darwin Day as an official humanist holiday. The IHEU voted down this proposal, with board members arguing that humanists should not ape saints days or elevate humanist heroes to the status of secular idols.
The idea of Darwin Day seems to be propagating itself very successfully without official humanist endorsement. Perhaps Darwin Day is flourishing because it is easier to relate to an individual than a theory. Perhaps in a world of five second sound-bites, instant name recognition counts for more than philosophical exposition. And perhaps, in a world where the most successful marketing icons are celebrity faces, science needs a human face to sell its ideas to an indifferent public - even if that face belongs to a neurotic, Victorian recluse.
Most of the world has accepted the theory of evolution, first outlined by Charles Darwin in 1859. The scientific argument for evolution was won before the end of the nineteenth century. The shocking discovery that humanity is not the pinnacle of creation, but just another species of primate, has taken longer to absorb.
Yet in the United States, alone among Western nations, the theory of evolution is still highly controversial. Every two years the National Science Board (NSB) surveys the level of scientific understanding among adult Americans. In 2002, the NSB reports that, "For the first time, a majority (53 per cent) of NSF survey respondents answered 'true' to the statement "human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals," bringing the United States more in line with other industrialized countries in response to this question." As good news goes, that's rather depressing. Worse, when the survey group was asked whether "The earliest humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs", only 48 per cent answered correctly (down from 51 per cent in the 2000 survey).
These findings are consistent with repeated Gallup poll findings that nearly half of Americans agree that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form within the last 10,000 years." (see table below).
Opinion polls about teaching Creationism also make for depressing reading. A 2001 Gallup survey revealed that 68 per cent of Americans favour teaching Creationism in schools alongside evolution (29 per cent oppose). In a separate question about completely replacing evolution education with Creationism, the survey showed 40 per cent in favour of a Creationism-only curriculum but 55 per cent against. Some science educators actually took comfort from this news that a slight majority of Americans are in favour of giving evolution equal time with Creationism rather than eliminating it from schools entirely! In this climate, Darwin's followers are likely to remain an endangered species.
Gallup Poll on Evolution and Creation, 1982-2001
|God created people in present form within last 10,000 years
|Evolution occurred over millions of years guided by God
|Evolution occurred with no interference by God
|Don't Know


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AMA Pro Racing announced today the 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing schedule, featuring the full complement of classes at each stop on the circuit. The AMA Pro SuperBike, GoPro Daytona SportBike and AMA Pro SuperSport divisions will contest doubleheaders at each round in 2014, while the Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series will participate in one race final per weekend.
The 73rd annual DAYTONA 200 will kick off the season on March 13 - 15, 2014 at the legendary Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. America's longest running endurance motorcycle race will be contested on Saturday afternoon as part of a traditional three-day event weekend that is expected to produce thrilling racing action by some of the finest riders in the sport today. Josh Herrin and Martin Cardenas split AMA Pro SuperBike victories at Daytona a year ago, as they both benefited from a Josh Hayes bike malfunction that resulted in the three-time SuperBike champ exiting both races early. In the 2013 running of the DAYTONA 200, Cameron Beaubier dominated as he won the historic race by a whopping 22.254 seconds.
Next up, the series will be heading back to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. on the weekend of May 30 - June 1, 2014. Measuring in at just over four miles as the longest circuit on the schedule, the classic track is sure to size up the competition as summer begins to kick in across the nation. Last season, Hayes recorded a clean sweep, winning both SuperBike races at Road America in convincing fashion, and the Mississippian will look to repeat his performance in 2014.
Fans in the Southeast will be pleased to know that the series will be returning to Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. on the weekend of June 21 - 22, 2014. The Barber event will be the first on the 2014 calendar planned with the recently announced two-day event schedule. As if the racing action isn't enough, the historic venue is also home to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum which contains over 750 vintage and modern motorcycles for avid race fans to take in over the course of the weekend. It was another clean sweep for Hayes in Alabama last season, as he barely edged out archrival Roger Hayden by less than a half of a second in both contests.
Dating back to 1962, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has been a well-deserved mainstay on the American road racing scene, and the legendary asphalt has seen some of the most exciting road racing action in the country. The two-day event weekend set to be held on July 19 - 20, 2014 is sure to be one of the most action packed of the year. The series will be heading back to Lexington, Ohio for the 32nd consecutive time to take on the 2.4-mile, 15-turn natural terrain road course for another set of exciting shootouts. Hayes and Herrin split victories in AMA Pro SuperBike competition at Mid-Ohio in 2013 while Beaubier continued his dominant march with another set of wins on his way to capturing the 2013 GoPro Daytona SportBike championship.
Round 5 will take place at New Jersey Motorsports Park on the weekend of September 13 - 14, 2014, marking the sixth consecutive season that the series has made the trek to the Garden State. The 2.25-mile track in Millville, N.J. has been a battlefield for competitors since the gorgeous grounds were opened in 2009. The 2014 contest at NJMP has also been scheduled as a two-day event. Former Monster Energy Graves Yamaha teammates Hayes and Herrin found themselves in a neck-and-neck battle here last year and each of the elite riders recorded one victory in the second-to-last event of the 2013 season.
A sixth event may be added to the 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing schedule in the coming weeks. Additional details will be released upon confirmation of the event.
The 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing schedule is as follows:
March 13 - 15 - Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
May 30 - June 1 - Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
June 21 - 22 - Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala.*
July 19 - 20 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio*
September 13 - 14 - New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, N.J.*
* - These events will feature the two-day event schedule
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A team at Kobe university is improving tumor removal by 3D printing cancerous organs with their tumors, modelled on CT scans. The team use the models to visualize and plan their surgeries.
The team uses pre-op CT scans to create 3D models of the kidneys, which are then transferred to the printer. The kidney is then printed out of two different materials so that the tumor and vasculature stand out from the rest of the organ. This allows the surgeons to initially see the tumor and vessels that will be much harder to spot during actual surgery.
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It's finally been announced that Howie Mandel will be back for America's Got Talent season 8.
Howie Mandel has always said that he'd love to be back for America's Got Talent season 8, and it's finally a done deal. After watching fellow season 7 AGT judge Howard Stern get the offer to return for season 8, Mandel was finally offered his job back as well. Stern signed on in early December, and Mandel's signing didn't come until two months later.
America's Got Talent is still searching for its third judge, but there's been no real evidence on who that will be. Now that Mandel is back, it should be expected that a lady will fill that role. It has been rumored that Rosie O'Donnell or Carmen Electra could join, but for now those are just rumors. An announcement will have to come sooner rather than later, though. The first round of auditions with the judges present will take place in New Orleans on March 8.
Speaking to Access Hollywood, Mandel talked about how excited he is to be back:
I'm doing my fourth season of 'America's Got Talent.' I'm thrilled to be back. This is my fourth year [and I think the talent] has been getting better and better every year.


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Today's Word for Pastors...
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1
Today's Preaching Insight...
More about the Father
More recently scholars urge us to discover that the parable is more about the father, the main character who shows up in both chapters of the story. After all, the very first words of the parable are "a certain man had two sons." Scholars invite us to see the loving father or the waiting father or perhaps the forgiving father. Why not take a clue from them and pay more attention to the father in the story but with an angle?
One day while going over this beloved story I put two things together I never had. When it first hit me my admiration for the father in the story soared. This father, on the very same day, reached out to both of his sons with a fistful of grace and love for each of them.
This father loved both of his sons! God loves disreputable sinners and reputable sinners. Our appreciation of God expands exponentially. So many sermons lately appeal to our selfish desires. If you are up for it, why don't we say a good word about God this time.
(To read the entire article, "Twice in One Day" by Peter Rhea Jones on Preaching.com, click here.)
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HOUSTON - Two drivers were taken to the hospital after a chain reaction crash on the Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston Friday morning.
Just before 1 a.m., officials said a car stalled in the right southbound lane of Gulf Freeway near Clear Lake City Boulevard, and the driver left the car.
Police said a woman was driving in the same lane in a red SUV and didn't see the stalled vehicle. She slammed into the car, which caused the driver of a Dodge Durango behind her to rear end her SUV.
Both of those drivers were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
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Nicholas Lillie and Brittany Yozamp of Zimmerman announce the birth of their son, Grady Lachlan, Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at Fairview Northland Medical Center in Princeton. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.
Grandparents are Mark and Laura Yozamp of Detroit Lakes and Paul and Lori Lillie of Oak Grove
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Infection Control [1]
Everyone plays an important role in infection prevention, hospital staff, patients and visitors.
Help us prevent the spread of infection by following these guidelines
Clean hands are your best protection against infection. Clean your hands before you eat, after using the restroom, before and after changing wound dressings, and after contact with body fluids. You can clean your hands with soap and water or by using a hand sanitizer.
Follow these steps to ensure adequate cleaning of hands:
- Wet hands with warm water and then apply soap. Rub your hands together vigorously for 15 seconds or longer. Get in between fingers and scrub wrist areas. Friction is necessary to rid your hands of germs. Rinse your hands and dry them. Use a clean paper towel to turn off the water faucet. Discard the paper towel in a trash can.
- Waterless hand sanitizers are very effective for preventing the spread of infection–if you use enough to cover your hands and wrists well. After applying the sanitizer, it should take about 15 seconds to rub your hands dry.
- Expect our staff to clean their hands before and after patient care. Remind them if they forget. It's OK to ask someone to clean their hands. Your health may depend on it.
Cover your sneeze or cough with a tissue. If you don't have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper arm — not your hands! Before you cough or sneeze you should always turn away from other people. Discard used tissues in the trash and then clean your hands.
Ask family and friends not to visit if they're sick. If they must visit, ask them to talk to nurse before entering the room. Protective items, such as a mask, may be required.
Make sure to eliminate germs when you go home by using disinfectants, such as sprays and wipes, to clean surfaces often. Some germs can live 3 days or longer on hard surfaces. That's why it's so important to disinfect surfaces like counter–tops, sinks, phones and TV remotes often.


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Quotable: Nick Cannon Lost His Virginity To An Older Woman And Cried About It
"I was always a little attracted to women that were a little older than me. I even lost my virginity to an older lady. …. I actually ended up crying at the end of the whole ordeal. She was in high school and I was in junior high …we were in a sleeping bag … I said we should change positions, she was like "just get off me!" She ran into the bathroom with all of her friends and they were in there laughing … I vowed from that day forward no woman would ever laugh at me in the sack again and that's when the 'Cannon' was born!"
– Nick Cannon on losing his virginity to an older woman — no, not Mariah Carey! — on "Lopez Tonight" [via Crushable]