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The minimalistic and even brutal approach to stone setting represents the harmony that comes at the moment of rejection of that which is unnecessary, temporary and unethical. Lab-created eco-stones are an alternative to diamonds - unlike diamonds, such stones are mined safely for human life and do not harm the environment. Jewellery from the Asket collection is created manually from recycled silver, which in turn avoids environmental pollution associated with the extraction of precious metals.
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The following article is about the term alien as most commonly used. For the term applying to hypothesized other forms of life in the universe see: Extraterrestrial life
An alien is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In American legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.
An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives.
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The early part of July saw England and Australia resume hostilities in The Ashes – the most hotly contested long form competition in global Cricket. Whilst the sport, never mind this particular contest, is well-known but rarely understood outside the countries where it is played, the competition remains the fiercest rivalry in the game's history.
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I accidentally installed Canadian English instead of US English when I did my install. How can I set this back?
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Abstract: The main objective of the paper is to provide an analytical framework based on evolutionary arguments, explaining the role and rationale of technology policies based on inter-organisation cooperations. We try to combine different arguments developped in the literature in order to define a coherent approach of technology policies : organisational, failure and paradigmatic approaches. We will argue that the role of technological policies and their design are contingent on whether knowledge creation emerges in an existing technological paradigm or will be at the origin of a new one. In the first part of the paper, we will define two broad kinds of cooperative policy : one (pre-paradigmatic) devoted to create radically new knowledge by exploring new avenues in order to initiate a new technological paradigm and the other (paradigmatic) devoted to create new knowledge by using exploitation mechanisms in order to maintain technological options and variety, inducing innovation and reducing negative lock-in effects. We specify also for each situation the kind of intervention (coordination, institutional structure) compatible with the objective of the policy. In the second part of the paper, we will illustrate our theoretical arguments by focusing on two types of cooperative programme : one devoted to create a new knowledge base in a pre-paradigmatic phase (the development of a digital switching system in France) and the other more devoted to foster knowledge in existing paradigms (the case of Brite-Euram). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8084
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One of the most common questions that Financial Finesse has been getting from employees on our hotline lately has been "How will the 9-9-9 tax plan affect me?" We haven't even elected a new president yet, but the idea of an overhaul to our current tax system is top of mind for many Americans. I'd probably bet your clients are also wondering about how many of the proposed policies would affect them, which means advisors have a difficult task at hand—maintaining the balance between helping clients prepare and plan for possible tax reform while also keeping them from overanalyzing and worrying about the specifics of any one policy. Here are some points to consider in performing that balancing act for your clients:
Avoid getting sucked into political conversations. You may know that Cain's 9-9-9 plan was actually created by a fellow financial advisor. You may also have an opinion about it and other policies that might leak into your work with clients. Maybe you think that Obama's tax plans will hurt the economy or worry that Cain's plan will raise taxes on the middle class and widen the deficit, but your clients may or may not care. Even worse, they may not agree with you. Avoid politicizing with clients and shift your perspective to focus on what could change and how that would affect them individually. Focus less on the merits of any specific policy. Instead, be prepared to answer their questions objectively.
Have viable answers in your pocket to the 'What ifs?' While Cain's radical plan may never be enacted (Intrade currently has his chances of being elected at around 2% as of this post), it shares many characteristics with the tax reform proposals of other Republican presidential candidates, as well as the President's bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission. They're all headed in the same direction of fewer deductions and lower rates, especially on investment income.
On the other hand, with the deficit and spending continuing to rise, there's also a good chance we could see tax rates go up in the near future. As you may already know, it could happen automatically in 2013 if no change is made, along with a new Medicare tax on net investment income for higher income individuals.
With all the 'What ifs?' the best place to start is gauging how each client feels about the current situation. You could find clients have questions or fears about losing their home mortgage deduction, so determine how that would affect their bottom line. When you factor in the standard deduction and how much of their mortgage payment is actually interest, it may not have as big an impact as they thought. If they're worried that rates are likely to rise, they may have questions about converting their pre-tax retirement accounts into Roth accounts in order to capitalize on a lower tax rate. Or maybe they're considering taking capital gains now to avoid paying 20% in taxes, which is scheduled for 2013. Give them all of the scenarios associated with their questions, without overwhelming them. Provide them with the knowledge to make an informed decision rather than speculate on what could happen.
Keep them focused on what's really important. It's easy for clients to get distracted with all the hype of each candidate's policies and miss the big picture of what really matters to their financial success. One of our Financial Finesse CFPs recently talked to someone who spends a lot of time reading financial news and analyzing each candidate and their policies, yet he is living on credit cards, growing his debt daily (which is currently approaching $25,000) by frequently eating out and taking vacations, and is on the verge of filing bankruptcy. When he met with our planner, he said his single biggest concern was tax management, which as you can imagine was quite a shocker to our planner considering the employee's overall financial picture. Luckily, our planner was able to turn what started out as a theoretical (and probably not very productive) conversation about the future of tax policy into a very meaningful conversation about the employee's overall financial behavior.
Advisors have an important role in helping clients stay focused on what really impacts their big picture rather than on the things they ultimately can't control.
When it comes down to it, how savvy your clients are with their finances and in their investing decisions is going to far outweigh any impact a change in tax law would have on their ability to retire. There are millions of people working with financial advisors. You can have a huge impact on your clients' lives and, dare I say it, in helping to turn around this economy without taxing anyone at all. How many politicians can say that?
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Though the Island was spared the brunt of Hurricane Sandy, it brought with it high winds and powerful surf and left in its wake severe erosion, especially on south-facing shorelines. The ocean washed over Norton Point Beach at Katama in Edgartown, turning the eastern end of the beach into a sandbar covered with water at high tide. On Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark, waves carved a U-shaped chunk out of the top of the cliff, and left the beach strewn with rocks, sea foam and seaweed.


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A sea of white towels could be seen swirling through the crisp September air as the Philadelphia Phillies clinched the National League East title Wednesday night.
The Fightin' Phils secured their post-season spot after destroying the Houston Astros 10-3 at Citizens Bank Park in front of a capacity crowd. This is the third straight NL East title for the team who went on to become World Champions last season.
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Kyle Kendrick pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez and the Phillies beat the Houston Astros 10-3 Wednesday night to clinch their third straight division crown.
Raul Ibanez hit his career-high 34th homer and Jimmy Rollins had a double and triple for Philadelphia, which is heading to the post-season for the third straight year for the first time since Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton and crew won three consecutive NL East titles from 1976-78.
The Phillies are trying to become the first repeat champions since the New York Yankees won three straight World Series from 1998-2000. The Cincinnati Reds were the last NL team to win two in a row in 1975-76.
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"You having fun?" All-Star second baseman Chase Utley asked fans who stayed for the party. "There's gonna be a lot more coming."
J.R. Towles, a career .187 hitter (43 for 230), hit a pair of solo homers off Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner. But the Astros couldn't spoil Philadelphia's party.
Kendrick gave up two hits and struck out four. Martinez lasted just four innings, allowing three runs and six hits in his first start since a neck strain forced him out of a game at Atlanta on Sept. 19. Brad Lidge, who has 11 blown saves after a perfect season last year, came in to get the last out after Scott Eyre retired the first two batters in the ninth.
"I was praying I'd get into the game," said Lidge, who got a nice ovation when he entered. "I'm thankful to Charlie for putting me in. Despite my season, Charlie had my back all year."
Astros starter Brian Moehler (8-12) gave up seven runs in 4 1-3 innings.
A crowd of 45,207 -- the 38th straight sellout at Citizens Bank Park -- waved their white-and-red "Fightin' Phils" rally towels throughout the night and made the atmosphere festive.
Celebrations are becoming common for the Phillies, who used to be the NL's laughingstock. The losingest team in professional sports has been thinking dynasty since winning the franchise's second championship in 126 years last October.
"We didn't assume but we expected. There's a difference between the two," pitcher J.A. Happ said. "There's a whole lot more coming up, when we return."
Unlike the last two years, the Phillies didn't sweat out this division title. They moved into first place for good on May 30 and have spent 136 days atop the standings.
In 2007, the Phillies trailed the Mets by seven games with 17 remaining. They took advantage of New York's historic collapse and clinched the division on the final day of the regular season, ending a 14-year postseason drought.
Players and fans had a wild celebration and Philadelphia was promptly swept by Colorado in the division series.
Last year, the Phillies were three games behind the Mets with 17 to play. They caught them during the final week and clinched on the next-to-last day of the regular season.
With four games left this year, Manuel has a chance to rest his regulars and set up his postseason pitching rotation. The Phillies still have a chance to secure home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs. They entered the night one game behind Los Angeles.
"I feel like this was a little harder than the others because all year people were saying how good we are, but we've had pitching problems all season," Manuel said.
Midway during the celebration, the team jogged together to the outfield wall and poured champagne on the sign that honors late broadcaster Harry Kalas. The Hall of Fame announcer died in April after nearly 40 years with the team.
Martinez, who is 5-1 with a 3.63 ERA in nine starts, struggled from the start. He walked Hunter Pence to force in a run in the first and gave up homers to Towles in the second and fourth.
Towles' drive to left-center in the second was initially ruled a double, but umpires changed the call after reviewing the video. He easily cleared the left-field wall his next time up to give the Astros a 3-1 lead.
But the Phillies answered with four runs in the bottom half. Shane Victorino singled and stole second before Utley walked. Ryan Howard followed with an RBI single. Utley scored when Ibanez hit a bouncer to the mound and Moehler threw it into center field for an error. Howard advanced to third and Ibanez ended up on second.
Jayson Werth's RBI groundout put the Phillies ahead for good. Pedro Feliz doubled in another run to make it 5-3.
Rollins and Victorino hit back-to-back triples to start Philadelphia's fifth. Ibanez's sacrifice fly made it 7-3.


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Last Summer, we piloted a program on the 3DS Boston Campus called Teachers at Dassault Systèmes (TADS). We partnered with local Waltham High School to provide a 6-week summer internship for 2 teachers. Not only did they learn about Dassault Systèmes as an example of a global, innovative, technology company, but they took our Passion for Innovation program, Khufu Reborn, and created a 3-lesson engineering design challenge for their classrooms.
This program is part of our larger corporate citizenship commitment to improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education across North America. We have created a 3-minute film about the TADS program and have entered it in a film festival sponsored by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship (BCCCC).
The TADS program has 3 main goals:
- Educate Teachers – Provide teachers in our communities with first-hand experience about STEM careers at innovation driven companies, that they can then pass on to their students and encourage them pursue these types of careers and classwork
- Educate Students – Enable teachers with 3DS solutions and passion for innovation programs that are not currently available for use in a classroom, but could potentially be very valuable for teachers to use to inspire young people to dream bigger and pursue STEM based futures.
- Educate Communities – To be a positive feature in the communities that we work by increasing awareness of Dassault Systèmes by members of the Waltham Public Schools community
Oh, and if you liked our video, cast your vote for the Dassault Systemes TADS video at BCCCC's Film Festival for corporate citizenhip videos! Thank you! 🙂
Amy Green works for SolidWorks Marketing, and is a member of 3DS Boston Campus' Green Team and Citizenship Involvement Committee.


text: I'm a pretty big sucker for graffiti. Yesterday I stumbled on this graffiti focused flickr site by ceethree that absolutely blew my mind. Not only does it focus on the type of graffiti I love best, but it does so with an amazing eye and disipline. These photos are an exercise in the beauty of consistent framing and skillful cropping. Each image is spectacular in it's own right but I'm sorry, the collective grouping of them literally brings tears to my eyes. This stuff is worthy of a book, an exhibit, something. It's just plain incredible as far as I'm concerned!


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"Infrared - More Than Your Eyes Can See" Video
This movie describes infrared "light" or radiation. Infrared (IR) is a type of electromagnetic radiation. It has a slightly longer wavelength than visible light.
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Because of the outsized pressure a first-round quarterback faces and because very few succeed as rookies, there are only two reasons a team that considers itself a contender should draft a QB early: One, the kid is a can't-miss stud; or two, the team is set at every other position and can afford to take a flyer.
"Could be an NFL backup."
"'Smart guy,' one scout said. 'That's it.'"
"Lacks great physical stature and strength. Lacks mobility. Lacks a really strong arm. Can't drive the ball down the field and does not throw a really tight spiral. System-type player who can get exposed if he must ad-lib."
No, those aren't assessments of the Bears' quarterbacks. Those are scouting reports - the first appearing in The Sporting News, the second in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the third in Pro Football Weekly - leading up to the 2000 NFL draft.
The QB who was so lacking? Tom Brady.
And so you see how one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history - I say he's No. 1 if his Patriots complete their undefeated mission by beating the Giants in the Super Bowl - didn't get selected until the sixth round.
One NFL genius after another (including New England's brain trust for five rounds) ignored the future Hall of Famer, picking 198 players before calling his name.
Meanwhile, many scouts, draftniks, media mopes and other self-professed experts had rated Louisville's Chris Redman the top gun. Said The Sporting News: "Accurate and intelligent. Throws better than ... Peyton Manning."
Yeah, but can Redman make witty TV commercials?
ESPN's Mel Kiper, king of the annoying draft gurus, ranked Brady 10th, behind the likes of Tee Martin, Tim Rattay and, yes, Hofstra great Giovanni Carmazzi.
Yet here Brady is, ready to win his fourth championship. He joins journeymen Kurt Warner, Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson as Super Bowl winners this decade and follows a long line of afterthoughts - including Johnny Unitas and Bart Starr - to win titles. In other words, a team need not find its signal-calling savior in the first round.
Which leads us to Chicago.
For the umpteenth time, the Bears have reached a quarterbacking crossroads. With underperforming Rex Grossman a free agent, Kyle Orton a mystery and Brian Griese a mere backup, the Bears are scrambling for an answer.
Numerous mock drafts have them using their 14th-overall pick on Kentucky QB Andre Woodson, and I have but one brief thought on the subject:
Because of the outsized pressure a first-round quarterback faces and because very few succeed as rookies, there are only two reasons a team that considers itself a contender should draft a QB early: One, the kid is a can't-miss stud; or two, the team is set at every other position and can afford to take a flyer.
No quarterback in this year's class (including Woodson) fits the first qualifier. And the Bears certainly don't fit the second.
The draft is deep at offensive tackle, and anybody who watched the Bears for even an hour knows they have a desperate need there. That being said, tight end and maybe defensive end are the only positions at which they are "set," so the best-player-available strategy could work, too.
You can't measure heart, competitiveness, leadership and "clutchness," which is why so many mistakes are made scouting quarterbacks. This year, I'm drawn to LSU's Matt Flynn, a winner and crunch-time playmaker who might be available in Round 6.
Just as Tom Brady was eight years ago.
Santana revisited
A Cubs official called and gently let me know that GM Jim Hendry did, indeed, look into acquiring Johan Santana from the Twins. I had said in my Thursday column that "no other NL club - including the Cubs - apparently even flirted with Minnesota."
"The Cubs and some other National League teams did call the Twins," the official told me. "But Santana had a no-trade clause, and he wanted to go out east and play for a team that trains in Florida. That eliminated a lot of teams."
Fair enough. Still, more than a quarter-century in this business has taught me how persuasive Ben Franklin can be.
If a team shows a player enough green-tinted pictures of Ben, said player usually tempers his "demands." I'm guessing Santana could have been convinced that Chicago - or even Anaheim - is east of somewhere and that Arizona is right down the block from Florida.
It's a $mall world, after all.
Different game
"Then, on third and four from the 21, (Bob Griese) befuddled the Redskins by throwing to a tight end." - Sports Illustrated, Jan. 22, 1973.
Is that a hoot, or what?
It's impossible to compare NFL teams of different eras, and not just because players were so much smaller and slower back when Griese's Miami Dolphins capped their 17-0 season with a Super Bowl victory over Washington.
The game has changed so dramatically that the version from 35 years ago is practically unrecognizable today.
Hall of Famer Paul Warfield led the '72 Dolphins with 29 receptions; Wes Welker caught nearly four times as many passes for these Patriots. In winning Super Bowls VII and VIII, Griese threw a total of 18 passes; Brady probably will have more attempts in Sunday's first half.
And I doubt the Giants will be befuddled even if Brady throws to a tight end on third-and-4.
Patriot victims for $400, Alex
While I wouldn't wager any of my hard-earned money on the Patriots beating the 12-point spread, I'm sticking with the 38-17 prediction I made just hours after the championship matchup was decided.
The Patriots are more talented, better coached and more likely to come through under pressure. New York's strength, its defensive line, will be negated by the quiet stars along the New England offensive front.
This won't be like the regular-season finale, when the Giants stunned the Pats early but couldn't hold on to win. This time, the Patriots will get the lead, the Giants will mess up while playing catch-up and a rout will ensue.
Just because New England's first three Super Bowl victories were close doesn't mean Sunday's will be; this is a better team. And while I admire the Giants' resolve, they'll end up being little more than the answer to a trivia question:
What team did the Patriots crush to complete the only 19-0 season in NFL history?
Mike Nadel (email@example.com) is the Chicago sports columnist for GateHouse News Service. Read his blog, The Baldest Truth, at www.thebaldesttruth.com.


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April 19 through May 17, 2008
The exhibition will feature work by more than 100 B.F.A. candidates from the Kansas City Art Institute, majoring in animation, art history, ceramics, creative writing, fiber, graphic design, interdisciplinary arts, new media, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
Feb. 23 through April 5, 2008
An interactive exhibition that featured two-dimensional work by artists living in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The "Kansas City Flatfile" show presented artists' portfolios contained within a flatfile cabinet. Viewers were able browse the portfolios within the flatfile, engaging in a unique and personal viewing experience.
Oct. 20, 2007 – Feb. 7, 2008
The Ovitz Family Collection was started in the late 1970s by art collectors Michael and Judy Ovitz, recognized as among the top art collectors in the world by publications including Art News and Art and Antiques. This exhibition included a selection of recent acquisitions of recent work by emerging American and European artists, which included Jules de Balincourt, Michael Borremans, Jesse Chapman, Tim Eitel, Olafur Eliasson, Dan Flavin, Matt Greene, George Henry Longley, Daniel Lefcourt, Victor Man, Richard Prince, Anselm Reyle, Macrae Semans, Dana Schutz and Jeff Wall.
The Kansas City Art Institute's viewbook provides an overview of KCAI's academic programs, students, faculty, alumni and campus. Download the viewbook here (PDF)


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I first created this post in 2007, and apart from the home page, it has been the most viewed page on my blog (over 6,000 views). So here it is again, with a link to the latest OED update.
It's fascinating to peruse the new words added to the OED. (Here is the latest update, December 2010.) Brand names often enter the language as generic terms, and I've listed a few of them below. (I wonder who they have in mind with the word "flip-flopper". And what on earth is a cotylosaur? I thought "chicklet" meant a little piece of gum, but I was disappointed to discover that it means a small chick or girl.)
Goo·gle – verb: to use the Google search engine to find information on the Internet.
bo·tox – noun or verb – A proprietary name for: a preparation of botulinum toxin which is injected into specific muscles to create temporary paralysis, as part of the treatment of various medical conditions and in the cosmetic treatment of wrinkles of the face (esp. frown lines and crow's feet). Also: treatment by this means; a course of such treatment.
pop·sicle – noun – A proprietary name for: an ice lolly.
hoo·ver – verb: to clean with a vacuum cleaner (Chiefly British)
Kleenex [see more ads]
klee·nex – noun: the proprietary name of an absorbent disposable cleansing paper tissue.
xe·rox – noun or verb: a name for a copying machine or the act of reproducing printed, written, or pictorial matter by xerography.
ther·mos –noun: a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquid hot or cold
pro·zac -noun: a brand of fluoxetine hydrochloride
span·dex –noun: a synthetic fiber composed of a long-chain polymer, used chiefly in the manufacture of garments to add elasticity
jell·o -noun: brand of dessert made from a mixture of gelatin, sugar, and fruit flavoring, dissolved in hot water and chilled until firm
band·aid -noun: adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor abrasions and cuts
vi·ag·ra -noun: sildenafil citrate, used to treat impotence
frig·i·daire – noun: the proprietary name of a brand of refrigerator.
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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Friday criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for advocating security over privacy rights when it comes to national security, further exposing a rift among Republicans in the debate over the nation's surveillance efforts.
Christie told an Aspen Institute forum that the U.S. House's reluctant extension of surveillance collection by the National Security Agency this week reflected a libertarian trend in both political parties that he called "dangerous."
"I remember what this country was like on Sept. 12," Christie said Thursday, referring to the day after the 2011 terror attacks. "I'm very nervous about the direction this is moving in."
"I think we need to be very cautious … about shifting this thing way back," he added.
Christie was responding to a moderator's question Thursday about a libertarian streak among Democrats and Republicans in the debate.
Paul tweeted Friday, "Christie worries about the dangers of freedom. I worry about the danger of losing that freedom. Spying without warrants is unconstitutional."
On Wednesday, the House narrowly upheld the continued collection of millions of Americans' phone records. Many conservatives and liberals joined forces to oppose the Obama administration's aggressive surveillance.
Ever since the 2001 attacks, Congress has authorized extensions of the powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists, tools provided by the USA Patriot Act. Paul, a libertarian and a tea party favorite, delayed its renewal over privacy concerns two years ago.
Christie noted that President Barack Obama had not fundamentally changed the anti-terror policies he inherited from President George W. Bush — "because they work," he said.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After narrowly falling to Alabama A&M, the men's basketball team is looking to get in the win column when they take a trip to Philadelphia on Saturday.
Tennessee State (0-9) has relied heavily on their veteran leaders this season with senior guard Patrick Miller being the focal point of the TSU attack. Miller comes in to Saturday's game against Drexel (5-2) averaging 20.8 points per game, which ranks 35th in all of Division I basketball. The Chicago native has led the Tigers in scoring in all but one game, and has five games with 20 or more points.
In the post M.J. Rhett has been a force all year, averaging 10.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per contest. The past two times Big Blue has taken the court Rhett has had his best performances, with two double doubles to his credit.
Last Saturday Rhett scored 11 points going 4-for-6 from the field with 11 rebounds. Tuesday, the Columbia, S.C. posted his best all-around performance in a Tigers uniform, scoring 11 points on 3-for-5 shooting to go along with a career high 14 rebounds, seven of which were offensive.
On the year, Rhett has totaled four double doubles to rank 27th in the country.
Off the bench junior Kennedy Eubanks provided an extra punch Tennessee State needed Tuesday night, netting eight points and a career high 10 boards in the loss.
Tuesday, Tennessee State won the battle on the glass for the first time all year, outrebounding the Bulldogs 46-31, including 18 offensive boards.
In the past six contests the Tigers offense has hit its stride averaging 68.3 points per game, shooting 42.1 percent in the games.
TSU will once again hit the road Saturday, traveling to CAA foe Drexel. The Dragons were picked to finish second in its conference behind Towson.
The Philadelphia school has raced out to a 5-2 start, including a trip to Madison Square Garden last weekend, where the Dragons narrowly lost to No. 2 Arizona, 66-62, and knocked off Alabama in three overtimes, 85-83.
Senior guard Chris Fouch leads the team and ranks fourth in the CAA with an average of 19.1 points per game. The Tigers also boast three other scorers that average in double figures; in senior Frantz Massenat (14.9), sophomore Tavon Allen (14.0) and junior Damion Lee (13.0).
The Dragons will be without Lee though for the remainder of the season, after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament against the Arizona Wildcats.
Offensively the Dragons' attack ranks third in the CAA with an average of 74.0 points per game, while holding the sixth best shooting percentage at 41.9 percent. Drexel is particularly solid when it comes to protecting the basketball, averaging 10.3 turnovers a game. Massenat runs the offense from the point guard position with an average of 5.3 assists to just 2.0 turnovers per game, for an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.6.
In the post the Dragons boast two players in the top four of the rebounding category in the CAA in senior Dartaye Ruffin (8.6) and junior Kazembe Abif (8.4).
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Greg Maughan is executive director and co-founder of Philly Improv Theater. PHIT's two weeks at the Shubin Theatre begin on Monday.
How and why did you get into comedy?
I first started performing improv and sketch in High School – mostly because I wanted to do something to prove I wasn't just a goody two-shoes to the rest of my classmates (I know what you're saying: "Who would have ever thought Greg was considered a responsible, people-pleasing, brown nose?").
How would you describe your style as a comedian? What influences and factors do you think contribute to that?
When I'm improvising I tend to try very hard to play as if whatever is being created is true, not zany. So even if the situation ends up being wild, I look for a way to have the character be realistic. But I also play in dark, twisting, seething ways – I notice that there's a lot of anger underneath what I do on stage: characters who are trying very hard to stay in control while having having pretty black thoughts.
Do you have a favorite show or venue you like to perform at? What about it makes it fun or special for you?
I like performing at Philly Improv Theater (PHIT) because I started the theater, but I also really enjoy performing anywhere I don't have to be in charge and can just focus on my performance.
Do you have a single favorite moment in Philly comedy or one that stands out?
I really like thinking about the shows that we've had at PHIT that sold out and the vibe and energy they had: A Comic vs. Audience Comedy show that got put on the front page of Philly.com as "Today in Phily", the Bedtime Stories tribute to The Wire (where most of the performers hadn't watched the show!), Adsit & Gausas last year, the big house team in in November. I've also really loved shows I just go to go see: Nobody Dies on Christmas this past December was a great show like that.
Do you have any sort of creative process that you use with your writing or your performance? Or a sort of method that you use to develop comedic material?
Since I do mostly improv I don't sit down and plan what I'm going to do, but I do think that having a life outside of comedy is really important. Improvisers who do nothing but improv end up doing material that looks like a photocopy of photocopy – they've seen so many shows that they just base their stuff off of other bits they've seen. Walking around, going to new places, hanging out and overhearing other things people say: those are all little slivers of everyday life that I can use to start something when I get on stage.
What is it about improv and sketch that draws you to it?
The spontaneity is what drew me to improv, the idea that it's rush to step out and not know what is going to happen (although I have a vague notion, obviously, that I can pull it off). A lot of the time when I'm performing on stage I'm actually incredibly nervous – sometimes all the skin on my face and hands will just go numb while I'm on stage. It doesn't start until the moment we get the suggestion, and it goes away once the show gets moving, but it's still there sometimes and I don't know why.
When I was doing sketch, the draw was figuring exactly the right way to get a joke to hit – coming up with something funny and then working and working and working it until you had just the right words to convey the idea. I imagine it would be the same way if I started trying some stand-up. I encourage anyone and everyone to bother me to come with them to an open-mic. I just need a little shove, I swear.
Do you have any favorite performers in the Philly scene? Why are they your favorites?
I honestly really like Brendan Kennedy because he's so smart off the top of his head, but not in a showy way – and he just doesn't like BS. I also love how fearless The Feeko Brothers can be — especially as The Porno Brothers. For improv, I really love Grimacchio at the moment – both Ralph Andracchio and Jason Grimley play so well together. I'm sure I'll have some new obsession in three months though, so many people are coming up so quickly… with the improv I tend to love whoever is new, because I'm excited for them.
Do you have any bad experiences doing comedy that you can share? A particularly bad bombing or even an entire show gone haywire?
It's a long time ago, and it wasn't exactly "bad" per se … but in high school I had to go to a meeting with the Principal and members of the school board over material we did in our show and it was a pretty big scandal. Apparently saying teachers were alcoholics, or sleeping with guys on the football, or had giant electric ride on vibrators was possible libel. I'm glad to say that in the last 10 years it has actually come out that everything we did on stage was accurate. Truth in Comedy: 1, Grosse Pointe South High School, 0.
What do you think the Philly comedy scene needs to continue to grow?
I think I will surprise exactly no one by saying a space. Especially for improv and sketch comedy there is a need for a real stage, a good-sized theater, where there can be performances every night of the year. For the broader community a home-base is a big deal. I'm doing everything I can, but I'm also learning it is just so much more complex than you could ever imagine until you set out to try and make it happen.
Do you have any personal goals for the future as you continue to perform comedy?
I would like to start directing sketch groups to help them add that final layer of polish and professionalism to their shows. Everything in town needs just a bit more sprucing up (including the place where we are performing), because it's sad but true that people often start forming their opinions before they hear any jokes.


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I use the myComp.openInViewer() function to switch between compositions.
A side effect of this function is that the viewer becomes active. This means that you first have to click on my custom panel before the user can click on the next action. This is a bit of a hassle, because the point of my script is to quickly compare compositions and a few extra click defeat the whole purpose.
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
and now for something a little bit softer
Working with wire was fabulous fun, and I certainly intend to do a lot more of it... but just for the moment, my fingers need a little break.
So I was tempted by this basket of fluffy softness... merino tops...
I'm such a novice when it comes to spinning. But I'm keen to immerse myself in it!
My wheel had been playing up. There seemed absolutely no reason why she wouldn't operate correctly, and yet the wool was being pulled in and onto the bobbin before it even had a chance to be twisted. I actually got so frustrated with the whole thing that I had to walk away and ignore her for about six weeks. I was at the point where I was ready to use her for kindling...
Then the other day, I decided to give her some love. It was a glorious afternoon. Sunny, warm, bright, and only the slightest breeze. I took her outside and started out with a thorough dusting. I then oiled all her moving parts. And named her! Apparently one should always name one's spinning wheel... I had been very negligent. So I have now christened her Molly.
And guess what??? She works!
I suspect is was probably more a result of the oiling, than the dusting and the naming... but woo hoo! She works!
When it all goes smoothly, spinning is wonderfully relaxing. It's rhythmic and soothing and mesmerising. You can only spin if you are in a state of calm composition. If you're antsy, or cranky, or worked up about something... it all goes to pot. So, I like to consider it therapy...
18 comments:
- annemarie said...
This is so fascinating - your talents never cease to amaze me. All of your wire jewelry is beautiful.
- November 9, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Tess said...
When I was little our next door neighbour taught me to spin, and her name was Molly, so you've chosen an entirely appropriate name (at least IMHO).
- November 9, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- Karen said...
A week ago Friday I 'chanced' on a Louet S 10 spinning wheel at a church sale. I was not at all looking for a spinning wheel - my few attempts with a drop spindle had seemed enough. Yes, I will name it - not sure yet if it is a he or a she - thanks for this detail... And I will learn to spin once the two parts arrive that are needed. You are a - timely! - encouragement. A new store (Knotty by Nature) has just opened here in town (further serendipity) and Stephanie spins 'things' into her wool (unusual fibre pieces, bits of felt, etc.) This interests me greatly; all the clippings of threads and wool and fabric from past projects which have been saved for future projects come to mind....
Keep us posted on your spinning, please. Am certainly glad the oil worked!
- November 9, 2008 at 12:25 PM
- Lauria said...
Yum. Just looking at it is very soothing. I'd love to watch a spinner work, me thinks, just for the calm.
- November 9, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- laughing purple goldfish said...
annemarie - thanks :) I just want to try everything!
tess - I didn't know you knew how to spin!
karen - that's exactly why I want to get into the spinning... so I can experiment with incorporating a whole variety of other materials into the wool... there are boundless possibilities (not all of them practical, of course)
lauria - it is fascinating to watch :)
- November 9, 2008 at 11:50 PM
- Sam said...
I'd love to have a go at spinning, but unless you can tuck a spinning wheel under a bed...?
Is spinning with a drop spindle similar / easy?
- November 10, 2008 at 12:23 AM
- Karen said...
In response to Sam's queries - I have seen spinning wheels that fold up and would likely slide under a bed. And a drop spindle will certainly spin but not in the same manner as a wheel. However it is worth a try - I was taught on a spindle made by poking a chopstick into a potato!
- November 10, 2008 at 1:42 AM
- Sam said...
Karen - I wish you hadn't told me about the spinning wheel. My christmas list is already bottomless, lol.
Chopstick and potato sounds promising. :-)
- November 10, 2008 at 2:44 AM
- chlopzmazur said...
You are doing really great stuff. Best wishes to you!
- November 10, 2008 at 4:54 AM
- ahmedamin said...
good blog
- November 10, 2008 at 7:02 AM
Talk about softer!!! That carded fleece looks so delishiously soft in your basket I just want to dive in :-)
Glad your wheel is up and running or should I say spinning so well.
- November 10, 2008 at 10:08 AM
- laughing purple goldfish said...
sam - a spinning wheel which fits under a bed??? lol... see what happens when you ask? I have used a drop spindle for plying some of my reclaimed cottons together... but I found it a very slow and tedious process... if I had no other option, I would use a drop spindle, but it really doesn't compare with using a spinning wheel... it's not diffucult, just slow
karen - thanks for helping sam out... much appreciated... I must be really getting to know you now... because it didn't surprise me at all to hear you were taught to spin using a potato and a chopstick!!!
chlopzmazur - and it's fun, too!
ahmedamin - thanks :)
jacqui - I know EXACTLY what you mean about wanting to dive in! me too
- November 10, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- James Baker said...
Making things from their rawest components is so amazing.
Hello =)
My name is J.R. Baker and I am a student (and a teacher) currently working on my PhD in Australia. I'm doing research on blogging and social networking, and was wondering if you could use your blog to alert people to my research? I've done previous research in the area which can be seen on my blogspot page. I'm trying to get a number of bloggers with varied interests and content on their pages to participate in the research.
I need a fair number of participants for the study, and so far I haven't had an easy time getting participants. My final thesis length should be around 400 pages so I'm desperate to get participants now so I don't have to cram writing up the thesis into the last few months of the degree.
I would really appreciate it if you could share my research with your readers, or even better participate in it yourself. I found your blog because it is one of the noteworthy blogs at the minute which is most excellent.
The link to the study for bloggers is http://onlinesocialresearch.com/ and the survey takes 15-20 minutes to fill out.
Don't worry if you don't want to pass it on or participate, but thanks very much if you do!
- November 10, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- laughing purple goldfish said...
james - I have completed your survey... if anyone else reading this has 20 mins to spare... just answering some simple questions... follow the link and help james out with his study :) thanks
- November 12, 2008 at 12:57 AM
- Karen said...
I've tried to link to the site for the research about blogs but all I get to appear are the blogs on which the request has been made......????
- November 12, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- laughing purple goldfish said...
karen - hmmm... maybe try this link... http://jamesbakerpsychologist.blogspot.com/
- November 12, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Thanks heaps for your help. I really appreciate it!
- November 17, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- laughing purple goldfish said...
james - happy to help :)
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Tangy cheesecake with strawberries
Nutrition and extra info
- Freeze without topping
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal498
- fat31g
- saturates11g
- carbs44g
- sugars14g
- fibre2g
- protein13g
- salt1.08g
- 200g reduced-fat digestive biscuits, broken into pieces
- 100g margarine, high in polyunsaturated fats, melted
- 500g tub ricotta cheese
Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from whey and traditionally a by-product of…
- grated zest of 2 large lemons and 3 tbsp juice
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 50g fruit sugar
- 3 large egg yolks
- 2 tbsp semolina
Semolina flour is pale-yellow in colour, high in gluten and used for traditionally made pasta,…
- 225g strawberries
Once available in Britain for just a brief period during the summer, strawberries are now a year…
- 3 tbsp reduced-sugar strawberry jam
Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C. Blitz the biscuits in a food processor until finely crushed. Add the melted margarine and whiz for a minute. Base line a 20cm spring form tin with non-stick baking parchment and press the mixture into the base.
Wipe the processor bowl and blades, then add the ricotta, lemon zest and juice, fruit sugar, egg yolks and semolina and whizz for 1-2 minutes or until thoroughly mixed.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 35- 45 minutes until firm to the touch and the sides are just shrinking from the tin. Turn the oven off and allow the cheesecake to cool in the oven with the door open for 1 hour.
While the cake cools, hull and halve the strawberries, quartering any larger ones. Melt the jam with 3 tbsp water over a medium heat, stirring until bubbling and runny. Sieve the jam into a bowl and toss the strawberries in the jam.
To serve, loosen the sides of the cheesecake with a knife, remove from the tin and slide on to a serving plate. (The cheesecake may now be frozen.) Top with strawberries.
Recipe Tip
Fruit sugarWe used natural fruit sugar Fruisana but diabetics can eat sugar in moderation according to Diabetes UK.


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NYPD Officers Expect Public To Be Stupider Than They Are; Justify Shutting Down Recording With 'iPhones Are Guns' Claim
from the you-can't-fix-stupid,-you-can-only-assign-it-to-desk-duty dept
When the appeal to authority fallacy doesn't work, try appealing to ludicrousness. That seems to be the M.O. in play here. NYPD officers arrested a bicyclist for running a red light, but that arrest wasn't effected until the bicyclist attempted to film the interaction. Here's all ten seconds of it before the cop shut the arrestee's impromptu shooting down.
I was told by another officer while in the car that recording a police officer was illegal because people are using iPhones as guns and shooting cops through the camera lens...I told him that I have the right to be recording a cop and he said that there were incidents, specifically in uptown Manhattan where a kid shot a cop with his iPhone. Straight face. Very serious.Now, it's true that recording footage is often slangily referred as "shooting footage," and that cops are increasingly on the receiving end of these types of "shootings." But there has yet to be any evidence produced that indicates phones and cameras are being converted into guns on any sort of mass scale or that these new hybrids are so common that this "fear" has a rational basis.
A kid may have "shot" a cop with his iPhone, but without any data to back up this claim, the only thing taking a hit was the officer's mistaken belief that public service is afforded an expectation of privacy. Cops telling citizens this sort of cop-centric urban legend to defend the trampling of the First Amendment indicates that they believe citizens are idiots.
Paybarah, meanwhile, spent 13 hours in lockup over a red light infraction. Well, not entirely. By the time the cop was finished effecting the arrest of the person holding the theoretically weaponized iPhone, charges of resisting arrest, obstruction and criminal mischief had been added -- charges that are just as malleable as cops' minds.
Cops walk or drive by plenty of people holding "weapons" in plain sight, all of them unlicensed and potentially deadly. An overwhelming majority of the public wouldn't even consider leaving the house without being "strapped," and yet, months and years go by without cops being shot in the face by iGuns. Perhaps the police chalk up this low rate of deadly incidents to their expedient neutralization of
Better safe than sorry -- that's the real intent of the Constitution. An officer getting home safe (and unrecorded) at the end of every shift is a far worthier goal than the vague rights pre-supposed to idiot citizens by a handful of amendments.
Maybe the cops should switch out their service pieces for deadly cameras -- you know, in order to keep up with "the streets" in the arms race. That way, the next time they get drunk and start shooting, the end result will be nothing more than a bunch of shitty Instagrams.
Filed Under: filming police, guns, iphone, nypd, phones


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Its taken me years to get my eyebrows the way I want them, When I was younger I used to have the thickest eyebrows ever, like one big uni brow! I then started plucking around 14, I've only really been filling them in the past two years or so. I mainly started filling them in because of the style of eye makeup I wear, yanno, dramatic cat eye & big lashes! Meaning my eyebrows used to get a bit lost and look really blah! Since filling them in I've never looked back! I do change my brow shape from time to time, At the moment I really like the rounded front & then the elongated arch.
I get my eyebrows threaded once or twice a month and then pluck the stragglers as they grow back. I personally dont mind the pain of threading, Its quick and looks amazing when its done. I pay between £5 and £10 for this. I use a Tweezerman Mini's to pluck with, its hands down the best tweezers I've ever used. I know its expensive but its so worth it, I genuinely didn't believe the hype till I bought mine! I also use MAC Espresso (as you can see I use it alot!) and a small brush (one pictured is a Sigma Beauty EO5) to fill them in. I'm not going to video or explain how to fill your brows in because there are a billion Youtube videos already on it and I do mine in exactly the same way!
I am blessed with a decent eyebrow shape to begin with if I'm honest, I cant give any tips on shaping or growing them out as mine grow at the speed of light!


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By Susanna Twidale
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.9 percent in 2013 due to a decline in fossil-fuel power generation, preliminary government data showed on Thursday.
Output of the heat-trapping gases in Europe's second-largest emitter dipped to 569.9 million metric tons compared to 581.1 million metric tons in 2012, data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) showed.
Carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas blamed for climate change, accounted for 82 percent of 2013 emissions and fell 2.1 percent to 464.3 million metric tons.
The bulk of Britain's emissions, some 38 percent, came from energy supply, followed by transport at 25 percent, residential at 17 percent and business at 16 percent. The rest came from sectors including agriculture and waste management.
DECC said the overall fall largely resulted from an 8 percent decrease in emissions from electricity generation, spurred by a 9 percent reduction in coal use and a 7 percent fall in gas use.
Data published in February showed overall UK power generation fell 2 percent to 321.60 terawatt-hours in 2013.
Coal-fired power generation is a big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions because burning the fuel produces almost double the amount of CO2 than gas-fired generation.
British utilities are major buyers of carbon permits under the European Union's Emissions Trading System, which requires big emitters to surrender one permit for every tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) they emit each year.
However, the fall in emissions is unlikely to mean Britain's carbon permit demand declined in 2013. An ETS rule change from January 2013 means most EU utilities received no free allowances last year and must pay in full for the scheme's 2013-2020 phase.
On April 2, the European Commission will grant access to 2013 CO2 figures for the near 12,000 installations covered by the EU ETS, which account for around 45 percent of the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions.
The data release is an important date in the EU carbon market's calendar as it gives a glimpse of the overall demand-supply balance for EU emission permits.
Britain has a legally binding target to cut its CO2 emissions by 2050 to 80 percent below 1990 levels.
UK emissions have so far fallen 21 percent since 1990, DECC said.
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British Go Journal No. 62. July 1984. Page 7b.
Diagram 1
This position looks fairly innocuous, and most players would not give it much attention - except, that is, those with a nose for tesuji.
See if you can find a way to make White suffer.
Answer on page 31a.


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3-Port HDBaseT Extender Kit with 3 Receivers - 1x3 HDMI over CAT5 Splitter - Up to 4K
Distribute your HDMI source to three remote displays over standard CAT5, CAT6 or CAT7 cable
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This 3-Port HDBaseT™ extender kit lets you extend an HDMI® source to three remote locations, using HDBaseT technology. The kit includes three remote receiver units, and the transmitter features a local HDMI output, which gives you the ability to keep a fourth HDMI display at your local video source.
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|Cat 5e UTP or better
|Max Distance
|70 m / 230 ft
|Maximum 1080p Distance
|70 m (230 ft.)
|Maximum 4K Distance
|35 m (115 ft.)
|Maximum Cable Length
|70000 mm [2755.9 in]
|Maximum Digital Resolutions
|4096 x 2160 (4K) @ 30 Hz - maximum distance 35 m (115 ft.)
1920x1080 (1080p) - maximum distance 70 m (230 ft.)
|Supported Resolutions
|4k x 2K (Ultra HD) @ 30 Hz
2560x1600 @ 60 Hz
1920x1080 (1080p)
1280x720 (720p)
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|CAT6 STP Cables provide protection against electromagnetic interference and cross-talk, and are highly recommended for use with this product.
|Center Tip Polarity
|Input Current
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|Output Current
|Output Voltage
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|0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
|Storage Temperature
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|Product Height
|3 cm [1.2 in]
|Product Length
|20 cm [7.9 in]
|Product Width
|14.5 cm [5.7 in]
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|1 kg [2.2 lb]
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|98 mm [3.9 in]
|Package Length
|36.3 cm [14.3 in]
|Package Width
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|Shipping (Package) Weight
|2.6 kg [5.8 lb]
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If you need to use a video extender with a video adapter or converter, you should position the adapter or converter as close to the video source as possible. For example, if you need to take a VGA signal from a computer and send it 200 feet to an HDMI® projector, you should convert the signal from VGA to HDMI and use an HDMI extender.
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Yes, this video extender works with set-top boxes, provided the set-top box meets the following requirements:
- The set-top box must be High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) compliant.
- The set-top box must support devices being connected between the video source and display. If the set-top box requires a direct cable connection between the video source and display, it won't work with this video extender.
No, this device is designed to be a point-to-point solution using networking cabling only.
This device outputs HDMI video signals. If you have a display or video destination that uses another type of video connection, there are ways that you can convert the video signal or connection. These options are outlined below and organized by the target connection.
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|Target connection
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