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"Even if it's been more than a year since the most recent Jakuta and Carl show (that I'm aware of), Jakuta and Carl still feels like a stalwart presence in the DC area. It's been nearly a decade since Jakuta (human) and Carl (machine) played an early show at a transition-phase Velvet Lounge with the Fake Accents, the top-tier mid-00's faith restorers who had a future member of the Cheniers / Yeah Gates Records (which is of course home to the mighty Foul Swoops and America Hearts). It wasn't long after this that Jakuta and Carl's first 7" EP, Mistakes Were Made (or How I Broke My Heart), saw the light of day via Jakuta's Little Joe Peep Records and Promotions. The record comes in a foldover plastic sleeve sealed with a glittery red heart sticker. Since the 7" is about breaking one's heart, I am guessing that he wants for us to tear the sticker when we open the sleeve. The front cover is an extreme close-up of a stockpile of cheap heart candies, the ones with text that says things like 'Got Cha' (two words) and 'Kiss Me.' There's a no-longer-functioning web address listed twice (once in italics) on the cover. (Fortunately there is a fully operational site here.)"
Robert Eklind - Moving Hands
This is electronic indie for college kids. Jakuta is the singer and Carl is the composer. The music balances between beautiful melodies, fun & crazy tunes and psychedelic soundscapes. The vocals are much like a pastiche (or maybe a parody?) of Ian Curtis, with the characteristic untuned and sorrow-drowned voice. The musical backbone is consisting of lo-fi electronica with a glitchy twist. The real treat is the small melodies though, perfectly balanced and somewhat unexpected throughout the album.
I have a problem with Jakuta's vocals. I also have a problem with the fact that after the player stopped, I can't remember a single song. The melodies are there, but mostly in the background, and maybe that's the problem. In the long run maybe that's the album's advantage.
Jakuta and Carl opened up for The Picture is Dead last night at DC9. Jakuta is kind of an avant-garde new wave lounge singer performance artist, and Carl is his laptop. He opened up his set sitting at the edge of the stage crying into his hands muttering over and over, "God help us all," although at first I thought he was saying, "Gotta have a song". Maybe we're both right. He seems like a smooth guy when you meet him but for his act he plays at some stew of awkward foreign mentally challenged person without rhythm or tune. His songs are about feelings - "exploding hearts" is one title - and he's a welcome antidote to 21st century hipster irony. Emotion is masked through layers of irony of course - "ineptitude", "gq style," shades of Andy Kaufman, but his sincerity shows despite the act, or the act is a way for him to comfortably express sincerity in an ironic hipster world. Fascinating and likeable, at least for those audiences members who didn't walk out in befuddlement. Poor things.
Jakuta and Carl's i is a bizarre little record. Essentially a one-man-band ("Carl" is a computer), this highly experimental group hints at Devo and the Talking Heads, with weird, whirring electronic soundscapes and spazzy, low-fi computerized explosions that sound like ENIAC on crack.
I suspect that Joe Jakuta's moaning, operatic vocals fall into the "love this or hate this" category. There's a haunting vulnerability in tracks like "What's That Dripping on My Head," but it's a tuneless, deranged sound. It's like the time that your high school AV club, drunk on wine coolers and too many Smiths records, staged a hostile takeover of the school musical and proceeded to nervously rhapsodize about all the girls who wouldn't pay attention to them at the youth mixer. You know, sort of charming, in that uncomfortable, "should I really be hearing this?" kind of way.
Album highlight "In Teach Abroad You'll See The World" actually rocks out. Here, Carl channels the Rapture with driving beats and evokes the Postal Service with twinkling chime effects, while Jakuta wails "where are you going without me" in a tone very similar to They Might Be Giants' unforgettable musical question: "what's that blue thing doing here?" Often, Jakuta and Carl's experiments are too meandering to feel like complete songs in their own right—one gets the feeling that the whole thing's probably more impressive live. But, much like Copycat scene favorite Dan Deacon, this "group" has carved out a loyal niche for itself in the Baltimore/DC area, and while it's not exactly easy to see why, you have to admire Jakuta's moxie.
-J. Bowers
On Tap * John Rickman
Jakuta & Carl
On a particularly cold and windy weeknight last January, an interesting "duo" was preparing to perform for a small crowd of adventurous concertgoers at downtown nightclub DC9. Eccentric superstar
Joe Jakuta
unfolds his laptop computer—Carl—plugs him in, and asks, "Is there any sound?" An attentive-but-confused soundman, accustomed to drums and amps, stands by unsure what to do. The problem, however, quickly fixes itself and Carl is sputtering forth 8-bit-sounding, retro-cute electronic melodies, belying the vast intelligence incased within its shell.
Jakuta grabs a microphone, and with a humble hello, the two start in on their set favorite "Dana Scully Saves Lives." Uncomfortable in the spotlight, Jakuta abandons the stage and performs his artfully nervous oratory—accompanied by Carl's unique brand of electro-pop—smack in the middle of the dance floor, behind the blinds and in the laps of the wide-eyed audience watching the spectacle unfold.
The pair shared a bill that evening with two other equally compelling new music groups: The Picture Is Dead (
)—an operatic quartet whose dramatic violin and analogue electronic instrumentation supports over-the-top vocal performance; and Spaceships Panic Orbit (
), an improvising trio that on this night employed laptop computer, electric guitar, drum machine and amplified hacksaw.
Just another night in DC—assuming you know where to find performances like those from Jakuta & Carl (
Big Yawn - Top 10 in DC of 05
Jakuta and Carl are the unlikliest duo in all of DC, and probably a lot further out too. It is safe to say you really need to experience a live show -- and we did say "experience," not "see" -- in order to truely appreciate Joe Jakuta's passion, and Carl's musical intelligence. A friend of BigYawn, whose first experience with the band was running into Jakuta screaming in a stairwell mid-song, has remarked how fondly she will remember that experience. We don't dare say too much about the music, for discovering that is the best part.
Jakuta and Carl will, for most people, be a love it or hate it proposition. I actually traversed part of the spectrum myself while listening to this. Take new wave and indie rock and mix those with quirk, subtley angry tongue-in-cheek attitude, sincerity crushed by flippancy and make it an electronic artist with punkish leanings, obliquely and vocally, and you've got the ambiguity of this weird band. Lyrically, this could be a batch of poignant emo songs, but there's an attitude, largely conveyed by the delibarately off-kilter vocals and less overtly by the music itself, that topples this over into bombastic sarcasm. I started out intrigued, then I moved into "What the hell is this obnoxious shit?" to "Wow, this is actually kind of neat." The music itself is childlike in an alien sort of way and beautiful and a uberquirky way. Couple the odd approach of the music with the sneering, stoned vocals and you've got a strange set of songs that will leave most people looking elsewhere but likely will nab some cult listeners. Not to mention those left just scratching their heads. Three and a half stars
Kristopher Upjohn
Punk Planet
Carl's homespun retro beats and glitches are lovely, if rarely remarkable. Jakuta's deliberately oddball, über-theatrical crooning, however, is truly a singular (and polarizing) force. Ridiculously melodramatic, if you were ever bothered even a little by Stephin Merritt's vocal affectations, or if you never went in for Calvin Johnson's singing, this CD is not for you. I won't say it's not interesting, but surely isn't not for everyone.
Splendid Magazine
Jakuta and Carl's upbeat, lo-fi, digitally rigid and vocally operatic music achieves readings on the can't look away meter similar to those generated by a fifteen car pile-up on the freeway. We need to establish that point immediately, because by no stretch of the imagination is this "good" music, but it's endlessly captivating and strangely hilarious. Yes, when you listen to I, you'll sometimes feel that you're the punchline in Jakuta and Carl's little joke, but by the end, they'll have remained so slavishly true to their weirdness that you'll believe they're sincere. The music, like the marvelous Postal Service, juxtaposes mathematical electronic compositions with emotive vocals -- but instead of Ben Gibbard's sensitive musings, you get Jakuta's explosive rambling. Have you heard Will Ferrell's impression of Robert Goulet? Jakuta sounds kind of like that, only less in tune -- and therein lies the element of Jakuta and Carl's music that makes them special but unlistenable. We are asked to believe that a guy named Carl is spending a large amount of time composing pleasant but complicated electro-pop and then handing it over to a guy name Jakuta who is given free reign to emote a messy blast of vocals all over it. Jakuta's singing is awful, but enthusiastic to a fault. He's not on key during intro "The Sun is Smiling", and he''s just as ridiculous during the expressive "What's That Dripping on My Head?" Ironically, the album's one competent tune, instrumental "Part Two of a Three Act Whether Play", will make you yearn for Jakuta's absurd howls, if only because they sound like nothing you've heard before -- or will ever want to hear again.
Show review from 7/29
A friendly, nerdy guy and his computer play wonderfully damaged "pop" for you…A Protoblast for the 21st Century (if you know what that means, then you know you have to be there…).
David Cantwell
Vital Weekly
The music of Jakuta and Carl is influenced by Beat Happening, Manitoba, Ladytron, The Postal Service and The Microphones - but if none of these bands ring any bell here, one is thrown back to one's own judgment. Jakuta is the 'left brained emotive singer' and Carl the 'right brained mathematical composer'. They play most uptempo, electronic popsongs that are both inspired by punk and folk music. Jakuta's voice is raw, the tempo is high but the electronic component is pretty refined. Sometimes things get off the rails, such as the lengthy doodlings of 'Part Two Of A Three Act Whether Play', but in general it has enough biting energy and fresh rawness (or raw freshness) to be entertaining. Electro-punk meet the Silver Apples. (FdW)
The vocals on this record are a little tedious for me, but fans of Joy Division might like it. Fans of Joy Division might also not like it too. The few tracks on here of melodic and experimentally noisy laptop pop are rather similar to Xiu Xiu, but of a more home made quality. Apart from tweaked samples and sounds there are a few moments of guitar and harmonica that give it an original edge. There are other moments of songwritten vigor here and there, but just a few for my liking.
- Stu Hood
Laura Mauldin
jakuta and carl show
6 May 2005
when i walked into kansas house for the show last night, i thought i'd stumbled into someone's bedroom. it was dark and there was this guy in the front of the room with his laptop. in any other given context,this might have been merely incidental. but this was impossible to ignore. the intrigue did not stop at the great and very much dance-able music blasting through the speakers.
he was also moving about on the floor, sometimes laying down, sometimes fiercely dancing. he was dancing like...like one dances at home when no one is looking. its was a strange feeling to be watching this. and i spent a lot of time trying not to, as though i had stumbled in and had caught someone singing and dancing to themselves. but, no. here i was in the room with maybe a couple dozen other people. he reminded us that he knew we were there by taking objects handed to him by people near by - like an umbrella or a wig - and incorporating them. this happened as though he'd brushed along the wall of his room and found a hat hanging on a hook and simply picked it up.
as i got lost in the music, i started imagining a corresponding moment in a different time-space continuum and decided that we would be in a room painted all in white, with the lights on. we (the audience) would all be older, the men smoking pipes and the women with big jewels. we'd say 'mm, quite nice. quite nice.' to each other and look about. we'd all be rich and empty and standing around and watching jakuta doing exactly this. but i was there in that moment and i was neither rich nor empty and perfectly content to be standing right there right then.
the lyrics, too, were complex. i wondered how - and indeed if - he had memorized them or was making them up as he went along. either way, it was good. very good. on a grander scale, i found that the notion of a guy with is laptop singing and dancing with a sort of comfortable awkwardness turned the ideas of private and mundane versus public and extraordinary on their head for a brief, but remarkable, moment. oh yeah, and have i said that the music was good too?
- laura mauldin
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- BEWARE: Before reading the following review you need to find your irony (you should have some!) and reading between the lines. C'mon, I know you could do it! -
It's nice to see that drunk people are able to play even if they are flying somewhere. During their flight they met the genuinity of punk, the innovation of electronic music and the impetuosity of improvisation. During their flight Jakuta and Carl made eleven stops just to cheer them up and to listen to some good music. They met the K label bands, the Chicks On Speed and I think they saw also Virgin Prunes (maybe they had a drink with Dave Id Busarus) just to take a walk down the memory lane. Jakuta and Carl on their first album did a long trip (ten minutes long) and they met Sid Barret. He joined them and inspired them for "Part two of a three act whether play". After the noisy pop of "Love and play" the duo decided it was time for "The sun is laughing". The sun was really shine and sometimes its brightness was too much. It was losing its shape by blurring into a thousand of different colors. With pop and electronic experiments Jakuta and Carl found their alchemy but sometimes they lost the point by looking straight at the sun. If you want to join them, you shouldn't care about lo-fi sounds/productions, emotions and dissonant songs. In this case you could find your lost friends and take a fly together.
Maurizio Pustianaz
Super sassy, uptempo, electro-pop with folky undertones. Think Magnetic Fields channeled through electrobeats and a campy to avant garde-ish vocal playfulness. This is really cool. On cherry red see-through 7 inch vinyl. Yam!
Play: B1, A2
A1. Cathcy uptempo guitar chords alternate with melancholic keys. Sweet and atmospheric. And a swirl of messy electro noise.
A2. Short track. Heavy trashiness. Full blast guitars
B1. Magnetic Fields on crystal meth. Indie pop fudged with campy vox and heavy/noisy electrobeats. Kick-ass sentimental vocal melodies. This is great!
B2. Short track. Folky acoustic number with dissonant key noise.
- Elias (Dr Furious) KZSU Stanford
Punk Planet
Candy sweet like the Jolly Rancher red vinyl it's grooved onto. Silly, digitized, lo-fi love songs for those inclined toward the Smiths and/or a demented Man...Or Astro-man? thing.
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NAPOLEON DYNAMITE [Extended version]
Type of media Video
Approved Running time 90m 47s
Release date 25/04/2005
Ratings Info Contains mild language
Director(s) Jared Hess
Cast includes Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Diedrich Bader, Tina Majorino, Sandy Martin, Haylie Duff, Trevor Snarr, Shondrella Avery, Bracken Johnson, Carmen Brady, Ellen Dubin
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Day 10: Pyramid Pose / Parsvottanasana
Today was "ut" (intense)! Did you get a good "tan" (stretch) during today's #MonkeySplitsGoneBananas challenge pose on Periscope? Did you see what I did there? If you have no idea why I am speaking in sanskrit code then you need to watch this video!
Download Mobile Tutorial for Pyramid Pose Here!
From Warrior 1, straighten the front leg. Keep the back foot pointed 45 degress and front foot directly ahead while squaring your hips to the top of your mat.
Take a deep breath in to elongate your body before exhaling and folding over at your hips lowering your chest toward your front thigh.
If you have a tendency to round the back on these folds, you can wrap your arms behind your back in reverse prayer hands to ensure your posture is not giving in to the temptation of headbutting your knee!
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Twitterrific 5 for Twitter 17+
The Iconfactory
- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Twitterrific is the award-winning, elegant Twitter client that's easy to understand and a delight to use. Tweeting has never been simpler or so much fun!
Browse Twitter free from the clutter of promoted tweets. Use Muffles to hide tweets containing words, phrases, people and hashtags from the timeline that you don't want to see. Customize fonts, appearances, image thumbnails and more via the theme panel. Quickly respond to tweets, change accounts or view conversation threads with a minimum of effort using gestures. Rich media support including multiple images & Twitter animated GIFs.
Robust VoiceOver support means Twitterrific is fully accessible for users with vision impairments. Extensive keyboard shortcuts make Twitterrific a breeze to use with an external keyboard.
Feature Highlights:
• Browse Twitter free from the clutter of promoted tweets, while you away & more
• Chronological timelines that present ALL tweets in the order you expect
• Syncs your reading position automatically across iPhone & iPad using iCloud
• Easily add alternate image descriptions to make your tweets more accessible
• Effortlessly delete and edit your tweets to quickly fix typos or mistakes
• Muffles - Hide unwanted words, phrases, hashtags, users & more from view
• Center Stage - Media-centric timeline that puts images front & center
• Theming - Customize fonts, avatar shapes, home screen icons and text size
• Auto switching to to Twitterrific's dark theme at night is easy on the eyes
• Universal app for iPhone & iPad with both portrait & landscape support
• Intuitive gestures makes browsing and tweeting more fun than ever
• Best-in-class VoiceOver support for award-winning accessibility
• Robust multi-image support
• List management support
• 3D Touch support
• External keyboard support
For a complete list of Twitterrific features, visit Twitterrific.com for more information!
An optional auto-renewing Tip Jar subscription is available for $0.49 per month (price varies by territory). Payments will be charged to your iTunes Account after confirmation. Subscriptions are automatically renewed unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Accounts will be charged for subscription renewals within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed in your iTunes Account's Settings after purchasing.
Twitterrific's privacy policy: https://twitterrific.com/ios/privacy
What's New
Version 5.20.6
Improved drag and drop support on iPad, added a new URL scheme that's perfect for Shortcuts, and fixed a few bugs.
• Tapping the thumbnail within a quoted tweet will now directly open the media viewer for the quoted tweet
• Added a new keyboard shortcut to the main timeline to open a URL from your clipboard: CMD-Control-V
• [iPad] Drop a URL dragged from another app on the main timeline to open it within Twitterrific
• [iPad] Drag from a tweet's author name, avatar, timestamp, or quoted tweet to drop a link to that tweet into any other app that accepts URLs
• [iPad] Drag a thumbnail image from a tweet and drop it into any other app that accepts images
• [iPad] Drag any of the above from one account in Twitterrific to another by switching accounts with your other hand while dragging
• [iPad] Drag any URL, image, or text from any other app (or from within Twitterrific) and hover over the compose button to open a new tweet
• Added a URL scheme that accepts any Twitter URL and opens the tweet or user profile: twitterrific://?url=[url_to_open]
• Fixed a bug that caused some videos to only loop once instead of indefinitely
• Addressed an issue that caused the cache to grow excessively and affect app performance over time
• Fixed an issue that caused the keyboard to dismiss after switching apps while the keyboard was visible
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Ratings and Reviews
I couldn't even begin to like this app...
So I literally just downloaded this app minutes ago. It was feat. in a write up in the app store. It looked to have nice features, separate from the actual Twitter app, like the ability to edit your tweets, so I said heck why not. I open the app, login & BOOM! There's a huge ad bar at the top of the screen. So big, it completely covers half if not all of a tweet, depending on length. I can't even appreciate looking at the layout or design, colors or anything else because the ad bar is so distracting. Ugh. I have several apps with ad promo bars but guess what? They're tiny and all at the BOTTOM. I'm so mind boggled, I can't remember if the OG Twitter app has an ad bar. If so, it's barely noticeable. I'm guessing you'd have to pay to remove the ad bar and I don't mind donating to small-time app developers but I don't know about this app. I also read a couple of reviews and people mentioned how they try to get you to pay to access certain features or abilities. Some paid twice due to tier mix-ups. Is there not a "refresh purchases" button? Sounds like this developer is just plain greedy. Also one thing I immediately noticed is the timeline feed is slow to refresh. If it refreshes at all. I'm still seeing tweets from two days ago...when it should be from a few seconds ago. Smh.
Great App, Some Improvements Regarding UI
This app is excellent for anyone who wants a customizable, in-depth twitter experience. And I recommend paying for the full version and putting a tip in the Tip Jar, to help make this app even better. The ability to change the cosmetics and tabs bar really make this app something special. Along with a search bar on the timeline to narrow your feed down to specific words. This app isn't perfect though, as the video player doesn't have a scrubbing bar and is very clunky to use when you pause or want to view the caption of the video. Also the interchangeable tab bar is lacking in options like people who like your tweets or a button for search, which is found in the left menu but needs a spot on the tab bar. The themes of the app could also have a bit more variety, and I know this isn't as important as a smooth UI but maybe a few colored themes or even patterns could liven up the app and make for an even more customizable and fun experience.
Makes Twitter Useable
With all the things that Twitter has done to make itself a hostile environment for 3rd-party apps, it is a monumental feat to make something that is *still* worth using — much less giving money to — rather than just giving up and using the official app.
Sure, there are some small annoyances (all the fault of Twitter, not Twitterrific…) but even still this provides the best experience reading my timeline.
First of all, *actual chronological timeline*! Sure twitter added it as a feature lately, but it turns itself off after a while. Ridiculous!
Also no "promoted" tweets, no BS random fake friend likes getting stuffed in your timeline, no trending news junk…
Timeline sync! I can read on my iPad and my phone and it remembers where I left off. I'm one of those crazy people that reads everything in his timeline, this makes it easy.
There are a billion little things that make the interface nice to work with, many of which are "power user" features you have to spend a little time learning, but wow is it worth it. I would kill to have all of iOS have their "swipe to move the cursor" feature. It makes editing tweets much simpler.
In all, if you're trying this because you're fed up with Twitter messing with their API, give it a chance, give it some time. It absolutely takes a bit to learn all the neat little things Twitterrific can do that add up to making it great, but it's worth it.
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Requires iOS 9.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
- Languages
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- You must be at least 17 years old to download this app.
- Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
- Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
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Mariners Insider Blog
Mariners notebook: Zych believes he can be throwing from mound in a week
SEATTLE — An optimistic Tony Zych believes that, if he "stays on track," he could be ready within a week to test his recovery from tendinitis in his rotator cuff by getting on a mound for a bullpen workout.
Zych again resumed played catch prior to Sunday's game against San Diego at Safeco Field. He hasn't pitched since May 1, when he struck out the side in his only inning in a loss to Kansas City.
If Zych is able to throw from a mound in a week, a normal progression would roughly position him to return to active duty prior to the end of June.
Zych's absence robbed the Mariners' bullpen of its top right-handed power arm. He had 19 strikeouts in 12 innings over his 10 appearances when he went on the disabled list.
Other injury updates:
***Shortstop Ketel Marte is scheduled to start a rehab assignment Tuesday at Triple-A Tacoma, when it opens a four-game series against Salt Lake (Angels) at Cheney Stadium.
Marte suffered a sprained left thumb on a slide at second base in a May 21 game at Cincinnati. He is expected to return to active duty when eligible to be activated June 6 from the disabled list.
***Center fielder Leonys Martin is expected to accompany the Mariners on their trip this week to San Diego and Texas but, like Marte, he will likely play some minor-league rehab games before he returns to active duty.
Martin suffered a strained left hamstring while stealing second base in a May 25 victory over Oakland. He is eligible to be activated on June 10.
"Because it's a leg issue and he's a speed guy," manager Scott Servias said, "(Martin) probably needs to get down (to the minors) and run at 100 percent. You activate that guy, and something happens in the first game, here you go again.
"That's what we want to stay away from."
If Martin aggravates the injury on a rehab assignment, his time on the disabled list could simply be extended. If he is activated, and suffers renewed problems, the 15-day process would begin anew.
Yes, it was a miserable weekend for the Mariners. Getting swept at home by the Minnesota Twins who, even now, still possess the American League's worst record and worst road record.
Those three losses knocked the Mariners out of first place in the American League West — they trailed Texas by one-half game prior to Monday's action. So how did that affect their computer projections regarding postseason possibilities?
Less than you might think.
The Mariners remain heavy favorites to win the division title in projections by www.BaseballProspectus.com (60.8 percent) and www.Fangraphs.com (50.0 percent). Texas is the second choice in both at 24.1 and 28.1 percent.
When the wild-card possibilities are added, the Mariners rate a 72.0 percent chance, by Baseball Prospectus' projections, to ended their 14-year postseason drought. Fangraphs pegs it at 64.1 percent.
Second baseman Robinson Cano entered Monday tied for the American League lead in homers, ranked second in RBIs and third in slugging percentage.
So it's probably no big surprise that he ranked fifth in the majors in terms of making hard contact, as computed by Inside Edge after video reviews. Through Sunday, Cano made hard contact in 24.1 percent of his at-bats.
Those ahead of Cano: Detroit DH Victor Martinez (30.2), Boston DH David Ortiz (29.0), Baltimore shortstop Manny Machado (24.7) and New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes (24.5).
Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager ranked 29th at 20.0 percent.
***Felix Hernandez (11.9 percent) and Taijuan Walker (14.9) ranked 20th and 53rd among pitchers surrendering the lowest hard-contact rate. Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard ranked first at 7.4 percent.
The effort to groom right-hander Edwin Diaz for a fast-track promotion to the big leagues passed another test Sunday when he pitched on back-to-back days for the first time since converting to bullpen duty.
Diaz, 22, stranded two inherited runners Sunday in Double-A Jackson's 6-2 victory at Montgomery (Rays) after working one scoreless inning Saturday in a 5-1 victory over the Biscuits.
The Mariners switched Diaz to the bullpen in mid-May in the hope that he could provide a power arm to their big-league bullpen. That move occurred shortly after Zych went to the disabled list because of rotator-cuff tendinitis.
Diaz is generally viewed as the organizations' most advance pitching prospect. He has allowed one earned run in 9 2/3 innings over nine relief outings while striking out 14 and walking one.
Club officials say Diaz could be promoted to the big leagues without a stop at Triple-A Tacoma but have expressed hesitancy to have him make his big-league debut at Texas, a renown hitters' park.
Lo-A Clinton right-hander Nick Neidert allowed just one hit Sunday in five shutout innings but settled for a no-decision when the LumberKings' bullpen coughed up four runs in the ninth inning in a 4-3 loss to Burlington (A's).
Neidert, 19, has yielded just one earned run and five hits over 10 innings in two starts since being reassigned from extended spring training. He was the Mariners' first pick in last year's draft.
It was 17 years ago — May 31, 1999 — that the Mariners hit four homers in a 10-6 victory over Baltimore at the Kingdome. Alex Rodriguez hit two, and Ken Griffey Jr. and Butch Huskey each hit one.
The four homers boosted the club's season count to 58, which set a major-league record for homers prior to the end of May.
The Mariners and Padres conclude the northern half of their four-game series at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday at Safeco Field. Right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma (3-4 with a 4.33 ERA) will face Padres right-hander James Shields (2-6, 3.06).
The game can be seen on Root Sports Northwest and heard on 710 ESPN.
The teams then head to San Diego for night games on Wednesday and Thursday at Petco Park. From there, the Mariners travel to Texas for a three-game weekend series.
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Wanda Blackburn
Osawatomie High Class of 1952
Personal Info
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- Wanda Blackburn
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- 1952
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Yesterday, we discussed that God knows everything about us and loves us. That led me to think about us knowing God better. If I don't spend the time with our Lord God every day, it's easier for me to act and react like the world would, instead of following the path He directs and lights for me. If I don't spend time with Him, it is much easier for my sinful nature to take over – and that seldom works out well. "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:2)
If you have eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ, you have come to know God. Jesus prayed, "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." (John 17:3) And yet we need to know God far more deeply than we do. After 25 years as a believer, the apostle Paul said that he had not yet attained to knowing Christ as he ought, but he pressed on toward that goal (Phil. 3:8-14). And if that was true of Paul, who wasn't exactly an average believer, how much more is it true of us! As the prophet Hosea wrote, "let us press on to know the Lord." (Hosea 6:3)
That his readers would know God more deeply is the main theme of Paul's prayer. "For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people, and His incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength He exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way." (Eph. 1:15-23).
He had just unfolded that God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. These blessings include being chosen by the Father (1:4-6); redeemed by the Son, who has also revealed to us God's eternal purpose (1:7-12); and, sealed by the Holy Spirit (1:13-14). Then Paul writes (1:15), "For this reason…" and goes on to tell them how he prayed for them. The logical connection is, "Because God has given us such a wealth of spiritual blessings, I pray that He would grant you a deeper experiential knowledge of Him." Paul's prayer shows us that we should pray often for one another and what we should pray when we do pray.
We should also apply Paul's prayer to ourselves. We also ought to be praying, "Lord, give me a spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowing You. Grant the same for my mate and my children, and for all of the saints in our church." Paul's prayer here teaches us that…We should pray that God would grant that His people know Him more deeply.
Knowing him personally involves knowing many facts about him, but it involves more. Personal knowledge involves a relationship. It requires time spent together. Paul is not praying for an academic knowledge of theology about God, although that is necessary in the process of knowing God. Rather, he is praying for a personal, experiential knowledge of God Himself through Jesus Christ, who is the only way to know the Father (John 14:6, 9).
Are you growing to know God personally through Jesus Christ, as the Holy Spirit reveals Him to you through His Word? Is spending time with God in His Word a priority to you? Knowing God is your supreme need. The quest of your life should be to know Him more and more. With Paul, you should be able to say (Phil. 3:8), "I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ."
- Life Application Study Bible (NIV)
- Knowing God More Deeply


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Surfs up with six-figure deal
Surf and Turf Instant Shelters has acquired new premises after securing a six-figure funding deal.
The Warrington-based company has purchased a building adjacent to its existing offices and warehouse facility on Tatton Court, Kingsland Grange. This is to be merged with its current site.
It acquired an additional unit on the industrial estate last year which it will now sell and relocate operations to the new site.
Founded in 2001, Surf & Turf Instant Shelters supplies shelters, mini marquees, inflatable event tents, banners and displays to the event, exhibition, market, motorsport and leisure industries.
The Royal Bank of Scotland provided a six-figure funding deal to support the purchase of the site.
Simon Lunt, managing director of Surf & Turf Instant Shelter, said: "We are thrilled that RBS has supported us in the purchase of our new premises. By acquiring our neighbouring building and consolidating our facilities into one unit we will benefit enormously from improvements in logistics and efficiency.
"We can now keep the print and design team all under one roof. The merger of the two buildings will also provide us with plenty of extra capacity to accommodate our planned growth both in the UK and abroad."
Gavin Elmes, relationship manager at RBS, added: "The purchase of the new neighbouring premises is a sensible move for the business and will help the company to make significant logistical improvements.
"We are pleased that we have been able to provide Surf & Turf Instant Shelters with the necessary funding to facilitate the move and look forward to working with them as they look to expand into the export markets."


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Nadal says he would "prefer not to play" against Federer in Wimbledon final
After reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time since finishing runner-up in 2011, Rafael Nadal on Monday said he would prefer not to meet Roger Federer in the final.
The Spanish second seed spoke after a regulation 6-3 6-3 6-4 win over Czech Jiri Vesely in one hour and 53 minutes on Centre Court.
"If he is in the final then I am very excited to play Roger but I am not saying I am not excited to play against Roger in the final. For sure, I will be very excited if I am in that final, it will be a great result for me and facing again Roger will be something fantastic, but if you ask me if I prefer another one (opponent), I say yes.
That's the point, it's about being smart, the overall goal is to try to win the tournament and it depends against who you play you have less or more chances to win."
Top seed Federer earlier strolled into the quarter finals with a 6-0 7-5 6-4 victory over Adrian Mannarino and the two are on course for a meeting in the final on Sunday (July 15).


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It was just last March of 2017 when the Environment Canada released statements and warnings that winds with speeds of up to 80km per hour will cover most parts of Southern Ontario. With this speed, structural and minor tree damages were part of the forecast. However, based on the list of cities which considers Canada's biggest metropolitan areas, it is Hamilton, Ontario that ranks as the second. It has 9.9 days on average per year wherein wind speeds of 63km/hr hit the city. In seventh and ninth place are Toronto and Windsor1.
These are facts that need to be taken seriously by homeowners with garages. Strong winds during snowstorms and thunderstorms can bring about major damage to not just your garage door but also to the walls, ceiling and all the stored items inside. If the garage is attached to the main house, even more damage can happen if the garage door will suffer from severe weather conditions. Once a garage door fails in a strong storm, its structural components can be destroyed. Flying debris and even fallen trees can ruin your garage door. Holes and cracks can be the result which in turn will cause pressure changes to your garage door and overhead door parts.
Preventing major damage and accidents caused by garage doors which have been compromised by strong winds should be on the top of your checklist when you and your family prepare for extreme weather conditions. Strengthening your garage doors will prove to be a great investment. Two-door garages since they are usually the widest and biggest doors in home properties are especially susceptible to stress from highly fluctuating winds that can rapidly change directions.
So if you want to avoid what happened to the "Three Little Piggies" when their houses where blown away, think and plan on how to protect your garage door before the peak of extreme weather happens in your area. Most probably the first step doing so is to have your garage doors checked by a professional. The experts will be able to check if your garage door is strong enough to withstand up to certain wind speeds. There are specific ratings for garage doors based on your home's location; whether you are in a coastal, rural or urban region.
You can also consider getting a wind-rated garage door. The beauty of a wind-rated garage door lies in its strength. It can save you money in the future as you do not have to deal with garage door, walls and roofs which have been blown-out by strong winds and rain. A weak garage door will not be able to hold its own against resisting wind and wind-borne debris.
Instead of trying to figure it out on your own, a garage door expert will be able to give you the right recommendation on how to improve or upgrade your garage door. It is better to have your garage door replacement parts installed by a professional as he can see that some parts of your garage door could be beyond repair. Experts in garage doors will surely be knowledgeable as well in local regulations for wind-rating garage doors.
Remember, a garage door that is damaged by strong winds is a liability. If you park your car inside the garage and the weather conditions consisted of strong winds and heavy rainfall, the damage to your vehicle will be monumental. A damaged garaged door can lead water inside the garage and affect your car and its engine.
Beware of planting new trees near your garage but if you really need to, choose the kinds which can withstand high winds. Existing plants and trees should also be tied down. Items such as barbeque grills and yard furniture are to be stored away from the garage door if you know that your local weather conditions will include gusty winds and precipitation. If you can, avoid installing do-it-yourself bracing kits for garage doors because you may cause more harm than damage to the garage door parts. Before mounting or installing panels, the materials' weight should be just right that the panels will not be too heavy or too light. The first one will cause the garage door to not open properly and the later one will result to a weaker over-all structure.
1 https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/Canada/stormiest-cities.php


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The term leukaemia refers to a group of cancers of the white blood cells and bone marrow. Bone marrow produces white blood cells and there are two types – lymphocytes and myeloid cells. Usually these divide in a controlled way and help your body to get rid of infections. If you have leukaemia, your white blood cells start to divide and grow in an uncontrolled way, and don't develop properly.
Leukaemia can be described as either acute (growing rapidly) or chronic (growing slowly). Acute leukaemia is divided into two main types – ALL and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). This factsheet focuses on ALL.
In ALL, your bone marrow produces abnormal lymphocytes, which can't function properly. They also build up in your bone marrow, meaning it can't make enough of other types of blood cells. Immature lymphocytes are called lymphoblasts – these are the cells that don't develop properly in ALL.
ALL is the most common type of leukaemia to affect children under 14. About 400 children are diagnosed each year in the UK, and it's slightly more common in boys than girls. The condition affects about the same number of adults a year, most commonly those under 25 or over 75. The symptoms develop rapidly and need to be treated quickly.
There are several different forms or subtypes of ALL. Your doctor will tell you which type you have. Occasionally, acute leukaemia appears to be a mixture of ALL and AML – this is known as acute biphenotypic leukaemia.
Symptoms of ALL include:
Your symptoms may come on very quickly – over a matter of days or weeks. Some of these symptoms are similar to those for other conditions so it's easy to confuse them.
Less common symptoms of ALL include:
These symptoms aren't always caused by ALL but if you have them, see your GP.
The exact reasons why you may get ALL aren't fully understood at present. However, doctors do know that there are a number of things that increase your risk of developing ALL. These include:
Your GP will ask about your symptoms and examine you. If he or she thinks you may have leukaemia, you will be asked to have a blood test. You may then be referred to a haematologist (a doctor who specialises in conditions of the blood).
You will then have some tests to confirm the diagnosis and investigate which type of leukaemia you have. These may include:
If you're diagnosed with leukaemia, you may have further tests to find out what type it is. This can help to determine the most appropriate treatment for you. Further tests that you may have include:
You may hear your doctor referring to your treatment in three phases. These are:
Treatment for ALL can take two years or more. You're likely to have some side-effects as a result of treatment, such as hair loss, feeling weak and changes in your appetite and weight.
The main treatment for ALL is chemotherapy, which uses medicines to destroy cancer cells in your bone marrow. Initially, you will probably need to stay in hospital for about a month because larger doses of chemotherapy medicines are used to treat acute leukaemia than other types of cancer.
You're likely to be given a mixture of chemotherapy medicines because it's thought that using a combination works better than just one medicine on its own. You will usually have these different medicines in cycles, with rest periods in between.
You will also be given medicines called steroids, such as prednisolone and dexamethasone, given as tablets or injections. These help chemotherapy medicines to work more effectively.
If your leukaemia has a genetic fault involving the Philadelphia chromosome, you may be given a medicine called imatinib. This blocks chemicals that cancer cells use to communicate with each other. Research has shown that the medicine is more effective when it's given in the first phase of treatment.
Chemotherapy medicines that travel in your blood can't get to your brain and spinal cord – also known as your central nervous system (CNS). Therefore, you may have additional treatment to inject the medicines directly into the fluid that surrounds your CNS.
Rarely, you may have radiotherapy to your brain to get rid of any cells that are still remaining after chemotherapy, but this treatment isn't often used now.
Once your leukaemia has gone into remission (this is when there are no longer any leukaemia cells in your bone marrow) you will need to have more chemotherapy to prevent it from coming back. This will also kill any leukaemia cells that may still be in your bone marrow but can't be detected. You may need to have different medicines to the ones that were used in the remission induction phase.
This phase of treatment can last for several months.
Following consolidation chemotherapy you may be considered for a bone marrow (stem cell) transplant if you're in general good health. This is when somebody else (preferably a brother or sister) donates healthy bone marrow or stem cells, which are transferred into your body. This aims to keep the leukaemia from coming back in the long term without the need for further therapy.
Maintenance therapy aims to keep your leukaemia in long-term remission. You will need to take lower doses of chemotherapy and steroid medicines, probably in tablet form, for up to three years.
Many possible new treatments for ALL are being tested in clinical trials all the time. These include different biological therapies and chemotherapy medicines, as well as other types of stem cell transplants. You may be able to take part in a clinical trial to test one of these new treatments – speak to your doctor for more information.
Produced by Polly Kerr, Bupa Health Information Team, February 2013.
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Tingstad is one of the largest specialists in fastening and sealing solutions.
And we give you the missing part before you know it's missing.
Quality and product development. – Any structure is only as strong as the weakest bolt.
Norway is probably the best place in the world for testing our products – and there's no better region than the one in which we're based. In Western Norway, all the natural elements are extreme: we have wide fjords requiring long bridge spans, winding roads needing crash barriers, tunnel roofs and rock faces that need to be secured, and all manner of machines, ships and oil installations that need to operate safely and securely every single moment of the year. All of these are subject to extreme variations in temperature, ambient humidity, salt, sand, dirt, snow and ice. Each installation includes screws, gaskets or both. Quite simply, where we work is the best – and most demanding – test lab in the world and our range has been developed on the basis of precisely this factor.


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Random Access Memory (RAM) is a key component of every computer, including every Apple Macintosh ever made. It provides a small but extremely fast space for the processor to store data, without having to constantly access the slow hard drive. It soon becomes apparent when your computer has run out of RAM because applications slow to a crawl. One of the ways to make a computer run faster is to increase the amount of RAM installed. Different types have been used over the years for Macintosh computers, so knowing which type of Macintosh RAM to get is vitally important. While it is quite expensive, upgrading is a much cheaper option than buying a new computer.
Applications that use large amounts of data are the main cause of computer slowdowns. The incredible amount of artwork and other data that make up the latest video games can easily overwhelm an old computer. Graphics and sound editors are not as resource hungry as video games but they still need to load huge files to work on them. The same goes for Computer Aided Design (CAD) and other applications used by professionals such as engineers, surveyors, designers, and scientists. Computers used for film production also need a huge amount of RAM to get the job done quickly and efficiently. In many of these examples, the computers are made by Apple and have Macintosh RAM inside them.
The first thing to do before buying any Macintosh RAM is to work out how much you already have in your computer. Open the main menu and look for the system information, which is called System Profiler in the latest operating system. Write down the total amount of RAM installed and also its type and speed. To find out the maximum amount that can be installed, you need to look up specifications of your computer, either in the manual or on the internet. Once you have the all this information, you are ready to purchase your Macintosh RAM. Be sure to shop around for the best price as it can vary by a large amount.
Before buying Macintosh RAM, always check the type and capacity of the modules. The type can be confusing because manufacturers use several acronyms that are quite technical, such as SDRAM and SO-DIMM. Another problem is that the type and capacity used for a particular series changes over time. An example of this is the Apple eMac, which started out in 2002 with 128MB of PC133 SDRAM. By the time the last eMac rolled off the assembly line in 2006, it had been upgraded to 256MB of PC2700 SDRAM. If your computer is more than five years old, you may have trouble finding new Macintosh RAM for it in the stores.
Installing Macintosh RAM is not difficult but you should seek out help if you are unsure how to do it. One careless mistake can damage your computer and potentially cost hundreds of dollars to repair. Most computer shops will do the installation for a small fee and some may do it for free if you purchase the Macintosh RAM from them. Make sure that you get back any modules that they take out because they can fetch a good price on auction websites. To avoid damage from static electricity, handle them as little as possible and always keep them sealed inside an anti-static bag.
After the Macintosh RAM has been installed, check that everything is working as expected. Start the computer and go back to the system information menu. Check that the new total matches the amount you have just installed plus the amount that was left in there. If the total is less than expected, one or more of the modules might not be seated properly. The modules could be faulty but that is an uncommon problem when they have been handled correctly. If you suspect that a module is faulty, run a diagnostic program to be sure. There are plenty of good ones available on the internet for free.
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Product Description
This is a very easy to use low cost semiconductor Gas sensor Module with analog and digital output. This module uses MQ4 Methane gas sensor as a gas sensing element. It requires no external components just plug in Vcc & ground pins and you are ready to go.For Digital output the threshold value can be easily set by an on-board potentiometer. Using this module you can easily interface MQ4 Methane (CNG) gas Sensor to any Microcontroller, Arduino or even Raspberry Pi.Since this Gas Sensor module is sensitive to Methane it is also small sensitivity to alcohol & smoke.
- Power Supply: 5 Volts
- Interface Type: Analog & Digital
- High Sensitivity to Methane & small sensitivity to smoke & alcohol
- Low Cost.
- Stable & Long Life.
- On board Power indication
The instruction of Wiring:
- VCC: positive power supply (5V)
- GND: power supply is negative
- DO: TTL switching signal output
- AO: analog signal output
Module Applications:
Suitable for home or factory methane gas , natural gas and other monitoring devices to test natural gas, methane 300 to 10000ppm.
Package Includes:
- 1 X MQ-4 Gas Sensor


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From May 2015
In the young nation of Arxyna's second century of existence, its leader Noth found himself suffering the effects of the burden of leadership. He had become distant and irritable, and his council was finding him increasingly difficult to work with. It was in this time that a close friend, Weiru, became concerned for Noth. With an utter lack of fear for the most powerful man in the country, he stood before the Emperor to protest his friend's unhealthy demeanor.
Slightly incensed, but knowing that he spoke the truth out of honest concern, Noth bestowed a new rank and a high honor upon him. Weiru became the First Champion, but as it turns out, Noth's long-term plans extended far beyond him. Additional Champions were selected and attached to other influential members of government, and as they grew in number, the group began referring to themselves as the Champion Covenant.
First and foremost, the Champions' loyalty is to the nation of Arxyna and to the proper treatment of its people at large. They are expected to ensure that the officials they are assigned to at least attempt to live up to the expectations of the Infinites that had appeared to Noth and prompted him to found the Empire. Additionally, they enforce accountability and transparency in their Assignment's actions. In modern times, Champions often serve in pairs (Usually mates or siblings), and act as bodyguards to their Assignments in addition to their normal duties.
Under no circumstances are Assignments to have any authority over the Champion, and Champions are not to have any authority in matters of government, with one exception: With the blessing of the majority of the rest of the Covenant, Champions may remove or suspend their Assignment from their rank if it is felt that they are no longer fulfilling their obligation to the well-being of the Arxyn Empire. Having held any position that receives an assigned Champion causes one to be ineligible for recruitment into the Covenant, and membership in the Covenant disqualifies one from holding those positions in the future, even after retirement. For as long as they are Active (Assigned to an official), Champions have access to all the same information as their Assignment.
When recruiting, the Covenant prefers to select unexpected and seemingly mundane individuals, who are often surprised to discover that the organization in its entirety is much larger than it first appears. While the Active Champions are the most visible members of the Covenant, and the rank of Champion to the Emperor is the most prestigious among them, behind them lies an extensive network that recruits, trains, administrates, and otherwise supports its members. All Champions, even those that aren't Active, can be identified by the custom-made metal wheels that they carry. When its blades are deployed, it can be wielded as a chakram-like weapon, though few make the effort to learn how to do so.
The Covenant keeps especially close ties with the Imbru Tribe, and is well known for its interest in the Infinites.
All Trinity Project species and settings are OPEN! If you wish to create something within the TP universe, you are more than welcome to! Please just check out [this little Journal (https://www.weasyl.com/journal/11008/on-trinity-project) first.
All copyright-able Trinity Project content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Why a Will is Needed
When a person dies without a will, he is said to die "intestate" and his property will be distributed according to a formula fixed by statute. In other words, if you don't have a valid will at the time of your death, you will not have any control as to how your property is distributed.
For example, if a South Carolina resident dies without a will, leaving children, the surviving spouse would receive only one half of the estate where there is one or more than one child. If the children are under 18, the property cannot be delivered to them and a guardian must be appointed for them. If later the property is to be sold, a guardian must also be appointed for that purpose. Obviously the problems with passing property to minor children, even if that is where the property is desired to go, will create legal problems that might well involve considerable expense. These problems can be avoided with a will.
Also of great importance to parents with minor children is the care and custody of those children upon the death of both parents. Grandparents, other family members, and godparents do not automatically receive custody of children who do not have a surviving parent. Your will can specify the individual, as well as a guardian of your minor children. Although such a provision in a will is not controlling, it will be of great assistance to the court in determining who will receive custody.
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Ghanaian actress and brand ambassador, Juliet Ibrahim, has warmed the hearts of many of her fans and followers and has broken the hearts of a few ladies with her latest photo with African-American singer and actor, Bryshere Yazuan Gray.
The Ghanaian actress took to her Instagram account and shared the photo of herself with the African-American who is known by the stage name, YazzTheGreatest but better known as Hakeem from the hit series, 'Empire'.
Juliet Ibrahim captioned the photo, "A photo with @yazzthegreatest #Empire" which has attracted a lot of attention from many of her fans, especially, the 'jealous ladies' who are crushing on the African-American.
The foreign star who plays the role of Hakeem is noted for his fire brandish role in the predominantly black hit series which has gone global and is being watched in many countries around the world. Some people also remember him for his insatiable lust for women as depicted by his role in the TV series.
One of the comments on the photo which came from switcandygirl333 read, "Am jealoussssss! Omg!! That cud ve been me..damnnn" Another user,hallitops, who could not keep her feeling to herself had this message for Juliet Ibrahim "OMG !!!!!see my hakeem, please Juliet say my love to him". Juliet Ibrahim, one of Ghana's highly sought-after actresses, was married to Kwadwo Safo Jnr but their 4-year marriage came to an end in 2014.
She is now reported to be dating Nigerian musician, Iceberg Slim and the two have been spotted in many lovey-dovey photos. Not too long ago, it was rumored that her relationship with the popular Nigerian had come to an end but she came out to rubbish the claims by posting some pictures of herself on holidays with Iceberg Slim in Sao Tome.
Source: Yen.com.gh


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The Future of Europe – A View from the Capitals
Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics at Sciences Po (CEE) & Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP) at Sciences Po.
As part of the joint conference of Sciences Po and the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on the European Union. This year's conference theme is « Contradictions – Whither the Political, Economic and Social Integration of Europe? »
A conference of the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) Network
"The Future of Europe – A View from the Capitals", is a book project of the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), an initiative by the Austrian Society for European Politics.
Representatives of the civil society and academia contribute to increase the pressure on national politics to more actively engage in the debate on the future of Europe.
Authors from each of the (still) 28 Member States plus selected other European countries will assess in short, concise and easy to read opinion pieces – each one around 6.000 characters – how their respective country could get more involved.


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2012 Test Management Summit
|Designing Performance.pdf
|Lloyd Roden, Test Estimation
|Mike Jared, Luke Avsejs, Professional Development Framework
|Derk-Jan de Grood, Testphases Still Relevant?
|Ben Fry, Does Testing Improve Quality?
|Morten Hougaard, The Ten FALSE Commandments of Testing
|George Wilson, Navigating the Sea of Silos
|The SIXTH TEST MANAGEMENT SUMMIT
took place on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th February 2012
Designing for performance, Stevan Zivanovic, BJSS
Designing any testing is hard. The pressures imposed from projects are such that testing is expected to "just do it" and deliver. Is this fair? What can be done? How does this change when we deal with performance testing? This session will be highly interactive, exploring mechanisms for designing test approaches using the experiences of the participants.
Testing is a passion for Stevan. Over the 19 years that he has been actively involved, he has worked in a wide variety of businesses, from aircraft safety critical to financial "start-ups". He has a pragmatic approach to testing and has a proven track record of implementing realistic, workable, real world changes from the individual to large, multinational teams. Stevan has presented at EuroSTAR, the UK Test Managers Forum, IQNITE, Agile Business Conference and various companies. He enjoys speaking and training people to motivate them in testing and quality.
Does testing improve quality? Ben Fry, SQS
"Quality" means different things to different people. To a user its meaning is different to that of a developer or a tester. It's clear that conversations between senior and exec management focus on quality, not Testing. So, what role does Testing play in an organisation's attempt to achieve an appropriate level of "quality"? And, what role should Testing play? We will discuss the different perceptions of "quality", the role Testing plays, the role Testing should play, and ways we can improve the organisation-wide understanding and appreciation of "quality" and Testing.
Designing for Regression Testing, Nikhil Nashikkar & Vishnu Chittan, ThinkSoft Global
As the economic conditions hit, IT budgets are cut and more so the testing spend. While change is inevitable in IT organisations, the focus of the CIOs is to reduce the cost spent on regular so called "Business As usual activities". From the test team's perspective the changes need to be acknowledged when regression testing. This session will cover the following:
What components make a good cost effective regression test?
How do you measure success of a regression test?
Open discussion to the floor: How faster, smarter and better is the regression testing in your organisation?
Managing Remote Teams, Mike Bartley,T&V Solutions
"Susan, we need you to take over the team in X. Please make sure there is no drop in quality"
"Paul, the merger with Y means we have a team of software testers in Z to add to your existing team. That should solve your resource problems."
"Jo, the CEO has decided we need to cut costs and outsource the software testing to X. Can you find a supplier and then manage the team please? Oh, and make sure the CEO gets his cost reduction!"
People are asked to manage remote teams for a variety of reasons and then expected to deliver to certain externally imposed targets.
In this session we will discuss the practicalities of managing a remote team and what needs to put in place to ensure that the various objectives can be met. We will ask what specific challenges are raised when the remote team is performing software testing.
Developing team skills, Mike Jarred and Luke Avsejs, IDBS
This session will outline the journey taken to implement a competency based Professional Development Framework for testing within IDBS. Most of the testers within IDBS have come from a scientific background so have huge domain knowledge; the PDF has been used to establish their level of skills and competency for testing, as well as show-casing their achievements to the rest of the organisation.
As well as sharing their implementation experience, Mike and Luke will host an interactive discussion on all aspects of skills development so the group can share knowledge and learn from each other.
Mike Jarred is the Director of Testing at IDBS, a market leading provider of innovative enterprise data management, analytics and modelling solutions which increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve the productivity of industrial R&D and clinical research. Mike has been in QA & Testing since 1990, implementing and developing testing teams in a variety of domains including Investment Banking, General Insurance, Retail and Private Medical Insurance.
Dr. Luke Avsejs is a Test Team Lead at IDBS with eight years of experience in IT involved with the development of staff. Currently working with pharmaceutical data management software Luke has a background in research chemistry and life sciences.
Crowdsourced Testing – Does it have Legs? Richard Neeve, Independent
Up until six months ago my interest in the burgeoning topic of crowdsourcing and specifically crowdsourced testing had been merely academic. But since then I've managed a client's full-blooded embrace of crowdsourced testing, crowdsourced a name and logo for a startup and worked in a business that has crowdsourcing at its core. Previous TMF discussions on this topic have fallen a little flat and this one may too but I think the lack of concrete experience reports has been a problem.
Hopefully I can start to plug that gap by sharing what I've learned and trying to respond to the hopes and concerns people may have about using this approach in their own organisations.
Within a week of gaining a first class degree in computer science in 1998 Richard was recruited as a contract tester by Antony Marcano before rising through the ranks in a wide range of environments to become the BBC's Head Of Testing in just his ninth year of experience. In 2010/11 he worked with CxO level stakeholders to successfully deliver a critical troubleshoot for a city firm in the credit derivatives space despite having no previous financial experience. He has maintained a 100% contract renewals record and has recently used commercial crowdsourcing to achieve objectives that have included, but also extended beyond, software testing.
Agile Techniques: Which ones really work in practice?, Paul Gerrard, Gerrard Consutling
After a brief brainstorm to set the agenda, this session will be run as a Goldfish Bowl. Come along and bring YOUR questions and experience to the group. Listen to people's experiences of what does and doesn't work.
We'll explain how a goldfish bowl works when you arrive, but put simply, it is a cross between musical chairs and a panel session where you take a seat on the panel to speak to the group. A civilised 'question time' that usually works very well at the TMF.
Paul Gerrard is a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach and most recently a publisher. He has conducted consulting assignments in all aspects of software testing and quality assurance, specialising in test assurance. He has presented keynote talks and tutorials at testing conferences across Europe, the USA, Australia, South Africa and occasionally won awards for them. Educated at the universities of Oxford and Imperial College London, he is a Principal of Gerrard Consulting Limited and is the host of the UK Test Management Forum.
Testing phases, are they still relevant? Derk-Jan de Grood, Valori
Lately there is a lot of discussion about how test will be organised in the near future. Some state that the test phase will cease to exist. This session discusses that statement. Testing will be required throughout the development lifecycle. It is expected that test activities will shift from an independent phase near the end to the life cycle, towards various activities throughout the lifecycle. These activities include reviews as well as end-to-end testing and even testing in production. In order to decide whether a separate test phase has value, we need to regard two components. Testing has a technical and an intelligence component. The first has it focus on making the software work. The second component has its focus on governance and on providing information. We do not testing because we can, but we organize test activities because they matter. Each activity aims in not only finding bugs, but also in providing trust in an early stage of the development process. Is a lot of testing to be done by non-testers? e.g. The BA review of requirements, testing by developers in their SCRUM sprint. Plus, James Whittaker states that users will be involved in testing more and more. Is the testers role more of a coaching or controlling role? But this does not suit all situations. Lets consider where an old-school testing-phase might be the best solution. So we end up having more options, tools and measures to choose from. To do so, we require vision and understanding of the goals and the test profession.
Derk-Jan de Grood, works for Valori and is an experienced test manager and advises companies on how to set up their test projects. Derk-Jan published several successful books. Currently he is co-authoring a book on the future of testing. This book is expected medio 2012.
Load Testing in the Cloud – Benefits and Challenges, Bruno Duval and Thomas Ripoche, Neotys
Many companies have moved applications to the cloud as a way to reduce capital expenditure while improving IT focus and effectiveness. End users see the cloud as a way to access their documents and applications remotely from anywhere and from any device. IT managers see the cloud as a means of rapidly adapting their infrastructures as needed via virtualization using a pay-as-you-go model. But what about load & performance testing engineers? Can they seize the opportunities afforded by the cloud to better test the performance of web applications?
As with past overhyped trends in IT, it is important to look beyond the talk to find concrete ways to take advantage of this new technology's flexibility and scalability to save time, reduce costs, and improve the way your organization works.
This presentation describes how the cloud is revolutionising load testing and discusses the advantages it provides in many situations to ensure your web applications perform well in production. We will also look at the drawbacks of only using the Cloud and investigate the key capabilities to look for in a load testing solution. Without the right tools in place, simply moving your testing activities to the cloud will likely not deliver the results necessary to justify the move. Understanding how to apply the right tools and practices to make the most of the cloud is fundamental to cloud-based testing and vital to ultimately going live with total confidence.
Bruno Duval has a master degree in Network and Distributed Systems and spent the last 10 years in the load and performance testing field. He has performed critical load tests in all industries and on all technologies. He is a real load test expert and has set up performance testing teams around the globe for several corporate accounts. In the last 5 years, he has lead the Neotys Professional Services team with consultants in Europe and America and actively participated in creating the groundbreaking Neotys Cloud Platform. Recently Bruno realized numerous successful high volume load tests over the globe using NeoLoad and the Neotys Cloud Platform to generate over 100,000 concurrent users once again proving the strong expertise of Neotys on large projects.
Thomas Ripoche is VP of Sales EMEA & AsiaPac at Neotys. Through his career he has a vast experience in dealing with highly critical web performance testing projects. One of his main responsibilities is to enable the implementation of modern load testing practices using NeoLoad. This new generation of load testing tool, suited to today's web applications, generates more value for organizations while increasing efficiency and shortening load testing cycles.
Latest Open Source Successes, Paul Rolfe & Vishnu Chittan, ThinkSoft Global
Does the Test tool's capability limit the degree of completeness that can be delivered? – While there could be a mixed response to this question, from a commercial stand point one has to consider what open source tools are capable of delivering.
This session will explore some of the recent successes and lessons learnt in practically delivering Test automation & performance testing using open source tools. It will be an interactive session with practical examples of open source tool problems solved to deliver desired results. The audience will also be encouraged to share their experiences.
Test Estimation – a pain or painless experience? Lloyd Roden, Lloyd Roden Consultancy
Test Estimation is one of the hardest activities to do well in testing, the main reason is that testing is not an independent activity and often has destabilising dependencies. During this session we shall uncover some of the common problems in test estimation, how to overcome them together with 7 ways we can estimate test effort. Learn how to estimate one of the vial missing ingredients when it comes to testing - estimation of quality. Learn how there is a direct correlation between the estimate of effort and the estimate of the quality that we supply to management.
Lloyd says … "With more than twenty-eight years in the software industry, I have worked as a Developer, Test Analyst and Test Manager for a variety of different organisations. From 1999 to 2011 I worked as a consultant/partner within Grove Consultants. In 2011 I set up Lloyd Roden Consultancy, an independent training and consultancy company specialising in software testing. My passion is to enthuse, excite and inspire people in the area of software testing and I have enjoyed opportunities to speak at various conferences throughout the world including STAREAST, STARWEST, EuroSTAR, AsiaSTAR, Belgium Testing Days and Better Software as well as Special Interest Groups in software testing in several countries. I was privileged to be Programme Chair for both the tenth and eleventh EuroSTAR conferences and won the European Testing Excellence award in 2004."
The Ten (false) Commandments of Testing, Morten Hougaard, Pretty Good Testing
The Ten (false) Commandments of Testing' are:
You shall NOT start testing without requirements
You shall find EVERY bug
You shall use BEST PRACTICE
You shall be CERTIFIED
You shall AUTOMATE everything
You shall use THE Tool
You shall ENSURE (high) Quality
You shall use THE test technique
You shall use THE Model (Waterfall, V-Model, Scrum...)
You shall stay FULLY INDEPENDENT (from developers)
For many years, these (and more) false 'commandments', have quite heavily impacted the testing industry and done so much harm. And as an even worse thing, these 'wrong messages' (at least to a certain degree), still seems to be 'preached out there'.
Morten invites you to participate in this discussion on what kind of (false) commandments we (still) meet 'out there' and how we can use whatever fit's our situation best, becoming pragmatically (and thinking) test professionals, instead of merely 'blind followers'.
Navigating the Sea of Siloes for Application Delivery, George Wilson, Original Software
A survey just over 18 months ago revealed discontent in the Application Quality Management (AQM) market, with 84% of users stating that their products did not meet their functional requirements. So why is it then that so many companies still rely on a plethora of management products to help with their application delivery? From defect management to bug recording, from requirements management to development reporting and from agile management to ALM dashboards, the fact is there doesn't
seem to be a solution that is able to provide a holistic view and complete metrics when it comes to managing and reporting on all aspects of software delivery. This session will explore ways to provide a real time dashboard of ALM processes so that you can plot your exact position and navigate your voyage successfully.
Mobile Testing: a mandatory task or an option? Michael Hentze, Tricentis
In 2011, sales of smartphones have increased by 74% compared with the previous year, and 2012 this trend will continue. A wide range of technologies, operating systems and application types do not only pose a technical challenge to software tests, but they also require considering basic requirements. Test managers must make strategic decisions on whether they use simulators or real mobile devices for their tests; they must guarantee security and integrate the test into existing ALM infrastructures. But: what must be tested and is this test mandatory or optional?


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The Seattle Times today has published the photos of two men the FBI wants to locate and talk to in regards to their suspicious behavior aboard several Puget Sound ferries in recent weeks, while the Seattle Post-Intelligencer continues to refuse to do so - even though the photos have now been widely published in the Seattle area and nationally via other media outlets and the blogosphere. As we discussed yesterday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer offered a haiku contest related to the case, but refused to help the FBI locate the men by publishing their photos.
Today's Seattle P-I has a second story on the investigation, but again refuses to publish the photos even though, as its own story says, "The release by the FBI on Monday of photographs of two men who had been spotted in "suspicious" behavior on state ferries comes at a time when authorities are getting increased reports of unusual activity on the nation's largest ferry system."
The paper's justification for continuing to refuse to publish the photos:
The P-I elected not to publish the photos, citing civil liberties and privacy concerns, which editors felt outweighed the newsworthiness of the images. "We have no confirmation that these men's behavior was anything but innocuous, and to forever taint them by associating them with terrorism under these circumstances is not consistent with our policy," said David McCumber, P-I managing editor.
But imagine if law enforcement asked the Post-Intelligencer to publish photos of two white males seen repeatedly hanging around a number of elementary school playgrounds, videotaping and photographing children and speaking to young girls through the fence.
Think the Post-Intelligencer might run those photos?
The "civil liberties and privacy concerns" cited by the paper don't hold water. The men were photographed in a public place, just as Post-Intelligencer photographs routinely photograph people in public in the Seattle area.
The Post-Intelligencer's story today details the great lengths to which the FBI has gone to investigate the alleged suspicious activities of these two men before it asked the media to publish the photos. The FBI didn't just rush the photos out to the media - it only released the photos after efforts to locate the men over the past three weeks have turned up nothing.Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., as the ranking member of the House's intelligence subcommittee and a former King County sheriff, said Tuesday that the release of the photo by the FBI was an appropriate step that maintains the "fine, fine balance" between security and civil liberties.
Seattleites deserve news media that will function as their eyes and ears, not as their blindfold. Whether out of liberal political correctness or just blind bull-headedness, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has decided to be the latter.
Readers buy newspapers to get information, not to read why information has been withheld from them.
And the P-I's readers, it appears, aren't happy with the paper's decision to withhold the photos - comments posted on the paper's website are running heavily against the P-I's refusal to publish the pictures, with one reader writing, "Shame on this fishwrap for choosing to ignore strong circumstantial evidence in favor of political correctness," and another P-I reader writing, "If the FBI requests the publics' help in this, it shouldn't be ignored as alarmist ranting. So much for protecting the public, eh, PI?"
As I wrote yesterday, refusing to publish the photos is both a dumb and dangerous decision. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is not in a position anymore to act as a "gatekeeper" of news and information. (Neither, for that matter, is the Seattle Times nor any of the local broadcast media.) There are too many local and national media outlets, too many news websites, too many cable networks and too many local and national blogs for any one media outlet to effectively be a gatekeeper anymore.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's decision to try to keep its readers in the dark only spotlights its arrogance, its growing irrelevance, and its religious devotion to political correctness even above public safety.
Ah, well, at least the paper's haiku contest is giving its readers a chance to vent about the situation, in the three-lines/5-7-5 syllables construction of a haiku. Six of the best so far:
Possible danger?
Political correctness!
Paper fails duty.
How irrelevant
The Post Intelligencer
Goodbye dinosaur
Our lives endangered
Sanctimonious P-I
Editors -- BONEHEADS!
a magical place,
where 9/11 never
happened. Seattle.
PI wants Haiku
To justify its dumbness
Task Impossible
Who are these 'masked' men?
Michelle Malkin has pictures.
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