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As many parents have, I too have purchased "toy" products for my children: headphones, binoculars, flashlights — only to find they were poorly manufactured, using substandard if not even dangerous components and materials. Obviously, I was tired of purchasing toys and could not afford to give my children my "adult" versions of these products. I decided there was a need to meet in the middle with high-quality, fully functional and ergonomically designed products that are value-priced and in the sizes and styles kids will love! Thus the birth of Kidz Gear.
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Children are starting to use computers at a young age. Parents don't always want to hear the music associated with their learning games and movies. The alternative is for a child to use headphones. Obviously that creates a problem sometimes as adult headphones don't always fit a small child. Kidz Gear is the solution to that problem. Your child can now wear headphones designed for their small bodies with ease and protect their sensitive hearing.
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A Delicious Recipe From NoMad's 40/40 Club
Friday April 20, 2012
It's no surprise we love our food, and we love sharing great recipes whenever we can. One of the local hot spots around NoMad is Jay Z's 40/40 Club and their chef Mike Shand just shared a fantastic recipe with Businessweek. The dish is for his signature tequila chicken with hot corn salsa, one of the most popular items on the menu at 40/40.
According to Shand, "This dish is ideal to bring to work for lunch, as it can be prepared for dinner the night before and reheated without compromising its flavor the next day. For a quick and healthy lunchtime addition, top the leftover steamed rice with seasoned black beans to doubly impress co-workers."
To bring this dish from the NoMad neighborhood to your table, you will need the following:
2 8-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breast fillets
2 super red ripe plum tomatoes
1 oz. Corzo tequila
1 cup water
½ bunch of cilantro (12 baby leaves for garnish, the rest chopped and stems reserved)
1 fresh jalapeño, diced
¼ cup red pepper, diced
2 limes, zested and juiced
2 oz. pickled jalapeños (diced) and juice
¼ cup red onion, diced
1 cup freshly shucked yellow corn (or can of corn kernels)
¼ cup mascarpone
4 tablespoons olive oil
For the marinade: Cut tomatoes into quarters length-way and remove flesh from inners. Dice flesh and reserve.
Place tomato insides, cilantro stems (keep leaves for chopping), jalapeño juice, lime zest, a pinch of salt, and water into a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Add tequila and quickly purée in blender till smooth.
For the chicken: Marinate the chicken in half the tequila mix and hold. When ready, season breast with salt and Char-Grill, continuing to baste with marinade while grilling until well-charred and cooked through on both sides.
Once cooked, allow chicken to stand for 5 minutes. Begin preparing salsa during this wait, then slice chicken into quarter-inch slices
For the salsa: Quickly sauté corn, red peppers, jalapeño, and onions with oil and salt. Finish with lime juice, mascarpone, fresh cilantro, and diced tomato. It's ready once the mascarpone has melted and the salsa has returned to a simmer. Allow to stand for 10 minutes, then spoon a tablespoon of the salsa onto a plate, place diced chicken on top, and garnish with a baby cilantro leaf.
Optional: Serve with rice and canned seasoned black beans.
For the rice:
1 cup long-grain rice
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. butter
2 cups water
2 pinches of salt
Bring the oil to a mid temperature in a small saucepan with a snug lid. Sauté the rice in the oil for less than a minute, stirring constantly. Add water and salt, return to a hard boil, stir once, place lid, and reduce flame as low as possible for 10 mins. Turn off completely but DO NOT remove lid for 20 minutes. Add butter and loosen rice with fork.
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Former Barcelona star Ronaldinho sees Brazil teammate Neymar as a good option for FC Barcelona and thinks he could play alongside Lionel Messi.
"Of course I imagine Messi and Neymar playing together at the club, it would be beautiful," Ronaldinho explained.
Ronaldinho is happy for Messi's success.
"I was very happy when he won his fourth Golden Ball. He deserves it because he is the best."
The two-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner says that his only regret in his career is not having spent more years with Messi at Barcelona.
"The only thing I regret in my career is not have played more years with Messi," Ronaldinho continued. "When he was very young I already saw he was the best. It was fun to see when he was a kid, how he did things that most players cannot imagine."
Ronaldinho, who at 32 was recalled to Brazil's national team to face England on Wednesday in a friendly at Wembley Stadium, said Monday that he still retains the "style" that led him to win the World Cup in 2002 and the UEFA Champions League with Barça in 2006.
"I play like I did before," Ronaldinho said at a news conference in London. He also admitted he "was not counting on getting called-up by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to bring him back to the 'canarinha.'"
"I had a very good season last year, so it was something that could happen. I am very satisfied that this has come true," said the player, who currently plays for Atlético Mineiro after having represented Flamengo, AC Milan, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Gremio, during his career.
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Research Topics
Elizabeth A Church
Affiliation: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Detail Information
- Integrating self-help materials into mental health practiceElizabeth Church
Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Hwy, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6
Can Fam Physician 54:1413-7. 2008..A self-help approach can help meet this demand, but there are few guidelines for professionals about how to use mental health self-help resources effectively...
- Rural professionals' perceptions of interprofessional continuing education in mental healthElizabeth A Church
School of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Health Soc Care Community 18:433-43. 2010..This programme has the potential to be of use in rural communities where professionals often do not have access to professional development in mental health...


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Video: Relaxing the Ban on Doping
Video now available of Julian Savulescu's keynote speech at 'Human enhancement - Biotechnology in Sports' Conference in Oslo on 16 March 2011.
Organized by The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board in collaboration with Anti-Doping Norway, the primary focus of the conference was the use of gene doping, and genetic screening for traits that are beneficial for sports athletes. The event was held for the benefit of athletes, scientists, trainers and the general public.
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The definition of getting "screwed" differs for each person. But every person at one point of his life realizes that the world is actually a bitch – that believes in screwing you "royally". In this post, I will be talking in context of entrepreneurs. But really, these points are applicable to anyone who is JUST frustrated at the situation or circumstance they face in their life.
Here are a few pointers on what to do when the world screws you:
Go To Your Mentor/Guide:
This should be the knee-jerk reaction that you should have when you have been screwed by someone big time. A mentor can help you again gain perspective of the situation and act as a major buffer to all the emotional duress that you might have built within yourself. The person you go can also be the only friend you trust.
Stand Your Ground:
Put yourself first. The worst situation a person finds himself is in when the people all around him/her start putting all the blame and faults on you. It also really sucks big time when you find out that most people around you are "fake", which means that your good friends end up being the good friends of your arch enemy as well. What to do at that time is to simply stand your ground – know you are right. The gut feeling within you is the most right thing in the world in such times. And hate the people you want to hate without any diplomatic shambles- BUT, you need not express everything. There is always a great way to convert all that frustration and anger into something productive for yourself.
The World Owes You Nothing:
Many of us have this "I'm a Prince" complex where you expect people to automatically like you, be nice to you and give you a lot of respect. The fact of the matter is that the world never gives anyone any crap until the person himself earns it for him. It is indeed possible that people worship you (example- Richard Branson, Mick Jagger, Mahatma Gandhi), but what have you done to be worshipped? When you are frustrated with the world ignoring you, you need to ask if you actually deserve to be ignored. Remember, the world owes you nothing.
Life Is Unfair Get Used To It:
This point is the evil brother of the above point. When all the people around you play with your emotions and take the ultimate advantage out of you, you tend to be pissed. Especially, it is extra frustrating when you find that they have no remorse and neither are they having any bad luck with all that horrible karma of theirs. At that moment you should listen to what I say, "Life is Unfair, get used to it". In fact, you need not listen to me, you should listento Bill Gates. Bill Gates is the person who was quoted "Life is unfair, get used to it". This is from one of the most brilliant minds alive today.
Don't Do The Smoke:
Doing drugs is not one of the ways that you can retaliate to the world that screws you. If anything it makes you physically weaker. There are just so many people who will find themselves clutching to a cigarette the moment they see the slightest hint of stress. Remember, you are already frustrated, you don't want to f*** yourself up all the more.
Leave me your comments on, what to do when you are pissed at the world?


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"We expect EPS of $0.64 (consensus $0.64), up 14% YoY, driven by strong wireless trends including a step-up in post paid net adds and stable ARPA growth," the firm said. "In wireline, we believe top line pressures intensified a bit in Business (due to macro pressures), causing some QoQ pressure on EBITDA margin. However, this was likely somewhat offset by further acceleration in Consumer revenue growth due to recent price increases." Also reporting Thursday morning is Dow component Travelers Cos. ( TRV). The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters is for earnings of $1.61 a share on revenue of $5.79 billion from the insurance and financial services giant. Microsoft ( MSFT) joins Google, issuing its quarterly report after the close. It's been a busy week for Bill Gates & Co. with the company disclosing pricing details for its Surface tablet and industry reviews (mostly positive) of Microsoft 8 starting to appear. Wall Street is looking for a profit of 56 cents a share in its fiscal first quarter ended in September on revenue of $16.42 billion. Early reporters on Thursday include Alliance Data Systems ( ADS), BB&T ( BBT), Blackstone Group ( BX), Boston Scientific ( BSX), Briggs & Stratton ( BGG), Cypress Semiconductor ( CY), Danaher ( DHR), Fairchild Semiconductor ( FCS), Fifth Third Bancorp ( FITB), Genuine Parts ( GPC), KeyCorp ( KEY), Morgan Stanley ( MS), Nokia ( NOK), Philip Morris International ( PM), Snap-On ( SNI), SUPERVALU ( SVU), and Union Pacific ( UNP). Other companies on the late roster are Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD), Capital One Financial ( COF), Chipotle Mexican Grill ( CMG), E*Trade ( ETFC), Riverbed Technology ( RVBD), Rambus ( RMBS), SanDisk ( SNDK), and Wynn Resorts ( WYNN). Thursday's economic calendar includes weekly initial and continuing jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. ET; the Philadelphia Fed regional manufacturing activity survey at 10 a.m. ET; and leading indicators for September at 10 a.m. ET. And finally, eBay ( EBAY) was slumping in Wednesday's after-hours action after the online auctioneer missed on the top line in its latest quarter and gave a fourth-quarter outlook that includes a fair amount of downside to the consensus. The stock was down less than 1% on volume of more than 4.2 million. The big loser in extended trades though was Mellanox Technologies ( MLNX), whose shares plunged more than 23% to $75.50 on volume of nearly 800,000 after its quarterly report. The company reportedly gave weak revenue guidance on its conference call, according to Briefing.com, which said Mellanox forecast revenue of $145 million to $150 million for the fourth quarter, below an estimate of $156.7 million from S&P Capital IQ. -- Written by Michael Baron in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Michael Baron.
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Can Naked Exclusion Be Procompetitive?
Antitrust scholars have argued that exclusive contracts have anticompetitive, or at best neutral effects, if no efficiencies are generated. In contrast, this paper shows that exclusive contracts can have procompetitive effects, provided buyers are imperfect downstream competitors and contract breach is feasible. In that case an efficient entrant is not necessarily foreclosed through exclusive contracting but induces buyers to breach. Because breaching buyers have to pay expectation damages to the incumbent, the downstream profits they obtain when breaching must be large enough. Therefore, the entrant needs to set a lower wholesale price than absent exclusive contracting, leading to lower final consumer prices and higher welfare.
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Placed 2B-S Brian Roberts on the 15-day DL (abdominal strain), retroactive to 4/10; recalled 2B-R Justin Turner from Norfolk (Triple-A). [4/12]
So, now it turns out that Roberts' abdomen is not the only problem, because his back injury from spring training appears to have been exacerbated. He won't be out just the two weeks, since he's apparently going to spend these next two weeks doing nothing baseball-related.
Sometimes precaution generates additional payoffs, in that Roberts' health woes during the spring contributed to a decision to make a deal to add Julio Lugo rather than just make do with Robert Andino as their primary middle infield reserve. As I noted at the time, the Orioles can better afford Lugo in the field for any length of time because of a heavily fly ball-oriented rotation, but that doesn't mean carrying Turner can't make for an adequate alternative with some left-mashing attributes. That same pitching staff is what also puts utilityman Ty Wigginton, another Swiss Army knife of butchery, into the keystone picture.
Since all of these options are sub-good in terms of the hit the team takes on offense and defense, the real question is how Dave Trembley's going to design his lineup during the stretch that Roberts misses. Lugo led off against Dana Eveland, and Felix Pie got the job against Shaun Marcum on Sunday and Matt Garza on Monday. This may not bode well for Nolan Reimold's bid to retain a full-time role, since Trembley was already willing to get Luke Scott outfield playing time, and unless Trembley reactivates the Scott-to-first variant, that puts somebody on the bench, and it won't be Garrett Atkins, unfortunately.
As leadoff-y as a piece of Pie might sound, this isn't the best alignment the lineup's got going for it. I don't mean to run down Pie, a player who deserves a shot better shot than he ever got with the Cubs, but Reimold shouldn't have to sit that much more often, just because Roberts is out. That seems like mugging Paul to pay Peter's hospital bill—not only would two saints be very, very disappointed in you, you're suddenly in a lot more trouble than you started out with. Playing Pie is fine, but keeping Reimold in the regular rotation, spotting for Markakis in right or Pie in left or DHing, also needs doing. With Roberts out, I'd argue that the best move would be to push Atkins into part-time play, and see what Scott can do at first base. If Atkins gripes, use him at third on Miguel Tejada's rare days off, so that you can at least keep him in play at the position when, inevitably, he has to be offered around at the end of July.
Activated RHP Gil Meche from the 15-day DL; optioned INF-R Mike Aviles to Omaha (Triple-A). [4/11]
It's not my province to suggest the Royals brought Meche back too soon, but he clearly lacked both command and control, so there's obviously some fine-tuning in order. However, there is the good news that Meche didn't say his shoulder felt bad during the game or after, and it's important to remember that, while past seasons of murky player care were cause for controversy, the expectation is that the page has been turned with a new training staff. Reports of his performance in his extended spring training game were positive, after all, and as ugly as the Royals' recent history has been, the fact that they changed the training staff suggests that they've been active in correcting the problem. Perhaps it's easy to be blasé about this, since it's the Royals and perhaps not even fourth place in the AL Central is really at stake, but I'd favor cutting them some slack. One bad ballgame should be only that—mixed in among all the other bad ballgames.
The problem that many might have is with the exchange—the Royals were already at 12 pitchers, and now they're at 13. Perhaps it's fatalistic to say so, but in the Royals' case, it probably doesn't matter. Certainly you can blame the injuries to Alex Gordon and Josh Fields for contributing; once Gordon comes back—shortly—you have to expect that one of the pitchers will go away. And while sending down Aviles can and should stick in the craw of anyone invested in the outcome of another Royals season, if you take the long view, you can accept that, at least in Omaha he'll get playing time to solidify the obvious, instead of having to watch worse players play from the bench.
Which brings us to the odious, correctable issue, the self-inflicted wound that is within the Royals' power to heal.* My favorite aphorism, by some accounts Scottish, goes, "He who can't be ruled by the rudder, must be ruled by the rocks." Which brings me to my topic: the lamentable Yuniesky Betancourt, bane of the sky blue boys who lack blue skies. Having made the mistake of trading for Betancourt, you can accept that the Royals aren't just being patient, they're whole-hog Braudelian when it comes to wading through the endless seasonal slog it might take to find that one good year Betancourt might have in him. Braudel had to be imprisoned to have the time to write his masterpiece, La Méditerranée; Royals fans only feel imprisoned while having to witness Dayton Moore's.
But until that happy day, the day when the Royals belatedly realize that Betancourt's one of the Cubans you didn't want to wind up with, and until the capacity to make a snap judgment based on the realization that Betancourt will never become that player, the only way they'll learn is by steering past all of the now too-obvious navigation hazards and wrecking themselves. Once that's done, they can patch things up easily enough with Aviles; having sent him to Omaha, they know where he is. All they'll have lost is money, and what they may have gained is a bit of wisdom. It does Aviles' career no favors in the meantime, of course, but this year's iteration of the Ken Phelps All-Stars just found its shortstop—what, you thought it should be Luis Hernandez?
*: Careful readers might notice the thoroughly useless metaphor. The Royals can heal themselves... by touching themselves? You will no doubt respond, "But they're already screwing around unproductively." Point taken, dear reader. Welcome to the mystery of Kansas City baseball.
Outrighted OF-L Ryan Langerhans to Tacoma (Triple-A). [4/12]
Placed C-L Miguel Montero on the 15-day DL (sprained knee); recalled C-R John Hester from Reno (Triple-A). [4/11]
Will already covered the details on Montero's situation this a.m. Beyond the obvious case of giving thanks for little things—like not acting on all of the rumors over whether or not they want or should deal Chris Snyder—the more basic problem is that the Snakes just lost more slugging than you might think. What had been an evenly split set-up in terms of four lefty-batting regulars and four from the right now leans slightly right, and Snyder's career clips against right-handed pitching (.223/.315/.377 overall) only look vaguely playable because of his home venue and a big chunk of intentional walks from his duties batting eighth. While Kelly Johnson is coming off a great week and we all expect big things from Justin Upton, the Snakes were already projected to finish in a tie for 14th in True Average. That's not going to get better with Montero gone for at least a month, and with Adam LaRoche going through his usual early-season Rip Van Winkle routine, and Stephen Drew and Chris Young needing to get on with it already and enjoy the careers we've been waiting on for longer than anyone cares to remember, the Snakes' offensive situation could become as precarious as their rotation. And as their happy opening-season matchups betray, they won't get to pad stats against the Pirates all season.
Optioned 3B-L Juan Francisco to Louisville (Triple-A); purchased the contract of RHP Mike Leake from Louisville; designated LHP Pedro Viola for assignment. [4/11]
On a day of debuts on minor-league fields—with a nation's eyes on Altoona to see something snappier than its everyday curve—it was almost the perfect way for Leake to make his own, relatively low-key pro debut. This wasn't a surprising development, but compared to Aroldis Chapman or Stephen Strasburg, Leake was just a first-round draft choice signed to just a $2.27 million bonus—nothing, nothing! Besides which, he's a relatively finished product, so breaking him out of the box is about as anticlimactic as Christmas without wrapping paper.
If anything, we can hope that the fact that he's not exactly dominant and all-world wonderful will be his best defense, in that he'll have the virtue of not being Mark Prior, of having to get pulled out of games earlier, of not tempting Dusty Baker to push when he can just accept what the Arizona State star can deliver. See, I just talked myself into it... except that critics will rightly note that Dusty didn't settle for a fine six-inning, 81-pitch, one-run game. The debut wasn't pretty, as Leake was wild with all six of his pitches (if you credit him with three kinds of fastballs, a sinker, cutter, and four-seam), walking seven in 6
The fact that he's here now makes the way things play out from here that much more interesting. I'll admit that, in picking the Reds to finish second this season, the depth of the team's pitching in general and the rotation in particular played a big part in my thinking. With Leake up, and Travis Wood and perhaps Chapman as well not far off, and Edinson Volquez due back for the stretch run, that's a lot of reinforcements with talent on top of a rotation that already looks good. A cynic might suggest that it's enough talented pitching that perhaps not even Dusty Baker can burn through it all, but let's see how it plays out in the weeks and months to come. It's clear he's not treating his younger hurlers with kid gloves early. Homer Bailey's inefficiency in his first turn is reflective of the wildness that's automatically associated with him; that wasn't the last five-inning, hundred-plus pitch effort we'll see from him, no matter who's skippering the Reds. Johnny Cueto threw 109 pitches in his first turn, and 110 last night. While not all 100-pitch outings are created equal—you need to add the function of time to give that number weight—I've said in the past that 120 can be seen as the new 100, and with Dusty charging his charges with these kinds of workloads this early, it gets one to wondering what he'll be asking of them come June or July.
Placed RHP Sean Green on the 15-day DL (intercostal strain); purchased the contract of LHP Raul Valdes from Buffalo (Triple-A); designated RHP Clint Everts for assignment. [4/11]
Green's dispatch to the DL elicited some mocking surprise among local media types in the press box before the game, suggesting that what was strained was the relationship, not the man's intercostal whoziwhatsits dorsi. Be that as it may, they just gave the well-traveled Cuban Valdes his big break to serve as both a left-handed extender and erstwhile specialist, and the Mets promptly pressed him into action on Sunday without cause for regret.
What might instead be cause for regret is the decision to have given Everts a big-league contract back in December, when 40-man roster spots are at a premium. Not that there isn't a good reason to wish Everts well—the former Expos first-rounder from 2002 is one of the four pitchers picked before Zack Greinke, joining Bryan Bullington, Chris Gruler, and Adam Loewen to form an ill-starred quartet. He has the additional misfortune of being one of the minority of pitchers who don't bounce back all that effectively from TJS. And for all that, he's still plugging away at it, he had a good season in the Nats' system last season, and he won't turn 26 until August. He could be a find, certainly, but he also might have been someone you could sign to a tasty split deal; the Rule 5 draft was already out of the way by the time he signed, after all.
Activated RHP Joel Hanrahan from the 15-day DL; purchased the contract of LHP Brian Burres from Indianapolis (Triple-A); optioned RHP Daniel McCutchen to Indianapolis; designated RHP Hayden Penn for assignment. [4/12]
You might wonder if this is an unfair bit of example-making of McCutchen after one blowout loss, but that's not the case. Instead, if anything it looks like a good bit of roster management. The Bucs already made a point of keeping Zack Duke on four days' rest this season, pushing McCutchen's debut until after Duke's second start, thanks to last week's day off. Add in further empty days on Tax Day and next Monday, and they won't need a fifth starter until sometime next week.
McCutchen could come back sooner than that, though, if needed; with Ross Ohlendorf needing to beg off making Monday night's start because of a sneak attack by a soft bed on his back, the Bucs needed to haul in somebody to take his turn—and any claim Penn might have made on it, he'd already blown by making a lousy and now brief impression. So the start goes to Burres, because he's available and disposable; he may not be on the roster long enough to wear his uni a second time before he's back in Indiana. If Ohlendorf has to go to the DL, the Buccos will be free to bring back McCutchen to take his next turn inside the usual 10-day window that a demotion normally has to last—in all cases save injury.
Now, sure, McCutchen will never be a great major-league pitcher, but he could eventually stick as a back-end rotation guy, and that's all he's being asked to be here. That's a limited upside, but such is the story with most of the people acquired in the tear-down of the Kid McClatchy franchise that, for all its efforts, only achieved Nutting. Well, that, and a pretty ballpark, and that's something.
Meanwhile, the 'pen has Hanrahan back, ready to accumulate holds and all that excitement that gets attached to that. To be fair, the Pitt pen's not really that shabby a unit. Veterans like Octavio Dotel, Brendan Donnelly, and Javier Lopez are worth having around, Hanrahan and Evan Meek are reliably interesting projects for at least another year or two, and D.J. Carrasco is not the worst middle-innings sponge to have around. Taken as a whole, there's some late-July trade value there, while also providing a good enough pen to do a perfunctory job of supporting the starters. That's not the same thing as a great pen, but it should be competent. Pittsburgh has to take progress where it can find it, and competence is certainly a step in the right direction.
Placed RHP Chris Young on the 15-day DL (shoulder tightness), retroactive to 4/7; recalled RHP Adam Russell from Portland (Triple-A). [4/12]
OK, so he's not in full operating order, again, but as Paul DePodesta pointed out, this was very much a case of being sensibly cautious, since they were already looking at a missed turn for the big man. They should have Russell on the roster for the better part of a week at the least, and when the time comes to select a spot starter over the weekend, they'll have the flexibility to do some shuffling.
As for any anguish over this, the thing to remember is that Young's a relatively rare sort of pitcher, in that there aren't a lot of 6'10" starting pitchers running around. For all of the speculation that Randy Johnson would burn out early because we'd never seen anything like him, he didn't, proof positive that we shouldn't jump to conclusions. If karma's demand is that Young pays twice over whatever setbacks were supposed to leave the Big Unit in history's cabinet of curiosities, that's hardly fair, but this latest breakdown should only reconfirm the extent to which individual pitchers are just that, individual. The game's had great short pitchers like Tim Lincecum and Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux; it's also had bad short pitchers. It's had great tall pitchers, occasionally useful tall pitchers (say, Mike Smithson or Mark Hendrickson), and awful tall pitchers.
The long and short of it is that, on the extremes, you're going to find fewer examples, and any generalizations you make about the group are going to be foolhardy. Young's proven ill-starred at least, and that has less to do with simply being tall or a Padre than just being Chris Young and a professional baseball player. Given the team's sensible caution, I wouldn't give up any hope for a solid bounce-back campaign for him.
Placed UT-R Mike Morse on the 15-day DL (calf strain); optioned RHP Garrett Mock to Syracuse (Triple-A); recalled OF-L Roger Bernadina from Syracuse (Triple-A); purchased the contract of RHP Livan Hernandez from Syracuse. [4/11]
I ran through many of the factors in play on Sunday, as the Nats planned on Livan large all along. The leftovers from this decision tree are two-fold. First, there's the question of why they ever handed Mock a rotation slot in the first place; there may be no immutable laws of roster management engraved on any tablets anywhere, but giving a guy one start at the start of the season before breaking off the commitment sort of cheapens the institution of pre-season promises, like it was something disposable, like a vote of confidence, or marriage. The promise may have been made, but in their hearts, the Nats were just waiting to hitch their wagon to Scott Olsen, which they will come this very Thursday. That might last until June, maybe even July—this is a lot bigger than K-Fed, folks.
The other question is whether Bernadina was the guy to go with after Morse got hurt while they're also limping along without Ryan Zimmerman. However, with Willie Harris and Adam Kennedy both able to play third base, and with the 40-man full up after adding Livan, it wasn't like they had that much incentive to purchase the contract of someone like Eric Bruntlett, especially since the problem's temporary, and later this summer they'll have to sort out who loses his space once Stephen Strasburg's ready for the big-league stage, or once Chien-Ming Wang and eventually Jesus Flores have to come back off the 60-day DL. Bernadina had the twin benefits of getting out to a good start at Syracuse and already being on the 40-man, and if Harris gets featured more prominently in the infield mix, then a lefty-hitting outfielder to keep Willy Taveras and Kennedy out of the everyday lineup doesn't sound like such a bad idea.
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Christina, what do you think of Hudson's accusations about why Dye hasn't been signed: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ajunzau5WaVRK2MjfKZqV545nYcB?slug=jp-dyehudson041210
Apr 13, 2010 03:13 AM
Ah, the third rail, and me, and here I can be dim enough to keep kicking it.
Apr 13, 2010 08:39 AM
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I don't honestly know who Hayden Penn is, but isn't it a little odd for a team to DFA a player this early in the season? Is that an admission that they made a major mistake thinking he belonged on the roster, or am I reading too much into it?
Apr 13, 2010 08:13 AM
I'd say you're reading too much into it... the guy's flitted through a series of organizations because he's interesting, but not that interesting. When an emergency like Ohlendorf's absence cropped up, they decided to take their chances. If he makes it through waivers, I wouldn't be surprised.
Apr 13, 2010 08:33 AM
Regarding Leake's performance, he was around the zone all night. If he were a veteran pitcher, he may very well have only walked 2 or 3 and gotten a few more strikeouts. That's not to say he was "squeezed" per se', but the umps certainly did him no favors on the margins. And for a pitcher with as much movement as Leake has, that can make for a tough night. By contrast, Tom Gorzelanny was getting a lot of borderline calls, especially on the outside black against righties.
Apr 13, 2010 08:57 AM
I agree with this to an extent, Leake did seem to be "squeezed" somewhat and a veteran pitcher may not have issued as many walks; even the less than observant Jeff Montgomery commented on this. On the other hand you might say that Leake was lucky to leave the game only behind 1-0; if the Cubs hitters had shown patience they might have broken the game open in the top of the first.
Apr 13, 2010 12:35 PM
As I understand it, a significant part of the reason the O's are not regularly playing Reimold in LF is that he continues to experience soreness in his heel from the off-season achilles surgery.
Apr 13, 2010 09:26 AM
Fernand Braudel? What was his lifetime true average?
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Let's jump in our time machines and take a trip back to June 14th of 1970. Eric Clapton's band, "Derek and The Dominoes," made their live debut in Britain. Clapton got the idea to form the band after they played together on George Harrison's first solo album, All Things Must Pass. They released only one studio album, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs. It was a bomb when it first came out in November of 1970. Many blame how the band was promoted because it wasn't promoted using Clapton's name. Let's take a look at Layla and our classic album cover of the day.
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs peaked at #16 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and was certified gold by the RIAA. The album again made the Billboard 200 in 1972, 1974 and in 1977. In 2011, it was charted in Britain, peaking at No. 68. In 2000, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs the 89th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 115 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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I agree, Tom Brady is the better of the two to lead a team to victory, IMO.
I think the outcome could have easily been the opposite. Indy's D couldnt stop the run, even when they knew it was a run.
Mannings recievers couldnt catch a cold. And they just couldnt seem to get up to speed in the cold.
Tom Brady is a great QB as well.
Something else from a Boston slant .. but it's a fascinating article too.
I would bet if you looked at Montana vs. Marino in terms of stats, you would come away with a similar misconception.
Very true. To Mannings defense a little I don't like fans that lay it all at the lap of the QB either. Marino and Manning are both excellent QB's. All year long, folks knew the biggest key to beating Indy and couldn't get it done--grind out long drives and keep Manning off the field. The Pats got it done. Manning wasn't on the field when the Patriots used up almost half the game on just 3 drives. This failure lays at the feet of management that decided an explosive offense was all that mattered.
Don't know if it is true, but saw an NFL trivia fact on some website that said the difference in salaries between Manning/Harrison & Brady/Brown would pay the entire Pats starting D.
Intentionally slopping the field didn't help the Colts much either. Dirty TActics.
I think that was just overhyped stuff for the media to talk about. The New England field has heaters in it to help thaw and dry the field. Plus, an NFL inspector looked at it and said it passed muster. Last, some variation is what home-field advantage is about. The Steelers being used to swirling winds, the Colts with the only astroturf stadium left and the Patriots with snow for the playoffs.
There is one thing that Brady has that Manning doesnt. It is called the Patriots defense.
Manning is the better QB, Brady plays on the better team.
it didnt help us when we kept the painted mud in there...it just got us another loss and alot of complaints.
i make a motion to suspend a sprinkler system from the roof and have a super refrigeration system in the stadium.
talk about home field advantage now for good 'ol houston
while your at it. Get a few of those high powered fans at each end of the field.
Manning is part of a team of champions while Brady is part of a champion team. Looking at the number of Superbowl rings each has it should be obvious who is the better QB overall (statistics or not aside)...
Yup, that's the bottom line. Just as Marino and Elway and others were always better than Montana, but Montana had the good fortune to be on the better team, usually the best team and they overstated and distorted his perceived abilities just as the Pats do for Brady.
Brady is 6-0 V.S. the Dolts including the play-offs , that in turn makes Manning 0 for 6 ..... no denying the fact who's the winner there .
If they swapped teams, does anybody think Brady is still a two time Super Bowl champion?
Yeah, me either.
At the same time, I'm not convinced the Pats would've won two superbowls with Manning at the helm. But then again what if's don't really matter, superbowl rings do. Brady has two (with a decent chance of three), Manning has zero. And Brady has done it with less offensive weapons, IMO.
On a sidenote, does anyone think the Colts will ever be able to afford a top-caliber defense as long as they're shelling the big bucks for their offense?
The differance is! Brady knows where he stands within the "TEAM". Manning is still trying to figure it out!
Using your analogy, do you truly think that Manning would have two Super Bowl rings had he been with the Patriots? I don't think so as I personally don't thing Manning is a fit for what the Patriots do.
I am just curious Huge, would you say the same thing about Joe Montana? Or, Troy Aikman for that matter? In simple terms, Tom Brady fits New England's system, just like Montana, Aikman, and Bradshaw did for their respective teams.
The fact is, Tom Brady has two Super Bowl Rings and is a two time MVP. He also stands a great chance of picking up a third this year. What ever you think about him, his career has HOF written all over it. He is a winner and I for one would love to have him on my team when I needed to win the big game.
People always look at Aikman when it comes to cowboys because he had a better team them before that. Technically staubach was better...
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In this paper it is illustrated, in a practical way, the use of three tools that permit the actuary to define tariff groups and to estimate risk premiums in the class-rating process for non-life insurance. The first is the segmentation analysis (CHAID and XAID) used firstly at 1997 by UNESPA in its common portfolio of automobiles. The second is a stepwise selection process with the distance-based regression model. And the third is a process with the well known generalized linear regression model, which represents the most modern technique in the actuarial bibliography. From the later, if we combine different link functions and error distributions, we can obtain the classical additive and multiplicative models.
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A key employee on your team asks to speak with you about a sensitive issue in which you have a role. You have an "Open Door Policy" so the two of you meet. When she explains the issues from her point of view, your impatient response is: "I'm sorry you feel that way."
Your spouse has been struggling to communicate with you for several days, and finally asks to have a conversation. Visibly upset, he tells you what is bothering him and how it's affecting him – and your marriage. After listening for a few minutes, your angry response is: "I'm sorry you feel that way."
A customer complains about a product – on your company Facebook page. Your public response? "We're sorry you feel that way."
On her blog, customer service and leadership expert @KateNasser advises:
Bury the phrase "I am sorry you feel that way."
It is a masquerade of an apology that scars team relationships.
It seems to scar many important relationships. I recently posted a Facebook poll, requesting feedback on how people feel when a boss, spouse, co-worker, parent or friend responds with the phrase "I'm sorry you feel that way."
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WHITTIER >> Free throws nearly cost La Habra High's boys basketball team Friday's nonleague game against La Serna.
The Highlanders missed 15 of the 23 foul shots they took in the first three quarters, and they held a very tenuous one-point lead entering the fourth quarter. But after missing four of his first five from the foul line, Zach Gray finally found his stroke. The senior guard made all four free throws he attempted in the final quarter and helped the Highlanders pull out a 51-48 victory on the road.
"In clutch situations, he's gonna make clutch shots," La Habra coach Dave Ploog said of Gray. "We know we can trust him at the end."
La Habra's troubles from the foul line — and some accurate 3-point shooting from the Lancers — helped La Serna (4-4) keep the game close until the end. A pair of Jesse Garcia free throws gave the Lancers a 32-31 lead — their first of the game — in the third, and a bucket by Perris Griffith with 1:29 left in the third gave the hosts a 36-35 edge.
But senior post Adam Cooley made two of four free throws in the final minute of the third quarter for a 37-36 lead, and Cooley extended that lead to 39-36 with a steal and basket early in the fourth.
The lead grew to 42-36 with 6:04 left, and Gray made two foul shots with 4:57 remaining for a 44-40 edge.
La Habra (7-2) built its lead to 49-42 after an offensive rebound and putback bucket by Alex Evanoff with 1:48 left, but consecutive 3-pointers by La Serna's Giovanni Griffith but the lead to one with 34 seconds on the clock.
With the ball in Gray's hands, he was fouled with 30 seconds left, and sank both foul shots to build the lead back to three.
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Cooley finished with a game-high 23 points, showing a deft touch around the basket and excellent athleticism.
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Gray added 11 points and Evanoff finished the fourth quarter with two offensive rebounds, two defensive rebounds and two steals.
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Let's try resetting the control board on the fridge. The best way to do this is to unplug the fridge from the wall and wait five minutes. Now plug the stove back in. If this takes care of the issue, great. If not, I would look to replace the control board to the fridge.
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On the back of your machine there is going to be a main control board. This is going to be our failure. This controls all the functions of your fridge. The board I'm talking about is number 13 on the diagram below.
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The first thing that happens when you plug the machine in is the flap on the freezer door will open, the controls will also flash. This is controled by that board. If there is not damage to the power cord on the machine. Check the connections on the power board. If they all look ok, then it has to be the HV board.
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Jeremiah Elliott wrote: > ok, I have an application that I am trying to speed up. Its a reporting > application that makes heavy use of the crosstab function. <snip> > here is an example query > > The crostab function is taking between 5 and 15 seconds to return. Please run the two embedded queries independently, i.e. select ARRAY[site::text,product_line_description::text,report_sls::text,fy_period::text] as COL_HEADER, fy_year, sum(invoice_value) from order_data_tbl where fy_year is not null group by site::text,product_line_description::text,report_sls::text,fy_period::text, fy_year order by site::text,product_line_description::text,report_sls::text,fy_period::text; -- and -- select fy_year from order_data_tbl where fy_year is not null group by fy_year order by fy_year; How long does each take? crosstab cannot run any faster than the sum of these two queries run on their own. If the second one doesn't change often, can you pre-calculate it, perhaps once a day? Joe
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You're working late. . . again. You've already put in forty hours this week - and it's only Thursday. You have a stack of changes to make in your Revit model. You have to input the new layout the designer sketched this afternoon, and then you need to add all the furniture the interior designer specified for your FF&E drawings. Your project manager re-organized the drawings set, so you need to create a whole bunch of new sheets. If that wasn't enough, you still have to cleanup the model so you can issue it to the contractor tomorrow. It's already past 8pm, so it looks like another dinner from the vending machine for you.
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Learn practical programming skills...
There are lots of courses that will teach you to program. I've taken a lot of them. The problem is that most of these courses are taught by programmers, not architects or designers. They assume you want to be a programmer so they use programming-focused examples. Their courses don't apply to your day-to-day problems with Revit.
Mastering Revit Macros will teach programming - from Revit's perspective! You'll learn to program Revit using VB.Net, a computer language that's very friendly toward beginning programmers, but still gives you access to all the power of Revit.
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You're busy. You've got a stack of redlines to make, a bunch of RFIs to respond to and a 50% DD deadline tomorrow. You don't have time to learn something that you can't put into practice right away.
It took me over two years of extensive trial and error to learn everything I'm teaching in this course. I can't count the number of times I've banged my head against my desk because my macro wouldn't run. In this course, I'm going to cut through all the fluff and tell you exactly what you need to quickly write macros that will 10x your productivity.
...With real-world examples
This course teaches you how to program Revit macros using real-world examples. You're not going to learn abstract concepts. You're going to create tools that will save you lots of time, right away.
Each lesson centers around creating a macro that automates a particular task in Revit. I'll walk you through the process I used to plan the macro then we'll get into the details of writing the code. I'll teach you the concepts you need to know without bogging you down with arcane jargon and computer speak.
At the end of each lesson, you'll have a fully-functioning macro you can put into use right away! I'll even give you some homework so you can further hone your skills and add new features to your macro.
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Name: BEMBRIDGE WINDMILL
List entry Number: 1034383
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District: Isle of Wight
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SZ68NW Bembridge Windmill
Windmill, c1700. Tower type. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble, the south side cement rendered, with wooden cap and sails. 3 stages. The lowest stage has 2 cambered stone arched openings, the top has square stone openings. Wooden cogged eaves cornice. Boat-shaped wooden cap, fantail and four sweeps. Interior has a remarkable survival of early C18 wooden machinery. The bin floor has the cap and turning gear, the great brake wheel and windshaft turning the sack hoist, the wallower and grain bins. The stone floor has the alarm bell, damsel, runner stone, bed stone, tun and grain hopper. The machine floor has the bran shuttle, tun and great spur wheel. The building was sketched by JMW Turner in 1795 and was in continuous use until 1897. From 1897 to 1915 it was used only for cattle feed. In 1962 it was taken over by the National Trust. The steps between the first and second floor have the inscription 'E Beker 1746 AC' but other inscriptions have been found which could be 1701 although this is not at all clear. The mill accords with the date of the barn to the mill house, the 3 buildings probably being erected about the same time. (NATIONAL TRUST HANDBOOK).
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Popular Columnist Launches Humorous Fatherhood Book July 8
On Tuesday, July 8, 2014, Muse Harbor Publishing and Mrs. Figs' Bookworm will host a family literary event to launch Muse Harbor's new illustrated humor book, "Everything Ever After: Confessions of a Family Man" by popular Southern California newspaper columnist Michael Picarella. The signing event will feature an appearance by columnist/author Michael Picarella at Mrs. Figs' Bookworm at 93 East Daily Drive in Camarillo, CA from 5-7 p.m. There is no charge to the public and refreshments will be served. For more details, please visit mrsfigs.com.
"Everything Ever After" was recently coined a "User Manual for Dads" and at 6:00 p.m., Picarella will entertain attendees with his poignant and laugh-aloud funny stories about marriage, fatherhood, family and suburban community life. The author will sign copies as Mrs. Fig's Bookworm bookstore provides food and refreshments to the public from 5-7 p.m.
Author Picarella (aka Suburb Man) is an award-winning writer and National Society of Newspaper Columnists member. Since 2006, he has written his column "Family Men Don't Wear Name Brands," for The Acorn Newspapers in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. His other column, "Picarella Family Report" ran in The Signal Newspaper for over two years.
Picarella's refreshingly clean humor stands out from other humorists in an age where families are often depicted as wisecracking and argumentative. Writer/Director Gregory Poppin (ESPY Show Awards, My Crazy Life) says, "Michael's sharp wit collides with the stark reality of trying to be a Cosby husband and father in a 'Pulp Fiction' world. I read about his misadventures with pity, until I realized, oh... that's my life, too."
"Everything Ever After" is also available online on museharbor.com. Muse Harbor is offering a 15% discount on both print and e-book copies when purchased at MuseHarbor.com using this coupon code: MRSFIGS. The book is also available on Amazon, BarnesAndNoble.com and iTunes.
To read stories by the author, visit MichaelPicarellaColumn.com and his website MichaelPicarella.com.
"Everything Ever After" is illustrated with clever cartoons by famed illustrator F.M. Hansen, whose cartoons have been published in numerous anthologies worldwide.
Picarella can be reached for further Radio, TV, Print and Online interviews by contacting Margaux (at) museharbor (dot) com. Friend Michael Picarella on Facebook for his latest humor and news.
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Pepperdine Sweeps Long Beach State on the Road
Torres pounds down 16 kills, followed by Taylor with 14 in Waves' three-set victory over the 49ers.
Feb. 6, 2013
Box Score: Pepperdine 3, Long Beach State 0 | Final Stats
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The #5 Pepperdine men's volleyball team swept #3 Long Beach State on the road, 3-0. Maurice Torres led all players with 16 kills, followed by Josh Taylor with 14.
The Waves, who won by set scores of 25-22, 26-24, 25-21, improve to 5-3 on the season, while 49ers drop to 8-4.
Torres (Riverside, Calif./Orange Lutheran) was instrumental in the Pepperdine victory, leading the match with 16 kills and three service aces.
Taylor (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) set a new career high in hitting percentage, earning his 14 kills off a .650(14 kills-1 error-20 attempts) clip.
Although Long Beach State registered respectable .405 (41-9-79) rate on the attack, the Waves held a 24-18 advantage in digs to provide the offensive opportunities they needed to walk away with the win. Ryan Plueger (Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) paced the floor with a season-best eight digs.
Matt West (Seattle, Wash./Shorewood HS) distributed 42 assists in the contest, guiding the Waves to a .432 (50-12-88) hitting percentage.
The 49ers were led by Taylor Crabb with 13 kills.
The two opposing teams went back and forth in the opening frame until Torres launched a high velocity serve across the net. The 49ers' pass went over the net and Kyle Gerrans (Los Gatos, Calif./Valley Christian HS) promptly returned it to the floor for the kill. On the very next point, Torres was credited with an ace to give Pepperdine a 9-7 advantage. The Waves, hitting a blistering .593 (18-2-27) on offense, never trailed the remainder of the set and went on to win 25-22. Torres was unstoppable at the net, disposing of eight kills.
Although Long Beach State sprinted out to an 11-8 lead in set two, Pepperdine continued to play aggressively. The Waves strung together a 3-0 run capped by a Nikola Antonijevic (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson HS) ace to knot the score at 11. Pepperdine scored three consecutive points once again to take a 17-14 lead, but the 49ers fought back to tie things back up at 22. After a series of sideouts, Taylor knocked down a kill followed by Torres to clinch the set 26-24.
The Waves got off to an amazing start in the third frame. After a Long Beach State service error, Torres dished an ace followed by back-to-back Pepperdine blocks. Parker Kalmbach (Coto de Caza, Calif./Tesoro HS) was assisted on the first by Gerrans on one side of the net, and then teamed up with West to throw the roof on the opposite end. Kalmbach got in on the offensive action with a kill, followed by yet another Torres ace to put Pepperdine up 6-0.
Despite the setback, the 49ers fired back and with an Edgar Palos service ace, tied the score at 9-all. A sideout game ensued until a 4-0 49er run tipped the scales in the home team's favor, 16-13. It was the Waves' turn this time to come back from behind, which they successfully did at the 18-18 mark. Momentum was on Pepperdine's side the rest of the way and with five-consecutive Torres' kills, the Waves won 25-21.
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Jan Arnold's Favorite Nail Designs at Fashion Week
The CND team of nail artists were found backstage at 25 shows this past season during New York Fashion Week. Jan Arnold, Co-founder and Creative Director of CND, is instrumental in creating elaborate and exciting looks for some of the top shows. When I met her at the end of fashion week, I asked her which were her favorite shapes and colors for the fall 2010 season. It was tough for her, but she finally came up with her five favorites.
"I chose these five nail looks because each of them so beautifully completes the story behind each collection and complements the designer's vision. Every designer spent time and care in researching the overall style of their Fall 2010 collections - and we were able to provide the perfect nail accessory to help them take it all the way! Ruffian's inspiration was drawn from 1960's vintage Vogues and Marc Jacobs' focus was to meticulously harmonize nails with his runway greige color palette. These unique manicures perfectly balanced the hair, make-up and runway clothing - and most importantly, we provided innovative looks that are accessible to women everywhere."
at Ruffian: a black and gold inverted French called âLunar Eclipseâ using Inkwell edged with a Gold Chrome moon at the cuticle
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Marc Jacobs: shorter, consumer friendly and naturally rounded in âRose Waterâ
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text: Home Gallery Video Hi #morecrap from the web A Whole Lot #MoreCrap From the Internet, Courtesy of Dutch Mobile Carrier Hi Miss the Panda Cam a Little Less with FHV BBDO and Hi's New Campaign Published on Oct 15, 2013 Editor's Pick Talking dogs, singing cats, glittery dancing unicorns. If you have a working web connection in 2013, you're likely to have spent (more) time (than you care to admit) watching such videos. Which is why Dutch mobile provider Hi and FHV BBDO bring you #morecrap from the internet in a campaign they launched this week. The reasoning is simple: a subscription to fast 4G internet + big data plan = you guessed it, all of the internet crap you can handle (within your data limit). The company's desire to attract a young demographic is what inspired the web-focused campaign and partnership with popular Dutch website dumpert.nl, now home to Rotterdam-based actor/funnyman Uria Arnhem's #morecrap webseries. Mr. Arnhem gained recognition in the Netherlands after being featured in previous Hi commercials and will continue to explore the world of internet nonsense in the series. And hopefully, he'll encourage followers to create and share their own nonsensical content. Budget allocation favored the world wide medium as opposed to television, so the client's counting on support from image-based social media sites and their devotees to help spread the word. The team started off by placing unbranded content on Reddit, 9GAG and Vine -- within an hour, one of their films became the most popular GIF on Reddit and that in turn was viewed more tahn 250,000 times on 9GAG the same day. Hi will launch a large-scale video banner campaign next week. Additionally, the Hi and BBDO team has joined forces with YouTube in creating pre-roll ads like this one and this one -- starring Mr. Arnhem, hoping to keep viewers so enthralled that they will forget to click "skip ad" altogether. Rate this Ad You must be registered to rate the ad. Please Login or Register Now About CreditsDateOct 17, 2013Agency:FHV BBDOClient:HiCreative Directors:Mark MullerCreative Directors:Martin CornelissenCopywriter:Rogier de BruinArt Director:Thijs BierstekerArt Director:Emilio de HaanAgency Producer:Peter BurgerOnline Producer:Hans DekkerDirector:Joris DommelsProduction Company:We are WillProducer:William GriffioenPost:Circus FamilyIllustration:Thijs BierstekerAnimation:Rens WegerifAnimation:Paul HensenSound:Jelle KoolhaasSound:Sander BaarsOnline:51 North TagsYouTube telecom/mobile phones CategoryBranded ContentTVC GenreAnimals Latest Creativity News on Ad Age Droga5 Appoints Severs as Chief Design Officer, Lietaer Joins The Community London Your Monday Wake-Up Call: The Emmys, Coca-Cola's New Campaign and Rolling Stone's Sale Havas Acquires The 88, Taps Founder as New York Creative Chief Related work Hi: Lick FHV BBDO Hi: Spank FHV BBDO Eurostar: Relax, Take the Train. FHV BBDO


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"A flawed but amusing game... at first"
Elebits was a title that went under my own radar but with a lack of games and my boredom and a rental service I gave the game a chance. Is it a sleeper hit? Does it bring great usage to the Wii's unique controls? Is it worth adding to your Wii collection? Read on!
A little girl wants her dad to read her a bed time story so he opens up a book about a boy who hates Elebits because his parents are Elebit researchers. He feels neglected so he decides to capture them all (think evil version of Pokemon). The plot works but it feels super kid friendly. As if it could be made into a Saturday morning cartoon.
The graphics in the game are pretty good. A lot of thought went not into how things look but into the visualization of how the room is put together. It does appear to be like almost any house. The graphics are bright but sometimes I found it hard to spot the Elebits even when they were in the open.
The sound in the game is okay. The Elebits let out little squeals and things clump and clatter as you toss them. The voice acting is a bit annoying and high pitched. I enjoyed the music for what it's worth and the game allows you to pick what song you want to listen to in each stage so that was a nice touch.
Control in the game is really tight for the most part. The nun chuck is used to move around the worlds. It's responsive and moves just right. The Wiimote is used to aim and shoot. This works very well and the two controls work perfectly with each other. This is the first Wii game I've played that uses both controls perfectly together. On the other hand I ran into issues with opening doors. Maybe I just didn't understand how to but it caused me many problems. More than it should have and because it was a rental I had no way of figuring it out.
The game is made up of 29 missions. Each mission has a time limit ranging from 5 minutes to 15 minutes. Give or take. The goal of each mission is to capture so many watts of Elebits before the timer runs out.
To do this you use a gun of sorts. It latches onto items. Now, the Elebits hide behind boxes, inside drawers and they live inside electrical items. Shake the boxes and stuff to get the out. When you get enough to turn an item on you will go to it (the game tells you what item has been powered on) and hit it's switch. This is all fine and dandy for the first few missions but I found myself later on throwing stuff in a rush and accidentally knocking something over that has a power button. Which would be fine but the physics in the game are so bouncy that it becomes a problem turning the item back over a major problem.
But the game likes to change the game play up and after your first few missions you run into missions where you can only break so many glass items. This may be fine; it might mean you need to take more care when searching, which is a good thing. However the game sets up awkward instances where you need to move these glass items with care to bypass areas. This is tedious and if it felt realistic it may have worked but it doesn't because the glass item placement is too weird and makes no sense.
I wish I could say there is more to the game but there isn't. It's a video game version of hide and seeks with a time limit. It works on some levels. The game offers some interesting extras. You can create your own levels which is an interesting idea but I didn't see any saves on-line for those and I guess that means you need to use a friend code or something. There is also some multiplayer stuff but I only own one set of controls and my friends aren't gamers. It does offer a meaty single player experience.
While I didn't get much enjoyment out of the game I can see others can. If you have wifi access and friends then a lot more is open to you. While I found the single player rather dull, it might work better in smaller doses. Sadly this isn't a bargain bin title which is what the game play feels like. I don't mean that in a bad way but it's a bit too simple and shallow of an experience.
Story - 5/10
Graphics - 9/10
Sound - 7/10
Control - 9/10
Game Play - 6/10
Replay Value - 7/10
Final Score - 6/10
Reviewer's Rating: 3.0 - Fair
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Green River, Tuxedo and Zirconia Community Plan
The Green River-Tuxedo-Zirconia (GRTZ) Community Plan Advisory Committee held a meeting to receive public input on the Draft GRTZ Community Plan on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at the Green River Fire Department. An online survey was provided for residents who are unable to attend the meeting. The GRTZ Committee will review the public comment and formally approve the Draft Plan before presenting the plan to the Planning Board and Board of Commissioners. Please click here to view the Draft GRTZ Community Plan.
Background: On April 2, 2012 the Board of Commissioners approved the creation of a community plan for the Green River, Tuxedo & Zirconia area. This Community Plan is the fourth of a series recommended by the County's Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2004. The County previously completed community plans for Etowah, Horse Shoe, Edneyville, and Dana.
The planning effort will be guided by community input and an advisory committee consisting of 10 members who live, work or own property or a business within the planning area boundary. Below are links to the adopted charter, an overview of the planning process, and the current community planning area boundary map.
- The Community Plan Advisory Committee Membership and Meeting Schedule
- The Green River, Tuxedo, and Zirconia Community Plan Charter
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- The community planning area generally includes areas south of the Hungry River, Green River, Village of Flat Rock, and Pinnacle Mountain Road and the communities of Green River, Tuxedo, and Zirconia. Click on the map below for a pdf where additional detail can be seen
The committee received public input through a mailed survey sent to every property owner in the planning area and a public input meeting held on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 (click here public input results).
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BUILD-A-TALE Family-Friendly Improv Returns to Gorilla Tango Bucktown
Thorpedo Productions is back! Some of Chicago's best improvisers who will collaborate on "Build-A-Tale," a family-friendly improvised show performing the last Saturday of the month at 3 pm from June 28 through August 30, 2014. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at gorillatango.com/bucktown or by calling 773-598-4549. All performances take place at Gorilla Tango Bucktown, 1919 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647.
Audience suggestions will help create character attributes, storylines, and more in this never-the-same-twice production that helps teach audiences about setting goals, overcoming obstacles, establishing friendships, and being unique individuals. Following the 35-minute improvised tale, kids will have the opportunity to participate in fun, easy improv games alongside the cast.
"Allowing kids to participate in this hands-on jam portion of the show helps them grasp the concepts and themes of the performance they just saw in an unforgettable way," says Thorpedo Productions producer and "Build-A-Tale" creator Andrew Thorp. "And, parents laughing at their children's improvised choices is an added benefit to the performance."
Thorpedo Productions has created improv, sketch, and theatrical works throughout Chicagoland for over 6 years. They have performed at the Second City Training Center's Donny's Skybox and de Maat Theaters, The Annoyance Theater, Silvie's, Studio BE, Stage 773, and more. Creator Andrew Thorp teaches kids at The Chicago History Museum, The Second City Training Center, and with Chicago Cares.
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