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UC San Diego Heads to Arizona for Pair of Matches
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Match 7
at No. 11 Grand Canyon (6-2, 0-0 MPSF)
Friday, Jan. 26 • 5 p.m. PT (6 p.m. MT)
Antelope Gymnasium • Phoenix, AZ
Live Video • Live Stats
Match 8
vs. Ottawa (AZ) (3-2)
Saturday, Jan. 27 • 1 p.m. PT (2 p.m. MT)
Antelope Gymnasium • Phoenix, AZ
Live Stats
The University of California San Diego men's volleyball program flies to Phoenix, Ariz., this Friday morning, Jan. 26, and continues non-conference play with two more matches. At 5-1, UC San Diego is off to its best start since a perfect 6-0 mark for openers 22 years ago, in 1996. The Tritons play at No. 11 Grand Canyon (6-2) later on Friday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. MT (5 p.m. PT). Back at GCU's Antelope Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 27, they will face Ottawa University Arizona (3-2) at 2 p.m. MT (1 p.m. PT) before returning home. Admission into both contests this week is free.
The Tritons are coming off their lone three-match week and the conclusion of a season-long four-match homestand in which they went 3-1. They head into Friday's tilt an even 1-1 against Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) foes.
All 13 UC San Diego home matches in 2018 will feature live online video on UCSDtritons.tv. Broadcasts are in high definition, generally with multiple cameras, and can be viewed from smartphones and tablets alongside desktop and laptop computers. Local media personality Miles Himmel (@mileshimmel) is the primary play-by-play voice. Back again as the primary analyst is 1988 Olympic gold medalist, UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame setter, beach legend and current UC San Diego women's volleyball head coach Ricci Luyties. Events are archived. This season, viewing will be free, with no login required, and can also be accessed via BigWest.TV. All contests, home and away, have live stats. A majority of road dates also have video, including just Friday's matchup this week with Grand Canyon, for free. Fans can access live coverage from the Schedule/Results page, or by clicking on the links above. Follow @UCSDtritons for in-match Twitter updates throughout the season.
General admission tickets for home volleyball matches are $8 for adults and $5 for visiting students, seniors (65 and older), children (7 and older) and UCSD Alumni Association members. UC San Diego students and kids under seven years of age are admitted free. Tickets are available at the RIMAC Arena box office on the night of the match, starting one hour prior to first serve. Parking permits are required on the UC San Diego campus on weeknights. The closest lot to RIMAC is the adjacent Hopkins Parking Structure. Permits can be purchased there at machines by the elevator. Parking is free for Saturday contests.
The UC San Diego men's volleyball program joined the Big West Conference as an associate member when the league announced on May 31, 2016, that it was adding men's volleyball as its 18th sponsored sport, for the 2018 season. On Nov. 27, 2017, UC San Diego was officially invited to become a member of the NCAA Division I Big West. The Tritons will begin a four-year reclassification period starting in the fall of 2020. They will play a full Big West schedule that season and will continue to be eligible for National Collegiate championships in men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo, and fencing. For the 2024-25 academic year, all sports will be eligible to compete in Big West and NCAA Division I championships. Read the full press release here.
UC San Diego Men's Volleyball began a brand-new era this January with the start of the inaugural year of the Big West Conference. UCSD is an associate member after 25 seasons in the MPSF, joined by full Big West members CSUN, Hawai'i, Long Beach State, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara, all of whom have also moved over from the MPSF, to give the Big West the minimum six teams necessary to maintain an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. All six squads will make the Big West Tournament, to be held this first season at LBSU's Walter Pyramid, April 19-21. That means that UC San Diego is assured its first postseason match since winning the Molten Division III invitational national championship in 2000. The top two seeds will earn a bye into the semifinals on April 20. The winner of the Big West Tournament on April 21, will be one of the seven teams participating in the 2018 National Collegiate Championship.
UC San Diego was one of four teams receiving votes outside of the preseason American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll on Dec. 7, and remained as such in each of the first three in-season releases. It was the first time since 2014 that the Tritons gained mention in the AVCA's preseason edition. UC San Diego is ranked No. 2 in the second-year Off the Block (OTB)/Springbak, Inc. Division II National Coaches Poll. In the first-year VolleyMob Men's Power Rankings, UCSD was the preseason No. 20, and moved up to No. 19 on Jan. 8, No. 18 on Jan. 15, and No. 16 on Jan. 22. The Tritons were No. 24 in OTB's preseason power poll.
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UC San Diego went 2-1 at home during its lone three-match week of 2018. The Tritons suffered their first loss at the hands of No. 2 UCLA in straight sets on Tuesday night, before sweeping Division III No. 8 UC Santa Cruz on Friday. Tanner Syftestad had a match-high 14 kills in each contest, adding four service aces in the latter. UC San Diego then overcame a first-set loss to defeat Division II rival Concordia, 3-1, on Saturday night, behind a double-double from Syftestad of match bests of 24 kills and 11 digs. Fellow senior captain Luke La Mont contributed 10 kills, the final one coming on match point.
UC San Diego opened up 3-0 for the first time since 1996, and at 5-1, is still off to its best start since that 1996 season when it began a perfect 6-0. That was 22 years ago, also the uniform number of Tanner Syftestad, who put down 51 kills in the Tritons' first three wins and leads the nation statistically on offense. The six teams of the brand-new Big West Conference have combined to go 32-4 thus far.
Tanner Syftestad leads all of NCAA Division I-II in kills (5.15), points (6.08) and attacks (10.60) per set. Milosh Stojcic is 15th in assists per set (9.73). UC San Diego as a team is No. 1 at 13.23 kills per set, and No. 2 at 12.45 assists per set.
On Jan. 8, senior captain Tanner Syftestad was named the first-ever Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Player of the Week following an incredible weekend during the first-year league's opening. He totaled 49 kills, or a conference-best average of 5.44 per set, while hitting an efficient .361 as an opposite. Syftestad put down match highs of 27 kills in five sets against McKendree on Jan. 5, and 22 more in four against King the next day. On Jan. 9, he became the first Triton to be chosen Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men's Player of the Week, since Vaun Lennon on April 3, 2012, and just the fourth in program history. Syftestad also picked up VolleyMob Player of the Week honorable mention. He later on Jan. 23 became the first Triton named VolleyMob Player of the Week.
Tanner Syftestad is looking to become just the sixth player in the history of UC San Diego Men's Volleyball to reach the 1000-kill milestone. He enters this weekend 10th in the career record book with 926 kills. Syftestad is also up to eighth in attacks (2305), and seventh in aces (66).
Senior setter Milosh Stojcic is No. 6 all-time at UC San Diego with 1994 career assists, and should on Friday at Grand Canyon, become only the sixth Triton to achieve 2000 assists. The Redondo Beach native surpassed the 1000 mark at UCLA on Jan. 14, 2017. Stojcic was the lone Triton to start all 27 matches a year ago.
5-Tanner Syftestad (Best of 27 on 1/5 vs. MU)
1-Wyatt Harrison (10 on 1/5 vs. MU)
1-Luke La Mont (10 on 1/20 vs. CUI)
1-Ryan Lew (13 on 1/6 vs. KU)
1-Tanner Syftestad (11 on 1/20 vs. CUI)
1-Nathan Thalken (11 on 1/5 vs. MU)
6-Milosh Stojcic (best of 49 on 1/20 vs. CUI)
1-Connor Walbrecht (13 on 1/6 vs. KU)
42-Tanner Syftestad (Best of 31 on 1/28/17 vs. HIU; 10 with 20-plus and one with 30-plus)
6-Alec Flowers (Best of 15 on 3/6/15 vs. CBU)
2-Luke La Mont (Best of 12 on 1/30/15 at BYU)
2-Bryan Zhu (Best of 11 on 3/2/16 vs. PEP)
1-Wyatt Harrison (10 on 1/5/18 vs. MU)
1-Xander Jimenez (11 on 1/28/17 vs. HIU)
1-Nathan Thalken (11 on 4/1/17 at STAN)
6-Ryan Lew (Best of 20 on 1/28/17 vs. HIU)
3-Milosh Stojcic (Best of 11 on 3/11/17 vs. BSU)
2-Tanner Syftestad (Best of 11 on 1/20/18 vs. CUI)
1-Xander Jimenez (11 on 3/14/17 vs. CBU)
1-Nathan Thalken (11 on 1/5/18 vs. MU)
74-Milosh Stojcic (Best of 56 on 1/28/17 vs. HIU; 49 with 20-plus, 26 with 30+, 13 with 40+ and two with 50+)
1-Connor Walbrecht (13 on 1/6/18 vs. KU)
Total Blocks
1-Bryan Zhu (10 on 3/13/15 at STAN)
Two current Tritons have combined for five career double-doubles, with one this season:
Milosh Stojcic (3)
3/17/17 vs. Concordia (52 assists, 10 digs)
3/11/17 vs. Ball State (16 assists, 11 digs)
1/23/16 at Holy Names (31 assists, 10 digs)
Tanner Syftestad (2)
1/20/18 vs. Concordia (24 kills, 11 digs)
1/7/15 at Concordia (12 kills, 10 digs)
UC San Diego is 5-8 in openers under Kevin Ring following the five-set triumph over McKendree (IL) at UCLA's Wooden Classic Tournament on Jan. 5. The Tritons fell in straight sets at UC Irvine a year ago after a home sweep over Charleston on Jan. 8, 2016, which had marked UCSD's first win in a season opener since a 3-2 upset of fifth-ranked Lewis in Santa Barbara to begin the 2013 campaign. Prior to Jan. 5, that victory over Lewis was also the Tritons' last season-opening success away from home.
(On the season) "We return a number of key players from last year's squad, so we are looking to build upon our performance from last season. We've got a motivated group of student-athletes, with a strong senior class, looking to make this our best season ever. I think we have the chance to do that. I look at the season in three segments: 1) non-conference match schedule, 2) Big West Conference regular-season schedule and 3) Big West Conference Tournament. Our goal is to grow as a team so that we gain valuable experience as we head into each new segment of the season, with the ultimate goal to be playing our best volleyball in the Big West Tournament."
(On joining the Big West for men's volleyball) "I am extremely excited about the inaugural Big West men's volleyball season. We've got a group of coaches within the Big West, along with the conference office, committed to being the top men's volleyball conference in the country. Every match we play leading up to our Big West schedule will be important for the strength of the conference, but the real excitement begins when we open up conference play. UCSD Men's Volleyball, players and coaches alike, are thrilled to be the first program at UCSD to compete within the Big West Conference and represent our school."
Back for UC San Diego head coach Kevin Ring in 2018 are his starting setter, Milosh Stojcic, primary libero, Ryan Lew, and senior opposite hitter Tanner Syftestad, who earned Off the Block's very first Division II National Player of the Year award, as well as VolleyballMag.com All-America honorable mention and All-MPSF Second Team selection. The now-third-year team captain had a tremendous junior campaign with team bests of 366 kills (4.21 per set), 28 aces and 62 total blocks, to go along with 102 digs. Stojcic was the only Triton to start all 27 matches and produced 9.08 assists per set and 107 digs. As a true freshman, Lew paced the squad with 154 digs, averaging two per set. Coming off a 2017 season in which it posted a five-match win streak that included triumphs at USC and at home against Princeton and CSUN, UC San Diego's 2018 schedule features 13 of 27 matches in La Jolla. The Tritons opened the campaign at UCLA's Wooden Classic Tournament, and also travel to Phoenix, Ariz., with a mid-February trip to Lebanon, Ill., and St. Charles, Mo. Their 10-match Big West slate begins Feb. 23 at UC Santa Barbara.
Tanner Syftestad was outstanding a season ago. The opposite hitter out of Sacramento led the Tritons in kills (366), aces (28) and total blocks (62). Syftestad averaged a remarkable 4.21 kills per set, which ranked fifth in the nation. He was also third in points (4.92) and attacks (9.33) per set. Syftestad had a team-best 17 matches with double-figure kills, including a career-high 31 at home against Hope International on Jan. 28 in the middle of an incredible five-match stretch of kill totals of 20-plus. He held at least a share of the team lead in kills in 20 of the 25 matches he appeared in.
Team tri-captains for the 2018 season were designated as seniors Alec Flowers, Luke La Mont and Tanner Syftestad. Syftestad is now a three-year captain, while Flowers and La Mont are first-timers.
• Tanner Syftestad is a fourth-year Triton who transferred after spending 2013-14 as a true freshman playing club volleyball at Chico State, which does not sponsor an intercollegiate men's volleyball program. The Sacramento native appeared in 80 of 83 matches his first three seasons, starting 76 of them at opposite and producing double-figure kill totals in 37. Syftestad led UC San Diego in kills (241), aces (15) and total blocks (75) in 2015, and was second in all three categories (216-15-44) in 2016. He returned to the top rung in all three (366-28-62) in 2017.
• Alec Flowers was serving as a team manager to begin his freshman year in 2015 while slated to redshirt, before joining the active roster, making his college debut on Feb. 13, and ultimately starting nine of the final 10 matches at outside hitter. He had team bests of 15 kills and seven digs in his first start on March 6, 2015, and is now a senior captain.
UC San Diego's schedule has 13 of 27 matches at home for the second straight year ... The Tritons are 2-1 in three-set matches, 2-0 in four-set matches and 1-0 in five-setters in 2018 ... UC San Diego was picked sixth in the first Big West preseason coaches' poll, with 2017 MPSF champion and national semifinalist Long Beach State the favorite ... For the second year in a row, Tanner Syftestad was one of 15 standouts around the country named to the preseason watch list for the fourth annual Bryan Ivie Award, presented by Off the Block to the best opposite in NCAA Division I-II ... UC San Diego led the MPSF for a second straight year with a program-record nine MPSF All-Academic distinctions in 2017 (seven in 2016), including returners Alec Flowers, Xander Jimenez, Luke McDonald, Milosh Stojcic, Nathan Thalken and Bryan Zhu, with Zhu now a three-time honoree, and Flowers, McDonald and Stojcic repeat selections.
Of the 23 players on UC San Diego's 2018 roster, 20 hail from California, with the lone exceptions being true freshmen Gabe Avillion (State College, PA), Wyatt Harrison (Kilauea, HI) and Macune Gilruth (Nairobi, Kenya) ... UCSD has 13 returners, 11 of whom saw action a season ago with two redshirt freshmen, and 10 newcomers, all true freshmen ... Of those 10 true freshmen, three made their college debuts in the opening weekend in Bryce Curtis, Thomas DeStefano and Wyatt Harrison, with Collin Shannon added to the mix in the Jan. 11 home opener, alongside redshirt freshman Vlad Pesic with the start at a middle blocker spot ... The lone San Diego product is fifth-year senior middle blocker Bryan Zhu (Rancho Bernardo HS).
Kevin Ring is in his 13th season in charge at his alma mater. The 2009 MPSF Coach of the Year, he has an 89-257 overall record at the helm. Before being elevated to the head position on June 15, 2005, Ring spent nine years as an assistant for the UCSD men's squad. He got his start in La Jolla as the men's volleyball team manager from 1989-91 before playing for the Tritons for three seasons. Ring was the full-time manager for the U.S. men's national team from 1991-93 and continued on as a technical advisor through 1996. He accompanied Team USA to the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The 1992 squad left Spain with a bronze medal. To this day, Ring maintains strong ties to USA Volleyball, and aided women's national team head coach Karch Kiraly and his staff in preparing Team USA for the 2016 Rio Olympics. That involvement included serving as an on-court assistant to Kiraly for three matches in Bangkok, Thailand, on the final stop of the FIVB World Grand Prix preliminary rounds in August of 2014. In the December 2015 issue of Volleyball Magazine, Ring appeared at No. 10 in a listing of the top head coaches in college men's volleyball, as voted by his peers.
No. 11 Grand Canyon (6-2, 0-0 MPSF) moved up one spot in the AVCA poll from No. 12 to a program-high No. 11 on Monday. The Lopes most recently dropped a five-set decision to sixth-ranked Big West side UC Irvine at home last Saturday. GCU, from Phoenix, Ariz., is in its fifth year in the NCAA Division I, having previously been a Division II rival of UCSD. The Lopes moved out of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) after the 2017 campaign and are first-year members of the MPSF. They finished 19-11 overall and 11-5 in MIVA play in 2017, setting program records for overall and conference wins en route to being swept in the MIVA Tournament final by eventual national champion Ohio State. GCU was picked to finish sixth of seven teams in the MPSF preseason poll, led by senior outside hitter Shalev Saada. The Lopes were 10-4 at home in 2017 and are an even 1-1 thus far in 2018. Matt Werle is in his third season as the GCU head coach.
The all-time series is currently even, 3-3, after Grand Canyon posted a four-set victory in La Jolla last Jan. 7. GCU also won the previous meeting, 3-0 in La Jolla on Jan. 9, 2016, by set scores of 26-24, 26-24 and 25-12. The Tritons took the two prior matchups, five-set affairs for their first win of both 2014 and 2015. They rallied from a two-set deficit to snatch the road victory on Jan. 10, 2015, putting four players in double-figure kills. The 2014 date was in La Jolla on Feb. 28. GCU won 3-0 at home on Jan. 15, 2012. UCSD blanked GCU, 3-0, in La Jolla in its 2009 season finale on April 18.
Ottawa University Arizona (3-2) is located in Surprise, Ariz., and competes as a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Two of the Spirit's three wins have come against Saint Katherine (3-1, 3-0), with the other one over Menlo College (3-1). They have lost to Benedictine (2-3), and UC Santa Cruz (0-3), who the Tritons swept at home last Friday night. Kyle Steele is the first-year head coach.
UC San Diego and Ottawa have never previously met.
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UC San Diego awaits a tough three-match homestand, beginning with Princeton on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 6 p.m., and Stanford on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m.


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Apple unveils the iPhone 4 at WWDC
Yesterday, Steve Jobs unveiled one of the most anticipated products of the year, the Apple iPhone 4 and the consensus seems to be that it did not disappoint. There are many new upgrades and additions to this phone, such as a new body, better display, a second camera, and new OS to name just a few.
The Body:
Its dimensions come out to 4.5×2.31×0.37 inches. The phone weighs 137 grams, making it just a bit heavier than the 3GS (by 3 grams). However, the differences in size and weight are minor enough that they are probably indiscernible to most. The back of the phone has become flatter, the edges more squared off, giving the phone a more powerful look and feel.
The Display:
While the screen is slightly smaller than the 3GS, the phone makes up for that with twice the resolution of older iPhones 960 x 640 as compared to 480 x 320. Keep in mind that the EVO 4G only sports an 800 x 480 resolution. The phone's pixel density (or PPI) is also the highest of any current smartphone. Having an improved display will become extremely useful in the context of watching videos, which will become even more commonplace with the arrival of the new Netflix app.
The Cameras:
The iPhone 4 comes with an additional camera, a front camera which will be used for face chatting, along with an improved 5-mexapixel back camera with LED flash.
The OS:
One of the biggest surprises is the introduction of a new OS to the phone, the iOS 4. You can read more about the iOS4 here.
The phone will run on the a4 processor, the processor also being used in the iPad. Additionally, the iPhone will come with a 16% larger battery than the one found in the 3G, which will result in an improvement in battery life by 40%. Not bad Steve. This will allow up to 7 hours of talking, 6 hours of browsing, and 10 hours of video.
For all those interested in purchasing this new phone (in either Black or White) and who live in the US, UK, France, Japan, and Germany, it will be available on June 24th. The rest of the world will have to wait anxiously till July. With a new contract, the 16GB version will cost you $199, and the 32GB, $299. Without a contract the phones will cost $599 and $699 respectively.
Check out a video of the new iPhone 4g:
Via Techcrunch
Predictions for Apple's WWDC
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is quickly approaching and, as usual, the tech blogosphere abounds with rumors about what Apple will introduce this year. Last year, Wired accurately predicted some major introductions Apple made at WWDC and it has predictions again for this year. Only time will tell if the predictions prove to be accurate.
It's safe to assume that Apple will introduce its next major iPhone at WWDC. Thanks to some careless Apple employees, the public knows the next iPhone looks like, but we don't know what it actually can do, as none of the prototypes found were shown doing anything. The 4G iPhone is going to have a front-facing camera, which could be its single major feature.
iPhone OS 4 will also probably be announced. It's been talked about already, but will probably will be explained in detail at WWDC. From what has already been revealed about the next iPhone OS, it sounds like it will be amazing.
Unfortunately, there will not be a Verizon iPhone, at least not at this WWDC. We'll have to wait longer for that. And Steve Ballmer will not be at WWDC, contrary to a rumor that circulated the Internet today.
Via Wired.com, image via Wired.com.
Apple Sells One Million iPads
It's official: Apple has sold one million iPads as of last Friday. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the company sold one million iPads in half as much time as it took for one million iPhones to be sold, which is very impressive indeed.
Apple also said that users have downloaded 1.5 million iBooks and over 12 million apps from the App Store. There are 5,000 iPad-specific apps in the App Store. The top-selling apps are Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, all Apple's answer to Microsoft Office. The games Pinball, Real Racing HD, and Scrabble also remain top-selling apps.
Jobs also said that the demand for the iPad continues to exceed the supply, which is why Apple delayed the international release of the iPad (and why Apple stores sold out of iPads this weekend when the iPad 3G was released).
Via The New York Times, image via Apple.
Steve Jobs Named Valuable CEO
Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, has been named the most valuable CEO from a list of thirty respected chief executives created by Barron's. The list, released annually, put Steve Jobs at the top, followed by such people as Amazon's Jeffrey Bezos, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffet, and Hewlett-Packard's Mark Hurd.
Jobs was named most valuable partly because of the stock dips Apple suffered when Jobs' medical problems were made public. Jobs also returned to Apple years after he founded to save it from the "brink of death." The Mac is but one of many successful Apple products: the iPod and iTunes helped save Apple and make it what it is today, and the iPhone and App Store have also been revolutionary. Apple's latest product, the iPad, could be just as revolutionary.
Jobs is often praised for the work he has done as Apple's CEO. Harvard Business Review named him the best-performing CEO this past December.
Via AppleInsider, image via Wikipedia.
Apple and Google CEOs Have Coffee Together
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt were spotted earlier in the day having coffee together at a Palo Alto coffee shop.
Google and Apple, two companies that used to be friendly with each other, have grown increasingly competitive in recent months. The enmity comes from Google entering what is perceived as Apple's traditional part of the market: smartphones (Android is a competitor to the iPhone OS), browsers (Google Chrome, anyone?) and even operating systems (Google's Chrome OS will compete with Mac OS X).
Jobs and Schmidt continued their discussion until they saw a crowd growing. According to an observer, Jobs then said, "Let's go discuss this somewhere more private." The only other thing heard from the discussion was Jobs saying, "They're going to see it all eventually so who cares how they get it."
Gizmodo reported about the meeting of the two CEOs, going as far as to hire a body language analyst (bottom line: the two men were extremely uncomfortable with each other). Though it would be easier and more accurate to analyze their body language from a video rather than from just photos, the analyst concluded that Schmidt is afraid of Jobs. Such fear is perhaps inspired by Apple's recent lawsuit against HTC.
Via Examiner, image via Gizmodo.
Steve Jobs Emails Apple Customers
I am so incredibly jealous—I want an email from Steve!
According to the latest news, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has been personally responding to Apple customers' emails. One user asked him about a universal inbox on the iPhone's Mail app. The current app supports multiple accounts but each account has a separate inbox. Jobs said that the iPhone will have this capability.
Another customer asked Jobs about whether transferring Google Docs to the iPad through iWork.com or iDisk. Jobs replied in the affirmative. Both of these messages from Jobs bore the tagline "Sent from my iPad."
Another customer wrote to ask about whether Apple plans to support Picasa's faces and albums features. Jobs said, "No, but iPhoto on the Mac has much better Faces and Places features." That email was sent from Jobs' iPhone which is apparently running the older version of the iPhone OS.
Other emails have concerned the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines of computers and the availability of the iPad from Apple resellers.
Via Computerworld, image via Wikipedia.
Apple COO Earns Bonus
Apple's Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who temporarily led Apple last year when Steve Jobs had to go on medical leave, has earned a bonus of $5 million cash, plus stock that is worth nearly $17 million. Jobs recommended the bonus and Apple's compensation committee unanimously approved it.
Jobs recommended that Cook be given the bonus based on his "outstanding performance" while Jobs was on medical leave. Jobs received a liver transplant when he was on medical leave. Apple was rather secretive of the whole affair, which lead some observers to criticize Apple for not being more upfront about Jobs' condition.
Under Cook's leadership, Apple stock rose from around $80 to around $140 per share. Cook has spent a lot of his career in the technology industry. Before working for Apple, he was vice president of Corporate Materials for Compaq and has also worked for IBM. He has an MBA from Duke University.
Via BusinessWeek, image via Apple.
Steve Jobs: It's Time to "Think Big"
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, met with the company's shareholders this Thursday. He told the shareholders that the $40 billion Apple has will not be returned to them as dividends because of the flexibility and security it provides to the company.
According to a news article, Jobs reportedly said that Apple has gotten so big that it is now time for the company to "think big." He added, "When you take risks, it's like jumping in the air. When they don't work out, it's nice to know the ground is always there." Some analysts are interpreting this as a reference to the upcoming Apple product, the iPad, which is a huge gamble for Apple.
Even though Apple has a lot of money, it really does not buy very much: six companies in the past five years. Its most recent acquisition, Lala, has been seen by analysts as a possible way for Apple to go into the streaming music business. Also, Apple is planning to open more stores in China—twenty-five of them, to be exact.
Via Wired.
Steve Jobs' Comments on Google, Adobe
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, has made some provocative comments concerning Adobe and Apple rival Google at a meeting with employees last week, according to reports.
Jobs reportedly made fun of Google's motto, "Don't be evil." He called it "a load of crap," but some reports have said he used a stronger and cruder term. Tensions between Google and Apple have been on the rise, especially since the release of Google's Nexus One smartphone, which is meant to be a competitor to Apple's iPhone. Apple may even be dropping Google as the search engine on the iPhone. Google's browser and operating system also pose a threat to Apple.
Jobs called Adobe lazy, adding, "They have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it." This comment is really no surprise, considering Apple's refusal to support Adobe Flash on its mobile devices. Jobs said that Flash is too buggy and is often the cause of crashes on Mac computers.
Jobs said that Apple will work on an "A-plus" update to the iPhone so Android cannot keep up.
Via MercuryNews, image via Apple.


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I've spent a little more time this weekend learning Objective-C and Cocoa programming for the iPhone. It looks like sqlite3 is the format of choice for structured data storage on the iPhone, so I've been working on stuffing the USDA sr20 food dataset into an sqlite3 format. Using Apple's examples, I've figured out how to do basic lists and navigation bars. So far I have a simple app that loads the food names and displays them in a single scrollable list.
Now that I've figured out the basic mechanics, comes the hard work — design! I can't just do a straight port of CoM to the iPhone — it just won't fit! And using only fingers to navigate and enter data adds a further challenge. I've got to come up with the core functions and design each screen carefully. It also doesn't make sense to track the complete set of nutrients since there's not much screen space to display it all anyways.
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Tim R / Mar 24 2008
What an awesome program to have on a hand-held device though. I don't have an iPhone but if I ever did get one, a diet tracker would be the first app I would put on it. In fact a diet tracker might be a good reason to get an iPhone in the first place! I think I can justify the cost to myself and my wife… Hmmm…
bill / Mar 24 2008
My ipod touch awaits your offering.
Deborah / Mar 27 2008
What if: You could export your personal foods from your regular PC/MAC based COM to your iPhone app? Then, the items that we use the most are with us on the portable. We can always access the USDA site from the Safari web browser for new foods through a link in COM (though it would surely be nice to then be able to import that food/nutrient needed from that database into the portable COM). Then our own personal details are with us always, but the bulk of the app is still based on our home computer. We could then sync the home based app from the iPhone app when we needed to…
This is what I've wanted from a PDA device. Something that is synced with my info immediately, I don't have to recreate it from scratch (since I've done that multiple times on my home computers)
Great work BTW
Tony / Apr 1 2008
I have worked with my share of "new" and "exciting" development tools over the years (Forth, Pascal, Algol, ADA, PL/1, etc.) It seems that the simplest tools that have the widest acceptance and support are the ones that survive. I recently converted to C a 20-year old PL/1 program that performed a Reverse Polish stack evaluation. The old program has a new incarnation that will probably outlast the original.
The new and specialized languages of today are more likely to become obsolete than old programming languages like C which probably will take us to the end of the 21st century.
With regard to COM on the iPhone, you could experiment with a "light COM" that acts more like a dumb terminal, rather than a distributed application. Only some key functions should be performed on the iPhone, and the database searching and heavy computation could be done by an online server. This type of application could also be prototyped on a PC to work out the interface before porting to the iPhone.
Rodney / May 26 2008
Cron-o-meter + ipod Touch/Phone = Killer App
Need I say More?
Rodney / May 26 2008
Oh and by the way, I'll be a beta tester if you need one!
Me / May 29 2008
Seen the this? Wonders of cocoa and diet
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I will be a beta tester too! I used to write ObjectiveC years ago. Love to see an iPhone app that just lets me enter my intake even.


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In a colourful review, replete with some strong language, the central theme is:
The film gives international audiences what they expect from Britain – a nice bit of posh – while also titillating natives with convincing oik detail.
The film is summed up thus:
In Kingsman: The Secret Service, out next month, a tasty little herbert called Eggsy from a London sink estate is recruited by the impeccably soigné, lah-di-dah spook Harry Hart, played by Colin Firth. Hart detects that Eggsy has the right stuff, the true Brit if you will, to transcend his oikish upbringing and become One Of Us. Now if Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton, can survive the training course in which he is pitted against a bunch of stuckup, over-entitled Oxbridge ponces (plus the token bit of hottie posh whose snobby froideur melts at our hero's bit-of-rough charms), then he can become a Kingsman.
Sounds rather like the M.O. of Working Title ... but is primarily a 20CFox produced and distributed film (with TSG and Marv).
WHY do film-makers keep insisting on this narrow, ultra-clichéd stereotypical representation of 'Britain'? Simple really: because it is so familiar, it is easier to market. Furthermore, whilst often used within US-set films as characteristics of a villain, the posh Southern English chap/dame is at the same time an aspirational (cf. the 'uses and gratifications theory', explained in this post; the aspirational point could be applied to the 'personal identity' category) figure for many ... not least many in the US audience who might condemn a class system in the USA but simultaneously perceive the same thing in a 'British' context as glamorous and appealing.
The major brands who have paid $100m+ for product placements in the most recent Bond movies clearly perceive this to be true! (See Telegraph gallery, Guardian analysis, etc!)
Here's the bottom line: the Hugh Grant/Bond/Downton Abbey middle/upper-class representation, especially when combined with London/rural southern England settings (the 'heritage' approach of historical settings works too!), sells!
For all the explosions and three-figure body count, Kingsman is heritage drama: it knows the history of the Brit spy genre back to front; plus it knows how to deploy a version of the British class system with an eye to maximising foreign sales, just like Julian Fellowes did when concocting Gosford Park and Downton Abbey.
This film, like many other 'British' films that hope to crossover to a US audience and other foreign markets, also features an 'American Dream' narrative of upwards mobility, the little (wo)man rising through the ranks - or social classes.
In Kingsman, if not in real life, the sclerotic British class system can be transcended. Eggsy realises that for Firth – part toff Gok Wan, part 21st century Henry Higgins – he is Eliza Dolittle with better muscle tone, and succumbs to his makeover. The soundtrack accompanies him on his spiritual journey from geezer to gent: early on, he goes joyriding through rain-slicked mean streets in a nicked motor with Dizzee Rascal's urban underclass groove importunately puffing and blowing in the audience's collective earhole; later, to the dapper strains of Bryan Ferry's Slave to Love, he becomes the finished article, suited, booted and capable of ordering a proper gin martini.
Posh sells..
Posh sells abroad, in particular to Americans who can't break out of their mindset of what Britain is; the headline on a recent New York Times non-analysis of the British class system went "British Noses, Firmly in the Air". The French have wine, the Germans have cars, we have Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice breeches or knock-off Bond schmutter.


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I feel like I haven't been blogging enough lately – and I want to! I feel like I'm in a weird place in life right now, in the sense that I feel like I'm embarking on a more intellectual and emotional journey as opposed to a the physical (and kind of emotional) journey that I have been on for the past year and a half or so. I'm finding myself less focused on how I physically feel, and more focused on how I emotionally/mentally feel. (That's doesn't mean that I'm 'letting myself go' though!)
On July 5th, I began a Whole30 experience with EVERY intention of sticking with it, and I knew that it was physically possible for me because much of my diet is already quite similar to the plan's format. I wholeheartedly stand behind the philosophy of the program.
Of his own will, my boyfriend decided to do it with me as well. The first five days were fine for me – I struggled a little bit missing my after-dinner chocolate, but I could deal with it. Steve said he felt so run-down and devoid of energy the whole time he was on the plan. Quite honestly, I thought he'd be the one to crack first! You might think that it was the sugar cravings or the need for bread or legumes or cheese that broke me. Actually, it was alcohol.
Before you jump to conclusions, no – I'm not an alcoholic and I do not/have never had a drinking problem. I turned 21 this past March, and am still enjoying the social aspect that comes with the privilege to go out with friends and have a drink or two. Not only did I feel the pressure with friends, but with family as well! They didn't force me into it – but they would offer me a glass of wine, and when they're all having it, it's difficult to say no!
The first time I went off-plan was after the Spartan Sprint at Blue Mountain Ski Resort. It was just about five miles all uphill and then all downhill. Times ranged from 1 1/2 hours all the way to 10 hours – I finished in about 4 hours. (That also includes time waiting at obstacles, burpees, etc. Nobody was running this race.) By the end, I said to my boyfriend, "GIVE ME THE FREE BEER". It wasn't that I needed it physically, but..okay. Maybe I needed it. Not really. I shouldn't make excuses. I wanted the beer after, and then I wanted to have a meal filled with protein and vegetables – which I did.
The following day, I was leaving to go to Georgia for a week to visit with family. I met my parents and brother down there, all of whom had just flown in from Denver after my brother's lacrosse tournament. I was still determined to maintain this plan. I packed all my leftovers in my carryon bag, I went grocery shopping once I got there, I even brought a little arsenal of spices, coconut oil, nuts and fruit, and other Whole30 foods to make traveling on Whole30 a little easier.
I made it until Thursday – where it all went downhill from there. Not even two weeks, and I had been broken. I did, however, learn some things from this short, less-than-successful attempt at Whole30. Stay tuned for Part 2 to find out just what I learned!
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Have you ever failed at something you thought you could do?
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Dear Abby: I am a 27-year-old woman who can't seem to find a man to call her own. Every time I search on websites or at gyms, I can't find anyone decent who lives nearby.
I met someone who took me to his house in Wisconsin for the holidays, but I live in Illinois. Ever since I slept with him (on the fifth date), he has come here less often – and when he does, it's never just to see me. He also texts less often than he did and has hinted that I should see other people here in town and keep him as a backup.
I'm desperate to find someone who will be there for me. I want to be married before my 30th birthday. I have tried everything, but all the decent men nowadays are already taken or not serious about forming a relationship. Hope you can help. – Can't Find a Man
Dear Can't: Your problem may be your desperation. When people are desperate, their anxiety can drive people away. The idea that you must be married by the time you are 30 is setting an artificial – and possibly unrealistic – goal for yourself.
It may be time to stop looking and begin concentrating on building a satisfying life for yourself without help from a partner. Once you accomplish that, you may find that both men and women find you more attractive to be around. I can't guarantee that it will help you to find a husband, but even if you don't, you will have a happier life. Not everyone needs to be married.
Dear Abby: I have twin grandsons. One is kind, mannerly and thoughtful. The other is rude, ungrateful and has a chip on his shoulder.
Every Christmas and birthday, my husband and I are generous with our gifts to them. One grandson thanks us, while the other does not even acknowledge the gift. I no longer want to continue giving the rude twin gifts, but I don't know if this is the way to deal with the problem. They will be 18 on their next birthday.
My daughter has never corrected the problem, and I know she will accuse me of favoring the kind twin. What to do? – Gran in South Carolina
Dear Gran: If it were me, I'd give the grateful twin gifts worth the usual amount of money and the ungrateful one a token present. When your daughter accuses you of favoritism, tell her why you no longer felt inclined to shell out to someone who didn't think your generosity was worth acknowledging.
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I am so excited! I finally got my new lens that I have been waiting for forever! All day today, I was experiencing high anxiety levels, knowing UPS could come at any time! I have a photo shoot scheduled for Sunday, and if I missed UPS, then I wouldn't get the lens until Monday, because it's a required signature package. So I worked until about 2:00, picked up Maren from Amanda, who was kind enough to meet me at Starbucks and I95, which saved me about 15 minutes, and hurried home!
As I drove through the neighborhood, I anxiously checked other peoples front doors, to make sure nobody had packages or sticky notes out front! Doesn't look like UPS had came yet. As I approached my house, Maren singing in the backseat, I leaned over and glanced at my door, and sure enough no sticky note that said that they had come and gone.
I waited, and waited, and FINALLY by 4:30 (my UPS comes late thank goodness!) the doorbell rang. I nearly fell over jumping out of my seat, and ran downstairs, as if the guy wasn't going to wait for me. I quickly signed and ran upstairs, holding the box against my chest like a baby.
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Chicken breast marinated in balsamic vinegar with mozzarella, basil, and roasted red pepper with a balsamic reduction. I was out of balsamic vinegar so I used some red wine vinegar and honey garlic sauce. I also used swiss cheese instead of mozzarella. It was delicious with green beans as a side.
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It was true. The long sinuous strands of ocean grass, known under the name of "serpent weed," had caught around the whirling propellers and there had been wound and twisted very tightly. Just as sometimes the stern line gets so tightly twisted around a motor boat propeller as to require hours of work with an axe to free it, the seaweed was twisted around the blades of the M. N. 1.
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"This is annoying, and may cause us delay," he announced, "but there is no danger."
"How are we to get free from the weed?" asked Mr. Damon. "We can't move if it's wound around our propellers, can we?"
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"We might try reversing the propellers," suggested the man from the engine room, who had come in with the information about the serpent weed. "The chief didn't like to try that. We saw the weed from our observation windows and stopped as soon as we felt we had fouled it."
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"Shut off the current!" cried Tom. "It's of no use. The propellers are held as tight as a drum! We've got to go out and cut loose the serpent weed!"
The experiment of reversing the propellers had failed. But still Tom did not believe his craft was in danger. He gave orders for the engine room force to stand by and then arranged for himself, Ned, and Koku to go outside in diving dress and cut the weed off the shafts. There were twin propellers on the submarine, each revolving independently by separate motors, and each capable of being sent in forward or reverse direction.
"Start the engines as soon as we give the signal," Tom told the machinist. "Two knocks on the hull with an axe will mean go ahead, and three will mean reverse."
"I understand," said Weyth, the machinist. "But stand away from the propellers after you give the signal. I'll give you three minutes to move clear."
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Armed with axes and sharp steel bars, Tom, Ned, and Koku were soon ready to step outside the submarine.
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"Yes. If we could take this up above and exhibit it in some city park it would make a hit all right," answered the young inventor.
They were walking on the pure, white, sandy floor of the ocean, some seven hundred feet below the surface, protected from the awful pressure of the water by means of the specially constructed suits which Tom had invented. About them, growing as if in a garden, were great masses of coral, some so thin and sinuous that it waved as do palms and ferns in the open air. Other coral was in great rock masses.
Then, too, there was the unpleasant serpent weed. It did not grow all over, but in patches here and there, as rank grass springs up in a meadow.
And it had been the misfortune of the M. N. 1 that she poked her tail into a mass of this long, tough grass, which was now wound about her propellers.
In addition to the many wonderful vegetable forms that grew on the ocean floor, some rivalling in beauty the orchids of the tropics, and almost as delicate, there were the fishes, which darted to and fro, now swiftly swimming beneath some coral arch, and again poising around some mass of waving sea fronds.
"Well, let's get busy," called Tom to Ned through the telephone. "We want to free the propellers and find the wreck of the Pandora. She may be a hundred feet from us, or a mile away, and in that case it's going to take longer to locate her."
Together they walked to the stern of the disabled craft. One look at the propeller shafts, the examination being made by the diffused glow from the searchlight, as well as from the electric torches carried, showed that the diagnosis of the trouble was correct.
Wound around both propellers was a mass of the serpent weed, tightly bound because the machinery had whirled it around and around after the grass had once been caught. It was almost as bad as though manila cable had been thus accidentally fastened.
"Well, might as well begin to cut it loose," said Tom to his companions. "Koku, you take the port propeller, and Ned and I will work on the other. You ought to be able to beat us at this game."
"Me do," said the giant, as he got his axe ready for work.
Blows struck in water lose much of their force. This can easily be proved by filling a bathtub full of water, rolling up the sleeves, and then taking a hammer in the hand, immersing it fully, and trying to strike some object held in the other hand. The water hampers the blows.
It was this way with Tom and his friends. Nearly half of Koku's great strength was wasted. But they knew they could take their time, though they did not want to waste many hours.
The streamers of weed were like strands of tightly wound rope, and this, under certain circumstances, acquires almost the density of wood. Tom and Ned, working together, had managed to chop a little off their propeller shaft, and Koku had done somewhat better with his task, when Ned became aware of a shadow passing above him.
Instinctively he looked up, and as he did so he could not repress a start of horror. Tom, too, as well as Koku, saw the menacing shadow. Ned grasped more tightly his sharp, steel bar and spoke through the telephone to his companions.
"Devil fish!" he said. "The devil fish are after us."
Tom Swift And His Undersea Search - Chapter 21. A War Reminder
Tom Swift And His Undersea Search - Chapter 19. The Serpent Weed
- Tom Swift And His Undersea Search - Chapter 21. A War Reminder
- Tom Swift And His Undersea Search - Chapter 22. Studying Currents
- Tom Swift And His Undersea Search - Chapter 23. An Undersea Collision
- Tom Swift And His Wireless Message - Chapter 2. Miss Nestor's News
- Tom Swift And His Wireless Message - Chapter 3. Tom Knocks Out Andy
- Tom Swift And His Wireless Message - Chapter 4. Mr. Damon Will Go Along
- Tom Swift And His Wireless Message - Chapter 5. Vol-Planing To Earth
- Tom Swift And His Wireless Message - Chapter 6. The New Airship
- Tom Swift And His Wireless Message - Chapter 7. Making Some Changes
- Tom Swift And His Wireless Message - Chapter 8. Andy Foger's Revenge


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A Horizontal Quench System is a cost effective option for our customers that perform solution heat treating processes. It offers many of the typical drop bottom capabilities and features with a smaller footprint.
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Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced the shipment of an electrically heated horizontal quench system to a supplier of the Aerospace industry. The system will be used to solution heat treat and rapidly quench a variety of aluminum parts.
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Farming In Space
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Astronauts on the International Space Station are growing their own food. NASA's Veggie experiment is figuring out how space travelers can have some of the comforts of home, like lettuce and cabbage, while also working to create a sustainable food source in space.
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Keep your keys within easy reach with this antique finish key rack. Elegant and practical, it's the perfect way to store and organise your keys. Engraved with 'House Keys', each of the five key hooks is mounted on a solid base, while pre-drilled holes either side of the rack makes it ready to hang. Ideally placed in kitchens, hallways and offices.
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My 75 year-old house is haunted and I report my encounters on this blog, but since paranormal activity is about as consistent as SD weather, I also post reviews of horror films - the good, the bad, and the zombie.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Horror Film Review
Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) fled the city and her douchey boyfriend (voice of Bradley Cooper) and is driving in a bucolic area of Louisiana. A pickup runs her off the road, she crashes, and then wakes up in stark, cement room hooked up to an IV. Her captor/savior Howard (John Goodman) explains he saved her life, they're in his bomb shelter, and a global cataclysm of unknown origin has rendered the air poisonous. She's dubious because Howard acts more than a little nuts at times. He's a paranoid doomsday prepper with a legion of personality disorders. Although when she meets the third occupant Emmett (John Gallagher, Jr.), a seemingly normal local who knows Howard and backs up everything he's said, Michelle begins to believe a little. When she tries to escape and witnesses a woman outside the bunker die from what appears to severely contaminated air, Michelle believes a lot. However, as the days go on and she and Emmett begin to fully grasp the extent of their host's insanity, the two plan an escape regardless of how deadly the environment above may be. SPOILERS. Michelle creates a hazmat suit from a shower curtain and a gas mask that would make MacGyver jealous. Howard knows something's up, kills Emmett, and we learn just how crazy he, Howard, is (he abducted a local girl and kept her prisoner in the bunker and pretended she was his daughter). Michelle grapples with him, spilling a barrel of acid on him (method of disposing of the girl and Emmett) and starting a fire. She finally reaches the surface just as the bunker explodes only to find a perfectly normal farm setting. Birds are flying, insects are buzzing, the crops are...cropping. She removes her mask and discovers the air is just fine. But when she hears aircraft and climbs atop a pickup truck's roof for a better look, we realize the air is not the problem. It's the aliens that have invaded earth that's the problem. She then gives the best line of the film. "Oh, come on." The last 15 minutes are super exciting with Michelle fighting for her life against evil E.T.s.
You'd think a movie with Cloverfield in the title would have tipped me off to the cause of the cataclysm. Howard's madness and Michelle's struggles against it cleverly distracts the viewer from that so when it's revealed, you're like, "No fucking way!" But it's a good "No fucking way!" And the filmmakers do it without you feeling manipulated. There is a bit of a common sense problem regarding Howard's bunker, though. A design flaw. To access the air filtration pump, you have to crawl through duct work that's way too narrow for a normal sized guy much less someone as girthy as Howard. And in case you're wondering, I looked it up...the acid in the movie, perchloric acid, is indeed flammable. Yay, science!
The Skinny
Acting: Goodman steals the show as nutjob Howard. Winstead and Gallagher deliver fine performances.
Story: Uniquely layered and loaded with unexpected tension and suspense. One hell of a script.
Direction: Expertly handled from beginning to end. Superbly crafted. One hour and 44 minutes go by in a flash.
Production Values: Its budget, $15 million, probably went mostly to the CGI folks. Beyond that, detailed and realistic sets that are properly lit.
Gore/FX: There is some blood and a few gory bits. I'm somewhat surprised they got away with a PG-13 rating, to be honest. The CGI at the end is all kinds of fabulous.
Scares: Actually, yes. More relentless tension than jump scares, though.
Ending: Unexpected thrills and chills with the door left open for a possible fourth Cloverfield tale. Fingers crossed.
Verdict: Should you see 10 Cloverfield Lane? Without question. It's as close to cinematic perfection as you're ever likely to experience. As good as Super 8 and Cloverfield were, and they were damned good, this is even better.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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Finding Your Zen
It seems that we are all under some sort of stress on a daily basis, and for many of us, it's rather difficult to control. Heck, we may not even be noticing that the constant headache that we are feeling or back pain are all coming from stress.
Before starting our journey to finding our zen selves, let's first understand a little more about stress.
Stress is actually a normal reaction that helps us avoid danger in situations that challenge us or are more demanding of us. When we are under stress, there's a shift and an increase of stress hormones like cortisol, that make the brain and body more alert. This great mechanism allows us to react fast to dangerous situations. The problem starts when we are in a constant sense of alertness in situations that are not life threatening at all and don't unwind. This is also known as chronic stress. Some of the consequences that can come from chronic stress are high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, depression, anxiety, and even skin problems! Which is why the term "stress management" has never been more important.
Some of the most common stressors nowadays include money, relationships, family, work, and health. And if you identified with more than one of these, know that you are not alone. But how can we learn to deal with the silent killer named stress? When we don't learn healthy ways to cope with it, we take a different impulsive route. Some unhealthy ways to cope with stress are binge eating, smoking, alcohol, drugs, and oversleeping. But this only starts a vicious cycle and causes more stress since we are not happy with our behavior.
Here are some great ways to cope with stress in a kind way, because being kind with yourself is the first step to start healing.
Know your triggers
Fully understanding the meaning behind your feelings allows you to grow as a person. To better understand your triggers, try applying the problem-solving method:
- Understand and define the problems
- Come up with ideas on how to tackle each one
- Plan the steps needed to take action
- Go for it!
A great tool for the problem-solving method practice is journaling. Get an old notebook or invest in a beautiful notebook that will be only for you and your thoughts. And at times, you may find that things are not in your hands. That's OK, too! this is when the next tip comes into play.
Shift your mindset
This one is probably one of the hardest at first but most rewarding in the end. Instead of explaining this one like the previous tip, I wanted to share two quotes that really spoke to me:
"If you are willing to look at another person's behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all." – Yogi Bhajan
"Look at situations in your life as pathways instead of problems." –Adventures for Your Soul (book)
Read inspiring books
Although motivational and self-help books may be a little taboo, they can help guide you through whatever issues you may be going through. Like I said earlier, you are not alone. Someone else has already been through what you are going through and they have written about how they were able to overcome it. Some of my recent reads that brought true inspiration in my life are The Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and Adventures for Your Soul by Shannon Kaiser. If you know of any books that have helped and inspired you, make sure to share with us below.
Master the art of being mindful
Mindfulness is another one of those words that are starting to become trendy. But there's a good reason for that. Being mindful means to bring awareness to the present moment, acknowledging and accepting our feelings, thoughts, and sensations. This goes hand in hand with the problem solving method. Practicing mindfulness can help how we react to situations, how we communicate with others, how we communicate with ourselves, and even how we eat when using the mindful eating technique. Learn more about mindful eating here.
Meditate, meditate, meditate
There are so many other tips that we can add here but I wanted to end this post with one of the most important rituals that you can incorporate in your life. Research on the benefits of meditating has been growing by the day! Meditating a few minutes per day can help to preserve the aging of the brain, help with anxiety and mood, increase the learning and memory areas of the brain, and can even help you to concentrate more. The beauty of it is that anyone can meditate. You don't have to be a master yogi to do it. I attended the launch of the book Wellth, written by the founder of the incredible website Mind Body Green. One of the last things he said to the group was that if you can breathe, you can meditate. And this is so true! Here's an exercise you can try right now:
Straighten your back, close your eyes (if you feel comfortable), breathe in through your nose counting to 2, breathe out through your nose counting to 4. Repeat this a few times until you feel your body relaxing and the tension melting away.
Congratulations! You have just completed a meditation session!
If you need a little extra help, there are great meditation apps. Some of my favorites are Calm and Headspace.
I hope you find these tips helpful and don't forget to share with us some of your favorite ways of finding your zen self.
Have a beautiful and peaceful day!


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Hello again, wonderful friends! I'm back to share with you the new sketch from My Creative Sketches. As you know, MCS realeases a new sketch every 16th of the month and you have till the following 15th to submit your take on the sketch for your chance to win beautiful goodies!
Here's my sample for this month...
I used the beautiful Almanac collection by Prima along with the new wooden clocks also by Prima, love those things so much! Here's a few close-ups...
And this is the inspiring sketch and prize up for grabs, makes you want to scrap right!
Fabulous prize right?! Pink Paislee papers and embellishments, Prima flowers, Dusty Attic chipboard and Teresa Collins metal charms, yummy!!!!!
Head over to My Creative Sketches to get more inspiration from the rest of the DT and to enter your own layout!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
July's Sketch from My Creative Sketches
Posted by Jolaine Frias at 11:14 AM
Labels: Prima
6 comments:
- Romy said...
Your layout is such a stunner! I love the feminine feel to it and your beautiful soft colour palette. Just stunning!
- July 17, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Georgia Heald said...
Wow, this is breathtaking, love it!
- July 17, 2012 at 10:17 PM
- Shona said...
this is just so so gorgeous :)
- July 18, 2012 at 12:44 AM
- Vicky Alberto said...
really gorgeous - still a fave collection for me!
- July 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- Toni Herron said...
ooooh... amazing layout!
the colours fit the photo perfectly!
- July 21, 2012 at 1:42 AM
- Eila Sandberg said...
Ooooh love all the yumminess on this one!! beautiful colours, gorgeous details and that darling photo as the cherry on the icing! xoxo
- July 23, 2012 at 4:46 AM
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Two Biehn-related news items in one day means a good day around these parts.
First we heard about the cool new TV series that Michael Biehn may be a part of, "Hell Hunters", and now we're just starting to learn about a film he's producing and set to star in, titled TREACHERY.
The film captures the controversy between Henry and his estranged son, Nathan. Reunited at a friend's small wedding party, in a remote cabin, Henry and Nathan have their usual awkward interactions. Nathan, accompanied by his girlfriend Cecilia, seeks his father's approval. Cecilia's presence only adds to Henry's discomfort, forcing him to want to leave, but a storm hits, trapping them in the cabin and headed for the worst along with the rest of the group. None of them really realize what is truly in store.
Hard to tell if this is just an intense drama or something more along genre-lines right now, but because The Biehn is involved, we'll keep covering this sucker.
In addition to Biehn, TREACHERY will star Jennifer Blanc Biehn (The Divide, "Party of Five"), Sarah Butler (I Spit on Your Grave, The Philly Kid), Caitlin Keats (Kiss of the Damned, Kill Bill 2), Chris Meyer (Among Friends, Hard Breakers) and Matthew Ziff (Truck Stop, Little Kings)
The film is being produced by Jennifer Blanc Biehn, Paul Foley, Ryan Azevedo and Denny Kirkwood, Jason Sallee and Kate Rees Davies. Shooting is set to take place in Los Angeles starting in June 2012.
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