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The Rifter® #60 is done, at the printer and ships in a couple of weeks. I approved the printer's digital proof just this afternoon. The John Zeleznik cover is amazing. Is this guy getting better, or what? I love the creature at the succubus's feet and the wormy critters in the cage. It is another fantastic issue packed with wonderful ideas, weapons, gear, monsters and useful source material. Plus tips for introducing role-playing games to young children. See the new description elsewhere in this Update. It has a ship date of October 22, 2012.
If you've never taken a look at The Rifter®, you might want to ask for one or several issues when you order a Christmas Surprise Package. Most issues are jam-packed with stimulating material you can drop right into your own game, adapt and modify, or which may give you new insight or way of looking at gaming. I'm telling you, The Rifter® is an outstanding resource for gaming ideas with a lot of material that can be adapted to just about any setting.
Wayne has already posted the FREE Rifter® #60 Sneak Preview up on DriveThruRPG.com for you to take a look at. This is your place to get PDFs of older product and sneak previews of upcoming books. Many back issues of The Rifter® are available on DriveThruRPG.com (issues #1-52), as are more than 90 out of print titles such as Rifts®, BTS™ and Palladium Fantasy® first edition rule books and sourcebooks. A sneak preview of Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook should also be coming soon. We have not forgotten about the PDF only editions of The Rifter® #0.1 and The Rifter® #0.2 – both are big, juicy digital editions of new, fan created material for the Palladium Megaverse® of games.
DriveThruRPG.com also offers the Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kits (both written by Carl Gleba and complete with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein; $5 each). Of course, there are FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Black Market, Endless Dead™, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™, and Thundercloud Galaxy™, as well as 90+ out of print titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE to come.
This fan favorite issue is at the printer for a special, short printing. The Rifter® #50 is larger than a typical issue at 128 pages, and is a special anniversary issue that contains source material for Rifts®, Chaos Earth™, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas and Superspies™, Splicers® and the Palladium Fantasy RPG®. $14.95 retail – Cat. No. 150. Ships the same time as The Rifter® #60, which is now estimated as October 22.
Orders for the 2012 Christmas Surprise Packages are coming in at a fast pace and shipping. Even though we said orders wouldn't ship till next Monday, EVERYONE came in over the weekend, including writer Matthew Clements, to sign books for those of you requesting autographs, which is most people. Then Julius Rosenstein came in on Saturday and Sunday to pack up the first 50-60 orders so they could be shipped out on Monday and Tuesday. That's dedication to our customers. Thanks guys. Makes sense since this is our way to say thank you to our multitude of wonderful customers.
And we've been shipping Surprise Packages every day. Carmen Bellaire signed some books on Wednesday. Chuck Walton should come in today to sign, and we hope to get Mark Dudley and Ben Rodriguez to drop by to sign some books as well.
I always go a little crazy with the first 60-100 Surprise Packages, so don't expect every Grab Bag to be loaded with goodies like these. I've also been enjoying the brief comments many of those ordering include with their order. As is tradition, I've included a sampling toward the end of this Weekly Update. Thanks for the kind words and support.
What is the Christmas Surprise Package? A way for you to get a pile of Palladium product, original artwork, prints, out of print copies of The Rifter®, miniatures, autographs and surprises at low prices.
It involves you sending Santa Kevin a "Wish List" of 10-12 different in-stock products and a flat payment (+ shipping and handling). I then hand-pick items from that Wish List and I may include product you didn't ask for (hence the nickname, "X-Mas Grab Bag"), but all things I think you'll enjoy, and we ship it all off to you. Gamers have been loving this special offer for 14 or 15 years now. Order one or several for yourself and for your gaming buddies. For the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or just to get cool stuff and signatures. Get all the information from the description in the online store.
Click here for complete details and to place your order.
Online sales have been rocking with dozens and dozens of people placing orders for the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package Offer. Many of whom also place orders for other titles and product they want at the same time. Plus regular orders have been good as well. Excellent.
I'll be assigning artwork as soon as we get approval of the text from Harmony Gold. At this point, Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook seems likely to ship in November. It is an excellent sourcebook.
I had an excellent conversation with Tommy Yune last Friday and more legal documents came in a few days ago from the people we'll be working with to make the product line. I've reviewed the documents and my attorney and I will be hammering out the final details over the next week. Very exciting. Expecting several follow-up calls will ensue among several interested parties.
I've actually gotten to continue to do a little work on the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook. I can't wait till it is in your hands.
Chuck Walton will be turning in a stack of gorgeous robot illustrations today. He and other artists will be working on additional artwork. Matthew Clements dropped by the warehouse last Sunday to sign books for Christmas Surprise Packages and chat about various projects.
This book is going to be epic in scope. Still hoping to get it out by the end of the year and will do my best to make it happen.
I'm trying to keep everything moving forward.
Don't forget to take a look at Mark Dudley's Kickstarter comic book project Imaginos Plus.
Click here to see the ongoing Imaginos Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1854358647/the-imaginos-plus-comic-book-sampler
Alex will be adding a few new Palladium collectibles every few days to my online store, including the proofreader copy of The Rifter® #60 and a few other items. Note: There are no more than five Rifts® Lemuria Emerald Editions earmarked for the store and other items such as the Rifts® Machinations of Doom Gold Hardcover, Rifts® RPG Silver hardcovers, BTS Gold, Rifts® Ultimate Gold, Erick Wujcik's Amberzine #11, etc. are also in short supply. In most cases, I have only a dozen or fewer to offer. That's why we continue to dole them out one at a time. Once they are sold out, of course, they are GONE! Other collectibles include first printings of books, signed books, "proofreader" copies of books (a couple more coming your way soon), original artwork, and other collectible odds and ends.
There are also a large number of collectible toys and action figures in my online store. All are from my personal collection. More toys and collectibles are added on a weekly basis.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
Every year there is a section where the customer can offer comments and suggestions with his or her Surprise Package order. Every year, in acknowledgment of our fans, and because they are fun to read, we offer a sampling in the Weekly Updates. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have made 2012 a very good year for Palladium. Keep those imaginations burning bright, have a joyous holiday season and game on.
V.Y. in Singapore, Singapore, writes: Palladium is still the best!
J.R. in Bath, Avon, Great Britain, writes: Been out of the loop for a while, but glad to see you guys are coming back strong from what sounds like a pretty rough time. First time I've been back since the new online store – great upgrade, much more attractive for first time browsers. Good luck with the future and I wish everyone at PB good health and good luck in the coming year.
S.H. in South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada, writes: I would greatly appreciate if both Surprise Packages are heavy on Palladium Fantasy as one is for me and the other is for my 12 year old son's first Palladium X-Mas package.
J.M. in Lincoln, Nebraska, writes: Thank you for being awesome and providing me with over two decades of great gaming memories.
J.G. in Spokane, Washington, writes: [In part] You guys have done supreme work this year.
J.D. in St. Louis, Missouri, shares a wild tale: [In part] ... last year, a thief with good RPG taste stole (I'm not exaggerating) my entire collection [of Palladium games]. Now the funny part about this story is that unless he had supernatural strength, he could not have gotten my books out of my apartment without a minimum of two trips. And to top that, instead of choosing my laptop (with a lot of DriveThruRPG.com titles), my gaming system, my car keys or my wallet (which I believe he just didn't notice – thank you, God) – he took the books. He did get away with a few other things, but in hindsight, it could have been worse. My only hope is that he is running a game somewhere, and converting players from other systems over! Merry Christmas! I wish all of you at Palladium Books good health and success!!
R.C. in Central Point, Oregon, writes: I'm just happy you guys do this, it makes it possible for me to hopefully get a few things I have been waiting to get. I wasn't able to do this last year, so I am very excited for this [Surprise Package].
J.M. in Glenns Ferry, Idaho, writes: I've been collecting and reading role-playing games for 25 years and I always come back to Palladium Books. Palladium has the most well written books in the industry. Thanks for eveything Kevin, and make sure to take some time off for the holidays, you deserve it.
C.B. in Wyoming, Michigan, writes: I ordered a Surprise Package several years ago and was extremely happy with the results. Looking forward to another great box of goodies.
J.W. in military service, writes: As a lifetime loyal customer of Palladium Books, I make it a point to own nearly every product you produce, either by purchasing from you directly, from merchants, or my fellow gamers. May God bless Palladium Books and the employees and volunteers, their families and your customers this holiday season.
From Kevin Siembieda & staff to all of you. Thank you, one and all, for your very, very kind words, warm wishes and suggestions. We can't possibly print all the comments we get, but we do read them ALL, and we appreciate every last one of you, including those of you who leave no comment but whose names we recognize as loyal customers. Your kindness and support are welcomed and cherished. Game on. - Kevin Siembieda
The Rifter® Number 60 is an extravaganza of source material that deals with the bizarre, gruesome and dangerous. There is page after page of useful new gadgets, weapons, gear, monsters, aliens, and adventure ideas, plus an excellent article on introducing youngsters to the world of role-playing games.
Every issue of The Rifter® offers new monsters, villains, characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, adventure and ideas for your use in games and campaigns. There is usually source material for at least 2-3 Palladium game lines, often more.
You might think of The Rifter® #50 as a special "all-star" anniversary issue with official source material for Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane® and many other Palladium RPG settings.
I'm working on this bad boy right now! Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions. In final production right now with art and text coming in and final editing and writing restarting next week.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create. Many, many avenues of adventure and ideas to spice up your Robotech® campaign with unexpected menaces and intrigue. In production right now!
Everything you want to know about the Black Market of Rifts® North America presented inside a pair of gorgeous black leatherette covers. Gold foil embossing on front cover and spine. Historically, gold collector editions only increase in value on the collector's market, and often quickly. This is the lowest number of a Collector's Gold Edition that Palladium has ever printed.
See what everyone is talking about and order yours today. Rifts® Black Market™ is an epic, 192 page sourcebook that contains a wealth of information about the inner workings of the Black Market, the Five Factions, new Bandito Arms/Black Market weapons and gear, how to make any O.C.C. a Black Marketeer, special abilities of the Black Marketeer, criminal enterprises, Black Market loans, merc and crime jobs, and much more. This book has it all. AND best of all, a lot of it can be easily adapted to just about any world setting, not just Rifts Earth.
Everyone I've ever talked to who has tried this game loves it, especially if they had a thing for post-apocalyptic games and zombies to begin with. Fans of zombies, horror and apocalyptic settings really should give this RPG a try. – Kevin Siembieda
Think you know zombies? Think again.
Can you survive in a world where the dead have risen and feed upon the living? Battle zombies, mad men and death cultists in a post-apocalyptic where world the last of humanity struggles to survive.
Dead Reign™ RPG is the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. Civilization is gone, the dead reign, and the living fight to survive against impossible odds. Tales of zombies, human survival and horror as a fast-paced, easy to learn game and sourcebooks.
It has been months since the dead rose to attack the living. Civilization has crumbled. There is no army, no government, no help coming. You are on your own and things are only getting worse.
Secrets of survival, including using railroad tracks and the urban underground to travel unseen and undetected by zombies.
The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military?
Northern Gun™ is the largest independent manufacturer of high-tech weapons, robots and vehicles in North America. Outside of the Coalition States, one could argue, no other kingdom is as powerful or influential, at least when it comes to technology and weapons. The manufacture and sale of Northern Gun weapons and vehicles has given virtually every kingdom, town, colony of settlers and adventurer group a chance to survive and prosper. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, NG has been the premier outfitter of mercenaries, adventurers and upstart kingdoms for generations. Now, for the first time ever, learn Northern Gun's history, goals and plans for the future. Of course, that means new weapons, robots, power armor, vehicles and gear.
More information about the weapons, vehicles and practices of Northern Gun, including the new rage of robot gladiatorial combat.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. Demons, Deevils and supernatural beings run rampant and wreak havoc across the world.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
The following are in development:
Everyone at Palladium has a Rifts® Dice Bag, shouldn't you? It is a good size, sturdy, drawstring bag made of imitation black velvet emblazoned with the famous Rifts® logo in gold.
Russian mythology and magic come to life in this fan favorite Rifts® World Book. The book includes all kinds of demons, monsters, new magic character classes (O.C.C.s), and nine different types of gypsies – some of whom are adventurers, others mystics and mages, some psychics and one is even a beguiling shape-shifter. Plus more background about Russia and the Sovietski.
Magic vs Technology. The infamous Coalition/Siege on Tolkeen story arc starts with this 160 page sourcebook. Not only does it lay the groundwork for the Coalition's all-out siege on the kingdom of magic, but it includes a vast number of Techno-Wizard weapons and vehicles, powerful magic artifacts, demons, monsters, magic and a historic Crisis Time-Line from 12 P.A. to 106 P.A.
The Siege on Tolkeen goes into full swing as the Coalition Army makes the first devastating attacks on Tolkeen. Coalition Generals, Special Forces squads, and strategies are presented with a wealth of adventure ideas.
We didn't want you to forget about this excellent sourcebook in the series. The Coalition's siege on Tolkeen has had a devastating impact on people across North America. None have been more affected than the Cyber-Knights. This sourcebook reveals not only the history and secrets of the Cyber-Knights, but the schism the war has created among the fabled warriors.
Earth is home to thousands of alien species from beyond the Rifts. One of the strangest and most dangerous is the Xiticix. A danger nobody seemed to realize until the sprawling Hivelands began to encroach on the territories of other people. Armed with new breeds of aggressive warriors, new weapons and legions of insectoids willing to fight to the death, people are beginning to wonder if they are the next threat to humanity.
The war between the people of the New German Republic and the Gargoyle Empire rages on, but only the heroes of the NGR seem to be getting the upper hand. See where things stand in the year 109 P.A. and get a closer look at the NGR Army, government, society and people. This World Book also presents the latest weapons, combat vehicles, power armor and robots of the NGR as well as commercial vehicles, robot helpers, and more.
Archie 3 and Hagan Lonovich are two of the most beloved villains (anti-heroes?) in the Rifts Earth setting. This sourcebook highlights their strange relationship, plots and blunders. One of which is inadvertently unleashing The Mechanoids® into the world!
The Mechanoids have one driving goal: To destroy all humanoid life! This book has it all. Source material, the Mechanoids, new equipment, monsters, adventure and cryptic prophecies.
● New! Rifts® Pencil – Cat. No. 2561 – 50 cents per each pencil. People love this item and often buy them in sets of 10. Enjoy.
● New! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Coffee Mug – red on a black, 15.5 ounce mug – Cat. No. 2560 – $10.00.
● New! Dead Reign™: "Survive or Die Trying" T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2556 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Wilk's Laser Technologies™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2557 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Imagination Unleashed T-Shirt – black image on a red T-shirt – No. 2558 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Northern Gun™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2559 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● Property of the Coalition™ T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2528 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
The following new Rifts® miniatures have never before been released by Palladium Books.
● MI8021 – Rifts® Shadow Beast – $12.00
● MI8022 – Rifts® Mystic Knight – $6.00
● MI8023 – Rifts® Lord Magus – $6.00
● MI8024 – Rifts® High Magus – $6.00
● MI8025 – Rifts® Coalition Psi-Stalker (new-style Dead Boy armor) – $6.00
● MI8026 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy in DPM-D1 Armor – $6.00
● MI8027 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #2 (with energy rifle) – $6.00
● MI8028 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #3 (with rifle and Vibro-Knife) – $6.00
● MI8029 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #4 (German Shepherd with rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
● MI8030 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #5 (Bulldog with energy rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
The following favorite Rifts® miniatures are back in stock. Some, like the Glitter Boy, have sold on the collector's market for as much as $50-$120. They are being re-released for the first time in a decade.
● MI8031 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Power Armor – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8032 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Pilot – $6.00
● MI8033 – Rifts® Kydian Overlord (Atlantis) – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8034 – Rifts® Dragonsaurus (Atlantis) – $10.00
● MI8035 – Rifts® Slaver and Slave (Atlantis); 2 figs, no plastic bases – $10.00
● MI8036 – Rifts® Crazy – $6.00
● MI8037 – Rifts® Juicer #1 (with laser pistol) – $6.00
● MI8038 – Rifts® Juicer #2 (with Vibro-Sword) – $6.00
● MI8039 – Rifts® Cyborg #1 (with Rail Gun) – $12.00
● MI8040 – Rifts® Cyborg #2 (with gun hands) – $12.00
● MI8041 – Rifts® Cyborg #3 – $6.00
● MI8042 – Rifts® Coalition Officer (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8043 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #1 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8044 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #2 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8045 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #3 (old armor) – $6.00
This a rapidly exploding anime convention the could have 15,000+ people this year. It includes a wide range of amazing costumes, guests, events, cosplay, gaming and multi-media fun.
Palladium Books will be exhibiting in the dealers' room and we'll have members of the Palladium staff and other maniacs at the booth, including me (Kevin Siembieda), Wayne Smith, Alex Marciniszyn, Julius Rosenstein, Chuck Walton and maybe a few other Palladium madmen. Artist Ben Rodriguez will be there too, but he'll have his own booth. It all happens at Cobo Hall, downtown Detroit, near the waterfront. Join the fun.
Speaking of which, have I mentioned that I will be one of the guests at Anime North in Toronto next year? Well, I will. The event takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, 2013. This will be my first time back at a convention in Canada in something like 15 years. Too long. www.animenorth.com
Oh yeah, we can hardly wait for Gen Con next year. We may even need to expand the size of our booth.
Note: No Palladium Open House in 2013 and right now, there are no plans for one in 2014.
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Comic creator draws up Christie tale
Bluewater Productions' "Political Power" series of comic books has profiled such notable pols as Marco Rubio, Gen. David Petraeus and Herman Cain. Next up? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
The book, written by Michael Frizell and featuring art from Jayfri Hashim, tracks Christie's rise to power and his recent troubles.
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Frizell himself knows a thing or two about Jersey politics.
"I'm originally from East Brunswick, N.J., and I have relatives who live in Monroe Township and East Brunswick, so it was important to me that I reflect a love for the state while telling Christie's story. It's evident that Chris Christie is a fierce and proud advocate for the state of New Jersey."
Frizell said when he wrote the first draft of the book, he decided that Christie's handling of Hurricane Sandy and the destruction of the boardwalk at Seaside Heights, a place Frizell knew from childhood, would be the focal point of the book.
"I found it remarkable that in this political climate, Christie, a Republican, reached across the aisle to work with President Obama, a Democrat. Despite whatever came after, I felt that this was a positive thing to highlight. I decided to write something a bit different when writing this book. I wanted the spirit of New Jersey to have both a dark and light side."
For his part, Frizell decided to handle the Fort Lee bridge scandal delicately. "The epilogue of the book, which deals with the now infamous bridge scandal, is the closest I come to political commentary. I'd rather let Gov. Christie's words and deeds speak for themselves. Since this is an ongoing issue likely to come up during the election cycle, I leave the story with a bit of a cliffhanger. Perhaps I'll have the chance to revisit the story of Chris Christie should he be reelected or move up."
Print copies of "Political Power: Chris Christie" are available for purchase.


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|November 8, 2012 10:47 AM EST
Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), today announced that the Desktone Platform is now available to service providers in the U.S. and Canada via the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace (www.ingrammicrocloud.com), a transactional, online marketplace where solution providers can shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM). This announcement represents an expansion of Desktone's channel program, making its virtual desktop platform more accessible to a broad network of service providers, and meets service provider demand for innovative virtual desktop offerings that are cost-effective, easy-to-use and deploy.
The Desktone Platform is the industry's only virtual desktop solution built specifically for delivering desktops as a cloud service. Using the Desktone Platform, service providers and telecom companies can deliver DaaS at a much lower price point than traditional virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology. The platform provides true multi-tenancy while complying with Microsoft licensing. Under the terms of the agreement, Ingram Micro's cloud sales team will actively market, sell and support delivery of the Desktone Platform to its growing base of cloud-focused channel partners.
"Desktone has seen substantial interest from service providers as many realize how quickly and easily they can provision and manage virtual desktops for their end user customers from a central platform," said Peter McKay, CEO, Desktone. "Inclusion in the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace makes it easy to deliver robust DaaS solutions on top of existing cloud offerings while giving service providers the ability to deploy Windows desktops on any end user device without any of the hassles or costs typically associated with VDI."
"This alliance validates our approach to selling DaaS through service providers who use our platform as a foundation for their own proprietary desktop management services to further grow their own revenue," concludes McKay.
In the past six months, Desktone has significantly expanded its list of service provider partners. Most recently, NaviSite a leading provider of cloud solutions, partnered with Desktone to offer cloud-hosted virtual desktops. Desktone also powers Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) Simplified DaaS, full-featured virtual desktops delivered from Dell's state-of-the-art data center. Other notable service providers delivering DaaS through Desktone include Fujitsu, Netelligent and Quest.
"Ingram Micro has a proven track record for successfully enabling our channel partners to sell and support cloud-based services and solutions," said Renee Bergeron, vice president of Managed Services and Cloud Computing, Ingram Micro North America. "Interest and demand around full virtual desktop solutions is on the rise, which is why we're pleased to announce this new distribution relationship with Desktone and expand our cloud services portfolio to further enable MSPs interested in hosting and delivering desktop virtualization solutions to their end customers."
MSPs, solution providers and IT cloud integrators who are interested in becoming an Ingram Micro partner, please contact the Ingram Micro Services New Partner Team at (800) 456-8000, x76229.
About Desktone
Desktone provides infrastructure enabling Desktops as a Service (DaaS) – a full-featured desktop experience delivered from the cloud to any device, including a workstation, tablet or smartphone. Desktone's DaaS platform provides all of the benefits of virtualized desktops without any of the hassles. Desktone enables IT service providers to rapidly provision desktops to users connected on any device, anywhere, without the upfront costs and complexity of traditional desktop virtualization – transforming desktops from a CAPEX to OPEX item. Founded in 2007, Desktone is funded by Highland Capital and Softbank and is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit www.desktone.com.
About the Ingram Micro Cloud
Ingram Micro Cloud (www.ingrammicrocloud.com) provides channel partners access to hundreds of business, strategy, marketing, technical and sales resources including the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, a transactional, online marketplace where solution providers can shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro.
About Ingram Micro Inc.
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics, technical and financial support, managed and cloud-based services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 145 countries on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.
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Hollywood's Worst Baby Names
By: CelebrityBabyScoop
North West as a name?
Star couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed their first child on June 15. And while the world waited on pins and needles to hear the baby name, many were shocked to hear they called their daughter North West. While celebrities are commonly known for their wacky baby names, let's look through some of the worst monikers out of Tinseltown.
For a complete list of baby names follow CelebrityBabyScoop.com.
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Chowning crowned Miss Snake Charmer
Kayla Chowning was crowned Miss Snake Charmer Thursday night at the Municipal Auditorium. A sophomore at Sweetwater High School, she is the daughter of Wayne and Ann-G Chowning. Pageant coordinators said she is one of the youngest contestants to have won the title.Laura Duclos, a junior at Sweetwater High School and daughter of Margarita Duclos and Davis Duclos, won first runner while Lindsey Heidenheimer, a junior at Ballinger High School, won second runner up. Brittany Jenkins, a sophomore at Highland High School and kinship foster daughter of Rex and Judy Covington Cook, was voted Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants."Despite the weather" was said often as the contestants took the stage for the Miss Snake Charmer Pageant, following a day of bad weather that resulted in the cancellation of the annual Rattlesnake Review Parade. Traditionally, the Snake Charmer contestants are driven in the parade in individual vehicles. However, the weather did not stop the show at the pageant where a variety of talent was on display.Chowning and Duclos tied as the winners of the talent portion of the contest. Chowning performed a hip-hop dance that she said showed her love of cheering, dance and gymnastics. Duclos performed a song and dance where she started off signing and playing the piano and ended with a dance that involved a light show.Heidenheimer sang an original song while she accompanied herself on guitar.There was also baton twirling with a pirate theme, a beautiful flag routine to the Lion King theme song, a clarinet solo, a song performed in sign language, a guitar solo, more singing and a traditional dance routine.To top it off, 2011 Miss Snake Charmer Laney Wallace, once again showed off her yodeling skills to entertain the crowd. The young winners of the local Star Search competition also entertained with singing and dancing.The theme for the night was Wings Across America in honor of the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). A video about the history of the WASP was shown at the beginning of the pageant, and volunteers with the Municipal Auditorium built a stage set to honor the WASP as well.Former WASP Mary Vandevender was the guest of honor during the pageant. Vandevender was raised in Lueders. She stayed to take photos with the contestants after the pageant.


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There are some changes going on here at Eat Drink Wash Up and unfortunately it is causing some problems with this giveaway. Since it is more than difficult right now for new followers to sign up I am suspending this stipulation for this contest. Please feel free to sign up if you would like and you are able, but if not you are still eligible to win this giveaway by just leaving me a comment. I am so sorry for this inconvenience. Remember you can earn extra entries by liking Tate's Bake Shop on Facebook or following them on Twitter (please see links in post). Thanks again for stopping by.I was happy to be contacted by Tate's Bake Shop the other day about partnering with them on another giveaway for their cookies. Some of you may remember back in December that Tate's furnished me with an assortment of their signature thin and crispy cookies and a copy of Tate's Bake Shop Cookbook to give to one of my followers. I fell in love with their cookies and have really enjoyed the recipes that I have made from the cookbook.
This time they are introducing their Whole Wheat Dark Chocolate chip cookies which won gold at the Fancy Food Show in Washington, DC, so when they offered to send me a complimentary box of cookies to review, I quickly took them up on it.
I happened to be gone the day the cookies arrived and fortunately there were no identifying symbols on the outside so my two guys must have thought it was a box of bras or something and stayed away from it. Imagine their delight when I got home and opened the box and it was full of Tate's new cookies.
Even though he had stuffed himself during an afternoon long cashew bender, Mr. H loved these new cookies so much he managed to down several and give them an official thumbs up before retiring to the sofa with a bit of a stomach ache. Never fear, the next morning he was back to his old self and ready to take his revenge on a couple dozen more. He's hooked.
My son and I were bit harder to win over. We are both milk and semi-sweet chocolate lovers so we still prefer those, but don't get me wrong these are delicious. I would have to say that if you like dark chocolate and a little less sweetness, you owe it to yourself to give these cookies a try.
Whether you are a dark chocolate, semi-sweet, milk or white chocolate lover, Tate's has a cookie you'll love on their website. Since it is National Cookie Month, they are celebrating by giving you a 15% discount on your purchase at tatesbakeshop.com if you enter the discount code COOKIE at checkout.
If you'd like to be entered for the giveaway which contains three packages of Tate's Whole Wheat Dark Chocolate cookies and a signed copy of Kathleen King's Tate's Bake Shop Cookbook, you must be a public follower of my blog and leave a comment saying you'd like to be entered. If you'd like to sweeten your chances of winning, you can earn extra entries by liking Tate's on Facebook or following them on Twitter. If you do so, please state this in a separate comment to increase your chances. Random.org will choose my winner around noon Mountain Time on Monday, October 10th. So sorry, but this offer is good for my U.S. readers only.
Tate's Bake Shop Giveaway (Package includes 3 packages of Dark Chocolate Cookies and a signed cookbook, but sadly does not include my sweet little toast rack)
Since this is National Cookie Month, I thought I'd share a recipe for one of my favorite cookies with you. Whenever I make a trip to the UK I usually come back with a suitcase full of biscuits, crisps and chocolates that we really miss. Always at the top of my list are some little cookies called Nice Biscuits. These crispy little cookies are perfectly sweet with a subtle coconut flavor and they are just thing when you are in the mood for a light bite of something sweet.
Since I can't wait until my next trip to England to satisfy my craving for these biscuits I decided to make my own. I found the base for this recipe over at The Green Jackfruit but still had to Americanize it a bit to make it easier to bake. These cookies should be very light in appearance but still be baked long enough to be crispy. They are the perfect accompaniment for tea or coffee.
Nice Biscuits
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
6 tablespoons butter, softened to room temperature
Pinch of salt
4 – 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
4 tablespoons cold water
Place coconut in the bowl of a blender or mini food processor. Process until the coconut is the consistency of very coarse cornmeal; set aside.
Cream butter, salt and 3 – ½ tablespoons of the sugar in a medium size bowl with an electric mixer.
Sift together the flour and baking powder. Stir in the coconut. Add 1/3 of it at a time to the butter and sugar at a time, mixing very well after each addition.
Add the vanilla and coconut extracts and the water 1 tablespoon at a time until it makes a stiff dough. Remove from the bowl and form into a log about 3" in diameter; wrap in plastic wrap. Flatten the log on four sides to make a square (although no matter how hard I tried once baked they turned out oval). Place in the refrigerator and chill for approximately 4 hours or until it is very firm and chilled through.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Remove dough from the refrigerator. Unwrap and slice with a very sharp or serrated knife in 1/8" slices. Place on a non-stick cookie sheet and sprinkle the top of the cookies with ½ of the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Place into the preheated oven and bake for approximately 15 minutes or until the cookies are light brown around the edges.
Remove from the oven, transfer to a cooling rack and sprinkle with the remaining sugar; let cool completely before serving.
Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies


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Doctors Told Not To Use Social Networks, As It Could Create Ethical Problems
from the oh-really? dept
"I would discourage doctors from participating in any form of social networking, but if they do, I would encourage them to privatize their information."The other big concern is that doctors are told not to look up info on patients on social networking sites or to friend patients. While there are obvious pitfalls there, my guess is that the younger generation of doctors will figure out a more balanced means of still using social networking sites without causing serious ethical problems.


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My friend Marie is completely and utterly obsessed...
On your wings
- by lauiexx
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- Published: 2 Jan 2013
- Updated: 8 Mar 2013
- Status: In Progress
Running away from home Is never easy. Especially if you don't know where you're going. She had to deal with her abusive parents. Her brother died in a crucial car crash on his way home from college. Leaving her alone in this already lonely world. In the midst of a fight with her mum, she decides to run. Run far away. Sometimes runnning away from your problems Is best. But then her whole world turns upside down and sideways when she meets a boy.
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The Air and Water Show
The Air and Water Show is an accustomed part of a Chicago summer, a pleasant occasion to picnic on the beaches while craning skyward as stunt pilots trace great swirling loops in the lakefront skies. (Click below for full story.)
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Stargate: Ultimate Edition (UK - BD RB)
Chris checks out the new release of the first and best Roland Emmerich feature
The film opens with the discovery of a mysterious artefact at a dig site in Egypt circa 1928. Fast-forward to the present(ish) day and the US military are still struggling to unlock its secrets so they enlist the help of Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader), who has some very outlandish theories about the origin of the pyramids and Egyptian culture as a whole. Jackson manages to successfully decode the mysterious symbols found on the device and discovers that it is a 'Stargate', an alien construct that is able to create and artificial gateway between Earth and a remote planet in a far-distant galaxy. After sending a probe to investigate, the military decides to dispatch a full reconnaissance team led by Colonel Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell) in order that they might explore the planet. On the planet they find a primitive human culture that has evolved independently of any outside influence, and learn that the natives worship the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra. Our intrepid explorers enlist the natives' help in finding a way back to Earth, but before they can discover the necessary information they discover that the so-called 'god' is actually the last surviving member of an alien race who ruled over Earth thousands of years ago. Determined to stop Ra from returning to enslave humanity, O'Neil, Jackson, and their new allies set about closing the Stargate once and for all.
The original UK Blu-ray release of Staragate was reviewed for DVDActive by Scott McKenzie, so I can't say that I'm intimately familiar with that particular disc (although I did see it when taking screen caps for Scott's review). From what I can tell the biggest changes for this new release are undoubtedly in the the colour rendition and contrast departments. The older version had severely boosted contrast, which made everything incredibly bright and blown-out, whereas this new release is far more subdued. The dialling down of the contrast is noticeable throughout the film, but the changes are most evident once the action moves to the alien planet, as the vast sun-baked deserts appear brown instead of orange and flesh tones are more natural. I didn't see the film theatrically, so I can't comment on which release is more accurate, but I have to admit to preferring the new look of this Ultimate Edition over the older release for a number of reasons.
The image is now quite a bit darker, which can occasionally obscure detail in the darker regions of the image. Having said that, black levels are generally much better than the old Optimum UK release and detail originally lost to excessive blooming has been reclaimed (clouds in the sky are no longer obliterated). There's a healthy dose of grain throughout, with some degree of shimmering, but on the whole it's a very film-like presentation with a good level of detail, as long as you don't expect the sort of razor-sharp image associated with more recent features. Although reasonably clean for the most part, film artefacts occasionally make their presence felt. This tends to be in the form of small black and white specs, rather than huge defects. There's also a little bit of edge enhancement to be found, but it's not terribly intrusive. As with previous releases the footage reincorporated into the extended edition of the film doesn't quite match the theatrical quality, but it is much less obvious this time around. It's also worth noting that compression is noticeably better on this edition.
Given all the changes the most obvious question has to be whether or not the look of the film has been improved. On balance I'd have to say yes, although I'd like to reiterate my earlier statement about not knowing the filmmakers' original intentions. It would have been nice if the disc had included some more information on the visual changes and whether they accurately reflect the director's/cinematographer's wishes, but since anecdotal evidence suggests that Roland Emmerich was never completely happy with the previous home video releases I can at least accept that this could be the intended look. In any event it is preferable to the previous release and actually quite a decent presentation in its own right.
I'll come clean now and admit that I only have a 5.1 set-up at home, so I couldn't take full advantage of the 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on offer here. With that said I'm pretty much certain that no official 7.1 track exists for Stargate, so I'm not missing out on the original theatrical audio experience. In any case the additional channels aren't lost to me, they're just matrixed into the 5.1 soundtrack that my amp is capable of handling. So while effects might not be positioned exactly where intended, I am at least hearing them.
As for the track itself, well it's a definite improvement over the 5.1 effort found on Optimum's previous BD, both in terms of clarity and overall immersion. Surround effects are plentiful; in fact there's usually something interesting emanating from all five (or seven if you have the kit) speakers. The first trip through the Stargate is a prime example of this, as the various aliens sounds whoosh over and around the soundstage transporting the listener to the alien planet. Ambient effects like the howling desert winds or crowd chattering are a constant presence, generating a great deal of atmosphere. Dialogue is clear throughout, more so than any of the recent releases I've reviewed, and it's occasionally thrown around the various channels for good measure.
Bass has been severely amped up over the previous Optimum release, with even the most innocuous effects eliciting a deep rumble from the sub. It starts with various bits of throbbing and humming machinery in the military complex, and continues with the activation of the Stargate itself. Bass gets even deeper when Ra's ship makes its entrance, and continues in this vein during the numerous action sequences. The transport rings, gliders and staff weapons are particular highlights! David Arnold's score is one of the most impressive elements of the mix, especially during the dramatic swells when it completely fills the soundstage (such as the initial discovery of the Stargate, or Ra's introduction). It's balanced perfectly in a mix that can best be described as excellent.
Unfortunately the subtitles are a bit of a mixed bag. On the old release the subtitles were white and placed outside of the 2.35:1 frame, but at least they looked similar to the burned-in captions. Unfortunately for this release those subtitles have been replaced by yellow, player-generated subtitles with thick black boarders that appear within the 2.35:1 frame. They stick out like a sore thumb next to the various captions ('North African Desert 8000 BC', 'Giza', 'Present Day' etc), which are are still of the white, burned-in variety. The contrast between the two is quite jarring and I can honestly say that the new subtitles detracted from the overall viewing experience. Annoyingly, the foreign language subtitles look like the old high-res subtitles from the previous Blu-ray...
Stargate: History Made (22:19 HD): This is a contemporary retrospective featurette that includes plenty of interviews with the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes material, discussion of the lasting impact of the project and more. After so many years of watching the same old documentaries on DVD and the previous Blu-ray, it was nice to have a modern take on the whole thing.
Making of Stargate (52:02 SD): This is the same lengthy making-of featurette that was included on Optimum's previous Blu-ray release. It covers virtually all aspects of pre-production, production and post-production, and provides a lot of information along the way. Emmerich and Devlin talk about their desire to make a film that harked back to the old Cecil B DeMille epics on a relatively modest budget, we see the difficulties of filming on location, the actors discuss their roles, and the FX guys take us through the process of creating the digital effects (which were still in their relative infancy in 1994).
Is There a Stargate (12:11 SD): This is another carry-over from the privous Blu-ray. In it Erich Von Daniken, the writer of 'Chariots of the Gods', talks to us about his belief that extra-terrestrials were involved in the formation of a number of ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians. It's reasonably entertaining for what it is, but it's probably not going to convince you that aliens built the pyramids if you're not already of that opinion.
Original Stargate Previews (17:19 SD): These previews are a series of short featurettes from around the time of the original production. They each focus on a different element and include interview footage and behind-the-scenes material. As with the preceding features, these were also present on the last Blu-ray release.
B-Roll (06:03 SD): This is just a bunch of behind-the-scenes footage from various scenes set to music from the film. It's not particularly interesting, especially considering a lot of similar material covered elsewhere and in greater detail.
Gag Reel (03:13 SD): This is possibly the strangest gag reel I've ever seen. Whereas most feature unintentional goofs and gaffs, this gag reel is actually a scripted affair shot in one long take with a huge number of participants. I wouldn't actually call it funny, but it's bizarre enough to warrant at least one viewing.
Picture-in-Picture: Stargate Ultimate Knowledge: Running throughout the length of the extended cut of the film, the PiP option presents interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and other information in a video window in the corner of the screen. From what I could tell a lot of the footage is lifted from the other featurettes, and there are lengthy gaps between video segments. To be honest this isn't the most impressive use of BonusView that I've ever seen...
Director's Commentary with Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin: This is the same commentary track as featured on a number of previous versions of the film, but it's the first time I've heard it. Surprisingly it's not actually a bad track, although there are quite a few extended periods of dead air. However, when Emmerich and Devlin do talk they provide a lot of pertinent information about the technical side of the project, along with plenty of cast and crew anecdotes. They are also very keen to point out that they had no involvement whatsoever with the Stargate TV series!
Trailer (02:38 HD): The film's theatrical trailer is presented in high-definition. The quality isn't really up to much, but it does make you appreciate the work that went into making the main feature look as good as it does.
BD-Live: There wasn't any Stargate content online at the time of writing, so I can't really comment on this feature.
Stargate is one of those films that I watched more times than I care to admit during seemingly endless cable re-runs, and while it's never been at the top of my sci-fi favourites list I do enjoy its novel take on the origins of ancient Egyptian civilisation. Fans of the film may well be wondering why they should stump up for yet another copy of the film, but if you want the best possible audio-visual presentation then there really is no alternative. Although the video quality receives the biggest boost, the 7.1 Master Audio track is also an improvement over the old 5.1 effort and the extras are also slightly better overall. If you're going to buy Stargate on BD, this is the one to get.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
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Region B.
Just a quick question, is the UK version Region B or is it Region Free?
My PS3 is Region A, I'm afraid I'll probably have to import it.
My PS3 is Region A, I'm afraid I'll probably have to import it.
EMPIRE56KW wrote: Now does this also included the theatrical cinema release! Also the last screen capture on the left hand side shows light and with the green smearing smug I'm going to give this a total miss because the colour balance is all wrong for this so called perfect bluray format.
I wouldn't have the disc if it was given to me for free.
Optimum Release please get your vision looked at before tinkering around with original film based material for bluray!
The Internet: Giving Aspie shut-ins a voice in the outside world.
I wouldn't have the disc if it was given to me for free.
Optimum Release please get your vision looked at before tinkering around with original film based material for bluray!
The Internet: Giving Aspie shut-ins a voice in the outside world.
Chris Gould wrote: You'll find me sitting in a corner gently rocking.
Keep on doing that in the free world!
Keep on doing that in the free world!
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Chris Gould wrote: You'll find me sitting in a corner gently rocking.
I think I might join you...........
I think I might join you...........
You'll find me sitting in a corner gently rocking.
Is this the Region 2 BD Chris?
Honestly, the majority of your posts make little to no sense. Firstly, Optimum didn't 'tinker' with anything - this is a direct port of the Lionsgate release in terms of A/V. If you actually bother to read the review and then compare the captures to those in Scott's original review (which are linked), you'll see that this version is a marked improvement visually. As stated in the review, the director wasn't happy with the previous mega contrast boost on the home video releases, hence this new release. Every site that's reviewed it has said it's better, but hey, what do they know that you don't...
Now does this also included the theatrical cinema release! Also the last screen capture on the left hand side shows light and with the green smearing smug I'm going to give this a total miss because the colour balance is all wrong for this so called perfect bluray format.
I wouldn't have the disc if it was given to me for free.
Optimum Release please get your vision looked at before tinkering around with original film based material for bluray!
I wouldn't have the disc if it was given to me for free.
Optimum Release please get your vision looked at before tinkering around with original film based material for bluray!
General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Disc Details
Release Date: 29th March 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 German
Subtitles: French, German
Extras: Audio Commentary, PiP Track, Documentaries, Featurettes, B-Roll, Gaga Reel, Trailer, BD-Live
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Mili Avital
Genre: Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi
Length: 129 minutes
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EMMITSBURG, Md. – The Sacred Heart men's lacrosse team used a 9-0 run in the second and third quarters to roll past the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers 14-5 at Waldron Family Stadium Saturday. The win is the Pioneers' first of the season and it came in the Northeast Conference opener.
Mike Mawdsley (Innisfil, Ontario) led all scorers with four goals, one shy of his season-high of five. He also had an assist for five points on the day. Matt Gannon (Huntington, N.Y.) had five points as well on two goals and three assists. Alex Miller (Ridgewood, N.J.) added three points on a goal and two assists. Shane Foley (South Brunswick, N.H.) and Trevor Dauses (Glen Arm, Md.) each had two goals. Jon Flood (Bay Shore, N.Y.) made 14 saves for his first career win in goal.
Sacred Heart (1-8, 1-0 NEC) scored first, as King's 14th goal of the season gave the Pioneers a 1-0 lead 1:17 into the game. Mount St. Mary's (4-7, 0-1) tied the game 1-1 at the 9:07 mark of the first quarter when Bryant Schmidt scored with an assist from Brett Schmidt. Brett Schmidt then scored the next two goals, including one man-up, to give the Mountaineers a 3-1 lead with 0:58 left in the opening quarter. After Brett Schmidt's second goal, Stephen Kontos (Danvers, Mass.) won the faceoff and found Mawdsley who scored to make it 3-2 heading into the second quarter.
The Pioneers tied the game just over four minutes into the second quarter, as Gannon assisted on a Marquis goal to make the score 3-3. Sacred Heart then took back the lead with 8:37 to play in the half when Alex Miller fired a shot past Mount St. Mary's goalie Frankie McCarthy, with an assist from Gannon to take a 4-3 lead. Defensemen Andrew Newbold (Loveland, Ohio) extended Sacred Heart's lead to two, 5-3, at the 7:20 mark with his first goal of the season. The Pioneers capped off its 5-0 run with 2:10 left in the quarter when a Dauses goal put Sacred Heart up 6-3, a scoreline that held though halftime. Sacred Heart outshot the Mountaineers 11-8 in the second quarter with Flood making four saves.
Sacred Heart's goal-scoring run continued in the third quarter when Mawdsley scored his second goal of the game from Miller 31 seconds into the quarter, putting the Pioneers up 7-3. Gannon then called his own number, scoring his fourth goal of the season at the 11:22 mark of the third quarter to make the score 8-3. Foley then got on the scoresheet with 4:51 left in the quarter, marking his ninth straight game with a goal as his tally put the Pioneers ahead 9-3. Sacred Heart led 10-3 at the end of the third quarter after Dauses' second goal.
Mount St. Mary's scored back-to-back goals to get within five, 10-5, with 14:16 to play in the fourth quarter. That would be as close as the Mountaineers would get. Foley and Mawdsley scored man-up goals 30 seconds apart to make the score 12-5 with 13:00 remaining in the game. Gannon and Mawdsley added two more goals in the fourth to make the final score 14-5.
Sacred Heart outshot Mount St. Mary's 44-31 for the game, and 24-13 in the second half. The Mountaineers held a 33-26 advantage in ground balls and won 14 of 21 faceoffs. The Pioneers held Mount St. Mary's Andrew Scalley, the NEC's leading goal scorer and point scorer, to two assists.
The Pioneers are back on the road next week to take on Wagner. The opening faceoff is at 1 p.m.


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Epistemological field in the study of climate change
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James Lovelock once said, "We are dangerously ignorant of our own ignorance and rarely get to have a global perspective of things…" and it's true.
We must recognize that most of society continues in its attempt to separate themselves from nature, failing to acknowledge that humans and the rest of the living (animals and plants) belong to one natural body complex, Earth.
According to the Engineer Rafael Rodriguez, in his book, Climate Change: Physical Answer to Human Behavior (2009), talks about environmental investigations, which have gone through different orientations "from the development of environmentalism and the predominance of qualitative methods, to ethical movement with a social supremacy in the approach to environmental problem, and the proliferation of perspectives and paradigmatic of qualitative trends with a strong human character."
Today, the challenges of climate change, peak oil, and overpopulation demand that we unlearn everything we know about real world economies and societies. We need to re-imagine, rewire, and redesign our societies to meet these challenges. We need, for a start, to de-carbonize our economies and shift into climate neutral (or climate negative) societies in order to bring down the level of carbon in the atmosphere to the safe level of 350 parts per million.
Van Jones (2009) once said, "Getting to 350 (ppm) means changing everything about our global economy. It means providing clean-energy jobs to rewire every corner of the world and catalyzing a global transformation built on principles of equity and opportunity."
I think this is right. I also think that to achieve this, we will need to unlearn most everything that we know about 'normal life', including everything that we have thought and expected about the future.
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Clio wrote:I guess you've not been in a lot of other pharmacies, Warwick, because they all stock Vicks!...
I mostly use the one pharmacy, Clio. Once a month I go in, get my prescription and leave. I don't browse the shelves in any shop and certainly not in pharmacies so I have no idea what else they sell. If I need anything outside my prescription I simply ask for it. I figure they know where it is without me wandering round looking. If it isn't something I have asked for I have no idea if they sell it and I have certainly never asked for Vicks. I only ever use medication for the purpose for which it was designed and as far as I am aware Vicks VaporRub was designed to ease cold symptoms. I have had a fungal nail infection and, surprisingly enough, it was cured with medication designed to kill fungal nail infections. I use Deet based lotions to repel mosquitoes. Possibly the only useful product to come out of the billions spent on research by the US military.
In my opinion the only "reliable" cure for a cold is two paracetamol every 4 to 6 hours, half a bottle of dark rum, preferably Woods, consumed in hot drinks over a couple of days and lots of blankets. Like every other remedy it has absolutely no effect whatsoever on the cold but I am certain that my remedy makes me feel a lot better than would smearing smelly gunk round my nose and top lip. As a doctor friend once told me, if you do nothing a cold will last two weeks but if you treat it it will be gone in a fortnight. Those who rush for antibiotics every time they sneeze could learn a lot from that philosophy.
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Cet ouvrage brise le mythe de l'image des musulmanes comme femmes passives, opprimées et apolitiques. Il récupère les vies et les voix oubliées, la plupart du temps, de femmes qui, du huitième au début du vingtième siècle, ont, au sein des nations et des communautés musulmanes, fait valoir leurs droits et ceux des autres femmes et ont pu promouvoir la justice dans les sphères privée et publique.
Le manuel est une ressource essentielle pour ceux prenant une approche critique et mettante en doute aux droits, des lois et les constructions de féminité dans des pays Musulmans et des communautés et au-delà de.
This book provides an urgently needed analysis of the bravery and creativity exhibited by women in the realm of sports, which has emerged as a major realm of contestation between proponents of women's rights and political Islamist forces in Muslim contexts. Through focused case studies, this volume tracks the many sophisticated, context-specific, and constantly evolving strategies of women's resistance to their exclusion in sport. Integral in their struggles for full inclusion in competitive sports, as both players and spectators, is women's claim to their full and equal citizenship.
Nepalese politicians have elected a longtime women's rights campaigner to become the country's first female president, as the Himalayan nation pushes for more gender equality in politics and work life.
Women Living Under Muslim Laws, in collaboration with London Middle Eastern Institute, organised a screening of the Trials of Spring at SOAS, University of London, on the 28th of October 2015.
Oct. 13, 2015
The murder of Farkhunda Malikzada, an Afghan religious scholar who had dedicated her life to fighting superstitions within the religious community, shocked the world in March 2015. She was killed by a group of more than 100 men who beat her to death, ran her over with a car and then set her on fire. She was killed because a senior religious cleric falsely accused her of burning the Quran, according to the BBC.After her death, protests were held to demand justice in Afghanistan and around the world. Despite global and national efforts, the trial for Malikzada was called a failure by many activists because several killers and policemen who watched the murder were recently acquitted.
Over the past couple of weeks, we have been uploading one story per day onto the 'Our Voices' section of the WELDD portal.
Al Jazeera | 20 Aug 2015 10:53 GMT
Dozens of women are expected to contest Saudi Arabia's municipal elections for the first time in the country's history.
By Natasha Noman
July 17, 2015
Shukria Barakzai has endured a miscarriage from Taliban attacks, a secretly polygamous husband, street beatings by extremists, an aggressive opposition campaign from that same husband and multiple assassination attempts. Just one of these would stop most normal people in their tracks.
July 2, 2015 — This is Africa
A female traditional leader in the southern African nation of Malawi has confronted the practice of child marriage by annulling 300 of these marriages and sending the children to school


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Sorting Out the Image Format Jumble
May 3, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Have you ever wondered what the differences are among the scores of digital image formats out there? Some of the more common ones we see are GIF (CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format) and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF Format) but what does it all mean, and why are there so many?
Plus, how do you know which one to use for the Web, and how can you take advantage of the different feature sets each one offers? Read on.
Capture the Image With RAW
Select the RAW capture option within your camera or scanner settings. Wherever available choose the "RAW" option when taking photographs with a digital camera because RAW is a virtually lossless, unprocessed capture of data from the camera's sensor.
Saving in minimally compressed RAW means that you will always be able to come back to the data file and manipulate it however you want. By saving in the commonly seen alternative JPEG camera format, you are introducing unremovable, hard-baked processing -- like white balance and contrast -- into the image. Think of saving in RAW as a bit like saving a negative.
The advantage of RAW is also its disadvantage -- in that you do have to post-process it with software like Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Lightroom post shot. Another disadvantage is its large file size.
Using the Image
Be aware of the image's ultimate use. This article is concerned with images for blogs, website shopping carts and so forth.
There are considerations in this medium that are different from those for print.
Quality vs. File Size
The No. 1 issue when dealing with online images is quality versus file size -- a larger image file size usually produces a good quality image, but it slows download and consequently degrades user experience.
From a monetizing sense, slow downloads mean users are more likely to get distracted and leave a Web page prematurely. Less important for smaller-site purposes, although still an issue, is that the larger the file size the more storage and bandwidth you need.
What's desired is high quality in a small file size.
File-Size Considerations
The more pixels or other data, and the more color in an image, the bigger the file. However, the files size can be reduced through compression. The Web browser on a computer screen lends itself to compression that would be unacceptable in large print like a billboard -- garbage called "artifacts" and other degradation appear.
Browsers also have limitations that restrict the types of files they can show, which eliminates most of the 70 or so commonly available file types.
JPG, GIF and PNG
Therefore, once you've captured your RAW image, or acquired through other means other formatted images, like printing industry-standard TIFF from a stock agency, you can concentrate on converting it to the three image file types seen natively in a browser -- that is without plugins like Flash.
The native image file types are JPG (also known as "JPEG"), GIF and PNG.
Choose JPG for Photos
Click on the "File" in the Menu Bar of your image software and then "Save As." Choose the JPG or JPEG option if the image is a photograph.
Here's why. JPEG compression is "lossy," which means the compression algorithm dumps file data that's not necessary for a computer screen browser. Thus, getting rid of redundancy, JPEG provides for small file sizes. However, JPEG allows for 8 bits per color -- which is good.
Drawbacks are few. The principal one is that you can't keep editing and saving JPEGs because quality degrades.
Choose GIF for Graphics
Why GIF for graphics? Again, this format provides a size-beneficial "lossy" compression, but with less color support.
GIF is limited to 256 colors. GIF works well when significant parts of the image have one color. GIF is poor at handling details.
Choose PNG for Screen Shots
Why select PNG for screen shots? PNG is the open source successor to Compuserve's GIF, but unlike GIF, it supports 16-million colors, called "True Color."
Like GIF, it's good for expansive areas of the same color. It's commonly used for screen shots when displaying them within a browser environment.
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John A. MacIntyre, Jr.
John A. MacIntyre, Jr. died Monday morning, April 17, 2000. Until the past few years he was a life-long resident of Garrison, NY. He was a graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes High School where he starred in three sports. John was a Vietnam Veteran who served in the Green Beret and was decorated for bravery.
He was predeceased by his parents leaving his aunts, Gert Murphy of Yorktown and Ann Carlsen of Rhinebeck and two cousins.
There will be no viewing with a funeral mass at Our Lady of Loretto Church, Cold Spring at 11 am on Monday, April 24, 2000.
Helen "Nellie" Valentine
Helen "Nellie" Valentine, age 92, of Cold Spring, NY died on Friday, April 14, 2000 at St. Josephs Hospital, Yonkers, NY.
Mrs. Valentine was born in Cold Spring on July 5, 1907, to the late Joseph and Theresa (Percacciolo) Constantino.
She was a homemaker, a Parishioner of Our Lady of Loretto Church, Cold Spring, member of the Catholic Daughters of America Court Rita #789, member of the Columbus Society, and had been a lifelong resident of Cold Spring.
Mrs. Valentine was predeceased by her husband John J. Valentine, he died May 5, 1987, and is survived by one brother, Anthony Constantino of St. Louis Park, MN, three sisters, Nancy Constantino of Cold Spring, Teresa McCoart of Cold Spring and Elizabeth Lettererio of Beacon, NY. She was predeceased by two brothers, Angelo and William Constantino and four sisters, Rose Cretelli, Rachel Percacciolo, Mary Constantino and Angelina Constantino.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at Our Lady of Loretto Church, Cold Spring, on Tuesday, April 18, 2000. Internment followed in the Cold Spring Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by the Clinton Funeral Home, Cold Spring, NY.
Dorothy Teschmacher
Dorothy Teschmacher, age 87, died March 4, 2000 in Lynn, MA.
Born Dorothy Augusta Mosher on April 29, 1912 in Cold Spring, she was the daughter of the late Guy W. and Aimee Reid Doran Mosher. She attended Haldane School and graduated from Peekskill High School, received her bachelor's degree from Cornell University and her master's degree in early childhood education from NYU. She married Warren Teschmacher and lived in Yorktown Heights for many years, operating the Yorktown Community Cooperative Nursery School there. She directed Head Start programs in White Plains and taught early childhood education at Sarah Lawrence.
In later years, she and her husband moved to Fort Lauderdale, FL and sailed the Caribbean and eastern seacoasts in their sailboat. Upon his death in 1973, she moved to Venice, FL and lived there for 10 years before moving to New England to be with her children.
Remembered as a loving mother and grandmother, gourmet cook and story-teller extraordinaire, Mrs. Teschmacher leaves four children: Marily Mower of Montgomery Village, MD; Gail McCormick of Lynn, MA; Diana Coleman of Cambridge, MA; Guy Teschmacher of Montpelier, VT; and six grandchildren.
She is also survived by her three siblings: Elizabeth Jett of Laconia, NH; Muriel Culbert of Venice, FL; George Mosher of Montreal, Canada; and nieces and nephews.
Cremation was private. The family requests any donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Edward J. Schatzle
Edward J. Schatzle, age 64, a long-time Beacon resident, died Saturday, March 25, 2000 at St. Luke's Hospital, Newburgh.
Mr. Schatzle was employed as a groundskeeper for St. John the Evangelist Church in Beacon. He was previously employed by IBM and VAMC, Castle Point. He was a 1953 graduate of Haldane High School and a 1955 graduate of Westchester Community College. Ed served in the U.S. Army from 1958-1960 as an electronic specialist. He was a parishioner of St. Johnn the Evangelist Church.
Born December 17, 1935 in Cold Spring, he was the son of Frank and Mary Nevins Schatzle.
Mr. Schatzle is survived by four brothers, Francis X. of Pass Christian, Miss, Arnold T. of Wappingers Falls, Phillip J. of Cold Spring and Daniel J. of Wappingers Falls; one aunt, Katherine Nevins of Beacon; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. John the Evangelist Church, Beacon. Burial followed in Cold Spring Cemetery.
Sarah V. Fisher
Sarah V. Fisher died on Saturday, April 1, 2000 in Kith Haven Nursing Home, Flint, Michigan at the age of 90.
Born on October 26, 1909 in Hardwick, Vermont, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Teresa Timpano Vavala.
On August 3, 1930 in Peekskill she married William Fisher who predeceased her on September 29, 1981. Mrs. Fisher was a long-time area resident and former 40-year resident of Cold Spring. Survivors include one son, William F. Fisher of Grand Blanc, Michigan.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered at Our Lady of the Assumption Church on Tuesday, April 4, 2000. Interment followed in Assumption Cemetery in Cortlandt Manor, NY. Arrangements were handled by the Clinton Funeral Home, 728 North Division St., Peekskill.
Ruth A. Powell
Ruth A. Powell, age 97, died Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie. She was a life-long resident of Beacon.
Born in the Village of Matteawan, now part of the City of Beacon, on February 27, 1903, she was the daughter of David and Nora Benton Mohurter. She was married to George E. Powell, who died on June 10, 1973.
Mrs. Powell was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Beacon.
She is survived by one son, George G. and his wife Nancy Powell of Fishkill; one daughter, Carolyn and her husband Armand Ninnie of Beacon; five grandsons; 6 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Eleanor Cochrane on January 2, 1998.
Funeral services were held at the funeral home with Rev. Christopher Yount officiating. Burial followed in Fishkill Rural Cemetery.


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DiscoverMyrtleBeach needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 141 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Discover Myrtle Beach / Myrtle Beach VIP Card
Discover Myrtle Beach is an online and print tourism guide to the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area. The site is seen by over 2 million people each year.
Our project is a membership program to give discounts to tourists and locals coming to the area for vacation.
There are usually about 300 participating vendors who honor the discount card in our area.
Our target audience is ANYONE looking to take a vacation to the Myrtle Beach area and looking to saving money on their hotel, get discounts and nightclubs, restaurants, attractions, golf courses, shops and everything else tourism related.
Locals can take advantage of the membership year round.
Each year we design a new card with a completely new design. We want to incorporate our logo into the design as seen in our 2010 edition. Use of the Logo is a must. Please do not change the color scheme of the logo. The only variation of the logo that will be considered is changing it to a silver-tone white, silver gray and/or black if desired.
We have provided a link to our hi-res logo for designers to incorporate into the card design. Designs of our cards since 2001 are provided with an explanation of details.
We like abstract backgrounds. Images of people are OK but neither is a requirement. Use of our sun/wave design element as part of an abstract background may be used.
We are looking for a cool, clean, classy and slick looking design that will easily stand out.
We seek a different look each year to make the current version unique. Incorporate our Discover Myrtle Beach
The year 2011 MUST be included.
We do a different color them each year. Blue was used in 2010. We would prefer something different but not mandatory.
Read the notes on our link to see what we liked about each year's design.
Here is the link to the samples and hi-res logo:
Design area at least" 3.5" x 2.5" full bleed.
Print area: 3 3/8" x 2 1/8"
Please ask as many questions as possible to help get this year's just right.


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Horror fanatic Mark Butler argues that an exciting new wave of indie chillers are revolutionizing and rejuvenating the previously decaying genre – and leading big-budget console publishers to get back on board too.
While I do condone what indies are doing for survival horror and games like amnesia are very very good at what they do, I hope that ALL survival horrors aren't constrained into becoming these sort of hide and seek style games. They are brilliant at doing their own thing but coming from that era of having some very awesome survhorr games that did actually include combat makes me find these sorta lacking in gameplay.
I'm sorta hoping The Evil Within makes a really good impression and shames most recent Silent Hills and Resident Evils for going after a more Western action based horror game. The Japanese are way more suited for horror(see siren games)and their brand of horror I think is way more frightening and unsettling.
My suggestions would be to focus less on long ranged weapons, retool or rethink melee and make it the primary focus but also make it tough to actually kill things. I mean the last thing you want to do in a survival horror game is come face to face with what ever is the antagonist or the monsters. If guns are involved make ammo desperately scarce so much so that monsters take more hits than you have bullets to put down. Bring back inventory regulation, and make it small.
Alas, here's hoping for a rise in horror games in general!
indies are putting out some of the best stuff. Routine, The Forest, and The Long Dark are all survival horror games (Long Dark maybe not horror, but surviving can be scary). I can't wait until these come out. Especially Routine. I've been dying for a true space survival horror ever since dead space started taking a more actiony approach
Hope this time it stays. RE, SH and DS where great horror games at the beginning and got ruined by later sequels.
I need Fatal Frame V, new Siren, Silent Hill made by Silent team, Doom 4, and RE 7 back to it's root.
But so far Evil Within, Daylight, Dying Light, Forgotten Memories, and Outlast are enough to satisfy my survival horror appetite. Alien Isolation also looks good, but i don't want to get caught by the hype like Colonial Marines.
I certainly agree the emergence of indie games as such a big part of the industry has helped survival horror. The success of Amnesia and other indie horror titles has shown big publishers the genre has financial viability.


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Optics, Photonics, and Semiconductors
Optics, photonics, and semiconductor devices can be designed and evaluated using multiphysics simulation. Applications such as sensors, diffraction gratings, and optical couplers were featured this year at the COMSOL Conference. For details, view the papers, posters, and presentations on this page.
T.H. Tan1, S.J.N. Mitchell1, D.W. McNeill1, H. Wadsworth2, S. Strahan2
1Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
2Schrader Electronics Ltd, Antrim, United Kingdom
Arjun Shetty1, K J Vinoy1, S B Krupanidhi2
1Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
2Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
A. Pavlov1, V. Klimov1, I. Zabkov2, D. Guzatov3
1Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
2Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudnj, Russia
3State University of Grodno, Grodno, Belarus
S. Musa, M. N. O. Sadiku
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
M. Dong1, M. Tomes1, M. Eichenfield2, M. Jarrahi1, T. Carmon1
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
J. T. Andrews, R. Choubey, O P Choudhary, N. Malviya, A. Patel, M. Kumar, S. Chouksey, J. Solanki
National MEMS Design Center, Department of Applied Physics, Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science, Indore 452003 MP, India
Anna Thomas1, Juny Thomas1, Deepika Vijayan1, K.Govardhan2
1VIT University, Sensor System Technology, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
2VIT University, MEMS & Sensor Division, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
L. M. Hayden, D. A. Sweigart
Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
S. Kaim1, B. Anderson1, G. Venus1, J. Lumeau1, V. Smirnov2, B. Zeldovich1, L. Glebov1
1CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
2OptiGrate Corp, Oviedo, FL, USA
H. Surdi, A. Singh, S. S. Prabhu
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha
Road, Mumbai,India
S. Seif, K. Cadien
Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
M. Gonçalves, O. Marti
Ulm University - Inst. of Experimental Physics, Ulm, Germany
G. Zhang, Y. Zhao
Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
A. Čampa, J. Krč, M. Topič
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia
J. Crompton, S. Yushanov, K. Koppenhoefer
AltaSim Technologies, Columbus, OH, USA
H. Kwon, R. Huancaya
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA
J. Golebiowski, S. Milcarz
Technical University of Lodz, Poland
S. Musa, M. N. O. Sadiku
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
U.P. Dharanipathy, N. Descharmes, Z. Diao, M. Tonin, R. Houdré
Institut de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M. Gabalis, D. Urbonas, R. Petruskevicius
Institute of Physics of Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
A. Javadi, P. Lodahl
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
M. Siler, O. Brzobohaty, V. Karasek, P. Zemanek
Inst. Scientific Instruments of the ASCR, Brno, Czech Republic
P. Guo
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
P.S. Tan1, K. Elsayad2, K. Heinze1
1Rudolf Virchow Center, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
2Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria
A. Gourevitch
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
V. Kivijärvi, M. Erdmanis, I. Tittonen
Aalto University, Department of Micro- and Nanosciences, Espoo, Finland
F. Ye, M. Burns, J. Merlo, M. Naughton
Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
W. Raja, A. Alabastri, S. Tuccio, R. Proietti Zaccaria
Department of Nanostructures, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy


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I am a senior at UNF finishing my B.A. in English with a minor in Creative Writing.I've always had a knack for noticing the detail in things most people ignore, and I've always been able to come up with intriguing ideas, but I never harnessed that energy into my writing until I came to college. The writing I had to do in high school was very mechanical and felt flat-out boring to me. The writing never hit me as something I'd want to spend my life doing, let alone hone as an art.UNF's English program was a great outlet for me. The work I was able to do in my classes lit my creative fire in ways that wouldn't have been possible on my own. I was fortunate enough to meet some truly talented instructors, such as James Beasley and Mark Ari, who opened my eyes to a lot of things. Writing wasn't something I considered boring anymore. And outside of the classroom, I found that UNF's literary journal Fiction Fix and the ACE department's annual writing contest were wonderful outlets for student writers like me, bursting with inspiration and creativity. Collaboration from fellow students was also an avenue I explored, and as a result I started multiple writing projects with friends I've made along the way.My story "Paper Wait" was featured in UNF's Fiction Fix. "Mind the Gap" was honored in the nonfiction category of ACE's 2010 contest, and I started the creative nonfiction journal Yes, They're Real with its second volume releasing in 2011. I don't know where my writing will take me in the future. But I will remember the people that I've met and the things that I've learned during my time studying English at UNF.
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