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helloSunday, June 19, 2011
Well, in true form, the beginning of summer has kicked my butt. This one even more so.
The built in's are getting a make over, too. I'll have to find a new home for those knitting books. I'm going to have some really large prints made up on the wrap around canvas and rest them in each section. No more "stuff" sitting on the shelves. Or maybe just a few little things.
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Ooooh I'm loving the white walls/b&w prints idea!! That will look fantastic, especially because your 365 photos are all so very amazing and special. I don't know how in the world you will be able to pick.ReplyDelete
And the new bookcase re-do: awesome!! Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Wish I could help out on the painting but hopefully it will be done in no time :)
I can't wait to see it. Summer is kicking my butt, too. So much so I am fixing to go take a nap.ReplyDelete
i love your banner. and keana's idea of framing a bunch of your 365 in b&w. perfect!ReplyDelete
My favorite colors - black and white. I think it sounds great. I can't wait to see the "after "pictures.ReplyDelete
My favorite colors - black and white. I think it sounds great. I can't wait to see the "after "pictures.ReplyDelete
Awesome, can't wait to see your photo wall!ReplyDelete
I understand completely about the books. I love to read too. However, I decided to give some books away to my local library. There came a time for me when I had to say, "Am I really going to read these books in the next 6 months"? like I always say. The answer truthfully, was "no".ReplyDelete
Hope the renovating goes well.
Looks like you've been up to good.ReplyDelete
I'll mind some or your knitting books if you like....they can keep company with my 9000!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I know you're enjoying each and every moment! Looking forward to seeing your room re-do!ReplyDelete
Very excited to see your photo project up on your walls! Admire your talent.ReplyDelete


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December is here!
Happy December, everyone! That big green bar keeps filling up: we have now raised $1,225,000, thanks to you! That is many, many truckloads of toys, games, and more for our 80 network hospitals worldwide. Those gifts will help kids like Roxanne's nephew:
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Four young adults and teens from Remsen and Utica have been accused in a home invasion burglary, state police in Herkimer said.
Four local young adults and teens have been accused in a home invasion burglary, state police in Herkimer said.
At about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to a residence on Ryan Road in the Town of Norway, where two masked suspects entered with what appeared to be firearms and confronted two people inside -- one a male and one a 15-year-old girl, police said.
The girl was forced to assist the suspects in loading several bags and boxes with cartons of cigarettes, U.S. currency and rolled coins.
The two suspects then left the residence and were driven away by a third person, police said.
The story the male inside the residence told police immediately became suspicious and it was quickly learned he was involved, police said.
All four of the following suspects were charged with felony first-degree burglary and endangering the welfare of a child:
Kasim Sakinovic, 18, State Route 365, Remsen. He also was charged with second-degree harassment disorderly conduct.
Hajrudin Cvrk, 19, of Coolidge Road, Utica.
Michael A. Litz, 20, of State Route 365, Remsen.
Elvir Rosic, 17, of Mary Street, Utica.
They were arraigned in the Town of Norway Court and sent to Herkimer County jail on $30,000 cash / $60,000 bail bond.


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Cinemablend "Back in August Valve sent out a new End User License Agreement for the terms of service regarding Steam and Steam user accounts. Because of Valve's good standing with consumers, nary a gamer mounted a protest despite just about everyone making comments about how unfair it seemed that our own games that we paid for would be held at ransom if we didn't agree to the new EULA (Yeah, Cliffy, that all digital future ain't sounding all that hot now, is it?) Well, the German consumer advocacy group, vzbv, has issued an ultimatum to Valve: they either change their consumer policies or face the consequences. "
Valve,needs to change that agreement.People shouldn't have to worry about not being able to access their bought software.
this was my main issue i had with valve. atleast with MS and sony ToS if you didn't sign it, you could atleast still play games but couldn't use the service until you sign the ToS. but valve you either sign the ToS or you can't access the games you bought and on top of you lose your profile and everything you have earned over the years.
before anyone comes and say "Bu Bu But valve is only protecting themselve from lawsuits" I'm sure if valve just put a new ToS without holding people games ransom to do it, many would have still signed it because valve care about gamers. but doing this only shows that valve is no different from many other companies. I've lost a lot of respect for them because of this.
honestly i have to think valve for this. because it opened my eyea to what companies can do when games go full digital distribution. that if you don't bend over they can and will take your games away when they feel and there nothing you can do about it.
Almost all software is a license agreement. Your agreeing to use it according to the license the company issues with the software. In that license is typically a clause that states that they may change the content of the license at any time without your consent.
Although they are not entirely right how they went about it to their loyal customers and regardless of how good they have been or poor... it is more than likely their legal right to do what they did.
This is why i would never be in favor of cloud gaming or digital distribution, it takes the power out of the consumers hands.


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The Mobius Playlist for February 15, 2012
MANIKAN joined us tonight.
We also interviewed Eric Eberhardt from http://youarelistening.to/.
About the project: The night the Giants won the World Series in 2010 there was some craziness going on in San Francisco. Streets were blocked, trash cans were on fire, people were dancing on top of cars! People on Twitter were all sharing a link to the SF Scanner channel on soma.fm and Eberhardt started listening in to the live police radio feed of the ongoing celebrations. It was all very interesting, but after a couple minutes Eric had had enough and decided to put on some music. In the moment after starting iTunes but before shutting down the scanner audio, Eberhardt noticed something about the mix of different audio streams. And thus, http://youarelistening.to/ was born.
Mouse on Mars :: Polaroyced
Boards of Canada :: Macquarie Ridge
μ-Ziq :: Lunatic Harness
Datassette :: Worms
Interview with Eric Eberhardt from http://youarelistening.to/.
[You can contribute to the Kickstarter campaign here: http://kck.st/wNVxtj]
MANIKAN live in studio!
1-week audio archive available HERE.
Thanks for listening.


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Brazil 2014 will be remembered for its moments of elation, dejection
My mind is forever a World Cup photo album.
When I play back the plethora of matches I made it to here in South America, I become a human screen saver.
I see Dutchman Robin van Persie soaring through the air in a dream group stage date with Spain.
I see Portuguese protagonist Pepe mindlessly headbutting Germany's Thomas Mueller before seeing red.
I see a pair of Cameroon players fighting on the field of play after completely laying an egg in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.
These are images that stay with you. Lifelong soccer fans understand what they mean to someone eager to attend soccer's biggest stage.
They understand what it means to see your country of origin score a goal at a World Cup.
And what it means to attend a penalty kick shootout from which a minnow like Costa Rica advances.
You remember these moments because of the elation. You can't help but feel uplifted.
But looking back at this tournament, those who were here will forever replay images of complete dejection — the sound of the air completely being sucked out of a stadium.
[Reuters photo of Brazil fan]
The sound of 3,000 Germans losing their minds in a semifinal dismantling of Brazil, surrounded by a sea of yellow that stared blankly at what they were witnessing.
Then there's the final chapter of this World Cup odyssey: Taking a seat high above the Maracana here in Rio as those lucky enough to get a ticket began to file in.
The Argentine supporters were deafening. Their piercing whistles whenever Germany had the ball literally made me put earbuds in.
It was nothing like anything back home in North America, where fans — while passionate — don't live and die with every kick, hit or pitch.
When Germany's Mario Gotze scored an extra-time winner here Sunday night, it was as if everyone wearing blue needed a psychiatrist.
It was the kind of crushing sadness only produced following the death of a close family member.
There were concerns ahead of Sunday's final that this would be another monotonous championship match.
But in a tournament with so many surprises, so many story lines, it was anything but the lifeless World Cup finals we've seen in the recent past.
It was a championship match befitting of a tournament that has only featured a handful of stalemates.
It was capped by a world-class finish that was needed to unlock one of the best defences in the tournament.
It was a match that kept soccer's narrative intact: This will always be a game that produces highs and lows that can alter the complexion of a match in the time it takes you to bat an eyelash.
Just as fast, we say farewell to a few of the World Cup's all-time best. Some of the players here are now a thing of the past, steeped in the competition's history as having repeatedly performed at the highest level.
Germany's Miroslav Klose, the Netherlands' van Persie and embattled Brazilian netminder Julio Cesar likely won't be back.
American goalkeeper Tim Howard will forever be remembered in North America for putting on a performance for the ages in a knockout game against Belgium.
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From the African confederation, Samuel Eto'o, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien will be nearly impossible to replace as they hand over the baton to a generation of African footballers who are improving every four years.
Then there's Spain, a side that arrived in Brazil seeking a fourth major title — a group that had ruled the game for half a decade before being humbled in the group stage.
Setting individual moments aside, Brazil 2014 was also about a changing of the tide, an affirmation that Germany is undoubtedly the most compete squad on the planet.
This tournament saw a shift towards a new brand of soccer, one that sees every player on the pitch play both sides of the ball in addition to demonstrating fearlessness going forward with balance and control.
The Germans didn't mark Argentina's Lionel Messi. They didn't need to. Spells of overwhelming possession and a willingness to defend with numbers nullified Argentina's biggest threat most of Sunday night.
More than anything, this German edition will be remembered as a team without weakness, a side with the right recipe of pieces that became the first European side to win a World Cup on South American soil.
The scary thing is that nobody's close to the Germans at the moment. The Netherlands, maybe the closest thing, could lose a few key pieces come Russia 2018.
Brazil and Argentina, the class of South America, have wilted the past few weeks.
The photo album that is my mind will forever hold an image of Germany's Philipp Lahm lifting the World Cup trophy here in Rio.
Something tells me I'll need to make space for a similar image when the Germans roll into Russia four years from now.
For now, German manager Joachim Low, and his players, should take a bow.
Larson out.
1) BRAZIL HAMMERED ON HOME SOIL: I didn't even see goals three and four as I was too busy looking for a replay of the Germany's second goal. Until now, Brazil losing at home was unthinkable. Losing 7-1 in a World Cup semifinal was once in a century.
2) GERMANS IN A DIFFERENT CLASS: The Germans didn't lose here in Brazil. I'll leave it up to the historians to place them among this tournament's top teams. I can't imagine there being another much better World Cup side.
3) COSTA RICA INTO RECORD BOOKS: Everyone loves an upset. The Central Americans became one of the all-time great story lines by nearly getting to the World Cup semifinals. They were one of the most difficult sides to play against in the tournament.
4) INSTANT REPLAY NEEDED?: How much longer can we allow referees to make incorrect calls that alter the complexion of matches? The better question: Is it possible to implement replay in a game that never stops?
5) FOREVER A LEGEND: We all talked about whether Argentina's Lionel Messi would become one of the all-time greats. In doing so, we barely spoke of the World Cup's all-time top performer, Germany's Miroslav Klose.


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| WMU News
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Kalamazoo attorney Jeff Dufon is available from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Sept. 19 in the Student Organization Center conference room in the Bernhard Center. All consultations are confidential.
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