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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — David Price's unfulfilling follow-up to his 2012 American League Cy Young campaign took another frustrating if not ominous turn on Wednesday when he left injured in the third inning of a 9-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field.
The Rays announced that Price, who fell to 1-4 with a 5.24 ERA, was suffering from "triceps tightness."
Price walked off the mound flexing his left hand after surrendering a run-scoring single to David Ortiz on a 95-mph fastball. Manager Joe Maddon and a trainer rushed to ascertain the problem and the left-hander appeared to make no plea to remain in the game.
Price left trailing 2-0. Reliever Jamey Wright was hammered, allowing four hits and a grand slam by Stephen Drew that gave Boston an 8-0 lead. Mike Napoli and Jonny Gomes also had RBIs for Boston, which had lost three straight games.
Red Sox starter Jon Lester was workmanlike in snapping the Rays' six-game win streak, mixing speeds and pitches to quell potential rallies in the middle innings. He allowed two earned runs on eight hits, with five strikeouts in seven innings to improve to 6-0 for the first time in his career.
Price was charged with four earned runs on five hits and a walk in 2 1/3 innings. Just 37 of his 57 pitches were strikes.
The Rays have lost in seven of his nine starts this season. Price has surrendered eight leads over his last six starts and been dogged by questions of about his velocity. His fastball has been tracked at an average of 2.2 mph slower this season than last, when he went 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA in 31 starts.
The Rays cut the deficit to 8-2 in the bottom of the third on a run-scoring triple by Desmond Jennings and an RBI groundout by Ben Zobrist.
Will Middlebrooks hit his seventh homer of the year in the eighth off Kyle Farnsworth for a 9-2 Boston lead.
Notes: Boston closer Andrew Bailey is expected to be activated sometime on the current nine-game road trip. He threw a bullpen session on Tuesday at Tropicana Field in his first action since going on the disabled list with a right biceps strain and will work again today. He is expected to either make a minor league rehab stint or join the Red Sox in Minnesota. ... Dustin Pedroia extended his hit streak to seven games. ... Drew's grand slam was the second of his career.


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The bottom fell out of the ferrous scrap market in November. It was not simply that ferrous prices plunged to levels not seen in several years; worse, the orders for scrap all but vanished as well.
The victims feeling the most pain were the independent scrap processors. Some major mills, like ArcelorMittal SA, told virtually all of them that they would take no purchased scrap from outside suppliers in both November and December.
Adding to the pain were warnings from many mini-mills that they also would not be buying any scrap—not buying from outside suppliers, that is. Most of the large mini-mills now are scrap processors as well as steelmakers, and even a few of the smaller mills have abundant in-house scrap sources to tap.
Were steelmakers shutting down? No. Mills were still producing raw steel in November, but at a reduced rate. As is usually the case in such demand downturns, mills shipped more steel from their finished goods inventories and used more home scrap and purchased scrap that had already been delivered to the mill.
What's different this time is that the industry has undergone a structural change in the past few years. Dramatic increases in scrap prices and other raw materials along with the threat of supply shortages have produced a new steel industry—one that resembles the integrated steel industry of the past. Fifty years ago or more, steel mills not only owned the means of producing steel—that is, the furnaces and rolling mills—but also the raw materials like iron ore and coal.
Some steelmakers, like Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas, have owned both scrapyards and steel mills for decades. Others, like Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., and Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., have been on an acquisition binge in the past two years, buying up some of the largest scrap companies in the country. Those steel-owned scrap divisions, in turn, have gobbled up some the largest yards near their new corporate parents' mills in an effort to ensure supply and minimize freight expenses to the mill.
That has all but closed the mills' gates to independent scrap companies—not only the small, stand-alone, family owned yards that have operated at one site in one city or town for many generations, but also the bigger publicly owned scrap players.
Steel mills were still producing steel, but much of the scrap being melted was coming from their scrap subsidiaries. This was not a slowdown for scrap suppliers—it was about as close to a collapse as has been seen in decades. Prices of iron and steel have fallen drastically, even more drastically than nonferrous scrap. From $900-a-ton prices that prevailed at mid-year for top grades of industrial steel scrap like No. 1 dealer bundles and No. 1 busheling, dealers and processors were receiving $150 a ton or less in November.
Nor is this a uniquely North American situation. Newspapers throughout the world report that scrap dealers are in dire financial straits. "This has affected us very badly," one dealer told South Africa's Cape Times. "I'm looking to reduce the number of staff I have. I have no choice."
In the United States, some processors have contacted many of their industrial suppliers to explain that they can haul away sheet clips from their plants but they have little or no idea when they will be able to pay for the scrap. In some cases, with demand as low as it is, less-desirable grades like mixed borings and turnings may be destined for a landfill and the manufacturer that generated the scrap may have to pay to have it hauled away.
Others can no longer pay much for the smaller truckloads of scrap they take in from tradesmen and smaller scrap dealers. Even the dirt-poor scrap peddlers that push shopping carts filled with old pipe and cans into inner-city yards are apt to wonder whether even that work is worth such a minimal reward. Owners and managers at small yards said they have had little choice but to shut their doors temporarily or cut the hours at the scale until they see mills return to buy some scrap.
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Living plants, from poinsettias to cyclamen and from showy amaryllis to Christmas cacti, are becoming more popular as holiday presents and hostess gifts every year.
While we all love to get these living symbols of the season with their bright colors and lush greenery, caring for them can draw mixed emotions. Fear not. By learning just a little about what each plant needs, you can keep your gifts flourishing through the season and sometimes for years.
Here are a few common gift plants and tips on their care:
Poinsettia: Poinsettias abound this time of year. They come in several colors - including scarlet, ivory, pink and mauve - and have been favorites in the United States for many years. The colorful bracts may stay bright for months if you care for them properly. Bright, indirect light and frequent watering are essential.
Poinsettias require at least six hours of bright light a day to do their best if they are to be kept blooming for more than a couple of weeks. Temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees are ideal, and it is best to keep them out of drafts and away from direct heat sources such as fireplaces and heat vents.
They should be watered when the soil surface feels dry to the touch and just until water drains out of the bottom of the pot. Do not let them stand in water-filled saucers because they are susceptible to root rot.
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Begin feeding it with a standard houseplant food and repot it in a slightly larger container to encourage root growth. By late spring, your poinsettia should have lots of new green leaves and can be moved outside to a sheltered position until frost. It can be maintained as a striking foliage plant for many years, but to rebloom requires a strict regimen of dark periods and light.
Cyclamen: Cyclamen are excellent gift plants that are usually available from October through March. Its graceful, winged flowers of pink, rose, white or crimson rise on long stems above distinctive, heart-shaped leaves that are often handsomely marked.
Given cool growing conditions in a well-lighted spot out of direct sun, cyclamen can bloom for several months. Cool temperatures between 50 and 60 degrees are the key to making the flowers last longer. These cooler temperatures can generally be found at an east or north window during the winter. The soil should be kept moist, but the pots should not stand in water. Plants are easily damaged from overwatering and under watering.
Cyclamen are perennials with thick, tuberous roots, which can last for years and rebloom. They require rest after blooming, during which water is gradually withheld until the leaves die back, and then are not watered again for six weeks. New foliage will appear after watering resumes, and bright light and cool temperatures may produce a plant that will reflower.
Holiday Cactus: There are three types of related species that look like Christmas cacti. The three types bloom at different times of the year and can be found in flower at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. All require bright sunlight and moderate moisture levels.
South windows are excellent locations for holiday cactus. After the six weeks of blooming, remove spent flowers and apply a houseplant fertilizer. Plants can be grown outside in semi-shaded location. Stem pieces of three segments or more are easily propagated.
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Tanaka earns 11th win, Yankees beat Toronto 3-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Once Masahiro Tanaka overcame that early jolt from Jose Reyes, the Japanese rookie did just fine.
Tanaka gave up a home run to Reyes on the first pitch of the game, then earned his major league-high 11th victory as the New York Yankees beat Toronto 3-1 Tuesday night for their 14th straight home win over the Blue Jays.
That was the first time Tanaka could remember getting tagged so quickly and said it "threw me off my rhythm a little bit."
"Overall, I think my stuff wasn't really there," he said through a translator.
Even so, Tanaka (11-1) struck out 10 in six innings and left with an AL-best 1.99 ERA. The right-hander has made 14 starts this season — he's gone at least six innings in every outing and never permitted more than three earned runs.
"What he's done is remarkable," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He wins."
Brett Gardner hit a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole and the Yankees sent the AL East leaders to their seventh loss in 10 games.
Tanaka made his big league debut April 4 at Toronto and Melky Cabrera hit a leadoff home run on the third pitch.
Reyes provided an even faster start with a drive into the lower deck in right, and slapped his hands as he rounded first.
"I made up my mind before the game that I was going to swing at the first pitch," he said. "You don't want to face Tanaka with two strikes."
Said Girardi: "He just threw a pitch right down the middle and up. Reyes knew what to do."
"Reyes is familiar with this ballpark," he said. "He went to the short part of the park."
Cabrera followed with a liner between Tanaka's legs that knocked off the pitcher's glove. But Tanaka scrambled to retrieve the ball behind the mound and threw out Cabrera, and never again allowed a runner past second.
Tanaka gave up five hits and walked two in moving ahead of Toronto's Mark Buehrle for the most wins in the majors. Buehrle starts Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium in the middle game of the three-game series.
The Blue Jays were the second team to face Tanaka twice. He blanked the Chicago Cubs for eight innings in April before they handed him his only loss a month later.
Dellin Betances worked two innings and David Robertson closed for his 17th save in 19 tries. New York pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts and became the latest staff to slow down the Blue Jays, limited to 24 runs in their last 11 games.
Pitching about 50 miles from his Long Island hometown, Blue Jays rookie Marcus Stroman (3-2) threw 98 pitches in 3 2-3 innings on a sticky night. Gardner gave him a workout right away, grounding out in a 12-pitch at-bat to lead off the first.
Kelly Johnson doubled in the third for the Yankees' first hit and Gardner pulled a go-ahead home run.
Derek Jeter opened the fifth with his second hit of the game and scored his 1,900th run on a single by Mark Teixeira. Jeter is 10th on the career runs list, 19 behind longtime teammate Alex Rodriguez.
NOTES: After the game, Toronto reinstated OF Colby Rasmus (hamstring) from the disabled list and optioned OF Anthony Gose to Triple-A Buffalo. ... The Blue Jays' drought at Yankee Stadium started in August 2012, and they've dropped 23 of their last 25 in the Bronx. The team cited the Elias Sports Bureau in saying it matched the Yankees' longest such winning streak against one opponent since 1961 — they also won 14 straight home game vs. Kansas City from 2002-06. ... Tanaka has fanned at least 10 in five starts. ... Girardi became the sixth manager to win 600 games with the Yankees. ... Reyes hit his 20th career leadoff homer, and second this year. ... Cabrera has a 17-game hitting streak vs. the Yankees, his former team. ... Toronto RHP R.A. Dickey is fine to make his next start Friday night in Cincinnati, manager John Gibbons said. The knuckleballer made an early exit Saturday in Baltimore because of groin tightness. ... Yankees 2B Brian Roberts started after missing two games with a bruised right knee. ... Yankees LHP CC Sabathia (knee) threw a bullpen session Sunday and is set for another one Tuesday. "No setbacks," he said. Sabathia had hoped to return by the All-Star break, but Girardi said there's no timeframe. ... There was a pregame moment of silence for Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who died Monday.


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I am fairly new to GPU computing using CUDA but have gathered a lot of information from the internet over the last month or so. I am an academic researcher who has mostly been programming computational routines in Python, due to the simplicity of scripting languages (of course I know, runtime speed kind of sucks for more complex problems...). I have identified CUDA GPGPU (and thus potentially also MAGMA) as a great way of "outsourcing" certain hotspot code fragments to the GPU. In particular I am thinking about cases such as bootstrapping techniques in econometrics and Monte Carlo integration in Finance, where in the former case I may have to solve a linear algebra problem many thousand times over, which I want to do in parallel rather than serially.
There is one problem I have been experiencing, which is that many CUDA-optimized routines - such as SGEMM in CUBLAS - appear only to work well with square matrices. Is this the same with MAGMA SGEMM as well? All I want is a general, "fire-and-forget", but very fast GPU SGEMM version for a GENERAL matrix multiplication problem, where the matrices are [p,q] x [q,r] where p neq q neq r. I think the best option in my case would be to use PyCUDA actually, because I employ Python as my main language, but to my surprise I also still have not found a working source code for a kernel which delivers a fool-proof solution to my problem. Could anybody provide me with a hint as to what approach I ought to take? I have played around a lot with Vasily Volkov's fairly new SGEMM kernel source code, but again, for me so far this has only worked for the special case of square matrices. I am 100% certain that the alternative "solution" of applying padding of zeros to general problems to make them all square cannot be answer to what I am looking for :-)


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Former chair of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupþing, Sigurður Einarsson, filed a lawsuit against Special Prosecutor of Iceland Ólafur Þór Hauksson and Björn Þorvaldsson, a prosecutor working at the office, at the end of October 2013, as revealed on the website of business weekly Viðskiptablaðið yesterday.
In the lawsuit, filed to the state prosecutor, it was requested that an investigation be launched into the competence of Ólafur and Björn given that they intentionally provided Reykjavík District Court and Interpol with false information about Sigurður in 2010, or so the lawsuit reads.
It is maintained that this was done in order to have the court's verdict on Sigurður's arrest followed through. Interpol subsequently published a 'wanted' notice on Sigurður, portraying him as a criminal on the run.
The state prosecutor decided to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that the alleged violations by Ólafur and Björn had become void.
"It is a very peculiar case and, truth be told, I think it's dreadful," said Gestur Jónsson, Sigurður's lawyer.
In order for Interpol to publish a so-called 'red notice' on a person, he or she should be wanted to appear in court facing a charge or to serve a sentence. Neither applied to Sigurður's case, as he had not been charged and no sentence had been determined, the story on vb.is reads.


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"Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform." - Derrick A. Bell
The death of Ammaria Johnson is heart-wrenching for all of us. An innocent 7 year old dies at school from peanut-induced anaphylaxis because her life-saving medication, epinephrine, was not available to her. This is a grim reminder of the life-threatening nature of food-induced anaphylaxis and a very serious reminder of the critical need for massive food allergy education.
So, here's what I am going to do. I am going to teach you what happens in your body during an allergic reaction. I want to do this for two main reasons:
1. TO EMPOWER YOU. Science is power. It's the proof. And because food allergy is a term used relatively loosely, food allergy families and friends often find themselves feeling like they have something to prove. If you can use the words "mast cell" and "histamine" when you are describing food allergy to someone, they will have less opportunity to question you, to doubt you.
2. TO HELP YOU EDUCATE OTHERS. If you have a clear understanding of how food allergy works and why epinephrine will save the life of someone who is experiencing anaphylaxis then you can be a better and more confident educator. You will become an authority on food allergy. You'll have the facts in your back pocket. People will listen because science is power.
I was at a kindergarten social for Sal and two fathers asked me why Gino and Milo didn't go to the same school as my older son. I explained that for preschool we hired a teacher for the boys because they have life-threatening food allergies and we didn't think they were ready for a traditional food-filled preschool setting. They just looked at me. I felt doubt. I felt judgment. I felt misunderstood. So instead of continuing with the normal, "So, anyway, I grew up in Bourbonnais. What about you?" conversation, I thought I would give something else a try. I asked them if they would mind if I took a few minutes to explain, scientifically, what happens during an allergic reaction. They agreed, mostly to humor me. (How could I blame them? It was a pretty nerdy opening line.) As I spoke, the way they looked at me changed. Their body language shifted from cross-armed and distant to relaxed with their body's leaning in toward mine. They were shifting from doubt to empathy before my eyes. They were engaged. As I was teaching them, they had no choice but to learn. It was a powerful moment for me and later, I found out, for them too. I am going to tell you what I told them.
The human immune system has an extraordinary eloquence and precision. Nothing man-made can compete with its beauty and power. With that being said, this is a greatly simplified version of what happens during an allergic reaction but I think it is all you need to become an empowered educator. Okay, friends, are you ready?
There are two main allergic cells in your body, the mast cell and the basophil. These cells contain within them pockets (or granules, seen in red in image below) filled with chemicals that mediate allergic disease. Mast cells are found docked in tissues whereas basophils are floating around in the blood. Both of these types of cells have receptors on their surface. Some of these receptors have IgE (immunoglobulin type E) antibodies attached to them. Think of the IgE antibody as a hand that projects out from the cell (seen in dark blue, shaped like a "Y" in image below). Each of the hands will only grab onto specific food proteins. They have a favorite food, so to speak.
Those are the main cellular players. Now here's what they do. An individual eats a food to which he or she is allergic. Let's say it is a peanut but it could be virtually any food. The peanut enters the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, whether it is peanut residue that cannot even be seen or an actual piece of a peanut. At some point, the tiny allergenic peanut protein passes thru an insecure barrier in the wall of the GI tract. The peanut protein then finds its way, through a series of events, to the blood stream and tissues. Here is where the peanut protein finds the mast cells and basophils.
Now, there are those "Y"-shaped IgE antibodies (the hands) on these mast cells and basophils, remember? The hands on some of the cells of a peanut-allergic person are looking for peanut protein. When these hands make contact with the peanut protein, they grab onto it and in turn, the cell becomes "excited".
The pockets of chemicals (granules) found within the cells quickly move to the edge of the cell and pour their chemical contents out into the bloodstream or tissues (degranulation). The chemicals spewing from these cells (seen in red in image below) include histamine and tryptase, among others. This process of degranulation can occur very rapidly and does not just occur in a few cells but instead in many cells all over the body. This process occurs even if there was only a miniscule amount of peanut protein that originally started the reaction, even if the blood test showed a low number for peanut, even if all of the past reactions were minor. If this process were not deadly, I would say that the efficiency and rapidity of the reaction borders on fantastic.
Histamine, tryptase and the other chemicals that are now swirling in the blood and the tissues start to wreak immediate havoc and the signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis are quickly evident. Anaphylaxis hits as sudden as a summer storm. The damage is frightening and widespread. Histamine causes many changes to occur in the body. Some of these effects are more considerable than others. Histamine causes smooth muscles to contract leading to abdominal pain, cramping, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It can lead to wheezing (like asthma) from airway constriction that can ultimately lead to respiratory distress, respiratory arrest and death. Histamine also causes vasodilatation. This is when blood vessels get bigger and have less ability to contract to get blood back to the heart. This can cause a decrease in blood pressure that can lead to dizziness, feeling faint, shock and death. Histamine also induces microvascular leakage. This means that both cells and fluid that are supposed to stay in the blood vessels are able to leak out of the blood vessels. This can lead to hives, itching, and swelling of the throat leading to suffocation. If enough fluid leaks out of the blood vessels, there can be accompanying decrease in blood pressure leading to shock and death. Histamine can also cause marked mucosal edema and mucus secretion. It can cause the airways to become swollen and filled with mucus making it difficult for oxygen to get from the air we breathe into the blood that circulates around our body.
Now we are in the midst of anaphylaxis, WE MUST STOP IT. YOU MUST USE INJECTABLE EPINEPHRINE. How does epinephrine work to stop an allergic reaction? You need to know this. You need to understand WHY you must carry this everywhere you go. You need to know WHY you must use this medication when your son or daughter, parent, grandchild, student, or friend is having a serious allergic reaction. I told you how fast these reactions occur (and many of you have seen the speed of a reaction first hand) so there is no time to waste. If someone is experiencing anaphylaxis, injectable epinephrine must be given immediately. Be a hero. Save a life. Don't be afraid. Once you give the injectable epinephrine as instructed, here is what it does…
Epinephrine constricts blood vessels. This is important because it curbs that microvascular leaking that leads to decreased blood volume and plummeting blood pressure, potentially leading to shock and death. Epinephrine relaxes airways. So while histamine is trying to make the airways tight, epinephrine tries to relax them in order to allow air to pass more easily. Epinephrine helps to decrease swelling in the upper airway so that air is not obstructed from getting to the lungs. It decreases cramping of the GI tract. It helps to block the hives and itching that accompany an allergic reaction. Epinephrine can help to stop anaphylaxis from progressing to death if given early and appropriately. It is the only thing that can. Antihistamines can relieve some of the skin symptoms (hives, itch) but they do not have the ability to save a life from anaphylaxis.
To summarize: The food that one is allergic to enters the body. It finds its way to allergic cells (mast cells and basophils) that recognize only certain foods through their IgE antibodies. Once the allergic food protein binds to that IgE, the cell pours out chemicals (histamine and tryptase) that cause swelling, itching, decreased blood pressure, and can ultimately lead to death. Epinephrine counteracts these effects. It decreases swelling, increases your blood pressure, makes your heart pump better and helps to prevent a fatal reaction.
That is anaphylaxis in a nutshell, so to speak. This is why it can be deadly and this is why epinephrine can save a life. Please share this post with your friends, families, teachers, administrators, school nurses, physicians, and anyone else you can think of. I know it is a long post but it is so very important. If we do not push to educate others, I'm afraid that we are going to continue to lose our sweet and innocent food allergic children to anaphylaxis. We simply cannot stand for this and, if I know anything about families who have children with food allergies, I know we won't stand for this. There is too much at stake.


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It's Friday, really?! Does anyone else feel surprised by this?
I've spent the better part of the week painting our bedroom. If you follow my Tweets, you may already be aware of this. I've had to take advantage of naps to get all the edges cut in and then rolled and rolled some more. I'm happy to say it's practically done and I love how bright and clean it feels now. Relief.
I'm really going to try to update you with pictures next week but for now I am tired! I just want to spend the day in bed and have Israel make me breakfast. Kidding.
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An excellent book all around! Lots of good material here, even if you're not interested in using the D&D-like rules that lie at the core of this game.
The concept and atmosphere for this adventure are good, but the opponents placed within (other than the final enemy) are a bit underwhelming. This doesn't feel like it should be an adventure for first-level characters. Thankfully it shouldn't be hard to stock the dungeon with more impressive enemies and treasure while keeping the overall story the same.
It's got the same high quality as the core game, and a lot of usable hero data files. However, the Civil War storyline, with which I wasn't familiar before, didn't appeal to me very much. On the bright side, the book presents a chance to run things differently from how they were in the comics.
This is a blast to read, and it gets the feel of classic cyberpunk just right. The system seems pretty fun and workable, centered around building a story the whole table can agree on while following the game's main themes. If you don't want to use it, though, the game's mechanics for generating a plot on the fly based on the PC's connections are more or less independent from the rest of the rules, and could easily be lifted for use in other games.
Quite possibly one of the best Exalted supplements I've ever read, and an excellent sendoff to the game's second edition. The alternate settings are pretty good, and all of them feel new and fresh. The mechanics hew to the high standard of the recent Scroll of Errata and the Glories of the Most High supplements, and bring at long last official support for "modern" Exalted (my first Exalted Modern campaign was in 2004 or thereabouts).
This is a surprisingly nice adventure! It manages to present a dark setting while still making the player characters feel suitably anti-heroic, which is more than can be said of some earlier releases such as Ghost Cartels or certain Missions adventures, which expects your group to be downright villainous.
This is a classic for a reason. The plot is deceptively simple, and converting this to a more recent edition of Shadowrun or even to another system would be pretty easy. It's more than worth the price tag.
This book is a sequel of sorts to the Dawn of the Artifacts adventure series, which ends in a vague note, promising that all of its loose ends will be wrapped up here. Given this is a full-sized book, I expected it to both deliver on this promise, and to offer adventures and plot hooks for new artifacts, and maybe even rules to use artifacts in play.
I regret to say I was disappointed. "Artifacts Unbound" vacillates between wanting to be a sequel to Dawn of the Artifacts, a companion to the "Artifact Rush" plot line in the Shadowrun Missions adventures, and an introduction to the whole "artifacts" arc. It succeeds somewhat on the later two goals, but not on the first, which is the one I was the most interested in.
The main problem I had with the adventures and plot hooks in Artifacts Unbound was that they focus solely on the same four artifacts your PCs spent four long adventures chasing and obtaining. It weaves a tale saying they "don't want to be together" for some reason, and uses that as an excuse to have them turn up all over the world again and again. And again. And again. Most of the pages in the book are dedicated to sending the players after the same old four artifacts several more times, which devalues the effort they went through during Dawn of the Artifacts.
A few of the adventures here are appropriate as sequels, since they involve chasing after the secret to unlocking the power of these "Dawn" artifacts, or entirely unrelated items of similar power. They're not the majority of the material, though.
In short, this book will be far more useful for groups who haven't played through Dawn of the Artifacts. There's enough information here on the four artifacts from that series, and enough adventures focused on chasing them around to provide context. Groups who have played through Dawn of the Artifacts might as well just skip to the very last fiction piece, which delivers the promised payoff, and then play the independent adventures after that.
This adventure contains some innovative systems, and a somewhat unorthodox story, but unfortunately I was still disappointed with it, because frankly the mission itself is a little repulsive.
On the surface, it almost sounds like something out of the early days of Shadowrun - help an oppressed artist leave the claws of her evil corporate masters! Except you're "helping" her through a smear campaign that involves selling a baby clone of her to the black market, and the final goal is to deliver the artist into the claws of another corporate master. For an adventure that claims to bring the punk back into Shadowrun, it sure makes you sell out big time.
Like the first Horizon adventure, it hides the seeds of something good, but making them bloom properly would require extensive reworking. But while you could at least use the first half of the previous adventure basically unchanged, you'll have to rework all of Anarchy Subsizided if you're not okay with its basic plot. I'm not sure it's worth even the discounted PDF price.
It's a pretty good introduction, and a blast to play with people who know the series, but it feels a little too "scripted" at times.
My previous experience with ready-made D&D adventures was mostly with the ones from Dungeon Magazine. Compared with the long, pointless, blood-soaked slogs published there, this one comes off as short, sweet, to the point, and overall very nice. It packs a lot of atmosphere on its short setting description and introductory chapter, and the pregen characters included here nicely complement the storyline with their differing opinions and potential for intra-party drama.
It also doesn't feel the need to make characters advance levels by shoehorning 10-20 combat encounters into the storyline - the combats that are there are all very dramatically appropriate and serve the story, rather than the other way around.
A Fistful of Credsticks is a decent adventure, but not a truly great one. It does a good job of exposing your shadowrunners to the Sixth World celebrity scene, but despite being labeled as a "Horizon Adventure" the part of it that actually has anything to do with Horizon is a bit contrived. It feels like it was added later, and so this book suffers from a somewhat attenuated form of the problem First Run had. The first half of it is a perfectly fine series of shadowruns, with no relation to Horizon. Getting the second part to happen takes a lot of railroading on the part of the GM, or some work to make it better. It does give those who thought Horizon was "too clean" something to chew on, though.
Shadowrun Missions have come a long way from their humble beginnings - this one is among the better published adventures for Shadowrun I've read in a while.
It sets the runners up with the job of tracking down a suspect for the police, a mob boss that they can't reach through their normal means. It lays out a fairly logical chain of investigation to get to this suspect, and has a hard, meaningful choice for the players at the end. It's possible the players might guess what that choice is before it's fully set up, but that doesn't take away from its weight. I would recommend Game Masters spend a bit of time thinking about the ending before they run the adventure, and prepare for the case when runners choose an option not outlined in the pre-written material. They should run with it, of course, but shouldn't be caught by surprise. This is one of those sticky situations where none of the "default" choices might feel good, so some players will enjoy thinking up alternatives.
This is a fairly good adventure, with lots of advice for beginning GM's, but it has a serious plot flaw, in that about half of it will only happen if your players are curious enough to deviate from their given mission parameters and investigate the true nature of the McGuffin they've been asked to retrieve. If you aren't sure they will do that on their own, you will have to include some extra incentive.
This was a disappointment for me. The layout is actually painful to look at on a screen, it's hard to find the rules you want, and enough has been said about the doll art that I don't need to elaborate further. Plus, the book is incomplete - the print version has some 18 extra pages that aren't present on the PDF. If you absolutely must own this game, go with the print version.


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Honey, let's go see that three-hour Romanian movie, about the sick old man who's lying on a gurney! Oh, you mean the new Ion Fiscuteanu picture–the one where he spits up, mumbles and falls asleep? Sure, darling, but we'd better buy our tickets online. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is going to sell out!
May it be so–because however drab and draggy it may sound in synopsis, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is a great movie.
Granted, it really is a three-hour ride with a dying man, portentously named Dante Remus Lazarescu: a 62-year-old engineer (played by the grizzled and blubbery Fiscuteanu) who is trucked this way and that through the Bucharest night, leaking confused words and bodily wastes at a series of unhelpful hospitals. You might say the film proceeds by subtraction. It progressively takes away Lazarescu's energy, mobility, command of language, control of bowels, tongue, clothes, hair and autonomy, until the complete man you saw at the beginning–pained and panting but still furnished with a home, habits, neighbors, family and sarcasm–is reduced to a slab of flesh under a sheet.
But The Death of Mr. Lazarescu also proceeds by addition, which perhaps explains one small part of its greatness. While Lazarescu is descending on his nighttime journey toward zero, the film builds up an entire social world around him–one that is harrowing, funny, infuriating, outrageous and sometimes profoundly moving.
The pileup begins in a hideaway typical of an aging widower: dirty dishes clustered next to the sink, towers of old newspapers stacked in the living room, voices yammering incessantly on TV and cats sprawled on every stick of furniture. Lazarescu doesn't live in this apartment so much as wear it, like his snug knit cap or polo shirt. You can sense the space clinging to him, permeated by his humidity and odor. Except for the cats (which seem to multiply every time the camera turns in a new direction), he is on his own–alone and waiting. Complaining of a persistent headache and vomiting, he has phoned for an ambulance; and while his request is going unanswered, minute after minute, there's nothing for him to do but pour a drink of some nasty caramel-colored stuff, rub his stomach, call the ambulance service again, take some medicine, grouse to the cats, put on a fresh polo shirt (he's vomited on the old one) and call his married sister to argue (with a certain eloquence, an intellectual keenness) about money. The light is dull and waxy, even in the kitchen. When Lazarescu settles down for any length of time, halting the hand-held camera in its wanderings, the image trembles slightly, as if palsied.
You and Lazarescu are allowed to steep in this woozy isolation until the director and co-writer, Cristi Puiu, is good and ready to introduce other people–starting with a big, booming neighbor and his pincushion wife. When interrupted by Lazarescu, who has ventured across the landing to ask for help, these two exemplars of the philosophy that "Life goes on!" scarcely bother to listen to the sick man or look closely at him, so intent are they on continuing their chronic warfare over his head–also around him, and in front. While his legs suddenly turn to water and the lights on the landing keep blinking off, the neighbors interrupt their self-absorption only to admonish Lazarescu about his drinking, or to offer a little pork moussaka (just the thing for someone who can't keep down an aspirin). Monsters of comic invention, these Bickersons would be enough in themselves to kill off poor Lazarescu, except that the paramedic finally enters, with a worried frown at all she sees.


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Clemson's recruiting is on a roll.
It's official Cain chooses the Clemson Tigers! #Clemson pic.twitter.com/ccb20DP1eM Congrats to @TheOpening2014 Invite Deon Cain (@ImOnMyWay_5) on his commitment to #Clemson. #SolidOrange #GOTOPEN pic.twitter.com/MxhIrvt27L Things are getting wild at Deon Cain's commitment as he chooses #Clemson pic.twitter.com/R8InEMRmHc
The Tigers picked up commitment number 16 Friday afternoon when 4-star wide receiver Deon Cain gave his verbal commitment during a ceremony at his school.
Cain is ranked as the No. 57 player nationally in the ESPN 300, and is ranked as the fifth-best athlete in the nation. He is also listed as the No. 13 player out of the state of Florida.
The 6-1, 190-pound prospect – who plays quarterback at Tampa (FL) Tampa Bay Tech - chose the Tigers over Florida, Florida St., Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Miami. Only LSU offered Cain as a quarterback.
He is the second receiver picked up for the 2015 cycle, along with Shadell Bell.
Cain completed 49 percent of his 245 pass attempts in 2013, throwing for 1,945 yards, 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
"He's probably the most athletic kid I've ever coached," said Jayson Roberts, his high school coach. "The number of things he can do as a receiver, run, jump, I've never seen a kid so comfortable with the ball in the air. He just plucks the ball out of the air. He makes everything look so effortless. He's such a smooth athlete and one of the most competitive kids I've been around."
Roberts said that Cain is also the kind of leader the Tigers are looking for.
"Those leadership qualities are going to translate well to the next level," Roberts said. "Having that pressure that everything was going to go thru him, playing at Clemson and on that big stage is not going to affect him at all."
2015 FOOTBALL COMMITS (16) Name POS Ht/Wt Hometown ESPN Rank Mitch Hyatt OT 6-6/270 Suwannee, GA Garrett Williams TE/DE 6-4/215 Orlando, FL Kelly Bryant QB 6-4/205 Piedmont, SC Noah Green OT 6-5/275 Boiling Springs, SC Van Smith ATH/RB 6-0/170 Charlotte, NC Shadell Bell WR 6-3/190 Decatur, GA Deon Cain ATH 6-2/200 Tampa, FL Tucker Israel QB 6-0/195 Orlando, FL Sterling Johnson DT 6-4/265 Clayton, NC Jake Fruhmorgen OT 6-5/280 Tampa, FL Zach Giella OT 6-6/285 Augusta, GA Tanner Muse LB/S 6-4/205 Belmont, NC Kaleb Chalmers CB 5-11/170 Greenwood, SC Chad Smith LB 6-4/215 Sterling, VA Gage Cervenka DT 6-3/280 Greenwood, SC -- Juwuan Briscoe RB/CB 6-1/185 Waldorf, MD --
It's official Cain chooses the Clemson Tigers! #Clemson pic.twitter.com/ccb20DP1eM— Ricky Sailor (@unsignedpreps) May 30, 2014
Congrats to @TheOpening2014 Invite Deon Cain (@ImOnMyWay_5) on his commitment to #Clemson. #SolidOrange #GOTOPEN pic.twitter.com/MxhIrvt27L— The Opening (@TheOpening2014) May 30, 2014
Things are getting wild at Deon Cain's commitment as he chooses #Clemson pic.twitter.com/R8InEMRmHc— Josh Newberg (@joshnewberg247) May 30, 2014
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he "utterly rejects" the emerging nuclear deal between western powers and Iran, calling it a "bad deal" and promising that Israel will do everything it needs to do to defend itself.
Netanyahu's tough talk came a day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is mediating negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, sharply criticized Israeli policies in an interview broadcast on Israeli TV. A photo op with the two did not take place as scheduled Friday.
Kerry criticized Israeli settlement building and warned violence could erupt if peace talks fail in the interview.
Israel believes Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon and says international pressure should be stepped up, not eased, in order to force Iran to dismantle its nuclear program. Netanyahu has repeatedly threatened to attack Iran, unilaterally if necessary, if he concludes that diplomatic pressure on Iran has failed.
He spoke before meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry returned to Tel Aviv from Jordan to speak with Netanyahu before flying to Switzerland to participate in nuclear talks with Iran.
Kerry's decision to fly to Geneva comes after signs that global powers and Iran were close to a deal that would cap some of Iran's suspected nuclear program in exchange for limited relief from economic sanctions.
"I understand the Iranians are walking around very satisfied in Geneva as well they should because they got everything and paid nothing," Netanyahu told reporters.
"They wanted relief of sanctions after years of grueling sanctions, they got that. They paid nothing because they are not reducing in any way their nuclear enrichment capability. So Iran got the deal of the century and the international community got a bad deal," Netanyahu said.
"This is a very bad deal and Israel utterly rejects it. Israel is not obliged by this agreement and Israel will do everything it needs to do to defend itself and defend the security of its people," he said.
In a signal to Kerry, following his remarks about Israeli policy in Thursday's broadcast; Netanyahu added "That is true also of our negotiations with the Palestinians."
"I will never compromise on Israel's security and our vital interests, not in the face of any international pressure. I think the pressure has to be put where it belongs, that is on the Palestinians who refuse to budge. But I think in any case, no amount of pressure will make me or the Government of Israel compromise on the basic security and national interests of the State of Israel," Netanyahu said.
A State Department official said only that Kerry and Netanyahu met one on one for two hours and 15 minutes.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry would go Geneva to meet Friday with the European Union's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, and Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Israel considers a nuclear-armed Iran to be an existential threat, citing hostile Iranian rhetoric toward the Jewish state, Iran's missile capabilities and its support for violent Middle Eastern militant groups.
Netanyahu says pressure must be maintained until Iran halts all enrichment of uranium, a key step in producing a nuclear weapon; removes its stockpile of enriched uranium from the country; closes suspicious enrichment facilities and shutters a facility that could produce plutonium, another potential gateway to nuclear arms.
Despite Netanyahu's warnings, there are growing signs that any international deal with Iran will fall short of his demands.
The Iranian nuclear program will likely to dominate Friday's meeting, overshadowing Kerry's efforts to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
A senior state department official said that Kerry has been open to the possibility of traveling to Geneva for the talks "if it would help narrow differences."
The official said Ashton asked Kerry to attend the latest round of discussions. The official called the negotiations "a complex process" and said Kerry was "committed to doing anything he can" to help.


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Any time a company changes its logo it's a risky move that could easily turn off its customers.
Ask Gap, which in 2010 dramatically altered its iconic logo and quickly had to revert back to the old one after it was bombarded with a maelstrom of negative online feedback from disappointed customers—some who swore never to return to the retailer.
Enter Yahoo, who recently announced that it is planning on changing its logo.
The move might be good for the Web company, said Ira Kalb, a professor of marketing at the Marshall School of Business at USC, who typically suggests companies avoid such dramatic ploys because they're usually rooted in all the wrong reasons.
"Yahoo hasn't had that great of an image," Kalb said. "Their image is they're outdated and an also-ran on the Internet—so I think from a psychological and image standpoint [the logo change] is a good idea."
Kalb, who has expertise in branding, crisis management and strategic marketing, said that marketers need to pay attention to the sensitive nature of the human brain which has evolved to protect us.
"The brain likes to relax," he said from his office in Los Angeles. "When you make a change you make the brain uncomfortable. When people feel uncomfortable they don't feel comfortable to buy."
There are many tech companies, however, that have successfully made the leap, seemingly convincing their customer's brains that the new logo is a positive change.
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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – The NCBWA East Regional Poll and the Northeast-10 conference are honoring Pace athletes for outstanding performance on and off the field.
Baseball senior James Pjura was honored by the NCBWA Division II East Regional Poll for his achievements last season. Pjura hit .297 last season with 16 doubles, five home runs, and 36 RBI. For his efforts, he was selected first-team Daktronics All-East Region and first-team All-Northeast-10 Conference.
In addition to Pjura's honors, the Pace baseball team opens its season ranked sixth in the poll.
The Northeast-10 conference also released its fall all-academic team which includes women's soccer goalie Leslie Robertson and football tight end Luiz Ribeiro.
In order to be eligible for the NE-10 all-academic team, a student-athlete must have been a starter or significant contributor and have a 3.3 cumulative GPA or higher.
Robertson started 16 games this past season for the women's soccer team in net for the Setters. She finished the season with a 1.89 goals-against average and led the NE-10 with 103 saves. Robertson is a childhood education major in the School of Education and has a cumulative GPA of 3.72.
Ribeiro totaled 22 receptions for 210 yards and one touchdown this season as a tight end for the Pace football team. Throughout his career, he has posted 34 receptions for 327 yards and one score. Ribeiro is majoring in finance in the Lubin School of Business and has a cumulative GPA of 3.94.


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Paddy Connel, by his own admission, was "so much in the habit of lying that he hardly now knew when he told the truth…". He claimed to Commodore Wilkes in 1843 that he had fathered 48 children and was trying for an even 50, thus assuring his fame.
In researching my own family in Fiji I came across a 'three brothers' story. My g-g-grandmother was Lavenia O'Connor, and the stories are that her father was William O'Connor, or Connor. One story I'd seen on the internet when I first started researching my family was that this William had changed his name from Patrick (or Paddy) Connel.
I contacted an O'Connor descendant who said that there were three brothers – Charles, William and Philip, who all arrived from New South Wales, which was then still a penal colony. She didn't think that my Lavenia was part of this family because she was not included on the chart that she had, which included mostly sons. I suspect this chart was for land inheritance purposes rather than genealogy, as many of the family branches ended with words about there being no land entitlement. Land is very important in Fiji.
My research into Land Claims Commission reports has given me other ideas. When Fiji was ceded to Britain in 1874 one of the first things the new British government did was to ensure that all the whites claiming to own land actually did so, and the reports of the Commission are available at the National Archives of Fiji. Charlie Connor owned the most land of the Connors, in Kadavu, and some of his brothers settled there with him, including a fourth one, James. In one of the reports he mentions his father by name: Patrick.
I have concluded that there were more than three brothers, and they were born in Fiji to Paddy Connel. The Fijian language ends every word with a vowel, and names were changed to suit so they would have left the L off the end of the name and spelled it 'Kono', as it is spelled in some of the birth and death registrations.
Incidently, Lavenia married Samuel Whippy, the eldest legitimate son of David Whippy, a native of Nantucket. Commodore Wilkes found him very useful and trustworthy, and made him Acting American Consul (I may have that title wrong, I'm working from memory). David Whippy looked after a lot of the children of white settlers who lost their fathers, including my own Riley ancestor, I suspect. He may have looked out for the children of Paddy Connel as well.


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Ten researchers from labs which the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science stewards were recently elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
The honor recognizes individuals "Who have made scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications." The new fellows were formally announced in the journal Science on Nov. 29th, and they will also be recognized at the 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago.
New AAAS fellows from Office of Science labs include:
The Department's Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information please visit http://science.energy.gov/about.
Charles Rousseaux is a Senior Writer in the Office of Science, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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NAMM 2010: TC Helicon Launches new Voicetone Create XT
Do you want to sound like a true pop star? The new TC Helicon VoiceTone Create XT fx pedal for vocalists, launched today at NAMM, gives you all the tools you need!
Who need a Simon Cowell when you got Voicetone Create XT, the ultimate all-in-one vocal producer pedal. It gives vocalists all of the tools they need to quickly and easily turn in superbly produced vocal performances.
The TC Helicon VoiceTone Create XT makes it even easier to get those 'ear candy' vocal effects that professional producers call on every day to create hit tracks. VoiceTone Create XT improves on the original Create by incorporating HardTune (similar to effects by artists such as T-Pain and Kanye West), the rich, front-of-house quality reverb from its famous big brother, VoiceLive 2, and even more control, including a pedal input that accepts TC-Helicon's 3-button footswitch.
And VoiceTone Create XT is even easier to use, featuring individual on/off buttons for the effects blocks, new Tweak controls for quick adjustment, an input for anoptional Switch3 footswitch controller that provides stompbox on/offs for FX, µMod, and Delay. The addition of USB and an updated version of the VoiceSupport application provide preset management and access to updates, tips and tricks.
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COB Alumnus JP Mowery Named Outstanding CPA in Government Award Winner
JP Mowery, a 1990 accounting graduate, and a 1996 MBA graduate, has been named the outstanding CPA in government award winner by the West Virginia Society of CPAs. The awards were given out on Friday, June 21, at the Greenbrier Hotel.
JP currently serves as the Business Manager/Treasurer of the Pendleton County Board of Education, since 1993. From 1990 to 1993, JP was a Staff Accountant with Phibbs, Burkholder, Geisert & Huffman, CPAs in Virginia. He also served from 1988-2011 as a part-time statistician at James Madison University
He is a member of the WV Association of School Business Officials, WV Association of School Administrators, International Association of School Business Officials, the WVSCPA, a current member and former director of the Pendleton County Chamber of Commerce, and a former board member of the WV Association of School Business Officials and Accounting Committee. He has presented before various state legislative committees and was inducted into the June Harless Hall of Fame in 2006.
JP was nominated by Pendleton County Superintendent of Schools Doug Lambert. Following are excerpts from his nomination: "JP has been an invaluable leader for Pendleton County Schools during the 19 years he has been employed as the Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer for Pendleton County Schools. Not only is JP an invaluable member of our leadership team, he has earned statewide recognition in the education community for his knowledge of school finance issues, particularly regarding the state school funding formula."
Congratulations, JP, on a well deserved honor!
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Classic Rock Tone With TC Electronic
Classic Rock Tone With TC Electronic
Joe Perry Of AerosmithOne of the most famous rockers of them all, Joe Perry has penned some of the iconic rock riffs with Aerosmith. As befits classic rock royalty Joe wields a Les Paul for his main axe but has used all the usual suspects from Strat to SG. For back line it's another stone cold classic, the mighty Marshall stack with 4x12 cab and SM57 microphones pointed at the grille.
As for Joe Perry's pedal board we can see a range of TC Electronic pedals including the Hall Of Fame Reverb, Flashback Delay and Vortex Flanger. Joe's used most of the TC range of pedals to get the sounds of Aerosmith's classic albums while playing live, whether it's a slapback delay on the Flashback or full whooshing flanger for that 70's sound. Working with his guitar tech Trace Foster they really dug into TC's toneprint technology and condensed sounds made over decades on all kinds of esoteric, vintage gear into Joe's TC pedals.
We can also see an MXR Carbon Copy delay and a Klon Centaur overdrive. The Klon is a near mythical beast, made by artisans in an underground lab in Prague if you buy into the wild internet adulation.
Steve Morse Of Deep Purple & Flying ColoursDescribed as one of the hardest working guitarists in the business Steve knows tone back to front. With his signature Musicman guitar and Engl amps Steve has his sound down, so it's even more impressive that a Flashback managed to nudge his trusty analogue delay pedal off the board. Steve has also used the Hall Of Fame reverb, Polytune and a Spark Booster to kick the Engls into high gear.
Steve Stevens, Guitarist With Billy IdolJoining Billy Idol at the start of his meteoric rise Steve's sound tapped right into classic 80's tone. He's still rocking a range of modulation and delay effects, we can see the Corona in his rig and Steve had a whale of a time tinkering with Toneprints for the Flashback X4 and Vortex.
Audley Freed Of Black CrowesHe's toured with the Black Crowes, played live with Page and worked in the studio with Joe Perry. Audley is a phenomenal talent with a serious tone and to gig with such a range of artists needs great flexibility too. Rocking an SG, Flashback delay and Shaker pedals Audley's rig can cover a huge tonal range but never forget the real magic is in the fingers.
Ryan Roxie And Orianthi Of Alice CooperTwo great guitarists playing in one legendary band, both with different approaches to effects. Ryan Roxie's rig is largely at his feet with dedicated stomp boxes including two Flashbacks, a Spark Booster, Shaker and Jon Petrucci's signature Dreamscape pedal. Ryan jokes that the most important pedal is the Polytune as he "...likes to play a lot of wrong notes but they're always in tune." On guitar Ryan uses his trusty sunburst Les Paul and at the back it could only be a Marshall stack. Occasionally Ryan uses a Line 6 wireless system to free him up on stage.
By contrast Orianthi prefers rack based effects using a G Major 2 effects processor for a lot of her sounds. Everyone's favourite, the Polytune, also makes an appearance and of course if you want a guitar like Orianthi then her signature PRS is the way to go. Delivering that heavyweight tone, Orianthi's amp is the modern rock/metal staple EVH 5150. Orianthi has also used the Corona and Vortex to create a few distinctive modulation tones.


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Please welcome Karen Erickson, who is celebrating the sweet holiday romance Jane's Gift. Please check back tomorrow for my review, too!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Karen Erickson] Romance author/mom extraordinaire/lover of books. I write for Samhain, Entangled Bliss/Brazen & Avon Impulse. I'm a lover not a fighter.
(I stole most of this from my Twitter profile LOL)
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Jane's Gift?
[Karen Erickson] Jane Clark is a widow who survived a house fire. Now that she's mostly recovered, she's moved back to her hometown to be close to her family and start anew. She immediately meets the handsome fire captain Chris Nelson, who's her younger brother's friend and there's instant chemistry. Despite the both of them not looking for anything serious, they somehow end up together…
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Karen Erickson] I read an article a few years ago about a woman who suffered terrible burns and survived a plane crash. She should've died but from pure determination and surrounded by the love of her family, she survived.
I wanted to create a strong heroine like that woman. A heroine who had an amazing spirit and family, a woman who suffered much but came out on the other side a winner. And I wanted to give that woman a second chance at love.
That's how Jane came to be. And then I gave her a fear of fire (of course) and that her hero should be a fire captain. Instant conflict!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Jane?
[Karen Erickson] Determined, thoughtful and passionate.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Chris had a theme song, what would it be?
[Karen Erickson] Oh my gosh, this is a HARD question! What's that song Donna Summer sang? Hot Stuff? Ha! He's pretty hot and he's a firefighter so…yeah. That works.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Jane won't leave the house without.
[Karen Erickson] Her purse! When you're a woman with three children, you need your purse to stash everything they need in. Trust me. I know (says the mother of three children).
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Chris's bedroom?
[Karen Erickson] Whips, chains and a flogger? LOL This is a sweet romance so none of those naughty bedroom accessories would appear in his bedside drawer or be stashed deep in his closet.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Karen Erickson] I read a lot when I was young. I was an only child until I was eleven and I needed something to occupy my mind. Plus, I had an active imagination. I wouldn't say there's anything that's my one greatest creative influence but I do try to always look for a story idea. They're everywhere. On the news, in a magazine, a person I see walking down the street…
Sometimes music gets the juices going. Or reading. Oh, I could go on and on!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Karen Erickson] Diet Coke, an open mind and at the moment, my desk heater (it's cold!).
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Karen Erickson] It was a YA—Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. Oh, it was SO FREAKING GOOD. I couldn't stop reading it. I had to know what was going to happen next. Can't wait for the next one!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Karen Erickson] That is a TOUGH question. How about the one book that turned me on to reading romance? That would be Judith McNaught's Paradise. I found an excerpt in the back of a Cosmo magazine when I was a teen. Went right out to the local bookstore (B. Dalton's in the mall baby!) and bought it. Oh. It was so good. That was the start of my Judith McNaught consumption.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Karen Erickson] Hang out with my family, reading, catching up with the TV shows on my DVR, traveling (wish I did that more).
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Karen Erickson] Where you can find me: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Pinterest
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
Karen is giving away a Kindle Paperwhite, so be sure to click the link below and fill out the widget to enter for your chance to win!
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Blurb for Jane's Gift:
A fire captain afraid of commitment. A widow afraid of fire. Can the holidays bring them together?
A devastating house fire cost Jane Clark nearly everything: her husband, her confidence, and her looks, with the physical scars marbling her body. Now, two years later, she's living and healing back in her childhood hometown of Lone Pine Lake. The upcoming holidays are the perfect opportunity to bring some Christmas cheer into her young children's lives, starting with a visit to the firehouse, where her brother's best friend has offered to help quell their residual fears.
Lone Pine's resident playboy, fire captain Christian Nelson is happy with his single-guy lifestyle. He's an everyday local hero, so he's never wanting for attention around the holidays. But when Jane Clark shows up, Chris is immediately drawn to the beautiful widow–even though kids and commitment have never been his style.
Despite her brother's warnings about his friend's playboy status and dangerous occupation, Jane can't help but fall for the gorgeous fire captain. The holidays are a time of new beginnings, but can two scarred people find the strength to let go of their pasts to live in the present, when a lifetime together might be the sweetest gift of all?
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Over at Catwalk Queen we're swooning over the women at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party, but for once the guys were holding their own even if you discount Grayson Perry and his dress!
Ron Arad sported a colourful jacket, Gareth Pugh was obviously all in black and the wonderful Bill Nighy showed that blue and grey is great. Surprise of the evening came from Pharell, who sported a pair of knee high boots, still top marks for effort.


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Native people made and used this wooden bowl as a container for serving and eating food. It was hand-carved using special stone tools used for scraping and shaping wooden objects. The notched handle was probably used to hang the bowl with twine from the rafters of a wigwam or to tie it to a pack for travel. During the Late Woodland and Contact periods (1000-300 years ago) Native Americans also made containers from clay (pottery) and baskets and bags woven from plants (rushes, twine) or wood splints.
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What You Need to Know to Donate Safely Online
Donating online is a quick and convenient way to give to charity, but it also comes with drawbacks that donors need to be aware of. To help you donate online both effectively and safely, CharityWatch provides the following pointers:
1. Know your charity. Online or offline never give to a charity that you know nothing about. Look for a mission statement, a clear description of program accomplishments and a list of the board of directors. Do not assume a web address with a ".org" rather than a ".com" ending is a non-profit organization. Anyone can purchase a ".org" web address. To determine if a group has tax-exempt status, go to the Internal Revenue Services web site. The CharityWatch web site also has more links to other government regulators, databases of charity financial information and other resources for charitable giving.
2. Obtain contact information. Make sure that you have the option to contact the charity online (through a working email address) and offline (through a phone number and a mailing address). It may be necessary to contact the charity offline if the internet or the charity's web site is not functioning properly. Insist upon seeing a physical address to avoid scammers, who may set up a flashy web site, raise a lot of money and disappear into the anonymity of cyberspace. Also, it is better to support groups with a physical address in the United States. Foreign groups that solicit in the U.S. are subject to our laws and regulations but it is very difficult for a U.S. regulator to enforce a court injunction against a group operating outside of the country.
3. Look for date of information. Some charities do not change the information on their web sites for months or even years. Find out when the information on a web page was last updated. Do not base giving decisions on outdated information that may no longer be accurate. Without verification of the date of the web page, you run the risk of supporting an organization that has changed its purpose, programs or is no longer in existence.
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5. Give directly. Why hand over a chunk of your contribution to a third party web site when you can give directly through a charity's own site? If the charity that you want to support does not offer online giving, you may be able to give through JustGive or Network for Good. Be aware that these third party websites may charge you a transaction fee, and charge the charity additional fees. Stay away from sites that seek to earn interest on your donation by delaying its transmission to the charity. One way these sites can hold your contribution is by claiming that they have to receive a fixed amount, such as $100, before they can send the money. If the site allows you to give to hundreds of thousands of charities, your $25 donation may sit in its bank account for awhile.
6. Protect your privacy. Look for a privacy policy and read it carefully. If you don't, you may learn too late that the privacy policy does not really safeguard your privacy. Before disclosing personal information, especially your credit card number, find out how the site plans to use your information and if it plans to sell it or exchange it. It is not adequate protection for the charity to agree to not sell your information, if its vendor operating the site does not also agree to respect your privacy. Make sure that the charity gives you an "opt in" or at least an "opt out" option. An "opt in" option puts the burden on the charity to obtain your permission before using your personal information for other purposes. An "opt out" puts the burden on you to notify the charity if you don't want your information used for other purposes.
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It's only been a few short weeks since Mark de Clive-Lowe's last Church at DROM, but we can't get enough! This Friday, August 3rd, special guests will include Philly's Lady Alma of 4hero's "Hold It Down" fame, and Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Carlos Mena (Ocha Records / Casamena / Yoruba Dance Sessions). As always, MdCL and company will be blending and blurring genre boundries for your dancing pleasure.
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A Brief History of "Happenings" in 1960s New York
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Signature: Signed "Yves Klein" on the reverse
Yves Klein is best known for his trademark ultramarine pigment, which he patented as International Klein Blue in 1961. "Blue…is beyond dimensions, whereas the other colors are not," he said. "All colors arouse specific ideas, while blue suggests at most the sea and the sky; and they, after all, are in actual, visible nature what is most abstract." Starting in the mid-1950s, Klein made retinal blue monochromes (which would prove cornerstones of Minimalism) and the pigment would also feature prominently in his Anthropometry paintings, for which Klein smeared nude women with blue pigment and used them as human brushes on canvas, sometimes in elaborate public performances. Klein's work anticipated Conceptual art, Performance art, and environmental art, as in his selling of portions of empty space to collectors. For The Void (1958), he presented an empty gallery as an artwork, wearing a white tie and tails to show visitors around the blank walls.
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A situation where a majority of people cooperate never happens. This is due to the fact that a significant number of individuals never cooperate and if they do it is in response to the decision of their neighbors to cooperate or not, or a result of their mood at the time, according to an experimental study by researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
The objective of this research is to understand how cooperation works in nature in general, and among humans in particular. "From the evolutionary point of view it is very difficult to understand why we would help others when what interests us is helping ourselves," explained the authors of this study, which was recently published in the journal PLoS ONE. One of the most striking conclusions drawn is that there are different types of people: those who always try to help their neighbors (around 5 percent), those who never do so (35 percent), and others who cooperate depending on their mood or according to how their neighbor has behaved previously (60 percent).
"We have proved that in general decisions regarding cooperation do not reflect so much economic incentives as much as they do the fact that the individuals with whom they interact cooperate or not," summed up Professor José A. Cuesta, who carried out this research along with the Full Professor Ángel Sánchez, both from the Mathematics Department at UC3M, together with a team of researchers from the UNED (National University of Distance Learning in Spain) and the Universidad Católica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile). The results of the study, with implications for physics, economics, psychology, and mathematics and computing, could have practical applications. For example, they can be used to optimize collaboration and innovation networks, where large groups of people or companies participate in a common task, investing their economic capacities or generating knowledge. "In these cases," Sanchez pointed out, "we must foment a generally cooperative atmosphere for the participants, which then has implications for the size of work groups and the need for timely incentives in order to avoid falling into a non-cooperative mind set".
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The question at hand was determining if, in a dilemma where someone would have to choose between cooperating or not with other persons who were connected through a network, a situation could be achieved in which all or most of the people collaborated. The theories and the computer simulations did not offer a univocal response and in many cases made contradictory predictions; because of this these scientists decided to carry out an experiment with real individuals in such a situation. For this purpose, the researchers asked for volunteers among the student body at the UC3M Leganés campus and had them then interact through a computer programs so that they could see the persons with whom they had to cooperate or not, but keeping their anonymity at all times.
In the instructions given to 169 participants in this experiment, one of the largest carried out to date in experimental economics, words such as cooperate, betray, or let down were not employed in order to avoid inducing certain behavior, but instead choices were indicated by colors. During each round, a player obtained a certain benefit for his/her choice according to what his/her neighbors had chosen and he/she was informed what the others had done or won. The interaction was repeated a certain number of rounds and in two different situations; one in which the neighbors were always the same and another in which they changed after each round. "In this way," the researchers pointed out, "we were able to compare the result when there was an established contact network with what happens when there is not and the individuals interact with different groups."
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