Growing up in Wales, Ffranses was never allowed to go out without bringing back a story from the village. This led to one's eyes and ears being constantly open, and major embellishemnts added to complete the storytellig for retelling.
In her illustrations Ffranses shows the ordinary becoming extraordinary by embracing our adventurous, imaginative side, and leaving the mundane, prosaic aspects of life. Her favourite illustrator and inspiration is Joseph Wright, "What-aMess -- Frank MUir", where little dramas are played out passionately alngside the main action of the story.
Upon arrival in Australia Ffranses gained work as a storyteller for the NSW Eduaction Department and her stories have been screened and published in Australia and overseas. Studying a Diploma in Graphic Design and Illustration from Enmore Design Centre she is now furthering her passion for creating picture books. "Books are lifelong companions and lead us to extraordinary ways of being." Her first illustrated book, "The Man in the Pnama Hat and the Windy, Windy Day, has just been made a notable book in the Children's Book Council 2018 awards.


Summary An offset lithograph poster for the Boston Elevevated Railway Company encouraging viewers to use the elevated railway system to visit the Bunker Hill Monument.
Notes Title from item. Artist's initial "P" at bottom right. Printing statement at bottom of sheet recto. Dimensions: Sheet 115.3 x 76.3 cm. Likely printed by Buck Printing Co. based on comparisons to other Boston Elevated Railway posters.
Source of acquisition Gift; Anonymous; April 1992; #1992.49 (no. 12).


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As investments go, it's not always a great deal. While it's true that some homes do appreciate, so do many other assets. If you bought a house for, say, $200,000 thirty years ago, it would be worth $468,375.09 today. While that gain feels impressive, that appreciation is based solely on inflation – which means that, in theory, the same appreciation would have happened with any asset. While we did "make" money on the sale of our house, I suspect we would have had a similar increase had we invested that money in the market or in our business.
The mortgage interest deduction doesn't make up for the fact that you're still paying a lot of interest. While I understand that it's possible to buy a house without a mortgage, the large percentage of homeowners (more than 70%) take out a loan. With average mortgage rates at 4.3% (as of this morning), you'll actually pay $356,307.44 for a $200,000 home: $156,307.44 in interest alone. Averaged over 30 years, that works out to a little over $5,000 per year (even though in practice you pay the most interest at the beginning). Assuming you're in a 25% bracket – and you itemize – that works out to a tax savings of just over $1,300 per year. But the word "savings" is somewhat of a misnomer because you're still out of pocket more than you get back in tax savings: in our example, you would "save" less than $40,000 while paying out more than $150,000 in interest.
Homes often tempt people borrow more than they can afford. As Congress tosses around the idea of taking away the home mortgage interest deduction, homeowners are screaming that they won't be able to afford their homes without it. In fact, when you're looking to buy, most lenders and realtors will use the deduction as a selling point to boost prices. But is that a great strategy? When buying a new dress or a new car, consumers tend to focus on the cost of the item alone when determining how much to spend. But when it comes to mortgages, that number edges up because of the potential for tax savings (again, see #2). With that temptation, combined with a sluggish economy, it's no wonder that more than 10 million homeowners are currently underwater on mortgages worth more than actual house values. We were fortunately not one of them but not for lack of the banks trying. When we bought our home, we were actually approved for a mortgage which was hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the home we ultimately bought. We opted for a less expensive home – and thankfully so.
Owning a house subject to a mortgage drives up debt to income ratios. Assuming that you borrow to buy your home – again, a pretty reasonable assumption – that debt load can be a drag on your credit and ability to borrow for other things (like a new car). I've made no secret about the fact that I owe a significant amount in student loans. That already affects my perceived ability to pay when figuring my credit. A mortgage dramatically increases that ratio. Interestingly, our monthly rental payment is actually more than our monthly mortgage payment – but on paper, our rent is not a debt, it's an expense. The two may be treated very differently, depending on the circumstances.
Houses take a lot of your money. There's a reason that many folks refer to their homes as money pits: you often put a lot of money that you'll never see again into a home. Not all improvements are deductible. Deductible expenses are generally limited to casualty loss deductions. In most cases, significant repairs to your home merely increase your basis for purposes of calculating a gain at sale. As most taxpayers aren't likely to experience the kind of gain that would subject them to capital gains, basis isn't always an issue which means that those expenditures get lost. Thousands of dollars to replace the air conditioning unit? The new garbage disposal? Replacing the flooring in the kitchen? The new washer/dryer? Landscaping additions? You can't write them off and while you may recover some dollars at sale, rarely do you recover the entire amount. If you add all of those expenditures up over a 30 year period, you might see an explanation for some of that "gain" at sale. Often homeowners get fixated on two numbers: the purchase price of the house and the selling price of the house – but don't forget to account for all of the money you spent in between.
If you do hit the home appreciation jackpot, there can be significant taxes. Not all houses bleed money. Not all appreciation can be attributed to inflation and/or a combination of home improvements – sometimes, it turns out to be a good investment. But there is a price: if the gain on the sale of your home exceeds the $250,000 exclusion (or $500,000 for married taxpayers), the proceeds over that exclusion are subject to capital gains. Additionally, under the new health care law, a Medicare tax of 3.8% will be imposed on investment/unearned income, which includes gain from the sale of your home, for high income taxpayers. High income taxpayers means those individual taxpayers reporting income over $200,000 and married taxpayers filing jointly reporting income over $250,000.
I like for things to be predictable and real estate taxes can vary. While mortgage payments can remain fairly flat, assuming you have a fixed mortgage rate, you more or less know what you're paying each year. You don't always have the same result with real estate taxes. Your tax bill can change based on property assessments and reassessments (just ask Philadelphia) or a change in tax rates – especially in today's climate as townships and counties search for revenue. Unlike most commercial leases, residential leases don't tend to be "triple net" meaning that the expenses are not directly passed through but tend to be figured as part of the total rental payments. Real estate taxes are generally accounted for in the cost of the rental; when they are not, they may be limited by statute or otherwise capped.
You can't deduct a loss on the sale of your home. If I lose money on stocks, I can net those losses against other gains. If I lose money in my business, I can deduct those losses or use them to offset other gains (even in other years). But it doesn't work that way when it comes to housing. You can never claim a capital loss on the sale of a personal residence – no matter how much it hurts. In this market, many taxpayers are finding this to be the case. That makes putting all of your investment eggs in the housing basket a risky proposition.
It's getting more difficult to claim the itemized deduction. Home mortgage interest is only deductible if you itemize on your Schedule A, meaning that only about 1/3 of taxpayers even have the option of taking the deduction. You itemize if your deductions exceed the standard deduction: for 2013, the applicable standard deduction rates are $12,200 for married taxpayers filing jointly; $8,950 for head of household; $6,100 for individual taxpayers and $6,100 for married taxpayers filing separate. Those numbers are getting harder to get to for many taxpayers, including me. Mathematically, the longer you own your house, the less you owe in interest and the smaller the deduction. Add that to the bump in the threshold for the medical expense deduction (which means that I'm not going to be able to claim those expenses in 2013), restrictions due to the Pease limitations and the bar for miscellaneous deductions, and taxpayers are increasingly finding that the deduction is actually quite elusive.


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Vernor Vinge is an American author who specializes in science fiction novels. He is best known for his award winning novels most notably "A Fire upon the Deep," "Rainbow End," and "A Deepness in The Sky". Vinge is also an accomplished academician, having held teaching position in Mathematics and computer science at the University of San Diego. He was born in 1944 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. His first successful work was the novella "True Names," which was released in 1981. It is largely credited as a pioneering representation of the cyberspace which many other authors of that era drew inspiration from. Vinge has also delivered dozens of scientific write-ups in computer science that have been instrumental in driving the technology explosion of the last two decades. In these essays as well as in his novels he visualized ideas that were many years in the future, and which have come to pass. His former wife Joan D. Vinge is also an accomplished writer who has several prestigious writing awards under her belt.
The first novel in the series "The Peace War," published in 1984, further stamped Vinge's arrival on the literature scene. In the novel, a group of radicals calling themselves the Peace Authority discover a way to separate sections of the universe into their own realms using spherical force fields known as bobbles. The Peace Authority, uses the technology to banish government and military installations from all over the world in one of these bobbles. The aim of the group is to maintain peace by removing all military capability from the earth. While they achieve the desired results with war and killings eliminated, it has the adverse effect of curtailing scientific innovation. Within 50 years, this reverses civilization to rudimentary levels of many centuries before. With scientific exploration and innovation banned, the future looks bleak. That is until a secret band of scientists called Tinkers plot a coup on the Peace Authority to free the masses suffering under their rule. The group, led by a brilliant mathematician called Paul Hoelher -the same man who had discovered the bobbles- have to be extremely cautious and ingenious in their quest to depose the dictatorial legion or risk losing their lives. Peace War oozes the quality of a writer who was at the peak of his narrative prowess, with the gripping, suspense entertainment and almost visionary imagery that it offers. It is a serving of literary genius that many seasoned fantasy writers would love in their locker. The hypothetical world that Vinge imagines has many of the intrigues that plague modern societies. While he keeps explanations simple rather than using unfamiliar technology jargon, the bobble technology is based on unproved assumptions, and readers who are sticklers to science facts will find hard it to forgive Vinge for that. For the average reader however, the setting yields dreamy fascination that make them want to keep on reading on. Racial stereotyping is reflective of a novel from simpler times; the black Spanish speaking boy who befriends Paul unsurprisingly lends his thieving prowess to the cause. Readers in today's era might find that a bit sickening but ultimately takes little from Vinge's exemplary novel.
Marooned in Realtime is the sequel to Peace War which means that it has some big strides to match. The book, published in 1986 leaps fifty million years from the events of the previous novel. The bobbles from The Peace War are still an important component in this novel. Sometime in the 23rd century, people are using them for many different purposes until a glitch occurs that makes everyone but those in the bobbles disappear in a massive extinction of humanity. Yelev and Marta Kolorev have managed to organize the living humans together and are using the bobbles to leap from through time looking for more survivors. Only 300 humans survive the cataclysm and they run the risk of annihilating each other through civil war, as they divide themselves into two bitterly polar groups, the high-techs and the low-techs. The main bone of contention is whether to continue using bobbles to explore the future or try to resurrect the human race. When Marta is murdered mysteriously, a lonesome cop ex-cop Wil Brierson finds himself trying to work through the chaos to bring the perpetrators to book. He stumbles upon evidence of sabotage and together with high-tech intergalactic explore Della Lu, they scour the high-tech ranks, believing they are the only ones with the technology to strand Marta in an isolated bobble. The investigation goes deep into Marta's past and in so doing, Vinge takes the reader into a lengthy detour guided by Marta's diary. He explains the extinction of man in the 23rd century as well as numerous intrigues that Marta endured during her 40 years exile before her death. Ultimately the book is faulted for the many seemingly forced twists. While the main protagonist of the novel is Brierson, the reader ends up interacting more with Marta. While the characterization itself is defective, the immersion into the fantasy world of the future is something that the reader would feel compelled to refuse to let go of. As with The Peace War, various scientific concepts fail to hold up to fact scrutiny, but should never be an issue with any fantasy write-up. Many readers recommend reading the two books together because many of the concepts in the Marooned will seem strange, even pedantic when readers stumble into them without any background on them.
Ultimately, Vernor Vinge is a scientist turned author and while the two qualities seem to subtract from each other rather than complement each other, his penchant for imagination is right up there with the likes of J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkens. The difficulty of synthesizing a block of text based on a topic as exotic as Vinge picks for this series cannot be underestimated and achieving the level of cult following that his writings have garnered speaks volumes about his imagination qualities. The characters in the novels are extremely relatable despite existing in a setting far removed in terms of time and place from any living reader.


Subject: The Sixty-nine Post Stations of the Kisokaidô Road # 17 - Kisokaidô rokujûku tsugi. Matsuida. Matsui Tamijirô watching two snakes in a river with Yama-uba (the mountain witch) seated on a rock with a monkey. One of the most interesting designs in the set, with a strong European influence in the figure of Yama-uba. In a cartouche behind: trees, paddy fields and distant mountain. See: Robinson: S74.18.
Date: 1852 (Kaei 5), 6th month.
Impression: Fine of 1st edition with gauffrage.


The campground is located on a terraced, wooded hillside setting overlooking Callahan Lake. Some of the sites are directly on the shoreline, but all others have easy access to the shoreline and a view of the lake. The showerhouse/bathroom, playground area, water-fill station and sanitary station are conveniently located in the center area of the campground. Each area has access to electrical hook-up. Picnic tables and fire rings are in each site.


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When, what games, and which of these 3 casino promotions are worth taking part?
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Between the 21st and 24th of March, when you deposit and play on a selection of slots at Guts, you can get up to 100 extra spins on the brand new Pirate's Plenty slot.
So in order to figure out if this promotion is worth it, we have to take to look at the games you would need to play in order to get your bonus spins, whether this casino spins bonus will pay out enough.
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Personally, we love Reactoonz and Eastern Emeralds, so that's where we would start.
How much can you actually win?
The minimum you need to bet is 0.20 a spin in order for your wagers to qualify, mostly because these are all 20 payline slot machines.
So, in total, if you play 700 real money spins on the slot games above, you will be playing 100 spins. But the Super and Mega spins are well worth your while.
Pirates Plenty has a top win of 5,000 times your bet. So one spin would win you 5,000 in cash. And it's all wager free winnings because that's how Guts Casino promotions rock n roll.
This is basically a live casino tournament, which we don't see a lot of. Basically, you get points for playing on either the Guts Live Roulette or Live Blackjack tables.
Score 1 point for every €$£10 wagered on a single round of Live Roulette.
Score 5 points for getting 21 at an Evolution Live Blackjack table.
Score 10 points for every straight-up number win you land on any Evolution Live Roulette table.
Score 20 points with each Blackjack you get at an Evolution Live Blackjack table.
On one hand, you do get extra points for having the cash to burn on roulette. On the other, a lot of the points are based on getting wins on these games, giving everyone a chance.
The leaderboard is fairly wide, allowing 20 players to climb to the top with a little bit of casino luck.
These are real cash winnings, so again, no wagering once you get the money in your account. You do need to opt-in, so be sure you go to the promotions tab in your Guts casino account.
This is a leaderboard but on Yggdrasil slot machines and with a minimum bet of 0.50 a spin.
It's a little more open than the live casino leaderboard, but with double the cash. There's also a whole load more luck involved, but isn't that the part of the gambling fun?
You essentially need to complete three missions on three different slot games in as few a spins as possible. The fewer the spins it takes to complete the missions, the higher you climb on the leaderboard and the more you win.
You can start playing from 11 pm on the 28th until midnight on the 31st of March. It's an end of month slot tournament fun.
What are the slot missions?
You can complete any of these missions in any order. When you open the game, you'll see exactly what and how many spins you have taken to complete the tasks.
Task One: Vikings Go Wild slot – hit the free spins bonus.
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You will need to play a minimum of 0.50 a spin, so be careful. All the wins are yours, but so are your losses. Don't play just to complete the task, play because they are good games and you are having fun.
The top win is 2 thousand in cash, and that's real cash. Again, no wagering, because Guts like to keep things simple for their players.
If you love slots, casino game tournaments, and some bonus spins, there's only one casino worth playing this March.
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Rukmini Maria Callimachi (born 25 June 1973 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian-American journalist and poet.
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Людмила Вячеславовна Прокашёва (род. , Павлодар, СССР) — казахстанская конькобежка. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 1998 года. Серебряный призёр чемпионата мира 1995 года в классическом многоборье, двукратный чемпион зимних Азиатских игр 1996 года. Участница 4-х Олимпиад.

Подполковник МВД Казахстана. Замужем за своим тренером Борисом Петровичем Андриенко. Живёт в родном Павлодаре.

Указом Президента Республики Казахстан награждена орденом «Курмет» и медалью «Ерен еңбегі үшін». Почётный гражданин Павлодарской области (2011).

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Бронзовые призёры зимних Олимпийских игр 1998 года
Конькобежцы на зимних Олимпийских играх 1992 года
Конькобежцы на зимних Олимпийских играх 1994 года
Конькобежцы на зимних Олимпийских играх 1998 года
Конькобежцы на зимних Олимпийских играх 2002 года
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After last night's loss in Indiana, the Golden State Warriors (26-33) will travel to the nation's capital to take on the Washington Wizards (15-44) in game three of their seven game road trip. The Wizards are a young team sprinkled with a few veterans that are trying to grow together as a unit. They clearly have talent, however the strengths of the players do not always fit together.
On offense, Washington averages 96.6 points per game (22nd in the NBA) on 44.3% field goal shooting (25th in the league). When watching the Wizards play, the thing that stands out offensively is that one is watching a collection of individuals as opposed to a team. They often give the impression of a Rucker league team; where players take turns going at their defenders.
Think I'm exaggerating? Close your eyes and picture these players with the ball: Nick Young, Josh Howard, JaVale McGee, Andray Blatche, Al Thornton and the newly acquired Maurice Evans and Jordan Crawford. The immediate image that should come to mind would be off these players just pounding the ball endlessly and then firing away a jump shot after a failed isolation attempt. If lucky, they break down their defender and make it all the way to the basket.
But in a nutshell, that's the Wizards offense. They have too many isolation type players and not many players willing to share the ball to create great shots like Rashard Lewis and John Wall. This explains why this Flip Saunders led team leads the league in long range two point shots (from 16 to 23 feet) with 25.3 per game. They typically try to go one on one and then fire away low percentage shots as evidenced by their 38.0% shooting from 16 to 23 feet. In related news, Washington only averages 20.2 assists per game (21st in the league).
Further complicating matters for the Wiz's offense, they do not get to the rim often. Indeed, according to Hoopdata, Washington attempts 22.4 shots at the rim per game (20th in the NBA), which leads to 39.0 points in the paint per game (22nd in the NBA).
With that said, if there is one thing this team does well, it's getting out in transition. If they create a turnover or force a miss and put the ball in the hands of John Wall out in the open floor; count the bucket. Wall's speed and quickness on the fast break are truly breathtaking. He is able to fly down the court and either score or set up a teammate for an easy basket. Indeed, Washington averages 15.6 fast break points per game (sixth in the league) and if a team executes poorly against them and settles for low percentage shots, expect them to get out on the break and have a field day. But then again, that can be quite hard to do….
On defense, the Wizards surrender 103.8 points per game (22nd in the NBA) on a staggering 47.2% field goal shooting (25th in the league). There is no easy way to say this: Washington's defense is bad. The problem is not the team's ability to compete, because they seem to play hard; rather, the Wizards players do not seem to have any clear defensive philosophy or understanding of what they are trying to collectively achieve. For instance, they do an atrocious job of double teaming players down on the low block because players fail to understand just what their assignments are. Once the second defender comes over to crowd the offensive player, the post player usually has an easy pass to make to a wide open shooter.
In addition, the Wizards do a decent job of tilting their defense towards the strong side of the floor, however they struggle to recover promptly to the weak side of the court if the ball finds itself there with a skip pass. The end result for both situations described is usually a wide open shot. This explains why Washington's defense allows opponents to convert 37.7% of their three point field goal attempts (29th in the NBA).
Exacerbating the problem even further, the Wizards struggle in pick and roll coverage and thus allow teams to repeatedly get to the basket against them as evidenced by their 24.3 field goal attempts surrendered at the rim per game (11th most in the association) which also leads to 27.1 free throw attempts allowed per game (fifth most in the league).
With that said, the Wizards are a young team with tons of energy. They might often be out of position, but they can still create some mayhem for opponents with the athletes they have on the roster. They jump passing lanes and swipe at the ball, which helps them generate 7.8 steals per game (sixth in the NBA) and then get out in transition as covered earlier.
The Warriors should be able to break down the Wizards defense in the pick and roll and also get a lot of clean three point looks. Given the fact that Golden State ranks second in the league with 39.3% three point shooting , one would have to think that Washington's inability to close out on shooters favors them.
Also, Washington's one on one style on offense hurts their defense because they are often caught out of position after shooting the ball; which results in opponents leaking out and getting transition opportunities as we can see from the 16.0 fast break points they give up on average (26th in the NBA).
Washington game notes: The Wizards have given up 105.0 points per game in their last two home games.
Golden State game notes: The Warriors are giving up 117.5 points per game through two games of this seven game road trip.
Washington is better than its record, I think these two teams are pretty close in terms of total talent. Should make for a fun match-up.


A sports store is not fashion or trend driven. We are.
#letsbefrank: no pants are the best pants. But if you're going to wear them, I'd like them to come from Stylerunner and be styled by Pembe Bekir. That is all.
What time is it? I never set an alarm!
Long black with a dash of cold water so I don't burn my tongue!
Stylerunner is the one-stop shop for all things workout & fashion activewear. What makes you guys different to a sports store?
A sports store is not fashion or trend driven.
#letsbefrank: I think you babes look great in all tights and tops. But apparently it's all about the fit. Explain this to me.
Totally!! Activewear needs to accentuate not restrict. It needs to be functional and definitely not see through. It's all in the way it makes us feel..
How do you find styles to suit everyone?
It's all in the styling. Most girls can wear anything if they're shown how.
One brand you're currently living in?
Spring is coming. You must have a lot of workout gear. What does your spring cleaning look like when it comes to your wardrobe?
Oh my God. Please. Do we have to talk about this? Spring cleaning gives me anxiety!!
One item you'll never get rid of?
What are 5 things you always have in your gym bag and why?
Your skincare routine. What's in it?
Bec Szulc. I'm seriously obsessed with her!!
And lastly, who should I get down and dirty with next?


Since the days of "Oregon Trail," educational games have teased at the possibility that learning in school can be freed from the doldrum of textbooks and tests. So if games are fun, and learning should be fun, doesn't it behoove the education and gaming industries to join forces?
That question has spurred the creation of many companies, conferences and other collaborative educational gaming efforts. Yet building learning games—and selling them—is an expensive endeavor that tests patience and wallets, as several startups have learned.
Now, one of this decade's highest-funded efforts to support an educational gaming industry is coming to a close. Last week, GlassLab, an online portal for educational games, announced that it will be sunsetting its platform on Dec. 20. The announcement was made in an email from LRNG, a Redwood City, Calif.-based nonprofit that owns GlassLab's assets.
Launched in 2012 with a three-year, $10.2 million grant from the Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation, GlassLab aimed to prove that educational games could be just as fun as their mainstream titles, and serve as reliable formative assessment tools. (The first word in GlassLab's name stands for games, learning and assessment). It also set out to find a profitable niche in the U.S. middle-school market.
It proved most successful in the first endeavor, says Jessica Lindl, who served as GlassLab's CEO from its start to 2015. The nonprofit, which at its peak numbered 25 full-time staff, brought together educators, game developers, psychometricians and researchers to build a system that could extract gameplay data that can be mapped to learning objectives. The group partnered with research firms including ETS and SRI International in this endeavor.
Through this effort, GlassLab aimed to prove that challenges and puzzles in any game can serve as proxies for assessments, and that as a player solved these problems, they were demonstrating mastery of a concept. The games also offered teachers reports on how their students were faring on learning objectives, based on their gameplay actions.
"We set out to show that games could be used as a reliable formative assessment tool," says Lindl, who currently leads global education initiatives at Unity, a game engine and development company.
These games were made available on GlassLab's online catalog, which it modeled after Steam, a popular online platform used today to purchase and play games. (That's not be confused with STEAM, the acronym for school subjects.) The idea was to create an online distribution portal, where teachers could find and buy learning games. For an annual subscription, a class can get access to any games on the platform, along with GlassLab's reporting tools.
For developers, the GlassLab's platform also offered technical integrations to support other features including roster, account management and data reporting.
Like most other philanthropic-funded efforts, monetization is where GlassLab had trouble. The U.S. middle school market, which the nonprofit was targeting, lacked "an appetite to sustain our work," says Lindl.
Without a dedicated sales force, GlassLab found it difficult to attract eyeballs and users. About a thousand teachers found their way to the platform—hardly a number that is financially sustainable or attractive enough to woo other game developers. The nonprofit had a revenue-share model that paid developers based on how much their games were played on GlassLab.
For Filament Games, one of the first third-party developers to put a game on GlassLab, that revenue share was negligible, says its CEO, Dan White.
He offered an additional take on why GlassLab struggled to find a receptive audience: a misalignment between what games are good at assessing, and the actual (and higher-stakes) tests that students take in schools. While games focus on problem-solving abilities, he claims, most exams test for content and knowledge—things that require more memorization than problem-solving skills.
"If anyone can fundamentally change the nature of assessments in K-12, then there could be a big opportunity for game-based learning products," White adds.
A total of 15 games were available on GlassLab's platform, including two that GlassLab modded from existing games, three developed internally, and 10 from third-party developers that included BrainQuake, Schell Games and iCivics.
Lindl says her team earned more revenue through contract work—that is, being paid by other organizations to design and develop games on their behalf. But being a development contractor was not the GlassLab's mission. Plus, there were other studios, like Filament Games and Schell Games—both early GlassLab partners—that were already in this line of work.
Lindl left GlassLab in spring 2016, a few months after the organization became absorbed by LRNG, an education nonprofit spun out by the MacArthur Foundation. GlassLab's assessment research and tools are currently used in LRNG's community-based educational programs that encourages students to engage with local businesses. LRNG recently merged with Southern New Hampshire University to expand that effort.
Disclosure: The Gates Foundation has provided financial support for projects at EdSurge.


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We're working on packing them all up and shipping them out. Hopefully that won't take too long, but we'll have a better estimate once things get moving.
We'll post an update once they ship out with more details about tracking numbers and whatnot.
We have enough extra books for everyone who signed up on the reserve list before today plus some, and we'll begin sending out invoices shortly. Reserve list books will be $29.99 USD, plus shipping ($5 US, $21 Canada, $25 everywhere else).
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AWESOME! I do notice that you have need of a few other books, such as Twilight's List and Scion of Chaos.
BikerDash wrote: AWESOME! I do notice that you have need of a few other books, such as Twilight's List and Scion of Chaos.
Kits made the 'retirement' clear and is offline for 50 weeks.
And Scion of Chaos would have to wait until Silent Belle makes another printing.
It's kinda depressing. Excluding the second printing of FOE, this here Pink Eyes and (second again) Past Sins, all fanfic printings were already far in the past when I joined our pony community.
I would give... something from my body to get these books. Not a hand, because that would make playing piano... tricky and legs are kinda useful for traveling short distances, but maybe... a kidney or something.
Maybe I could grow a sixth toe and sacrifice it.
But seriously if someone knows of a way to get these books, I would be in this person's debt for a really long time.
On the topic of Pink Eyes, the book looks great, better than FOE, IMO.
Now we'll just have to wait.
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Holy molly. I was part of the original printing of Fallout: Equestria, but after the second printing and the original team leaving I stopped visiting this site, thinking it had died. My God I will cry tears of blood if I can't get one of the reserve copies of Pink Eyes. If anyone ever needs a kidney or something, please contact me; you know the price.
I have autographed copies of both, as well as an autographed low number 1st Edition Past Sins.
Looks great, another nice looking book for my shelf. I can't wait to get this XD I've never read pink eyes but i cant wait to spend some time with it.
That looks beautiful, wonderfully done. *applause* Can't wait for my copy!
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Looks good, can't wait for them to be shipped!


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WFTV reports that Kevin Scott and Jeanette Barott hacked the system to see information they weren't supposed to see. They were arrested Thursday and charged with damaging a computer system.
A police report says the information technology department at the Daytona Beach school noticed an unauthorized access earlier this month and notified the FBI and the Daytona Beach police.
Officials said Scott told investigators he had accessed the school's servers for two or three years but had no intent to cause harm. Investigators said Barott know of Scott's behavior and didn't report it.
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If this belongs in another thread, please feel free to move it, mods. I looked and didn't see just a "strategy" thread other than one started in 2017. I saw draft strategy threads. So I thought I'd just start this one.
Anyhoo...we all know that Tampa employed the opener strategy last year, and now it appears that Baltimore is thinking about doing the same. I guess my question is twofold. Is this something you believe will proliferate across MLB and become a widespread strategy by MLB teams? If so, how do we as fantasy owners begin to adjust to this and adjust to the affect it will have on the game?
I guess threefold question...does this even matter in the fantasy realm? Except for in extremely deep leagues, it seems that the SPs who are being replaced by openers are probably not guys who will typically be owned by teams with the typical fantasy pitching staff.
I just thought I'd get a discussion going on it. It doesn't seem like it's going to go away anytime soon, so how do we as fantasy players adjust to it (or do we)?
Like I said when I posted about Baltimore's announcement, it screws up QS as a stat in deeper leagues. If the Opener thing grows it could intrude eventually into the high grade pitchers as well as it becomes the norm. This is the thin edge of the wedge.
Just as the "closer" is starting to wane in MLB (firemen and match-ups growing - Cincy the latest to go there about a week ago); the "opener" is starting to wax.
Last year Ryan Yarbrough won 16 games. Only 2 of his wins were starts and he only threw 5+ IP in 7 of them. That's where the potential adjustment is - guys who follow openers could be real valuable at a time when starters are throwing the needed 5 IP for a win less and less.
Now Yarbrough isn't real exciting, and Orioles followers wouldn't be either. But if a team like the Astros started doing it and brought in McHugh, Peacock, James etc. for 3-4 innings after an opener, now we're getting somewhere.
Of course league settings would have a big impact on how useful those guys could be. If you have weekly lineups you might prefer a traditional SP who will log more innings. And if your league has SP/RP distinctions that gets tricky as well. I guess it kills QS too, but I hate that category anyway.
I don't think this is something you can really plan for in the draft just yet because there's not enough teams doing it, but I am definitely going to keep an eye out for potential wire gems that follow openers.
Is this something you believe will proliferate across MLB and become a widespread strategy by MLB teams?
- I don't believe so, at least not at this point. If TB goes out and sets the world on fire (becomes a playoff/WS contender) I assume more teams will follow. I think TB did this in part because it fit their roster/situation. But what if TB had 5 guys they felt could go 5+ innings of solid work (if they had some decent SP's)? Think they'd still be trying the opener strategy? Is it a coincidence that 2 of the worst teams are trying this (TB and BAL)?
If so, how do we as fantasy owners begin to adjust to this and adjust to the affect it will have on the game?...does this even matter in the fantasy realm?
- The beginning (like now) is to stay away from those teams SP's (in standard, and roto). Otherwise, target guys like you always would (good ERA/WHIP/K ratios, hope for wins). And if it catches on and spreads, yes it will have a big impact to fantasy.
If we're talking standard 5x5 for example. I'd think the top tier SP's will become super valuable. Trying to pile up K's and Wins isn't conducive to the opener scenario.
If lots of teams started doing the "opener", would the good SP's on teams that aren't doing the opener cost a ton? Assume they'll be the K, W, QS leaders (and potentially ERA/WHIP as well - they become almost like the coveted 5 cat hitters).
If it really catches on and the majority of teams do it, I think fantasy will have to evolve with it. Do away with SP and RP position and it becomes only P position for all pitchers. Do away with wins and QS cats. QS become rare and wins become a total crap shoot. Maybe create new cats? It's a huge fantasy impact if it spreads through the whole league. Or maybe there will be a role for pitchers that come in after the opener and they will start logging 5+ innings you can count on. Depends on if it's just a bunch of pitchers logging <5 innings, and how can you anticipate who will get wins?
Of course totally depends on league format. And depends how many clubs implement the opener. For now I'm not reacting to it in my fantasy plans.
Looking at the math - lets take a standard 5x5 Season Long Roto 12-team league. Assuming traditional 9 active pitchers, my guess is its probably on average 7 starters per team, so that is 84 starters. Traditionally there are 150 rotation spots in the bigs, 5-man rotation with 30 teams. So assuming this is used by a few teams and maybe the backside of their rotations, I think at most you might have 15 "openers"? Really does not impact the fantasy game in standard sized leagues as the guys being opened for were likely waiver wire fodder.
* I think deeper mixed and "only" leagues - especially ones with a QS component get impacted.
* I think you might get a few beneficiaries like a Yarborough and his 16 wins.
Why? Isnt a QS considered 6 innings pitched with 3 or less earned runs allowed? Where does it state that the first inning has to be involved? Unless the term "starting" pitcher is only used for the pitcher in the 1st AB. If thats the case, then I see a different type of stat like QA Quality Appearance being utilized. I will agree that Wins are becoming a thing of the past in fantasy baseball and its only a matter of time when they are not used at all anymore.
A starting pitcher records a quality start when he pitches at least six innings and allows three earned runs or fewer. A starting pitcher has two jobs: to prevent runs and get outs. The quality start statistic helps to quantify which pitchers did a "quality" job in those two departments.
Thanks. And here I thought Quality Start meant that, a start. Hah.
But still with an opener and relievers and firemen and set-up guys and closers it is doubtful many pitchers will be going 6 innings anymore. They will be lucky to get in five innings even.
I think the assumption is most pitchers in the opener scenario are logging <5-6 innings.
Says it right there in the definition, "A starting pitcher records a quality start when..." So a pitcher doesn't get a quality start unless he starts the game.
I guess one impact could be in the way teams construct their staffs.From a fantasy standpoint, we may see owners targeting these guys to put in their RP slots and take advantage of some extra wins. If you can get 140-150 innings and 12-15 wins from the POR in an "opener" situation and slot him in as a RP, that theoretically could give you some extra wins, correct? And these pitchers probably wouldn't be relegated to pitching every 5th day. If they're only pitching the 2nd-5th or 2nd-6th, then it's possible they could have 40-45 such outings over the course of the year rather than just 30-32 starts. Am I off in that thinking?
I think its sort of already become mainstream, just not an every day use of it. At some point probably every team last year used a "bullpen game" where it had an Opener and then probably a long guy going 3 innings and then a bunch of 1 inning outings. As it effects fantasy, it probably won't for any legit starters. If having a relief pitcher with SP eligibility is of any value in your league then it has that impact. Problem is most of the teams doing it frequently are doing it with bad players. Owning Sergio Romo was not beneficial to anyone, even in leagues where the SP label is important for relievers.
Depends on usage but I'd highly doubt anyone is getting 40 chances after the opener. If it does happen then you aren't wrong, and there could potentially be a 20 game winner doing that. How can anyone before a draft determine who that will be though?
And these pitchers probably wouldn't be relegated to pitching every 5th day. If they're only pitching the 2nd-5th or 2nd-6th, then it's possible they could have 40-45 such outings over the course of the year rather than just 30-32 starts. Am I off in that thinking?
For now I don't see that happening. As long as teams are still using some traditional starters, those guys will throw every 5th game and others will sort of have to fall into that pattern around them.
I do think in the long term, teams having no traditional starters and guys making lots of 3-4 inning appearances is possible. But we're probably at least a few years out from that.
The use of openers will also cut down the pool of available streamers (you know, guys who actually start and are hopeful of producing a QS).
I will agree that Wins are becoming a thing of the past in fantasy baseball and its only a matter of time when they are not used at all anymore.
I'm not so sure about this. The opener could actually revitalize the wins category, as it's a way for pitchers to get around the 5 IP requirement. We could see lots of Yarbroughs in the future. Whether that's a good thing and a reason to keep using wins is obviously debatable.
Isn't the benefit of the opener for teams who don't have good pitching to begin with?
Team says to itself, who can we start today that can get through more than a couple innings without getting blown up the 2nd/3rd time through the lineup? No one? Ok let's use a reliever to start the game and get through the lineup once (or less, for the first 3-6 batters in the lineup) and then switch to another guy based on matchups, etc.
Why will this spread and truly become a thing?
It's cute for teams like the Rays/Orioles who don't have enough good starters.
Honest question, why would all teams start doing this? Or would they only do this on days they don't have a good enough SP to roll out there? If then does that throw off their rotation/usage too much to be worth it?
Or is the opener truly a winning strategy for any team regardless of who is on their staff?
I'm already tired of the platoons and constant lineup tinkering, now this? Ugh.
I don't see it, but I'm over 40 so I'm like, ancient. Get off my lawn btw.
"Son, in my day, we had starting pitchers, pitchers had to hit in the NL and some teams even played the same lineup/batting order more than 1 day in a row"
"yeah dad, you told me 50 times already, get over it"
Another tidbit of wisdom I have learned over the years that I would like to share concerns the 2 Util spot in standard Yahoo Leagues.
In auction leagues, it is a big mistake to pay for Util. Similarly, in draft, save it for the later rounds. I would only pay for Util if I got a tremendous bargain on a player, say more than 15 dollars cheaper than my projected cost, other than that, no way.
You want to keep the Util spot open. The flexibility to park any position there is Extremely valuable.
I agree completely. Also in Yahoo and ESPN where 3 OF are required to start I try not to pay for it. I experienced this the hard way (also stubborn way) with Jason Heyward in his first year as a Cub he was my first util and 3rd OF at ESPN so I was constantly passing on adding OF's throughout the year which I would have added without Heyward.
Come on now. If you go with that line a thought, every pitcher can be a "starter" because they "start" pitching in the game at some point. Feels like Bill Clinton trying to get a definition of the word "is".
It's just the lowest of common senses...a "game started" means the pitcher started the game. I don't understand why you think a "game started" needs to be defined any further.
You really have to reach to think that a Quality Start can be applied to somebody following an opener. In case there is any other confusion, Jalen Beeks, a regular second pitcher on opener days last year, had 1 "Games Started" in 2018 out of 15 "Games" per Fangraphs. That 1 "Games Started" was with the Red Sox. They most definitely need to start the game.
This is being discussed a little in the closer thread right now and I thought it was better suited to bring it here to get some opinions. With the landscape of the the traditional closer drying up how are people approaching saves this year? I suspect the answers will differ but I would like to hear both H2H and Roto opinions, though I prefer to play H2H myself.
That being said in more recent years I have waited out the first closer run and gone for 1 or, at most, 2 middle of the pack closers. Then I seek out elite K% MRs later in the draft and normally end up with about 3-4 MRs in addition to my 6-7 SPs (most of my bench is pitching in H2H). I like how the higher innings, elite K's and ratios of these guys combine for ace-like numbers and sometimes they earn the right to close, which is just a bonus. Then I'll use these forums to seek out WW saves throughout the season.
As a result I usually have one of the better teams in terms of pitching ratios, k's and wins while also competing in saves each week. Not spending money on those closers in the first run or 2 also allows me to load up on bats while others seek the saves. The one issue I have found with this is that often times these middle tier closers are the target of trades and wind up setting up on contending teams, thus leaving me scrambling for much of the summer for saves just to stay afloat each week in that category.
After all this thought, I may take this strategy a step further and only seek MRs and then play the WW using these threads to find closers. MRs I really like this year based on their composite ADP are Seranthony, Andrew Miller, Stripling (who may start), Betances, Chad Green, Trevor May, and Brad Peacock to name a few.
@BostonCajun In roto I like to go for 1 solid closer but not the top tier so I don't have to pay a lot. Then a second closer who may be a little risky or under the radar for cheap. Then a couple guys who are going to give you good/great ratios and/or in the position to get saves behind the closer.
and of course lurk in the closer thread and play the wire!


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Award-Winning Chanteuse Kelly Vohnn and Esteemed Producer Jennifer Romas Are Teaming Up to Develop 'EVOLVE'
The Limited Engagement Is Slated To Launch At Notoriety Sun., Jan. 22 Award-winning chanteuse Kelly Vohnn is teaming up with esteemed Las Vegas-based producer and choreographer Jennifer Romas to create a newfound show that celebrates women at every age and stage of their lives. EVOLVE is a fun, light-hearted production that is suitable … [Read more...] about Award-Winning Chanteuse Kelly Vohnn and Esteemed Producer Jennifer Romas Are Teaming Up to Develop 'EVOLVE'
Award-Winning Las Vegas Based Female Revue Exxcite the Show Slated to Make Its Shreveport, LA Debut at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club
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Following "Rendez-Vous", the new Virtual Reality project by the fabien prioville dance company called "Here We Are" will be presented at the Kronleuchter Foyer of the Opernhaus in Wuppertal in the frame of the performance from Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch "Palermo Palermo".
Come and experience a moment of intimacy with three performers . With the guest appearance of Julie Shananan emblematic figure of the Tanztheater, this installation opens up a new encounter for the audience, to transform your reality into a fictional narrative.
A production of fabien prioville dance company, in cooperation with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in context with Underground VI.


The more I read Sanditon, the more likely it seemed to me that they would be replacing Charlotte, since so far in the story, she really is nothing more than an observer--someone coming in from the outside, meeting various people, and forming unbiased opinions on their character. Whatever role she was to play as the story progressed, she hasn't done much yet.
Question: how much is 3 plus 8?


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Sunidhi Chauhan Live
Sunidhi Chauhan Live Bollywood Parks, Dubai Parks and Resorts Dubai, United Arab Emirates
01feb6:00 pm11:00 pmSunidhi Chauhan LiveBollywood Parks, Dubai Parks and Resorts, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Event Type :Family,Life Style,Live Entertainment
There's no doubt about it: Bollywood Parks truly lives up to its reputation as the home of Indian super hit fun and films. Last year saw the likes of Atif
There's no doubt about it: Bollywood Parks truly lives up to its reputation as the home of Indian super hit fun and films. Last year saw the likes of Atif Aslam and Shankar-Ehsan-Loy take the stage, and this February kicks off with a concert by none other than playback icon Sunidhi Chauhan.
Sunidhi Chauhan is no stranger to Bollywood's music industry, making her debut at an age as young as 12. Her career is bookmarked by a radio-list of all-time favourites, from classic "Mehboob Mere" in 2000 to contemporary hits like "Dhoom Machaley" (Dhoom), "Chor Bazaari" (Love Aaj Kal) and "Dance Peh Chance" (Rab Ne Banadi Jori).
Catch this solo star power performance at Bollywood Parks in Dubai Parks and Resorts on 1 February, home to attractions inspired by Indian blockbusters like Krrish, Don and Lagaan. You can get a half-day pass and visit the park from 6pm onwards or make the most of it with the full-day ticket for AED99.
(Friday) 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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Film Review: Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
2017 in Cinema:
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, 2017
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, Benicio del Toro
Attack of the Clones was better than The Phantom Menace (only marginally).
The Empire Strikes Back was better than A New Hope.
The Last Jedi is better than The Force Awakens. It's quite strange how in each trilogy the second instalment is better than the first (albeit this is my opinion, I've seen others say differently). I do not hide away from the fact I'm not a major Star Wars fan; prior to starting the films in the build-up to The Last Jedi I had only seen one as a child and wasn't a fan (I can't remember which one it was but after seeing them all I can guarantee it was a prequel film), but I loved this film. Not quite as much as The Empire Strikes Back, but a very, very close second. It's a two-and-a-half-hour film that flies by with constant action, perfectly written and acted character, a villain with a moral dilemma and the usual beautiful score and visual effects that have become accustomed to the Star Wars films (but it does still have the wipes). The Last Jedi sees Rey (Daisy Ridley, Murder on the Orient Express) try to persuade Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill, Return of the Jedi) to train her in the power of the force and to help stop the oncoming attack by Kylo Ren (Adam Driver, Logan Lucky), who is chasing down the last of the resistance, led by the late Carrie Fisher (The Force Awakens) and joined by the returning team members (Fin (John Boyega, Detroit) and Poe (Oscar Isaac, Suburbicon)) as well as new characters such as Rose (Kelly Marie Tran).
I fell in love almost immediately with Daisy Ridley in The Force Awakens, as her character was very well written and very well acted. Her performance and character in The Last Jedi were much, much better. It establishes throughout that Rey is being pulled towards the dark side, much like Kylo Ren is being pulled towards the light, and this brings the characters together throughout the film. This uncertainty about their allegiances allow the characters so much more personality, and once they choose their side they are so much more than what they were at the start, and that's good writing and storytelling. But it's not just Kylo Ren and Rey, everyone is well written and brilliantly acted throughout. Poe is so much fun, but learns valuable lessons throughout the film, Fin is such a sweetheart, waking up after his near-death experience simply caring about Rey, Luke is the best Mark Hamill has ever played him and Rose is a nice new addition, although her relationship with Fin has both positives and negatives about it, although she does one action which I thought was brilliant.
Much like The Empire Strikes Back this film is largely action-filled from start to finish, with only a few moments slowing the pace down a bit. The journeys, while separately, join together towards the end and set up a grand finish to the film. And by the end of the film the villain, the one true established villain, feels like a genuine threat, but prone to mistakes. And that makes for a villain both terrifying yet beatable. I also loved how the film slowly moved on from the original cast to make way for the new team. My biggest gripe about The Force Awakens was that there was too much focus on the original team (having Han Solo (Harrison Ford, Blade Runner) as a main hero, Leia (Carrie Fisher) a leader of the rebellion and the villain their son), The Last Jedi perfectly acknowledges in the battles, but moving forward leads the third instalment to have a clear focus on the new cast.
There aren't too many negatives in this film, which is unusual for a Star Wars film, with the only negative (aside from the use of wipes) being the slowing down of the pace to focus on the relationship and dynamic between two characters. They go on their own mission but it feels different to the rest of the film. And the First Order is full of terrible fighters. How have the villains of these films continued to use variations of these soldiers throughout eight films and three separate battles against a Sith Lord yet they cannot effectively shoot the sea from a boat. It does take away from the realism generated in the film when there are shots being fired and missing despite being shot from not too far away at people who aren't even a Jedi. But, as I'm sure you're aware, those faults are not exactly native to The Last Jedi, so there really isn't all too much to criticise. A very well made Star Wars film, and an entertaining ride throughout. From someone who isn't a Star Wars fan.
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Overall Rating: * * * * ½
Other films in the Star Wars series:
Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Episode IV – A New Hope
Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Dec 14, 2017 Dec 15, 2017 Steve James2017, Action, Adventure, Cinema, Film, Jedi, Movie, Review, Space, Star Wars, The Last Jedi, TV, Wars
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Dan O. says:
Loved it a whole lot. Nice review.
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It was the first game after the All-Star break for both the Chicago Bulls and the Phoenix Suns. The Bulls managed to win the game 128-121 in overtime.
Also these where two of the teams that actually made deals at the trade deadline. The Bulls sent Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Anthony Morrow, Cameron Payne and Joffery Lauvergne and a 2018 2nd round draft pick. Phoenix made two moves at the trade deadline. First they sent P.J. Tucker to the Toronto Raptors for Jared Sullinger and 2017 and 2018 2nd round draft picks. Then the Suns sent a 2017 2nd round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks for Mike Scott, the rights to Cenk Akyol and cash considerations. The three players the Bulls acquired where unavailable for the game while Phoenix waived both Scott and Sullinger after acquiring them.
Phoenix was able to build a 9 point lead at 19-10, but the Bulls scored 9 nine points in a row to tie the game at 19 all. Phoenix was able to push the lead back to 4 points at 25-21 with just :29 seconds left to play in the quarter. Bulls rookie Denzel Valentine was able to hit a 3-pointer with :16 seconds left to cut the Phoenix lead to 1 point at 25-24 after one quarter.
The 2nd quarter was an evenly played quarter as the Suns built the biggest lead of the quarter with 6:26 left to play at 40-34. The Bulls then scored the next 7 points in the game as well as 9 of the next 11 points in the game to take there first lead. The lead didn't last long as the Suns went on a 11 to 4 run to build a 53-47 lead with just 1:09 left in the quarter. The Bulls scored 5 of the quarters final 6 points as they cut the Phoenix lead to 2 points at 54-52 going into halftime.
The Suns started the 3rd quarter on a 7 to 1 run to take an early 8 point lead at 61-53. After T.J. Warren scored with 6:11 left in the quarter the Suns had there first double digit lead of the game at 70-59. Phoenix pushed the lead to 13 points at 76-63 before the Bulls started to get back into the game. Chicago went on a big 16 to 2 run to take the lead at 79-78 with :49 seconds left in the quarter. After the teams traded some free throws the Bulls took a 80-79 lead headed into the final quarter.
The 4th quarter stared off with the game being tied one time and the teams swapping the lead three different times. Phoenix final took some control of the game and with 4:31 left to play the Suns had a 11 point lead at 102-91. Phoenix held the lead until there where :48 seconds left when Jimmy Butler hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 106 all. Phoenix had the basketball and a chance to win it, but an Eric Bledsoe turnover gave the ball back to the Bulls with :31 seconds left in the game. Butler then hit a jumper with :11 seconds left in the game and it looked like the Bulls would pull out a win in regulation. After a Phoenix timeout Devin Booker had the ball with the clock running down and a chance to win the game. Booker's 3-pointer missed, but Dwayne Wade was called for a foul that he didn't look like he committed, but Booker went to the free throw line with a chance to win it for the Suns. Booker hit his first two free throws, but missed the third one and the game was headed to overtime tie at 108.
The Bulls got out quick in overtime taking a 6 point lead at 116-110. Phoenix was able to cut the Bulls lead to 3 points at 118-115, but that was as close as they could get in the overtime period. The Bulls ended up tying a franchise record by scoring 20 points in the overtime period as they pulled away for a 128-121 victory.
Dwayne Wade was the Bulls leading scorer with 23 points while Jimmy Butler added 22 points. Nikola Mirotic came off the Bulls bench to score 20 points and grabbed 8 rebounds to tie for the game lead. Robin Lopez scored 19 points and Denzel Valentine added 15 points off the bench. Rajon Rondo and Butler tied for the team lead in assists with 9.
Devin Booker was the Suns and the games leading scorer with 27 points. Marquese Chriss, T.J. Warren and Eric Bledsoe all scored 17 points in the game. Warren also grabbed 8 rebounds to tie for the game high while Bledsoe handed out a game high 10 assists. Alan Williams came off the Suns bench to score 16 points.
The win got the Bulls back to .500 at 29-29. This was the first game of a back to back for the Bulls as they'll take the court tonight in Cleveland against the Eastern Conference leading Cavaliers who are 40-16 on the season. The loss give Phoenix the worst record in the Western Conference at 18-40. The Suns get a day off before they head to Milwaukee to face the 25-31 Bucks on Sunday afternoon.


I've been on the road, more or less continually, for a year and a half now. In this period, the world roads led me not only to Rome (like roads tend to), but also to the wide range of animals.
The world (well, what was left of it, at least) felt abundant with life! Elephants and hyenas, wild boars and orphaned owls, monkeys and crocodiles, flocks of various birds and hordes of deer let me in their hoods.
I enjoyed the role of the wildlife whisperer, as maybe it was easier to pretend I understood animals better than humans. Better than myself. It also seemed like being closer to living life with full lungs.
While my world traveling led me to a surprisingly low number of stray dogs, a remarkably large number of cats crossed my path. I am really not a cat person, yet meeting them made me reflect a lot. About life.
Even if my original intentions, when I was leaving Croatia for Vietnam in February 2017, were to provide a funeral for my walking stick pet, it was just a part of the truth. Or a version of the truth. I also left because of myself. At that moment, I might not have been aware of that entirely yet, but "following your path" decision turned out to be my therapy.
Here is the newest (and probably not the last) part of my story.
For thirteen years, I've been working in the Croatian cultural production sector, in a highly underdeveloped artistic field. The extreme rhythm of work that often did not know for daily rest, weekends or even yearly holidays, took its toll.
Already after five years of pushing that Sisyphus' boulder up the never-ending hill, I knew this was not a healthy habit, and it needed to stop. Yet, as in Sisyphus' myth, my self-inflicted punishment seemed eternal. I extended my masochism for the additional eight years!
Leaving the loop of raising funds, preparing and executing the production, evaluating and reporting, and doing it all for dozens of projects set in a domino-tiles sequence, seemed impossible.
Cats, like this one in Harar, Ethiopia, can keep it cool in seemingly most stressful situations!
While neglecting most of the things that make life humane, my body was sending me signals in the process. Signals said this ain't good. Skin changes, bleeding teeth, some strange lump on my head I needed to have removed.
Various doctors were finding the origin of my health problems in the same cause: stress.
I always considered myself a generally healthy person. If nothing else, life was proving my resistance. I was rarely visiting doctors. I was rarely taking medications.
Surviving my aches without painkillers became the norm. Doctors told me I was allergic to some parts of the drugs. I should've gone to the hospital for a week to find out what it was, but you guessed my answer! I never had a spare week in a timeframe of a year to focus on this. Did I just call myself "this"?
Instead, I've learned to live with pain. I was ok with it. My threshold for pain moved up.
When I had my eyes operated for laser diopter removal, I shocked the doctor who provided a horse-power pill to help me when the local anesthetics wear off. "I don't take painkillers", I said. "Believe me; you will want this one! Everyone feels pain after this kind of surgery!", they responded.
And there I was at home, with the pill intact. Defying all the odds, I didn't feel a thing.
Like with all things in life, ignoring things would not make them go away. Even if one made the body (or mind) handle pain more easily, it didn't mean that issues disappeared, as in a magic trick. It is very childish to put palms over your eyes and think that then nobody could see you.
One day I found a lump in my testicle. I was appointed for a special ultrasound checkup in the hospital so that testicular cancer could be excluded.
The doctors scheduled my exam during the biggest edition of the festival I've ever organized. In the middle of the two weeks of performances from around the world (seven of which were co-produced by the organization I led), they were expecting me to leave everything and take care of this. Did I just call myself "this" again?
Of course, I've skipped my hospital appointment! In my crazy set of priorities, the feeling of responsibility for the artists coming from eleven countries, and the feeling of guilt for the impatient audiences in front of the theater doors, swallowed everything else.
One thing did not let me just snooze off my screaming alarm clock! My colleague, the backbone of the festival's technical execution, got diagnosed with leukemia.
While the whole cultural scene of Croatia united in the search for the donor of the marrowbone that would save my colleague's life, I was running the crazily over-ambitious festival and ignoring my lump as if it would miraculously disappear.
I instantly knew how wrong I was. The efficiency of the pressure we feel when confronted with the expectations of the environment shocked me.
In the middle of the festival, I decided to detach myself from this artificial beast that was slowly draining the life out of me. One night, I've bought the most unusual flight ticket in my life! You can read about this episode in the article Affording a Getaway: Traveling Saved Me From Going Crazy.
In the following months, my colleague got the marrowbone transplant! Soon I managed to go through my medical exam as well, and it removed the suspicion of the worst case scenario.
At the same time, I knew I had to be far enough from the siren call of the projects I could have continued otherwise while restoring the delusional belief in one's superpowers. I had to be far away to be able to cut the cord with my real tumor – being a workaholic in a toxic environment. I needed to dig out the embedded belief that all of this mattered more than my own life.
So what cats got to do with it?
It was July 2017. I've finished my visit to Tanah Lot Temple in Bali and was waiting for a Grab Car to pick me up and bring me back to Kuta, where I was staying. From the garbage pile disposed just next to the road, one cardboard box seemed alive. I couldn't ignore the loud meowing. And soon, there were two of us in the car: a scared kitten disposed in the trash and me saving it, even if I was leaving Indonesia the next day. I stopped the car at the Livingstone cake shop (go try out their cakes, they were a treat in every way!), and got lucky. The shop captain Ani adopted Zara, the card box kitten!
In May 2018, as soon as I set foot on the island of Syros in Greece, I've realized the place was overpopulated with cats. They were jumping out of every garbage bin, lurking behind every corner. Two recently abandoned kittens were meowing next to the peaceful Achladi Beach. Judging by their eyelids being stuck shut, these cats were new-born. Following each other's meowing over the road, one has already dropped from the staircase leading to the rocks and certain death. Again, it was not possible to be ignorant and just leave them to chance.
This strikes the most: I don't even like cats! Yet, it seemed that, while moving around the world, I couldn't stop saving them. I couldn't ignore the fragility of these abandoned beings, and their loud cry for help. Was there anything I could learn from this?
Cats have nine lives; we don't!
In Thessaloniki, the kitten called Coralia ended up suckling on my skin in search for the mother that abandoned it. The little cat boy found the least likely cat-person in sight, and decided I should be the breastfeeding stepmother for the time being.
While I am writing this, I am in Split, Croatia, and Špiro the cat is nestling around my laptop, balancing on the edge of the table. Her daughter Lulu cuddles around my legs while I try to gather my thoughts.
Cats offer and demand attention. But they can easily survive without us. The old proverb says that cats have nine lives. They are strong and independent beings. In Ethiopia, I saw cats feeding next to hyenas. They are fearless. Unlike most of us.
Playing a stepmother to an abandoned Greek kitten made me delve deep inside myself and rebuild the confidence in what I'm doing at the moment. For more than a decade, I was prioritizing work, and procrastinating on everything that was personal, including health. And yet, we are not cats. We don't have nine lives. We have one (proven) chance to live our lives the best way we can.
Sure, we can always justify putting ourselves in the second plan because we are needed. We can do it while taking care of animals, businesses, families. But at the end of the day, if we are indeed so needed and so irreplaceable, it is because we are efficiently fulfilling the expected role. We are of no use to anyone if ignoring our own self pulls our efficiency down, jeopardizing our health and bringing us to the edge of the cliff. Follow your path today! After all, we are not cats.
Thanks for sharing! I, myself, am a big kitty fan, but am really, really bad at taking proper care of myself. This is a great reminder.
Thanks, Jordan! I really think we should all take care of ourselves at least as much as we care about others!
Ivan, I think your last paragraph resumes everything very well. I have never been the kind of person who takes myself to the limit with respect to work and stress. Yes, there have been instances where I have worked under extreme pressure, moments where I have wanted to cry at work and moments where I feel like quitting work right away but I have been able to deal with those situations. I think having strong relationships and time to do things you like help. Unfortunately, I have coworkers who take things to the extreme and have seen the turning into miserable and sick people. For some of them, I have tried to be the voice of reason but I think many people wait to reach the bottom (which may be too late) to make a change. I am glad you have found a way to get out from where you were.
Thanks for your thoughts, Ruth!
It is true, everyone has a slightly different mechanism of coping with stress.
As long as the mechanism works, our bodies and minds are capable of recovery.
Ignoring their wake-up calls though is when the problems start.
Surrounding oneself with strong relationships and doing things we love is a great tip for making those times less troublesome.
I hope everyone in such a situation will find the courage and inner strength to turn things around.


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Nicholas Robert (1610-1684) - Soucy d'eau - Botanical Rarissimum 54cm
Populago Sabern - Soucy d'eau
Engraved by Louis de Chastillon after Nicholas Robert
Imperial folio. Platemarks each approx. 450 x 300 mm. (15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in), sheets approx. 540 x 38 mm..
On beautiful 18th Century laid paper with the watermark sadly indecipherable..
Issued in the exceptionally rare series: Estampes pour servir l'Histoire des Plantes by Nicholas Robert, Paris 1719-1786?
The plates are 17th Century and issued at some time up to 1786.
Plates by or after Nicolas Robert represent work by the greatest botanical artist of the seventeenth century. The work was never published or offered for public sale, and the present plate was probably given as a Royal gift some time between 1719 and about 1786.
"The original idea for this encyclopaedic undertaking was conceived by Perrault and the proposal was enthusiastically received by Colbert, minister to Louis XIV, although it appears to have actually begun to take shape only when the botanist Denis Dodart (1634-1707) joined the Academie in 1673. His work, Memoires pour servir a l'Histore des Plantes, which was intended to form the introductory volume to this series, appeared in 1675 and contained thirty-nine plates by Robert. In it Dodart lamented the fact that none of the engravings could be in colour, but at least, he assured the reader, all the illustrations in the new series would be drawn directly from life, the artist making every effort to present the plants in their actual dimensions" (Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi An Oak Spring Flora p 168).
Louis de Chatillon (1639-1734), continued the work after Robert's death in 1684.
References: BM (NH) IV, p 1515; Brunet IV.1325; Bultingaire Les Velins du Museum d'Histore Naturelle de Paris [n.d.]; Great Flower Books (1990) p 91; Hunt, "Flora Portrayed" (1985) p 21; Hunt, "Printmaking in the Service of Botany" (1986) 16; Laissus & Monseigny, "Les Plantes du Roi" in Revue d'histore des sciences, XXII, fasc. 3, pp 193-236; Nissen BBI 533 & 504; Rix The Art of the Plant World p 61.
The last significant collection of plates (uncoloured) to have ever come up for sale was in 2012 when Sotheby's offered a set of 319 such plates estimated at UK£ 120,000 - 160,000.
"THE FINEST COLLECTION OF FLOWER ENGRAVINGS DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY" (Blunt)


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Oh! My God () is a 2006 South Korean film.

Plot
Eun-joo develops a crush on playboy Jung-hwan after he rescues her from drowning, and vows to make him her man. One thing leads to another, and they end up having a one-night stand. Several years later, Jung-hwan is still living the high life while Eun-joo is working as a prosecutor. When they eventually cross paths, she reveals that he is the father of her twin children, and tries to make him grow up and take responsibility.

Cast
 Choi Sung-kook as Jung-hwan
 Shin Yi as Eun-joo
 Park Won-sook as Jung-hwan's mother
 Kim Kwang-kyu as Secretary Shin
 Baek Il-seob
 Park Jun-gyu
 Ha Ji-young as Supporting
 Kim Soo-mi as (cameo)
 Lee Won-jong as (cameo)
 Jo Sang-gi

Release
Oh! My God was released in South Korea on 16 February 2006, and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 373,861 admissions. The film went on to receive a total of 1,858,668 admissions nationwide.

See also
 List of South Korean films of 2006

References

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2006 films
2000s Korean-language films
South Korean action comedy films
2000s South Korean films