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"It is an enigma, a maze, a treasure chest, an arena... and it is also a quick death for the unwary. It is... TELENGARD."
Thus reads the box of this true classic computer game which I just added BACK into my collection of Commodore 64 games thanks to my good friends at eBay.
This baby is still sealed and in near-mint condition and since I don't even have my C64 anymore I haven't even cracked it open yet - but I'm going to. Check out the awesome box art of the dragon with the hapless adventurer in his talons - one of the cool gifties inside the box is a full-size poster of that art. That's going up on the wall in the Commodore 64 corner of my gameroom - when I repurchase a Commodore 64 that is - and uh - get a gameroom to put it in. Details...
Telengard was released on several different systems back in the early 80's, but I played and loved the DEFINITIVE version (might be a little fanboyism showing there) on the Commodore 64. It is a real-time (more-or-less) dungeon crawl RPG where you are an adventurer who is exploring a dungeon filled with treasures, traps, all sorts of crazy magical items, and a variety of monsters that may do one of two things - like you and reward you with mystical gifts or, as is more often the case, really want to kill you and/or take your stuff. Let me tell you, nothing is quite as frustrating as seeing an Elf pop in in front of you, steal your Armor +40, and then disappear into the darkness before you can do a damn thing about it. Well, possibly more painful is being unexpectedly transported down to level 50 when you are still a young level 2 adventurer and meeting a Dragon who just crushes you in the wink of an eye - that's a little worse.
|Good dragon... nice dragon....
The game was stored on a data cassette and I clearly remember starting my C64, typing the command to load the game, pushing play on the datasette, and then going into the kitchen to get something to eat, maybe watch TV etc. while I waited the eternity it took for the game to load, calculate all the monsters and rooms, and finally let me get started. I turned the volume on the TV (my monitor) up loud enough so that I could hear the tell-tale gong that signaled that the game was finally loaded and ready to go.
I've heard some folks call Telengard a "roguelike" game or a Rogue variant or clone which I consider a bit of a slap in the face since Telengard's production actually predates Rogue. Daniel Lawrence wrote DnD on a PDP-10 mainframe at Purdue in 1976. In 1978 he ported it to the Commodore Pet and changed the name to Telengard. Then in 1982 he sold it to Avalon Hill for commercial release on multiple systems. Rogue was developed in the early 1980's on a UNIX mainframe at U.C. Berkley and was later included with U.C. Berkley's BSD UNIX package that was distributed to universities across the country so it became very well-known. Epyx tried to publish the game in 1983 and was a commercial failure. So to that "Telengardlike" game I say bah!
|Rogue on Unix - aka Telengarbage
If you don't have a C64 but would still like to check out this all-time classic game I recommend you try the emulator CCS64 (download HERE) and grab the ROM at Gamebase64 HERE and give it a whirl. These days it is an extremely simplistic game that probably won't hold your attention too long but I assure you that back in the day it was awesome and took up many hours of my time. In the words of Matt Barton in his book Dungeons & Desktops "What is Diablo but Telengard with better audiovisuals?"

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Back Where Ridley Belongs
It's about time Ridley Scott goes back to his roots! The Martian, starring Matt Damon, is about an astronaut/botanist who is stranded on Mars, after being abandoned by his teammates after a dust storm plagues the planet. Now, Mark Whatney (Matt Damon) has to survive over a year- and-a-half before the next ship arrives on Mars. And he has very limited supplies. Mark must overcome the unthinkable!
From the get go, this movie knows what it wants to do—show the year-and-a-half-long journey on Mars. Like Cast Away, the main part of the story is about one person isolated from the world. What is unique about this film is that each side—Mark and the rescue team—must put equal trust into one another. For me, this enhanced the drama because if one failed, they all failed. On top of that, almost everyone's job was on the line. If Damon died, the rescue team would most likely lose their jobs. Although this conflict was intriguing, for the most part there was not much character enhancement.
Mark goes through a couple scenes of drama, but for the most part he seemed completely under control. One minute he's with his team; the next minute he is abandoned and instantly decides, "I've got to survive." Damon's character doesn't become stronger, because he was already willing to do whatever it takes to survive. The one conflict that plays a big role is whether or not NASA should tell Mark's crew members that Mark is alive. One of my favorite scenes is when Mark finds out that NASA never told his crew that he is alive. Interestingly, Damon's character reacts more negatively to this revelation than to any other situation in the film.
Confusion is the biggest problem with the movie, and that is because it did not know if it wanted an antagonist. Jeff Daniels' character felt like the antagonist throughout half of the movie. When he finds out that Mark is alive, he makes it seem as though he did not want Mark to live. Then, moments later, he wants to bring Mark home. It seems that Daniels' character didn't know what he wanted. Granted, he changed his mind because looked at the big picture—he may lose his job if he does nothing. Nonetheless, it frustrated me that I was teased with seeing an indication of an antagonist, but not an outright bad guy who is trying to make sure the good guy does not get what he wants. In some scenes, though, Daniels behaves like a bad guy. He forces the hand of Sean Bean's character to make a decision, leading to his ultimate fate; and he risks everyone's reputations, including NASA, by doing something completely illegal.
Another major problem I had with The Martian was that there was hardly any setup at the beginning. Basically, the movie starts by saying, "here's the conflict, get oriented quickly". The other weakness in the film is the lack of emotional conflict between the characters. Each of them are very interesting, so it feels like a waste to not see them try to push one another past their boundaries.
Not many movies can say that one actor stole the show, but Damon certainly did. Much like Tom Hanks in Cast Away, this movie's only true character, in my mind, is Mark Whatney. Damon demonstrates Mark's frustration with his situation through comedic dialogue. When Mark finds out how much food he needs to survive, he realizes that he needs to fertilize the ground without water. Many people would have simply shown frustration to drive home the bleakness of the situation, but Mark's humor drove it home far more poignantly. The reason being that a positive person can only resort to joking about the impossible task.
The best element about this film is the universe that unfolds on Mars. Throughout, the audience is shown how the planet looks during the day and night, the brutal cold and storms, and the magnificent landscape. Most of the time when Mark is doing something, the vast landscape of Mars is in plain sight. This visual style reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey and of "old school" Scott films. A lot of these shots/scenes were slow-paced, allowing the audience to take a breather from the intensity of the story by enjoying art. Scott uses the same visual style outside of Mars. When the space ship was first revealed, it reminded me of the long opening shot of the Star Destroyer in Star Wars. This the kind of shot that intends to suck the audience into the universe. The visuals spoke for themselves, too. Thankfully, there was no character that pointed out the obvious about its breathtaking look (as is common in modern movies).
Overall, The Martian is an excellent science-fiction movie that kept me engaged from beginning to end. Like many other Scott films, it relied more on visuals than characters. And there is nothing wrong with that, except for confusion on whether or not the film had an antagonist, and the lack of emotional conflict between otherwise interesting characters. Matt Damon has had a fruitful career over the last 20 years, and in this film he gives his best performance since Good Will Hunting. I give this movie a B+, and 100% recommend this film for anyone who wants a good time at the movies.


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Today in Black History: Jomo Kenyatta, African nationalist and first president of Kenya, was born in 1893. He would lead Kenya from 1964 until 1978.
The New York Times
Bush and Obama Rebuke Trump by Implication Alone
Obama Critcizes Tactics of G.O.P. Candidate for Governor in Virginia
U.S. Must Allow Undocumented 17-Year-Old to Have Abortion, Judge Says
EDITORIAL: The Self-Dealing Presidency
G.O.P. Budget Plan Passes Senate, Easing Way to Tax Cut
A Republican Tax Plan Few Have Seen
Californians Will Soon Have Nonbinary as a Gender Option on Birth Certificates
In St. Louis, Protests Over Police Violence Disrupt Economy, and Win Attention
Native American Secrets Lie Buried in Huge Shell Mounds
Using DNA to Sketch What Victims Look Like; Some Call It Science Fiction
Murphy and New Jersey Voters Can Get U.S. Back on Track, Obama Says
SRC could vote to off itself by end of the year
9 local schools win coveted National Blue Ribbon Honor
After racial incident, Quakertown supe says, 'This is not just a one-time incident. We have a problem'
The N-word, a scuff;e, a protest: Racial tensions flare at Washington Twp., NJ school
Gerrymandering and the 2018 elections: Advocates ask Pa. Supreme Court to use rare power
The Detroit Free Press
Watch Detroit city council candidates debate the issues live Friday
Rescued Rosa Parks house rescued from Detroit is returning to America
Detroit residents raise concerns about Gilbert's $520M jail proposal
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Watch video highlights of Frank Jackson's and Zack Reed's Cleveland mayoral debate at the City Club
Columbus-area Rep. Pat Tiberi to quit Congress
Contaminants taint some NE Ohio water, but EPA says safe to drink
Ohio city councilman arrested at campaign event
Stark State College Akron on target to open for Fall 2018 classes
The Chicago Tribune
Meet the woman who coined 'Me Too' 10 years ago — to help women of color
Rep. Frederica Wilson says John Kelly got his facts wrong: 'This has become totally personal'
3 dead, 3 wounded in city shootings, including 16-year-old boy
NRA's insurance coverage for people involved in shootings criticized as 'murder insurance'
The Star-Ledger
N.J. corrections officer accused of having child pornography
Camden's pitch for new Amazon HQ
'We don't feel safe here,' Student tensions flare over racism, scuffle at HS
See where your money is going in the N.J. race for governor
42 pimps, prostitutes in N.J. arrested in FBI child sex trafficking bust
The Los Angeles Times
In stunning attack, George W. Bush rebukes Trump, suggesting he promotes falsehoods and prejudice
Ryan says tax overhaul will include a bracket aimed at the wealthy
Steve Bannon's speech to the California GOP tonight has some Republicans nervous
Graphic allegations about California legislator show there are few protections for female lobbyists in the Capitol
The Washington Post
The woman behind 'Me Too' knew its power when she started using the phrase — 10 years ago
Police officers with body cameras are as likely to use force as those who don't have them
Federal judge refuses to erase Joe Arpaio's conviction, despite Trump pardon
The GOP's tax cut plan has cleared one hurdle. Now comes the hard part.
What John Kelly got wrong about Rep. Wilson and the family of a slain soldier
Charity's promise to give $498,000 to Senate candidate Roy Moore was not reported to IRS as income
Trump claims U.K. crime is up because of 'Radical Islamic terror.' The agency behind the data disagrees.
Some Afghan troops training in the U.S. feared violence and corruption at home. So they went AWOL.
Virginia attorney general candidates go after each other in final debate
Obama back on campaign trail to rally for Ralph Northam in Richmond
Black Democrat omitted from some Democratic campaign fliers in Virginia
USA Today
Democrats scrap effort to force Bernie Sanders to be a Democrat
Judge denies Joe Arpaio's motion to erase his criminal contempt conviction
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I rounded up some free art work that I love and the best part...it's free for everybody! This is like a giveaway and everyone wins. So, Congratulations!
Fantastic Kitchen Art from Over the Big Moon.
Hello free poster for my
crap craft room!
I find farm animals adorable. I especially love cows!? Mooo.
Check these out! Vintage Alphabet Flash Cards. I downloaded the whole alphabet, but thought I would share a couple of my faves:) I am for sure going to print sets of these for all of Oscar's buddies! Thank you to The Handmade Home, who also has other fab freebies available.
Thirty Handmade Days has fabric, yarn, glue stick, ruffles, etc. etc. that could help you rule the world.
So cute!
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To celebrate we have some fab things lined up:-
Each week we have a special guest designer joining us and we will have weekly blog candy to give away too - each week everyone's name will be added to the "hat" and will be in with a chance of winning the monthly stash -which believe me, is well worth entering....(piccies to follow!) the only critieria is that you make themed pieces solely for SCD - multiple entries will not be eligible for the win!
So, without further ado whats the challenge and theme this month/week?
To celebrate our birthday month we are returning to:-
these were our very first challenge and we thought it would be apt to revisit them....a Twinchie is a 2"x2" piece of craft....
This week, to kick us off...the very talented Gez has chosen the theme of "Butterflies" - and the GD this week is the lovely Zoe, take a trip and visit her gorgeous blog - she has also written a bio which is on the SCD blog...Zoe has also kindly donated this weeks prize of a plate of Tanda stamps - which the winner can choose! so a massive Thank you to Zoe for donating those!
Here is my Butterfly Twinchie
background card and a piece of white paper were coloured using distress inks. The background was overstamped with a T!m Holtz stamp. Using the coloured paper I punched out butterfly's and adhered them to the base, gems were added to create a body. Little butterflies were stamped and hi-lighted using glossy accents. The word butterfly is computer generated and hi-lighted using glossy accents. The edges were doodles and hi-lighted with gold dauber.
Pop on over to the SCD blog and see what the other DT'ers have come up with. Can't wait to see all your Butterfly Twinchies.
Just to let you know that I won't be able to comment this weekend as I'm going to be enjoying my Christmas Present - a weekend at the "Artsycrafts" weekend! how lucky am I?
see you all Sunday night!!
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A netbook is a great way to get what you need in a small package.
The Acer Aspire AO533-23571 is available at Amazon for $279.30.
The holiday season is in full swing so it is time to start doing some shopping. If you have a student in your life or someone who just wants a smaller way to get access to the things they need then a netbook may be the perfect fit. The Acer Aspire AO533-23571 is a great choice at a great price.
It features a 10.1-inch LED backlit screen for crisp clear imagery for a great web browsing experience for on-line chats, email, or just surfing the Web. It features a 1.83 GHz Intel Atom N475 processor, which combines performance and energy efficiency to explore the Internet and stay connected while mobile. It also has a 160GB SATA hard drive, 1GB of installed DDR3 RAM. It has up to eight hours of battery life with included 6-cell battery. It features an integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 processor. It also has a Crystal Eye webcam with built in microphone so you can stay in touch with family and friends. It also has a multi=gesture touchpad, 84-key Acer Fine Tip keyboard, and Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking capability.
This would make someone's holiday extra special this year. Go ahead and get the people in your life the thing they need, the thing they want, get them a netbook and make them very happy this holiday season.
The Acer Aspire AO533-23571 is available at Amazon for $279.30.
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Building for the Future.
On January 31st there are Public Input Sessions in Pickering and a Toronto Skateboarding Committee meeting.
This is a chance to tell the city how valuable skateparks are to the growing community.
Mike Temos and Spencer Torok started a petition on Change.org, gathering signatures of others who believe skateparks should be at the forefront of future park planning. You can sign it HERE. They also produced this video.
Great work guys!
Toronto Skateboarding Committee is holding their meeting at Toronto City Hall @ 6:30pm.
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Pub. Date:January 24, 2017
Publisher: Month9Books
Format: Hardcover, Paperback,eBook
Pages: 300
Two souls. One Fate.
Eighteen-year-old Liam Whelan, an Irish royal empath, has been searching for his elusive soulmate. The rare union will cement his family's standing in empath politics and afford the couple legendary powers, while also making them targets of those seeking to oust them.
Laxshmi Kapadia, an Indian-American high school student from a traditional family, faces her mother's ultimatum: Graduate early and go to medical school, or commit to an arranged marriage.
When Liam moves next door to Laxshmi, he's immediately and inexplicably drawn to her. In Liam, Laxshmi envisions a future with the freedom to follow her heart.
Liam's father isn't convinced Laxshmi is "The One" and Laxshmi's mother won't even let her talk to their handsome new neighbor. Will Liam and Laxshmi defy expectations and embrace a shared destiny? Or is the risk of choosing one's own fate too great a price for the soulmated?
This is a very incredible story. I have enjoyed and felt all the tingling that Lucky and Liam felt. I felt like I was a teenager again. This book brought back memories of being carefree, reckless and with no responsibilities. When life was easier, full of hope and dreams that are within reach.
This is a story of finding your soulmate which is what everyone wants. It is so full of hope that out of the 6 million people in the world, there is that one person who is meant for you and you alone. One who will share your life, dreams, hopes and aspirations until you both grow wrinkly and arthritic. It's a story with a hint of a fairy tale and paranormal. Add in the cultural mix with a solidly establish background which spans generations made the story even more plausible and believable. It seemed like this was too good that it might just be real.
This is an amazingly written story that had caught me in its magic and I don't want to be released. It had me very involved and it felt like I have a stake in the story of Lucky and Liam. It felt like I will definitely be disappointed if these two won't work out. It was both exciting and scary to eventually find out what awaited these two or if there could be a couple at the end of the story.
The end was a deadly cliffhanger. Though it hinted of a very tiny spark of hope that everything might just be alright for these two and the rest of the Royal Empaths. At the same time, danger lurks in the shadows and a very vicious man is planning their downfall. I can't wait for the next book. It promises a more exciting and intense turn of events. Congratulations Shaila Patel for this first baby. You have definitely done it.
I give the book 5/5 books of poetry. This is definitely a must-read book and Shaila Patel is an author to watch out for.
And wings that leave their cages
Find a love to span the ages
Find it in yourself to push aside your fears and spread your wings
With all the love of a father could have
As an unabashed lover of all things happily-ever- after, Shaila's younger self would finish reading Cinderella and fling her copy across the room because it didn't mention what happened next. Now she writes from her home in the Carolinas and dreams up all sorts of stories with epilogues. A member of the Romance Writers of America, she's a pharmacist by training, a medical office manager by day, and a writer by night. She enjoys traveling, craft beer, and teas, and loves reading books—especially in cozy window seats. You might find her sneaking in a few paragraphs at a red light or connecting with other readers online at: www.shailapatelauthor.com
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No day goes by recently that Google does not make a significant announcement. Now they have gone on an updating spree with a number of their products.
Google Docs: New features updates in Google Docs have been unveiled, such as searches being sorted by relevance instead of date. You can now also export your entire collection of documents to back up or migrate. Also is is possible to attach a document in an email and send it. Finally, you can now change the owner of a spreadsheets.
The mail-in feature for documents has unfortunately be discontinued. Earlier you could mail any document to a unique email address given by Google to have it automatically imported into docs. However a no of issues with this service prompted its closing.
Google Apps: Google Groups have now been added as a feature of Google Apps for Premium and Educational account holders. This will allow all such customers to provide Groups like functionality which will work out of their own domain. Sharing between groups is already something which has been quite simplified, for example documents can be shared by all members of a group by sharing it with the group id.
Google Wave: Some groups functionality has been added to Google Wave as well. Now you can add Google Groups contacts to your wave account, and a Wave shared with any Google group member will be shared with all of them.
Google Picasa: The Picasa application has seen an update to v3.6 with improved tagging features and support for collaborative albums. Collaborative albums -- a relatively new feature in Picasa Web -- allow any user to create an album in which multiple people can contribute photos. Now this features is in the desktop app as well, which will let you upload images to a friends album, or set enable an album to accept contributions from the interface.
The name tag feature introduced in Picasa 3.5 has also been improved. Now you can enable / disable face detection on a per folder basis. Additionally, you will now see the list of people tagged while browsing a folder.
Google Chrome: Since the Extensions gallery has opened, Google has also released v4 of the Chrome browser as beta enabling a larger audience to enjoy the facility of extensions. Beta versions of the Chrome browser are now also available for Linux and Mac OS.
Google goes on an updating spree
No day goes by recently that Google does not make a significant announcement. Now they have gone on an updating spree with a number of their products.


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Name: Juan Salvador Zarate Smith
Position: Forestal Supervisor
"My position at New Gold consists of monitoring, rescuing and relocating plants and wildlife species protected under the Mexican regulations. In addition, I supervise the reforestation activities in areas surrounding the mining project. What I love about my job is being in contact with nature and being part of an environmentally-friendly and socially responsible company."
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UK standard CD edition of this digitally remastered Metal classic. Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious was Carcass' 1991 breakthrough album, the first to feature current Arch Enemy guitarist Mike Amott. Formed in the... more »
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UK standard CD edition of this digitally remastered Metal classic. Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious was Carcass' 1991 breakthrough album, the first to feature current Arch Enemy guitarist Mike Amott. Formed in the late 80's, Carcass featured ex-Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer and ex-Electro Hippies vocalist Jeff Walker. The band became famous as a Gore Metal band, using extreme images on album sleeves and in lyrics, often with a medical dictionary providing inspiration. Eight tracks. Earache.
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"Its hard to describe this album as anything less than incredible. I've been a metal fan for 20 years, and this CD has had more spins than any of the other hundreds of discs in my collection. No contest. I believe this to be Carcass' finest hour... the perfect compromise of the awesome brutality of 'Reek of Putrefaction' and 'Symphonies of Sickness' and the ingenious song structure of their other masterpiece: 'Heartwork'. In my opinion, this is THE death/grind album. Nobody does it like Carcass did. The guitar work is amazing, and the dual solos and vocals are just plain awesome. From the grinding opener "Impropagation" to the beautiful ending of "Forensic Clinicism/The Sanguine Article" (which is the original last track on the CD) this album never ceases to amaze me. I don't own any other CD that I've listened to so frequently and enjoy so completely as Necroticism. Its been over 10 years, and this one is still going strong. Buy this. :)"
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"Michael Schenker once said that when Punks finally learned to play their instruments, the music would be called Metal. Whether he was being facetious or remarkably astute, he was correct. Carcass, with roots firmly planted in the fledgling mid-80s Grindcore scene, created `Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious', an album widely hailed as one of the all time greats in Death Metal.
Because the band approached the music from a different background to traditional Death Metal bands, Carcass were not constrained by it's invisible but impenetrable boundaries, and "Necroticism..." is not strictly a pure Death Metal album, but contains a large Grindcore component. The progress in the years since the release of the bloody pulp of `Symphonies Of Sickness' and the indecipherable white noise of `Reek Of Putrefaction' was remarkable. The Punks had indeed learned to play their instruments.
Carcass' 1987 debut album `Reek Of Putrefaction' was a balls-out one-riff-per-song blast, with only one song passing the three minute mark, while many were considerably shorter, as was the old Grindcore tradition. Fast forward to 1992 and the band's songwriting and composition skills had developed to the point where songs were now six or seven minutes. Riff after riff was strung together, like a DNA double helix. Carcass adapted many songwriting conventions, like introductions, and rudimentary choruses, but part of the charm of this album is the delight they took in throwing in an unexpected blast passage or discordant solo.
Ken Owen's drumming in particular had matured from frenzied flailing, where he seemed to hit as many drums as possible as rapidly as he could, to a powerful, fluid and accurate sound, part Death, part Grind.
Part of the problem (or part of the charm, depending on how you look at it) with Carcass' first two albums was the indistinct guitar sound. It was loud and blurred, and so poorly defined it is near on impossible to hear what Bill Steer was playing, but was probably true to the band's live sound at the time. However, producer Colin Richardson reassembled Carcass' wall of noise on this album, brick by brick, so the riffs and solos shared and traded by Steer and new boy Michael Amott are crisp and clear, yet heavy and menacing. The opening passage of "Lavaging Expectorate Of Lysergide Composition" bounces along like an Iron Maiden riff on steroids.
Many bands missed the point of Carcass' lyrics and copied the gore theme while trying to be as offensive as possible. Jeff Walker's lyrics have a hidden depth to them. Yes, there are horrific gory passages, which are designed to shock. Behind the medical dictionary verbosity though, lays a witty, satirical sense of humour. Each song has a story to tell. Opener "Inpropagation" is a tale of using human remains as fertiliser. "Incarnated Solvent Abuse" is a recipe for creating glue from rendered down corpses, while "Lavaging Expectorate Of Lysergide Composition" explains how to get high from chemicals created by decaying bodies. Perhaps most repugnant is "Pedigree Butchery", in which human babies are processed as dog food, with wonderful lines like "Rheological, twisted nursery chymes/The fluxing of the defleshed/Paedophilosophical, carnage knowledge/As the illegitimate to the domesticated is fed". The lyrics are still completely indecipherable without a lyric sheet, while Walker took on a bulk of the vocal duties, rather than the three way sharing of the previous albums.
The overall sound of this album was far removed from Carcass' early albums, and quite a distance from most Death Metal bands of the time, except perhaps Bolt Thrower. Before `Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious', Carcass had been a bit of a cult band in Death Metal circles, too chaotic to gain wide acceptance, but their perverse lyrical bent was much appreciated. After this album's release however, all things gory and Grindy in the underground were loudly professing their love for Carcass. So imposing is this album that few bands have ever tried to imitate it's sound, and none have ever succeeded, not even Carcass."


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4th ODI: Record win
Hey all, our 15th consecutive run chase and our 8th consecutive victory in ODIs, wot more can an indian fan ask for?? i recall just 3 yrs or so back, we'd turn off our television sets when Sachin and Sourav wud walk back to da pavillion. But since then, the evolution of the indian team has been humongous and now, no total seems to be enough for us. Even without the three Big S's of our batting line up- Sachin, Sourav n Sehwag- either not in the team or in form, we have managed to keep up our good run in chasing totals thanks to the services of our lower order comprising Yuvi, Dhoni, Raina who have risen to the occassion and brought us to some great victories. Today's match though wasnt a one man show. It was a collective effort by the team and everyone contributed their bit towards bringing victory. Pathan as usuall got us the early breakthrough and once again delivered with the bat proving his credibility as an all rounder, making him a real asset to the team. Sehwag, tho he didnt get a big score, atleast got two wickets to his credit. As did Yuvraj Singh whose catch to dismiss Collingwood was simply superb.Sure was worth watching the replays over and over again! And with the bat, he is a class act. Dravid as usual was well amongst runs and Dhoni and Raina made their little contributions too as also did Ramesh Powar whose been bowling well thruout da series. Kaif, once again unable to get a big score, atleast managed to get rid of the 'duck' jinx.Of course, Dravid's captaincy, especially the use of powerplays also deserves a mention. Andrew Flintoff, on the other hand will have a tough job at hand to motivate his players to give their best in the next three games and salvage some pride. Somehoe, things just havent been falling into place for them. But for Pieterson and Flintoff, their batting lacks depth and even their bowlers arent able to cause sufficient damage to a strong indian batting line up. It will be interesting to see how Chappell experiments in the next few games. Dravid, Yuvi, Pathan mite get sme rest.It will be a good opportunity for Kaif to get amongst the runs. Our vice-captain too will be luking to get cracking.Just heard that Sachin is back in Mumbai and will begin training from next month itself. Once Veeru and Sachin get going, we'll be one hulluva side! Australia watch out!


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Thursday, 19 July 2012
Google has launched Gmail SMS, a simple service that allows Nigerians, Ghanaians and Kenyans send and receive e-mails as SMS messages using their mobile phone regardless of whether or not their phones are connected to the Internet.
This service will prove to be extremely useful in these three countries given the often spotty state of Internet connectivity in many parts. Gmail SMS works on any phone including basic phones that only support voice and SMS.
The service automatically forwards users e-mails as SMS text messages to their phones. They can respond to the e-mails by responding directly to the SMS.
Receiving Gmail SMS is free of charge. Standard SMS rates apply when replying to messages, creating new messages and sending Gmail SMS commands from your phone.
"Gmail SMS automatically forwards your emails as SMS text messages to your phone and you can respond by replying directly to the SMS," says Geva Rechav, Product Manager of Emerging Markets at Google. "You can control the emails received by replying with commands such as MORE, PAUSE and RESUME. Additionally, compose a new email as an SMS and send to any email address recipient – who will find your message in the right email conversation thread."
So, how do you set yourself up with Gmail SMS?
First of all, you'll need to log-in to your Gmail account, and click on your profile at the top of the page and then hit Account.
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Environmental StewardshipEnvironmental Stewardship is central to a number of CONNECT's core values, but is particularly important to "a safe and healthy environment" and "sustainable, well-managed growth". The Charlotte region's air quality is a leading indicator of public health and is directly related to choices about land use and transportation. The number of LEED-certified buildings has emerged as an important measure of sustainable, well-managed growth.
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CMS proficiency: Maps and trendsMaps of student scores reveal patterns of high achievement in northern and southern parts of Mecklenburg County and a more complex mix of high and low scoring schools within Charlotte. (Photo: Nancy Pierce)
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Do Bad Things Happens In Three… Weeks?
Alright I am back. After having watched the very first two weeks of the NFL season. I can't exactly say I am thrilled. The team seems to have so much inconsistently I am actually starting to think they might be bipolar or have some sort of multiple personality disorder. There is a multitude of things that are morphing what was initially was expected to be a fairy tale season into a greek tragedy. The good thing is that the issues themselves can be fixed. The bad thing is… they have to fix enough of it to get a win this week. Usually I don't try to put too much in a now or never scenario too early in the season but, after checking the history books of the NFL I have some startling news for my fellow Cowboy fans. No team has ever… I mean EVER!! won the Super Bowl starting the season with an 0-3 record. IN fact there is only four team that have started the season 1-2 and won the Super Bowl. This obviously a very short list that includes the 1981 san Francisco 49ers, the 1993 Dallas Cowboys, the 2001 New England Patriots and the 2007 New York Giants.
Granted there is a some good news about how some of the players have performed but there is also some bad news. The biggest problem is these bad news players are bringing the team as a whole down to a level that none of us fans thought they would be at after two weeks. The defensive backfield and the ability to cover and create turnovers is a big problem. A defense needs to have the ability to create turnovers. We have had this same issue the last couple years espescially when it comes to getting interceptions. We played the Chicgao Bears last week. The same Bears team that has Jay Cutler at the helm on offense. Mr Interception himself! I figured we would at least walk away with two inteceptions. We walked away instead with a big goose egg. This can not happen. In fact the secondary seems to almost look lost when teams start throwing down the field on the them. When I say down the field I mean over ten yards. In fact our two pro bowl cornerbacks from last year seem to be getting burned on a regular basis.
Its one thing to say that the defensive front needs to put pressure on the quarterback in order to help out the secondary. We are getting pressure but it seems that opposing offense has been tearing us apart. The Chicago Bears game I believe we may have blitzed too much. We should have left some of the pressuring the quareterback to the defensive line and the two rush linebackers. We sold out on some of these blitzes and left Greg Olson open for long run after catches. I do believe if we can cause some turnovers though that this will help out our defense and also put our offense in position to score. This week though we are going up against a team that beat the team we lost to in week one. A team known for throwing the ball… ALOT!
Our offense on the other hand seems to be lacking the one thing that we should be excelling at… running the rock. We have what a lot fo people believe to be the best running back trio in the league. So why can't we seem to create a running game that other teams will fear? Seriously we rank 28th in the league in rushing. Thats out of 32 teams folks. We also seem to hit the 30 yard line of the opponent and Garrett suddenly decides to put a clamp on the offensive play calling. It's like we hit a wall or something. We move down the field at break neck speed but hit the other teams 30 yard line and then we turn into the Cleveland Browns. The worst part about it happening there is that most teams feel comfortable kicking a field goal from there. Not us our field goal kicker is still finding his rhythm on that aspect of his game.
The good news and yes I said good news is… We are one game out first place. Thats right the other NFC East teams having been doing a whole lot better. Because of that I believe we are not as far in the whole as a lot fo these NFL "experts" have made us out to be. If we show up and become the team that all of us believe we can be I think We can cover Andre Johnson and let D-Ware do what he does best… eat a quarterback for lunch. The offense needs to committ to the running game and use it help open up the passing game and drive us beyond that 30 yard line barrier that has become our line in the sand.


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Sahara Beige Royal Polypropylene designed by CoverCouch
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Cover for IKEA POÄNG Armchair1 Sahara Beige Royal. Neutrals (black, grey, white, and brown) are basic to the decorator's tool kit. All-neutral schemes fall in and out of fashion, but their virtue lies in their flexibility: add color to liven things up; subtract it to calm things down. Comfortable brown is the Feng Shui color of Earth. Brown shades are the Chinese symbol of reliability, usability and consistency. Dark brown is not good for wall painting, but it is perfect for furniture, curtains or carpets, especially to Feng Shui the bedroom or living room interiors, creating comfortable, warm and cozy decor.
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Suzuki Studies
Talent Education
Shinichi Suzuki, violinist and teacher, began developing his system of education in the 1930's. He recognized children's ability to assimilate language as an opportunity to enrich them through music. He called this method the Mother Tongue method. Suzuki believed that talent is not an inborn ability, but a skill that can be developed to a very high level in every child given the proper training and environment. Because Suzuki was a violinist, he applied his theories first to teaching children to play the violin. The Suzuki Method, also known as Talent Education, now includes flute, recorder, cello, viola, string bass, piano, harp, and guitar.
Benefits of Suzuki Study
Suzuki students develop many skills beyond musical technique including problem solving, memory skills, perseverance and the ability to focus on a task. Other benefits of Suzuki study are an increasing appreciation of music, development of an emotional outlet, sense of self-worth, discipline, and respect for other people with similar and diverse skills.
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Firefighters Follow Up at Sea Isle Blaze Scene
Firefighters Saturday returned to extinguish hot spots at the site of a Sea Isle City fire that destroyed several homes late Friday afternoon.
Some of the fires sparked back up along Pleasure Avenue Saturday morning, according to reports on social media, but firefighters were able to quickly put them out and apply foam to some of the rubble to keep other spark ups from developing.
Work crews also began the job of tearing down what was left of the huge homes using Bobcats and other construction equipment,according to tweets from NBC 40.
An enhanced risk of fire continues for most of New Jersey Saturday, according to an advisory from the National Weather Service, which cites low humidity, occasional gusty winds and the presence of dry, fine material. Friday's fire in Sea Isle City was fanned by gusty winds off the ocean.
House fires were reported in Tinton Falls and Monmouth Beach on Saturday morning.
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The survey, produced in conjunction with B2B Works, was conducted for the Business Marketing Associationâs B-to-B Marketing Day 2003 last month. It tracked the types of metrics marketers use to measure marketing campaigns.
Fifty-one percent of respondents measure attitudinal changes such as awareness, knowledge and interest resulting from specific promotions. However, only 36% measure propensity-to-purchase attitudes tied to specific promotions; and only 35% said they measure shifts in brand awareness as a result of marketing communications.
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
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(1872–1933), 30th president of the US 1923–29; full name John Calvin Coolidge. A Republican, he served as Massachusetts's lieutenant governor 1916–18 and governor 1919–20. He became the US vice president in 1921, succeeding to the presidency upon the death of President Harding in 1923. Elected in 1924 to serve a full term, Coolidge was committed to reducing income taxes and the national debt, and was noted for his policy of noninterference in foreign affairs, which culminated in the Kellogg Pact in 1928.
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text: Arsenal's left-side folding buttstocks offer solid reinforced polymer construction with metal hinge insert for maximum durability and superior weather resistance. Patterned after the stocks of the AK-74M and AK-100 series rifles, it includes a Mil-Spec trapdoor for a compartment for an AK-pattern cleaning kit, high-strength hardened steel ribbed butt plate, and a steel anti-bind sling swivel. It attaches to the rear block of the rifle via the original 4.5mm pivot pin from the AKS-74 and AKSU rifles and can be used a direct replacement and upgrade to the triangular skeleton stocks. They come in matte black, plum, and desert sand colors. These are the only US made mil-spec buttstocks in the market that are also 922r compliant.


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David Ball insists talk of Wembley is good, even though Fleetwood Town remain in a relegation dogfight.
Town return to League One action on Saturday when high-flying but managerless Walsall visit Highbury.
Town, with three wins from their last four games and four home wins on the bounce will be brimming with confidence even though they sit only two points above the drop zone..
And with Steven Pressley's side one step away from a Wembley final in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy spirits are high in the camp.
Ball, who scored the first in Tuesday's 2-0 win over Morecambe, insists the cup run is far from a distraction and is desperate to return to the home of English football.
"To get the win it brings us confidence going into the weekend," he said.
"But ultimately we knew we were three games away from Wembley.
"You don't get too many chances to play at Wembley.
"We want to take it really seriously and get Fleetwood there again.
"Any opportunity is
"I've had success there with Fleetwood – I'm dying to get there again.
"Hopefully over two legs we've got enough."
And the striker made it clear there'll be no hiding away from the cup dream in the Fleetwood camp.
"You've got to talk about Wembley because you've got to want to win the games and get there," said Ball
"All we've got to do is keep on with the right things and make sure it happens."
Ball's goal against Morecambe was a welcome return to scoring form.
Pressley has made clear his admiration for the Puskas award nominee's skills but has been desperate to see him find the net.
Now 24-year-old Ball is hoping he can push on.
"Things are coming right for me," he said.
"The gaffer has been
brilliant since he's come in.
I know I needed to add a few goals to my game.
"I've been getting chances but for me it's nice to get on and get that one."
And Ball believes confidence is high across the camp, insisting Fleetwood are a squad transformed under Pressley.
He said: "You're starting to see a good side coming together on and off the pitch.
"The gaffer is getting his message across.
"His style of play is being integrated into the group.
"We're playing out from the back, though the midfield and it's providing results up top."
Part of the turnaround has been down to the way Pressley has drilled his squad.
Town are now playing more exciting football, building from the back and breaking with pace.
It's an exciting system and Ball was full of plaudits for the defenders who are key to making it happen.
"We look really solid and the lads at the back are taking the ball and starting off our attacks," he said.
"They've been instrumental in the way we've been playing, the way the gaffer wants us to play. It's great. We've three wins out of four, it should have been four out of four.
"We were disappointed after Blackpool but that's gone and now we've just got to keep winning games and proving what a good side we are."


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U.S. securities regulators are considering testing a proposed reform that could drive business to major stock exchanges and away from alternative trading venues such as "dark pools" that critics say may be hurting investors by reducing the quality of pricing.
The proposal, which has so far only been discussed among staff involved in policymaking at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, could limit how much trading occurs inside brokerages and in dark pools, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Creative Mornings Video: Emily Cohen – The Things You Need to Know as a Freelancer
February 23, 2011
We do a lot of cool stuff at FreshBooks and don't take a lot of credit for it. Why you ask? Well, because most of the time we want to talk about things other then ourselves. That being typed, bragging is sometimes fun.
(FunFact: Any time you are in a fancy museum and see an "anonymous donation" it might be by us…or Larry David)
One of the things we should brag about more (because we are so proud to support it) is that we are one of the continuing sponsors of Creative Mornings NYC organized by the amazing Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss). We don't brag about it because we aren't really the bragging type but if we were we would say that Creative Mornings are amazing, it's because of the quality of the speakers and attendees.
Here is a video of Emily Cohen. Emily spoke this past December about The Things You Need to Know as a Freelancer. We thought the talk was worth sharing and incredibly valuable…and for those not familiar with Emily Cohen, she has been a consultant to creative professionals for over 20 years providing confidential, best-practice insights and advice, so she really know what she is talking about. We thought it was awesome and hope you do too.
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Heads up local artists. The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy wants you.
It is looking for individuals and artists to perform at the Campbell Terrace, the small-scale outdoor performance space that opened last October along the Dequindre Cut.
Applications are being accepted through February 24 at 6 p.m. Visit http://detroitriverfront.org/CampbellTerrace2017 for more information or to submit an application.
"There's an abundance of talented individuals throughout our community, so we're thrilled to provide local artists with a platform from which they can share their work with new audiences," says Michele Marine, director of programming for the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy.
The Campbell Terrace is covered stage with tiered concrete walls for seating and lush landscaping and is located at the base of the Lafayette Street ramp to the Dequindre Cut between Orleans and St. Aubin Streets. It was commissioned by a $1 million gift from the McGregor Fund to honor the legacy of David Campbell, its former president who passed away in 2014. Campbell was also a founding member of the Conservancy's board, as well as an avid supporter of arts and culture.
Since it opened last fall the Terrace has hosted impromptu performances by artists. The Conservancy leadership wants to develop this series of performances by local artists.
The Dequindre Cut is an almost two-mile paved pedestrian greenway that stretches from Atwater Street at the Detroit Riverfront to Mack Avenue in Eastern Market. It serves as a lynchpin of the Link Detroit greenway project, which features 20 miles of connected urban pathways extending from the Detroit Riverfront to Eastern Market, and links to the cultural institutions of Midtown and beyond to Hamtramck via walking and biking paths.
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Pirates are on the prowl in this latest offering from the always engaging folks at Talespinner.
Written by Michael Sepesy, this frequently amusing journey hooks us up with Bluebeard (Carrie Williams), Redbeard (Katelyn Cornelius) and Peach Fuzz (Christopher Walker) as they search for treasure in the Greek isles.
Along the way they meet a spirit, Aesop, who always has another tale handy that throws the pirates into new characters and provides a helpful lesson. Eventually, the pirates learn it all and are back on their ship, a wiser bunch.
Sepesy's sense of humor infuses much of the proceedings, his pirate version of the alphabet song—every letter is "Arrr!"—being a prime example. This keeps the kiddies as well as their adult handlers amused. But there are a few too many meta digressions that lengthen the production and tend to convolute the story line.
The five-person cast handles their chores well, involving the audience and animating their characters with verve under the spirited direction of Cathleen O'Malley.
Kate Miller and Benjamin Gregg stand out as the Gray Sisters, a strange, muumuu attired duo that lures the bearded ones onto a magical island. This in-joke is evidently based on the real-life Beale sisters from the film doc and then the stage musical Grey Gardens, who lived on the magical isle named Long. It's a subtle reference that will fly high above kids' heads but be enough to keep Big Edie and Little Edie fans squirming with glee.
However, the best character may be Gregg's falsetto "muskrat/cow" that looks and sounds like Mickey (or Minnie?) Mouse, right down to the puffy white-gloved hands. Sepesy should get to work immediately on writing a fable around this creature, trademarks be damned.
Thanks to colorful costumes and go-for-broke acting, this is another in Talespinner's ever-growing line of wonderful shows for little tykes.
Aesop's Pirate Adventure
Through April 27, produced by Talespinner Children's Theatre at The Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Avenue, 216-264-9680.


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I shared this card over on Facebook back last week.. and would ya believe it.. today was the first free day on my blog to share it with you all.. I KNOW.
Sometimes I trick myself into thinking I don't make enough cards.. *LIES* I think I'm plodding along quite nicely.
This is the adorable Charlotte from Sugar Nellie. I've had her. for. ages. and only just opened the packaging to ink her up for this order.. is that bad of me?! VERY BAD LOU MAC!! I'm sorry.. :(
I've coloured her using ProMarkers in bright, bold lime green and hot pink *BAM* to match her to some Echo Park papers. LOVE me that huge pink chevron I used in the background.
There was a lot of fuss going on in this card. I cut her name and age using my Cameo, hand stamped both sentiments and hand cut the banner. Added a whole load of sequins, Liquid Pearls and brads.. the list is endless.
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The Georgia Tech volleyball team will play for its first 20-win season since 2009 Friday at 7 p.m. at O'Keefe Gymnasium, part of an important home weekend that includes a Sunday match with Pittsburgh.
The Yellow Jackets have won nine matches in a row, the longest streak at Tech since 2006. Tech is surging behind coach Michelle Collier and a nucleus of five seniors. Here's five more things you might not have known about the hottest team on campus:
Leading the revival
Collier has effected a considerable turnaround in her third season at Tech following her hire from Jacksonville University. In 2013, the Jackets finished 12-20 with an RPI of No. 162. After the season, coach Tonya Johnson resigned to take an associate head coaching position at Texas, where she had previously worked before coming to Tech in 2009.
Tech finished 13-18 in 2014, Collier's first season, and then 18-14 last season.
The team set a preseason goal to exceed 20 wins and finish with a top-50 RPI. Going into the weekend, the Jackets are 19-4 with an RPI ranking of 48. The Jackets have eight more matches remaining.
"We're playing pretty good," Collier said. "We've won nine straight. It's been a strong few matches for us. We're top five in the ACC in every statistical category, which shows just how well-rounded our team is offensively and defensively. We're doing some really good things."
The five seniors – twin sisters Teegan and Annika Van Gunst, Lauren Pilz, London Ackerman and Rebecca Martin – have figured prominently.
"They have been the heart of this program for a long time as far as playing time on the court and they're responding really well their last year," Collier said.
In the family
Collier's husband, Rafael Silva, is a volunteer assistant coach. Silva, who is also Brazilian, played professionally and coached at the junior and prep level before joining the Tech staff when the school hired Collier. They have two young children, Tais and Rafael.
"For me, it's a huge advantage because he's a tremendous coach, was a great player, loves the sport," Collier said. "So it's just become a lot easier for us to go home and talk about volleyball and do those things and also have somebody with a different perspective. Personality-wise, we're very different, so it's nice to have his side of the perspective in a lot of things."
Postseason a possibility
An NCAA bid, which would be Tech's first since 2009, would seem within reach. The four ACC teams that earned NCAA bids last year had 20, 21, 24 and 24 wins going into the tournament, although three of the four had season-ending RPI rankings in the top 30.
Tech is tied for third in the ACC at 10-2 in league play. North Carolina and FSU are tied at 11-1; Tech is tied with Duke at 10-2.
After the Tar Heels lost last weekend, Collier said, "We had a little group chat and said, 'Hey, this opens up even bigger aspirations and possibilities now.' So I think we're re-focusing our goals a little bit. We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but I think that we are confident on the talent that we have and what we're doing as a team and staying driven to get better and make sure that we're finishing to the best of our abilities."
A different spin
Collier, who is from Brazil and played professionally around the world, has infused her team with a culture and style that leans to her home country.
"We try to make our players all-around players, make them very comfortable with the game," she said.
Collier had players watch international matches and pick out a player to study, she said, "to know the sport of volleyball a little more than what we're doing here." The project, she said, helped her team learn and understand the game in a different way.
Collier took the team to Brazil this past summer, a trip that included matches and sightseeing. Among other things, Collier said, it gave team members an appreciation of the facilities, training and support that they receive as college athletes.
"That was a huge turning point for us, too, as a team in just how we approach this experience," Collier said. "I think that has made a big difference in how we've played this year as well and just how appreciative we are for the opportunity to play the game, to play the game at this institution and to be able to do it at a very high level."
Peak performer
The Jackets are led by one of the most accomplished athletes on campus, senior outside hitter Teegan Van Gunst. From Fayetteville, Van Gunst has started since she was a freshman and was named first-team All-ACC last season. She is one of eight players in team history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career, which reflects her versatility.
"She's a very impactful player," Collier said. "I think one of the rare qualities that she has is she plays both sides of the game really well. She's a great defensive player as well an offensive threat. Nowadays that's a little more rare to find them."
Van Gunst, whose twin sister Annika has also been a starter since her freshman season, carries a 3.88 GPA in mechanical engineering.


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ASN Conventions
21st Annual ASN World Convention
Date: 14-16 April 2016
Location: Harriman Institute, Columbia University
Convention Information
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ASN 2016 Annual World Convention
Co-Sponsored by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University in New York City, April 14-16, 2016
Please see the 2016 Annual World Convention Program, and the accompanying text, below, for details.
150+ PANELS ON THE BALKANS, CENTRAL EUROPE, RUSSIA, UKRAINE/BELARUS, THE CAUCASUS, EURASIA, TURKEY/GREECE, MIGRATION, and NATIONALISM STUDIES
ASN Convention acknowledges excellence in graduate studies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student Papers. Doctoral student applicants whose proposals are accepted for the 2016 Convention, who will not have defended their dissertation by 1 November 2015, and whose papers are delivered by the deadline, will automatically be considered for the awards. Each award comes with a certificate and a cash prize.
A 2016 winner of the annual ASN Harriman Book Prize will be announced at the Convention. At the 2015 ASN Convention, the prize was awarded to Madeleine Reeves for Border Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia (Cornell University Press, 2014). The award comes with a certificate and a cash prize.
Book panels
This year's featured books include:
- Margaret Moore's A Political Theory of Territory (Oxford U Press 2015)
- Tim Snyder's Black Earth : The Holocaust as History and Warning (Tim Duggan 2015)
- Adam Fagan and Indraneel Sircar's Europeanization of the Western Balkans : Environmental Governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia (Palgrave 2015)
- Joyce Apsel's Introducing Peace Museums (Routledge Press 2016)
- Veljko Vujačić's Nationalism, Myth, and the State in Russia and Serbia : Antecedents of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia (Cambridge U Press 2015)
- Lucan Way's Pluralism by Default : Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics (Johns Hopkins U Press 2015)
- David Miller's Strangers in Our Midst : The Political Philosophy of Immigration (Harvard U Press 2016)
- Tarik Cyril Amar's The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv : A Borderland City between Stalinists, Nazis, and Nationalists (Cornell U Press 2015)
- George Lieber's Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine : 1914-1954 (Toronto 2016)
- Lauren McCarthy's Trafficking Justice : How Russian Police Enforce New Laws, from Crime to Courtroom (Cornell U Press 2015)
- Jesse Driscoll's Warlords and Coalition Politics (Cambridge U 2015)
- Edin Hajdarpasic's Whose Bosnia? : Nationalism and Political Imagination in the Balkans, 1840-1914 (Cornell U Press 2015)
- Claire L. Adida, David Laitin, Marie-Anne Valfort's Muslim Integration (Harvard U Press 2016)
14 recent books on a wide range of topics will be discussed at the Convention.
Film presentations
This year's featured films include:
- Jean-Gabriel Périot's A German Youth (Une jeunesse allemande)
- Oleksandr Techynskyi, Alexey Solodunov, Dmitry Stoykov's All Things Ablaze
- Damien Kolodiy's Freedom or Death
- Nicola Bellucci's Grozny Blues
- David Aronowitsch's I Am Dublin
- Jakob Brossmann's Lampedusa in Winter
- James Keogh, Elena Volochine's Oleg's Choice (Le choix d'Oleg)
- Thomas Goltz's On Aggregate: The Saga of the Qarabag-Agdam "Horsemen"
- Alexandre Westphal, Violaine Baraduc's Shades of True (À mots couverts)
- Benny Brunner, Keno Verseck's The Erpatak Model
- Sergei Loznitsa's The Event
- Chad Gracia's The Russian Woodpecker
- Rémy Ourdan, Patrick Chauvel's The Siege
- Pierre-Olivier François, Bernard Mangiante's UN: Last Station Before Hell
The 2016 ASN Convention is proud to present 14 films that cover a wide range of urgent topics. For a full film line up, click here
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Teenagers and Young People are Often Bullied Online
Do you encounter this on your blog or website? People leaving negative comments or even nasty comments for no good reason? I have to say, that I never have and I am guessing that makes me the lucky one. I have had many writers, bloggers and people from all over the net that it has happened to them.
Sometimes negative comments or criticism can be left alone as it is a good thing to see a contrast of opinions from people, but when it comes to the nasty, bullying and threatening types of comments I hear about, then it's time to use that blocking mechanism many sites are famous for.
There are also times when someone might misunderstand something you have written, this happened to me recently on Twitter and once I set the person straight as to where my head was at, it was all good.
Cyber-bullying is becoming a big problem, especially with the younger crowd of Internet users and social networks. Sometime kids can be very cruel and they have no idea of the angst their bullying can cause someone. There have been shocking stories of young people committing suicide over being bullies either online or offline, like perhaps at school.
If it happens to you, block the person immediately and do not engage with them. That is really the only way to protect yourself from allowing their nasty comments to get to you.
When a young person becomes the victim of a bully, it really hurts them. These kids are at an age where emotions run high and teenagers especially, are very concerned with how others see them and what kind of reputation they have. The only way to fight back is to not fight back, block the person and move on. Try not to let it get to you. Treat cyber-bullies as if they do not exist, ignore them. If you don't react then they cannot get to you. If a cyber-bully gets a reaction, then they will keep going.
So, tell me; have you ever been the victim of cyber-bullies and what did you do in response? Hit the comments and let me know.
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