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Lizzy Yates necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 309 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
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I have a growing business in Little Rock, Arkansas. My new logo needs to be classy, clean and slightly (but not too) feminine.
Words that describe me: sarcastic, organized, loyal, approachable and addicted to coffee. Words that don't describe me: funky, trendy, snobby.
My tagline: Inspired By You
*Target market: My target client is a married woman who is starting a family or already has children aged 18 and under. She is likely well educated. She owns a home worth $400,000 or more. The family also probably owns other things like vacation homes, lake condo/house, utility vehicles or the like. She shops at speciality stores. Kids are in extracurricular activities. She hires out for things like housecleaning.
I need professional & sophisticated and dynamic.
It needs to jump out among other business cards.
Will also serve as a watermark and a jumping off point for stationary and the like.
Would like to see options for the tagline: Inspired By You
Ideas I have had have included: A ribbon (more implied that fully drawn), a frame (curvy lines, once again as much implied as actual). Elements that could appear in marketing and reference back to the logo.
I uploaded two pictures of things that make me smile:
A fat bird that lives in my livingroom.
A picture by my daughter (Keep in mind that I do not want a logo that looks childish but I include it here to plant the seed for a grownup version)
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Recorded music has always been a somewhat solitary experience compared with the communal experience of seeing it live. By and large, the digital music evolution has only exacerbated that tendency, making loners of us all. Hiding between our headphones, we manage to share recommendations with each other on Facebook, Last.fm, and elsewhere, but when it comes to listening, we're mostly dancing with ourselves.
The new hottness is to buck that trend by hearing music together in online listening rooms — a phenomenon we first noticed with the aptly-named Listening Room, then with Turntable.fm. Even Facebook and Spotify are rumored to be getting in on the action, but Outloud.fm is already up and running (read Evolver.fm's interview with its creators at the bottom of this post).
After testing the service on and off for about a day now, we're pleased to report that it works like a charm. Outloud.fm is super simple to use, which is a good thing, because what it does — unite people to listen together online and chat about it — isn't something most music fans are accustomed to doing yet.
Anyone can log in with a Twitter or Facebook account. After that, you can join a room or create your own, and invite people to show up using the name of the room. A public room is available for "the friendless and early adopters." To upload a song to whatever room you're in so that everyone there can hear it, simply drag and drop it from your computer to the play queue on the left.
You can chat in the box at the bottom with all of the room's other visitors, visible on the right, and everything you say shows up in an event feed along with the songs and the name of the person who played them. If you hear something you like, you can "heart" it to add it to your favorites, which don't play or offer "buy" links, but at least this feature helps you find those songs later.
Everything worked perfectly with Outloud.fm until I uploaded a massive (53MB) MP3 of Javelin's excellent "Andean Ocean Mixtape" (disclosure: Javelin is my brother and my cousin). That file appeared to cause Outloud.fm to stream silence to me, but other users said they could hear it just fine.
Luckily, Outloud.fm includes a handy "restart stream" function that kicks things back into gear, should you encounter a similar issue, but again, this free service performed admirably overall, and we scarcely had to use that. Outloud.fm can even convert unprotected M4As and WMAs on the server side (in our case, Deerhunter's also excellent "Fountain Stairs"), so that they play even if you don't have an MP3 version.
We decided to learn more about this social music web app and the red-hot online listening room phenomenon in general, so we conducted a quick email interview with the creators of Outloud.fm — developer Mike O'Brien and operations guy Steven Huynh –which they graciously delivered on Thursday despite having day jobs.
Eliot Van Buskirk, Evolver.fm: How did the idea for Outloud.fm come about?
Steven Huynh, Outloud.fm: We spent large parts of our days sending each other music YouTube links over AIM, and thought it'd be cool if there was a site that facilitated this in a smoother way. Mike had spent some time programming streaming MP3 servers, and there were a bunch of social music sites coming out, so we decided to put our own spin on it, incorporating all the ideas we had talked about.
Evolver.fm: What about your philosophy? What does this sort of group listening do for music fans that they were missing before?
Huynh: It's pretty great seeing how different people are using the site. For me personally, it's about discovering music that I didn't know my friends were into. I think it's awesome to be in a room and get the feeling of "Whoa dude, I didn't know you liked ____." Not that this feeling can't exist without Outloud.fm, but I definitely think it makes it easier to share and discuss your tastes. Another cool example is, the other day, someone uploaded Eddie Murphy's "Raw" on MP3 in a room, sent out the link to a bunch of people, and just let it play out. No red leather jumpsuit though, unfortunately.
Evolver.fm: Sorry, but what's the business plan?
Huynh: I wish we had a better answer for you, but for now, the business plan is to keep the servers up and ABL — Always Be Launching! We're bootstrapping this project while both working full-time jobs, so it's hard to think in the long term. We have talked to some record labels and reached out to some potential sponsors, but that's just to get an idea of what people are interested in using the site for.
Evolver.fm: I have a feeling that this online group listening thing is about to blow up. What's the goal with Outloud.fm, are you trying to make this a fully-fledged thing on its own, or is the goal to sell it eventually?
Huynh: I'd probably go one further and say that "group listening" has blown up just in the last couple of weeks. We think all of the other sites out there are great, and each serves its own purpose, but do think that Outloud.fm has a different focus. We're just going to keep adding features that users have been asking for, as well as keeping the design simple, easy, and intuitive.
Evolver.fm: Is the idea here to qualify as a non-interactive webcaster under the DMCA and pay royalties that way, or if not, how are you going to handle the legal issue?
Huynh: Is "build first, ask questions later" an acceptable answer here? We've consulted with a law firm, and are exploring our options with them, but since this is technically still a side project of ours, it's a little early to say what we'll do for sure. That being said, whoever's reading this, please don't sue us.
Evolver.fm: What are the technical challenges associated with streaming to multiple people at the same time and letting them chat? Is it fairly simple?
Mike O'Brien, Outloud.fm: It's tricky. The streaming server needs to be efficient, as it's dealing with many simultaneously open connections with events happening in real-time on a system with very limited resources. The version I wrote is performing pretty well, but it's certainly going to need to evolve with the rest of the site. The many quirks across different browsers, versions, and operating systems also make it difficult to get everything working smoothly for all users, but we're improving it all the time.
Evolver.fm: Why is this only happening now in 2011, and not, say, five years ago?
O'Brien: I actually think that things change so fast in software that even just five years ago, this would have been considerably tougher to pull off. Browsers are getting more powerful by leaps and bounds, and some truly amazing and brilliant open source projects (like node.js, Redis, and Soundmanager2, which we rely on heavily) have emerged, making these kinds of applications much more tractable. Developers have so many more great tools at their disposal that just didn't exist then, and we can iterate more quickly on new features than ever before.
Evolver.fm: What are your thoughts on this Facebook/Spotify rumor?
Huynh: I'm actually very curious as to how that is going to work. I've gotten a chance to use Spotify (I know a guy who knows a guy), and I think the service is pretty amazing. Anything that will make it easier for friends to listen to music together is OK in our book.


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If you plan on installing a set of aftermarket Audi HID headlights, there are certain things you need to consider prior to installation. Unless your Audi is already equipped with a manufacturer's set of HIDs, the process won't be as simple as merely switching out one set of bulbs for another. You'll need to install a new ballast as well as potentially install a wire harness adaptor and other components, though so long as your vehicle is a more recent model, you shouldn't have to make any cuts into the body of your vehicle. The installation process is usually rather quick, but you'll still want to set aside a few hours in case you need to make additional adjustments along the way.
HIDs are customizable by color, so if you're more focused on style and not so worried about installation, this part you may find interesting. Differences in light colors are based on a spectrum of various color temperatures. The color temperatures range from 3000K, which is a light with a yellow hue, all the way to 12000K, which is a vivid blue light color. The most popular HID color tends to be the 6000K, which is a white light with a slight blue tint, though there are pure white lights and purple lights available as well. Be sure to remember also that color temperatures only correspond to the color of the light; the temperature has no effect on the brightness or effectiveness of the headlights.
So if you want to continue on the Audi path of setting your car apart from the mainstream, consider a set of colored HID lights for your Audi vehicle that are exotic and bold, yet also impressively adept at lighting the road ahead.


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Today, in totally unexpected ledes, comes this one from the Daily Mail:
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has revealed he sank into a deep depression, developed an eating disorder this summer and had to spend time in a clinic."
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Tevez told the People: "I'm not the shit that they say I am. I had a personal crisis this summer. I put on five or six kilos and had to check myself into a clinic. I was depressed and so I ate and ate. Only my family and my friends know this.
Depressed Tevez suffered eating disorder and checked into a clinic over Man City saga [Daily Mail] (H/T Tomuban)
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Keccak divides the message data into 8-bit chunks. If a remainder exists, Keccak realigns that chunk to its least significant bits. Next, Keccak uses a sponge construct as its compression block. It takes 24 rounds of block operations to hash a given message. The block itself renders the hash states as a 5-by-5 array of 64-bit elements, a total of 1600 bits. Within the Keccak compression block is a sequence of five permutation routines (Figure2). The 5-by-5 array is represented by a
[, its column and row indices by variables
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The first routine, theta, computes the column parity of a
[]. It then combines the parity bit with the adjacent columns. The second routine,
rho, rotates each array element, the bitwise rotation following a triangular number sequence (
t). It, however, excludes element a
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chi. This one adds the row elements bitwise, thus making the hash state non-linear. The final routine,
iota, combines each array element with a round constant
R. It breaks up any symmetry induced by the other four routines.
Like the other finalists, Keccak is simple and easy to analyze. Thanks to its sponge construct, Keccak can generate hashes of variable bit lengths. The same construct also allows Keccak to serve as a MAC routine or as a stream cipher. As for performance, Keccak is one of the faster candidates, clocking at an average of 12.5 cycles per byte on an Intel Core 2.
Skein was designed by a team that includes Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and others. It uses many of the same design concepts from the Threefish block cipher. Like Threefish, Skein processes its message data in chunks. The chunk size is chosen to match the internal hash state and the hash output. Also like Threefish, Skein does not use S-boxes to mix its hash state bits. Instead, it relies on modular additions and exclusive-ors to induce the needed non-linearity.
Figure 3 shows two rounds of an extremely simplified compression block in Skein. First, Skein injects an internal sub-key (
S0) into the message chunks. It mixes the chunks in pairs and sends the mixed pair to a permutation routine (
P). After that, Skein subjects the permuted chunks to a second round of mixes and permutations. Once it has performed the rounds, Skein injects a second sub-key (
S1) into the chunks. The results of that last injection then form the hash output. It takes Skein 72 rounds of mixes and permutations to produce a 256- and 512-bit hash, 80 rounds for a 1024-bit hash.
Skein is a fast routine. It averages about 6.1 cycles per byte on an Intel Core 2 processor. Skein has a simple code structure, one that uses just three primitive operators to generate a hash. It is easy to optimize, easy to port to various system platforms. It can even work within the resource-frugal confines of an embedded system.
Most of all, Skein is able to withstand collision attacks. Its code structure has been analyzed thoroughly by both authors and third-party developers.
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Next week, I'll present the final part of this discussion, showing the implementing of these algorithms in code and I'll test them with an eye to comparing them with the current OpenSSL implementation.
José R. C. Cruz is a freelance engineering writer living in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He frequently contributes articles to MacTech and REALStudio Developer. His most recent article for Dr. Dobb's was How to Secure and Authenticate Images Using Watermarks.
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A voice disorder is when the voice has a problem with pitch, volume, tone, and other qualities. These problems occur when the vocal cords don't vibrate normally.
Your voice is the sound that air makes when it is forced out of your lungs and passes over your vocal cords. Vocal cords are the two folds of tissue inside your larynx, also called the voice box. The vibration of those cords is what produces speech.
In order to make normal speech, your vocal cords need to touch together smoothly inside your larynx. Anything that interferes with vocal cord movement or contact can cause a voice disorder. Many voice disorders can be cured with treatment when diagnosed early.
Signs and symptoms of a voice disorder
When people have a voice disorder, their voice may:
Have a quivering sound
Sound rough or harsh (hoarse)
Sound strained or choppy
Be weak, whispery, or breathy
Be too high or low or change in pitch
They may have tension or pain in their throat while speaking, or feel like their voice box is tired. They feel a "lump" in their throat when swallowing, or feel pain when they touch the outside of their throat.
Causes of a voice disorder
Voice disorders can be caused by many factors. In some cases, the cause of a voice disorder is not known. Possible causes can include:
Growths. In some cases, extra tissue may form on the vocal cords. This stops the cords from working normally. The growths can include fluid-filled sacs called cysts, wart-like lumps called papilloma, or callus-like bumps called nodules. There may be patches of damaged tissue called lesions, or areas of scar tissue. In some people, a band of tissue called a web can grow between the vocal cords. Other growths include a small area of chronic inflammation called a granuloma, and small blisters called polyps. Growths can have many causes, including illness, injury, cancer, and vocal abuse.
Inflammation and swelling. Lots of things can cause inflammation and swelling of the vocal cords. These include surgery, respiratory illness or allergies, GERD (acid reflux), some medications, exposure to certain chemicals, smoking, alcohol abuse, and vocal abuse.
Nerve problems. Certain medical conditions can affect the nerves that control the vocal cords. These can include multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, Parkinson disease, ALS, and Huntington disease. Nerves can also be injured from surgery or chronic inflammation of the larynx (laryngitis).
Hormones. Thyroid problems with thyroid hormone, female and male hormones, and growth hormones can cause voice disorders.
Misuse of the voice. The vocal cords can be stressed by using too much tension when speaking. This can cause problems in the muscles in the throat, and affect the voice. Vocal abuse can also cause a voice disorder. Vocal abuse is anything that strains or harms the vocal cords. Examples of vocal abuse include too much talking, shouting, or coughing. Smoking and constant clearing of the throat is also vocal abuse. Vocal abuse can cause the vocal cords to develop calluses or blisters called nodes and polyps. These change how the voice sounds. In some cases, a vocal cord can rupture from vocal abuse. This causes the cord to bleed (hemorrhage), and can cause loss of voice. Vocal cord hemorrhage needs to be treated right away.
Examples of voice disorders
Laryngitis. Laryngitis is when your vocal cords swell. It makes the voice sound hoarse. Or you may not be able to speak. Acute laryngitis happens suddenly, often because of a virus in the upper respiratory tract. It often lasts just a few weeks. Treatment is to rest the voice and drink lots of fluids. Chronic laryngitis is when the swelling lasts for a long time. Common causes include a chronic cough, using inhalers for asthma, and GERD. Treatment of chronic laryngitis depends on the cause.
Vocal cord paresis or paralysis. The vocal cords can be paralyzed, or partially paralyzed (paresis). This can be caused by a viral infection that affects your vocal cord nerves, an injury to a nerve during surgery, stroke, or cancer. If one or both of your vocal cords are paralyzed in a nearly closed position, you may have noisy or difficult breathing. If they are paralyzed in an open position, you may have a weak, breathy voice. Some people will get better over time. In other cases, the paralysis is permanent. Surgery and voice therapy may help improve the voice.
Spasmodic dysphonia. This is a nerve problem that causes the vocal cords to spasm. It can make the voice sound tight, quivery, or jerky, hoarse, or groaning. At times, the voice may sound normal. Other times, the person may not be able to speak. Treatment may include speech therapy and injections of botulinum toxin to the vocal cords.
Diagnosing a voice disorder
If you have a voice change that lasts for a few weeks, your primary care provider may send you to see a throat specialist called an otolaryngologist. An otolaryngologist will ask you about your symptoms and how long you've had them. He or she may examine your vocal cords and your larynx using certain tests. These may include:
Laryngoscopy. This lets otolaryngologist view the throat. With indirect laryngoscopy, the health care provider holds a small mirror at the back of the throat and shines a light on it. With fiberoptic laryngoscopy, a thin, lighted scope called a laryngoscope is used. The scope is put through your nose down into your throat, or directly down into your throat.
Laryngeal electromyography, or EMG. This test measures electrical activity in the muscles of the throat. A thin needle is put into some of the neck muscles while electrodes send signals from the muscles to a computer. This can show nerve problems in the throat.
Stroboscopy. This test uses a strobe light and a video camera to see how the vocal cords are vibrating during speech.
Imaging tests. X-rays and MRI can show growths or other tissue problems in the throat.
Treating a voice disorder
Treatment for a voice disorder depends on what's causing it. Treatment may include:
Lifestyle changes. Some lifestyle changes may help reduce or stop symptoms. These can include not yelling or speaking loudly, and resting your voice regularly if you speak or sing a lot. Exercises to relax the vocal cords and muscles around them can help in some cases.
Speech therapy. Working with a speech-language pathologist can help with certain voice disorders. Therapy may include exercises and changes in speaking behaviors.
Medications. Some voice disorders are caused by a problem that can be treated with medication. For example, antacid medication may be used for GERD, or hormone therapy for problems with thyroid or female hormones.
Injections. Muscle spasms in the throat can be treated with injection of botulinum toxin. In some cases, fat or other fillers can be injected into the vocal cords. This can help them close better.
Surgery. Some tissue growths can be removed. If growths are caused by cancer, other treatment, such as radiation therapy, may be needed.
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In an early sign of Republican muscle-flexing in the reordered Alaska Legislature, an Anchorage House member says he plans to revive a dormant bill to require Alaskans to show a photo ID to vote.
"It'll be one of the first bills we hear," said Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage, the chairman of the House State Affairs Committee.
Voter photo ID laws in other states were hugely controversial in this fall's national elections because poor, elderly and minorities are less likely than other voters to have photo identification like a driver license; those same groups are also more likely to vote Democratic. Judges in two states with strict photo ID requirements, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, held off enforcement of those laws, at least for this election.
Photo ID laws have been pushed as a way to prevent voter fraud by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a national organization that promotes conservative model legislation.
In Alaska, where photo-bearing licenses aren't even necessary to drive in 294 villages, towns and communities off the highway system, such a requirement could affect thousands of voters.
"That's going to be depriving a lot of people from the opportunity to vote," said Myron Naneng, president of the Association of Village Council Presidents in Bethel. "For the state to say that they require an ID in order to allow people to vote, that's a bunch of BS -- strictly BS."
Lynn introduced a photo voter ID law, House Bill 162, in 2011. Even though it was referred to his own committee and the House Judiciary Committee, where he served as a member, it never got a hearing during the two-year life of the 27th Legislature.
"It didn't get a hearing because I had other priorities," Lynn said in a recent interview.
But even if Lynn's bill had passed the Republican-dominated House, it would have faced a skeptical review in the Senate, where Democrats in the ruling bipartisan coalition were chairmen and vice chairmen of both the Senate State Affairs Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee.
Not any more.
For the 2012 election, the Republican-dominated Redistricting Board changed the election map and voters changed the Legislature. Enough Republicans were elected to the Senate that they were able to form their own majority for the 28th Legislature, set to convene Jan. 15. Sen. Fred Dyson, R-Eagle River, is the incoming chairman of State Affairs. Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, will chair the Judiciary Committee. Both are strong conservatives and members of ALEC, as is Lynn.
Lynn said he wasn't using a model ALEC bill, but he "may do some research with ALEC materials."
Lynn says the latest version of his bill is being drafted by the Legislature's legal staff and is not yet final. His previous bill would have required the Elections Division or some other agency to issue free picture ID cards to anyone who lacked one and is "indigent." The bill left intact current law allowing an election official who knows a voter to waive the picture ID requirement and would allow someone without proper ID to vote a questioned ballot.
Lynn said he knows of no cases of someone assuming the identity of another to commit voter fraud in Alaska but thought it was wise "to take precautions."
"I think precautions are prudent to guard the electoral process," he said. "The electoral process is one of the most important things that we have, from the president all the way down to the state House."
He compared it to putting a lock on a door.
Gail Fenumiai, director of the Alaska Division of Elections, said she knew of only one person in Alaska who voted using a fraudulent identity: former Anchorage police officer Rafael Mora-Lopez, a Mexican living illegally in the U.S. Mora-Lopez masqueraded as Rafael Alberto Espinoza, a U.S. citizen, until he was arrested in 2011 and fired from the police department, where he had been an officer for six years.
Voter fraud was only one of Mora-Lopez' problems. He pleaded guilty to federal charges of passport fraud and illegally claiming to be a citizen, and to a state charge of filing fraudulent Permanent Fund dividend applications.
Mora-Lopez had many picture IDs, including a passport and an Alaska driver license -- he was a city bus driver before he was a cop -- so even under Lynn's bill he would have been able to vote.
In an email message, Fenumiai said she didn't have an opinion on the necessity of a picture ID law. She said she hasn't asked for such a bill and hasn't had "any problems implementing the existing statute."
Current law allows voters to identify themselves with a driver license -- either with a picture or the special rural license that has no picture -- or numerous documents that don't have photographs but can tie a voter by name to an address: a birth certificate, hunting or fishing license, bank statement, utility bill, paycheck, government check "or other government document."
Rural Alaska residents have no easy access to the equipment that produces picture IDs, such as in large regional centers like Bethel and Nome and in all the larger cities. While the TSA requires a picture ID for travel from Bethel to Anchorage, that's not the case on small planes from the villages to Bethel, said Naneng, the rural official.
Tiffiny Thomas, driver license manager for the Division of Motor Vehicles, said the state has a special "valid without photo license" for rural residents who don't have easy access to an official DMV office. There's also a special off-highway license that allows rural residents to get a license without a road test. Those documents are valid in 294 villages, towns and settlements off the highway grid.
Putting photo ID machines into villages across Alaska "would be cost-prohibitive," Thomas said. The state once considered equipping a mobile DMV office, but that never went beyond the discussion stage.
The American Civil Liberties Union says efforts around the country to create laws requiring photo identification to vote have been attempts to suppress voting by certain segments of the population.
"Over 30 states considered laws that would require voters to present government-issued photo ID in order to vote," the ACLU says on its website. "Studies suggest that up to 11 percent of American citizens lack such ID and would be required to navigate the administrative burdens to obtain it or forego the right to vote entirely."
At the same time, "proponents of such voter suppression legislation have failed to show that voter fraud is a problem anywhere in the country."
Naneng said he thought Lynn's bill would reduce the statewide Democratic vote if passed. "Why are they trying to find ways to restrict people from exercising their right to vote," he asked.
Lynn disagreed. "We need to have more people vote, not less," he said. His bill was not an effort to suppress the vote but to "make sure the person who walks up, that he is who he says he is."
Redistricting had at least an effect in helping Republicans make big gains in the Senate -- four incumbent Democratic senators were knocked out when they had to run in redrawn districts. But redistricting has no effect on statewide races -- races in which all voters across the state vote on a single office. While Democrats usually don't do well statewide, when they have, their races have generally been close.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich beat Republican Sen. Ted Stevens by less than 4,000 votes in 2008. In 1994, Democrat Tony Knowles became governor by 583 votes. In 2014, Begich will be up for reelection, and there will be a governor's race as well.
Kay Brown, executive director of the state Democratic party, said it is likely the party would oppose a picture ID law.
"There's been a big effort by national Democrats to fight these voter ID laws," she said. "They do appear to be aimed a suppressing racial minorities and other minorities."
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Ricki Lake tied the knot!
The former talk show host and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant reportedly got married to fiance Christian Evans in a secret ceremony over the weekend in Southern California.
Ricki shared a personal photo from her wedding day moments ago on Twitter, showing her in her dress.
"Yup. This is me.... Sadie Sadie married lady. :) :) Love is in the air. Xo," she wrote above the picture.
This is the second trip down the aisle for Ricki, who split from to first husband Robert Sussman in 2003. They have two sons together, Milo and Owen.
Ricki, 43, and Christian, 40, got engaged in August 2011 after a year of dating.
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Gran Turismo 6 Update Brings New Concepts, Events
A recent announcement on the PlayStation Blog detailed the upcoming anniversary update Gran Turismo 6 is about to receive.
The first part of today's Gran Turismo 6 update is the addition of the Red Bull Formula car which was driven by racing champ, Sebastian Vettel. Drivers are able to ride a fan-painted version of the Red Bull car along with an authentic replica of the one driven by Vettel. A redesign of the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision is also now available as part of this patch. Fans of the Corvette Stingray GT concept car from the 2013 SEMA show should be delighted to know that the Stingray is finally added into Gran Turismo 6.
Additional features added with this update include a birthday log-in bonus car, the ability to remove ghost replays and finally being able to find out what prizes go with each Seasonal Event. You can get a glimpse at the new cars below, and get ready to rev your engines for the update which should be available now.


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High Park faker traded on real, imagined ties to firefighting agencies in the past
Michael Maher, the 30-year-old busted for allegedly faking it as a High Park firefighter, doesn't deny that last week he "tried to fight the … fire without appropriate authority," according to a statement released this afternoon by his defense attorney.
But he does profess a lifelong admiration of firefighters.
Former Avon Police Chief Brian Kozak said he was accustomed to seeing Maher, employed with a local tree service at the time, drift through town strapped with gear and telling folks he was a firefighter. The Greater Eagle Fire Protection District confirmed this afternoon that Maher served as a volunteer with the agency for less than a few months in 2003.
Though the High Park incident appears to be the first time Maher's been officially charged with impersonation, incident reports from his prior run-ins with police suggest he's traded on his ties to firefighting agencies — real or imagined — in a number of ways.
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There's that John Cage quote people trot out when you call a piece of art boring — "In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one discovers that it's not boring at all but very interesting." The thing no one ever points out about this is that it's not true. I had a temp job, moons and moons ago, in data entry at a giant law firm. Cage's aphorism should hang on the particleboard of corporate drudge mines everywhere, right next to Arbeit macht frei.
This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email. Click here to learn about joining Printers Row.
The practitioners and fellow travelers of the avant-garde movement known as Language poetry (or, initially, as L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry, which is the last time I'm going to type that) loved to cite Cage's line, because they wrote some very boring poems. Don't take my word for it: Here are some lines from P. Inman's "Ocker":
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OK, I'm being a bit unfair. I understand how this sort of thing can seem interesting, because I used to think it was interesting. Or I used to pretend I did, which might very well amount to the same thing. The maverick stylistics and political bravado of Language poetry — which arose in the late '60s and early '70s out of Gertrude Stein, Louis Zukofsky, Vietnam and John Ashbery — can enrapture a young person bored by Robert Frost.
And it's not as if the movement didn't produce some terrific poets — Ted Greenwald, Rae Armantrout, Susan Howe, Michael Palmer, among others. But Language poetry is boring a lot of the time; it's an objective feature of the work, like meter in "Paradise Lost." This is, to some extent, deliberate. I have neither space nor inclination to rehash the theoretical briar patches that entangle every discussion of Language poetry, but it directed its polemics against such oppressive elements of language as representation, meaning and syntax (the latter had to be grudgingly allowed back in; turns out you can't really write poems without syntax). Charles Bernstein, the movement's Rasputin/Raskolnikov figure, raged against "the common voice, clarity, sincerity, / or directness of the poem." If that's your steez, you're going to write unclear, insincere, oblique poems in an uncommon voice. Fair enough. But then, as the kids say, it's all in the delivery.
Lyn Hejinian delivers, in spurts and fits. Her sort-of-autobiographical prose-poem "My Life" is widely regarded as Language writing's masterpiece. It first appeared in 1980 as a series of 37 prose paragraphs of 37 sentences each (Hejinian was 37 when she wrote it); a revision in 1987 contained 45 sections of 45 sentences each; "My Life in the Nineties" was published as a separate work in 2003. Wesleyan has reissued the entire caboodle under the title "My Life and My Life in the Nineties."
Now that the young Turks are éminences grises, perhaps it is possible to read Language writing as a nonpartisan. "My Life" is never going to be one of my favorite books, but it should be read by anyone interested in American poetry. Hejinian is attracted to "the entomology of things on the page": writing as a paradoxically polished automatism, a re-evaluation of the floaters in the corners of consciousness. What this sounds like, on every page, is:
Hold back, as less from friends; hold the book, hold up, then hold on tight, hang on. Time is an electronic river. Strawberries forty-nine. A man on the street swings his arm out to get a look at his watch, stretching to get his wrist out of the suit jacket, two on the watch. When challenged to explain myself in other words I look down, my visual focus deflected to the right — my mind settling into a comfortable position, so it can work. A translator must try to keep all the most interesting words. Is it a pattern that we see or only a random placement of the stupid little tiles. Or a place by water in early spring. This stop and start is bumper to bumper.
One purpose of this writing is to illustrate the foreign nature of language ("Language speaks," as Heidegger puts it; "It talks," Hejinian says), as it were by modeling it — there are no contextual markers to place us, to let us know who is speaking or why or to whom, about what. Phrases rise up, recognizable from other situations, perhaps, but left unsituated here. The nearest literary analogues are probably Woolf's "The Waves," Beckett's "How It Is" and Ashbery's "Three Poems" (these are not as monotonous as "My Life," but of course they risk monotony). This poetry is not amenable to translation into the usual sense-making procedures. At the theoretical level, it is intended to call those usual procedures into question. It invites the reader to participate in the construction of meaning.
I find it more stimulating as a lesson about what I want from a text (for Lacan, language and desire are closely related forms of otherness). "My Life" is repellent: My attention bounces off it like a rubber ball. Indeed, I've found that it's best to let my attention flit across the poem's surfaces, not worrying much about semantics. Phrases recur like coastal buoys; little shoots muscle upward through the ice: "The postman became a mailman and now it is a carrier"; "With Walkman, I took sanctuary"; "I like an answering voice at last light that says carry on"; "I dream of a hero who is able to toss animals from a great distance." To my ear, Hejinian loosens up when she reaches the '90s, indulging an Ashberian silly-goose chase that climaxes in "The Fatalist" (2003) and other late works.
The Language poets were wrong about a lot (language, for instance). But the Futurists were wrong, too, and Pound was wrong and Yeats was wrong and most of us are wrong most of the time. What matters isn't their theory but their art. That the two remain separable would seem to indicate the defeat of their program, but their program never mattered except to some graduate students. "My Life" — with its wireless lyricism, its wooden-toothed jabbering, its "unbounded identity and geographical fluidity" — continues to matter.
Michael Robbins is author of "Alien vs. Predator."
"My Life and My Life in the Nineties"
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2013 Outdoor Track: Named All-Northeast Conference Second Team...Had an impressive showing at the NEC Championships, claiming the silver in the 10,000m run with a career-best time of 32:13.55 and finishing fourth in the 5,000m with his time of 15:03.38...Placed seventh in the 1,500m at the Holy Cross Invitational with his time of 4:04.02...Ran a career-best time of 14:55.73 in the 5,000m at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic on April 13...Finished 10th in the 1,500m at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational on April 6 with a time of 4:06.93.
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2012 Cross Country: Named 2012 NEC Fall Scholar Athlete...Competed in seven of eight meets...Placed first at the Quinnipiac Invitational on Sept. 15...Finished 10th at the CCSU Mini Meet with a time of 15:52.67...Finished 11th at the Northeast Conference Championships, crossing the finish line in 25:41.58 and helping the team to its fourth consecutive NEC Championship title...Earned 30th at the Blue Devils' opening meet, the Nassaney Men's College 8K on Sept. 8...Placed 41st at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 26:11.5...Ran the 8K NEICAAA Championship race in 25:25.28 for 53rd place...Placed 91st of 239 in the 10K NCAA Regional Competition, crossing the line in 32:10.0.
2012 Outdoor Track: Placed sixth in the 1,500 meter run at the Holy Cross Invitational with a time of 4:03.95...Finished ninth in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 33:45.50 at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships...Placed 15th in the 5,000 meter run at the NEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 15:41.09...Ran a 2:03.71 in the 800 meter run at the Holy Cross Invitational for 21st place.
2012 Indoor Track: Placed seventh in the one mile run at the University of Connecticut Winter Invitational with a time of 4:26.51...Completed the 3,000 meter run in 8:49.77 at the Yale Giegengack Invitational for ninth place...Finished 12th at the Northeast Conference Indoor Championships in both the 3,000 meter run (8:51.81) and the 5,000 meter run (15:22.55)...Placed 19th in the 5,000 meter run at the New England Indoor Championships with a time of 15:09.39...Also placed 19th in the 5,000 meter run at the NEICAAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 15:09.39.
2011 Cross Country: Participated in six out of eight meets during his sophomore season as a Blue Devil…Best finish came at the Blue Devil Invitational on Sept. 2 where he placed ninth in a field of almost 50 with a time of 27.20…Placed 11th out of 80 participants in the CCSU Mini Meet on Oct. 21…Had an impressive showing at the Northeast Conference Championships on Oct. 29 with a time of 28:09.70 for 36th place out of 101…Earned CCSU 33 points at the Ted Owens Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 24…Placed 173rd at the 2011 New England Cross Country Championships…Finished the season at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 27:05 for 107th place.
2011 Outdoor Track: Placed seventh in the 1,500 meter run at the Bryant University Track and Field Invitational with a time of 4:07.25.
2010 Cross Country: Named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week on 10/26/10…Placed 36th at the CCSU Invitational…Finished 20th at the CCSU Mini Meet…Finished 45th at the Ted Owen Invitational.


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Hi there! J Monkeys coming to you from a Monday morning. Woot! For any who don't know, I'm a parent who studied literature in college and writes children's books. I'm excited to put those experiences together as a member of the One Book One School selection committee for my children's school.
One Book One School is a program where a school selects one book and assigns it to every student with projects and activities that cover a variety of disciplines. Now depending on the age range of students at the school, selecting a title can be tough. Is there a book that is appropriate to both a kindergartener and a sixth grader? Even in my children's primary school (kindergarten to 2nd grade) it's wicked hard.
Kindergartners are only just learning to read. They are memorizing sight words and beginning to understand phonetic pronunciation. By the end of second grade, most students can read pretty well. Finding a book that is challenging, interesting and appropriate for these disparate needs is tough.
Trust me. I've read a dozen books over the past week looking for something to recommend. I'm calling it my quest for Pete the Katniss.
Pete the Cat is a series of picture books that follow the antics of a cat named Pete. His stories are simple, repetitive and often set to music.
Katniss (in case you live under a rock) is the oft-violent heroine of The Hunger Games, a young adult distopian political thriller type romance.
For my school's One Book One School program, I need to find a title that is as interesting as The Hunger Games, but has material that is age appropriate for five year old kids. And, of course, it's top secret. I can't disclose the titles I've been reading.
"But J, there are thousands of books to choose from, how hard can it be to pick one?" you ask. Surprisingly difficult. After the committee's first meeting, I stopped at the library to get the five books we had selected. I read them, all children's books that I had read decades ago, assuming that they would be good choices. WRONG!
I read those five, and seven more, looking for books to recommend. It turns out that books published before 1955, as three of them were, are often sexist, racist, xenophobic, use outdated language that can be considered inappropriate now, and/or often have a heavy handed sentence structure that would be completely over the heads of my kindergartners.
One was too anti-school. A couple of others were too short – the committee is looking for a chapter book in the neighborhood of 200 pages long. Obviously, it's an assignment for the parents as well as the students.
Another betrayed the truth about a certain holiday gift-giver in such a way that I'm concerned the parents would set the building on fire. There was a trio of books that are intended for a slightly older audience (really all of these are for an audience older than our students) and might just be a bit over the heads of these 5-8 years olds.
I did find two that I wholeheartedly recommend, although one of them is a pretty popular series and might be disqualified for that reason. The committee is looking for something that would be new to most everybody.
I'm left with one; one book to recommend out of a dozen Middle Grade books read.
What would you recommend? I'm looking for something that would appeal to both boys and girls, is a chapter book, and is not likely to offend the parents with subject matter that they would deem inappropriate for a young child. Bring 'em on. I've got a follow up meeting this week. I'll let you know how it goes.


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Aaron Buche & Defining Moments are working towards the first organized attempt in getting Pete Rose reinstated back into baseball. Pete Rose is a sports icon who fell hard: his denial and then admitted gambling has locked him out of baseball forever. But after more than 20 years exiled from the sport, the crime now comes no where near fitting the punishment. We believe there is more to Pete Rose's story, and it is up to Pete to tell that story. It would be a sad day to see Pete Rose pass away, and we not completely acknowledge his many successes on the baseball field, and even the mistakes. We should cherish this man for all his rights and wrongs, so that all of us can learn from his story. We believe his story from this point begins at forgiveness and will end in redemption.
Our plan is to build a following across America that we can send to Major League Baseball and The Commissioner's Office that Pete Rose deserves to be forgiven and granted back into baseball.
Primarily sports fans. This is already a hot-topic issue within the sports arena...I think they will easily listen to this message. But there are other elements: part of our message will be about the concept of 'forgiveness' and 'redemption'. We feel this is a wonderful chance to talk about such worthy aspects of life without having to drag religion into it. So there is an element here that will apply to Christians particularly, and really people of all faiths and walks of life. An athiest can appreciate these messages as much as a Christian, and so we have a common ground amongst a diverse group of people with this message.
The following elements should be on the site:
- The main thrust of the site is to allow people to participate in this cause. A big "Join the Cause" button should be one of the most prominent parts of the site. Show people they can join the cause by sending an email directly to the commissioner, donating to money directly to Operation Pete Rose, buy a limited edition t-shirt and follow us on Twitter,
- Allow people to "Sound Off to the Commissioner" by sending an email directly to the commissioner of baseball.
- an area where people can vote: Should Pete Be in the Hall of Fame? and/or Should Pete be allowed to coach within baseball?..and then people can post comments why or why not that others can see and read.
- Find out about "The Forgiveness Bus"...this is a picture of a red & white VW bus with images of Pete Rose on the bus. Find out more about the Forgiveness Bus by clicking here.
- Main menu should have link tabs for the following "Home", "About Us", "The Forgiveness Bus", "In the News", "Contact Us", "Wear it Well"
- knowledge and passion for Pete Rose and baseball will be beneficial when building this site.
Home Page - this is the introduction to our project. Operation Put Pete Back Into Baseball should be prominent...maybe a camp or military or organized type of style / theme because of the "operation". The main thrust of this page is to build a following, so as I said above we want people to "Join the Cause" so we can stay in touch with them and they can support the cause. I think the VW bus is a iconic type of image, and that should be another area that people easily see on the page.
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Although many analysts said 2013 would be the year that fast fashion collaborations die, the Prabal Gurung collection for Target is looking absolutely fabulous. The collection is 80+ pieces strong and includes, dresses, skirts, blouses, jackets as well as accessories and shoes. Comprised of bold paint like patterns, neon colours and beautifully cut garments we are very excited for the release.
What makes it even more exciting, is the fact that Gurung's collection could be the first to hit Canadian Target stores as the date for Target's Canadian open date is soon approaching. The collection will be available in the U.S. on February 10th, and hopefully in Canada when Target opens it's first doors in the Spring.
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BGTD: Late Afternoon AnalysisPosted by nvr1983 on January 8th, 2011
Some mid-afternoon thoughts on today's games filling the heart of the day…
- Alex Oriakhi hits the boards. Kemba Walker may get all of the post-game hype after his great finish in UConn's big road win at Texas, but for our money the player of the game and the one that we think Jim Calhoun will credit most for the win will be Alex Oriakhi. Calhoun has been all over Oriakhi lately for his lack of rebounding (seven straight games with single-digit rebounds including just one rebound in their loss at Pittsburgh). When I spoke with Calhoun after the Huskies' New Year's Eve victory over USF all I had to say was "Alex" before he cut me off and went on a rant about Oriakhi's lack of rebounding. He was quick to note that Alex was working hard, but that he thought he might have been pressing. After speaking with Calhoun I went back to Alex and asked him about it and he essentially told me that he couldn't really do anything about rebounding because it wasn't something that he could do anything about, which I disagree with completely, but he seemed like such a nice kid and seemed troubled enough about it that I didn't want to tell him that he was wrong (especially since my 5'10" frame and lack of a vertical has been a major hindrance in the progress of my basketball career). He followed it up with an even worse game against Notre Dame where he failed to score a point and only had six rebounds. I wasn't at the game, but I imagine that Calhoun was very critical of him after that game. Fast forward a few days to today against a Texas team that came in to the game ranked 3rd in the nation in rebounds and one that was expected to dominate the Huskies on the inside with Jordan Hamilton, Tristan Thompson, and Gary Johnson. Instead of getting dominated on the inside, Oriakhi turned in by far his best game since Maui and nearly matched the Longhorn trio in rebound total (22 to 21). Even though he struggled from the field going 5 of 16, Oriakhi more than made up for it on the boards and was probably the star of the game even if the rest of the media is going to focus on Kemba's late game heroics. UConn is still a flawed team as it relies too much on Kemba to do what he did in overtime and it has too many young players who are still working on learning their roles playing around Kemba, but if Oriakhi can play like this on a more consistent basis the Huskies could be a team that nobody wants to play in March with Kemba on the outside and Alex on the inside.
- Kemba Walker saves the day. Now that we have talked about Alex Oriakhi, we can get to Kemba Walker who shrugged off a rare off-night (going 8-27 from the field even with his late game heroics including the ridiculous heave to beat the shot clock with a little over 2 minutes left in OT). We have to give the Texas guards some credit for their defense on Kemba throughout the game, but we saw at the end of the game that there really isn't anybody in college who can guard him. Rick Barnes had Dogus Balbay, who for our money is one of the best defensive guards in the nation, on Walker at the end of the game and Walker just brushed him off to him the game-winner with 5 seconds left in overtime. Walker might lose some of his early lead in the National Player of the Year race if UConn struggles in the Big East and he has plenty of competition particularly from Jared Sullinger and Nolan Smith, but the UConn PR department will probably have plenty of moments like late in today's game to hype Walker's candidacy if they choose to do so.
- Roscoe Smith's heave. We aren't even sure where to begin with Roscoe Smith. Although it doesn't quite rank up there with Jamelle Horne's pair of boneheaded plays from 2 years ago Smith's 75-foot heave with nearly 10 seconds left in regulation is going to be replayed on blooper shows for years to come. We are going to give Smith a little bit of a pass (a very little bit) as I would imagine that the frantic finish and blocked shot by Alex Oriakhi that led to the ball ending up in Smith's hands would have made it very difficult for anybody to be aware of how much time was left on the clock especially a 6'8″ freshman forward who is probably never asked to touch the ball late in games (and after this probably won't for some time). I'm not sure words can do justice to just how bad this heave was and we can't find any video footage of this shot yet, but when we do we will be sure to put it up.
- Georgia knocks off Kentucky. It has already been a rough weekend for Kentucky. First there was the Enes Kanter ruling then there was the football team getting blown out by a Pittsburgh team that was playing without its recently hired head coach who had been fired after getting arrested on charges of domestic violence. Now their basketball team drops the SEC opener at Georgia. Before the fan base goes crazy (and we are guessing that based on the 4,573 fans on CatsPause at the time we wrote this that they are going crazy) we should point out that that the Bulldog team that they lost to could be very good. They have flown under the radar after losing two games at the Old Spice Classic to Notre Dame and Temple (two very good teams) in Trey Thompkins first games back after an early-season ankle injury. Since that time the Bulldogs have reeled off nine straight wins against some admittedly uninspiring opponents in somewhat unconvincing fashion (four games decided by three points or less). We are not sure if Georgia is a top 25 team, but we should have a better idea by January 18th as they play at Vanderbilt and at home against Tennessee during a three-game stretch. If they come out of that stretch with a 2-1 record don't be surprised if this team is near the top of the SEC East standings by the end of the season.


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Japanese Photobooks of the 60s and 70s
I have had the pleasure of standing in front of a friend's bookcase of some 600+ photobooks - all from Japan - and not knowing where to start. It was a great experience but one in which I was in frustrating need of a guide. Finally, the long awaited survey of the most experimental period of photobooks from Japan is out - Ivan Vartanian and Ryuichi Kaneko's Japanese Photobooks of the 60s and 70s, just released by Aperture.
Up through the mid-50s Japanese photography seems to have followed aspects of the traditional picture arts with subject matter that was describing the lyricism of urban and pastoral life. The book which starts off this volume is Hiroshi Hamaya's Snow Land from 1956 which contains photographs made in small villages in Japan's Niigata Prefecture. This extended essay concerns itself with a New Year festival during which the villagers pray for a bountiful crops. The approach can reflect influence of straight documentary photographers world-wide and the sense of war and the rapid change Japan was experiencing is kept at a distance. Oddly, it has the feel at times of being an essay made through Western eyes with its philosophically acceptable and psychologically safe stance. Its purity at odds with reality.
The explosion of radical description, perhaps fueled by William Klein's Life is Good & Good for You in New York - a book most often cited as an influence to many photographers everywhere - brought younger generations of photographers willing to tackle the harsher realities of country, describing them with immediate, instinctive flair which embraced flaw in process as a new metaphor. Following Ken Domon's series of Hiroshima survivors in 1958, Shomei Tomatsu's Nagasaki 11.02 drew from traditional documentary traditions and pushed the descriptive values to abstraction and an uncomfortable psychological environ. Neither of these books are featured here but have been cited at length elsewhere - an omission which I will address later.
Current fanatics of Japanese books will cite the Provoke collective of Yutaka Takanashi, Daido Moriyama, Koji Taki, and Takuma Nakahira as the high point of driving photographic descriptions to the limits - its name was Provoke after all. These stream of consciousness and ambiguous statements of emotion and reaction were an attempt at "grasping with our own eyes those fragments of reality that cannot possibly be captured with existing language, actively putting forth materials against language and against thought." During this period the now most famous (or at the time infamous) books appeared with Bye Bye Photography, For a language to Come and Takanashi's Towards the City.
It would be a mistake and inaccurate to homogenize all of the provocative Japanese works into one mold of blur, contrast and grain and this volume does its best to present a wider understanding of period and attitudes relating to approach and that is its strength. This is not a comprehensive cataloging of every book from this period or even the most important - like I mentioned, Tomatsu and Domon's masterworks are not represented here (perhaps for the sake of escaping redundancies since they have been covered elsewhere). It does however limit its scope to only 41 books and I do wish, even at the risk of being redundant, that the authors extended their survey to either a larger choice or along a more extended timeline. It does after all actually include a couple books from the mid-50s and a couple from the 1980s.
One difficulty of assembling such a survey is the inclusion of women artists. Perhaps not the fault of the authors but of the period of productivity, there is only one book by a woman represented - Miyako Ishiuchio's Apartment from 1978. Granted I do not have a deep enough knowledge of books made from women at the time and books worthy of note to cite specific examples but my desire for a study of books along a wider timeline would have seen the inclusion of female voices. This is one aspect of male to female ratio that has plagued photography in general but here I feel a gap which would be interesting to explore.
Ivan Vartanian, who has immersed himself physically and as a scholar into Japanese culture, proves to be a fine guide for us less informed as he provides a lengthy introduction covering the period and individual essays for each book. This collection comes from the library of Ryuchi Kaneko and the extensive illustrations and attention to longer examination of individual books (each is given 4-6 pages) is an important contribution into books which most of us will never experience first-hand. Japanese Photobooks of the 60s and 70s is nicely printed with a design sensitive to its function.
In an interview which is included in this volume, Daido Moriyama - perhaps the most prolific of book-makers aside from Nobuyoshi Araki - mentions his desire to create objects which preserve a feeling or impulse. This volume displays some of the best (yet still unfamiliar), playful and imaginative books which have driven photography outside the literal boundaries of country and stale traditions and into new and uncharted territory that still, forty years later, has the ability to shock and surprise even the initiated.


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Jeff Van Gundy was mad enough when Mickael Pietrus stuck Mario Chalmers with a bogus technical foul down the stretch of last night's Celtics-Heat Game 5. But then, as he fumes about the damage a single unjustly awarded free throw could do in a close game, he accidentally sends his partner Mike Breen into his generic announcer-bot subroutine about the evils of drawing technical fouls. "You've gotta control your emotions—" Breen's mouth says.
That's it for Van Gundy, even as Breen tries to gabble a caveat about the flop: "But he DID! But he DID control his emotions! Pietrus TRICKED the referee, and should be FINED A MILLION DOLLARS TOMORROW FOR IT!!" All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for people to let Mike Breen keep on talking.


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The Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project at Portland State University, hosted by the Portland Center for Public Humanities presents:
The Secret Life of Words. A Film by Isabel Croixet
Wednesday, March 6th, 7 p.m.
Oregon Holocaust Resource Center, 1953 NW Kearney St, Portland OR 97209 (Off street parking is available in the lot beside the building)
The Secret Life of Words, Isabel Croixet's brilliant, laconic story about an attempt to build intimacy in the wake of unimaginable trauma. The film will be followed by a discussion with Professor Greg Goekjian.
The event is free and open to the public.
The film screening is part of a series sponsored by the the Holocaust and Genocide Study Project at the Portland Center for Public Humanities to investigate and educate the public about genocide from an interdisciplinary perspective. The films in the series approach their topic from a wide range of angles. The first film in our series deals with the traumatic aftermaths of a genocidal campaign (and the attempt to heal from it); the second thematizes the question of how genocide is represented -- both by its perpetrators and by historians in the aftermath; while the third treats the question of survival. Each film will be followed by a discussion, led by a professor from Portland State University who teaches courses related to the study of genocide and the holocaust. Click here to read more about this series and see what other films will be shown.
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I spent the weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca watching the fastest riders in the world tackling the Corkscrew, annoying cops, getting sunburned and pestering racers. Here's a mega-gallery of MotoGP action.
Photo credit: Grant Ray
Jorge Lorenzo just before the race, he finished third despite pre-race shoulder injuries.
The Kentucky Kid, Nicky Hayden, after finishing a disappointing fifth.
Racers tackling the Corkscrew during qualifying.
Loris Capirossi shrugs it off.
Dani Pedrosa entering the Corkscrew.
Nicky Hayden's bike catches a ride back to the pits after a crash in Saturday practice.
Yamaha M1 rearview camera.
Jaywalking on a crosswalk. Only in California.
Stoner in the Corkscrew.
Rossi's bike just before qualifying.
Lorenzo's garage.
Entering the Corkscrew.
Bad to the bone on Honda's new Fury.
Lorenzo flat out on the main straight.
Randy Mamola picking up chicks.
Colin Edwards talking to fans.
Valentino Rossi in action.
Gressini Honda.
Lorenzo and Toseland sign autographs.


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After I finally installed my supervidel hardwarewise and it worked like a charm under TOS, I now did install the svethlana and easymint. I used latest easymint what gave me mint 1.18 and latest driver from nature homepage. I have no networking, neither with DHCP nor with manual configuration. With dhcp I won´t get an IP, with manual config I cannot do any networkung... But the svethlana seems to be there and when I try to ping my router the svethlana led will start blinking... But more I cannot do...
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Nicole Kidman refused to utter a scripted racial slur in her new erotic thriller The Paperboy because she didn't want to disrespect her adopted African American son Connor.
Director Lee Daniels tried to push the star, who plays prisoner John Cusack's lover in the upcoming movie, into sticking to the script and using the derogatory term "n**ger" as it seemed appropriate for her trashy character.
However, the Oscar winner drew the line and the two became embroiled in a heated argument over her strict stance - and now Kidman reveals it was all to avoid offending her teenage son and his culture.
At a press conference for the film, she told reporters, "I have a son who is African American. I just didn't feel like it was right".
And Kidman hopes Daniels understands she wasn't trying to be rude by defying his wishes.
She added, "What I try to do as an actor is fulfil a directors vision. I have opinions, but at the same time I'm not there to stop him from anything. I've really tried to do that in every film. I never want to pull them off their vision".
And Daniels tells WENN his producers urged him not to push Kidman too far on the script slur - because she was really taking risks in other parts of the movie.
He explains, "They said I shouldn't complain because my producer said, "Day one she was bent over having sex on a washing machine with John Cusack.
(On) day two she urinates on Zac Efron and (on) day three she has telepathic sex, so I think you could forgive her for the N word'".
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We didn't bother with synthetic benchmarks, because they won't tell you anything interesting, we concentrate on real world applications, especially multimedia encoding. Everest will report above 9300MB/s and SiSoft above 7200MB/s when benching memory-read, nobody has explained yet, while there are differences in the results.
Gordian Knot/XVID 1.1.2:
For our Gordian Knot testing we took an PAL epsiode from "Babylon 5" with a length of 41 minutes, 57 seconds and 8 frames.
We tried to "emulate" the most common usage of Gordian Knot:
1st: We have a perfect master, so we only de-interlace the content and resize it, without any other manupulations, we marked this as "fast".
2nd: You get bad mastering on many DVDs, especially "old" stuff or when the studios are in a hurry for the release. In this case you like to improve the picture quality, which is done by filtering the content. You can choose from tons of filters for any purposes you can think of, we only used the most common "undot", "FluxSmooth" and "MSharpen". Of course we also de-interlaced, filters were done before any resizing took place (which is slower). We marked this as "slow".
If you need more infos about filters, we recommand reading the doom9.org forum.


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In order to test the service we have decided to lease a smaller mining rig for longer period of time, so we choose one that is with 0.62 MHS and have rented it for 24 hour time period. The cost for leasing the rig for 24 hours was 0.01070000 BTC (you can pay only in BTC), and estimating the LTC return rate for 24 hours of mining Litecoin with that hashing power was roughly 0.1945 LTC (0.00485666 BTC). This means if we used the rig to mine LTC the profit we would get will be about half of what we have payed for renting the mining rig, so we have decided to go for the currently more profitable DOGE. The projected mined crypto with that hasrate for a day by the pool (Coinotron) was about 2600-2700 DOGE or up to about 0.00567000 BTC with the current exchange rate. Again less than what we have to pay for renting the mining rig, but we decided to give it a try as we were actually willing to test the service… you can find better prices for higher hashrate and with longer lease time you can end up with profit according to calculations.
Everything started very good, the BTC deposit has appeared and was available for use very fast. We have hired the mining rig, removed the rigs default pool settings and set our pool and worker settings for mining DOGE at Coinotron and in a moment the rig started working. For a few hours everything was running smooth and problem free, so we stopped checking the Mining Rig status every few minutes and a few more hours later we checked to see if everything is still fine and it was not. The mining pools and settings were back to the default ones for the mining rig we have rented and it was not mining to our pool (it was gone from the list of pool) and was mining for the rig owner with more than 12 hours left from our contract. This has probably continued for an hour or two at least before we have noticed it, we again changed the pool settings to ours for mining DOGE in Coinotron and have removed the default ones. After that going for some sleep and waking up in the morning and checking the status with just about 2 hours more left from our lease the rig was again back to the default pools and our mining pool info was not in the list and it was not mining for us. This meant that again the rented rig was not mining for us for at least a few hours, again setting the proper settings for the remaining time of our contract and there were no more problems until the lease time has finished.
The result from our 24 hour rent of the mining rig was really awful. Instead for the projected 2600-2700 DOGE getting mined for the lease time, we ended up with only about half of that actually mined or about 1300 DOGE. This means that due to the two times that our pool settings were gone and the mining rig was not mining for as as per the contract before us noticing has totaled in probably 12 hours. This is really unacceptable, even though after our contract has finished we can still see the leased mining rig mining for us at the Coinotron pool with a slightly lower hashrate for about an hour already we are still not happy at all.
After reading a bit more, it seems that the problem with the pool settings getting reverted back to the default set by the mining rig operator can happen if you restart the miner on the rig and you need to manually reset them to your own settings each time. So if the mining rig does not get restarted or the miner software on it at least you might not have the problem with the pools reverting back to the owner of the rig, but in hour 24 hour test we have noticed this happening 2 times (maybe even more) and thus resulting in really very unsatisfactory performance of the service. You cannot expect the people that rent the rigs to be monitoring them all the time during the lease period, especially if you rent multiple rigs and for longer periods of time in order to quickly react should a problem with the pools reverting form the user set ones to the rig's defaults.
The conclusion: we have started by renting a 0.62 MHS mining rig for 24 hours paying 0.01070000 BTC, we have mined Scrypt crypto and more specifically DOGE as it has higher profitability than LTC and at the end of our lease we have ended up with the equivalent of 0.00252630 BTC. So we actually have payed 4 times more than what our actual mining earnings are worth and that is clearly not going to make us recommend the LeaseRig service. We have ended up with half of the expected DOGE mined because of a problem with the system that reverts the mining pools to the mining rig's defaults instead of using our mining pool and worker, so this has essentially halved our expected earnings. So for now you better not go for the LeaseRig service, until at least they figure a solution to the problem with the pools getting reset. But even without that pool issue we have experienced it is hard to go for a lease of a rig that will not only cover what you have payed for renting it, but will end up with some profit for you! You could actually be more interested in becoming one of the mining rig providers and earn some cash for leasing your mining rig equipment, because this actually seems more profitable than to be renting rigs.
Other similar services offering Renting of Mining Rigs or Hashrate:
– MiningRigRentals
– Nicehash
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These lists are based on the sixth edition of Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts (Chronological-Thematic Catalog of the Complete Works of Wolfgang AmadÈ Mozart), published in 1964. That information has been checked against more recent sources, chiefly The New Grove Mozart by Stanley Sadie. Works deemed spurious or doubtful have been deleted, as have most fragments and works that are considered lost.
Numbers from the first (K1) and sixth (K6) editions of the Köchel catalog are clearly marked in these lists. In all other references, the Mozart Project uses the following convention: Whenever possible, the original, first-edition designation is used. If there is a distinct sixth-edition designation, that number is separated from the first by a slash. If there is no first-edition designation, then only the sixth-edition number is used.


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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
DENVER, CO - Eight New Mexico State softball players were selected as part of the All-WAC teams for the 2014 season. Lacey Rother was named WAC Player of the Year and first team All-WAC. Fiana Finau and Alyssa Ruiz also received first team All-WAC honors, while Emma Adams, Makayla McAdams, Brennalyn Nakamura, Staci Rodriguez and Celisha Walker were selected as part of the second team all-conference.
"I am proud of our team and all of the individual recognition we have received from the league this year," head coach Kathy Rodolph said. "I am confident, though, that each student-athlete would trade that individual recognition for a team conference championship."
This is the second year in a row that an Aggie player has earned the WAC Player of the Year award and the most All-WAC honorees for the program since joining the WAC.
Leading the team from the plate in WAC play, Rother, a junior from Long Beach, Calif., posted a team leading .462 batting average and a .872 slugging percentage. In 39 at bats, Rother recorded 18 hits, 17 RBI and eight extra base hits, four of which were home runs. She also earned 11 walks and had an on base percentage of .588. Rother leads the WAC in several categories including batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, walks and walks per game (0.83). She is second in WAC play in RBI (17) and RBI per game (1.21), as well as sixth in hits per game (1.29), seventh in doubles per game (0.33), third in home runs per game (0.29), third in total home runs and fifth in total hits. On the season, Rother had a .391 batting average, recording 45 hits and 36 RBI in 115 at bats. With a season slugging percentage of .678, she recorded eight home runs and nine doubles for 78 total bases. With only one error on the season, Rother recorded a fielding percentage of .971.
"Lacey wants to be great and she has worked very hard this year to be clutch for us," Rodolph said. "Throughout WAC play she had great patience, power and consistency. I am proud of her effort and happy she has earned this recognition from the league."
Finau, a sophomore from Chula Vista, Calif., recorded a batting average of .455 in 14 games started during WAC play. Playing as the designated player and at first base, Finau recorded a team-high 20 hits in 44 at bats. With three doubles and two home runs, she earned 29 total bases for a slugging percentage of .659. With only one error in WAC play, Finau recorded a fielding percentage of .938. Finau ranked in the top 10 in ten categories. Leading the WAC in hits per game (1.50), Finau ranked second in batting average (.455), on base percentage (.519), and third in RBIs (13), RBI per game (.93) and total hits (29). She also ranked in runs scored per game (0.86), total bases, runs scored (12), and slugging percentage. Overall, Finau had a .393 batting average, recording a team-leading 57 hits and 44 RBI in 145 at bats. With 103 total bases, Finau hit a team leading 13 home runs and seven doubles for a slugging percentage of .710.
"Fiana has done a remarkable job for us this spring with both consistency and power," Rodolph said. "I think she is deserving of this honor and I look forward to watching her finish strong."
Playing catcher for the Aggies, Ruiz, a senior from Temecula, Calif., recorded a .423 batting average and a .615 slugging percentage in WAC play. In 26 at bats, Ruiz recorded 11 hits and eight RBI, with 16 total bases earned and an on base percentage of .423. With only one error, Ruiz earned a .971 fielding percentage, recording 30 putouts and four assists. Ruiz ranked fourth in the WAC in batting average and tenth in slugging percentage. She also ranked fourth in RBI per game (0.89). During the season, Ruiz had an overall batting average of .324, recording 23 hits and 17 RBI in 71 at bats. With a slugging percentage of .563, Ruiz earned 40 total bases, walking four times as well.
"Alyssa has always been a consistent catcher for us so it is great to see her rewarded for her work as a hitter also," Rodolph said. "She has done well this year and I know she is ready to battle for another WAC title."
Sophomore second baseman Brennalyn Nakamura, from Lahaina, Hawai'i, has started in all 14 WAC games in 2014. She recorded a .333 batting average and a slugging percentage of .667, placing her fifth against WAC opponents for WAC games only. Nakamura had a total of 11 runs batted in and 15 hits in conference play. With three homeruns in WAC games, Nakamura is fifth against WAC opponents. Nakamura is tied for fourth averaging 0.93 runs per game and sits tied for fifth averaging 0.21 home runs per game. Overall, Nakamura has a .320 batting average, appearing 45 times during the season. Nakamura has recorded 20 RBI with 40 total hits and is slugging at .488 percent.
"Brennalyn has really grown throughout the whole year and has locked down second base for us," Rodolph said. "Her competitive spirit and will make her a big asset to our team so I'm happy she was recognized by the league."
Sophomore infielder Emma Adams, from Corrales, N.M., has started in all of the 14 WAC games NM State has played during the 2014 season. Mainly seen as the Aggies third baseman, Adams has a .357 batting average and a slugging percentage of .500. Adams added nine runs batted in and 15 total hits in her 42 at bats. With 14 runs scored during WAC games, Adams is tied for second against WAC opponents. Overall, Adams has started in all 50 competitions for NM State. She recorded a .344 batting average placing her in the top 5 for the team. She added 29 runs and 45 hits to her overall season totals and is slugging at .427 percent. Adams has recorded 61 putouts placing her at a .917 fielding percentage. Adams was a second team All-WAC pick in 2013.
"Emma has been a mainstay at third base for us as a freshman and a sophomore" Rodolph said. "She has stepped up her offense in WAC play and that will be a big help in Seattle."
With a .333 batting average, junior Aggie outfielder Staci Rodriguez, from Paramount, Calif., recorded 14 hits and six RBI in 42 at bats in conference play. With three doubles and one homerun, Rodriguez recorded a slugging percentage of .476. With no errors in the WAC, Rodriguez is the only regular starter with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. Rodriguez led the WAC in runs scored with 18 as well as runs scored per game with 1.08. She was also tied for seventh in plate appearances per game with 3.75. Rodriguez led the Aggies in batting overall, with a .402 batting average and a .780 slugging percentage. In 132 at bats Rodriguez recorded 53 hits, 41 RBI and a team-high 13 homeruns. Rodriguez also recorded a team-high 37 walks. Rodriguez was the 2013 WAC Player of the Year and a first team All-WAC selection.
"Staci is one of the top athletes in this league," Rodolph said. "She has been a great leader for us on both sides of the ball. No doubt she will continue to be our leader down the stretch."
Senior pitcher Celisha Walker, from Santa Monica, Calif., has pitched 27.2 total innings for the Aggies in nine appearances during conference play. She has a 3-1 record, with a 1.52 ERA in the WAC. Holding her opponents to a .294 batting average, Walker sits at No. 9 against WAC opponents. She has struck out 16 total batters and is credited with one save in WAC play. Overall, Walker recorded three saves on the season and has seen the second most strikeouts in the circle with 60 and an ERA of 3.33. Walker has an 8-6 record holding her opponents to a .312 batting average.
"As a senior, Celisha wants to go out with a WAC title," Rodolph said. "Her consistency in the circle has been great to count on this year and her poise will be key to the rest of our season."
Right-handed pitcher Makayla McAdams, from Tucson, Ariz., recorded three wins in WAC play placing her tied for fourth in the WAC. With a 1.95 ERA, McAdams is seventh with 32.1 innings pitched. During conference play, McAdams recorded nine strikeouts holding her opponents to a .220 batting average, which is second in the WAC. She records a .857 stolen base attempt for fielding percentage contributing 11 assists to conference play. Overall, McAdams has an 11-5 record with 37 strikeouts on the season, with a 3.81 ERA. In 99.1 innings pitched, McAdams has given up 70 runs holding her opponents to a .259 batting average. She has one putout on the season and has added 31 assists to the Aggies overall season.
"Makayla's pitching has been consistent during her sophomore campaign and it's great to see her step up into a bigger role this year," Rodolph said.
The Aggies are the No. 1 seed in the 2014 WAC Softball Tournament, May 8-10. NM State will face the winner of No. 4 Utah Valley and No. 5 Bakersfield on Thursday, May 8, at 5 p.m., in Seattle, Wash.