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Thursday, November 29, 2012
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UC Irvine loses 85-57 to No. 24 UNLV
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[November 29, 2012]
(AP) -- The UC Irvine Anteaters found out why No. 24 UNLV has been ranked all season.
The Runnin' Rebels (4-1) made 10 steals compared to three for the Anteaters (3-5). The Rebels forced 15 turnovers while the Anteaters only could force seven.
UNLV coupled that turnover number with 22 assists and one could see why they led throughout the game and got ahead by as many as 29 points in an 85-57 victory.
"The thing making them good right now is their physical aggressiveness defensively," UC Irvine coach Russell Turner said. "That really bothered us. It bothered us more than I thought.
"They're a better defensive team than an offensive team, and I give their coach credit for building that mentality with a young team. They're good."
Senior guard Daman Starring, who grew up in Las Vegas, had 18 points and Adam Folker added 12 for the Anteaters, who lost by four points or fewer in their first three losses. This was their second straight loss by double digits following a 10-point loss to Pepperdine last Saturday.
Freshman Anthony Bennett and junior Mike Moser scored 19 points apiece to lead the Rebels.
Using tenacious defense, the Rebels held UC Irvine scoreless during a crucial 5 minutes of the second half, long enough to widen their lead to 20 points and take the Anteaters out of the game. UNLV outscored UC Irvine 51-31 in the second half to pull away for the easy win.
Katin Reinhardt added 13 points for the Rebels.
Bennett sat out Monday's practice with a sore back, but practiced Tuesday at full speed, while senior point guard Anthony Marshall sat out with swelling in a knee. Neither looked as if he was bothered at all. Marshall finished with six points and nine assists.
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After a relatively quiet first half, with just six points, Bennett had 13 in the second half and scored seven of UNLV's first 17 points in the second half.
UC Irvine scored just 21 points over the final 14:59 of the gamenine from the free throw line.
The Rebels scored the game's first six points and built a 10-point lead on three occasions in the first half. Though the Anteaters closed the gap to 25-22, Carlos Lopez-Sosa's first career 3-pointer helped UNLV extend its lead over the final 5 minutes. Moser scored 11 points and Bennett had six to lead UNLV to a 34-26 halftime lead.
Moser, who was 4 of 13 from the field and had five rebounds, went right after the Anteaters, commanding the ball and using an aggressive approach from the opening tip. His baseline drive for a dunk that put the Rebels up 21-11 with 9:23 remaining in the half was a punctuation to his effort. The Rebels were 12 of 32 (37.5 percent) from the field, including 2 for 9 on 3-pointers, and made 8 of 9 free throws over the first 20 minutes.
UC Irvine entered the week No. 7 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio, but the Rebels had no trouble creating turnovers, forcing the Anteaters to cough up 15. UC Irvine had just 10 assists. Alex Young went into the game leading the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 10.33, as he had 31 assists compared to just three giveaways. But against the Rebels, the freshman guard committed four turnovers and had just two assists.
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Though the band may be splitting, it's not necessarily the end of the world for R.E.M. die-hards.
The Hollywood Reporter says a Greatest Hits album isn't far off—fans should expect the Warner Bros. release by Nov. 15, a rep for the band verifies.
The album, titled "Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011," will feature hits through out the band's three-decades long career.
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The band's mega-hits include "Losing My Religion," "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine," and "Man on the Moon."
According to Rolling Stone, it will also include a few previously unfinished songs.
The band announced their split on their website Sept. 21, saying it was time to "call it a day."

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Two things I discovered when watching this:
1. The reason why these movies were so successful and good, was because the kids in the movie were always having more fun than you. They were having the fun you though you were supposed to be having in high school (or your late 20s for that matter).
2. Allie Sheedy's character in the Breakfast Club was clearly the inspiration behind Mary Kate Olsen's wardrobe.
video clip courtesy of my brother Lawrence via Jen Carlson.
11 comments:
- Karen said...
so long as ally sheedys characters hair affliction wasnt the inspiration for anything, mko should be a-ok....
- March 31, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- Lawrence said...
Proper shout-out should go to Jen Carlson for discovering this clip.
- April 1, 2009 at 12:38 AM
- The Corsair said...
big ups Jen Carlson
- April 2, 2009 at 11:59 AM
in complete agreement with how much fun the group of characters have at school.
and speaking of fun, found this little nugget online, talk about "group fun" yikes!
- April 3, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Nylund said...
For so many years of my life, all these characters filled me dreams about what it'd be like to grow up. Now I look at them and all I can think is "wow, they are all look so young. They're just babies."
Those years passed me by and I'm not sure I remembered to live them.
- April 5, 2009 at 3:45 AM
- Indie-Go! said...
i sarah! you´re gorgeous :D
- April 5, 2009 at 10:11 AM
- the nike nabokov said...
it's hard to watch jon cryer after the painfulness that is two and a half men
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- June 25, 2009 at 12:27 PM
can't believe sony pulled the brat pack video off of YouTube ! Lame!
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- October 6, 2010 at 9:49 AM


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By recommendation engine, I mean a web app where you tell it your favourite things, and it recommends other things that you might like, based on a corpus of data.
Apparently Netflix does this for movies (I don't know, I live outside the US).
I've used these in the past for:
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...but it looks like they've all since disappeared (kindakarma, wikilens, a few others I think).
Can you save me (and future generations arriving here by google!) some hours of searching and recommend any good recommendation engine web apps?
Particularly looking for video games, but any will do.


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December 23 – New Name. Let's meet again, for the first time. If you could introduce yourself to strangers by another name for just one day, what would it be and why?
I've met this question in various forms over the years and I never know what to make of it. I can't imagine having a new name. There are other names I like, and there are things I would like to change and improve in myself, but a new name? No. Names are important, and I have the name I'm meant to have. If I had another name I'd be someone else.
I'm MaryAnn. I'm content enough, being me. My greatest goal is to continue to be me, only more so. Of all the MaryAnns out there, I guess I'd like to be the MaryAnniest.


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In the past, I would have been quick to dismiss Christian faith music, especially the metal or alternative metal. However, I've come to change my mind over the years.
I don't really care about the faith of a band. I'm sure that I've listened to Satanists over the years. Is Christian faith music so aberrant?
I actually like Flyleaf a lot. I know that Evanescence isn't really Christian faith music, but I still like it. I watched Die Hard 4 when it came out. I watched the movie again and rediscovered Flyleaf, a band that I had found interesting at the time. There was a time in my life where I wouldn't listen to any music with instruments. I would only listen to electronic music.
Currently, I listen to a vast array of music, from IDM, minimal techno, to indie and metal. Naturally bands and artists like Hooverphonic, Portishead (I love Third), Massive Attack, The Cardigans, Tricky, Orbital, Moby (Last Night is released tomorrow), Björk, Mouse on Mars, Stereolab, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Metallica (only the first four albums), Slayer (Seasons in the Abyss) :Wumpscut:, Suicide Commando and Evil's Toy (now called Toy) have been staples in my earphones for years.


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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) - Netflix say relax.
The video-on-demand streamer says the sitcom "Friends" is not leaving its platform at the start of the new year, according to The Hollywood Reporter, despite social media reports suggesting otherwise.
Fans quickly shared on Twitter screenshots showing an expiration of 1/1/19, which would mean all episodes of "Friends" would be pulled from Netflix after that date.
The purported expiration date was gone by Monday afternoon, however.
Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, told THR that the show's "departure is a rumor."
An executive also told USA Today that there were no immediate plans to drop the show. Wall Street Journal's Joe Flint echoed those reports as well.
Netflix itself soon confirmed the good news, saying via Twitter that "Friends" would still be around for 2019.


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Refining continues to be the hottest ticket in energy. And despite my hesitancy to buy highflying stocks, some secondary plays continue to represent value and are worthy of continued support or even new positions if you're not in the refining space yet.
I talk all the time about the differential between West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude, because that spread very succinctly outlines the margins that refiners in the mid-continent can capture, and therefore their profitability. If you look out on the curve of that spread, you see a very rapid narrowing of differentials going through 2013 and into 2014. That would indicate that at least some of the refining stocks are well overpriced here and are "cruisin' for a bruisin'" sometime later this year.
But it might not happen that way, and I'll give you two quick reasons why spreads could remain very wide for much longer than the futures indicate.
One, the Seaway pipeline has had a world of problems in its turnaround. Maintenance issues have plagued the fix from bringing oil up from the Gulf Coast to now bringing it down from Cushing, Okla. Despite pump station additions and modifications, the pipeline hasn't yet come close to reaching its proposed 400,000-barrel-per-day capacity and likely won't do so for several more months. Add to that the newest glut already forming in the Gulf Coast itself, and it's hard to know where they'd put those barrels if they did get to full output anyway.
Secondly, the Exxon Mobil (XOM) Kearl project in the Alberta oil sands is finally ready to ramp up. This monster new flow, along with increasing Bakken oil production and my belief that Keystone XL will be approved in March, will mean another flood of crude into an already swelled Cushing. The glut looks like it will not be relieved in 2013.
So one secondary play to look at is any company that can move Bakken crude out somewhere besides the Gulf Coast. And one idea is PBF Energy (PBF). PBF has been aggressively increasing its offloading capacity through rails at its East Coast Delaware City terminal and has ordered 2,000 more rail cars to move oil from the Bakken to the East, taking advantage of the arbitrage between cheap Dakota oil and East Coast spot prices.
As a transporter and not a refiner, PBF cannot capture all of the benefits of that arbitrage, but it can earn a healthy premium for high-grade sweet Bakken crude delivered on the East Coast, perhaps as much as an extra $2 a barrel. That's a sweet profit increase for this small transport firm, and it makes PBF much more "MLP-able" -- able to convert to a master limited partnership. That is a strong trend move in the space, and it would certainly add several dollars to the share price should it happen. It is a secondary play to be sure, but I like PBF energy here at $38.
Of course, it's a little late, but my recommendation of CVR Refining (CVRR) is still holding, even at $32, up smartly from its IPO price of $25. That's a direct refiner play, and the company has already announced a planned $4.22 dividend distribution for 2013 for a tasty 13% return, even with the big run from the IPO. I wouldn't initiate a position here, but for those who already have some, I wouldn't be afraid of adding to the position while still keeping a terrific average price.


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Let's face it: Funding a Death Star would push the federal budget off the fiscal cliff and into a fiscal Death Valley.
The 25,000-plus signers of a "We the People" petition calling on the federal government to start building a Death Star by 2016 must be feeling as peppy as the Rebel Alliance, now that they've put their plea over the threshold that will trigger a response from the White House.
Campaigns on 4chan, Reddit and Twitter helped put it over the top with a day to spare. This means someone at the White House will have to take a good look at the Death Star issue and draw up a response (unless officials decide it would be improper to speak out on something that's more appropriately addressed by, say, the Defense Department, NASA or Lord Vader).
The rationale for securing the funding and resources to start construction was laid out in the petition, created on Nov. 14 by John D. of Longmont, Colo: "By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense."
Building the kind of moon-sized Death Star portrayed in the "Star Wars" saga would be a heck of a stimulus program, however. Earlier this year, Centives calculated the cost of the steel alone at $852 quadrillion, or roughly 13,000 times the world's gross domestic product. At the current rate of production, it would take more than 833,000 years to produce enough steel to begin work.
I'm afraid the White House's political deflector shield will be quite operational when that petition arrives.
Administration officials have had a lot of practice dealing with "We the People" petitions that address far-out topics like the Death Star: Last year, for instance, two petitions calling for full disclosure on extraterrestrial visitations reached the standard requiring a response, and the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy rose to the challenge.
"The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race," OSTP's Phil Larson reported on the WhiteHouse.gov website. "In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public's eye."
I'm hoping that the Death Star petition will provide an opportunity for Larson and his colleagues to come up with a pithier, more creative response ... maybe something that will satisfy the fanboys. Here are a few examples that have popped up over the past few days:
- "The farce is strong in this one." (Commenter on The Ticket)
- "We find its lack of signatures disturbing" (MSNBC's Ed Schultz)
- "We have a bad feeling about this" (Modern Man)
Which "Star Wars" cliches would be most fitting for the task? Try to think of some suggestions you can leave in the comment space below. On second thought, try not. Do, or do not. There is no "try."
More on the Death Star and other petitions:
- White House petitions range from serious to silly
- How the online petition program got started
- Management lesson: Don't rebuild the Death Star
- How much would the Death Star cost?
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Local, state and federal authorities have praised the role of technology in helping apprehend the suspect allegedly behind the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured scores more.
Investigators, dealing with a flood of digital evidence from citizens, used technology, among other things, to help identify the brothers accused in the bombings.
Although law enforcement agencies in McHenry County rarely, if ever, find themselves hunting possible terrorists, the use of technology also plays an important role in solving everyday crime and identifying suspects.
"People [in Boston] got involved and were willing to step forward," Crystal Lake police Cmdr. Dan Dziewior said. "The combination of existing technology and the willingness of citizens only enhances our ability to protect and serve."
Local authorities traditionally lack funding for advanced technologies, but larger entities such as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office have been able to add these devices and services as the budget allows.
Technology often used by the sheriff's office includes automatic license plate readers capable of reading thousands of plates in a short period of time, Undersheriff Andrew Zinke said. The readers allow officers to search for stolen vehicles, suspects who are wanted, or those suspected of dealing drugs, among other things.
Recently, they have been used to track down motorists involved in hit-and-run accidents when the only information available is a partial plate number and description of the vehicle involved, as well as shootings involving vehicles where no suspect has been identified.
Another important tool for the sheriff's office is its intelligence-led policing effort, which allows officials to target high-crime areas in the county by compiling crime data and turning it into a map.
That mapping program came at no cost to the department, and instances where it has been used include areas where a string of residential burglaries has occurred, among other crime trends.
The Crystal Lake and Huntley police departments are in the process of integrating a similar mapping technique to use when deploying officers throughout the communities.
"We can use smart technology and attempt to predict where that officer should be rather than where he is required to be after a crime happens," Dziewior said. "It helps predict where crime has and is most likely to occur."
Thermal imaging, like that used to locate the Boston bombing suspect, also is available to many departments throughout the county. Night vision also can be used.
Upgrades, like those now available in the majority of squad cars, have increased efficiency rates for local departments.
That includes in-car cameras that record video and audio of each traffic stop both outside and inside the vehicle, as well as in-car laptops linked to national, state and local databases.
"It's a limitless law enforcement system right now," Dziewior said. "Information is instantly available to officers throughout the country."
Other amenities inside the squad cars can include digital printers, radar units, portable Breathalyzers, and devices that can detect the amount of tint on windows.
"I have been doing this for 37 years, and when I started, all you had in the police car was a cabin and toggle switch to turn the sirens and lights on," Huntley Police Chief John Perkins said. "If you look now, there's hardly enough room because of all the equipment."
Once a crime has occurred, the technology used in crime labs with the use of DNA and other evidence has expedited the process of identifying a suspect, Perkins added.
The addition of technology also has helped departments run more smoothly.
"Embracing technology and adding new training opportunities has helped us to reduce overtime and improve efficiency," Zinke said. "You have to be smart and utilize these tools whenever possible."
Social media and citizen tips through anonymous phone calls or text messages have allowed residents the ability to instantly send information to police when crimes or suspicious activity occurs.
"If people don't alert us to the things we should be focusing on, technology is useless," Dziewior said. "It only benefits us if the community is involved."
The technology trend also has produced a new type of criminal, Perkins added.
"As much as [technology] helps, there is a whole new Wild West of crime that is taking place over the Internet," he said. "One of the most frustrating things is a citizen who is victimized through identity theft and scams."


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The popularity of declarative markup languages has gradually increased since the initial release of HTML. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone given that markup languages let information be presented to end users without requiring any knowledge of a programming language. For years HTML has served as the declarative language of choice for presenting information to end users through a browser and it certainly isn't going anywhere in the near future. However, new declarative languages such as Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) have emerged, providing an alternate means for displaying data in more rich and engaging ways than HTML is capable of doing.
In this article, I introduce the XAML language and describe several ways it can be used in Silverlight applications. The topics covered will focus on functionality available in Silverlight 1.0. Future articles will introduce new XAML features available in Silverlight 2.0.
What Is XAML?
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) was originally created for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology released with .NET 3.0. WPF and XAML provide a way to integrate designers into the application development process and create rich and interactive desktop (and even Web) applications that can bind to a variety of data sources. The release of Silverlight 1.0 brought XAML to the world of rich internet application development. Silverlight exposes a subset of the XAML language found in WPF that can be run directly in the browser once the Silverlight plug-in has been installed.
So what exactly is XAML and why should you learn it? If you have any background in HTML, then you'll quickly learn that XAML is like HTML is many ways (although XAML follows the rules defined in the XML specification which means that it's stricter than standard HTML). For example, HTML relies heavily on <div> elements to position child objects. Although XAML doesn't provide a <div> element, other elements such as <Canvas> can be used to accomplish the same type of task. If you've already learned HTML then you'll find that learning XAML is similar although XAML is capable of doing many more things from animating and transforming objects to dynamically displaying shapes with custom gradients.
HTML can only do so much on its own which is why additional features such as JavaScript on the client-side and dynamic programming languages on the server-side have been created over the years. In Silverlight, 1.0 XAML relies on JavaScript in cases where dynamic events need to be raised and handled. Silverlight 2.0 ups the ante by adding support for several languages including VB.NET and C#.
Throughout the rest of this article I introduce several key aspects of XAML and demonstrate how you can use XAML elements and attributes in Silverlight applications.
Handling Layout in Silverlight
As mentioned previously, Silverlight 1.0 provides a Canvas element that acts as a container for child objects much like div elements act as containers in HTML. The Canvas element can be used to organize objects and define where and how the objects should be displayed. Silverlight 1.0 applications have a root Canvas element defined that includes a special XML namespace (see Listing One). This Canvas acts as the parent for all other objects placed into a Silverlight application.
<Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"> </Canvas>
Additional Canvas elements can be nested inside of the root Canvas element as well. This is especially useful when your application has several different visual sections such as a header, content area and footer. By using different Canvas elements you can group related child controls quite easily. Listing Two shows an example of a nested Canvas element.
<Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"> <Canvas Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="10" Height="300" Width="300"> <!-- Child content goes here --> </Canvas> </Canvas>
Notice that it defines the height and width as well as where the child canvas should be positioned relative to its parent container. The Canvas.Left and Canvas.Top attributes are referred to as "attached properties" in the world of XAML programming. Their values are relative to the parent. In this case the child Canvas will be positioned 10 pixels from the left and 10 pixels from the top of the parent container.
By using Canvas elements appropriately within a Silverlight application you can easily position shapes, media, and text, and show/hide groups of objects easily.


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This is the start of a series of articles on how to show your non-aspie partner "appreciation". It follows on from my article; Working on Your Asperger-Neurotypical Relationship Part 2: Appreciation. You won't find information on living with an Aspergers partner here because this particular series is aimed at teaching aspies to become better and more appreciative of their neurotypical partners.
My point of view here will be from the aspie male in a relationship with a neurotypical female. After all, it's the only one I can speak about from experience. If anyone has any insight into the way in which the needs of neurotypical males differ from aspie males, then please feel free to note them in the comments.
If you've been dating your current partner since you were young, you might think that she doesn't care for flowers. Certainly, that was the case in my situation.
The Past
As a "first girlfriend", my now wife never expressed any interest in flowers. I knew the names of many flowering trees and she did not. She never took my mother up on her invitations for a walk around the garden or a visit to local nurseries. Most importantly however, she never actually asked me to bring her flowers.
It was therefore quite a shock to me to find out (after we broke up as teenage lovers) that I didn't "appreciate" her because, among other things, I didn't bring her flowers.
Now bear in mind that I didn't have the best of role models. My father, a suspected aspie, certainly didn't bring my mother many flowers - and we all knew that flowers were a passion for her. In fact, I have very clear memories of the one time that he did - their tenth anniversary. How my mother raved over them and dropped very unsubtle hints for more. I lived with my parents for at least another ten years and no further flowers ever materialised in the time I was there. Apparently though, now they're a little more frequent.
My then "ex-girlfriend" talked to me about her new man on many occasions. It was a very difficult experience and I found myself having to play the part of the "gay friend" since she obviously only wanted me as a "friend". I learned a lot about romance from those discussions though.
When her relationship headed south (stopped working), I pleaded with her to "drop him and go out with me". I followed up the next day with flowers - some shockingly expensive red roses which just about wiped out my wages for the week.
I didn't realise it at the time but I had competition. Her ex was competing for her affections too - and he brought flowers as well.
It turned out that my red roses beat his yellow ones. It was the first time that I'd ever heard that specific flowers could have special significance.
Flower Tips from the Present
Over the years I've tried to deliver flowers with some regularity to show my appreciation. Here are some flower tips;
- Not when you're in trouble
Flowers should say "I love you", not "please let me back into the house". You can use flowers to help with forgiveness but only after you've resolved your differences with "saying a heartfelt sorry" and deeds (proving that you mean what you say).
If you give flowers as a means of prompting forgiveness, it might work sometimes but eventually it won't. Eventually your female partner will start to associate them with bad things.
You'll know this has happened when a random gift of flowers results in the question; "what did you do?"
- Be regular but not to regularAgain. Flowers should say "I love you" - not, "it's Tuesday". In a healthy relationship, thoughts of love or simply things that remind you of your partner should pop into your head fairly regularly. When they do, you should decide to give them. Obviously you shouldn't be more regular than once per week but also, you should try for at least once per month.
- Follow the thoughtsIf your partner has done something particularly good for you, like cooked a special meal or bought you a surprise, then a "payback" via flowers can be a good way to show both affection and appreciation.
Similarly, if you know that your partner is having a difficult time, perhaps a friend is sick, her workplace is giving her a hard time or she has simply had a "bad week" then flowers can cheer her up and let her know that you"re thinking of her - even if you can't actually be there.
- Quality is better than Quantity
Flowers bought at a florist are nearly always much better than flowers bought at the supermarket. Even worse though are flowers from the bottom of the "flower chain". Petrol/Gas station flowers. These flowers have usually been poorly looked after and exposed to a lot of bad fumes. Stay away from them unless you can't get flowers anywhere else.
Note that flowers don't always have to be from a shop. There's no reason why you can't pick flowers from your yard or while on a bush walk. Just don't do anything illegal and don't steal from other people's gardens.
Finally, don't be afraid to ask advice from florists. They're usually quite happy to give it. Talk about the type of occasion and the feelings you want to convey because different flowers have different meanings. You might also want to talk about longevity. Often I'll ask for flowers which have a bit more staying power. Roses look fantastic but they usually don't last.


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Hamels goes the distance again, blanks Marlins
Miami, FL – It took four starts, but Cole Hamels finally conquered the Miami Marlins and the Philadelphia Phillies took the opener of a three-game set, 4-0.
Hamels (13-6), coming off a five-hit shutout against the Atlanta Braves, went the distance again against Miami. He struck out five and held the hosts to seven hits and a walk en route to his sixth career shutout.
"I play to win and I'm not gonna go out there and give up when a season can supposedly be given up on already," said Hamels. "I want to win every game I possibly can."
A day after providing a game-winning single in the 11th inning, Juan Pierre picked up three hits and drove in a run for the Phillies, who snapped a five- game losing streak against the Marlins and won for the third time in their last four games overall.
The Phils tagged Miami starter Nathan Eovaldi (3-8) for three runs -- two earned -- on eight hits and three walks in five full frames.
Donovan Solano and Jose Reyes each picked up a pair of hits in a losing effort for the Marlins, who have dropped four of their last five games.
Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies started with a one-out single in the third inning, then Pierre nubbed a ground ball that deflected off Eovaldi and found left field to put runners on the corners. Chase Utley dropped a double down the right-field line to score Rollins and give the Phillies an early lead.
After a walk to Ryan Howard, Dom Brown flied out, but John Mayberry reached on a Greg Dobbs error, allowing Pierre to score for a 2-0 game.
In the fourth, Pierre roped a triple into the right-field corner to score Rollins, who reached on a fielder's choice, to give the Phillies a three-run advantage.
"I missed a couple spots with Rollins and Pierre," said Eovaldi.
Three innings later, Brown worked a one-out walk before Mayberry and Kevin Frandsen singled to load the bases. Erik Kratz lofted a fly ball to center field to score Brown and extend Philadelphia's lead to four.
Meanwhile, Hamels settled into a groove. After allowing a two-out single in the third to Jose Reyes, Hamels retired 11 straight hitters until a two-out, seventh-inning hit from Austin Kearns.
Dobbs followed with another hit, but Hamels induced a rally-killing foul out from John Buck. The veteran lefty went on to finish off his 12th career complete game by working around a two-out double from Giancarlo Stanton.
Game Notes
Rollins tied Larry Bowa, who managed Rollins and the Phillies from 2001-04, for most games played by a shortstop in franchise history with 1,730...The Marlins optioned catcher Brett Hayes to Triple-A New Orleans following Sunday's game and selected the contract of catcher Rob Brantly on Monday. The team also transferred pitcher Sandy Rosario to the 60-day disabled list...The Phillies placed outfielder Nate Schierholtz on the 15-day DL with a fractured right toe and recalled infielder Hector Luna on Monday...Hamels has thrown seven-or-more innings in 16 of his 23 starts...Hamels has thrown 22 straight scoreless innings...The Marlins have been shut out 12 times in 2012.


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President Barack Obama made the case for U.S. and NATO involvement in military action against Libya during a speech last night at the National Defense University in Washington D.C..
The President framed the short address in "stark strategic and humanitarian terms," noted USA Today. Obama said the United States could not idly stand by while a tidal wave of democratic aspirations "spreading across the Middle East were 'eclipsed by the darkest form of dictatorship' at the hands" of the murderous Moammar Gadhafi."
President Obama also pushed back against critics who want the U.S. to broaden its mission beyond that narrowly defined by the United Nations Security Council. "To be blunt, we went down that road in Iraq," Obama said. "Regime change there took eight years, thousands of American and Iraqi lives and nearly a trillion dollars. That is not something we can afford to repeat in Libya."
Were you satisfied with the President's response? Or do you believe the U.S. should not have lead yet another military intervention in the Middle East? Watch the full speech AFTER THE JUMP ...


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Report finds biofuels offer economic means to meet GHG goals
U.K.-based Element Energy recently published a report finding that biofuels offer a more cost-effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 17 years, when compared to electric vehicles. The report, titled "The Role of Biofuels Beyond 2020," was commissioned by BP.
The U.K. has set targets calling for an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 2050 when compared to a 1990 baseline. While electric plug-in and hydrogen vehicles are expected to play a significant role in meeting this goal in the transportation sector over the long term, the report notes the vehicle fleet will continue to be dominated by vehicles utilizing internal combustion engines through 2030. Therefore, biofuels will continue to play an important role in GHG reductions moving forward.
The study evaluates the future biofuels could play in meeting the U.K.'s GHG reduction goals based on a three specific sets of assumptions. A "low biofuels" case is considered, in which biofuel conventional biofuels are blended at rates of E10 and B7. A "medium biofuels" case assumes E20 is introduced in 2020, with an increasing share of cellulosic ethanol. Finally, a "high biofuels" case looks at the GHG reduction impact of blending biobased butanol and drop-in biofuels at high rates.
According to Element Energy, the medium biofuels case would result in a 9 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 compared to the baseline, while high biofuels case would result in a 27 percent GHG reduction. The report also indicates that based on current cost projections, the high biofuel scenario would cost approximately £123 ($196.86) per metric ton of carbon dioxide avoided. The cost for the medium biofuel scenario would be only £80 per ton of carbon dioxide avoided.
The study concludes that when compared to the use of battery electric vehicles, biofuel blending is a far cheaper way to reduce emissions through 2030. The use of biofuels would translate into an average £13 annual cost increase for consumers, compared to a £195 annualized cost for battery electric vehicles. Overall, achieving GHG savings through plug-in vehicles over the 2030 timeframe is estimated to cost the U.K. an additional £1.23 billion, significantly more than the £336 million cost premium for biofuels.
"In the long term, electric plug–in and fuel cell vehicles are likely to play a significant role in the transport mix. But we also expect high numbers of [internal combustion engine]-derived vehicles to still be in circulation by 2030, so lower carbon liquid fuels have to play a major part in meeting the U.K.'s CO2 targets," said Alex Steward, associate director of Element Energy. "Biofuels also offer a more cost effective way to reduce emissions over the next 17 years, with a fuel premium of £336m in 2030 against the £1.2bn it would cost in customer incentives to achieve the same CO2 savings with plug-in vehicles."
A full copy of the report can be downloaded from the Element Energy website.


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Largest Provider of Aluminum Composite Materials in Texas
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CEI Materials is a full-service provider of architectural metal cladding systems and components for a wide range of clients in Texas and across the country. Established in 2008, CEI is one of the few fabricators with installation capabilities. With over 500 projects installed to date, we are the fabricator behind the storefronts of many corporate brands. The flexibility of our metal composite materials allow CEI to exceed the architect's design intent and exterior cladding requirements while providing a high-quality, smooth, rigid and attractive finish.
We're committed to being the foremost provider of architectural facades by approaching every opportunity with enthusiasm and integrity. From concept to completion, new construction or retrofit, clients can rely on CEI to deliver the highest standard of quality. CEI will work with you every step of the way, providing full service throughout the entire process. We work with architects, general contractors and installers on all aspects of the project including design assist, project management, fabrication and installation. We deliver superior results for each and every one of our projects.
2,000,000+ Sq. Ft of Architectural Metal Panels Fabricated to Date
As a leader in the fabrication of composite materials, we are able to cut, route, and roll up to 15,000 sq. ft of metal composite materials per week. We will meet or exceed your construction or performance requirements.
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Used around the world i a wide range of architectural and specialty applications, Metal Composite Material (MCM) is a durable, versatile and affordable architectural facade. It is corrosion-resistant, lightweight and rigid, exceptionally flat, daringly formable and distinctively colorful. MCM Panel Systems provide numerous advantages, such as strength, durability, competitive price, and ease of maintenance.
By utilizing CEI's Rainscreen Systems, Route and Return Silicone Joint System, or Weather-Tight Dry Gasket System, clients are able to broaden architectural horizons through appearance, weatherability, fire resistance, sustainability and design flexibility.
Aluminum continues to be the predominant finish while natural materials such as zinc, copper, stainless steel and titanium have been introduced to the industry. Limitless colors and finishes are able to be applied to aluminum and steel composite panels while the alternative metals mentioned are often used for the beauty of their natural finishes.
CEI has four systems for the design and installation of MCM, the R3000, R4000, W5000 and D6000 series, each system with its own unique characteristics.
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The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.
We design, fabricate and install materials made with recycled content to help you achieve your environmentally responsible objectives aesthetically and within budget. Building materials used to construct our products, such as Reynobond's EcoClean, can help you achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits and certification.
LEED Projects:
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We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation of the job your firm did on the Chapman BMW project. CEI Materials took over the ACM scope of work at mid-stream and completed it with minimum disruption to our schedule. This occurred at a critical point in the project. Your extra effort with the smooth transition is greatly appreciated. We have received several compliments on the ACM Panels. It is a striking design and installation. Thanks for being part of our successful project and we look forward to working with you and CEI Materials in the future.
Tom Souter, Johnson Carlier, Inc. (Chapman BMW)
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NEW PALTZ, NY � The Farmingdale State men's soccer team fell to SUNY New Paltz this afternoon in the season opener in New Paltz, NY. The Hawks garnered their first win of the season by defeating the Rams 3-1.
New Paltz dominated play by outshooting Farmingdale in the first half 24-11 and held a 12-0 corner kick advantage, but Rams freshman goalkeeper Joseph Caccavale (West Islip, NY/West Islip) played strong in net, making nine saves to keep the game scoreless at the half.
Senior Daniel Cocciardi (Stormville, NY/John Jay) opened the scoring in the second half for New Paltz at 61:47 on a one-touch shot. Three minutes later, 64:36, Joe Fabian (Selden, NY/Newfield) netted his second of the year for the Hawks, which proved to be the game winner.
Sophomore Chris Hotzak (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown) found the back of the net to put the Hawks up 3-0 at 81:20 after a scramble with a defensemen and the Rams goalkeeper.
Senior midfielder Carlos Proano (Brentwood, NY/Brentwood) scored the loan goal for Farmingdale State at 82:59.
Senior goalkeeper Jeff Dudley (Poughkeepsie, NY/Spackenkill) played the entire match and recorded four saves for the win, while Caccavale finished with 14 saves in defeat.
The Rams now travel to Newark, NJ this weekend, alongside the women's soccer team, for the Rutgers-Newark Tournament on Friday and Saturday.


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POF for iPhone
To get the latest version of the POF iPhone App:
You can download it free from the iTunes store here
Minimum requirements:
iOS 11 (iPhone 5s and above)
Your Profile
To login:
If you have already registered for a POF account, you can login to the app using your username and password.
- If you do not have an account on POF, launch the app and tap on Sign up Now on the splash screen. Create your account and start talking to singles in your area right away!
To edit your profile:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Profile
- Tap on Edit on the top right of the menu
- Make the desired changes and tap Update Profile!
To access your messages:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Conversations
- To read a message, tap to the right of the user's image
- Tap on the user's image to visit their profile
To find mobile users near you:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Mobile Users
- These users are online and accessing the site via the iPhone or Android app
To search:
You can search for users by location either with your phone's GPS or your zip or postal code. Your exact location will never be revealed to other POF users. This feature uses your location to match you with POF members nearby.
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Search on the home screen
- Tap Refine to narrow your search results
To add someone to your favorites:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on the user's profile
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and tap Add to Favorites
Managing your Images
To upload an image using the POF iPhone App:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Images
- Tap on the camera icon on the top right corner
- Tap on Take Photo or Choose Image
To make your image private:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Images
- Tap Hide Photo under the photo you wish to hide
To make your image public:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Images
- Tap the image you'd like to hide or unhide
- Tap Public or Private under the photo you wish to unhide
To delete an image:
- Log in to the app
- Tap on Images
- Tap the images you'd like to delete
- Tap on Delete Photo under the photo you wish to remove
Managing Location Services & Notifications
To turn GPS on and off:
- Open Settings on your iPhone
- Go to Location Services on your iPhone
- Select the POF app from the list and turn on/off Location Services
To turn push notifications on and off:
POF may send you push notifications when you receive a new message, when you are added as a favorite, or when someone wants to meet you. We may also notify you of local events.
- On your iPhone (not in the app) go to Settings
- Go to Notifications
- In the list of apps, select POF
- There, turn the Alerts on or off