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STATESBORO, Ga. --- Chris Evans carried 34 times for 165 yards, his fourth consecutive game over 100 yards, to lead Samford to a 20-13 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday.
Evans' touchdown on a 5-yard run gave the Bulldogs (4-4, 2-3 Southern Conference) a 7-6 lead in the second quarter after the Eagles (4-4, 2-3) opened the scoring with a 1-yard first-quarter run by freshman quarterback Jerick McKinnon.
McKinnon started in place of Jaybo Shaw, who was injured last week, but Shaw returned with 5:03 left in the third quarter and Samford ahead 13-6.
Shaw was intercepted in the fourth quarter by Samford's Sean Thompson at the Eagles' 21, leading to a 5-yard touchdown run by Alex Barnett.
Laron Scott's 76-yard return of the ensuing kickoff gave Georgia Southern a short field, leading to an 11-yard run by Shaw that closed the scoring.

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Holy smokes, we actually made it to week 2 of MASK-a-day. That's impressive. I'm impressed. So, what began as a struggle as perked up over the past few days and maybe the show is hitting its stride. Or maybe I'm finally beginning to care about these characters since they never gave me a reason to early on. I don't know. Either way, things have been better.
So we began our second week of MASK with Episode 8, "The Roteks"!
Matt and Scott Trakker and T-Bob go camping in the woods. Things are looking to be relaxing and fun until some experimental metal-eating insects start feasting on everything possible. Matt immediately calls in the best-suited MASK agents for this mission.
Poor Brad once again runs out without tuning his guitar further emphasizing that he'll never get to that next level of rock stardom.
As it turns out, VENOM stole the insects (The Rotoks) from the military and stashed them in the woods for safe-keeping until they were ready to use them to carry out their maniacal plan.
MASK devises a way to use the Rotoks against VENOM, but Mayhem uses a homing device to collect them all back into their container before escaping with the Rotoks. This begins a chase through long, mountainous highways where MASK uses a bird-caller to override VENOM's homing signal and set the Rotoks on VENOM. MASK wins and I assume returns the Rotoks to the military.
I am shocked that these bugs eat metal, but have no interest in the sweet taste of human flesh. Like, none of the people involved in this are even remotely concerned with being bitten by a Rotok. Like, how would you know if you were allergic to a Rotok bite? You wouldn't! I'd be scared AF!
But outside of that, standard MASK episode with the heroes coming out ahead and Miles Mayhem swearing revenge after yet another of his diabolical schemes gets foiled by the agents of MASK.
Always use safety equipment when using tools. Solid advice.
Final Grade:
**1/2* on the Meltzer scale. Not as good as the past couple of days, but not bad. Everyday, Miles Mayhem becomes a little more Dr. Claw-like.
OK, not a bad start to the new week. We keep this rolling tomorrow.
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Alexandre had been nice enough to annotate a Google Maps printout with some traditional tourist destinations and other locations of interest for us, so that we didn't need to rely on our awful guidebook. We'd planned to make an early start and see as much of Porto as we could, but soon after rising our bodies informed us in no uncertain terms that we'd be taking it slowly instead. Two days of tough physical effort, sleeping on the cold, hard, ground, and short food had taken their toll and we were very stiff and achy. Most days I don't feel my age, I think, but days like this remind me that I actually am on the far side of thirty and I don't bounce back as quickly or thoroughly as I used to.
In any case, whatever our original plan, we realized that our first priority should be planning our onward travel, not seeing Porto, which wasn't going anywhere. We'd planned to leave Portugal in a couple of days, and we had no idea where we were going, beyond a general plan to get to eastern Europe as quickly as possible. Figuring out how, when and where involved a lot of discussion, fighting, and me coming to terms with the fact that I'm going to have to make another trip on my own, sometime later, if I want to see western Europe properly. Sheryl made her European tour years ago and doesn't have much interest in retracing her steps just because it's new to me, for which I can't really blame her. It's disappointing for me, though. I'd been thinking of this trip as my big chance to see everything I ever wanted to see, and it's hard to give up on that dream. But there's lots of amazing things out there, and I can return to Europe later in life. We found a cheap(-ish) flight from Lisbon to Berlin. €110 each didn't sound very cheap to me, but the total of reservation fees for trains ended up close to €80, a fact which makes me angry. What do I have that very expensive rail pass for, if it's still going to cost me hundreds of euros to take the train? We plan to spend three days or so in Berlin, and then get on a train to Prague. We hope to make a big clockwise circle through much of eastern Europe - The Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Romania; Bulgaria; Serbia; Croatia, and Slovenia, and then Austria, the remainder of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, and finally France in early October. It's a tall order for three months - an average of one week per country - so we'll see how it goes and revise if we have to.
We did much of this planning in an alley reeking of piss, which didn't improve our short tempers much at all. It seemed silly to pay to use the internet when I have a computer, and walking around for long enough will almost always find an open wireless network. This time, though, we could only find one after 45 minutes of searching, and it was in an alley off a side street which people kept coming by and using as a urinal. Lovely. I was never happier to have the computer's battery run down.
Since we were tired, and since we had the luxury of our own room for once, we indulged ourselves and took an afternoon nap, and then headed out for sangria afterwards. I'd been craving it for ages and even in Spain we'd never really had it properly - only cheap supermarket sangria. But the place we went to made it nicely, with fizz and orange juice, and it was worth waiting for. Afterwards we went walking through town, down all Porto's steep cobbled streets to the river, and, eventually, back up them again.
ah Sangria…I had a glass of it this past weekend in Montreal and it was awesome. Never as good as the one Sheryl makes mind you, but it did remind me of you guys. Had it with white wine for the first time and found it really refreshing. Cheers!


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{Skin} – Glam Affair – Candy skin – America 06 @ Arcade
{Hair} – Exile::Just a Reason: 15. Pastels RARE @ Arcade
{Top} – [M.o.w] Knotted Top – BLACK 01 @ Silicone
{Shorts} – [M.o.w] Rouched Shorts Black @ Silicone
{Boots} – Razor /// Regulator Combat Boots
{Eyes} – {D.A} Sinistre – Drowned Blue
{Nails} – Mstyle Perfect Hand
{Piercing} – [S H O C K] F*ck You -Piercing
{Makeup} – –UtopiaH– Queen of Darkness Make-Up
{Garter} – dl:: Addicted Legband
{Necklace} – {Dead Apples} Antlers Chain Necklace – Marble/Silver @ Arcade
{Bunny ears} – +Half-deer+ Velven Bunny Ears @ Arcade
{Ciggie} – [VIRTUAL/INSANITY] LUCKT STROKE Ciggies
{Gloves} – <Toxic Bish> Immortal Gloves white
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Hey there sexeh's I wanted to bring some more awesome stuffs ftom the silicone event and also The Arcade which I have to go back and grab up so much more it is one of my favorite events and I get carried away every month lol. The Hair is gorgeous as always from exile. Glam Affair always releases the most amazing skins this is a beauty and a must have . Dead Apples made these wicked necklaces for the event I loves. and The bunny ears wee I got a few pairs :p. M.O.W released this awesome top and shorts for the silicone event and it is just sexy :). Hope you guys enjoy and Happy shopping!


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PTC Committee 2014-15
Meeting Minutes
11/11/2014 6:30 pm
In Attendance: Gina Gertner, Tyanne Riegle, Kim Wylde, Pam Winfield, Michelle Cuka, Lori Bui, Heather Nelson, Lisa Henningsen, Jessica Nelson, Amanda Swenson, Becky Smith
Gina Gertner called the meeting to order.
Introductions and October Minutes Approval. Michelle Chuka motion to approve. Rachel Jensen seconded. Passed.
Principal Update/Teacher Requests. Pam Winfield
* Fall harvest was great fun, all the kids and teachers enjoyed the costumes and parties.
* MN We Day, on November 11th the service club will be attending at the Xcel in St. Paul. The event will be televised and kids will wear WestWood Pride shirts. Project subject this year is "Making the world a better place" with inspiration to do community service.
* Global Service Project for WestWood is again discussed to be Feed My Starving Children. There was great success last year when the kids wend to Shepherd of the Lake Church. This year we will possibly add the 2nd grade to attend with 3,4,5th grades.
* Wolfridge, the 5th graders will be leaving bright and early on Monday December 1st.
* MAP test results are coming out in the mail shortly as well as MCA test results for the end of 2013/2014 school year.
Treasurer Report. Kira Kuksenko, Amanda Swenson.
Amanda gave the report. No funding requests at this meeting.
We have several items that are due to pay out, Chip Shoppe, Planners and Directories.
New Business
* PTC Carnival 2015. Meeting for discussion of the PTC Carnival was held at the City Hall on 11/6. Sara Kermes with Five Hawks will be leading the PTC Carnival for the community. $1500 seed money has been requested from each elementary that wishes to be included in the proceeds. Additional discussion items were continuation of silent auction or change to a raffle. PTC's could also bring other ideas to the committee. Each school will need volunteers on all carnival items and a representative as a contact to report on how everything is coming along. WestWood is in favor of the $1500 seed money and would like to see if baskets could be used for raffle items.
* Feed My Starving Children. Children are given a small M&M container to collect quarters which are turned in when working on the FMSC project. We can purchased these @ $1 each direct from FMSC or found on Amazon @ $22.30 for 24. Pam will PTC know how many M&M containers we will need to order. Gina motioned to approve ordering the M&M containers when ready, Becky Smith 2nd. Passed.
* Garden Bricks. The volunteer heading this items will no longer be able. Discussion about if we refund money for those already purchased or move forward with selling additional bricks. All bricks will not be placed until enough bricks are sold. Becky Smith has volunteered to continue the Garden Bricks and will contact the company to obtain the necessary information.
Coordinator Updates
Movie Tickets. Sales were a little better last year, but still enjoyable. Fun will be had with the tickets as sold.
Spirit Wear. Gina Gertner printed color flyers at Office Max to show the items better for all those who wish to purchase. District printing is only available in B/W. Office Max color cost was unfortunately $220 which concerned Gina and asked if the PTC would cover this cost one time. Pam Winfield motioned to reimburse $220, Tyanne Riegle 2nd. Passed.
Family Fun Night. – Gina Gertner and Michelle Cuka have obtained a DJ and will get an invoice for the deposit fee.
Gift Card Winner: Rachel Jensen


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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM NORTH MACEDONIA (CNS) — The commission Pope Francis appointed to study the history and identity of women deacons did not reach a unanimous conclusion about whether deaconesses in the early Church were "ordained" or formally "blessed," the pope said.
"What is fundamental is that there was no certainty that there was an ordination with the same form and same aim as the ordination of men," the pope told reporters flying with him from North Macedonia to Rome May 7.
Pope Francis commissioned the study of women deacons in August 2013.
After the six men and six women scholars on the commission finished their work, he said, there was "some agreement," but not on the crucial question of whether women were ordained or solemnly blessed like abbesses are.
"Some say there are doubts," the pope said. "Well, then, let's study some more."
At a May 2016 meeting with the women's International Union of Superiors General, leaders of women's religious orders, one of them had asked the pope, "What prevents the Church from including women among permanent deacons, as was the case in the primitive church? Why not constitute an official commission to study the matter?"
The pope had told the sisters that his understanding was that the women described as deaconesses in the New Testament were not ordained like permanent deacons are. Mainly, he had said, it appeared that they assisted with the baptism by immersion of other women, with anointing women and with giving witness on behalf of women seeking a dissolution of their marriage because their husbands beat them.
However, the pope had promised to set up the commission, and two of the scholars said in January that they had completed their work. The pope did not tell reporters what steps, if any, would come next.


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Find the best way to experience your visit to Denmark's second city with car rental at Aarhus City Centre. The Sixt Aarhus City Centre branch is just an eight minute walk from the central station, making it the perfect place for you to begin your journey through this historic region. Aarhus is known for its beautiful architecture, including the Gothic cathedral and the Marselisborg Palace, and the historic centre is a site that every visitor must see. So why not begin your trip in style with a safe, convenient Sixt car hire from Aarhus City Centre.
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Over the last ten years, the LGBT movement created a brotherhood out of its victims. I have gotten to know countless people who lost their jobs, families, public reputation, homes, or incomes because they chose to defend God's design for sexuality rather than submit to the LGBT movement's demands.
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This is one of those stories where we're just at a loss and have a lot of questions. Namely, "Why?" Also, "What for?" Specifically, "How come?" Nevertheless, we are compelled to report that ten players from the Byron High School football team in northern Illinois were recently reprimanded after confessing to a "naked Oreo run," which involves wedging the sandwich cookie between your butt cheeks.
The Rockford Register Star relays that the "activity" took place October 26, and parents were informed of it November 8. The guilty parties were then suspended from their next three games for indecent exposure. One of those games was the state championship, which Byron lost. A harsh punishment for running around with cookies in your butt, but lesson learned.
Grasping for straws: The RR Star points out that this weird ritual was not attached to hazing; all participation was voluntary. Also, wedging Oreos between your butt cheeks is not harmful, unlike ingesting Tide Pods, say. After that, we're out. We have no idea why someone would do this; it's a heinous way to waste perfectly good Oreo cookies.


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Convolvulus sabatius
Pronunciation: Kon-vol-vu-lus sa-bat-ee-us
Family: Convolvulaceae
Synonym: Convolvulus mauritanicus
Common Name: Ground morning glory
Plant Type:
- perennial
Height to: 6"
Width to: 20"
USDA Hardiness Zones:
- 10 to 0ºF ZONE 7
- 20 to 10ºF ZONE 8
- 30 to 20ºF ZONE 9
Sun Exposure:
- full sun
Bloom Season:
- mid summer
- late summer
- early autumn
Bloom Description: Produces a profusion of shallowly funnel shaped, pale to deep lavender blue flowers that are 1/2 to 1" across in clusters of 1-3 in leaf axils.
Soil Type: Poor to moderately fertile, gritty, well drained
Pests and Diseases: Rust, septoria leaf spot (and others), spider mites and aphids.
Propagation: Sow seed at 55-64f/13-18c in spring. Root softwood cuttings in late spring or greenwood cuttings in summer. Divide in spring.
Native to: Spain, italy, north africa
Notes for Identification: A trailing, woody based, slender stemmed perennial. data source: the american horticultural society a to z encyclopedia of garden plants
USDA Heat Zones (days above 86ºF):
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- 90 to 120 days ZONE 8
- 120 to 150 days ZONE 9
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Somero Project 5K! (Bellingham, WA)
Join in for the 5th annual 5K at Lake Padden in Bellingham! The event will take place on Saturday, September 7th, 2019 at 10:00 am. The proceeds from the race will benefit The Somero Project and the partnership with Evergreen Primary School in Kotolo, Uganda. Bring your friends, family, kids, and dogs to come run for a good cause!
Registration fee is $30 per person and free for kids ages 10 and under. There will be a raffle so come wearing your lucky socks! Necklaces will be for sale after the race, along with a pancake breakfast for everyone to enjoy!
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Does anyone know if we can get 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Compact working with CMM-M? I would LOVE to start using a 3D mouse with CMM-M and using hotkeys.
The annoyance is - our modeling software is compatible with the SpaceMouse so when I jump between CMM-M and our modeling software I end up trying to use it out of habit.
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The space mouse should work the same in CMM-Manager as it is just mouse key-bindings, but I have heard some dissatisfaction with the functionality. I would suggest trying it using the space mouse you already have.
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I have tried tweaking the settings on both CMM-M and 3DConnexion to no avail. The only function I have been able to get out of the mouse is Zoom In/Out and the side hotkeys which work great! Any suggestions are appreciated! I know it will be hard to help without the product in hand so I completely understand if this goes unresolved.
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Any Update to this? I too have a 3dconnexion mouse as well and i'm in the same situation
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I had one of these devices in the office several years ago and was able to get Zoom (in & out), translate, and 3D rotate all working. I think we have a device in Brighton, MI office, I will try to get my hands on it and give updated instructions if I can get it working.
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Any chance this got looked at again. I am programming a lot of parts and love the 3D Connection wheels, but cannot seem to map any of the wheel controls with the current drivers, just the buttons.
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same question as everyone else. is there a way to get a 3DConnexion mouse to work with cmm-m? or any 3D mouse for that matter?
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Laura Morley, Director of Programs
Laura is an Associate in the Raben Group's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) practice. She supports clients in creating and implementing company-wide cultures that foster a sense of belonging and maximize impact.
At Raben, Laura supports the efforts of Green 2.0 and the Green Leadership Trust. She also supports clients in research, data analysis, and strategic planning. This includes clients like US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment and the Diverse Asset Managers' Initiative (DAMI), an initiative dedicated to increasing the number of assets managed by diverse-owned asset management firms.
Prior to Raben, Laura worked as the Marketing and Member Services Manager for the East End Food Co-op in Pittsburgh before she took over office administration and operations for a large financial consulting firm.
Laura graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Political Science and a certificate in International Studies. Since relocating to Washington, D.C., Laura has become an avid patron of the many museums and art galleries in the city. When not in a museum, Laura enjoys reading. She has a passion for literature that explores historical inequities and the social change needed today.


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Top Applications in India: The major success in the technological developments in the past and for the upcoming future have definitely been the smartphones. Smartphones have been in great touch only because of the number of applications they have been capable of carrying. Applications are the major sources of data breakdowns. With every year crossing by the number of different applications developed is rapidly on the rise. In this article, we will look into some top 10 applications used in India in 2020.
India has been the warmest welcoming country in terms of technology. The numbers are swiftly increasing day by day when looking into the people with a smartphone in hand. A smartphone in hand basically means that there some sets of basic applications people are into use. Applications are based on different categories namely business, education, entertainment, gaming, social, and much more. Out of all these categories, there are some applications from various categories that have been topping the list each year. Today, we will go through some of the top applications that are in use in India in 2020.
Top 10 Apps used in India in 2020
There are some enormous amount of applications that have been used by people in India this year. Some applications top the list which is very user-friendly and addictive. Here are the top 10 applications that have been under vast use in India in 2020.
1. Facebook
Facebook has been the most used platforms on social media to access people and connect with people. It claims its spots in the top 10 most used apps all over the world and also in India. Though it has faced some critical responses over security issues in the recent past, has managed to strike all the allegations and improved its security enhancements and improvements to a whole new refreshing level. Irrespective of all the drama and controversies, it packed its place in the top 10 of the list.
2. Whatsapp
Whatsapp application undoubtedly tops the list in India's topmost used applications in 2020. This application falls under the social category of apps. It's basic criteria and guideline is to share information and also to connect people all across the globe. The main reason why it always stands at the top of the list is just because of its free user-friendly nature, different calling options, and also for the different types of data that can be shared. The other major reason which is not quoted to be the topmost but acts evidently among the success it possesses is that it's all free of cost in any store. Whether you use a platform which is based on Android or IOS or Blackberry it's all free and easy to download.
3. UC Browser
It's been a surprise addition to the list but UC browser has been the most friendly browsers that have been in use in India in both 2019/20. UC browser is at the bottom of the list in 2020, slowly grabbed its spot to the top level in the most number of app downloads in late 2019. Maybe the style and nature that the UC possesses have been the key to its success. UC also has some display enhancements when compared to the normal Chrome or Mozilla browsers. Those are some key points that have played a role in the success of UC browser and thereby it also tops the list in 2020 most used apps.
4. Facebook Messenger
Messenger application is another application from the developers of Facebook. The main criteria of the messenger application are text messaging and also sharing quick stories. The flexibility in texting that this application provides has grabbed the attention of people. The texting flexibility extends to sharing pictures, emoticons, gifs, and a lot more exciting content. The Facebook application does not support texting without the messenger application when you are under the roof of application usage. Thereby, the messenger is the only way you can connect with people on Facebook. Although messenger has been under some poor form in the past years, the developers have ensured great enhancements and wide developments in the application. Therefore it also grabs the spot in the top 10 applications that have been under use in 2020.
5. SHAREit
Share It is a technology company founded in April 2015. The CEO of the company is Michael Qiu. Users can use Share it to transfer files including photos, videos, music, contacts, apps, and any other files. The SHAREit application allows Windows, phone, Android, and IOS devices to transfer files directly.
Share IT application has come into the limelight at the latter end of 2016 in India. The Chinese based smartphone application has extended its wings to PC compatibility also. The main function of this app is sharing media from one device to another without any physical connection. The sharing speed goes very quick around 10MB/sec for normal media. The share IT application shares media by using the systems hot spot connections. The location has also been added to the new updates in order to ensure the location build up technology of where the user is retrieving or transferring data. This adds to the security enhancements altogether. Share IT now is the most used platform for media and application transfer in India.
6. Instagram
Instagram is another most used social media platform for videos and photo sharing. Though initially it was owned by Kevin Systrom and Mark Kreiger, they sold it later to Facebook. So it is another top platform that is owned by Facebook, Inc. Instagram was first launched in October 2010 exclusively for only IOS. Later in 2012, it was launched on the Android platforms and for Windows platforms in 2014. Instagram allows people to share their photos and videos with different amount of filters and tags. It also allows the location sharing option which suits to make up from where you've been posting it or where the photo/video has been captured.
Instagram is also a great connection of people from different areas as it allows you to peek into posts of others if they carry a public profile.
People generally tend to post a whole lot of content and pictures about their lifestyle. Instagram has grabbed the attention of such quality and is a memory book platform for many. It thereby grabs a spot in the top 10 list of top 10 used applications in India in 2020.
7. Truecaller
TrueCaller is a mobile application developed that finds mobile number details globally given a telephone number, who are either using this app or their phone book contacts are synced and has an integrated caller ID service to achieve call-blocking functionality and social media integration. This application is developed in 2009. Truecaller is a basic entity of users in India and China. The main reason for the success of the Truecaller app is that it has been that because of the crowdsourcing data it possesses to use. This kind of data enables it to work even if the public data is not available. Therefore it has notably made its mark in the UK and India even if there's no public data available for access. Therefore, it grabs its spot in the top 10 mobile applications which are vastly used in India in 2020.
8. Hotstar
Hotstar is a public interface application which was launched on 6th February in 2015 in India by Star India. It is a digital mobile and entertainment platform where people can access different categories of media content under one roof. The main categories of Hotstar include Entertainment, Sports, Serials, Shows, and movies, etc. People can also access live channels of Star India from anywhere in India. Hotstar has grabbed its attention for the wide content it possesses in it across various categories. Even if you miss your favorite shows or sports or some other you are free to access it through Hotstar. Therefore, it swiftly grabs the spot in the top 10 applications that are in use in India in 2020.
9. Jio Tv
Jio tv is another public entertaining platform in India. It is a part of the Jio-App suite. Jio has first been the mobile network operator and then extended its wings to music, videos, tv app, etc. These are all part of the Jio app suite. Jio Tv provides users with access to the top Tv shows, contests, live sports, etc. It's all free if you have a jio network on your phone. Thereby with the increased number of Jio users, the Jio Tv application has also made its marks in the most used apps in India in 2020.
10. Paytm
Paytm is an Indian based e-commerce payment system and digital wallet company. It is available in 10 Indian languages and offers online use-cases like mobile recharges, utility bill payments, travel, movies, and events bookings as well as in-store payments at grocery stores, fruits and vegetable shops, restaurants, parking, tolls, pharmacies and education institutions with the Paytm QR code. Paytm was founded in 2010 August as a prepaid recharge and DTH recharge platform and slowly paced up its wings towards the other above mentioned categories.
This app is now the most used digital payment platform across India having around 7 million merchants as of 2019 who accept payments from their customers digitally into their bank accounts.
This app has set the base for cashless transactions and easy money transfers all throughout India in a single click. Thereby, this app has been one of the top 10 platforms that have been in use in India in 2020.
To conclude:
The above are some of the top 10 applications that have been under use in India in 2020. The order of the list and the apps may tend to change pretty sooner in the arriving months but as of now to beat these applications takes some taking for the other applications.
Top mobile applications trends that will dominate in 2020/21
- Mobile payment applications
- Block Chain applications
- Health applications
- AR/VR gaming applications
- Enterprise applications
- Chatbots and AI
Those are some keen categories that have had their benchmarks in expert analysis. Those categories of apps will definitely lead the path in the future of trending and dominating application usages.
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An innovative buddy project has been created to support individuals with long term conditions to attend community and social activities.
Working closely with the Social Prescribing team at Action Together; Tameside, Oldham and Glossop (TOG) Mind, Diversity Matters North West, and the Learning, Empowerment and Participation (LEAP), the project currently provides around eight trained volunteer buddies who currently support 30 local people – helping them to build their confidence to access activities themselves.
Buddies can work with clients for a morning or afternoon depending on their availability each week for up to three months. The ultimate goal is to promote independence in social integration, reducing loneliness, and isolation.
A Tameside mother of two, who is in her 40s and has no other local family, has recently been referred by her social prescriber to the Buddy Project. She told how she was unable to work due to long term mental and physical health conditions, which left her depressed and anxious. However, since having an "easy-going" buddy to help her attend a social activity in the community each week, her confidence has grown.
She said: "I never left house, was isolated, had no social life and didn't look forward to anything. I have thoroughly enjoyed having a buddy who has helped me to engage with other people and I look forward to the activity. I'm even talking about volunteering at my chosen activity when I finish my time with the Buddy Project.
"The experience has made a positive impact on my life. I'm now able to leave the house and interact with others. I'm learning new skills, growing in confidence and feel happier."
Tameside Council's Executive Leader, Cllr Brenda Warrington, explained:
"The Buddy Project is clearly a vital support mechanism for those in our community who are experiencing a lack of confidence and social isolation due to mental and physical health conditions.
"I'm delighted to hear about the project's success and the positive impact it is having on those much in need of support, enabling people to leave their home to get involved in our community as well as helping people to feel much better about themselves."
Anyone who feels they could benefit from having a buddy due to a lack of confidence, or has recently moved into the area, is experiencing loneliness and isolation or has experienced recent loss of someone, can be referred from all agencies or self-refer, subject to an eligibility assessment before they're accepted on to the project. For further information about how to refer someone, how to access the service or how to become a volunteer buddy visit TOG Mind's website at https://www.togmind.org/buddy-project


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Thursday, June 27, 2013
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- kristenJune 27, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Wow! You have a lot going on! I was wondering where you were moving to. Are you guys from Arkansas? Hang in there!ReplyDelete
Oh! One question...how do you move with cats? We will be facing that sometime soon, and I was wondering how to go about it.Replies
Hi Kristen! Yes, we are moving to Little Rock because my husband got a one year internship there. We are both from Indiana so we will be closer to home. I will have to get back to you on tips for traveling with cats because I'm a rookie! We have some meds, calming spray and a good game plan but it's not road tested. I'm just praying that the cats & baby snooze for the 21+ hour drive.Delete
Girl just reading that made me tired and I don't have kids!!! I pray the move, drive, and packing is all so smooth and that your stress level stays low!! Even though I will miss all of your great posts I hope your blog is the last thing on your mind as you open a new chapter in your life!! Have a great weekend and I hope you get to mark off things on your to-do lists!!!ReplyDelete
Go Irish,
Thanks Brooke! I'm excited for the big move and hoping that I have planned ahead so that it's enjoyable for everyone :) You know I love my lists and have about 20 going right now!! Don't worry; I'll be back in no time.Delete
I can't even imagine packing up my classroom. I have over 1400 books in my room plus the bookcases (16 at last count). My cabinets are full of teaching materials. Thank heavens I don't have to move anything until I retire (9 years and counting).ReplyDelete
We moved our two cats from Chicago to central Utah 21 years ago. They traveled just fine in our car. When the car broke down in Denver (long story) our female hid under the seat and our alpha male sprawled out on the dashboard of the moving truck we rented at the last minute on a Saturday. They were just fine. When we moved two years later into our current home, we had added a cat. We locked them in a bedroom in the old house while we moved out and then locked them in a bedroom in the new house while we got settled. They were just fine. Cats are amazingly adaptable. Babies are too, as long as their feeding and sleeping schedule aren't disrupted too much.Replies
Thanks for the advice Kate!! I'm hoping my cats settle in okay, but if their rides to the vet are any indication, we are in trouble!! I'm sure the trip will go by quickly. Packing up my classroom was brutal I was fortunate to have help but it was not pleasant. Being in one classroom for 9 years = acquiring a TON of material. My husband lovingly suggested leaving it behind because it would be easier but instead I convinced him to rent a larger moving truck :)Delete
I LOVE hearing from you!! Thanks for taking the time to leave sweet comments; I enjoy reading every one of them.


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An online marketplace where people can list their home parking spaces for some "extra pocket money" is promoting their service to Melbourne's outer suburbs to ease parking shortages at train stations.
Parkhound co-founder Robert Crocitti told Ross and John he came up with the idea when he was saw empty East Melbourne driveways as he searched for a car park at the footy.
"You can get some extra income and they can get some cheaper parking," Mr Crocitti said.
Ross was won over by the concept, insisting it's a "brilliant idea".
"The benefit to the council and the community is you get to reclaim public land," the co-founder said.
"The council property laws really haven't caught up with our service, they were written before our service started, but there's no legal ramifications as yet."
According to the creator, residents "can basically list whatever space they've got."
"Everyone needs a little bit of extra pocket money," he added.


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Steinway Model O in Satin Ebony
A Steinway Model O built in Steinway & Sons' true golden years of manufacturing. This particular piano's action has been rebuilt by us using only the best materials. The strings were replaced and the cabinet refinished to it beautiful, original satin ebony luster.
The piano is simply a pleasure to play, listen to, and examine. Immaculate keys, original ebony wood sharps, and rebuilt action just make the value and investment in this piano sky rocket year to year. It has a warm, rich Steinway tone that makes you feel good inside. This is that perfect performer/home grand piano that you've been looking for! At a small fraction, literally, of the cost of a new Steinway Model O, and with better woods, tone, and a history this piano will more than make your dreams come true!
A Little History on the Model O
Steinway & Sons stopped producing the Model O in 1924, and replaced it with the Model L which was ¼" shorter in length, and ¼" wider. Henry Ziegler (1857 – 1930) designed the Model O, the Model M, and the Model L. The Model O was the first Steinway grand to display the squared-bottom legs that are now a standard feature of all Steinway grand pianos. Although the Model O remained out of production for more than 80 years, it came back into production officially replacing the Model L grand in 2006.


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Singer and songwriter Kelly Khumalo says she is ready to get back into the dating game, but this time, things will be very different.
Kelly has, to say the least, been quite unlucky when it comes to romance with none of her previous public relationships ending well.
Even in her music, one can hear how unkind the dating scene has been to her.
But the singer says she has realized what her biggest mistake has been and she is ready to switch things up.
Speaking to her bestie, Thami Dish on Touch HD recently, Kelly revealed that she never dated men because she wanted or liked them, but only because they wanted her.
"I've always gone into relationships because someone has asked me out, it has never been about, do I [want to] be with this person, do I want to date this person, do I want a relationship with this person? Do I even like this person enough to be in a relationship with them? So it has always been about the other party as opposed to me," she revealed.
She went on to say that she is now wiser and ready to make smarter choices with her heart.
"…it's not about who wants me, it's about who I want, which has changed the whole love, relationship and dating game. I will not let you into my space unless I want to, I will not keep you unless I see something worth keeping," she said.
She then went on to describe the kind of person she wants to have in her life.
"I'm not looking for a young boy, I'm looking for a man, who will be able to stand up to this woman that I've become; a woman who knows what she wants and what she represents. And for you to be part of this, you need to know what you want and what you represent as an individual," she continued.


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Three years to the day after our first Wine Club baby shower, we toasted Melissa again with a "sprinkle" for her second baby on the way. I wanted to share a few pics from our fun, relaxed party.
To decorate, I bought pre-cut tissue poms from the cheap section at the front of Target and ordered the raindrop garland from Amazon. It would be easy to craft, but ain't nobody got time for that these days!
I couldn't resist ordering these adorable emoji balloons from Amazon, which ended up being a great gift for Melissa's little girl!
For the "sprinkle" theme at a baby girl shower, I opted to decorate with blues and whites, with accents of pink. So I busted out my Nana's wedgewood and sprinkled some Target pink confetti.
Le Rose de Mouton Cadet...
Beringer Pink Moscato...
La Cuvee Mythique Brut Rose.
- A Philly tartine: Sandwich steak + bell peppers + a mix of Grand Cru, Mozzarella and Fontiago
- An Italiano: Pesto + Soppressata + mix of Grand Cru, Mozz and Fontiago + Balsamic Glaze
- A Mexicano: Mexican-spiced chicken + bell peppers + mix of Grand Cru, Smoked Fontina and 3-pepper cheddar + lime mayo
Basically, they were the best thing ever. Melty open-faced sandwiches are my new favorite dinner.
And we finished off with ice cream sundaes topped with — what else? — sprinkles!
And what would be a shower without adorable baby stuff? We got Melissa a mixture of practical gear and squeal-worthy outfits and accessories.
We can't wait to meet our next little boo and couldn't be more excited she'll be another future Wine Club member!


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India: A Sacred Geography
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, Mar 27, 2012 - Religion - 576 pages
In India: A Sacred Geography, renowned Harvard scholar Diana Eck offers an extraordinary spiritual journey through the pilgrimage places of the world's most religiously vibrant culture and reveals that it is, in fact, through these sacred pilgrimages that India's very sense of nation has emerged.
No matter where one goes in India, one will find a landscape in which mountains, rivers, forests, and villages are elaborately linked to the stories of the gods and heroes of Indian culture. Every place in this vast landscape has its story, and conversely, every story of Hindu myth and legend has its place. Likewise, these places are inextricably tied to one another—not simply in the past, but in the present—through the local, regional, and transregional practices of pilgrimage.
India: A Sacred Geography tells the story of the pilgrim's India. In these pages, Diana Eck takes the reader on an extraordinary spiritual journey through the living landscape of this fascinating country –its mountains, rivers, and seacoasts, its ancient and powerful temples and shrines.Ā Seeking to fully understand the sacred places of pilgrimage from the ground up, with their stories, connections and layers of meaning, she acutely examines Hindu religious ideas and narratives and shows how they have been deeply inscribed in the land itself.Ā Ultimately, Eck shows us that from these networks of pilgrimage places, India's very sense of region and nation has emerged. This is the astonishing and fascinating picture of a land linked for centuries not by the power of kings and governments, but by the footsteps of pilgrims.
India: A Sacred Geography offers a unique perspective on India, both as a complex religious culture and as a nation. Based on her extensive knowledge and her many decades of wide-ranging travel and research, Eck's piercing insights and a sweeping grasp of history ensure that this work will be in demand for many years to come.
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There was fracas at Chitundu Primary School ground in Dedza this morning where followers of two candidates of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) engaged in a fight at the party's primary election for Dedza North Constituency.
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Getting Started¶
Add the latest web3j version to your project build configuration.
Java 8:
Java 8:
compile ('org.web3j:core:4.5.5')
compile ('org.web3j:core:4.2.0-android')
Start a client¶
Start up an Ethereum client if you don't already have one running, such as Geth:
$ geth --rpcapi personal,db,eth,net,web3 --rpc --rinkeby
Or Parity:
$ parity --chain testnet
Or use Infura, which provides free clients running in the cloud:
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService("https://morden.infura.io/your-token"));
For further information refer to Using Infura with web3j.
Instructions on obtaining Ether to transact on the network can be found in the testnet section of the docs.
When you no longer need a Web3j instance you need to call the shutdown method to close resources used by it.
Start sending requests¶
To send synchronous requests:
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService()); // defaults to http://localhost:8545/
Web3ClientVersion web3ClientVersion = web3.web3ClientVersion().send();
String clientVersion = web3ClientVersion.getWeb3ClientVersion();
To send asynchronous requests using a CompletableFuture (Future on Android):
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService()); // defaults to http://localhost:8545/
Web3ClientVersion web3ClientVersion = web3.web3ClientVersion().sendAsync().get();
String clientVersion = web3ClientVersion.getWeb3ClientVersion();
To use an RxJava Flowable:
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService()); // defaults to http://localhost:8545/
web3.web3ClientVersion().flowable().subscribe(x -> {
String clientVersion = x.getWeb3ClientVersion();
web3j also supports fast inter-process communication (IPC) via file sockets to clients running on the same host as web3j. To connect simply use the relevant IpcService implementation instead of HttpService when you create your service:
// OS X/Linux/Unix:
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new UnixIpcService("/path/to/socketfile"));
// Windows
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new WindowsIpcService("/path/to/namedpipefile"));
Note: IPC is not available on web3j-android.
Working with smart contracts with Java smart contract wrappers¶
web3j can auto-generate smart contract wrapper code to deploy and interact with smart contracts without leaving the JVM.
To generate the wrapper code, compile your smart contract:
$ solc <contract>.sol --bin --abi --optimize -o <output-dir>/
Then generate the wrapper code using web3j's Command Line Tools:
web3j solidity generate -b /path/to/<smart-contract>.bin -a /path/to/<smart-contract>.abi -o /path/to/src/main/java -p com.your.organisation.name
Now you can create and deploy your smart contract:
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService()); // defaults to http://localhost:8545/
Credentials credentials = WalletUtils.loadCredentials("password", "/path/to/walletfile");
YourSmartContract contract = YourSmartContract.deploy(
<web3j>, <credentials>,
<param1>, ..., <paramN>).send(); // constructor params
Or use an existing contract:
YourSmartContract contract = YourSmartContract.load(
"0x<address>|<ensName>", <web3j>, <credentials>, GAS_PRICE, GAS_LIMIT);
To transact with a smart contract:
TransactionReceipt transactionReceipt = contract.someMethod(
To call a smart contract:
Type result = contract.someMethod(<param1>, ...).send();
For more information refer to Solidity smart contract wrappers.
web3j functional-reactive nature makes it really simple to setup observers that notify subscribers of events taking place on the blockchain.
To receive all new blocks as they are added to the blockchain:
Subscription subscription = web3j.blockFlowable(false).subscribe(block -> {
To receive all new transactions as they are added to the blockchain:
Subscription subscription = web3j.transactionFlowable().subscribe(tx -> {
To receive all pending transactions as they are submitted to the network (i.e. before they have been grouped into a block together):
Subscription subscription = web3j.pendingTransactionFlowable().subscribe(tx -> {
Or, if you'd rather replay all blocks to the most current, and be notified of new subsequent blocks being created:
Subscription subscription = replayPastAndFutureBlocksFlowable(
<startBlockNumber>, <fullTxObjects>)
.subscribe(block -> {
There are a number of other transaction and block replay Flowables described in Filters and Events.
Topic filters are also supported:
EthFilter filter = new EthFilter(DefaultBlockParameterName.EARLIEST,
DefaultBlockParameterName.LATEST, <contract-address>)
.addSingleTopic(...)|.addOptionalTopics(..., ...)|...;
web3j.ethLogFlowable(filter).subscribe(log -> {
Subscriptions should always be cancelled when no longer required:
Note: filters are not supported on Infura.
For further information refer to Filters and Events and the Web3jRx interface.
web3j provides support for both working with Ethereum wallet files (recommended) and Ethereum client admin commands for sending transactions.
To send Ether to another party using your Ethereum wallet file:
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService()); // defaults to http://localhost:8545/
Credentials credentials = WalletUtils.loadCredentials("password", "/path/to/walletfile");
TransactionReceipt transactionReceipt = Transfer.sendFunds(
web3, credentials, "0x<address>|<ensName>",
BigDecimal.valueOf(1.0), Convert.Unit.ETHER)
Or if you wish to create your own custom transaction:
Web3j web3 = Web3j.build(new HttpService()); // defaults to http://localhost:8545/
Credentials credentials = WalletUtils.loadCredentials("password", "/path/to/walletfile");
// get the next available nonce
EthGetTransactionCount ethGetTransactionCount = web3j.ethGetTransactionCount(
address, DefaultBlockParameterName.LATEST).send();
BigInteger nonce = ethGetTransactionCount.getTransactionCount();
// create our transaction
RawTransaction rawTransaction = RawTransaction.createEtherTransaction(
nonce, <gas price>, <gas limit>, <toAddress>, <value>);
// sign & send our transaction
byte[] signedMessage = TransactionEncoder.signMessage(rawTransaction, credentials);
String hexValue = Numeric.toHexString(signedMessage);
EthSendTransaction ethSendTransaction = web3j.ethSendRawTransaction(hexValue).send();
// ...
Although it's far simpler using web3j's Transfer for transacting with Ether.
Using an Ethereum client's admin commands (make sure you have your wallet in the client's keystore):
Admin web3j = Admin.build(new HttpService()); // defaults to http://localhost:8545/
PersonalUnlockAccount personalUnlockAccount = web3j.personalUnlockAccount("0x000...", "a password").sendAsync().get();
if (personalUnlockAccount.accountUnlocked()) {
// send a transaction
If you want to make use of Parity's Personal or Trace, or Geth's Personal client APIs, you can use the org.web3j:parity and org.web3j:geth modules respectively.
Publish/Subscribe (pub/sub)¶
Ethereum clients implement the pub/sub mechanism that provides the capability to subscribe to events from the network, allowing these clients to take custom actions as needed. In doing so it alleviates the need to use polling and is more efficient. This is achieved by using the WebSocket protocol instead of HTTP protocol.
Pub/Sub methods are available via the WebSocketService class, and allows the client to:
- send an RPC call over WebSocket protocol
- subscribe to WebSocket events
- unsubscribe from a stream of events
To create an instance of the WebSocketService class you need to first to create an instance of the WebSocketClient that connects to an Ethereum client via WebSocket protocol, and then pass it to the WebSocketService constructor:
final WebSocketClient webSocketClient = new WebSocketClient(new URI("ws://localhost/"));
final boolean includeRawResponses = false;
final WebSocketService webSocketService = new WebSocketService(webSocketClient, includeRawResponses)
To send an RPC request using the WebSocket protocol one need to use the sendAsync method on the WebSocketService instance:
// Request to get a version of an Ethereum client
final Request<?, Web3ClientVersion> request = new Request<>(
// Name of an RPC method to call
// Parameters for the method. "web3_clientVersion" does not expect any
// Service that is used to send a request
// Type of an RPC call to get an Ethereum client version
// Send an asynchronous request via WebSocket protocol
final CompletableFuture<Web3ClientVersion> reply = webSocketService.sendAsync(
// Get result of the reply
final Web3ClientVersion clientVersion = reply.get();
To use synchronous communication (i.e send a request and await a response) one would need to use the sync method instead:
// Send a (synchronous) request via WebSocket protocol
final Web3ClientVersion clientVersion = webSocketService.send(
To subscribe to WebSocket events WebSocketService provides the subscribe method. subscribe returns an instance of the Flowable interface from the RxJava library, which allows the processing of incoming events from an Ethereum network as a reactive stream.
To subscribe to a stream of events you should use WebSocketService to send an RPC method via WebSocket; this is usually eth_subscribe. Events that it subscribes to depend on parameters to the eth_subscribe method. You can find more in the RPC documentation:
// A request to subscribe to a stream of events
final Request<?, EthSubscribe> subscribeRequest = new Request<>(
// RPC method to subscribe to events
// Parameters that specify what events to subscribe to
Arrays.asList("newHeads", Collections.emptyMap()),
// Service that is used to send a request
final Flowable<NewHeadsNotification> events = webSocketService.subscribe(
// RPC method that should be used to unsubscribe from events
// Type of events returned by a request
// Subscribe to incoming events and process incoming events
final Disposable disposable = events.subscribe(event -> {
// Process new heads event
Notice that we need to provide a name of a method to WebSocketService that needs to be called to unsubscribe from a stream of events. This is because different Ethereum clients may have different methods to unsubscribe from particular events. For example, the Parity client requires use of the parity_unsubscribe method to unsubscribe from pub/sub events.
To unsubscribe from a stream of events one needs to use a Flowable instance for a particular events stream:
final Flowable<NewHeadsNotification> events = ...
final Disposable disposable = events.subscribe(...)
The methods described above are quite low-level, so we can use Web3j implementation instead:
final WebSocketService webSocketService = ...
final Web3j web3j = Web3j.build(webSocketService)
final Flowable<NewHeadsNotification> notifications = web3j.newHeadsNotifications()
Command line tools¶
A web3j fat jar is distributed with each release providing command line tools. The command line tools allow you to use some of the functionality of web3j from the command line:
- Wallet creation
- Wallet password management
- Transfer of funds from one wallet to another
- Generate Solidity smart contract function wrappers
Please refer to the documentation for further information.
Further details¶
In the Java 8 build:
- web3j provides type safe access to all responses. Optional or null responses are wrapped in Java 8's Optional type.
- Asynchronous requests are wrapped in a Java 8 CompletableFutures. web3j provides a wrapper around all async requests to ensure that any exceptions during execution will be captured rather then silently discarded. This is due to the lack of support in CompletableFutures for checked exceptions, which are often rethrown as unchecked exception causing problems with detection. See the Async.run() and its associated test for details.
In both the Java 8 and Android builds:
- Quantity payload types are returned as BigIntegers. For simple results, you can obtain the quantity as a String via Response.getResult().
- It's also possible to include the raw JSON payload in responses via the includeRawResponse parameter, present in the HttpService and IpcService classes.


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Two short years ago, I was introduced to ACW wrestling in San Antonio, Texas. I attended on a fluke, driving back from business in Austin, Texas, ironically enough. I had been following a blog by ACW Announcer Barry Savant
( http://zombiebloodfights.blogspot.com/2011/05/fights-kind-of-mc-of-acw-barry-savant.html ) that mentioned a free Monday night show featuring "The Underground Icon" Scot Summers.
I had heard the buzz from a reputable source that Scot Summers was, indeed, the best in Texas. I had seen him at a show in New Braunfels a few weeks before where he trashed some ham and egger in the ring at a bar. He was antagonizing the crowd, and so I gave him my two cents.
At the end of the fight, he came after me in the crowd, asking me for my legalization papers. I verified my citizenship, and when he demanded to see my license, I showed him but was not going to hand it to him. In fact, I ran away. The guy was a bad man, and I certainly wasn't going to get in his face. His tats were wild and his eyes were wilder.
So when this celebration was going down, I thought I'd attend. It was free, and though I thought the promotion had a dumb, backyard wrestling sounding name, I thought I'd give it a chance. In the very least, there would be beer and a chance to talk shit to wrestlers.
I posted up at the corner of the bar and was ready to enjoy the show. Apparently, Modelo Especial was a sponsor of the event, and there were Modelo Ladies passing out Modelo swag. Modelo Especial is one of my favorite beers, and is ZombieBloodFights.com recommended. I got a hat that I wore, even though I'm not a hat guy. And a free glass with free beer. This was pro-wrestling nirvana. If I had a Frito-Pie, I'd be set.
This was also my first meeting with ACW SuperFan, Anna. She had showed up with her mother and brother from Austin to watch the show as a faithful fan of the Smurf Nation and Summers. They rolled up and sat right next to me.
So it was time for the show to start. Scot comes out and brings his mom and sister to the ring. I start singing happy birthday to him, and he calls me out saying I need to be cut off because I was already drunk.
Then, this strange jackass comes out dressed in regal ring gear. He's also got a sash and a cape. His entrance music is Journey "Any Way You Want It", and he is a goofball. I wondered if this guy, named Robert Evans, was for real. He was a crack up, saying he was thankful to be fighting in Mexico.
But the two start exchanging words, and things get heated.
Things got real when Evan Gelistico and Pierre Abernathy showed up and jumped Scot. Then, Evans pushed Scot's sister to the mat after she sticks up for her brother, forcing Summers to put his U-30 title on the line, and the show began.
1st Match-#1 CONTENDERS TO THE TAG TEAM TITLES
SUBMISSION SQUAD (Abernathy/Gelistco) vs. JAY & VEGA vs. THE SMURF NATION (Chingo/Breeze) vs. HATFIELD & McCOY
It's a fun first match, with both teams having some fun at the beginning with a dance off, straight into wrestling. The feud between the Smurfs and SS started here in my eyes. Darin Childs and Biss call this match. Good first match.
Gelistico was flabby, and has tightened up since then. Vega and Jay look about the same these days, still fit, but smaller guys. Vega's charm and skills have grown since then. Gary Jay still looks like a homeless junkie. And Abernathy looks like some kind of hillbilly uncle with raggedy hair and beard. Today, he's cleaned up his look, which is good. But he's still tubby.
Chingo has grown as a wrestler since then. Barry Breeze has turned against the Smurfs and doing okay on his own. Just Willy was out with an injury since then, but has since returned. And Bubba Dumplin's hasn't been around ACW for a while now.
ACH vs. PROBLEMS
Another fun match, opening with a tribute to "Enter the Dragon" ala ACH's martial arts influence.
The match ends fast after ACH flips Problems on his face and injured arm from the previous night. Knowing Problems is hurt, ACH works him over just enough to take the fight out of him and locks him out with his injured arm.
Since then, ACH has gone on to be one of ACW's shining stars, with amazing matches against some of the best on the Indy scene. In fact, he was christened Lone Star Classic champion 2011 and ACW champion just last night.
Problems has not been seen since this injury. I remember him coming by to visit with superfan Anna after the match. He was nice.
RACHEL SUMMERLYNN vs. ERIN STARR
Rachel and Erin throw down in a short match that showcased Erin Starr's speed vs. Rachel's power game. It was actually Erin's debut. Rachel finishes it with a big Lakeline Mall Power Slam.
Since then, Erin Starr had a run in ACW that fizzled out at this point in 2011.
Rachel Summerlynn has gone on to great success not only in ACW, but the national scene as well, making a splash at Shimmer and Ring of Honor. She was most recently crowned Queen of Joshi 2011. Adjusting her style to include more speed, she has trimmed down, de-emphasizing her power game to add speed, and a curious ferocity that has only recently bubbled to the surface. The sky's the limit right now for Rachel.
DARIN CHILDS vs. "THE SPRINGWOOD SLASHER" KHRIS WOLFE
This match is fun and fast. Childs and Slasher keep the pace fast, and it ends fast as well.
No joke.
If the only Darin Childs you knew was the fit-as-fuck Darin Childs that competed this weekend at the Lone Star Classic 2011, you would not recognize the fat-as-fuck Darin Childs that competed at the B-Day Bash '09. No shit. The transformation of Darin Childs has been amazing, and I laud him for his great efforts to lead a healthier lifestyle.
Slasher's grown as a competitor since then as well. Never one to back down from a fight, he's had bloody brawls with Masada, and continues to be a dangerous competitor in ACW.
MIKE DELL & SUPER ELECTRO vs. COLT CABANA & JC BRAVO
This is a spirited matchup. The wiley Dell reprograms Super Electro to jump Colt Cabana. JC Bravo comes to the rescue, and it becomes a good tag bout.
Since then, Mike Dell lost a "Loser Leaves ACW" match, in what was one of the best matches I've ever seen at ACW. He has gone on to success in other Texas territories.
Super Electro became Portia Perez and Robert Evan's pet, until their relationship broke down. He has been seen on occasion.
JC Bravo went on to tag and U-30 gold. Recently, he suffered a foot injury that required surgery. ZombieBloodFights.com-The Blog wishes him the best.
Colt Cabana is still rockin' and rollin' on the indy scene, bringing his charismatic offense to fans around the country. He most recently lost in the first round of the Lone Star Classic 2011 to eventual winner, ACH.
ARIK CANNON vs. SHAWN VEXX
A fantastic match that brings some great action and science. Rachel Summerlyn and Darin Childs calls the action. Arik Cannon brought ferocity to Vexx, who weathered the storm for the victory.
Cannon has since returned to ACW for some great matchups, and continues to mix it up in the ring and pick up the ladies outside the ring.
Vexx went on to ACW gold, and has most recently aligned himself with the Children of Pain. We'll see how that plays out.
SCOT SUMMERS vs. ROBERT EVANS
This match is an outstanding finish to a great night of what I would always associate with ACW: Great action, great friends, great beer. Scot showed me his signature mix of science and brutality. Robert Evans showed me his skill and speed. It was a great matchup.
Today, Scot Summers has been christend an ACW Triple Crown champ, had multiple brawls, and continues to be the backbone of ACW.
Robert Evans has since gone on to ACW gold, but also made inroads with Chikara Pro as Archibald Peck, and Ring of Honor as Barrister RD Evans. He has also returned to ACW to continue his feud with former BFF Portia Perez.
All in all, it was an amazing show that I was proud to be a part of. And at the very end, I offered Scot a beer through the ropes that he accepted. I was an official fan, and understood why he was called "Best in Texas".
By the end of the night, thanks to SuperFan Anna, I was now one of the new ACW faithful. We talked trash to every wrestler we didn't like, and we have never turned back since then. It was one of the best birthday parties I had ever attended.
To this day, when I can, I make the journey to Austin, Texas, to cheer and jeer the heroes and villains that put it all on the line for us. And I have a blast every single time.
If you're in the San Antonio area and enjoy pro-wrestling, find this annual event and go to it.
To Scot, happy birthday, 2011 and forever. May you have many, many more.
To SuperFan Anna, thanks for baptizing me into the Anarchy family.
To all the ACW wrestlers I cheer and jeer, thank you.
DVD review
This DVD was purchased at an event, and not the DVD that is available at SmartMarkVideo.com. The packaging was custom, and the DVD was a DVD-R disc. I have no problem with it, because the disc works. The one available at Smart Mark has different packaging.
The title screen is a good preview of the fun on the DVD. A rapper that sounds like Eminem is singing his song. It's the second ACW DVD that has a ganster rap feel to the music.
ACW Play-by-Play announcer, Biss, seems lackluster, as if he was sick. For some reason, he doesn't finish out the DVD commentary. Rachel and Darin finish out calling the show, and do a great job.
The video quality is actually one of the best from the ACW video series. The "Allow us to Reintroduce Ourselves" show video quality at the same venue was not good, but that's another review for another time.
The only complaint was the audio quality does not mesh at the very beginning. But its forgivable. I can respect a pro-wrestling outfit that tries to make it happen.
It's a good DVD that is worth buying if you have a chance.
Legends, Douchebags, and Pig Slop. Just another Sunday at ACW Wrestling!
Peace, Love, and a smart phone being used as a weapon by Scot Summers!
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Back To Basics
June 22, 2010
Hair: fri.day – Nicole – Moody Brown (Parvarti Monday)
Skin: JM:Mai skin_gemma pure (JOMAN Mai) *new*
Lashes: [ glow ] Innocent lashes – Gentle (Jocelyn Anatine)
Eyeliner: duboo.eyeliner2 tattoo (Newreem Waffle)
Eyeshadow: [ Love Soul ] Eye shadow*Green* (BlueStarRUI Villota)
Shirt: oyakin*2010*summer*GIFT (kinbo Akina)
Undershirt: Doppelganger Inc. – Classic Polo Yellow (Syler Morgwain) *new*
Cowl: (Part of) ::{u.f.o}:: alice knit pink (Aisyla Aldrin)
Badge: [MAGIC NOOK] I Heart Polar Bears Badge (Ayumi Cassini)
Bag: *BOOM* Take it Easy Tote-</3 (Aranel Ah)
Skirt: [SC] Surf Couture – Summer of Stripes Skirt – Dusty Rose (Emma Gilmour) *new*
Bag 2: =IZUMIYA=Group Gift Straw Bag (Izumi Homewood)
Socks: Pig – Argyle Sock M. Suspender – Hortense (Apatia Hammerer) *Past Subscribo Gift*
Shoes: BB* Worn-out Boy Style Loafers for girls in old leather (suetabulous Yootz) *coming soon @ Pookie Flea Market*
Pose by (marukin) (Valencia Southard)
Laundry Day
March 3, 2010
The frequency of posting would is slowing down as school's workload starts to pick up. Just wanna share this outfit I throw on yesterday. Anexx has released these cute sneakers just in time for the new season. Its definitely a breathe of fresh air from the other shoes. C'mon! It is both casual and still have a feminine, glam-edge to it. Love them! Junwave is having a 50% of sale on selected items and this hair (whose name just reminds me of the main character of my favorite Korean drama (You're Beautiful), but thats another point) is available in a fatpack for a mere 2L. There are a couple more 2L items in the store so do check them out! My friend charming has certainly been busy creating more cute stuff for our "closets". This cropped cardigan is one of her latest release. Lastly, Shiki Designs has delighted us with this grudgy/faded-ish texture denim jacket that is unisex. Thats all for now! There's a few more stuff I wanna show and with Accessories Fair round the corner…. ^^
Hair: ((JUNWAVE))MINAMI*BLACK* (LGM Jun)
Skin: JM:Mai skin_devonz tan ver5 (JOMAN Mai)
Jacket: SHIKI-Denim Jacket BLACK GRUNGE (Shinichi Mathy) (new!)
Cardigan: ::{u.f.o}::Cropped Cardigan(red dot) (charming Meiler) (new!)
Skirt: (Part of) ::SUGARCUBE – beadily dress ( onixis ) (Sayuri Cremorne)
Head Accessory: DUBOO*Minnie's ears (Newreem Waffle)
Bag: BP* gamaguchi bag /W/click!texture change/feb2010 (BettiePage Voyager)
Clutch: ::: B@R ::: Bellissima 09 Black (Additional) ClutchBag (June Dion)
Socks: AOHARU_BT_MultiColorSocks013 (machang Pichot)
Shoes: ANEXX_FringeSweedSneaker_Black (machang Pichot) (new!)


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When the public face of an organization or a well-known leader leaves, it might seem like an unrecoverable loss. What if they take the wind out of the sails with them when they go? How will the organization continue to function?
Organizations that do not want to suffer the loss of a well-known leader in the first place would do well to rely less on charismatic individuals. By all means, a leader with a good-public image, or with chutzpah, is a fantastic resource. But, it might be best to invest most in the organization itself. It – not its figureheads – should be the most dynamic in practices, policy, and people.
Organizations can also develop contingency plans to help deal with the fallout when a highly popular leader leaves. It's a good idea to have disaster recovery and business continuity plans in place to deal with such situations. Succession planning is critical, and a major aspect of this should be to have protégées and potential replacements already in place. Having many employees capable and ready to step up to the plate is an efficient strategy in case of a crisis. It will also come in handy should the "rock star" frontman suffer a crippling case of the sniffles.
Public relations after the publicly recognized figure leaves are also extremely important concerns. Consider how public perception will change: is this the time to rebrand and reinvent? Why not take the opportunity to use a loss as a gain?
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Computerworld Australia looks at what some of the international markets showcasing at CeBIT 2010 has to offer Australia
Walking through the China pavilion at the convention was a bit like a stroll through your local computer shop. China's vendors, organised by the ShenZhen Wanbao Exhibition Company, were mostly hardware manufacturers and showed it through their offerings. Most of China's vendors seemed to be looking for local resellers and offered various hardware solutions such as hard drives, PC cases and peripherals. Despite this, a few vendors such as ShenZhen Sungold, manufacturers of solar modules for various applications, did stand out from the crowd, particularly since Green IT has become a major concern to the industry of late.
Korea Pavilion had more of an eclectic offering, with some companies turning up to promote breathalysers, headphones, CCTV cameras and inkless whiteboards. The National Broadband Network also drew interest from Korea's telecommunications industry, with vendors such as Wooriro Optical Telecoms, manufacturers of optical products and Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) solutions, lured to Australia by the prospect of working on the NBN. Others, like Java Information Technology and SEBINE Technology, both manufacturers of RFID systems, believed that the global trend towards wireless networking would bring in some business.
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), investment and trade commissioner, Paul Choi, said that vendors chosen to represent Korea were picked based on their technologies, patent holdings and readiness to market to overseas customers.
This is the second year in which KOTRA has made a showing at CeBIT. Choi said that the convention gave Kore the opportunity to promote itself as a leading IT market and that many Korean companies were enthusiastic about the possibility of doing business with Australia.
Germany seemed to be the most organised when it came to showcasing vendors at CeBIT. The large pavilion boasted a trio of sponsors, Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (ALMA) and the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and the Media (BITKOM).
A BITKOM spokesperson told Computerworld Australia that the German pavilion was something of a permanent feature in CeBIT, no matter where the convention is held.
"Germany tries to support the IT industry, especially the small and medium enterprises to make business with foreign countries," she said.
Indeed, the pavilion had a variety of German representatives ranging from manufacturers of hardware and software to consulting firms offering eCommerce solutions. The Technical University of Munich also had its own stall at the German Pavilion, showing off technologies built by its students and lecturers in a bid to attract foreign talent to German educational institutions.


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Posts Tagged 'British Library'
"The nature of things betrays itself more readily under the vexations of art than in its natural freedom"*…
The British Library is hosting "Beautiful Science: Picturing Data, Inspiring Insight" in its Folio Society Gallery from now through May 26th. The show features selection's from the Library's extraordinary collection of scientific visualizations, charts, and maps.
Turning numbers into pictures that tell important stories and reveal the meaning held within is an essential part of what it means to be a scientist. This is as true in today's era of genome sequencing and climate models as it was in the 19th century.
Beautiful Science explores how our understanding of ourselves and our planet has evolved alongside our ability to represent, graph and map the mass data of the time.
The exhibit features classic illustrations dating back to 1603, including John Snow's map of London's SoHo that's credited with revealing a contaminated water pump as the source of a 1854 cholera outbreak; and it extends forward to beautiful modern visualizations of data from satellites and gene sequencers.
Read more, and see more examples for the show, at the British Library's site and at Wired Science (from whence the images above).
(Special bonus: Florence Nightingale's extraordinary "rose diagram" infographic, demonstrating that more soldiers died of preventable diseases than in conflict during the Crimean War.)
* Sir Francis Bacon
As we delight in the distillation, we might recall that it was on this date in 1870 that Congress authorized the formation of the U.S. weather service (later named the Weather Bureau; later still, the National Weather Service), and placed it under the direction of the Army Signal Corps. Cleveland Abbe, who had started the first private weather reporting and warning service (in Cincinnati) and had been issuing weather reports or bulletins since September, 1869, was the only person in the country at the time who was experienced in drawing weather maps from telegraphic reports and forecasting from them. He became the weather service's inaugural chief scientist– effectively its founding head– in January, 1871. The first U.S. meteorologist, he is known as the "father of the U.S. Weather Bureau," where he systemized observation, trained personnel, and established scientific methods. He went on to become one of the 33 founders of the National Geographic Society.
The Sound of Silage…
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Can readers identify these "bellowing bedfellows"?
More aural amusement at Sounds Like Science, a project of NYU's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. And for more, visit the British Library's Listen to Nature.
As we rethink our concept of "cute," we might recall that it was on this date in 1896 that Clement Hardy was issued a U.S. patent for the rotary disk plow (No. 556,972). The plow disks were designed to be drawn into the earth by their own action and by the weight of the soil lifted by the disks and carried on their faces and have a cutting action on the bottom of the furrow instead of scraping– enabling much lighter (and more easily drawn) plows than had previously been necessary to force the disks into the soil and hold them to their work.
a modern version at work (source)
Pages through the ages…
(Roughly) Daily often visits the British Library (as does your correspondent, every time he's in London: pound for pound, the best museum experience in the world).
Now, as part of that august institution's on-going efforts to make its extraordinary collection more widely available, the BL has created an online English Language and Literature Timeline.
From the very early (c. 1000)…
Beowulf is the longest epic poem in Old English, the language spoken in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest. It tells the breathtaking story of a struggle between the hero, Beowulf, and a bloodthirsty monster called Grendel. Poems of this kind would often have been recited from memory by a court minstrel, or scop, to the accompaniment of a harp.
This fire-damaged manuscript is the only surviving copy of the story. It was written down in about 1000, but the poem may have been created by storytellers as early as the 700s.
…to the very recent (1970's)…
Sniffin Glue, the first punk fanzine, was produced by Mark Perry in July 1976 a few days after seeing US punk band The Ramones for the first time at the Roundhouse in London. He took the title from a Ramones song 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue'. Perry's fanzine was the perfect punk form. It reported the moment immediately as it happened, from an insider's point of view. Because Perry used everyday tools that were immediately to hand, Sniffin' Glue fitted with the do-it-yourself ethos which was already an important part of punk culture. A flood of punk zines followed, with identifiable cut and paste graphics, typewritten or felt tip text, misspellings and crossings out. Photocopying also contributed to the punk zine look by limiting graphic experimentation to black and white tones and imagery based on collage, enlargement and reduction. Sniffin' Glue demonstrated that anyone could easily, cheaply and quickly produce a fanzine.
…and with fascinating contextual call-outs, e.g.
Language in the 11th Century
The Normans transform England, both culturally and linguistically. For over 300 years French is the language spoken by the most powerful people – royalty, aristocrats and high-powered officials – some of whom can't speak English at all. French is used in political documents, in administration, and in literature. Latin is still the language of the church and of scholars, but most of the general population speak English in their everday lives.
Thousands of French words become embedded in the English vocabulary, most of which are words of power, such as crown, castle, court, parliament, army, mansion, gown, beauty, banquet, art, poet, romance, chess, colour, duke, servant, peasant, traitor and governor.
…it's all there– the extraordinary pageant that is our language.
As we re-visit Dr.Johnson, we might recall that it was on this date in 1990 that National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded the Best New Artist Grammy to Milli Vanilli. NARAS probably wishes that it could take back any number of Grammys awarded over the years; this is the only one they ever did. Later that year German producer Frank Farian revealed that he had put the names and faces of the beauteous but voice-less Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan on the dance records he had created in his studio using actual (but less sightly) musicians. Four days later, Milli Vanilli's Grammy honor was withdrawn.
Rob and Fab (source)
Say what?…
Trying to master a role in a Tennessee Williams play? Place someone by their accent? Steven Weinberger, a linguist at George Mason University can help. He's created The Speech Accent Archive, where one can click on a map to hear some native, some non-native English speakers from all over the world– but in each case reciting the same short English paragraph, crafted to contain every sound in the Queen's Language.
(C.F. also the previously-reported British Library Map of Accents and Dialects.)
As we smooth our sibilants, we might recall that it was on this date in 1938 that Northwestern University conferred an honorary degree on ventriloquist's dummy Charlie McCarthy (whose "partner," Edgar Bergen, had attended Northwestern, but never graduated).
Lest we doubt that Bergen and his wooden friend were worthy of the academic accolade, we might note that they have been credited by some with "saving the world": later that same year, on the night of October 30, 1938, when Orson Welles performed his War of the Worlds radio play, panicking many listeners, most of the American public had tuned instead to Bergen and McCarthy on another station. (Dissenters note that Bergen may inadvertently have contributed to the hysteria: when the musical portion of Bergen's show [The Chase and Sanborn Hour] aired about twelve minutes into the show, many listeners switched stations– to discover War of the Worlds in progress, with an all-too-authentic-sounding reporter detailing a horrific alien invasion.
Charlie McCarthy, BA (left), with his friend Edgar Bergen (source)
"A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing."*…
Peter Barber, Head of Map Collections at the British Library, has written a companion piece to the BL's exhibition "Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art," his personal selection of ten of the greatest– "Ten Maps that Changed the World"; for example:
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The infant USSR was threatened with invasion, famine and social unrest. To counter this, brilliant designers such as Dimitri Moor were employed to create pro-Bolshevik propaganda.
Using a map of European Russia and its neighbours, Moor's image of a heroic Bolshevik guard defeating the invading 'Whites' helped define the Soviet Union in the Russian popular imagination.
From the Henricus Martellus World Map (1490– used to convince Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile to support Columbus), the Evesham WorldMap (1400- the birth of English nationalism and patriotism– think Henry V and Agincourt), and the Chinese Globe (1623– exaggerated the size of China and placed it in the middle of a world that otherwise consisted mainly of small off-shore islands) to the London Underground Map and Google Earth, see them all.
(TotH to Flowing Data)
* Oscar Wilde
As we turn to plot our courses, we might recall that it was on this date in 1865, in the market square of Springfield, Missouri, that Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.


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