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One of the chapters in my recent book 'Portsmouth's World War Two Heroes' concerned Merchant Seamen who were killed in the Second World War. Whilst I did argue that the fate of merchant seamen had been overlooked compared to their counterparts in the three 'main' armed forces, merchant seamen in the Second World War have had a relatively high profile compared to their predecessors of the First World War.
Whilst we all know about the U-Boat wolf packs of the Second World War, it is less well known that Germany first attempted what it called 'unrestricted submarine warfare' in the First World War, in an attempt to bring Britain to her knees by choking her maritime links with the rest of the world. Just to give some kind of comparison, in the Second World War the British Merchant Navy lost 11.7 million tons of shipping – around 2,828 ships, with the los of around 30,000 men. In the First World War, the total was 7.7 million tons – 14,661 Merchant Seamen were lost. Less than in the Second World War, but clearly not insignificant either.
26 Merchant Seamen from Portsmouth died between 1914 and 1919. The interesting thing is, that three were killed in 1915, then two in 1916, before 8 were killed in 1917 and then 6 in 1918. It was in 1917 that Germany really ramped up it's U-Boat offensive, and it really shows in the statistics of casualties.
Henry Kinshott, aged 33, was a waiter onboard the liner RMS Lusitania. A Cunard Liner, on 7 May 1915 the Lusitania was torpedoed by U-20, 13miles off of Kinsale in Ireland. She sank in just 18 minutes, with the loss of 1,198 of her complement of 1,959. 128 of those lost were American, and the disaster arguably played a part in encouraging the US to come into the war on the side of Britain and France. Kinshott is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial in London. Born in Fareham, Kinshott lived at 3 Hampshire Street, Landport. Although thousands of people were killed, the Lusitania is relatively unknown compared to the Titanic.
A number of Hospital Ships were also lost at sea. On board the 12,000 ton HMHS Asturias was Greaser Stanley Cross, aged 2. On 21 March 1917, the Asutrias – formerly a Royal Mail ship – was damaged by U-66, 6 miles off Start Point in Devon. She was running between Avonmouth and Southampton, presumably carrying war casualties. The ship was beached and salvaged, but 35 men were lost, among them Stanley Cross. He is buried in Southampton Cemetery. Although Born in Landport in Portsmouth, he lived in Southampton.
Reginald Parrett, age 21, was an Engineers Steward onboard HMHS Glenart Castle, a 6,000 ton former Union-Castle Mail steamship. On 26 February 1918, the Glenart Castle was sunk 10 miles off Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, as the journeyed between Newport in South Wales and Brest. 153 men were lost Parrett is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, and lived at 29 Langstone Road in Milton. The Glenart Castle had been damaged by a mine the year before, just off Selsey Bill, but suffered no casualties.
One merchant ship actually had two Portsmouth men onboar. On the SS Joshua were Master Thomas Jarrett, 48, and from 47 Derby Road in North End; and Mate Arthur Puddick, 40, from 27 Fourth Street in Kingston. The Joshua, a 60 ton coaster carrying china clay between Fowey in Cornwall and Dieppe in France, was stopped on 11 October 1917 by UB-57 west of the Isle of Wight. 3 of her crew were lost. Jarrett is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, while Puddick's body was recovered and buried in Kingston Cemetery in Portsmouth.
A number of Navy Yachts were also lost during the war. The Royal Navy requisitioned a large number of smaller vessels, particuarly for Patrolling coastal waters. In most cases their civilian crews served onboard throughout hostilities. At least seven Portsmouth men were lost crewing Yachts.
The WW1 U-Boat offensive seems to have been a lot more indiscriminate than that of 1939-1945. As an illustration of this, even a Trinity House Pilot vessel was sunk. On 26 September 1915 the Vigilant, a 69 ton wooden ketch built in 1879, was sunk by UC-7 off the South Shipwash Buoy off Harwich. 14 of her crew were lost, uncluding Steward William Barley, 41, who lived at 42 Darlington Road in Southsea. He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial.
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tsk needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 278 designs submitted by 50 freelance designers.
I am entering the wedding photography market and would like a logo to be used for business cards and websites. I'd like a logo that is simple and elegant but not stuffy.
Sarah Kang Photography
I am entering the wedding photography market and would like a logo for business cards and websites. I'd like to be able to use the logo for portrait/baby/family photography work as well. I would like a logo that is memorable and reflects my photographic style.
- Logo should say 'Sarah Kang Photography'
- Logo to reflect the following keywords: Elegant, Classic, Sincere, Joyful
- Should be clean, simple, and elegant but not stuffy.
- Should work on a white background, dark background, and in grayscale
- I like neutrals (gray, white, black) but am also open to color
- If color is used, I prefer it be kept minimal and elegant
- I prefer non-serifed fonts for a non-stuffy look but am open to others
- Open to having a standalone symbol to be used as a watermark (should NOT be a meaningless object, e.g. a random flower, butterfly)
- I would prefer to have a symbol that is more of an eye-catching design
- Simple. Elegant. Modern. Timeless.
- Vector format for resizing
- Some examples:
http://www.benchrisman.com - like the logo: elegant, simple, clean
http://www.mclellanstudio.com - has potential but feels a little too old-style and rigid, not a fan of the font
christianothstudio.com - love the font and clean lines, though I'd like something more special
http://www.tobymorris.com/weddings – like the elegance of the font
- Prefer not to use initials unless it's done in a completely fresh manner
- No clip art or cheesy graphics of cameras, shutters, filmstrips, rings, brides, etc.
- No liquid effects, reflections
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Even with religious freedom and the birth of a new nation, the Restoration of the gospel was still an uphill battle. Only with a divinely orchestrated plan and precise timing was a space carved out for the young Mormon church to grow.
That was the thesis of a phone conversation with John C. Thomas, who teaches LDS Church history and other subjects in the Department of Religious Education at BYU-Idaho. If conditions were altered here or an event was moved there, the circumstances would have changed, Thomas said.
"I don't know if we (the church) survived by the skin of our teeth, but it was a tough go," Thomas said. "It's remarkable that you had to bring a 17-year-old Joseph Smith and a centuries-old record into proximity so that (the Book of Mormon) could happen. Then have it take place in close enough proximity of a printer who has the technology and an interest in the market. Then have it close to the Erie Canal that you can spread it.
"That is pretty good tailoring."
Elder Neal A. Maxwell made a similar comment about the astonishing alignment of events in an October 2002 conference address: "Recall the new star that announced the birth at Bethlehem? It was in its precise orbit long before it so shone. We are likewise placed in human orbits to illuminate. Divine correlation functions not only in the cosmos but on this planet, too. After all, the Book of Mormon plates were not buried in Belgium, only to have Joseph Smith born centuries later in distant Bombay."
Minutes before running off to his American Foundations class, Thomas shared a few insights regarding the religious mindset of those living in the Colonies during the time of the Revolution. Had America become independent under the church-state rules that most of the colonies had, the coming forth of a new church would have been more difficult, Thomas said.
"Most colonies had established churches and had rules against new or dissenting churches," he said. "But something happened."
In addition to heavenly inspiration and good fortune, Thomas said key factors that favored the Restoration included the Revolutionary War, the dissent of people from the Anglican Church (Church of England) and the idea that ordinary people can make big changes.
"It was the process of becoming American, the idea of making a voluntary, individual, conscientious choice about where you worship, how you worship, and who you worship, because that was something they prized. It took a while for the idea to take hold. It's well beyond the 1780s before everyone believes that," Thomas said. "If we had transplanted colonial Massachusetts to 1830, that wouldn't have been a very hospitable setting for Joseph Smith."
That idea carved out a space where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could assert itself and where people could freely chose to join, Thomas said.
Even then, it was an uphill battle. Local Protestant churches accused the Mormons of being religious heretics. Following the Civil War, the federal government thought Mormons were dangerous because they were different from other churches, Thomas said.
"We (the Mormons) actually had to leave America in 1846 from Nauvoo — but they took with them their attachment to the constitutional ideals that suggested they really could choose for themselves," Thomas said.
The Constitution, and the noble men who composed it, are also deserving of prolonged spiritual applause, Elder Maxwell said in a 2003 talk titled "Unto This Very Purpose."
"Think of all that the Lord had to oversee, including the shaping events, that occurred long before the Constitution was written, ratified and implemented," the apostle said.
First, Elder Maxwell outlined, the Lord raised up highly talented and wise men (see Doctrine and Covenants 101:80). Second, they needed to live in one geographic area on this planet. Third, this contiguity had to occur in a short time frame. Fourth, the citizens had to be prepared and want to implement and sustain self-governance.
Citing historian Barbara Tuchman, Elder Maxwell called the Founding Fathers "the most remarkable generation of public men in the history of the United States or perhaps of any other nation. It would be invaluable if we could know what produced this burst of talent from a base of only two and a half million inhabitants."
In the April 1898 general conference, President Wilford Woodruff declared: "I am going to bear my testimony … that those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed the Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of Heaven could find on the face of the earth. They were choice spirits, not wicked men. General (George) Washington and all the men that labored for the purpose were inspired of the Lord."
President Ezra Taft Benson said the Lord planned out these events perfectly.
"The Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1789. The priesthood of God was restored in 1829. Between those two dates is an interval of 40 years. It is my conviction that God, who knows the end from the beginning, provided that period of time so the new nation could grow in strength to protect the land of Zion," President Benson said in a November 1979 Ensign article. "Thus, in that four-decade period the United States had grown to sufficient strength that she was able to provide a cradle of liberty for the restored Church of Jesus Christ."
In his book "Mine Errand from the Lord," Elder Boyd K. Packer said: "This land will be a land of liberty unless our purposes run counter to God's. The Book of Mormon … in repeated references designates this land as 'choice above all other lands,' and 'a land of liberty' unto those who possess it. This book of prophecy also established a great responsibility upon the citizens of this land and declares that when the purposes of the people become destructive to the purposes of God, they are in danger of losing liberty, the most precious of all gifts."
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Destiny's Child has announced the release of "Nuclear," the first new recording in eight years from the trio of Beyoncé, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. The song will be included as the sole new track on "Destiny's Child -- Love Songs," a compilation of mostly quiet storm jams described in the press release as "the most sensual romantic recordings from the bestselling vocal group." The collection will arrive on Jan. 29.
The release of "Nuclear," produced by Pharrell Williams, doesn't necessarily signal anything bigger on the horizon for Destiny's Child. Beyoncé, the most successful of the group's three singers, has been taking time off from music to care for her and husband Jay-Z's daughter, Blue Ivy, and preparing for the release of a new solo album, which could come as early as April.
Beyoncé's website is also teasing Feb. 3 as another big date -- that's when the singer will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, an event not-so-subtly promoted in a recent GQ pictorial that set the Internet abuzz this week.
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fotocielo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
FotoCielo Wedding & Portrait Studio
We put together a kick ass team of 3 photographers, just moved into a kick ass studio and now we need to brand the hell out of this place! We're all about having fun shooting weddings!
Our studio is a well oiled machine that offers superior quality and superior service at totally affordable pricing. We don't charge 10k per wedding but our clients sure feel like they're working with a hi-end studio!
The well educated newly engaged couple that appreciates quality photography at affordable prices.
We would like our name, FotoCielo on top with Photography & Portrait Studio underneath it.
We wantedto incorporate a design to the whole thing.... "scrolls", "loops" etc. ie. designs around the two text lines.
We were also thinking we'd like it more subtle and put together two samples with "design" between the two text lines. "Scrolls" for design have been done so we'd like the design to be more unique.
We've seen some really creative wrought iron work done that is from "vines" or leaves. We like this! We'd like to keep away from the "heavy" feel or the "too ornate, victorian" kinda feel. I hope that makes sense.
In the attached samples we put together, rlogo and tlogo, one of our problems was matching the FotoCielo Text with the design. Script goes well but again, we don't want a script font that's too fancy.
We like the font on the samples we included for the bottom text line.
You guys are the experts so I hope we were able to get the gist of what we're looking for across.
We're pumped to see what you all come up with. If you have an idea that you think will blow us away, please let us see it!
Thanks again!
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Dan Wilson's name may not ring a bell, but there's little doubt you've heard his songs.
The Minneapolis native gained some renown with Trip Shakespeare in the early 1990s, then released three fine albums with Semisonic, best known for the hit, "Closing Time."
Since then, he's written and performed with a broad array of artists. He co-wrote and co-produced "Someone Like You" for Adele, and has worked with Pink, Taylor Swift, the Dixie Chicks ("Not Ready to Make Nice") and many others.
"Love Without Fear," his second solo album, places Wilson's songs in a variety of musical settings, and they are of such high quality that they shine no matter the surroundings.
With its insanely catchy melody, cleverly constructed lyrics and Wilson's clear, lilting tenor, "A Song Can Be About Anything" is the album's most dazzling track, and the one most reminiscent of Wilson's work with Semisonic.
Elsewhere, Wilson succeeds with widescreen productions such as "However Long" with its Bacharach-like muted horn section and spaghetti-Western style guitar break, and the full-blowout romantic ballad "Even the Stars Are Sleeping" (featuring guest vocalist Missy Higgins).
By contrast, Wilson sounds like he dashed off "I Can Never Stay Mad At You" without half-trying, and it's among the album's best tracks, as is "Two," which showcases a gorgeous Wilson vocal.
Wilson is a pop classicist, a painstaking craftsman and a skillful singer. Think along the lines of a less sappy Paul McCartney, or less quirky Elvis Costello. His carefully constructed songs on "Love Without Fear" have a timeless quality not tied to any particular trend or genre.
He will bring his career-spanning "Words & Music by Dan Wilson" concert to Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles on June 19.


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Usquert (Groningen, Netherlands)
Usquert, a village in the Dutch province of Groningen, in which Anabaptism was found as early as 1533; later there was a Mennonite congregation here belonging to the Flemish branch, not Old Flemish as were most congregations in this province. Of its history there are only a few traces: it was in the 18th century a member of the Humsterlandsche Sociëteit; the Naamlijst issues of 1731 and 1743 name Jan Jansz as the preacher; he was apparently the last preacher here; according to the issues of 1755-65 the pulpit was vacant, and in those of 1766 ff. the congregation is not named. Yet it seems to have existed until 1784, in which year its property was divided.
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Groningen, Overijssel en Oost-Friesland, 2 vols. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff en J. B. Wolters, 1842: v. I, 15, 149, 201.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Usquert (Groningen, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Mar 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Usquert_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=132792.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Usquert (Groningen, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 March 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Usquert_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=132792.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 791. All rights reserved.
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Barrage of injuries putting Nationals to the test
Are the Washington Nationals persevering or disappointing? Are they better than their record shows or worse for wear and tear?
Within the confines of their own clubhouse, these questions are asked.View Full Game Coverage
Are the Washington Nationals persevering or disappointing? Are they better than their record shows or worse for wear and tear?
Within the confines of their own clubhouse, these questions are asked.View Full Game Coverage
On the one hand, the Nats know that the members of their Opening Day lineup -- most notably, Bryce Harper, Adam LaRoche and Ryan Zimmerman -- have combined to miss more than 30 percent of their games, and the rotation that was absent Doug Fister for the first six weeks of the season got him back just in time to lose Gio Gonzalez.
So to be sitting at .500 and just three games back in the National League East standings is respectable.
On the other hand, the Nats, purely in terms of record, are actually behind their pace in 2013, when they were one of baseball's biggest disappointments. They were 26-24 at the 50-game mark a year ago. They are 25-25 now. And a ballclub that was steeped in confidence after posting the best regular-season record in the game in 2012 has had that confidence tested in the time since.
"You can look at it a million different ways," said shortstop Ian Desmond. "Is it a positive that we've endured the injuries and we're still in it and haven't dug ourselves too big of a hole? Yeah. That's good. But I think, at some point, as an organization, we're going to have to look beyond that stuff, turn the page and realize we're better than the way we're playing."
The Nats just dropped three of four to the Pirates over the weekend. In the three losses, they were outscored by a grand total of four runs. They are 6-10 in one-run games this season. You have to assume a healthy middle of the order would have made a difference in at least a handful of those losses, but the Nats have also been stung, surprisingly, by one of the most inefficient defenses in baseball (and Desmond, whose 13 errors are the most of any player in baseball, is the first to admit he's the primary culprit).
All of this -- the injuries, the extra outs, the slumps, the struggle to accrue positive momentum -- has made manager Matt Williams' rookie season at the helm a challenging one. He's weathered it as best he can, and the best we can say of Williams -- or any manager -- is that his players are mentally and physically invested in the work put before them, no matter the adversity that's surrounded them.
"The guys that are here now playing every day have found their identity and found the way they want to go about it, and they're competing," Williams said. "They're playing hard. We've come back in a lot of games and won some games we probably shouldn't have won. So that's a good sign."
The Nats could nonetheless use some more tangible evidence that the injury tide is turning.
Getting LaRoche, who had a .319/.421/.504 slash line before pulling his right quadriceps earlier this month, back into the lineup Sunday was a huge mental pick-me-up. LaRoche slotted right back into the cleanup spot behind Jayson Werth, whose OPS dating back to last year's All-Star break (.915) is among the best in baseball in that span.
But the Nats will have to continue to lean heavily on those two vets for a while, because Harper is expected out after thumb surgery until at least early July, and Zimmerman's return from a broken right thumb is progressing more slowly than anticipated.
The lineup injuries have placed more focus on the depth of the Nats' bench, which has proven to be improved over last year's struggles. But they have also compelled Williams to ride his regulars hard.
Desmond has started all 50 games. Werth has started 49. The 22-year-old Anthony Rendon, who has cooled after a scorching start, has started 48. In an ideal situation, a player with Rendon's already lengthy injury history would get a little more rest, but then again, what about the Nats' situation this season has been ideal?
The injuries have had a predictable impact on the Nats' run production, which at 3.92 per game is slightly below the NL average. They've also put more pressure on a rotation that has also had its share of health hiccups.
Gonzalez had made 162 career starts without a DL stint before shoulder inflammation became too much to bear. He played catch on Saturday and Sunday, and the Nats are hopeful his time on the pine won't be lengthy. Rookie Blake Treinen, who has a 1.56 ERA in 17 1/3 innings in the bigs, served well as his replacement Thursday night.
"Everybody has stepped it up a little bit to pick up in the situation," pitching coach Steve McCatty said.
But McCatty is still, like many fans, puzzled by the way a rotation that was among the best in baseball the previous two seasons has suddenly had trouble establishing itself early in games this year. The Nats have had a staggering 10 games in which their starters have given up three runs or more in the first inning.
"Questions have been thrown out about preparation," McCatty said. "We prepare the same way. We go over hitters. Fortunately, I've kept all their records in my book of how many pitches they throw before each start, going back five years. The amount of pitches in their bullpens are all very, very similar.
"So we address it, but it happens. You've just got to attack hitters the same way."
An improved bench and a sterling bullpen have prevented the Nats' season from going off the tracks. The depth of their talent (when healthy, of course) is such that Baseball Prospectus' playoff odds report was still giving them a 40-percent chance of winning the East, entering Sunday, and the internal hope is that a full-strength Nats team will be primed for a second-half surge akin to the one Washington posted in '13, albeit with an actual October berth to show for it.
In the meantime, the Nats work with what they've got, counting on improved defense, less rocky beginnings and, with any luck, no more damaging DL stays.
"It's nice to see we've stayed afloat," Desmond said. "But I'm at the point where I know we have to play better -- I have to play better personally, and we have to play better as a team."
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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Positive test results on its proposed oral insulin drug didn't help the shares of Oramed Pharmaceuticals Thursday, as investors initially boosted the company's shares but quickly started selling over apparent fears the tiny drug maker's stock may be getting ahead of itself.
Oramed /quotes/zigman/14090741/delayed /quotes/nls/ormp ORMP shares were down 10% to $23.33 in recent action. The Israeli-based drug maker said it completed Phase 2 trials for its treatment, now known as ORMD-0801, and met all its primary goals in the trial, which involved 30 patients.
But the stock has been on a tear since late December, when it was trading around $7 a share. Shares quickly ramped up before the Christmas holiday, hitting an intraday high of $31.73 earlier this month.
Analyst Graig Suvannaejh said in an interview noted Oramed's swift rise, adding Thursday's sell off is probably a classic case of selling on the news.
"I think it's just a reflection to me that the stock is getting a little ahead of itself," he said. He added that Thursday's test news was to be expected, and that many investors may be trying to lock in profits.
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The Giants were thin at running back when Tuesday started, but they've got a full complement of backs as the day comes to an end.
In addition to signing Kregg Lumpkin, the Giants will sign former Redskins running back Ryan Torain to help the team weather the loss of Andre Brown to a broken leg. Jason LaCanfora of CBSSports.com was the first to report the news and Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger reports that the team will waive offensive lineman Selvish Capers to make room for Torain.
Torain has not played in the NFL since the Redskins released him late last December. Torain looked like he would grab hold of the job in Washington after running for 742 yards and scoring six touchdowns while playing 10 games and starting eight in 2010. He slumped to 3.4 yards per carry in 2011, however, and wound up losing his job to Evan Royster and Roy Helu.
Torain followed Mike Shanahan to Washington. He was originally a fifth-round pick of the Broncos in 2008 and played two games with them in what was Shanahan's final season as head coach in Denver before tearing his ACL.
It will be interesting to see how the Giants divvy up the work behind Ahmad Bradshaw. Rookie David Wilson hasn't enamored the coaches with his overall grasp on the responsibilities that come with the job, especially pass protection, which could open the door for the two new arrivals to grab work down the stretch for the defending champs.


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So you say you updated to the latest Mac OS X 10.5.6 and wanted to jailbreak or unlock. Well the update severely hindered your ability to do that. The Dev-Team says it is a simple kernel bug and not a specific countermeasure by Apple, never the less, there is still a work around.
It's a pretty straight forward fix actually, first you need to have administrator privileges. Then download the script file . Got it? Good, now continue on for the detailed instructions after the break!


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Southeastern racked up 23 hits over two games and salvaged a double-header split on Wednesday against No. 14 Angelo State, dropping game one 5-3 before winning the finale 15-14 in 10 innings in San Angelo, Texas.
The Savage Storm moves to 12-10 overall on the year heading back into Great American Conference play March 15-16 with a three-game set against Southern Nazarene beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday with a double-header slated for a 1 p.m. start on Saturday.
SE heads into that matchup with a 6-6 record in league play and in sixth in the standings after winning back-to-back series against Harding and Arkansas Tech. SNU comes into the contest at 6-13 on the year and 3-9 in GAC play.
In the finale against ASU, the Storm jumped out to a big lead in the first inning, starting with a solo home run by Evan Ramsey in the game's second at-bat.
Tucker Alexander, Travis Caraway and Aaron Chalk each drew walks and the Storm had the bases loaded with two outs when Chevis Springer struck out, but reached first on a wild pitch which also allowed Alexander to score and take a 2-0 lead.
Trevor Bowen followed with a bases loaded walk and was followed up by a three-run double by Mark Frank to push the advantage out to 6-0 midway through the first inning.
The Rams mounted a rally, picking up three runs in the second and two more in the third to cut the gap to 6-5.
SE got back into a rhythm in the fourth as Troy McCartney and Chalk walked to open the inning, with McCartney scoring on a Springer single to the pitcher, thanks to an error by the Ram hurler.
Bowen followed with an RBI single to left that plated Chalk and pushed the lead to 8-5.
Frank would then follow with a bunt single to load the bases and Salter would drive in Springer and Bowen with a double to center field.
Ramsey would then push the lead to 11-5 with a sac fly that scored Frank.
The lead moved to 12-6 when Springer singled home Caraway in the fifth inning.
SE added another run in the sixth inning when Caraway singled to the pitcher, allowing Ramsey to score and push the lead to 13-6.
The Rams rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh and three more in the eighth to trim the Storm lead to 13-11 heading into the final frame.
Southeastern added another run in the top of the ninth to take a 14-11 lead when Springer singled home Caraway who had singled to open the inning and moved to second on a McCartney sac bunt.
ASU continued its rally and tied the game at 14-14 with three runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings.
Caraway would put the Storm back in front again with an RBI single to center that scored a pinch-running Robby Nunez to go up 15-14.
The Rams would put runners on the corners with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, but Mann would coax Ryan Greer to groundout for the final out to preserve the win.
SE racked up 16 hits in the contest, with Caraway and Springer each posting 3-for-5 outings and each driving in a pair of runs.
Salter, Ramsey, Bowen and Frank each posted a pair of hits, with Frank driving in a team-high three RBI.
Salter, Ramsey, Caraway, Springer and Bowen each drove in a pair of runs.
On the hill, Cameron Mann tossed the final 3.2 innings and moved to 3-0 after allowing six runs, four earned, on seven hits. He also added four strikeouts.
David Cagle got the start and tossed one inning, allowing two runs on no hits with one strikeout before handing the ball to Eddie Cervantes who also pitched one inning, allowing two runs on three hits.
Brandon Marris posted the longest outing on the mound for SE with 4.1 innings of work in which he allowed four runs, three earned, on five hits with three K's.
In the day's first game, The Rams posted a run in the first inning as well as two each in the fourth and sixth to mount a 5-0 lead.
SE finally got its offense working in the top of the seventh, starting with a one-out, pinch-hit single from Chalk to roll over the lineup.
Salter then followed with a double and two batters later Ramsey would draw a walk with two outs to load the bases.
Alexander then singled through the right side to plate Chalk and that was followed by a two-run single by Caraway to close the gap to 5-3, but that was where the rally would end, leaving the final at 5-3.
Ramsey finished the contest 2-for-3 with a run scored, while five other collected a hit each.
Caraway drove in two, while Alexander posted one RBI.
Vance Woodruff got the start and was hit with the loss, dropping his record to 1-4 after throwing four innings and allowing three runs, two earned, on eight hits with four strikeouts.
Cervantes threw one inning in relief, allowing a hit and striking out one before handing the ball to Levi Lewis who allowed two runs on one hit with one K.


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October 16, 2006
There were two volunteers for San Francisco. Vanessa Wilcox (my long time girlfriend) and I joined the board of directors of Compass Community Services for a beautification day at the Tenderloin Childcare Center. Compass Community Services provides housing, education and employment services to San Francisco's homeless and at-risk families.
The agency's four programs support more than 3,000 parents and children each year in their efforts to achieve stability and self-sufficiency. Services include crisis intervention, homeless prevention, emergency shelter, transitional housing, intensive case management and therapy, job training, enriched infant care and childcare, and permanent housing placement.
We spent the day painting a play room, cleaning walls, floors, and windows and hanging new curtain rods and curtains.


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A winner was selected from 76 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
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This guide serves as a complete technical summary of every piece of information provided by Invent-a-Part to the community over the last year of updates. If it is missing anything please feel free to add in the comments.
The purpose of this guide is to act as a quick reference, and refresh people's memories - As some of this stuff is quite old. It should contain everything officially confirmed by IAP/Michael on Kickstarter/Instagram.
Based on Arduino Mega2560 & RAMPS 1.4 boards.
Custom Marlin firmware.
5V pins available (limit switch connector a good option)
No 12V supply available.
USB Socket rated at 300mA
Power Supply is 24V and 17A
Fan2 connector J4 on extruder breakout board for object-cooling fan.
Fan2 connector is PWM-controlled and can be completely controlled by software.
Easy access to I2C bus for future expansion.
Heat up times (Standard: 65c = 3-5minutes, 110c = 7minutes. RigidBot Big: 65c = 4-6minutes, 110c = 8 minutes)
Heated build plate contains red LED's which illuminate when the bed is heating with built in thermistor.
Dip switch to select 10x10x10 or 12x16x10 on the board itself.
3 limit switches, however can use upper & lower limits (6 limit switches) so you can make a custom sized" rigidbot.
Support for a multi-coloured LED strip
Large 4 layer board
Dual extrusion ready
Heated bed power does not go through physical power switch - is switched via a transistor on mainboard.
Optional LCD/USB Board contains the following scripted features:-
-- Print from USB
-- Bed levelling Script (will run a program which automatically moves the head to the three levelling positions on bed)
-- Change Filament script - to load/unload material
-- Pause/Resume script
-- Manual Jog - manually move printhead in xyz positions.
Tools are included with kit for full assembly, However a small philips screwdriver & a mallet for constructing the frame are also recommended
Polymer sleeve made from PTFE - recommended not to exceed 250 degrees celsius
Z-rod will require cleaning if you're assembling yourself
LM8UU Linear Motion Bearings (11 per printer)
Linear Rods - Chrome Hardened Linear Rods (8 per printer)
GT2 Pulley, 36 teeth
GT2 Belts
Injection moulded corners with threaded inserts in places to assure accuracy and reduce the amount of maintenance required.
Smooth rods are 8mm in diameter
Tubing is standard .75inch / 19mm bar stock.
RigidBot design will be available in STL format.
Aluminium hot-end with brass extruder tips with a 0.4mm nozzle diameter
Recommended Settings & General Specifications
Print Speed: 75mm/s (suggested speed only. can go faster)
Filament Diameter: 1.75mm
Maximum temperature: 250 degrees c (Supplied extruder)
100 micron layer resolution
0.4mm nozzle diameter
RigidBot kit weight 35lbs (15KG)
RigidBot Big kit weight 44lbs (20KG)
+/- .003" in the x/y axis for tolerance.
10x10x10 build dimensions mm = 254 x 254 x 254
12x16x10 build dimensions mm = 304 x 406 x 254
Replacement Parts available to order.
Full parts list: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/16 ... sts/707929
Part# 1042 - Limit Switch - set of three
Part# 1043 - Bed Leveling and Extruder Springs - set of 5 Springs
Part# 1050 - Extruder Hot End
Part# 1052 - 24v Extruder Fan and Fan Guard
Part# 1053 - Extruder Heat Sink
Part# 1065 - Extruder PCB
Part# 1066 - 24v Heater Cartridge with connector
Part# 1067 - Screw in Thermistor with connector
Part# 1068 - Extruder Stainless Gear
Part# 1093 - Heated Bed Cable
Part# 1106 - Extruder Head Cable
Part# 1113 - Limit Switch Cable
Part# 1154 - Extruder Head plastics with bearing


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Terra Nostra
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Terra Nostra Pocket Bars
Terra Nostra is a favorite chocolate brand of mine. I know, I've never written about their bars before. I've been buying the Organic Dark Chocolate with Pecans and Raisins since I first saw it at Trader Joe's ... I'm guessing at least six years ago. I was never a fan of chocolate and raisins until I met Trader Joe and he changed my mind with his wonderful dark chocolate covered raisins in a tub. With that in mind, I gave that bar a try, drawn by the pecans and dark chocolate and pretty well sold on the addition of the tangy, chewy raisins.
It's not the most complex bar in the world, but it's a good all around contender when it comes to satisfaction. My biggest problem with it? It's too big. Yes, I know that the 3.5 ounce size is pretty popular when it comes to premium bars, but it's just too big for me to finish in one sitting and I want a lot of variety in my life.
Imagine my pleasure at seeing that Terra Nostra is bring out a new line of "Pocket Bars". At only 1.5 ounces, which means a nice sized portion of chocolate, and they even come with a little zazz to make them more like candy bars.
Each bar is four sections, slightly domed, for most of them to accommodate a filling of some sort.
Creamy Caramel in Satin Milk Chocolate - this was an excellent bar, far superior to most other single-serve caramel bars I've had. The milk chocolate is rich, creamy and has a lot of the complex dairy flavors to it. The caramel, though rather syrupy is salty and smooth with a pretty good hit of butter to it. (7 out of 10)
Creamy Caramel in 60% Dark Robust Chocolate - this was a nice bar! The dark chocolate is robust, just like they say, with some coffee notes that set off the salty, sweet and gooey caramel center. I'd prefer a caramel that wasn't quite so gooey (think Caramello) and it does have a little bit of a grain to it. The whole thing comes together nicely. (7 out of 10)
Goji Berries and Pink Himalayan Mineral Sea Salt in 73% Dark Chocolate - this one took away all the fun of being a candy bar and injected a bunch of trendy items. Goji berries are also known as wolfberries; they're little red berries (related to tomatoes and deadly nightshade) about the size of a peanut, they're always sold dried. Goji berries tangy, kind of dry and leathery; though they do have some distinctive flavors, but they're also really fibery. I'm often left with some piece that feels like a wad of chewed paper - really, I shouldn't have to spit bits of my chocolate bar out. The chocolate itself doesn't taste salty, just less sweet (but it's hard to do a one for one comparison with the others since this is the only 73% dark bar in the range). Honestly, this bar just clicked with a bunch of my pet peeves about trendy foods ... if you want to read something really fun, try this piece from the Sydney Morning Herald about the goji berry. (5 out of 10)
Pomegranate Truffle - a base of 60% cacao dark chocolate has a rich chocolate truffle filling flavored with pomegranate. The dark chocolate is creamy, but not too dark or dry. The truffle center is a light and creamy truffle, not greasy but smooth and of course with a tangy & berry bite of pomegranate. The pomegranate kind of overwhelms most of the chocolate flavors, but blends so well with the texture. (8 out of 10)
All the bars are certified organic ... not that it makes them healthy or anything. The Pomegranate Truffle and Goji Berry dark bars are suitable for vegans, however they are made on machinery that also processes dairy (and peanuts, soy and tree nuts). Terra Nostra also participates in Equi-Trade programs, though their bars are not specifically certified Fair Trade. They're fun little bars and if presented with an array of commercial mass-produced bars and these, if price is not the deciding factor, you might want to give them a try.
(Top photo of Robust Dark with Raisins & Pecans courtesy of Terra Nostra)
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FOUR WEDDINGS Says "I Do" to Thursday Nights
[Los Angeles, CA] -- TLC is home to the most popular wedding programming on TV and the network announced today they are adding another night of nuptials to the schedule. The network's wedding related content is the #1 destination for W 18-34 on ad-supported cable, transforming Friday's into BrideDay. With that success, TLC is now expanding the bridal party to Thursday nights, kicking off with the Season 4 premiere of FOUR WEDDINGS on Thursday, July 19th at 9PM ET/PT.
TLC plans to air two new FOUR WEDDINGS episodes back to back at 9PM and 10 PM following the same hit-format bridalphiles have come to love. In each hour-long episode, four brides with their own personal styles and traditions agree to attend and judge each other's weddings on the basis of food, dress, venue, originality, and overall experience. The winning bride is awarded a five-star dream honeymoon.
This season will highlight some of the most outrageous, original, over-the-top, and even humorous weddings around, and Season 4 broadens the RSVP list to include locations shot in both the US and Canada. Viewers can look forward to experiencing all kinds of unique wedding elements- an Elvis impersonator, bull riding and "flash mob" receptions, Cinco-De-Mayo wedding with an all-female mariachi band, and a walk down a plastic red carpet.
FOUR WEDDINGS is produced by ITV Productions for TLC. Executive Producer is Richard Vagg.
About TLC
TLC is a global brand that celebrates extraordinary people and relatable life moments through innovative nonfiction programming. A top 10 cable network in key female demos, TLC has built successful franchises around the Cake Boss and Say Yes to the Dress brands. In 2011, TLC had 28 series averaging 1.0 million P2+ viewers or more including Sister Wives, My Strange Addiction, Extreme Couponing, Toddlers & Tiaras, 19 Kids and Counting, What Not To Wear and Long Island Medium.
TLC is available in more than 99 million homes in the US and more than 227 million households in nearly 150 markets internationally. A destination online, TLC.com offers in-depth fan sites, exclusive video content, and original editorial covering style, home, food, and more. Fans can also interact with TLC via On Demand services, on mobile platforms, including an iPhone App, and through social media such as Facebook or @TLC on Twitter. TLC is part of Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA,DISCB, DISCK), the world's number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in 209 countries and territories.


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I have been feeding Baby G porridge since he was about 5 months old.
He still eats porridge every day, twice daily, and he just loves it.
He can finish 1 cup to 1.5 cups of porridge every meal!
I started introducing porridge to him a few weeks after feeding him sweet potato puree.
Knowing that he loves sweet potato, I know exactly what he wants in his porridge so my basic baby porridge is the combination of rice, sweet potato, and water.
This baby porridge is very versatile.
You can be very creative and replace the sweet potato with regular potato, carrot, pumpkin, kabocha (aka Japanese pumpkin), or butternut squash.
If your baby has just started on solid food, you want to slowly introduce him to new ingredients so as to avoid food allergy.
Start by testing one ingredient, and then move on to the next.
This way, you can also find out which combination he likes the most.
As Baby G doesn't like formula, my pediatrician told me to add an egg yolk to his food after he was six months old.
Please take note that some babies develop allergy reactions to egg whites so consult your doctor when to introduce eggs to your baby.
I am going to share my deluxe baby porridge recipe with you in the next post—it tastes so good that I don't mind eating it.
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(CNN) -- When Vincent Tan led a Malaysian takeover of Cardiff City in 2010, the Welsh soccer club was battling crippling debts -- and a long-awaited return to England's top flight was tantalizingly out of reach.
The new owners, frustrated by two more near promotion misses, decided that a major overhaul was necessary.
Along with major investment, the team's historic blue strip was last season changed to red to appeal to Asian supporters and a dragon put on the club crest in prominent place above its iconic bluebird.
One Cardiff fan was so disillusioned that he auctioned his club loyalty on eBay.
However, most supporters were won over when the "Bluebirds" clinched promotion to the Premier League as champions -- and their delight grew on Sunday with a shock victory over one of the richest clubs in the world.
Read: 'Supporter for sale' finds new home
Manchester City traveled to the Welsh capital on the back of a 4-0 thrashing of Newcastle on the opening day of the season, but left smarting after a 3-2 defeat against a side widely tipped for an immediate return to division two.
It was the first time Cardiff had hosted a top-flight match since 1962, and Malky Mackay's team had suffered a 2-0 defeat last weekend at West Ham -- a mid-table side last season.
"This was the first time that we've played at home in the Premier League, and the first time in 51 years that we've been in the top division, so it meant a lot to a lot of people," he told reporters after two goals from former Manchester United striker Fraizer Campbell set up victory.
"I'm very proud of a lot of people at the club; obviously the players but also the fans who made the atmosphere unbelievable today. Also, the people who work at the club, because they've been through some tough times -- to see them with smiles on their faces as I walked through the tunnel lightens my heart.
"Manchester City are one of the top teams in Britain and Europe, and are full of top Premier League talent."
As Manchester City's new manager Manuel Pellegrini commented afterwards: " I did not expect to lose."
City, EPL champions two seasons ago, spent more than £100 million ($155 million) before the start of the season -- bankrolled by the club's oil-rich Abu Dhabi owners.
Read: Real Madrid's Bale bid 'lacks respect'
However, it was Edin Dzeko -- himself a big-money buy during the tenure of previous manager Roberto Mancini -- who put the visitors ahead seven minutes after the break.
But the Bosnia striker's stunning strike was soon canceled out by Cardiff's Iceland captain Aron Gunnarson, and one-cap England international Campbell then twice got the better of his marker Pablo Zabaleta to force home from successive corners.
Substitute Alvaro Negredo, one of Pellegrini's acquisitions, gave the visiting City hope with a debut headed goal of his own in the 90th minute but Cardiff held on.
"Playing against a Manchester City team that only lost one game from a winning position last season, and to come back and show that character today -- I thought we deserved to win the game," Mackay said.
"My players are here on merit -- we proved that today."
Meanwhile, Tottenham became the third team to start with successive victories after beating the EPL's other Welsh club, Swansea, 1-0 on Sunday.
New signing Roberto Soldado scored his fourth goal in three games as the London club joined Chelsea and Liverpool on six points.
The Spain striker scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the second half, as he did against Crystal Palace last weekend before netting twice in the 5-0 Europa League thrashing of Dinamo Tbilisi.
Gareth Bale, Tottenham's top scorer from last season, was given the weekend off due to his apparent injury.
The Wales forward is expected to be unveiled by Real Madrid in a world-record signing next week, but Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas said he expected the player to be at training on Tuesday.
"There is interest from Real Madrid. Whether the transfer will happen or not, hopefully you will have more news in the next couple of days but at the moment there is nothing I can tell you," he added.
"Tomorrow is a day off. Tuesday is training so I would expect him to be there."
Villas-Boas wryly shrugged off Chelsea's Sunday announcement that the club had hijacked Tottenham's bid to sign Brazil forward Willian from Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala but confirmed that Steaua Bucharest defender Vlad Chiriches is set to join Spurs.
"Maybe someone will steal him as well," Villas-Boas joked.
Chelsea, meanwhile,will face a big test of the club's title ambition under Villas-Boas' former mentor Jose Mourinho in Monday's clash with EPL champions Manchester United.


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In California's tight gubernatorial race, could less really be more?
California Attorney General Jerry Brown (D) is already spending less – way less – on campaigning than former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R). What if he promised only to stay in office for a single term? That's the strategy a leading political writer in California has suggested as a way for Mr. Brown to produce the fireworks he needs to shoot ahead of Ms. Whitman in their race – now neck and neck with just six weeks to go.
"Handled right – perhaps sprung before a large TV audience during a campaign debate – it could alter the Democrat's widespread image as a career political opportunist," writes George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times. "Brown could cast himself as a committed native son determined to reroute the state back onto the right track. And he would have credibility as an aging pol looking to burnish his legacy for the history books and join his father [former governor] Pat Brown, as one of California's political greats. In addition, for anyone concerned about his age – 72 – it would guarantee that he'd step down at 76."
Is Mr. Skelton's idea spot-on or spaced-out?
"[Skelton] is absolutely right on all counts," says Barbara O'Connor, director of the Institute for Study of Politics and Media at California State University, Sacramento.
"If handled correctly, a one-term pledge could change the dynamics of the contest," adds Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "Skelton makes some strong arguments, not least Brown's age," he says. "Does California really want a two-term Brown turning 80 in office?"
Skelton's column mentions other top candidates who considered the idea and then backed off – including Sen. John McCain and former President Ronald Reagan. The first was reported in the book "Game Change" by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, and the other, says Skelton, was related directly to him by the late Mike Deaver, Reagan's one-time image guru.
Brown is currently being outspent by billionaire Whitman 100-to-1, and the pledge could shift some free media coverage his way, some suggest.
"If Brown pledges to serve only one term, the benefit for him will be a lot of press coverage," says Jessica Levinson, political reform director of the Center for Governmental Studies (CGS). "He could try to portray himself as a selfless public servant and argue that California needs him to come in and clean house, but that he won't stay past his welcome and won't spend any of his time in office running for the next election."
Just as many analysts, inside and outside the state, say that a one-term promise is no good.
"If he could carry it off in a way that seemed genuine, it might make sense from a campaign standpoint, but it's just as likely to seem gimmicky," says Matt Kerbel, a professor of political science at Villanova University. "These things can be dismissed [by voters] when you consider all the members of the House and Senate who say, 'I'm going to term limit myself' and then find out how much work there is to be done and so run again...."
Mr. Kerbel says official Washington begins to look beyond lame duck presidents about two years into their second terms to see who they are going to work with next and play to them instead. "Why bring that on yourself?" asks Kerbel. He says California's problems are so deeply entrenched that it will take two terms for a governor to solve them. Also, it may be too late in the game for a shift like the one Skelton is proposing. "It's difficult to change people's minds in just several weeks when you've been around for decades," he says.
The Brown campaign did not respond to requests for comment for this article, but Brown himself rejected the idea over the weekend on local TV, saying it would immediately make him a lame duck.
Skelton himself mentioned that as a downside, and others agree.
"It is much more difficult for governors to get their programs through the legislature in their second term, since the legislature feels that they have less political clout," says Robert Stern, president of CGS.
Mr. Stern says he can't recall any presidential or gubernatorial candidate who has ever voluntarily pledged to serve only one term. But that fact might just as easily play into Brown's strength as an iconoclast who thinks outside the box.
"It could be a 'Jerry Brown moment,' " says Mr. Stern, "since he often does things that are not expected or done by the typical politician."


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VANCOUVER — It should come as no surprise that David Booth's June wedding will not be an entirely traditional affair.
For starters, it won't be in a church, although Booth and his fiancee, Ashley Durham, are both deeply religious.
Instead, the ceremony will be held deep in the Montana woods at a spot that has significant sentimental value for the Vancouver Canucks winger.
"We are getting married in a field where I shot my biggest deer," said Booth, an avid hunter who recently made headlines when he kissed a Grizzly bear. "I want the deer head in the wedding somehow."
"It's actually really pretty," Booth said of the property, not the dead deer. "It's on a bluff over a river with white-capped mountains in the background, so it's perfect."
Booth is planning more of a traditional honeymoon.
"I can't do a hunting trip with her," he said, with a tinge of disappointment in his voice.
The couple plans to take a cruise through the Mediterranean.
Booth had this to say about that big deer he bagged in Montana.
"It was 142 inches," he said. "They measure deer by antler size the amount of inches. So that was a like a 12-point."
Booth met Monday with new president of hockey operations Trevor Linden and felt the meeting went well.
"He was very complimentary, very intuitive, said some great things about just the way I handled myself which is very encouraging to hear," Booth said of Linden. "I know he is going to be so good for this organization."
There has been considerable speculation that the Canucks may buy out the final year of Booth's contract, which is worth $4.25 million. Booth, who had nine goals and 19 points in 66 games this season, said he hopes to remain a Canuck.
"I understand whatever happens is out of my control and that's okay," he said. "But like I said, this is probably one of the best places I have ever been and it would be awesome to be back."


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Ok, it's not really Day 2 *cough cough*, but I've been sooo busy. Don't you have any sympathy.
The next primer on my list to review is Paul & Joe. This is the newest version they have and I bought this with the creamy compact foundation.
This primer combats dryness, flakies and evens out the skin tone. It comes in 3 shades, and has SPF 12 (apart from shade 03 which is a whitish one no idea why).
I got shade 02.
Paul & Joe like a lot of Japanese beauty companies make gorgeous base products, although their shades don't tend to cater for darker ladies. I am only a NC35 but I find myself getting the darkest shades they do because I hate looking pasty.
This primer is quite nice.
It's very liquid but a creamy texture at the same time, like single cream. It isn't opaque but it does quite a nice job of evening out the skintone and more importantly, keeping you soft and moisturized if you have dry skin. I like my skin to feel hydrated all day so this works for me, especially in winter.
* Pretty Packaging
* Evens Out Skintone
* Smells nice, feels nice on skin
* Moisturizing
* Not for oily skin, it will make you greasy
* Not so good for the summer
* Only 3 shades
* Very liquid – doesn't cover pores or major flaws
I can't remember how much I paid for it, I think it was around £18. I got it with the big Paul & Joe Haul I did. It's a nice primer, it really is but…I don't find myself reaching for it on a daily basis at all. I prefer it to the RMK primer, but not to others…which ones? Well you'll have to come back this week to find out!
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MINES ARE SEVERELY UNDERPOWERED. Let's compare them to both Missiles and Laser Walls:
Compared to Missiles (explosive, spontaneous nature)
*Mines are reactive, they do not require the robo's attention to activate, while to use missiles on Bunnies the Robo must actively see and use it on the Bunny.
*Mines cost 70c, Missiles only cost 50c
*Mines are single use, while Missiles get 6 uses.
*The placement of mines requires a Bunny to deviate from the standard path of Drop Zone to Feed Box, meaning additional attention from the Robo player. They must also be placed somewhere between the Drop Zone (Bunny OBEYing area) and the Robosaru (in a Bunny disOBEYing zone) while the placement of Missiles in the Feed Box usually takes Bunnys away from the Robo (except in DoubleL) and is as much as a routine process as delivering Uranium.
*The Bunny that placed the mine, as well as the Robo watching him knows where the mine is. If a third Bunny takes over, now there's at least two Bunnies on the field who know where the mine is.
*Mines cannot be moved, unlike Missiles which, once loaded, can be fired wherever.
*Mines cannot be placed anywhere near the zap range of Sentries, while Missiles can be fired quite low.
Compared to Laser Walls (defensive emplacements)
*Mines are indestructible, while laser walls will be removed if hit by bullets or an explosion (although this isn't that big a pro since they blow up once used)
*Mines can be used as a surprise/psychological element, although I am unsure of the usefulness of this feature (minor pro, I think)
*When only one is purchased, a Mine still works, while a Laser Wall does not (very minor pro: no robo worth his salt just buys a single Laser Wall, and Bunnies don't get paid for placing just a single pole.)
*Mines cannot be climbed over, although climbing over Laser Walls is tricky to pull off (very minor pro)
*Mines are only single use, while Lasers will zap for eternity
*Multiple mines are difficult to set up for risk of the bunny getting killed without the robo's guidance
*Mines cover FAR less distance than Laser Walls set up for the same price. Laser walls can cover a 6-tile line for 100c, a 12-tile one for 150c, and a 18-tile one for 200c. Mines are a flat 70c per 4-tiles. (140c for 8, 210c for 12, 280c for 16)
Of course, mines are still a valid counter for Laser Walls. (and since this is their only actually useful use, carrying mines is often a punishable act) They are not the only counter though, as a bunny who creates a staircase near a Laser Wall can force a Robo to take the risk of shooting and destroying his own poles, if he doesn't have flamethrower ammo.
Possible Exclusive Fixes
*Reduce the price of mines by at least 50c
*Double the mine trigger radius
*When a mine is placed, cause an additional 6 mines to be placed in a ring around the center mine. Give a warning to the bunny that placed them and a 10 second activation time.
*Have mines placed in the Feed Box, and let the Robo place them (not fond of this idea though because it's removing robo-bunny interaction)
Perhaps increasing the usability of mines will increase how often people use ! Signs, but in the case that it doesn't, I've got some ideas for changes to the ! Sign too. You could turn it into a:
Security Feed
Placing this item gives the Robo an inset showing everything infront of the camera. This doesn't necessarily have to be fully realtime, it could perhaps take an image every 5 seconds (with a flashing red light when it does)
The issue I see with this is increased cpu requirements if it's a real time feed, and a limit to how many are placeable either way, lest your whole screen be filled with feeds
Proximity Sensor
Has a dotted line encircling the sensor visible by the robo, and the sensor starts beeping wildly or drops an alert indicator on itself when a bunny moves into its detection range)
Scanner Sweep
Takes the form of a rotating radar dish. This are essentially mini "radars". The scannar rotates, and whenever it detects a bunny both in its line of sight and within its radius of effect, it displays an exclamation mark at the bunny's location visible to only the robo. This differs from the proximity sensor in the way that it's possible to bypass it, but if you fail to, your exact location is pointed out, rather than just a general area.


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The Optimus G appears to be lightning fast. It's the first phone to feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad-Core processor and the newest generation Adreno 320 GPU. You can enjoy that smooth frame rate on a 4.7-inch WXGA True HD IPS+ display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels at an impressive 320ppi pixel density.
Drawing on the expertise of its other divisions, the touchscreen uses LG Display technology for better visibility, greater strength, and an extremely slim form factor. (LG Display will probably be supplying the touchscreens for the iPhone 5.) Thanks to LG Chem, the 2,100 mAh battery is designed to take more charges than its rivals.
If you think that's enough, then be prepared to be even more impressed. The LG Optimus G has a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 32GB of internal memory, 2GB of RAM, and it supports 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, DLNA, NFC, and everything else you would expect in a high-end release — all in a frame that's only 8.45mm thick, or a bit thinner than the iPhone 4S.
To help it stand out further from the crowd, we have several additional features. Live Zooming offers the ability to zoom in and out while viewing video. Dual Screen Dual Play, means easy screen mirroring on your TV, but also allows you to view one thing on the phone and another on the TV. You can also take photos with a voice command – the oddly named Cheese Shutter. You can jot memos on screenshots thanks to QMemo. Finally, Time Catch Shot allows you to "select and save the best shot among the images taken just before the shutter button is depressed."
In short, the LG Optimus G looks awesome. There are only two "buts" in this announcement. Firstly, it runs Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) rather than Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Secondly, it will be released in South Korea first in September with a worldwide release to follow, but no exact dates or pricing information have been released yet.


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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:13 am
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This week we saw the release of Scott McCloud's
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Also the
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:00 pm
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Yup, picked up a copy, read it and enjoyed it. I'm really impressed with some of the drawings that Scott's been able to create with his
Cintiq tablet
. They whet my appitite to see what this graphic novel project he's going to do next will look like. I don't imagine that every page of that book will look like some of the stuff in chapter 4, but you have to admit that panel one on page 159 is twelve kinds of awesome.
It would be picky of me to say that I think the book has a couple of minor shortcomings, but that comes of it having been twelve years since I was first blown away by Understanding Comics and have spent much of the intervening time doing my own thinking about comics (and even making a few). This book doesn't arrive without expectations among the audience. I've also only read Making Comics once so far. I have flipped back and forth through it, pulling its two predecessors off the shelf and comparing layouts and drawing styles to each other to see what Scott has
learned from book to book. It will be a while before I think I've properly digested everything that it has to say. Much more like Understanding Comics than Reinventing Comics, Making Comics seems the sort of book I'll come back to and flip through to remind myself of certain things and to get some inspiration.
It really is a beautiful book.
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Jason Alderman
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:23 pm
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I picked it up the day it came out and read it cover-to-cover. (I'm a nerd.)
It's good.
Scott doesn't go about writing a book on how to draw comics; there are PLENTY of how-to-draw books out there. Nor does he make a book that's how-to-create-a-story; there are plenty of other books on making a story that has all the requisite parts. That's not to say that aspects of these two things aren't IN
Making Comics
, but Scott's focus is more on how do you make
comics that tell stories
. He breaks it down quite articulately, and structures the first half of the book like a textbook, with (within each chapter) an introduction to principles, an example comic made to illustrate these principles, extensive footnotes, and then a page of optional exercises. Having taken one of his classes in 2004, I can see how this evolved out of his classes. Apparently his classes have evolved in response to what he's come up with in creating the book...needless to say, this, paired with
Understanding Comics
sums up to a college course in comicking from Scott himself.
I was honestly surprised at just how
it was, too.
The only drawback to the book, in my humble opinion, is that the techniques section seems rushed and brief, but I guess that's what the online "Chapter 5 1/2" is all about.
I personally think the first two-thirds (or so) of the book is worth the price alone, though. The chapter on facial expressions (distilling
Emotions Revealed
) and body language (distilling
) are utterly fantastic. Both of these books were great reads, but require a lot of mental chewing, and Scott's done a wonderful service to comics artists young and old in drawing attention to them and making them accessible. It makes
Making Comics
the kind of book that you want to give to 9-year-olds, just to see what kind of comics they'll create five years from now.
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Jason Alderman
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:36 pm
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Heh, Greg, you beat me to it.
Yes, if only we all had enough moolah to fork over for a Cintiq. *sigh* Perhaps Apple will announce a tablet MacBook on Tuesday...? (Too much to hope.)
It would be picky of me to say that I think the book has a couple of minor shortcomings, ...
It does, I'm sure, but I'd also have to read it a few more times.
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:14 pm
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There's an activity to be added to those already in the book. It first popped into my head as one of those silly drinking games, but I don't drink, so let's formulate it as a comic-drawing game. Here's how it works:
1. For every drawing of Scott you come to, draw one line.
2. Every time you spot a drawing of Sky, draw an entire panel using a transition type 1.
3. Every time you spot a drawing of Winter, draw an entire panel using a transition type 6.
4. Every time you spot a drawing of Ivy, draw the last panel in your comic. Your next line or panel will start a new comic!
5. Every time you spot a drawing of Alan Moore, drink a bottle of wine.
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:38 pm
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I bought a copy the other day. It's a good book to have around for basic principles spelled out in a clear way. (And I like how the principles are all basically protrayed as optional. "you can do this or not, and here's why you would or wouldn't.") It seemed much more textbook like than his other books (even down to having exercises at the back of the chapters), and I wondered if that's because of all the classes he has been teaching...
I thought his suggestion about pattern brushes on page 199 was quite interesting. Flipping through, I noticed he actually used that technique a lot (for example panel one on page 159) and it tends to give his drawings a more loose feel, which I wouldn't have expected. One place I wish he hadn't done it was for the grass starting on page 162... I noticed it right away (the similar folded blades of grass just jumped out at me). I thought it was odd because 162 is about kicking it up a notch from a panel on page 160, but in terms of straight drawing, 160 may be the more detailed. (In fairness, the composition is probably better, and nobody really cares about straight drawing if the end result is satisfying...)
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A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Griffin, the Baylor quarterback who was the No. 2 overall draft choice of the Washington Redskins, was the target of the alleged extortion attempt. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities had not disclosed the detail.
Court documents say Hurd contacted a representative from a St. Louis agency, threatening to publicize derogatory information about one of his clients unless he was paid a "substantial sum" of money. The representative is identified by the initials B.D.
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Employer-provided health insurance for retirees has been dwindling for decades now, but the trend is accelerating, experts say. Mounting costs have caused more employers to scale back or eliminate medical benefits for their former workers.
What's more, the public-insurance marketplaces established under the Affordable Care Act are expected to radically change the landscape for early retirees starting next January. That is likely to lead even more employers to rethink their strategy for retired former employees under 65, most of whom are not yet eligible for Medicare. Those baby boomers will be increasingly likely to find themselves shopping for their own insurance—though they may pay less for it than they would if they were shopping right now.
Roughly 25% of employers who provide health insurance offer some sort of financial assistance to retirees to help with medical costs; that's down from more than 60% in the 1980s, according to Bryce Williams, CEO of Extend Health, a unit of benefits consulting firm Towers Watson. Among employers with more than 1,000 workers, 60% reported offering some sort of retiree medical support, according to a survey released last month by the National Business Group on Health, a membership group that helps large employers with their health-care benefits and lobbies on their behalf. That number likely includes firms that offer benefits to current retirees but extend no such promises to new hires, said Helen Darling, president of the organization.
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In the survey, 71% of responding companies said subsidized health-care benefits for retirees would not be important to attracting and retaining employees in three to five years. "Twenty or 30 years from now, people won't know what you mean when you say 'retiree medical,'" Darling said. (One exception is certain engineering and scientific employers, whose need for highly skilled workers has led them to continue to promise richer benefits to incoming employees, Darling said.)
The public sector hasn't been immune from cuts, either. More municipalities that used to cover retiree medical expenses 100% are now requiring former workers to pay a monthly premium, said Leon LaBrecque, CEO of LJPR, a financial advisory firm in Troy, Mich. that advises government employees. While these premiums are usually modest (often between $25 and $50 per month), they also cover less than before, as municipalities scale back coverage for prescription drugs and other services. "Your pension is not a good thing to worry about," LaBrecque said he tells his clients, since legal barriers often make it hard for governments or companies to significantly alter current retirees' pension benefits. "Your health care is."
Retiree plans dodge medical inflation
Private-sector companies that continue to provide retiree health-care benefits are looking to contain their costs. In the traditional model of retiree medical benefits, a company would provide early retirees a plan similar to the one they offer active workers; once retirees reached Medicare eligibility at age 65, they would transition to an employer-provided Medicare supplement plan that picked up most of the costs that the government program doesn't pay for. In this model, companies' spending on retiree medical benefits continues to rise as health-care costs mount. And mount they have: Medical-care costs have risen on average 5.7% per year for the past 20 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than double the current rate of inflation.
Some companies are discontinuing their medical plans and giving retired employees a fixed amount of money to use toward health expenses instead. 3M, maker of Scotch tape and other products, discontinued the company's traditional Medicare supplement plan on Jan. 1 and instead is making contributions to retirees' health reimbursement accounts, said spokeswoman Jacqueline Berry. Retirees can often find individual Medicare supplement plans on their own that are cheaper than 3M's retirement plan, Berry noted.
Some companies have moved their retirees onto private Medicare exchanges, run by firms such as Extend Health. These exchanges have a design similar to the public health-care marketplaces that are scheduled to launch next January under the Affordable Care Act: They offer a menu of insurance choices accessed through an online shopping experience that's been likened to that of an Internet travel-booking site.
In a typical scenario under the new model, a company gives a retiree an annual amount—often, it's $1,800 for an individual or $3,600 for an individual and spouse experts say—to go on a private exchange and buy a Medicare Advantage plan, a Medigap plan, or Part D drug plan. That sum may not seem like much, but it goes a long way toward covering the average Medigap premium, which was $178 per month in 2010, or $2,136 per year, according to the most recent data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
This scenario doesn't necessarily mean the employee has to pick up more of his health-care tab. Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt switched Medicare-eligible employees over to a private Medicare exchange in Jan. 2011 and estimated the average participant saved $1,500 that year, in both premium expenses and out-of-pocket-costs, compared with the company's traditional fee-for-service medical plan, according to Carl Cudworth, director of benefits. There are more choices on an exchange, and a retiree might find that a less expensive plan still meets her needs.
Early retirees could see biggest changes
The real sea change in retiree health care will come in January for early retirees, experts say. Under the Affordable Care Act, starting on Jan. 1, 2014, insurers will no longer be able to use people's health status as a basis for denying them coverage or charging them more. Currently, people ages 55 to 64 often have trouble finding affordable individual coverage—or any coverage at all—due to pre-existing conditions.
Some premiums may even decline for people ages 55 to 64 on the public exchanges, versus comparable individual coverage today, experts say. This is because new pricing requirements for insurers will shift costs from older consumers to younger ones. What's more, those whose gross income is up to 400% of the federal poverty level—in 2012, $44,680 for an individual, $60,520 for a family of two, and $92,200 for a family of four—will receive government subsidies toward their insurance costs. "There's no doubt that the ACA changes the playing field for early retirees," said Paul Fronstin, director of the health research program at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
With early retirees guaranteed access to health insurance, many companies are considering dropping their coverage for this segment of the population, experts say. Some instead are considering giving their employees money to use on the public exchanges. 3M plans to shift early retirees from their current coverage, which is similar to what active employees receive, over to the public exchanges in 2015, with company contributions to health reimbursements accounts helping to defray retirees' costs.
Bottom line? If you've got retirement medical benefits, don't count on them continuing in their current form, or even at all, unless the company has made specific promises to that effect. LaBrecque, the financial adviser who works with public-sector employees, recommends that people considering retiring in their 50s save an additional $180,000 to $200,000 just to cover medical expenses before age 65. If the Affordable Care Act makes individual coverage cheaper for those 55-64 starting next year, and you find don't need that much, then go to St. Bart's on the difference, he said.
Gone are the days of a paternalistic employer absorbing all retiree health-care costs. "If you want to know who'll be paying for retiree health care," LaBrecque said, "look in the mirror."


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