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I would spend time doing these stupid surveys just for points that go toward sweepstakes that you never win. I decided to try to bid on some items. After numerous bid attempts, I finally got a $25 restaurant gift card. To my horror, I look at the fine print and under the list of very limited restaurants that I can use this at, I have to order at least $50 worth of food and drink to able to use the $25 gift card!!! What a freaking rip off!!! And what a waste of my time!!! Beware of this place!!!
I get emails all the time from companies promising me the moon to join their survey things..I come to you guys to see if i should waste my time. From the looks of VIP..i will pass. One lady on for 12 yrs and only won ONE Magazine Sub....Sheeezz....Yeah I will pass. Thank you all for your input...Your wasted time is saving others time so don't think it was all in vain......(that was not meant to be mean, just grateful.) Thank you
I have been a member of NPD which is now VIP for a long time and I have yet to win anything, I think the only person benefiting on this site is the owner. They give you plenty of points to use on bidland or sweepland but if they never pay out they could give a million points, it's like monopoly money.
This site has been just OK for as long as I have been using it (12+ years). They give you surveys to do several times a week for which you earn points. The points are for you to enter into either their sweepstakes or to bid with in their auctions. There are a couple of problems with the site. First , they only seem to have a handful of surveys that they have users do , which can get a bit boring. Second , the chances of winning anything in the sweeps is astronomical given the number of participants. In 12+ years , I have only won a magazine subscription and I have entries there all the time. It would be nice if the points could be redeemed for actual prizes instead of a chance to possibly win something. For several months now they have been asking the same question at least once per session ("Have you bought Dockers in the past 7 days?") , which gets boring and is a bit ridiculous. How often does one buy pants and a specific brand to boot?!
Overall , the site is OK , just don't go there with winning expectations.
At first I thought I was really going to enjoy the VIP Voice survey site. They send some great surveys that are reasonably timed, about 15-20 minutes but for all the surveys you do...............you GET NOTHING but points to "BID" on your "COMPENSATION" with the worst prizes EVER. You get locked into a level, the highest being level 5 meaning you take all the surveys but can only "BID" on level 5 junk, the only thing worth bidding on are 2 gift cards at either $25 or $10 and good luck getting em because every other level 5 is trying to get paid for all the survey's we've taken! This is such a disappointment and they NEVER, NEVER update the bidding items, they range from a whopping $25 gift card down to much crappier .01 penny items such as "magazines, cup cooler, stylus pen and more well, VIP left-overs. They also promise an additional 10000 points for every month you take the "free surveys" you are doing for them. Other than the "Daily Digest" offer they run, I won't be taking another single survey with this rip-off company. Unless you plan on taking surveys on your own time and for free for VIP Voice to make money on you, I would steer clear of this "fake compensation package" survey company who again, doesn't compensate you but makes you "bid" or put your points in a sweepstakes to get paid for all you've done. Sorry VIP Voice, cut the crap and compensate your surveyors! This could be a great one but not until they start paying up!
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On our first trip into San Ignacio, we had done enough wandering under the hot noon sun and decided that it was time to sit down somewhere cool. We had heard that the two best restaurants in town were Hannah's and Cafe Sol, so as soon as we spotted the Sol, we headed in to check it out.
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Spot wholesale electricity turned negative in California as solar and wind generation topped forecasts, a signal to suppliers to reduce flow.
Wind turbines produced 1,537 megawatts during the hour ended at 1 p.m. local time, more than double the forecast, according to data from the California Independent System Operator Inc., which manages the state grid. Solar output topped projections by 10 percent with 2,492 megawatts during the period.
Spot power at Northern California's NP15 hub, which includes deliveries to San Francisco, averaged minus $70.36 during the hour ended at 1 p.m., widening from minus $39.12 the previous hour and an average of $30.45 at the same time yesterday, grid data compiled by Bloomberg showed.
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Electricity consumption on the state grid was 26,567 megawatts at 1:20 p.m., 1.9 percent above the day-ahead outlook of 26,067 megawatts for the hour, according to the California ISO's website.
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Valley Hospital to Evaluate Potential New Treatment Alternative for AFib patients — News Medical.Net
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The Rockwood Tigers and Lady Tigers celebrated Senior Night Monday with a pair of big District 3-A wins over Midway.
The Lady Tigers took the floor first and picked up a 61-37 victory.
Kingston's Darik Brackett is bound to have some butterflies in his stomach come Thursday afternoon as that's when the Yellow Jacket senior will make his debut at the TSSAA Division I State Wrestling Tournament in Franklin.
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Tuesday night was another tough night in District 4-AA action for the Kingston Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets as both were swept at Scott High.
The Midway Green Waves and Lady Waves picked up a pair of big wins Tuesday as both knocked off Berean Christian School in a pair of District 3-A games at Midway.
The weather produced a cold start to the 2011 baseball season on Saturday for David Lane's Roane State Raiders, but that was about all that went wrong as Roane State travelled to Cleveland State and swept the Cougars in a double header.
Scott Somershoe, ornithologist for The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, has announced the agency is looking for bald eagle nests across Tennessee in 2011.
When college coaches look for catchers, they think defense first and if a potential prospect can hit it's considered a bonus.
The Rockwood Tigers picked up a big District 3-A victory Tuesday night as Paul Kamikawa's squad travelled to Greenback and knocked off the Cherokees, 56-47.
The news wasn't as good for the Lady Tigers, however, as Greenback picked up a 44-43 victory.
Tuesday's results also leave the District 3-A standings in a bit of a mess.
The Lady Tigers are currently second in the standings with one game left on their schedule. A victory over Midway Friday would secure the Lady Tigers at least a second place tie for Rockwood in the final district standings.
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"It's about more than just a tech reader," said Phil Wood, Interead's Marketing Director, of the COOL-ER Reader.
"It's about making reading cool. [The COOL-ER Reader is] a product that a kid can use without being made fun of for reading a book."
Shall we tactfully say that the design nods towards that of a famous music player? Indeed, many people have asked us if the COOL-ER Reader is a new iPod - perhaps a comically large one. This is in itself no bad thing (albeit a tad shameless) but when you start to use the device it's clear that this isn't an Apple production.
The wheel on the lower right of the COOL-ER Reader is not a scroll-wheel. Instead it is the more traditional up, down, left, and right variety. A central button acts to select options and on the left side is a back button (along with buttons to rotate the screen, access menus, and a quick access button to music). On the right hand side of the device are volume control rand on the top is an On/Off button and an SD Card socket.
We found the COOL-ER Reader's practice of switching off (versus having a lock button) odd on a device that doesn't use power when in use. On the upside it has enough power for 8,000 page turns on a single charge, more than enough to keep you going through several books.
The COOL-ER Reader's SD socket is largely superfluous. The device comes with 1GB of memory and with the average book taking up less than 1MB of space you can easily fit roughly 1,000 books on the device. Not that we managed to get anywhere near that amount on it for testing.
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Interead's COOL-ER eBook Reader is an interesting e-book reader device that's stylish and practical and offers a wide range of support for both open and DRM (digital rights managed) books.
COOL-ER Reader: Adobe Digital Editions
Interead has cleverly hooked up the COOL-ER Reader with Adobe Digital Editions. This Adobe software enables you to import books, browse them and transfer them to the COOL-ER Reader in a style reminiscent of an extremely basic iTunes. Files are transferred via a regular USB cable connection, and it is possible to transfer files directly to the Cooler volume.
If you use Adobe Digital Editions you get a clean transfer with no duplicate files, plus you get a handy management software.
There are some minor technical gripes, but on the upside the COOL-ER Reader supports a wide variety of formats including PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC, JPG (and MP3 for music). The Microsoft Word .doc format isn't listed, but we found it worked when we imported Word documents. However, the newer .docx format isn't supported (which is presumably why Word isn't listed as a supported format). It doesn't support the Microsoft .Lit format, although we've found this format clunky on other readers and would advise you to skip it in general.
Unlike some other electronic readers we found the COOL-ER Reader had little to no difficulty with any of the supported formats, and is as a good at PDF and HTML as plain text (some low powered readers such as the BeBook struggled with complex PDFs in our testing). The COOL-ER Reader packs a Samsung Arm 9 400MHz processor and makes short shrift of flicking between pages.
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The processor's not the only decent spec on the COOL-ER Reader either. It has a 6in screen with 170dpi and 8 levels of grayscale (versus the Kindle's 6 levels).
Most of the books you download from services such as Project Guttenberg are in the DRM-free PDF, TXT, or RTF formats - which we found perfectly acceptable on the COOL-ER Reader.
One word of warning is that fiction novels, or long streams of text, work much better than the large-format computer books. The way the text wrap works made following a book on programming nigh-on impossible on the COOL-ER Reader's 6in screen.
On the purchasing front you get the EPUB format complete with DRM technology. Your COOL-ER Reader has to be authorised through Adobe Digital Editions but then you'll be able to buy the latest books from a variety of sites. Interead has set up a site called CoolerBooks with 300,000 novels for sale, which sounds a lot but there's a lot of gaps there. We found Waterstone's service (www.waterstones.com) to be slightly cheaper, but the joy of the COOL-ER Reader is that you can always buy the books from Waterstones and import them.
We do have an issue with the build quality of the COOL-ER Reader though. The plastic feels thin and flimsy and the device makes a notable creak if you gently bend it. And one of the screws fell out after a few weeks usage. The layout of the buttons isn't massively user-friendly.
Then there's the issue of the price. At £179 the COOL-ER Reader is by no means overpriced for the market. The original Sony PRC500 reader was £20 more expensive, and its replacement - the touchscreen PRC-600- is an uncomfortable £249. The BeBook is £229 and even the budget Sony PRC-300 is £179 despite having a much smaller screen.
So the COOL-ER Reader does have an edge on price, we're just not sure if it's enough of a one to make up for the build quality and to reach its target market. It's still an expensive way to go about reading paperback novels, and is £179 really appropriate for a device aimed at a younger audience? Maybe it's beyond the realms of possibility for the time being, but this device would feel much more appropriate if you knocked a good £100 off the ticket price.
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Interead COOL-ER Reader [PC]: Specs
- 6in screen
- 170dpi
- E Ink Vizplex
- Linux
- 1GB storage
- 128MB memory
- Samsung S3C2440 ARM 400MHz
- Li-Polymer battery (1000mAh)
- SD Card (up to 4GB) slot
- Windows PC/Mac support
- supports: PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC, JPG, MP3
- Easy Switch Landscape/Portrait Options
- 183x118x11mm
- 178g
- 6in screen
- 170dpi
- E Ink Vizplex
- Linux
- 1GB storage
- 128MB memory
- Samsung S3C2440 ARM 400MHz
- Li-Polymer battery (1000mAh)
- SD Card (up to 4GB) slot
- Windows PC/Mac support
- supports: PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC, JPG, MP3
- Easy Switch Landscape/Portrait Options
- 183x118x11mm
- 178g
The COOL-ER Reader is a good, if not perfect, electronic reader. It can store a large quaintly of books and read a wide variety of formats. And Interead has wisely hooked up with Adobe Digital Editions to bring an official bookstore capacity to the device. We have concerns over the build quality though, and Interead would do well to source some better quality components and thicker plastic. We'd also like it to eject properly from the Mac desktop and we just feel these devices are too expensive in the mass market (although that applies to all electronic book readers). But it's a competent product for reading books.


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can't change ie8 default search provider
// April 15th, 2010 // Internet Explorer
IE8 in some situation disallows changing the default search provider. This can happen on workgroups and domains even if the "restrict changing search provider" gpo is not configured.
- Make sure IE 8 is closed then navigate to registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
- Add a new "Expandable String value" inside the above mentioned key with a value name of "AppData" and a value data of "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data".
- Reopen IE 8 and see if you still get the error message.
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Tried that, doesn't work in Windows 7 Home Premium. A key alomst identical to that already exists. There's several other "fixes" for this bug that also don't work or are impossible to do in Home versions of XP, Vista and 7 due to utilities like the Group Policy Editor they don't have.
What it needs is a brute force fix program that runs on any version of Windows able to run IE7 or IE8 to restore the search provider settings to their defaults. NEXT, Microsoft needs to produce updates for IE8 AND IE7 to FIX THE BUG.
When i open IE8 a window comes in, that say's your IE8 (default search provider) has been corrupted, how do i get rid of it.
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Man charged in scissor assaultStaff Report | January 01,2013Police say a Tinmouth man stabbed a woman in front of their daughter and then coached the girl to lie about it.
Kevin Frederick, 29, of McCoy Road, pleaded innocent Monday in Rutland Criminal Court to charges of domestic assault and interference with access to emergency services. He was released on the conditions including that he stay away from the woman and their children. If convicted, he could face a maximum of two and a half years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
Police said they arrived at the family home Friday afternoon in response to a family fight complaint and found the woman "crying profusely, and physically trembling." She said a dispute escalated to Frederick stabbing her in the forearm with a pair of scissors, according to affidavits, and unplugging the phone to keep her from calling for help before hitting himself in the head with a metal space heater.
Police said the woman's arm had several fresh puncture wounds.
Frederick's account of events, according to police, was that the woman hit him in the face and then stabbed herself with the scissors.
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The Sigma Chi fraternity is looking to move into downtown Athens, according to planning staff with the unified government.
Amber Eskew, an Athens-Clarke County planner specializing in historic preservation, said representatives for the fraternity have met with staff about obtaining the necessary special-use permit if it were to move into 110 and 112 Foundry Street. They also went before the Historic Preservation Commission in August to seek feedback on design changes before filing any applications.
The site would put the fraternity a stone's throw from the Selig Enterprises development Foundry at Broad, which was recently approved by the Athens-Clarke County Commission. But at this point, nothing has been formally submitted, Eskew said, though "they're at least seriously looking if they're drawing up plans for conceptual ideas."
Should it proceed with trying to call downtown home, Sigma Chi representatives would need to file for a special-use permit with the planning department and for a certificate of appropriateness with the Historic Preservation Commission, Eskew said. Both would allow for public input before any decision was made.
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fatty liver will show up after taking for 12-18 months
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Of course, if they don't take the drug, they will be dead, so I guess I'd take the drug and then deal with a fatty liver.
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Heterozygous FH is a common genetic disorder, inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, occurring in 1:500 people in most countries; Heterozygous FH is normally treated with statins, bile acid sequestrants or other hypolipidemic agents that lower cholesterol levels.
Homozygous FH is much rarer, occurring in 1 in a million births.
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according to new release 8/9/12, ...Aegerion hasn't revealed its pricing plan for lomitapide, but Beer says he expects it will fall in the range of $200,000 to $400,000 per patient per year. The consensus among the analysts covering the company is that Aegerion will bring in $26.5 million in sales next year (2013)...
drug itself is dirty cheap to make...patients outside of US will not be paying anything close to $200,000 per patient per year (maybe $2000 in India/China and other countries the drug prices are much lower or out of IP protected areas; plus through oversea mailing order)
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Of the self-proclaimed prophetor spiritual leader be wary.Be guarded.Be aware.Be dicerning.For if these ones be without Humility and Compassion, they are Seekers of Selfeager for recognition, possesive of followers.
My heart, far too sensitivefor this human world.My heart, so easily wounded, sheds rose tears of compassion.
Marriage is like a fine aged wine. It has to endure its Time of Fermenting before its full-bodied Flavor and Bouquetcan be appreciate.
Yet there are those who wonder. There are those who have gentle stirrings. And there are those who have stepped upon the beautiful threshold of awareness - all on the verge of perceiving that which there is to see. To these ones, I say, open your exquisite senses. Look with fine clarity into that which is beyond and beneath, within and without. In these coming critical times, listen to and heed the directives of your spirits that retain the high wisdom you are just now perceiving.
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Five years after defeating the Dark Ones, the embattled inhabitants of the once-great Keep of Dare face a yet more deadly foe. An icy-cold force was spreading across the northlands, spawning strange creatures that killed everything in their grisly path . . .
Archmage Ingold Inglorion believed the source of this monstrous evil lay in the decadent lands to the south. With him traveled Gil Patterson, the scholar-warrior from Earth who had forsaken her own universe for love of the mage. Determined to aid him in his quest, she was cursed to become the instrument of his death.
Ingold's apprentice Rudy Solis was left behind, the sole wizard standing between the Keep of Dare and the nightmare creatures besieging it. Rudy struggled tirelessly with wavering magic to ward off the virulent attacks of the ice mage's minions. But when someone attacked the widowed queen--the woman he loved--Rudy was forced to plumb the ultimate secret locked in the black crystal heart of the Keep of Dare . . . and so decide the fate of the world.
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Three CEO says 4G isn't a game changer
Ahead of network's September 2013 LTE rollout
UK MOBILE NETWORK Three's CEO David Dyson claimed that 4G isn't a game changer today, saying that the network's DC-HSDPA connectivity is just as good.
At an event in London this morning, Dyson spoke about Three's plans to offer 4G service from September next year, but added that he's not all that sold on the idea.
"In my opinion, 4G as a mass market proposition is unlikely to be a game changer," Dyson said, adding that Three is in no rush to roll out LTE. "It's not necessary for us. We're comfortable with the assets we have right now."
According to Dyson, Three's 'ultra-fast' DC-HSDPA connectivity, which will be rolled out to 80 percent of the UK population by next April, offers speeds similar to those of EE's 4G network. In fact, its users are reporting speeds of 20Mbit/s today, according to Three.
"Our ultrafast network is giving more people in more places access to an even faster mobile experience," he said.
It might not be completely sold on the idea, but Three will roll out 4G next September and Dyson said it is extremely well positioned for LTE. This is thanks to its acquisition of 1800MHz spectrum from EE, which means that the firm has already started working on its 4G infrastructure ahead of rivals O2 and Vodafone.
Dyson boasted that Three will have several 4G-ready devices available at launch, as it's already selling LTE devices for use with its DC-HSDPA network. These include the Iphone 5, HTC Windows Phone 8X and Sony Xperia T.
Dyson declined to reveal details about tariff prices for Three's upcoming 4G smartphones, but he did suggest that they will be cheaper than those offered by EE.
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by not on life, that's for fucking sure / 10/25/2014 at 2:27pm / United States / Work
Today, I was making love to my boyfriend. In the heat of the moment, I said his name. He immediately stopped, gave me a deadly serious look and said "Huh? What?" FML
by Anonymous / 10/24/2014 at 10:48pm / United States (Tennessee) / Intimacy
Today, I woke up to my daughter crying, and my son running through the living room completely naked with her bottle, laughing his head off. FML
by KayyElOh94 / 10/17/2014 at 6:30pm / United States / Kids
Today, I walked into my house and saw it was flooded. I went upstairs to the bathroom to see the toilet overflowing and my boyfriend holding my dog over it so he could drink it. My boyfriend said he didn't know what else to do. FML
by anonymous / 10/16/2014 at 4:53pm / United States (Michigan) / Miscellaneous
Today, my taxi driver kept falling asleep and swerving off the road, so I asked him if he was okay. He stopped and burst out sobbing about the long hours he had to do after his divorce and his wife taking all he had. Long story short, I ended up driving him home and getting a taxi from his place. FML
by rockytrolley / 10/08/2014 at 5:01am / Cyprus / Transportation
Today, I got on one knee in front of my girlfriend. I pulled out the ring, uttered the words "Lisa, will you..." then abruptly shat my pants. FML
by Anonymous / 10/05/2014 at 11:47am / United States (Virginia) / Love
Today, a customer was looking for some decking materials. I took her around the store and pointed out some nice plywood, noting that it's also fire-retardant, which might interest her. She got pissed off and bitched me out for supposedly calling her a retard. FML
by hopeless / 10/03/2014 at 5:13pm / Canada / Work
Today, I got a round of applause. Too bad it was from my thighs as I went down the stairs. FML
by Ryuun12 / 10/02/2014 at 11:20pm / United States (California) / Miscellaneous
Today, as I was lying in my bed eating my dinner, my roommate says to me: "I don't know how to say this, but we need more towels. The room is flooding." FML
by youonlyneed2squares / 09/24/2014 at 12:10am / Miscellaneous
Today, it's been three weeks since my dad finished growing what he calls a "Jesus beard" and gone out asking for donations and claiming to be Jesus Christ. I've been trying and failing to get a job for 2 years, and he's already raking in cash from gullible idiots. FML
by Anonymous / 08/29/2014 at 12:16pm / United States (Texas) / Money
Today, my boyfriend and I were having a conversation about the lack of communication in our relationship. I told him that sometimes I feel like he doesn't really care about me at all. If he did, he would listen more. His response? "I know your name, don't I?" FML
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Director: Josh Stone (I)
Company: Josh Stone Productions
Distribution Companies: Justin Slayer International
DVD Extras: Behind the Scenes, Bonus Footage, Cumshot Recap, Interviews, Still Gallery(ies), Trailer(s)
Cast: Kierra Raquel, Evelyn Lin, Lexxxi Lockhart, Lisa Lee, Miss Raquel, Others
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Interracial, Pro-Am
Director Josh Stone returns with another installment of his hit series: South Beach Cruisin' 4 starring Lexi Lockheart, Lisa Lee, Miss Raquel, Evelyn Lynn and Kierra Raquel.
The interracial series from Miami Beach continues as Josh Stone and friends just (ahem!) happen to run across all these gorgeous dancers and porn performers strolling by the beachfront. In this lengthy release they find five cuties with killer looks and bodies who enjoy doing things like flashing and playing around in the car, walking around outside (naked), and last but not least heading back their pads to indulge in the old in-out routine.
Do all strippers have poles in their apartments? Lisa Lee does, and this leads to a fine tease-and-please event. And an affectionate pat on the nodding head goes to Lexxxi Lockhart's attempt at deep throat. An add-on scene with Evelyn Lin at the Miami porn convention—and sex afterwards—completes the action. Nice.


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'The Crucible' set for weekendMarch 15,2013The Dorset Players' production of Arthur Miller's classic drama, "The Crucible," will be held at the Dorset Playhouse for a second weekend of performances at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday.
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A dramatization of the 1692 Salem witch trials, Miller's drama addresses the consequences of doing nothing when confronted by vicious rumor. The cast includes Christopher Restino, who portrayed the title role in "Amadeus" (2007), and Denny Rogers, who garnered praise as Mr. Sowerberry in "Oliver."
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Car commercials aren't like they used to be. For DeLorean, that's doubly true. There hasn't been one for 34 years. That changes today.
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AddCar Club USA: Back to the Future with the SoCal DeLorean Club
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Car Club USA travels to Los Angeles, CA to meet with proud DeLorean DMC-12 owners and decode a love affair with a car company that failed over 30 years ago.
15Racing DeLorean goes a hell of a lot faster than 88 mph
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This DeLorean might not be able to travel back in time, but it can make a sonorous sound, while shooting flames out of the exhaust.
6Mrs. DeLorean's own DMC-12 up for grabs [UPDATE]
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John DeLorean gave this brand new DeLorean DMC-12 to his wife Cristina Ferrare in 1982, three years before they divorced. Now it's going up for auction, with only 13,540 miles on the odometer.
7Petrolicious shows off the futuristic styling of the DeLorean DMC-12
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The DeLorean DMC-12 still looks fantastic after all these years. In its latest video, Petrolicious sits down with an owner of one and goes on a ride through the city at night to watch the fluorescent lights play off the car's stainless steel body.
11DeLorean DMC-12 illustrates how a good idea goes bad with Xcar
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When John Z. DeLorean set out to build a car, he had good intentions – it'd be small, efficient, sporty, affordable and safe, complete with a rust-free, stainless-steel body. The outcome, though, was a lamentable mess, a coupe whose prestige rests more with its gullwing doors and its star-making role in Back To The Future than in its actual driving character.
11DeLorean time capsule dusted off, made new again
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Time-capsule cars are their own, interesting little sub-genre of the collector car world. Unlike barn finds, which are generally just forgotten and left to time, there's a sense of deliberateness to time capsules that makes them even more exciting.
32eBay Find of the Day: 1981 DeLorean with 570-hp twin-turbo Buick V6 [w/videos]
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"Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?" So asked one Marty McFly of his mentor Dr. Emmett Brown, who replied: "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?"
8Take a look into the past with a posse of DeLorean owners
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A couple of months ago, 49 DeLorean DMC-12s were part of the Celebration of Autos held at and around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Put together by the Indiana DeLorean Motor Club, the parade of stainless steel gullwing coupes was furthermore captured and detailed by Kassim Norris, who spoke to club president Jason Sharkey and club member Rick Vermillion about their love of the cars and the event.
AddRestored Back to the Future DeLorean arrives at Universal Studios [w/video]
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8Where it's going, the DeLorean hovercraft doesn't need roads
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Our favorite DeLorean-turned-hovercraft is back. The Kickstarter-funded project was originally the brainchild of grad student Matthew Riese, and the last time we saw it, the floating car was busily hovering around McCovey Cove in San Francisco. This time, Riese's creation has taken to bombing beaches down by the Golden Gate Bridge. The video below shows the hand-built machine busting along the bay before taking to land for a quick flat spin. We can't convey how badly we want to operate this thin
4Author of Ready Player One gives away DeLorean via book 'Easter Egg' contest [w/video]
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If you have a geeky bone in your body and haven't read Ready Player One, stop reading this right now and get your hands on a copy. Author Ernest Cline has created an amazing universe within the story by drawing on some of the best elements of both science fiction and fantasy genres, along with '80s pop culture. From Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and Firefly to Dungeons and Dragons, Ladyhawke and classic Atari games, Cline leaves no stone unturned. The plot centers around an eccentric billionai
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We've seen plenty of Back to the Future DeLorean DMC-12 replicas pass through the halls of the internet. In that time, we've always assumed the original movie car was tucked away safely in a museum somewhere. As it turns out, that wasn't the case. Of all the vehicles created for the three films, the most detailed hero car, otherwise known as the A Car, was left on display outside. The ensuing years of suffering in the elements weren't kind to the DMC-12, and Bob Gale, co-writer for the BTTF saga
10Translogic takes DeLorean DMC-EV for a spin
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This electric DeLorean is just a prototype, but our sister publication Translogic got to take it for a spin and found that a 260-horsepower electric motor finally makes the DMC-12 the sports car everyone has always wanted it to be. While we get to see plenty of footage of the car lapping Houston Motorsports Park, this episode also includes an interview with DeLorean Motor Company CEO Stephen Wynne.
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This electric DeLorean is just a prototype, but our sister publication, Translogic got to take it for a spin and found that a 260-horsepower electric motor finally makes the DMC-12 the sports car everyone has always wanted it to be. While we get to see plenty of footage of the car lapping Houston Motorsports Park, this episode also includes an interview with DeLorean Motor Company CEO Stephen Wynne.
30On the Block: Back to the Future III DeLorean up for auction
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- Nov 22, 2011
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There are reported to be just three surviving Back to the Future Delorean DMC-12 movie cars left in existence, and only one of those is held in a private collection. Next month, you'll have a chance to take it home. One of the stainless-steel wonders used in Back to the Future III is headed to the Profiles in History auction block. The Icons of Hollywood auction will feature a litany of items from the trilogy, including the vest worn by Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly and a remote-control
132013 DeLorean EV hits the track
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The electric DeLorean DMC-12 is coming 2013, so says Humble, Texas' reborn DeLorean Motor Company. That was the shocking announcement made by DeLorean in mid-October at the DMC Texas Open House.
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The electric DeLorean DMC-12 is coming 2013, so says Humble, Texas' reborn DeLorean Motor Company. That was the shocking announcement made by DeLorean in mid-October at the DMC Texas Open House.
18Doc Brown goes Back to the Future, finds Garbarino electronics store
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The DeLorean used in the Back to the Future movie trilogy may be the single most memorable movie vehicle for anyone who grew up in the 1980s (as did the vast majority of the staff here at Autoblog). And so, whenever we hear anything having to do with the car, the movie or its main characters, we sit up and take notice.
25Christopher Lloyd reprises Doc Brown role with De Lorean for Argentinian commercial
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It's been 26 years since Christopher Lloyd donned a lab coat and portrayed lunatic genius Doc Brown in the Back to the Future franchise. This year, though, Lloyd jumped back into the lab coat to revisit his role in an Argentinian TV commercial.
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We recently purchased a new deep pocket (oversized) King mattress set. I ordered these sheets and they are HEAVEN to sleep on. I washed them and there was not a lot of lint in the dryer filter screen; no problems at all with shedding. These sheets are warm, soft, fit my King Oversized mattress perfectly. . .no problem with them staying on the corners. High quality with a reasonable price. Highly recommend these sheets.
I am VERY DISAPPOINTED in these sheets since purchase. I bought the king size set in maybe the ivory color as an alternative to flannel sheets for warmth and softness. Also, because I believed that the fabric pilling would be considerably less than flannel sheets. In the past I had purchased a king size grey blanket in the microfleece, and have had absolutely no problems with any pilling. However, upon washing these sheets prior to use, I have had IMMENSE pilling from them, which has since shed on the bed, other blankets, comforters and pillows in my bed, and all over the floor. Furthermore, the pilling is also ending up being tracked all over the house from either ourselves, clothing, and our dog. It has become quite a considerable mess and looks like it has "snowed" inside my house. Therefore, I would highly discourage anyone from purchasing these sheet sets, and I had spent a good amount of money for the king size. The only positive thing I can mention is that the deep fitted pockets work fine and the fabric is especially soft. However the immense pilling outweighs the few positives from this purchase. In the morning I have pilling in my hair, pajamas, the dog, the floor, and everywhere else they get scattered in my house after we awake. I am hoping this will change in the subsequent washing.
I agree with other reviews. These sheets are heaven! No more slipping into a cold bed. These sheets are soft and warm and I certainly have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. I'm ordering another set so I can always have a warm set of sheets on the bed. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them!
I bought these sheets because I thought this is a wonderful idea, but when I got them they are very soft and fluffy, but soon I realized that they do not want to stay on at the corners and there is fluff all over the room and duvet cover from the sheets. I find them very soft, but not happy with the rest of the product. Not thinking I will buy another set.
I loved these sheets when I saw them online and immediately ordered the King medium blue. They came, as all Overstock merchandise does, on time with no mistakes. I LOVE the feel of them but after only 4 washes they have begun to shrink enough where I am worried they will be too small by the end of winter, which here in the northeast can last a long time! They feel so soft and luxurious, we love them, but they may not be absolutely perfect because of the shrinkage. PS: Our Labradoodle loves them, too!
these sheets are warm as soon as you slide into bed......and are best wearing nothing! The feel is very sunsual, and a wonderful alternative to flannel.......softer! I'm a menopausal, very much ruled by night sweats......and I was okay! So open up your windows and stay cuddly!!
These sheets are the most cozy, comfortable, soft sheets I have ever slept on. They have had minimal pilling, and they retained their size after washing. I absolutely love them and highly recommend them. I thought they would be too hot for my husband, but he loves them, too. They really don't make you too warm in bed.
Second set of sheets, two different mfgrs. This set is dropping chunks. Only washed once, started dropping chunks (not pilling) two days after on bed. Unsure how long this set of sheets will last.
I did purchase the microfleece sheets and they were very nice but I sent them back because I did not realize that there was a difference between microfleece and micro-plush. Microplush is the type of sheets I really wanted, so be careful when you order these. Microfleece are warmer, meant for the cold weather. Microplush is all season.
These sheets are AMAZING. They're so soft and comfortable and they wash really well too. We have a very thick mattress and the fit is perfect. You won't be disappointed. Can't say enough good about them.
These sheets were purchased to go on twin guest beds. They are extraordinarily soft and will be perfect for this winter. However, within days of putting them on the bed the pillowcases began to pill...somewhat disappointing. However, given the amount of use they will be fine.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Exactly
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Average - Good
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? Accurate
These sheets are the softest and most comfortable I've ever encountered. They seem to have extra volume or body to them, so the body is cushioned. I bought them for my aged and bedridden father, and he was impressed. Microfleece is definitely something I intend to order again, I'm thinking for myself!
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? identical
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. excellent
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? accurate
Bought them for my granddaughter who lives in NYC. She feels like she is sleeping in a very fancy hotel!
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? yes
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. very good
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? perfect
I ended up getting a second set of these. They are super cozy and soft, great for cold weather. Also, they fit my deep mattress really well, and don't seem to attract too much pet hair.Ha.
These sheets are soft, that is the only nice thing I have to say about them. They turn into a lint ball in the washer and dryer. I washed them twice before putting them on my bed to try and get rid of some of the lint balls. I was forced to take a comb and comb off as much of the other lint balls as possible after I made the bed, two handfulls of lint. The sheets are so thin I can see through them, literally. The Queen size fitted sheet does not cover the sides of my mattress. Do not purchase these sheets as it is Overstocks policy not to return full purchase price after they have been washed.
I got the ivory because as before, they were the softest. I like the sage, but it wasnt as soft as the ivory. As usual, I wash these in a couple of separate loads so they dont pill. I have the cal. king. We will not sleep on anything else in the winter. They are so snuggly. Hard to get up in the morning.
Very worried after reading reviews. But we love these sheets. The sheets are soft and that does not change with washing. Soft.Soft Soft. I wash the sheets alone and have not had any problems. Not sure why people are having problems. We ordered another set.
My husband and I absolutely love these sheets. They fit our Cal-King bed perfectly and we feel like we are sleeping on a giant cashmere sweater. They are very warm and very cozy.
These microfleece sheets are awesome! They are not quite as soft and fluffy as others, but they do not shed or pill - at all. We love them!


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If these projections hold, wouldn't that make UM the three seed (like last year)? The tiebreaker goes to the record against the next highest rank (Wisky). We can't win that...damn, that half court shot keeps right on taking, doesn't it? I hate Wisconsin.
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The letter to the GAO, from Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)--both members of the House communications and technology subcommittee--was sparked by a medical device hacking demonstration earlier this month at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
While most Black Hat presentations typically detail exploits launched against others or more benign forms of hardware hacking, security researcher Jerome Radcliffe actually hacked--live and onstage--his own insulin pump, which he relies on to subcutaneously administer multiple doses of insulin per day. Radcliffe, 33, said he was diagnosed with diabetes at age 22.
Next came the medical device hardware hacking. Specifically, Radcliffe reverse-engineered the wireless commands sent from the small controller that ships with his pump, and which is used to tell the pump what dosage of insulin to administer. After decoding the communications protocol, Radcliffe was able to program a small radio frequency (RF) transmitter--easily available for $100 new, or $20 for a used one on eBay--to remotely control his insulin pump. In his demonstration, Radcliffe showed how he could use the remote transmitter both to administer arbitrary insulin doses, as well as to disable the pump.
Hacking the pump wasn't easy, he said, but the fact that he was able to crack the communications at all was due to its not being properly protected or encrypted. "There's no passwords, no authentication. All you need is the serial number," said Radcliffe. That's a concern, since the manufacturer of his insulin pump, which he declined to name, probably reused the technology for other medical devices, such as pacemakers. Radcliffe said he was in communications with his pump's manufacturer about ways to improve the security of its devices.
Altering a diabetic's insulin dosage could have fatal consequences. For example, a heavy user of insulin might require 80 units of insulin per day, whereas a child may be receiving doses measured in one-quarter units. Any variation in dosage could raise or lower blood-sugar levels in dangerous ways.
Radcliffe said he focused on his own insulin pump because it was at hand and because the cost of procuring other pumps--ranging in price from $5,000 to $10,000 each--was prohibitive.
Thankfully, not all medical devices can be wirelessly hacked--at least not with a $20 transmitter. For example, Radcliffe said he also wears a glucose monitor sensor on his body, which measure the conductivity of the fluid in his tissue to deduce blood sugar levels. "This thing beacons every five minutes what that value is," he said. But although he's been able to intercept the signal it sends, he hasn't been able to decode what it means. From a security standpoint, of course, that's a good thing.
Likewise, not all insulin pumps can be remotely hacked. "Other pump manufacturers that I've talked to, they're using SSL certificates to do communication ... and using more standardized, non-proprietary ways of communicating," he said. "When you go proprietary, you go with obscurity, and it never works."
Beyond using standardized--and thus tested--techniques for encryption and communication, what else would Radcliffe have done to harden the insulin pump against hacking? "First ... there should be some kind of verification. If something changes, the user should be made aware of it," he said. "Second, the devices need to have unique PINs or passcodes." Without knowing the PIN, an attacker would have a more difficult time altering the device's dosage. Another option, he said, would be to use infrared communications instead of RF. While lining up an infrared transmitter and receiver is more difficult for the device's user, such communications are much more difficult to spoof.
The vendors, contractors, and other outside parties with which you do business can create a serious security risk. Here's how to keep this threat in check. Also in the new, all-digital issue of Dark Reading: Why focusing solely on your own company's security ignores the bigger picture. Download it now. (Free registration required.)
The cybersecurity profession struggles to retain women (figures range from 10 to 20 percent). It's particularly worrisome for an industry with a rapidly growing number of vacant positions.
So why does the shortage of women continue to be worse in security than in other IT sectors? How can men in infosec be better allies for women; and how can women be better allies for one another? What is the industry doing to fix the problem -- what's working, and what isn't?
Is this really a problem at all? Are the low numbers simply an indication that women do not want to be in cybersecurity, and is it possible that more women will never want to be in cybersecurity? How many women would we need to see in the industry to declare success?
Join Dark Reading senior editor Sara Peters and guests Angela Knox of Cloudmark, Barrett Sellers of Arbor Networks, Regina Wallace-Jones of Facebook, Steve Christey Coley of MITRE, and Chris Roosenraad of M3AAWG on Wednesday, July 13 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss all this and more.


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Good Morning Pakistan: Albert Brooks on the Move
Albert Brooks has a new movie: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. In it, he plays himself — and the comedian is sent to India and Pakistan by the State Department to find out what makes Muslims laugh.
It's all part of a grand plan to get at the kernel of Muslim culture. Along the way, Brooks gives a comedy concert in New Delhi; visits the Taj Mahal; and is shepherded to a secret location in the mountains of Pakistan. Trailed by two State Department handlers and an attractive assistant, Brooks navigates the misunderstandings that can arise between two comparatively isolated cultures: Hollywood and Islam.
A writer and producer, Brooks' other films include Real Life; Modern Romance; Lost in America; Defending Your Life; and Mother. His acting career has spanned a range of films, as well: He has appeared in Taxi Driver, Broadcast News and I'll Do Anything, among others.
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Jon Stewart Calls Fox News' Chris Wallace 'Insane'
"You're insane."
While it'll come as no surprise to anyone who's ever watched him, Jon Stewart's interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday got a little heated, with the Daily Show anchor telling the show's host he is "insane." The interview got off to a rousing start, with Wallace almost immediately calling Stewart out for his criticism of the network and its brand of news coverage and went exactly where you'd expect it to from there. After Wallace said that Stewart was just as biased as he criticized Fox for being, Stewart responded: "Here is the difference between you and I. I'm a comedian first. My comedy is informed by an ideological background, there's no question about that." Despite Wallace's claims to the contrary, Stewart argued that he has no ambitions to be a political player and that part of why his voice is as loud as it is springs from the public's disenchantment with the media. "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers?" Stewart asked at one point during the interview. "The most consistently misinformed? Fox. Fox viewers. Consistently. Every poll."


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The engagement of Janda Lucretia Adcock and Dean Wayne Whitaker has been announced by the mother of the bride-elect, June Adcock of Claude.
The prospective groom is the son of Wanda and Less Whitaker of Claude.
The couple plan to be married Jan. 5 at Hidden Falls.
Miss Adcock is a sophomore biochemistry major at Texas A&M University in College Station, where she works for the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the protein research lab studying under Dr. Cindy Dupureur.
Whitaker is a senior horticultural biotechnology major at Texas A&M, where he works for the Department of Horticulture in the plant breeding research lab of Dr. Creighton Miller.
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