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Cadel Evans Quietly Enters 2012 Tour de France As Serious Repeat Threat
Australian Cadel Evans made history last year becoming the first man from his country to win the overall title at the Tour de France. Since his Tour victory, Evans has had a slightly mild season. The difference between his build up to this year's Tour de France and last years is that the Olympics will quickly follow in 2012. Evan's 2011 season concluded with the Tour de France victory, where this year he needs to also remain focused for the London Olympic race in August.
Oakley Is Poised To Continue Massive Presence At 2012 Tour de France With Cycling Stars and Innovative Product
If you've paid any attention to the Tour de France in your life time, you've seen no shortage of Oakley cyclists topping the podium at the most prestigious road cycling race on the planet. You've seen innovative product that not only looks fast and sleek, but provides the world's greatest cyclists with the best possible eye protection. This year's Tour will be no different.


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IVANKA TRUMP Because she's the sorcerer's apprentice. Residence: New York City. Occupations: Vice president of development and acquisitions, the Trump Organization, and president, Ivanka Trump Jewelry. Age: 26. Personal style: "A mix of the classic and modern with a feminine twist." Style icon: Grace Kelly. Favorite fashion purchase of 2008: "An Yves Saint Laurent black pantsuit." Fashion item she cannot live without: "Five-inch heels." Handbag: "Giorgio Armani purple crocodile bag." Scent: Quelques Fleurs by Houbigant. Causes: The Eric Trump Foundation, and the New York City Police Foundation. By Billy Farrell/PatrickMcMullan.com.
The 2008 International Best-Dressed List
The ballots are in, and it's Obama, by a thread! That's Michelle Obama, who joins fellow political wife (and cover subject) Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, and—better late than never—James Bond, in the 69th annual style poll, published in Vanity Fair. Plus: Watch Amy Fine Collins introduce the 2008 list, and see who made the International Hall of Fame.
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Immediately after the Sundance press screening of the new horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, one of my colleagues (it was either James Rocchi or J. Sperling Reich; one of the smart ones) said it was "a slasher flick by way of Three's Company," and since I can't think of anything more clever than that phrase, I'm stealing it. As anyone who grew up idolizing John Ritter on Three's Company (even if you didn't really "get" the sexual innuendo) can tell you, much of the comedy was derived from simple (some would say simplistic) misunderstandings. One classic scene for example, has Janet listening outside a bathroom door while Jack and Chrissy discuss a shower curtain. Janet assumes they're talking about a penis.
The 'goofy misunderstanding' is a comedy tool as old as raunchy cave paintings (it's particularly prevalent in the stupidest of stupid chick flicks), but when it works well ... you can have some real fun with a farce. It's a tricky balance, because the movie is giving the audience the upper hand. You know everything, while the characters know practically nothing. Without a clever concept, a strong sense of energy, and a game cast, this sort of comedy can get very old, very fast.
Fortunately that's not the case with the exceedingly amusing Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, a low-budget but good-looking comedy that takes place in a generic slasher universe. The characters are the key here, because the concept is already a winner: You know those scummy hillbillies that live inside cabins in 73% of the horror flicks you've ever seen? At best these guys are extra meat for the body count; at worst they're the bloodthirsty killers. But in the case of Tucker & Dale ... they're just plain old nice guys! A little sloppy to look at, and entirely lacking in social skills, but they're just a pair of goofy hayseeds on their way to their brand-new vacation cabin.
First-time director Eli Craig smartly starts us out with the other crew: You know them from the first half hour of every Friday the 13th movie. The college kids. In most slasher flicks these would be your victims and potential heroes. In Tucker & Dale, they're the troublemakers and the carnage-causers. The jock, the dork, the tramp, the nice girl, the joker, etc. They all butt heads with Tucker and Dale at a sleazy gas station, but the craziness doesn't take hold until both parties take their separate ways into the woods.
I'll let the movie deliver the finer points on all the amusing misunderstandings, but suffice to say that the college kids are convinced that Tucker and Dale are raving murderers, while for their part ... the hillbilly buddies can't figure out why all these college kids keep dropping dead in their vicinity! And if you think 90 minutes seems like a pretty long time to stretch a Three's Company-style series of murderous misunderstandings, well so did I. Aside from a few slow moments during the set-up, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil coasts on its concept, but doles out enough of the gruesome stuff to keep the horror fans happy. The college kids are a basic but colorful lot, and the kid playing the Alpha Male (Jesse Moss) is hilariously over the top.
It doesn't hurt that the three leads are Katrina Bowden as the sweet and gorgeous Allison, the always-fun Alan Tudyk as Tucker, and the instantly lovable Tyler Labine as Dale. Not only do Tudyk and Dale strike and instant and effortless comedic chemistry together, but the guys are also given funny stuff to do on their own. They're sort of a backwoods horror flick version of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, but the actors also bring a strange warmth and sweetness to this broad and bloody comedy. (Genre fans know Tudyk from Serenity and tons of smaller roles in bigger movies. Labine is mostly new to me, but the guy steals huge chunks of Tucker & Dale and has fun doing it. He's just a funny guy.)
Comedy duos and clever concepts aside, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil passes the main and most important tests of comedy/horror combos: A) It finds its own angle (as in, it's not another Shaun of the Dead wannabe), B) it actually IS both comedy and horror, and C) it displays some sort of affection for the genre it's poking fun at. Tudyk, Labine, and Bowden are certainly appealing enough for casual genre fans, but if you grew up feasting on the silliest of slasher sequels, you'll have a nostalgic good time with Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. On top of that, it's got solid music, a confident pace, and it was shot and lit like a an actual movie. Pretty impressive package from a first-time team on limited funds.


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Kindle for iPhone and iPad gets its X-Rays on
Amazon has updated their ebook reading app for iPhone and iPad to Kindle version 3.5, and added their fancy new X-Ray feature to it, along with some improvements to manga rendering. Amazon says X-Ray lets you get "to the bones of the book" (yeah... ouch), which in less strained language means it hooks into Wikipedia and Shelfari. That means you can look up the people, places, and phrases, and descriptions from the book right inside the Kindle app. No switching required.
I mostly have comic books in Kindle, and the X-Ray button stayed grayed out for me even in the few standard books I have in my library, but if you've managed to get X-Ray working, let me know what you think of it, and how it compares to using X-Ray on Amazon's Kindle hardware proper.
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Reading a book on my kindle now about Omaha beach and D-day and it works there. If I highlight a word or phrase the definition box pops up and there are google and Wikipedia options at the bottom. Nice add amazon!
Reading "The Twitter Effect", X-Ray works fine, and looks very useful too. Good job Amazon.
X-Ray to "get to the bones of book." It doesn't get any better than that.
whoever took that photo should be given pat on the back.
But for me, iBooks and Comixology is all i need.
I read a lot of books on my iPad with the Kindle App. So far, X-ray feature has remained greyed out, even with newer books
Okay, I found a book that is X-ray enabled. A cursory glance and I say it looks intriguing but I don't know about useful. Maybe if I had to write a book report . . .


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Oracle Solaris 11: First Look
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Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 168 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : January 2013
Author(s) : Philip P. Brown
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Enterprise Products and Platforms, Enterprise, Oracle
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: IPS – The Image Packaging System
Chapter 2: Solaris 11 Installation Methods
Chapter 3: Sysadmin Configuration Differences
Chapter 4: Networking Nuts and Bolts
Chapter 5: NWAM – Networking Auto-reconfiguration
Chapter 6: ZFS – Now You Can't Ignore It!
Chapter 7: Zones in Solaris 11
Chapter 8: Security Improvements
Chapter 9: Miscellaneous
Appendix A: IPS Package Reference
Appendix B: New ACL Permissions and Abbreviations
Appendix C: Solaris 10 Available Enhancements
- Chapter 1: IPS – The Image Packaging System
- The brave new world of IPS
- Repositories/repos
- Repository URIs, also known as origins
- Package naming schemes
- Understanding the quirks of pkg name references
- Understanding pkg FMRI version fields
- Overview of package and patch installation
- The traditional methods
- New Solaris 11 patch and package installation methods
- Practical examples of pkg command usage
- Automatic package dependency use
- Installation dry run
- Finding packages that you want
- Searching by filename (pkg search)
- Searching by package names (pkg search)
- Searching by package names (pkg list)
- Listing files in a package
- Searching for installation groups
- Less-used pkg commands
- Dealing with repositories
- Creating your own IPS repository and packages
- Creating a local repo
- Creating a package
- Uploading packages to the repository
- Configuring machines to use your local repository
- Package updates and patching
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Solaris 11 Installation Methods
- It's the Oracle of install systems!
- Default passwords
- Installation from CD-ROM
- The x86 LiveCD install
- Choosing Text Install image or Automated Install image
- Manually invoking the install programs
- Text Install image
- Automated Install image
- Overview of how AI install works
- AI installer client-side services
- Manifest-locator service
- Auto-installer service
- AI installer server-side services
- Network bootstrap process details
- SPARC, wanboot, and DNS
- PXE boot and x86
- Setting up a local install server with installadm
- Side effects of installadm create-service
- Installadm, manifests, and profiles
- Viewing existing manifests and profiles
- Configuring a manifest
- Dynamically generated manifests
- Configuring a profile
- Templates for profiles
- Client registration via installadm create-client
- Manifests and profiles for zones
- Sharing wanboot with Solaris 10 clients
- Common traps and pitfalls
- Solaris 11 release version versus support version
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Sysadmin Configuration Differences
- Welcome to the new normal
- Host identity: the sysconfig command
- sysconfig configure
- sysconfig unconfigure
- sysconfig create-profile
- Driver configuration: /etc/driver/drv
- Network address configuration: ipadm and dladm
- IP configuration
- IP interface objects
- IP interface tunables
- IP and TCP tunables
- Network layer 2 device configuration
- Wireless configuration: Stick to the GUI if you can
- Miscellaneous differences in system-level configuration
- Name service related
- Time zone and language settings
- Nodename
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Networking Nuts and Bolts
- Networking re-architected
- Kernel redesign
- Orientation to new Solaris 11 networking
- Interface naming and IP labels
- A simple static IP example
- Network infrastructure impact on zones
- NWAM – NetWork AutoMagic
- NWAM pitfalls
- Sneaking around NWAM with VNICs
- Using NWAM via GUI
- IPMP – IP multipathing
- Setting up IPMP
- Link aggregation
- VNIC – Virtual NIC
- VLAN tagging
- IP tunneling
- Bridging
- Network resource management
- Per-interface management
- Flow-based resource management
- IP QoS – Quality of Service management
- Step 1 – Create a temporary QoS configuration file
- Step 2 – Activate the QoS rules file
- Step 3 – Permanently configure (-c) it into the post-reboot kernel
- Other changes
- Summary
- Chapter 5: NWAM – Networking Auto-reconfiguration
- What is NWAM and how you can use it
- Capabilities of NWAM
- NWAM basic concepts
- Connections
- Profiles
- Locations
- Summary
- Chapter 6: ZFS – Now You Can't Ignore It!
- ZFS – your future, today
- ZFS root – no more UFS
- Primary benefit of ZFS root filesystem
- ZFS booting and beadm
- New boot-time options
- New SPARC boot options
- New x86 boot options
- ZFS root limitations
- ZFS, beadm, and zones
- Deduplication now possible
- ZFS encryption
- ZFS diff between snapshots
- ZFS's new ACL modes – simpler yet more powerful
- Viewing ACLs on a file
- Setting an ACL
- Miscellaneous changes and improvements
- Pool-related changes
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Zones in Solaris 11
- Taking things to the next zone
- New zone utilities
- New zone capabilities
- Changes to zones
- Allowable zone OS types limited
- ZFS zoneroot layout and Boot Environments
- Fast zone creation via clone
- The zoned property of ZFS
- Zone filesystems visible
- Automatic Network Interfaces – the anet resource
- Preconfiguring zones
- Sysconfig information
- Initial zonecfg defaults
- Initial package content of zones
- Example of fully preconfigured zone creation
- Immutable zones
- Creating an immutable zone
- Verifying immutable zone configuration
- Cloning an immutable zone
- Updating immutable zone configurations
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Security Improvements
- Keeping the horse in the barn
- Mandatory auditing
- Auditing basics
- Default audit events
- Configuring more audit logging
- Audit policies
- Active versus configured values
- Viewing audit logs
- Immutable zones
- ProFTPd is the new FTP server
- Sudo privileged access tool
- Direct root use now blocked by default
- Fine-grained RBAC privileges
- On-disk encryption
- Warnings about encrypted ZFS filesystems
- Creating an encrypted ZFS filesystem
- Interaction between encryption, compression, and deduplication
- PKCS11 centralized key store support
- Profiles can now be in LDAP
- Additional encryption support
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Miscellaneous
- What's in this chapter anyway?
- Virtual consoles, also known as virtual terminals, are back
- Fast reboot
- CUPS printing
- Power management
- Notifications triggered by SMF state transitions
- SMF notifications through e-mail, also known as SMTP
- SMF notifications through SNMP
- Querying and deleting SMF notifications
- Trusted Solaris extras
- COMSTAR and iSCSI
- iSCSI targets
- iSCSI initiator mode
- Removing remote iSCSI devices
- Safeguarding complex iSCSI configurations
- Summary
- Appendix C: Solaris 10 Available Enhancements
- ZFS backported enhancements
- Other enhancements
Submit Errata
Please let us know if you have found any errors not listed on this list by completing our errata submission form. Our editors will check them and add them to this list. Thank you.
Errata- 1 submitted: last submission 23 Aug 2013
Errata type: code | Page: 52 | Date: August 23, 2013
The command in the table ipadm create-addr -T static 188.8.131.52 net0{/id-string} should have a -a before the 126.96.36.199.
Such as ipadm create-addr -T static -a 18.104.22.168 net0{/id-string}.
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What you will learn from this book
- Understand the new Solaris packaging system
- Master the role of zones in Solaris 11 with some new utilities, new features, and some mandatory differences in basic setup and usage
- Get started with some security features and improvements
- Discover features of the ZFS file system in Solaris 11
In Detail
Oracle Solaris provides innovative, built-in features that deliver breakthrough high availability, advanced security, efficiency, and industry-leading scalability and performance to help businesses grow.
"Oracle Solaris 11: First Look" covers the new features and functionality of Oracle Solaris 11 and how these new features and improvements will make it easier to deploy services to the enterprise while improving performance and reducing total cost of ownership.
This book starts with coverage of Image Packaging System and the new installation methods. It then moves swiftly to network configuration. The book also includes some security features and improvements.
This book is written in simple, easy-to-understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations.
Who this book is for
If you are a Solaris administrator looking for a step-by-step guide to understand the new features and functionality of Oracle Solaris 11, then this is the guide for you. Working knowledge of Solaris is required.


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Confession time: even though Stephen King is my favorite writer, and the inspiration and reason that I put words to paper each and every day, I haven't read every book he's written. I'm two books shy, and to be honest I don't know that I'll ever get around to reading them.
I'm talking about Danse Macabre and The Talisman.
I think I'd get a pass from most people on the first one. Danse Macabre is a respected piece of work, but it is nonfiction, and I get the impression that many don't consider an author's nonfiction work to be an integral part of his output. I'm not saying that I agree, but I do get that impression from readers and fans I've spoken with over the years. So, I don't exactly feel guilty for not having read it. I haven't even really given it a solid try, and I own three copies of it – a battered hardback, a better hardback, and the paperback anniversary edition from a while back. I bought that thinking it would be the push I needed to go cover-to-cover. Nope. I scanned it and shelved it, just like the other two copies.
The Talisman, on the other hand…that one might get my membership in the Stephen King Fan Club revoked.
Don't ask my why I haven't read it. I don't have a good answer. I've tried, but for some reason it didn't reel me in. There are other King books I can say that very same thing for – Rose Madder and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, for example – but I plowed on through those. I've never pushed myself the same way with The Talisman.
I read its sequel, Black House, and loved it. Just can't get into Talisman, though, and again, not sure I'm gonna try.
There are other books littering my to-be-read pile that I "should" have read by now but haven't. Books that are considered classics, must-reads, genre definers – I've picked them up based on their reputation and haven't looked their way since. There are so many of them, it's almost too daunting now.
From where I sit in my office writing this, my to-be-read pile is on a shelf to my right. If I look over there I can see some of the books I'm talking about. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. Swan Song by Robert McCammon. Ghost Story by Peter Straub. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
These books, and a dozen others that maybe aren't considered "classics" but are, nonetheless, books I bought in a fever of anticipation only to never quite get around to cracking their spines, haunt me from their places in the stacks. Every time I buy a new book and start it instead of grabbing one of them off the shelf, I feel a pang of guilt. Every time the review deadlines pile up and I have to let necessity guide my next read instead of personal choice, I feel a pang of guilt.
Back to King for a second. I have a friend who has never read The Shining. He's read a good bit of King, including all of the Dark Tower books, and he loves Kubrick's movie. But he won't pick up the novel. I gave him a nice hardcover copy of it years ago as a gift, and he still won't read it. His tastes have mutated over the years – he's more into obscure foreign authors and nonfiction stuff now, so the battle is getting harder, but I fight on. "You've gotta read it," I tell him. And every time I argue with him, the voices of Danse Macabre and The Talisman mock me from their unread places on my shelf.
Having a huge backlog of stuff you want to read is part of the fun of being a reader. There are always new titles, new authors, and undiscovered works waiting to be discovered and experienced for the first time. When I look at that list of unread books, I get excited because I know that they are going to be great experiences when I finally get around to them. And maybe that's why I keep putting them off – because once you've had your first time, you don't get to have it again.
So what about you? What classics have you avoided, either by choice or circumstance? Which books are you ashamed to admit you haven't gotten around to yet? What's haunting you from your to-be-read pile? Here's your chance to admit it to the world.
Believe me; I won't hold anything against you.
Blu Gilliand is a freelance writer of fiction and nonfiction. He covers horror fiction at his blog, October Country, and contributes interviews to the Horror World website. Follow him on Twitter at @BluGilliand.


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Swedish Viking black metal-tinged act, King of Asgard has released their new album 'Karg' today via Metal Blade Records. The album has received high critical praise and a great reception.Read More
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Heavy metal stalwarts Slough Feg have announced that longtime drummer Harry Cantwell will be leaving the band after their July 28 show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.Read More
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Today KING OF ASGARD debuts a new video from the record for the song 'The Runes of Hel'. Decibel Magazine's Deciblog is hosting an exclusive premiere of the video HERE.Read More
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American Death Metal Icons, CANNIBAL CORPSE, are pleased to announce the release of their thirteenth full-length, entitled, A Skeletal Domain. New Song And Pre-order Packages Now AvailableRead More
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Wind, Clouds & Switch 1440s
Yesterday at JOI 2007 started out pretty mellow, all the skiers were feeling out the jump and rocking their countries colors. Team USA – Simon Dumont and Sammy Carlson stood out the best with their Blue & White Crowbar Goggles, Oakley Blue & White Jacket and Red Pants. While, Jon Olsson and Jacob Wester rocked Swedish scarves around their necks.
The contest format for the Oakley Nations Cup was supposed to feature two skiers from each country, hitting the jump at the same time doing the same trick. But when the contest finally got started only about four countries were being represented for the contest. And then after two jumps Jacob pulled out after's main event. So, the contest's format switched over to focusing on the three best overall skiers of the night who would be rewarded by driving brand new Porsches on the iced over lake across the street! Quite a treat to say the least.
The night's highlights consisted of Team USA just dominating the tandem jumping, hitting the gap at the same time busting the same trick to almost complete perfection. Team USA was by far the favorite of the crowd with the loudest cheers all night long. A young Australian ripper busted an incredible switch 1440 to a roaring applause. And Team Norway had by far the single best tandem jump all night with matching 1260s!
When all was said and done, Simon and Jon were awarded two of the three spots drive the Porsches. But not wanting Sammy's amazing skiing to go unrewarded, Jon gave Sammy his spot to drive his Porsche on the icy lake. The crowd went home stoked on the night's highlights and pumped to witness the main event this evening.
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Diondre Borel Catches the Eye of Aaron Rodgers on Day 1 of Packers' Minicamp
NFL teams rarely keep six receivers on their 53-man rosters. Seven is almost unheard of.
But if the young players comprising the Green Bay Packers depth chart at receiver continue to impress as they have to start this offseason, GM Ted Thompson may have no other choice than to select more than five for his final roster.
After the first day of the Packers mandatory three-day minicamp Tuesday, quarterback Aaron Rodgers singled out one of those young receivers to heap on more praise: Second-year receiver Diondre Borel.
"Diondre Borel is a guy that gives us a different look because he plays a similar position of that of Randall Cobb," Rodgers said in an interview with Packers.com. "Diondre has made as big of jump as anybody from year 1 to year 2. He really made the most of his reps on the scout team last year."
The Packers signed Borel as an undrafted free agent in July of 2011. Despite catching just two passes for 35 yards during the preseason, Borel impressed Thompson and the Packers staff enough in camp to earn a spot on the team's eight-man practice squad to start 2011.
What made Borel's inclusion on the practice squad all the more impressive was the fact that the former Utah State Aggie was making a transition back to receiver from quarterback, a position he played during his final three seasons in college. At Utah State, Borel threw for almost 7,000 career passing yards—ranking him second in school history—after playing in eight games as a receiver during his freshman season.
Borel was impressive enough during his time on the Packers' practice squad that he eventually received an offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to be on their active 53-man roster—an invitation Borel declined for a pay bump in Green Bay and a chance to make the roster in 2012.
At just 6-0 and a little under 200 pounds, Borel doesn't possess a unique frame or blazing speed. 6-foot-4 Tori Gurley—another practice squad receiver who will be competing with Borel for a roster spot—has the height that no other Packers' receiver has. But Rodgers thinks Borel's history as a quarterback gives him the mental capacity to make his mark on the receiving depth chart this summer.


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Tonawanda News — LANCASTER — After coming within a set of going to states in last year's sectional tournament, North Tonawanda's John-Michael and Andrew LeMar had one mission in mind on Wednesday afternoon: redemption.
That's exactly what the LeMar brothers accomplished by finishing second in the sectional doubles tournament after knocking off Niagara-Wheatfield (6-0, 6-2) and Williamsville North (6-0, 6-1) to earn a spot in the finals and a trip to New York City next week to play at the legendary Flushing Meadows in Queens.
Their run ended in the championship match against Orchard Park, who won 6-4, 6-2.
NT coach John LeMar, the boys' father, was proud of their effort and said it's the deepest run in sectionals on record for a North Tonawanda doubles team.
"They played excellent. They did what they needed to do and in the finals Orchard Park was also excellent," LeMar said.
LeMar said that the week of preparation, anticipation and pressure leading up to Wednesday's matches took a toll on both John-Michael and Andrew, and he was proud of the way they handled the pressure and performed in the toughest of circumstances.
"The kids handled it great but when all the pressure is over it's a nice feeling that they did their best and played great," he said.
Play resumed Wednesday at Lancaster High School after the rain halted action on Tuesday. The LeMars wrapped up their match against Nia.-Wheatfield in quick fashion and then bounced Will.-North quickly as well to move on to the finals.
Rain came into play again, forcing a one hour delay before the LeMars and Orchard Park could get back on the court to play the final match.
The state tournament begins on May 30 and LeMar said the brothers are extremely happy to be moving on to the next stage of the season. The experience of playing at Flushing Meadows is one that they will remember for a long time to come, he said.
As for sectionals, John-Michael played his final match on a Western New York court against OP and after the match took it hard.
"It's a long season and it's a lot of pressure," LeMar said. "All the players go into the tournament knowing it's single elimination. I think they'll look back and be happy they went to states. They had a great season and a great career. … They'll look back and be very proud of what they did."


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By Miriam Thurber
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---- — I'm not an expert at many things. But one subject I can claim absolute certainty in my skills would be that of procrastination. I was looking through my past columns to see if I had yet written about this topic and was shocked to find that I had not. I guess I just must have procrastinated about writing it.
To tell you the truth, I'm writing this at about 9:30 p.m. the day that it is due. Now, I'm usually not this bad. In fact, sometimes I even write the column early and then only have to worry about remembering to send them in. And on the exceedingly rare occasions where I find myself with a few extra minutes of free time, I type out an extra column to save for emergencies when I have no time to write one.
Times like this. I know you're all probably wondering why, then, am I not using my backup article? Well, that would be because this fantastic idea of procrastination was recommended to me. Yes, that's correct. I was sitting in class, procrastinating about writing this, when I was suddenly struck with the realization that I needed to quickly punch out an column and send it in. The problem was that I had no idea what to write about. Thankfully, people were there to point out the obvious topic choice.
That's the beauty of writing. All you really have to do is express what you're feeling and thinking at the moment. Previous experience helps to create a compelling argument, and I'd consider myself to have had enough experience with procrastination to come up with some extremely valid points.
In case some of you haven't noticed, I've been procrastinating about getting to my point.
Often, I don't even realize that I am procrastinating. I plan on doing things and block off time to get them done. Those set-apart times, however, usually become filled with other projects, other requirements. It's not that I mean to procrastinate; I just find myself without any time.
For little assignments, I've found that I try to put them off until the very last possible moment. A worksheet can swiftly be done right before bed or soon after I wake up in the morning.
Big projects, however, I almost always begin working on as soon as I find out about them. Most summers are accompanied by a stack of work rivaling the world's largest bowl of salad. I don't like salad. I don't like summer homework. But I every year I set a target completion date for each and every part of the assignments.
I try very hard to get all of the work done at the beginning of the summer so that I can truly enjoy the free time. The knowledge that there is work to be done tends to put a damper on the sunshine. But it's the same for most major projects even if they aren't due at the end of the summer. Presentations, reports, life-sized clay models of the Seven Wonders of the World — all are finished very early on. This is proof that I am working on my procrastination. Woohoo!
I think this is just one of those things that I just need to buckle down, set goals, and work at achieving deadlines. Procrastination is simply a bad habit, and that means it can be broken.
Miriam A. Thurber is a junior at Unatego Central School. 'Teen
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Gary J. Gallo, age 70, of Flowery Branch, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2012.
Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Flowery Branch, Georgia. Father Eric Hill will officiate. Inurnment will be at 11:00 AM on Monday, October 22, 2012 at Memorial Park South Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Friday, October 19, 2012 at Memorial Park South Funeral Home with a Prayer Service at 7:30 PM. Memorial Park South Funeral Home, 4121 Falcon Parkway , Flowery Branch, Georgia 30542 is in charge of arrangements.
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The latest news regarding UCLA basketball and the dueling media accounts of the recent allegations against UCLA's recruiting of its talented freshman.
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I lost my precious girl which i wrote about in the blogs....
Her love disappeared. But mine is still there.
What to do, except cry like a baby and listen to love songs....
i want to do everything to get her back, EVERYTHING!!
Wow...sorry to hear fter all you went through that things have not wroked out.
But I gather she is much younger than yourself and well sometimes after the thrill of the chase for her, the fact things did not go easy for the two of you she may have not the maturity to take the lows and the highs. So dust yourself off and pick yourself up and know that there are plenty off other fish out in the sea, get out there and mingle!!!!
love comes and goes all the time. love is hard, but loosing it and letting it go is harder. its just something what is going to happen to everyone. but everyday it slowly gets easier and you look forward to finding someone better. i know that's always hard to believe, and trying to get yourself to actually believe there's someone better out there just for you but that person is always going to be worth the wait.


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A preliminary report released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board confirms details of a fatal Merrill Field plane crash.
On Saturday, air traffic controllers at the airport just east of downtown Anchorage told 31-year-old pilot Robert Lilly to "go-around" because another plane was on the runway, according to the report written by investigator Joshua Cawthra.
That caused the Cessna 150L, owned by Lilly, a Big Lake resident, to lose power.
When the plane pulled up, "witnesses reported hearing the engine quit, which was followed by a steep left turn back to the airport," the report said. "During the turn, the airplane rolled to the left and continued to descend, and it subsequently collided with an area of grass-covered terrain west of runway 25."
The crash killed Lilly and his 27-year-old girlfriend, Jessi Nelsen, of Anchorage.Steve Kim, a close friend of Lilly and Nelsen, said the two had been in a relationship for more than a year and enjoyed exploring the state.
"They flew right around the state together on a daily basis whenever they had a chance," Kim said.
According to the NTSB report, the couple took off from Wasilla without a flight plan just after 3 p.m. and about half an hour before the crash. Flying conditions were ideal: clear skies all around, light winds and the temperature peaked just shy of 70 degrees.
"At this point right now we've pretty much been able to eliminate the fact that weather played a part in this," said NTSB Spokesman Clint Johnson. "We're still looking very much into the human performance element of the investigation."
Kim said Lilly was about to begin his career as an airline pilot for a company based in Homer later this week, and Nelsen was a longshoreman in Seward.
"I lost my best friend. Bob and I had a special relationship, like the one that I had with my father," said Robert's dad John Lilly.
"Both of them were just super nice people," Kim said. "I don't think you could meet people like them everyday…just really kind, always generous with their time and everything."


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ROYAL Navy investigators are using social networking sites in a bid to find a missing Hampshire sailor.
Leading seaman Timothy Andrew MacColl, 27, from Gosport, vanished six days ago while on shore leave from the HMS Westminster in Dubai.
Navy officials, who have been working with local authorities and Foreign Office (FCO) representatives in the United Arab Emirates in the search for Timothy, have started using social networking websites to try to find him.
The frigate HMS Westminster arrived in Dubai last Saturday before setting sail again on Thursday.
The married father-of-two, whose wife is expecting their third child in October, was last seen by a shipmate getting into a taxi alone at around 2am on Sunday.
He is said to have just left the Rock Bottom Bar at the Regent Hotel in the area of Deira, around a 15-minute drive from Port Rashid, where HMS Westminster was docked.
Leading seaman MacColl, known as Timmy, and originally from Killin, in Scotland, has two children aged six and four.
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HiLoft Cotton's USDA Biobased Product Label signifies a level of trust that consumers want.
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Barnhardt Manufacturing Company has earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for its HiLoft cotton. The USDA Certified Biobased Product Label verifies that the products amount of renewable biobased ingredients meets or exceeds levels set by USDA. Biobased products are finished or intermediate materials composed in whole or in significant part of agricultural, forestry, or marine ingredients.
This logo/label will allow our HiLoft cotton to be immediately identified as a certified USDA BioPreferred product, said Chuck Allen, Director of Product Development at Barnhardt.
All biobased amount claims are verified by independent labs and monitored by the USDA. Consumers may feel secure in the accuracy of the biobased amount and be empowered in making better informed purchasing decisions.
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Hemlis promises to bring secure and beautiful messaging
Information about NSA spy programs that has been leaked recent weeks has prompted many to question how secure their communications are. Those leaks have also prompted Peter Sunde, best known for co-founding The Pirate Bay, along with Leif Högberg and Linus Olsson to begin developing a secure and elegant messaging app, Hemlis.
Hemlis, which means "secret" in Swedish, aims to be a well-designed, cross-platform (iOS and Android to start) messaging app that makes secure messaging simple for users. While the technical details are scarce at this time, the idea is that the app will allow conversations to take place privately using end-to-end encryption, ensuring that not even the team behind Hemlis could decrypt the messages. Hemlis seeks to differentiate itself from other messaging services like iMessage and WhatsApp by building not just an app, but an entire company structure focused on protecting privacy. Given Sunde's previous escapades with The Pirate Bay, it's not hard to believe that Hemlis has no interest in cooperating with any government or commercial agencies to allow spying on users.
Despite Hemlis' serious approach to security, the app will have very clean and lightweight design that will look right at home in iOS 7. It's clear that while the primary goal of Hemlis is privacy, the plan is to also for Hemlis to be so pleasant to use that it will appeal to a wide audience of users, security savants and casual users alike.
Hemlis will be available for free with the ability to unlock extra features via in-app purchase. To fund the development and infrastructure the team started a campaign to raise $100,000. A goal which was met just 36 hours after the start of the campaign. People can continue to help fund the project on the Heml.is website in exchange for perks like username pre-registration and codes to unlock functionality in the final app.
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hm so many messaging apps.
i don't see the point of this
imessage is secure enough to me
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This looks like it will appeal to health care professionals who have heretofore had to tell clients that texting is not secure nor HIPAA compliant. Many clients want to use texting to doctors or mental health professionals or others bound by HIPAA.
As the authors say in their blog: "We don't want a world where everyone is monitored all the time. People have a right to be private and this is our way of enabling them." Kudos!
Can't wait for this to be released, I will definitely be on it and I'll try to get everyone I know to use it as well. A world of truly private messages, love it!
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Andrew Lane (Andy) Fannette was born Sept. 12, 1937 in Houston to Benjamin A. and Laura Greer Fannette. His family moved to the Navasota, area when he was 10 years old.
He passed from this life on Sat., Jan. 5, 2013 at 6 p.m. in Tyler surrounded by his family, pastor and friends.
Funeral services are to be Fri., Jan. 11, at 11 a.m. at People's Church in Jacksonville with burial to follow at Still Waters Memorial Gardens. Pastor David Butler and Rev. Jerry Walles will officiate.
Services are under the direction of Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville.
Andy and his family moved to Jacksonville in 1965 where he was pastor of the United Pentecostal Church until 1981. During this time he was involved with several business endeavors such as Andy's Mobile Homes, building of the original Holiday Inn, Gibson's Store (which was among the first discount stores in Jacksonville), Andy's Lumber & Hardware, and registered Braham cattle. Since 1989 the Fannette family business has been Century 21 Action Team. Andy enjoyed buying and selling land and the development of some of these properties.
Andy served as president of Gateway College of Evangelism in St. Louis, MO from 1981 to 1983.
Andy retired from pastoring and spent about twenty-five years living at Reklaw, Texas. While in his sixties, Andy felt lead to start another church in Jacksonville. Through the blessings of the Lord and the help of many wonderful people, People's Church on Hwy. 79 East in Jacksonville became a reality. He resigned from this pastorate due to health reasons in 2010.
Andy was preceded in death by his parents, sisters Vera Carr of Willis, TX, Billy Jo Dixon and Barbara Loftin of Navasota and his only brother, Benjamin Fannette, who passed away in 2011 while living at Reklaw.
Survivors are his wife of fifty-seven years, Mary A. Fannette, son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Nancy Fannette of Jacksonville, granddaughters and husbands Melissa and David Trawick of Jacksonville, and Rachel and Justin Robinson of Jacksonville. Great grandchildren are Sarah, Gracie and Benjamin Trawick of Jacksonville. Sisters and brothers-in-law are Sara and Bill McDaniel of Angleton and Elaine and Clinton Trncak of Tyler, Kay Williams of Bryan, and Marie Fazzino of Millican. Nieces and nephews include Darrell Carr of Lake Striker.
Pallbearers will be Darrell Carr, Justin Robinson, David Trawick, Nick Maestas, Steve McFarland, and Phillip Evans.
Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Powell, Smitty Hill, George Payne, James Tennison, Bill Permenter, John Ament, Robert McNatt, James Brazier, Nathan Jones, Bruce Mehlenbacher, Glen Rhodes, and Charles Dickerson.
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HANCEVILLE — West Point already has its ninth-grade boys heading to Championship Saturday, but top-seeded Cold Springs made sure its junior varsity girls wouldn't follow suit, defeating the Warriors 37-18 at Wallace State's Tom Drake Coliseum.
With both teams struggling to muster much offensive production throughout Thursday's contest, the Eagles and West Point were forced to turn to their defenses. Luckily for Cold Springs' coach Tammy West, that unit came to play, constantly frustrating the Warriors, causing mistakes and converting them into points.
"We played really hard, played pretty good defense, and I think our press forced a lot of turnovers," West said. "We were able to not allow them a lot of shot opportunities."
Though it didn't wind up winning, West Point made the Eagles work for every point they scored. The Warriors covered up Cold Springs shooters Hannah Watson and Bailey West early on, making a few other Eagles rise to the occasion. After Watson knocked down two 3-pointers to give Cold Springs its first — and last — lead, Kaleigh Merring, Destiny Campbell, Emme Willoughby and Rilee White worked together to give the Eagles a cozy 23-9 cushion by halftime.
"We didn't shoot the ball very well at all and had 15 turnovers," Tammy West said. "We just had trouble getting open tonight, and then when we were open, we just couldn't hit the shots. But we shot a lot and created a lot of shots."
Willoughby led a balanced scoring effort for Cold Springs with 10 points, while White just barely missed out on a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. Watson posted eight points; Bailey West, five; Merring, three; and Campbell, two.
Lexie Burdette's six points were tops for West Point. Emily Johnson and Tess Hembree chipped in four points apiece, Olivia Vandenburg scored three and Daeshia Smith had one.


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Hard work and renewed confidence are paying off for Bears CB Tim Jennings, as he is producing the best season of his NFL career.
Questions mark Bears' secondary
Aside from Pro Bowl RCB Charles Tillman, the Bears are struggling to find stability in the secondary.
Bears-Vikings matchup of the day: Thursday
With Adrian Peterson sidelined after tearing his ACL in Week 16, the Vikings will be relying on Percy Harvin, a speedy receiver and explosive playmaker, as much as ever.
Moore, Stafford fined for last Sunday's fight
The NFL handed out fines on Friday for a fight between players from the Bears and Lions in last Sunday's game.
Five Bears questions with PFW publisher Hub Arkush
In this week's edition of "Five questions," PFW publisher/editor and Bears expert Hub Arkush says the Bears should be just fine without Chris Williams.
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Philip Rivers' uncharacteristically sloppy play has played a big role in the Chargers' struggles over the past month.
Bears players of the week: Week Seven
PFW associate editor Dan Parr selects an offensive, defensive and special-teams player of the game for the Bears following their win over the Buccaneers.
Bears players of the week: Week Five
PFW associate editor Dan Parr selects an offensive, defensive and special-teams player of the game for the Bears following their loss to the Lions.
Bears players of the week: Week Four
PFW associate editor Dan Parr selects and offensive, defensive and special-teams player of the game for the Bears following their win over the Panthers.
Bears CB Moore emerging after tough rookie season
He doesn't have ideal size and didn't make an impact for the Bears as a rookie, but D.J. Moore is emerging as a playmaker for Chicago's defense in his second season.
Patriots-Bears matchup of the day: Thursday
Bears CB D.J. Moore has shown a knack for making big plays, but he still has only 15 games under his belt, and the Patriots could be tempted to test him on Sunday.
Lovie Smith hot-seat meter: Still freezing
It took a stern tongue-lashing from Lovie Smith at halftime, but the Bears' defense rebounded after a bad start and held the Lions to just three second-half points in Chicago's 24-20 comeback win on Sunday.
Three-and-out with Bears play-by-play announcer Jeff Joniak
PFW caught up with Bears play-by-play announcer Jeff Joniak earlier this week to get his take on several topics, including who stands out as the MVP of Chicago's defense.
Vikings-Bears matchup of the day: Friday
Here's another key matchup from Sunday's Vikings-Bears game in Chicago
Three-and-out with Bears CB D.J. Moore
Pro Football Weekly spent some time chatting with Bears CB D.J. Moore as he prepares to face the Vikings this Sunday at Soldier Field.
The Panthers have signed Moore. The 5-foot-9, 180-pound Moore played in 13 games with two starts for the Chicago Bears last season and had 29 tackles and two interceptions.||||||| Carolina announced the move Tuesday. Moore, 25, received a one-year contract but financial terms weren't disclosed. He's played all four seasons in Chicago after being selected in the fourth round in 2009. He's played in 43 games with three starts tallying 133 tackles and 10 interceptions, including two touchdown returns.
Moore is dealing with a sprained ankle.||||||| Moore's timetable for returning is unknown.
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TOMBALL -- Friends are standing behind the Tomball High School student who was arrested for having a shotgun in his truck parked on school grounds.
Seventeen-year-old Brett Ball is in jail on a felony charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place.
Police say they found a 20 gauge shotgun in Ball's pickup truck on Thursday. The gun was not loaded, but officers say they found three shotgun shells inside the truck.
Friends insist Ball never intended to harm anybody, and they believe this is a big misunderstanding.
"Everyone's heartbroken for him. They feel bad. It sucks," said friend Mitchell Carlile.
Police say Ball was arrested after a dispute with another student.
The two apparently had an argument off-campus on Wednesday. During that argument, police say there were allegations that Ball revealed the stock of his shotgun.
As Ball walked into school on Thursday morning, police were waiting with handcuffs.
"I've known Brett since the 2nd grade. Our family is pretty much best friends with his family. He didn't bring the gun intentional to do anything," added Mitchell Carlile.
Friends believe Ball forgot the gun was in his truck. They also believe it was the other student who started the fight.
That other student's mother is the one who reportedly tipped off police which subsequently led to Ball's arrest.
"They were mad at each other. I can understand they were wanting to figure it out by themselves," said friend Joshua Hay.
Friends insist Ball isn't the one who belongs behind bars. However, police say having the gun on the school's property is grounds for an arrest.
"I don't have much to say about it because there's nothing to say about it. It's wrong," said Daniel Bett, a former Tomball High School who defends Ball.
Ball's mother spoke with KHOU over the phone. She said the family is devastated by the arrest, but also said that their attorney had advised them to not talk about it.
Tomball ISD said it immediately sent text and email alerts to parents after the gun was found in Ball's truck.


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Effective October 1, 2011, Embassies Copenhagen and Oslo will no longer process immigrant visa (IV) or diversity visa (DV) applications. These Embassies will neither schedule nor conduct IV or DV interviews after October 1. As of October 1, 2011, all immigrant and diversity visa interviews and adjudications for residents of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden will take place at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Video & Gallery: Unboxing My Glamorous Red Lumia 920
So it Finally reached! My beautiful new Lumia 920, after an agonizing week where it was held by Jordanian customs (those bastards!) I got it through! And it is beautiful! (Are my exclamations marks conveying the level of my excitement to you guys?). Without further ado, onto the obligatory video:
I also made an equally awesome unboxing filmed in Arabic (for those of you that speak it, check it out over here:
And now some picture, but first off some thoughts on the 920:
- This screen is RIDICULOUS! the touch sensitivity, the scrolling, the refresh rate thanks to PureMotion HD+ (it's not something you can show on video or describe, but when you use it you'll notice it)
- Tiles are pretty big too, which confused me at first seeing how a single "medium size tile" was almost double the size of my Lumia 800s tile
- The camera is amazing at night; more on that in the future
- I swear to you it's not heavy
- It's beautiful
- It's red.
- I love it.
(Right click on image—> Open in new tab to view higher resolution- Although i did shrink them quite a bit as each image was 4mb)
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About the Author (Author Profile)Hey, my name's Ali- Currently a fifth (and final) year Dental Student from Chicago; studying in Jordan. I love all sorts of gadgets almost as much as I love my cookies! Be sure to follow my Twitter handle @AliQudsi and Subcribe to my Youtube for the latest videos - no pressure. Thanks.
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Congratzz Ali
I'm from Bahrain and i got the Yellow one
But I prefer yellow.
the red is nicer than i thought (based from other pics) but looks like it would do a lot better being matte
If it were available when I bought my dad one Im pretty sure I would have gone for the red instead
Yeah, the red one should have been matte, that would have really give it a svelte look. Right now it looks (from pictures) a bit cheap. It still is an amazing device, but I find the matte colours (cyan for instance) or the white one give a more exclusive and richer feel. Actually all colors should just have been a matte finish.
Not so in real life, IMHO (have the red one :))! The glossy finish also makes it even nicer to hold combined with the super smooth and sensitive screen… I think if it was matte it would actually take away from the tactile feel of it all.
Agree. I held the red Lumia 920 on a few different occasions at AT&T, and the gloss is perfect, in my opinion.
I choose to purchase a white Lumia 900 a few weeks ago, because I wanted something different, AND the matte black and cyan were slippery to hold. Also, the matte cyan looked dull to me.
you lucky bastard!
Congratulations, i love the red one! So sexy!
Gorgeous phone, prepare to be envied all over the world
i think i see a black N9 in the pictures… thinking about selling it Ali?
oh look! now we have one thing in common! that microtech furniture mug!
grats tho :(, /envious :@
I wonder how the matte gray looks like. I personally love the yellow and red ones but they're a bit shouty when you pull them out in the middle of a meeting… need a more discrete color
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Congrats Ali !! Best pictures of the red I've seen, looks great with the black 808. 😄😄😄
congrats Ali !!
Congrats buddy !!
Looks pretty.
Congrats. Yes, Red is gorgeous. Get a microfiber bag for glasses for dry polishing. Its what I do!
only a week at Jordan's customs? you must be lucky…
Holy mother of Nokia, you shot those red lumias very unbelievably beautiful!
Sweet pics
Wow what a beauty. It makes me realize I could go for red if yellow or cyan is not available.
the red920 looks sexy next to the black 808/n9
I love my red 920 but damn AT&T version doesn't come with the headset.
I am trying the new apple's earpod.
Does it have stereo speakers, or is one of the grills just a dummy?
Why are the 808PV, the N9 and the Lumia 900 triple-teaming the Lumia 920 on the twelfth picture? The whole photo shoot looks like a cheesy porn shoot – first the redhead slowly wakes up, gets out of bed, tries a string but decides to go commando, then she's fondled a bit until she sees the black chubby dude in the distance which gets her glowing, then they play a little until joined by the two athletic dudes (that escalated quickly™), which leaves the Lumia 920 positively glowing. The white dude, being late to the party, then decides to give it another go solo… We didn't see the ending, as this is just a teaser, for a full shoot you need to pay a hefty sum…
And now you too can't shake off that 'image' from your mind. What's read cannot be unread
Damn, it's a trap!
……. you got me, this is weird.
The 808 looks supreme in matte black, the glossy 920 looks so plasticky in front of it
Lumia in red is awesome


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The closing of a one-lane, steel bridge was one of the primary topics of discussion Monday night among members of the Edmonton City Council.
The bridge, which crosses over Clay Lick Creek, has been closed permanently due to it being unsafe for travel. It is the only remaining steel bridge in the city and possibly one of two left in Metcalfe County.
The bridge was inspected about two weeks ago by officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. State inspectors determined the bridge's tresses were in poor condition.
"They decided it needed to be closed immediately," said Mayor Howard Garrett during the council meeting.
Information from the inspection was relayed to state highway department officials in Frankfort for review.
"There were structural issues with the 95-year-old bridge that would have made it unsafe to use at its current capacity of 3 tons," Keirsten Jaggers, public information officer for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's District Three Office in Bowling Green, said. "Suggestions were made for improvements until the new bridge could be constructed, but due to the cost for those improvements and the fact that funds are already in the road plan for the replacement, the decision was made to close it."
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WELLINGTON, Colo. (AP) A fire official says nine people working at a Colorado farm have been injured by lightning, two of them critically and four seriously.
Wellington Fire Protection District Chief Gary Green says the critically injured workers weren't responding appropriately to questions and had weak muscles, tingling or loss of feeling after the lightning strike Thursday, but everyone was breathing and had a pulse. He says three workers were able to leave in personal vehicles.
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I watched my first full episode of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" last night. (Actually, was that a rerun? All I know is Kim had a big baby shower with her new baby daddy and two husbands got in a fight over who was the baddest mah fah).
Why was it my first? Well, first, I have no time for anything besides CNN (O.K. that and my stack of "Bewitched" reruns).
But, more than that, I don't have to turn on the television to see real housewives of Atlanta.
I grew up around real black Atlanta homemakers and I know some today. And, though I don't fault the women on the show (a reality show is a smart career move; handle your business, ladies!) I do have a huge problem with the images I saw last night.
A kid with Louis Vuitton luggage? Tons of baby mama, baby daddy drama? Homes covering 14,000-square-feet mortgaged to the hilt by people who, most likely, have just a few thousand in the bank?
Are you kidding me?
Here's the deal: Black Atlanta (like Black D.C., Black Chicago and other areas with large black populations) has a truly wealthy class. But, just as with wealthy whites, wealthy blacks do not flash their money. They don't want you to know what they have.
Let me repeat: Just as with wealthy whites, wealthy blacks do not flaunt their wealth. They do not want you to know what they have. (Invoking Chris Tucker, in "Rush Hour" now, 'Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?').
Now, in contrast to the wealthy white class, the wealthy black class is struggling. Yeah, that's the deal. But, black wealth in America (translate, a sizable net worth, not a leased Mercedes) does exist.
For the record, the only Atlantan to make the top twenty of Forbes' 2009 list of "The Wealthiest Black Americans" was Collier Heights resident, H. J. Russell Construction Co. founder and mentor to many Herman Russell, who had a net worth of $200 million at the time the story was posted. (Oprah topped the list, Tiger was second).
But, along with Russell, there are many black millionnaires living quietly in relatively modest homes right here in southwest Atlanta.
Some are smart retirees from cities like New York and San Francisco who sold homes and moved south for more space and warmer weather. Some have inherited money from black business founders and entertainers and are now black trust fund babies. Others have risen the ranks of Corporate America or succeeded in entrepreneurship, sports and entertainment and, over the years, have managed their money well.
Yes, world, there are real housewives of Atlanta (see Alma Hill's Black History in Cascade story from Feb. 2, 2011, for the a closer look).
No, world, the lavish lifestyle for The 'Real' Housewives of Atlanta is not real!
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I've read this book several times and several different ways--as a detective novel, it is quite interesting, with lots of interesting side lines. But it's also a novel about theology, the corruptions of power, the nameless poor striving for something out of life, and more. Some of the digressions are long, but they're really interesting if you give them a chance.
It took 3 tries but a long plane trip finally got this started. I couldn't figure out if it was a religious and philosophical treatise with a mystery thrown in or the other way around and I wasn't particularly interested in either one. The long diversions to one took away from the other and I remained pretty unengaged by the whole thing.
I'm so proud of myself for finishing this! (Started it years ago, but didn't make it through.) And it really is a lot of fun, and informative at the same time. Gives a sense of really being there in this Medieval monastery. And of all the great books that haven't been passed down through the ages.
One of the toughest books I read so far. The first 100 pages are a challenge. He made it tough so that he could wean out the people who are really not interested :) Eco style of writing is so complicated and so rich with details! Phew. Learned a lot of things. Excellent read for people who like medieval ages Christian history and also whodunnit mysteries. Do not leave this book. After about 150 pages, it really picks up the tempo. Ends on an emotional note.
Umberto Eco's first novel is certainly an extraordinary debut - the wealth of knowledge he has accumulated in semiotics and history is clearly on display. The plot is a relatively simple murder-mystery set in a mediaeval abbey, but it is so much more than that. In the pursuit of the truth, William - an English monk and scholar, and the noviciate narrator Adso search for meaning - the meaning of words, ideas, and symbols. Much like how Faust was offered a book that contained everything by the demon Mephistopheles, Eco offers the reader a book that contains digressions and debates on mediaeval heresy, the theological implications of laughter, and symbology to name just a few. Elements of Sherlock Holmes and Jose Louis Borges's The Library of Babel also permeate the story.
Eco presents The Name of the Rose as a found manuscript that he translated, and as such, continues the air of realism that surrounds the novel's setting: Eco ably recreates the often claustrophobic and yet deeply spiritual atmosphere of a mediaeval abbey. With many excerpts of Latin left untranslated (which as first proves somewhat of a hindrance), the Latin literary life of a monk at the time is also demonstrated.
The climax of the novel, though dramatic, is entirely derived by happenstance which seems to rob the novel and indeed the actions of William and Adso of a satisfactory triumph. Nevertheless, the climax does allow a final prolonged debate of the nature of mockery and laughter in religion, along with a digression on Aristotle.
Eco's first novel, then, is indeed a perfect post-modern work: "books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told", the quote in the novel goes. And that is the story which The Name of the Rose tells, the story of books and of a search for meaning, meaning which Eco robs from the novel in its accidentally-arrived conclusion.
The Name of the Rose is a monumental exercise in mystification by a fun-loving scholar.
One may find some of the digressions a touch self-indulgent... yet be carried along by Mr. Eco's knowledge and narrative skills. And if at the end the solution strikes the reader as more edifying than plausible, he has already received ample compensation from a richly stocked and eminently civilized intelligence.
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I struggled to complete 45s for my flat db bench last week.
This morning I used 50s and could only get 5. (3x8 is my sets/reps)
Then I moved down to 45 for second and third set, and could not complete the third set.
Should I try 50s again next time or move back down to 45s?
I'm no expert, but personally I wouldn't go back down to 45 unless I was going to try for 12 reps.
Bad lift days are good for you, they put your good days in perspective.
You have to undestand that progress in not Linear, its Non-liner. You will have days of regression and plataeus due to numerous factors because life is not perfecta nd stress, not enough rest, etc... comes into play. This is one reason I base things of clients bio-feddback more so than just numbers.
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Adding 5 lbs to DB exercises isn't as easy as doing it to the bench press itself. There are a bunch of factors that could have been the answer to your doing 5 reps, but i think you hit 3x8, if you notice doing 5 lbs more is harder, then you can do 3x5 and try to get 3x8 the next workout.
I remember one time, I think I was doing incline DB presses, and I tried to go up five pounds on each DB this one workout and it ended up being too heavy so I went back down to my original weight and I don't think I could even finish out however many sets I had left with that amount of weight, just like you did. I think that has to do with lifting heavier that makes your muscles more weak than they would normally be for the next few sets, which is why when you went back down to 45's, you couldn't complete your sets.
It could be that you just had a weaker workout like everyone is saying so maybe give it a go next workout again. If you still fail, then maybe just lift with the 45's for a little longer and then retry.
Good luck to you man!
we all have our off days. theres nothing worse than feeling like you regressed on a lift, but the truth is that you didnt regress, there were just some factors involved, stress, rest, nutrition/hydration for the day, etc, but i'll put my money on it that you tried to up your weight too quickly. everything has its peaks and troughs, but as long as you keep at it you'll bounce back even higher than you were b4. another way to look at it is at least you made it to the gym, so you're better off than not going at all.
as for going back down to 45s, you should stick to the 45s until you meet your goal and feel like you can do it in your sleep, then do more more weight. if you were struggling with the 45s is makes no sense to go up to 50s. the reason you had a hard time doing the 45s on ur second and third set is prolly cuz you burned yourself out on the first set with the 50s. the way i usually progress is always add things at the end, unless you're totally confident that you can handle the full 3 sets with the upped weight. so try 45, 45, 45 and when you think you're ready, do 45, 45, 50, then 45, 50, 50, then 50, 50, 50 and so on. good luck man, we all have our crap days, but keep at it and you'll be fine
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ain't nuttin but a peanut.
You will have gotten stronger when the weight that feels heavy is actually heavier than the weight that feels heavy now. Then the weight that feels heavy now will be a warmup for the weight that feels heavy then. But the weight will always feel heavy or you're not lifting enough weight. Clear? -Rippetoe
We all have 'bad lifting days', it happens. The thing is you worked through it. In the over-all scheme of things, one bad day really doesn't matter. I'd stay where you're at and try again next time.
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Human-trafficking is no longer an issue reserved for seedy back alleys in far-off countries. Recent estimates show that roughly 500 children are sold for sex every night in Seattle, and the Legislature is looking at ways to identify and rescue those in sexual slavery.
After hearing public testimony Monday on two human-trafficking-related pieces of legislation, the Senate Law and Justice Committee held a public forum to discuss the best ways to identify and rescue victims of human-trafficking in Washington.
Led by chairman Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, the committee heard testimony from victims of sex-trafficking as well as representatives from organizations rallying to stop sexual slavery.
Sheila Houston was a victim of sex-trafficking. Through her organization Rare Coins Ministries, Houston councils young women involved in trafficking and provides educational seminars to schools around the state. She told the committee ways she identifies potential victims of trafficking.
"If you notice young people not in their homes late at night...or dressing seductively, it means they're being groomed," Houston said. "[Girls] are all groomed to look alike."
Dr. Stacy Cecchet, a clinical psychologist who teaches within the criminal justice department at Seattle University, said that although it's apparent that many people are being victimized, there's little data to fully grasp the number of people involved in sex trade. Cecchet said that the best way to stop the sex trade is to teach the public to recognize the signs of trafficking victims, and then teach them how they can report and rescue victims.
"Many don't even have the vaguest idea that sex trafficking is occurring here in the US, let alone Seattle," Cecchet said. "Training people in the community is a first line of defense; once trained we can teach them to report."
Jenna Labourr is a Seattle attorney who works with the Human Rights Society as a women and children's rights activist. She echoed Cecchet's thoughts on educating the public and said that the rights of victims must be maintained.
Many victims are "afraid of repercussions" should they seek help Labourr said. "Education is extremely important about laws and rights of victims."
Darly Abbot was one of those victims. Abbot was trafficked for five years, and tried to escape, but wasn't sure who she could trust. She told the committee that her madam would plant people to ask if she wanted to be rescued, and that if she said yes, she would be beaten.
"I was terrified," Abbot said.
Cecchet said one of the biggest obstacles to preventing trafficking is the stigma associated with those involved. She said that many regard prostitution as a choice by sex-crazed women.
To combat this, Cecchet said that training professionals and average citizens to idenify victims is the "number one" priority. If more people had training, they could report pimps and save young women and children from sex slavery.
Solving the issue of sex-trafficking is Washington is not going to happen overnight, but Padden said discussing the issue and implementing laws to help victims is a step in the right direction.
"This is a never ending issue and we will continue to work on this in a bipartisan way," Padden said.