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Mary Qu Yang
Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Country: USA
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- Promoting synergistic research and education in genomics and bioinformaticsJack Y Yang
Harvard University, PO Box 400888, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 0888, USA
BMC Genomics 9:I1. 2008....
- Genomics, molecular imaging, bioinformatics, and bio-nano-info integration are synergistic components of translational medicine and personalized healthcare researchJack Y Yang
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02115, USA
BMC Genomics 9:I1. 2008..b>Mary Qu Yang (IEEE BIBM workshop keynote lecturer on new initiatives of detecting microscopic disease using machine learning ..
- 3D protein structure prediction with genetic tabu search algorithmXiaolong Zhang
School of Computer Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
BMC Syst Biol 4:S6. 2010..Thus, many algorithms have been developed to solve the global optimization problem. In this paper, a hybrid algorithm, which combines genetic algorithm (GA) and tabu search (TS) algorithm, is developed to complete this task...
- BindN+ for accurate prediction of DNA and RNA-binding residues from protein sequence featuresLiangjiang Wang
Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
BMC Syst Biol 4:S3. 2010..However, PSSM is rather designed for PSI-BLAST searches, and it may not contain all the evolutionary information for modelling DNA or RNA-binding sites in protein sequences...
- Analyzing adjuvant radiotherapy suggests a non monotonic radio-sensitivity over tumor volumesJack Y Yang
Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S9. 2008..For many years, it has been well concluded that radio-sensitivities of tumors upon radiotherapy decrease according to the sizes of tumors and RT models based on Poisson statistics have been used extensively to validate clinical data...
- Selecting subsets of newly extracted features from PCA and PLS in microarray data analysisGuo Zheng Li
Department of Control Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, PR China
BMC Genomics 9:S24. 2008..While in this paper, we prove that not all the top features are useful, but features should be selected from all the components by feature selection methods...
- Word-based characterization of promoters involved in human DNA repair pathwaysJens Lichtenberg
Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
BMC Genomics 10:S18. 2009....
- Investigation of transmembrane proteins using a computational approachJack Y Yang
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S7. 2008....
- Comparison of feature selection and classification for MALDI-MS dataQingzhong Liu
Department of Computer Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801 USA
BMC Genomics 10:S3. 2009..The main objective of this paper is to compare the methods of feature selection and different learning classifiers when applied to MALDI-MS data and to provide a subsequent reference for the analysis of MS proteomics data...
- A comparative study of different machine learning methods on microarray gene expression dataMehdi Pirooznia
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg 39406, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S13. 2008..However there is lack of comparison between these methods to find a better framework for classification, clustering and analysis of microarray gene expression results...
- Cross-species mapping of bidirectional promoters enables prediction of unannotated 5' UTRs and identification of species-specific transcriptsHelen Piontkivska
2Department of BiologicalSciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
BMC Genomics 10:189. 2009....
- Supervised learning method for the prediction of subcellular localization of proteins using amino acid and amino acid pair compositionTanwir Habib
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S16. 2008..Taking amino-acid composition and amino acid pair composition into consideration helps improving the prediction accuracy...
- Supervised learning-based tagSNP selection for genome-wide disease classificationsQingzhong Liu
Department of Computer Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S6. 2008..To find that subset while reducing study burden in terms of time and costs, one can potentially reconcile information redundancy from associations between SNP markers...
- Prediction of DNA-binding residues from protein sequence information using random forestsLiangjiang Wang
Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
BMC Genomics 10:S1. 2009..With the rapid accumulation of sequence data, it becomes an important but challenging task to accurately predict DNA-binding residues directly from amino acid sequence data...
- Improving prediction accuracy of tumor classification by reusing genes discarded during gene selectionJack Y Yang
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 0888 USA
BMC Genomics 9:S3. 2008....
- Predicting protein disorder by analyzing amino acid sequenceJack Y Yang
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S8. 2008..These proteins and regions are known as Intrinsically Unstructured Proteins (IUP). IUP have been associated with a wide range of protein functions, along with roles in diseases characterized by protein misfolding and aggregation...
- A hybrid machine learning-based method for classifying the Cushing's Syndrome with comorbid adrenocortical lesionsJack Y Yang
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S23. 2008....
- Dimension reduction with redundant gene elimination for tumor classificationXue Qiang Zeng
School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
BMC Bioinformatics 9:S8. 2008..Dimension reduction is often used to handle such a high dimensional problem, but it is obscured by the existence of amounts of redundant features in the microarray data set...
- Asymmetric bagging and feature selection for activities prediction of drug moleculesGuo Zheng Li
Institute of Systems Biology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
BMC Bioinformatics 9:S7. 2008..With the fact that the number of drug molecules with positive activity is rather fewer than that of negatives, it is important to predict molecular activities considering such an unbalanced situation...
- Lecture notes: 2010 and beyond, the decade of high-performance computing for the next-generation sequence analysisMary Qu Yang
Department of Health and Human Services, Oak Ridge, DOE, United States National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Int J Comput Biol Drug Des 2:204-6. 2009..We focus mainly on the development of high-performance genetic algorithms based on multi-core technology as an example and open to fast-moving competing platforms to be emerged...
- Promoting inter/multidisciplinary education and research in bioinformatics, systems biology and intelligent computingMary Qu Yang
Department of Health and Human Services, United States National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Int J Comput Biol Drug Des 2:207-20. 2009..The synergic research on integrating bioinformatics and systems biology facilitates the advances in biology and medicine...
- High-throughput next-generation sequencing technologies foster new cutting-edge computing techniques in bioinformaticsMary Qu Yang
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health NIH, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
BMC Genomics 10:I1. 2009..The theme of the conference to promote synergistic research and education has been achieved successfully...
- Diversity of core promoter elements comprising human bidirectional promotersMary Qu Yang
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S3. 2008..To define the core promoter elements of bidirectional promoters in human, we mapped motifs for TATA, INR, BRE, DPE, INR, as well as CpG-islands...
- Prediction-based approaches to characterize bidirectional promoters in the mammalian genomeMary Qu Yang
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S2. 2008..We proposed that knowledge gleaned from those methods could be further refined using a multiple class predictor to separate classes of promoter elements from enhancers or nonfunctional DNA...
- Comparative analyses of bidirectional promoters in vertebratesMary Qu Yang
Genome Technology Branch, NHGRI, NIH, MD, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 9:S9. 2008..In this report we utilize orthology assignments for pairs of genes co-regulated by bidirectional promoters to map the ancestral history of the promoter regions...
- ILOOP--a web application for two-channel microarray interwoven loop designMehdi Pirooznia
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA
BMC Genomics 9:S11. 2008..It is freely available from http://mcbc.usm.edu/iloop...
- Identification of Intrinsically Unstructured Proteins using hierarchical classifierJack Y Yang
Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Data Min Bioinform 2:121-33. 2008..The classifier has been benchmarked against industrial standard PONDR VLXT on out-of-sample data by external evaluators. The IUP predictor is a viable alternative software tool for identifying intrinsic unstructured regions and proteins...


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Norton Photocall 2000
A gloriously sunny day made for an excellent afternoon in the Oxfordshire countryside. After an absence of some six years, RAF Brize Norton arranged a photocall for primarily RAF aircraft, with a few visitors to add a continental flavour. Although the list of participants didn't live up to early expectations, one cannot blame the organisers who, as ever, are at the mercy of 'operational commitments' and 'aircraft serviceability'. Excellently organised, with the aircraft positioned well for the afternoon sun, it provided an early season chance to brush off the camera equipment, remember which dial and button does what and be a bit creative. Let's hope for more of the same in the future.
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Perhaps the largest auction sale of high bred harness horses ever held will be the "Old Glory" sale which will follow the Horse Show at Madison Square Garden next week. The total number of consignments received by the Fasig-Tipton Company for this sale will number more than 800 head, and among the animals that will go under the hammer are some of the most famous trotters of the American turf.
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So who is really the master of the video card universe. Well, NVIDIA powers BattleField 2, and then we have ATI powering the Xbox. To be honest, I think I am going to have to leave this one to the article below.
The war between the two major players in the graphics business, namely ATI and NVIDIA, has been going on for many years. Each side asserts that its technologies are superior on a regular basis, and try to gain ground on the other by any means necessary.
New graphics products hit the market several times a year, constantly adding features and performance to 3D graphics. Value has multiplied, but at the same time, it has become tough to keep track on all the product cycles. Dual graphics platforms look like the pinnacle in graphics technology today, but they also need to be clearly depicted as the very clever strategic moves they are. [Read the rest]
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Thales Aerospace hopes a proactive approach to customer services will help it both win repeat business for its avionics and in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems and sustain the investment needed to develop new products.
In 2004 the aerospace division of the Paris-based electronics group consolidated its customer services in a new unit, Aerospace Services Worldwide (ASW), which employs 1,300 people and has more than two dozen repair and support centers around the world. "They are close to customers, with local people to support them and completely dedicated to operators," according to Daniel Malka, ASW vice president and general manager.
Malka, who became head of ASW earlier this year, said that the big change in the last two years has been the appointment of account managers. Their role is to tailor services and agree to an implementation plan that matches customers' needs. With technical, logistical and commercial support, they set up a plan specifying the services to be provided "proactively, instead of responding to customer requests."
The big challenge, Malka said, is to "improve customers' satisfaction so they buy our products in the future. It was a big investment, but it is paying off now." The company has had several recent wins with its IFE line, and it reckons that last year
it won between 60 and 70 percent of the buyer-furnished equipment (BFE) avionics contracts for which it competed.
As well as the basic services of repairs, spares, training and documentation, ASW aims to develop more complete integrated services, with repair contracts based on fleet rates to cover the full Thales product range. "The avionics-by-the-hour [ABTH] concept means airlines don't need to invest in spares and repair capability," he said. "We guarantee the availability of spares when the airline needs them at the aircraft."
Airlines usually do their own line maintenance of traditional avionics, but are willing to subcontract the line maintenance of in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems, Malka said. "They don't want to do it themselves, so we can agree on a turnkey service that includes line maintenance, with somebody at each airport who will replace LRUs [line replaceable units], make sure the system is working and return the spares for repair."
Thales will also provide spares and logistics support for operators who want to do their own repairs and line maintenance.
Another innovation is the ABTH++ service developed to support a clutch of small low-cost airlines flying single-aisle Airbus aircraft in Turkey. "Every time they had a failure they would go to an MRO for repairs. Very few of the units were coming back to us, so we set up ABTH++ to support all the small airlines in the country," explained Malka. "They sign a contract and they get full support provided by a local organization." Thales is looking at developing a similar service in Italy.
For the Airbus A380 airliner, Thales has formed OEM services with Diehl Avionik Systeme, Liebherr Aerospace and Zodiac. "Airlines with small fleets will not be able to invest in inventory at all their line stations," Malka said, "so we propose to share the cost of providing full support for specific part numbers at all locations." Airlines would pay a fee per flight hour.
Since the delay in A380 service entry, the group has looked at providing the same service for other aircraft models. "We have done two contracts covering A320s," he said. "We are trying to extend that to other operators, mainly customers who don't have the ability to negotiate with several vendors."
Brett Wells, ASW director of strategy and business development, said its support for helicopters is Web-based, since the fleet is so widely dispersed. "It lets the operator see the service offering, where components are and the purchase or repair order status. It is updated every 24 hours, so as long as you have access to the Internet and a telephone, you can get the job done."
Thales is also building the supply chain systems it needs to become a Tier 1 supplier, Malka said. A continuous improvement program includes benchmarking of best practices both at its own locations and among competitors. And a new airline operations center in Seattle enables staff to monitor what is happening in real time and relocate spares to other regions if needed, he said. Additional operations centers are expected to follow in both Europe and Asia by the end of the year.
On the IFE side, Wells said, an airline operations center at the manufacturing and support center in Irvine, California, will provide equipment status and fault information for every flight carrying Thales IFE systems. "We need some specific business tools to be able to track aircraft on an hourly basis," he explained.
The center will handle issues such as deferred replacements. "If there is no spare at a station, we need to be aware when the aircraft takes off that it will need a spare at its destination in five hours' time. That's a step beyond what we're doing in avionics. We're doing it first in IFE, then we will extend it to avionics." Thales is also setting up partnerships with other OEMs covering Europe and the U.S.
After-sales revenue accounts for around 20 percent of global sales, Malka said, though the figure is not stable as it depends on the installed base and the warranty period. "IFE is different from avionics; it's BFE, so we give longer warranties and it doesn't stay as long on the aircraft," he explained.
Better products with higher reliability have the potential to reduce life-cycle revenues, Wells added. "That's why we're looking at extended services," he said. "Everybody has [complained] that over time it's the life-cycle revenue that keeps you in business and lets you invest in new technology so you can continue to bring new products to market."
While Thales competes with the likes of Honeywell and Rockwell Collins for avionics sales, Malka said, competition on the service side comes from the airlines and other maintenance providers. "Any airline or MRO can buy automatic test equipment and do level-one or -two repairs on avionics, so if we don't offer good service and turnaround time, airlines will look elsewhere."
Repairing avionics requires a huge investment in test benches, skills, documentation, training and spares, he said. "It's a big cost, and for a fleet of up to 50 aircraft, it's cheaper to throw out the board than to repair it," he said. Lufthansa Technik, for example, does a lot of internal repairs, "but a few years ago, with Thales, they decided to stop doing level-three repairs," he continued. "Instead they exchange the board in the LRU and send the boards, which are shop replaceable units [SRUs], back to us."
The barrier to involvement is changing, Wells said. "The integrated avionics on the A380 use common modules, with functionality provided by the software. That's why we formed OEM services; there are new levels of technology involved and we don't see people who have ordered the aircraft doing repairs internally; it has to be
a business proposition. When a computer has six or seven boards with 70,000-hour reliability, you would need a fleet of 100 aircraft to see the same board coming
in twice, so it would be impractical to maintain the capability to repair it."
The new IFE operations center in Toulouse was set up last November to handle repairs and the distribution of piece parts, SRUs and LRUs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The staff of 25 is expected to grow to 30 by the end of this year and increase to 40 in 2008 as the number of units handled grows from 3,000 this year to a planned 4,000 next year.
TopBench automatic test benches developed by EADS Test & Services support quick test and diagnosis so parts can be repaired quickly. Passenger control units and video displays account for more than half the quarterly turnover of around 750 units.


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With the 125-seat Fetterly Playhouse for the Arts lease expiring today, the Vallejo Music Theatre loses more than a venue for performances.
It loses storage room. And when you rely on costumes, props, and various light fixtures and furniture, that means either find another space or reduce the clutter.
"We are a 47-year-old theatre company and have accumulated a ton of stuff," said Lynn Combs. "When you have room, you can keep useful and rentable items. When you no longer have the room, priorities change."
In an effort to down-size, Combs said the VMT hosts a garage sale at the Fetterly on Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m, and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m., repeating the same times March 15-16.
Combs is grateful at least for the one-month venue extension to
clean up.
"It is not a lot of time but it will allow us time to make a more graceful exit," she said.
Up for grabs: A working soda dispensing machine; glasses/barware; 8-foot portable bar; cocktail table; two refrigerators; art work; posters; theater seats; flats (walls) and platforms (floors; T-shirts; Christmas decorations; garden chairs; dog house, bucket and mops from the VMT's production of "Annie" and a Snoopy dog house; A "Nunsense" 1957 Chevy; vintage wooden desk; office chairs; cabinets; wooden phone booth and other various items.
"We do have a storage space and we plan on keeping the items that we need to 'make theatre happen,'" Combs said. "At the end, I will call local theatre groups for a 'free stuff' day. Then it's charities and a Dumpster for the excess."
The VMT has been part of the Fetterly since the venue's inception 20 years ago. The space was named after the late Jane Fetterly, a local
arts advocate.
"She was a wonderful person and I admired her," Combs said, adding that she "doesn't know" if there will be another Fetterly Playhouse at a
different site.
Located behind Vallejo Plaza, the venue was often the butt of jokes for its difficulty in locating by comedians featured in Matt Larson's Comedy Circuit shows.
"It is difficult to give folks directions to a space that is a blank on Google maps," Combs said. "It got harder when the back parking lot was developed, as this cut off direct street access."
The Vallejo Symphony called the Fetterly home for two decades and this week signed a lease to move in next to the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum at 714 Marin St., in downtown Vallejo.
"The Fetterly was both symbolic and material public support for the arts," said Tim Zumalt,
symphony spokesman. "We knew the low rent would last 20 years and enjoyed the help. We also knew a few years ago that this day would come and we would have to go. Other arts groups are forming 'coops' and organizations because we all see the future does not include traditional political
The Fetterly will be missed, Combs said.
"It was affordable for the community, bottom line," she said. "The only reasonable space to rent in Vallejo with lighting, sound, seating and a stage. We have hosted memorials, two or three churches, birthday parties, an arts roundtable, five other theatre companies, three start-up businesses, a counseling service and the symphony."
Fetterly or not, the Vallejo Music Theatre
"We will go on," Combs said. "We have been doing shows in rented spaces for 47 years. Even the Fetterly was a borrowed space. We just
managed it."
Still, "it's sad," Combs said. "I wish we had more time. I wish there was a vision of what this meant to Vallejo."
If you go ...
What: Lease-Ending Garage Sale by the Vallejo Music Theatre
Where: Fetterly Playhouse, 3467 Sonoma Blvd., No. 10, Vallejo
When: Saturday, Sunday; March 15-16; Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sundays noon to 4 p.m.
Info: (707) 649-2787


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NEW YORK (Aug. 26)
West Germany's Ministry of Defense has invited an official of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to lecture student officers of the German armed forces on American attitudes toward the Hitler past and the German military tradition, it was announced today.
Kurt J. Bachrach-Baker, the League's director of foreign research, is the first representative of an American-Jewish organization to address members of the German armed forces. Mr. Bachrech-Baker, who was born in Germany and came to the United States as a refugee soon after the Nazis came to power, will also discuss current problems of German-American understanding.
Among the schools at which he will lecture are the West German Naval Academy in Flensburg-Murwik, the Army Officers School in Hannover, the Military School for Civic Guidance in Coblenz, and the Air Force Pilot Officers School in Fuerstenfeldbruck.


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Our 2010 Walking Town Meetings will start up again this spring. Walking town meetings, held in collaboration with your civic or homeowner association, are designed to help my staff and me better meet the needs of your community. I want to meet you, see firsthand what you see, get a sidewalk-level view of neighborhood needs, and hear about your neighborhood issues. I'll take the issues and concerns that I hear to the appropriate County and State staff for quick action.
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Thursday after I arrive home from work, we are expecting around 25 family members and friends to celebrate Grandson Dakota's and Wilma's Birthday.
On the menu is burgers, knockwurst, potato salad, hot dogs, cold slaw, chips, pop, watermelon, cake and ice cream. Mmmm Goood.
I really gotta start watching my portions as the weight is creeping up and I'm starting to feel miserable. So I'll probably skip the cake and ice cream, in place of that I'll have a small piece of watermelon.
Vacation is planned for going to Mackinaw to celebrate the holiday. We are also planning on riding our bikes around the Island, which I've heard is a total of 8 miles. Wilma and I have never attempted a trip of this length but with our new forward pedal Trek bikes we should have no problem. We are both looking forward to it.
As the laptop has the Linux Mint operating system on it, I'm not quite sure if I'll be able to update the blog with any pictures. I'm going to give it my best using Blogger instead of Windows Live Writer. Wish me luck.
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Washington, September 12 (ANI): Reports indicate that sea levels rose as much as 2 feet (60 centimeters) higher than predicted this summer along the US East Coast, surprising scientists who forecast such periodic fluctuations.
According to National Geographic News, though the immediate cause of the unexpected rise has now been solved, the underlying reason remains a mystery.
Usually, predicting seasonal tides and sea levels is a pretty cut-and-dried process, governed by the known movements and gravitational influences of astronomical bodies like the moon, according to Rich Edwing, deputy director for the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
But, NOAA's phones began ringing this summer when East Coast residents reported higher than predicted water levels, much like those associated with short-term weather events like tropical storms.
These high seas persisted for weeks, throughout June and July.
The startling rise caused only minor coastal flooding, but puzzled scientists.
Now, a new report has identified the two major factors behind the high sea levels-a weakened Gulf Stream and steady winds from the northeastern Atlantic.
The Gulf Stream is a northward-flowing superhighway of ocean water off the US East Coast.
Running at full steam, the powerful current pulls water into its "orbit" and away from the East Coast.
But this summer, for reasons unknown, "the Gulf Stream slowed down," Edwing said, sending water toward the coasts-and sea levels shooting upward.
Adding to the sustained surge, autumn winds from the northeastern Atlantic arrived a few months early, pushing even more water coastward.
The higher waters caused inconveniences for some anglers and boaters and rearranged a bit of shoreline.
"A couple of sand beaches we'd normally fish from were eaten up. And the volume of water was higher than it normally would be," said Paulie Apostolides, owner of Paulie's Tackle in Montauk on New York State's Long Island.
Even before the new report, released by NOAA on September 2, Apostolides said that many local fishers had already attributed the sea level rise to the "ferocious" winds from the northeast. (ANI)


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InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) smartphone was launched in March 2016. The phone comes with a 4.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 850 pixels by 480 pixels. InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) price in India starts from Rs. 4,750.
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Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi. Welcome at the airport by your local guide and transfer to the hotel. After check-in, climb into a traditional cycle (pedicab) for a 90 minute tour of the colonial city's traditional "36 streets of 36 wares" in the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake vicinity. In the evening enjoy a traditional water puppet show before dinner at one of the finest restaurants in town. Briefing with cycling tour Leader. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Hanoi city. Full day cycling tour of Hanoi's finest sites, including: the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, the One-pillar Pagoda, Quan Thanh and Tran Quoc pagodas, and the Fine Art Museum. After lunch, visit the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature, Museum of Ethnology. After finish the Museum, you will start to test your bike with assists of our mechanic to make sure you will have a comfortable and good bike for the journey. Return to the hotel. Dinner at restaurant and overnight in Hanoi. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 3: Hanoi-Bat Trang-Ancient Temple-Hanoi. Morning, we will leave Hanoi and cycle along the top of dike road, rice field and villages of the Red River Delta to one of the most beautiful ancient Temple located right on the bank of Red River. Picnic lunch in the garden of the Temple. Afternoon, you will return to Hanoi with stop at Bat Trang ceramic village, we can visit the most famous artist and his family, we might have a chance to paint on some of productions. Shopping is easy and recommended here. If it is heavy for your hand luggage, shipping is possible. Arrive back in Hanoi just in time for a shower before dinner at a restaurant in town. Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 4: Hanoi-Hoa Binh. In the morning we cycle out of Hanoi and head for Hoa Binh town. Along the way we will make several stops, the first of which is the Van Phuc silk village, approximately 12 km southwest of the capital. From Van Phuc we continue on to the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum. Our third and final stop is at the Dau Pagoda, whose origins date back to the 3rd century. From Dau Pagoda we cycle the remaining 50 km to Hoa Binh town, where we spend the night. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 5: Hoa Binh-Mai Chau. Today we set off for Mai Chau town. As the road becomes very steep in parts we combine cycling with driving in the support vehicle. Upon arrival in Mai Chau, we move to the nearby White Thai village of Lac where we have lunch in a traditional stilt house. After lunch we take to our bikes to discover some of the neighboring villages in the valley. Later we return to the village of Lac where we spend the night. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 6: Mai Chau-Hoa Lu. In the morning, we say goodbye to the family and leave Mai Chau on vehicle, start biking from Man Duc to Hoa Lu as we savor the beautiful scenery along the way (150 km mix of biking and driving). Visit the famed Dinh and Le Temples upon arrival in the citadel town of Hoa Lu, an early capital of Vietnam. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Hoa Lu. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 7: Hoa Lu-Hai Phong. We will start the day with a relaxing boat trip to visit Tam Coc, a stunning area known as "Halong Bay of the rice paddies". Hop on your bike and start heading for the colonial port city of Haiphong, visiting the Keo and Dau Pagodas on the way (160 km mix of biking and driving). Arrive Hai Phong late in afternoon, check in hotel. Dinner and over night at hotel in Haiphong. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 8: Hai Phong-Ha Long (kayaking). Morning, we leave Hai Phong for Halong Bay on our bike, crossing 2 ferries boat and arrive around noon. Leave our bikes behind and board a traditional wooden junk and begin an exploration of magical Halong Bay, one of Southeast Asia's premier tourist destinations. An excellent, fresh seafood lunch will be served on the boat while cruising to the first point, a floating village of fishermen. We'll have safety instruction before get on our kayaks. Paddling for 2,5 hours through the most dramatically limestone formation, giant cave, beaches and hidden lagoons. Relax on a small beautiful beach upon on arrival. Dinner and overnight on the comfortable and charming junk. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 9: Ha Long-Kayaking-Hanoi. The views of sailing junks navigating past over 3,000 limestone islands and outcrops jutting out of the clear and emerald water of the bay are nothing short of spectacular. After breakfast on board we continue cruising and make stop for second paddle. We circumnavigate the island, observing some secluded lagoons and enjoying last swimming opportunity. In late morning we regroup at our escorted boat for two hour cruise to Halong Pier. Here we meet up with out waiting for vehicle for return journey. Overnight in Hanoi. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
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NRA Get Out the Vote Campaign Features Proponents of Political Violence
By Josh Horwitz
Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Posted: 02/22/2012 7:34 am
"Anyone who has thought about it realizes that liberty and equality are antithetical concepts ... Equality is biologically impossible, and liberty is only obtainable in homogeneous populations very thinly spread." - Former NRA Board Member (and ardent insurrectionist) Jeff Cooper
Last week, the National Rifle Association (NRA) launched its "Trigger the Vote" campaign, a superficially non-partisan get-out-the vote effort. The ad campaign features two men who sit on the organization's Board of Directors: aging hard-rocker Ted Nugent and actor R. Lee Ermey of "Full Metal Jacket" fame; and NRA celebrity spokesman and martial artist/actor Chuck Norris. Both Norris and Nugent have publicly endorsed Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential elections (Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry, respectively).
There's nothing more American than a voter registration campaign. "Trigger the Vote," however, is marred by the violent and insurrectionist rhetoric its three spokespersons have trumpeted since the election of Democratic President Barack Obama in 2008. The process of voting as a catalyst for peaceful change in public policy is sacrosanct to how our representative democracy operates. Ermey, Nugent and Norris have all made statements contrary to these ideals, however, going so far as to suggest that if ballots don't work, bullets will. They have also made it clear that their political tent is only open to certain Americans, and that others should stay clear.
If this year's "Trigger the Vote" campaign ads are anything like years past (such as this one where an NRA supporter responds to the question, "What are you gonna do when they come take away your gun, huh?" by screaming "I'll tell those son of a bitches to get off my property, I'll kick the **** out of them, they'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands.", we should look forward to more mixed messages about civic responsibility on the one hand, and on the other, pure thuggery.
More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz/nra-get-out-the-vote-camp_b_1293134.html
God, Guns, and Gays - The Republican Party Strategy in 2012. The culture war is back and more dangerous than ever. Stay safe Democrats!
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Response to ellisonz (Original post)
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 04:16 PM
Ian David (69,059 posts)
1. More TeaTerror
Response to ellisonz (Original post)
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 05:28 PM
Erose999 (5,624 posts)
2. The NRA is pretty much same thing as the KKK. Adherents of a violent RW political agenda.
Response to Erose999 (Reply #2)
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 05:39 PM
Kwarg (89 posts)
3. Idiotic drivel... Pure nonsense
At worst the nra is a gun nut club that is politically active whereas the kkk and its branches were tied to tens of thousands of felonies.
Wanna take that back?
Response to Kwarg (Reply #3)
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 03:26 PM
Erose999 (5,624 posts)
6. No, not really. Its unfashionable for these nuts to be in the Klan nowadays so the NRA has taken its
place as the fraternal organization of choice for rightwingers.
They are behind some truly terrible lobbying efforts, and I have no respect for them.
Response to Kwarg (Reply #3)
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 04:23 PM
Ikonoklast (23,973 posts)
7. The NRA would deprive others of the very same rights that they hold dear.
KKK did the same.
Ask any NRA member if it would be all right for any of these young men to own firearms and see what kind of answer you might get...
Response to Ikonoklast (Reply #7)
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 01:08 AM
Kwarg (89 posts)
9. As long as they're not convicted felons
I think the NRA supports the right to bear arms for all who are legally entitled.
Response to Kwarg (Reply #9)
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 06:33 AM
ellisonz (27,182 posts)
10. And of course...
...they support leaving as wide a loophole as possible for convicted felons to obtain weapons through legal channels without a background check. Not to mention the easy access the insane have...
Response to ellisonz (Reply #10)
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 03:41 PM
Kwarg (89 posts)
12. I'm sure you're talking about "gun show" and private purchases
But any law regarding this would be overreaching. 99.999% (give or take) of all private transfers are between law abiding citizens... So banning private transfers ain' gonna happen
Response to Kwarg (Reply #12)
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 03:46 PM
ellisonz (27,182 posts)
13. Thanks to a right-wing gun lobby that doesn't give a fuck.
Don't tell me it can't be done:
In 2008-09 firearms were involved in 0.3% or 1 in every 330 crimes recorded by police in England and Wales
Firearms were used in 14,250 recorded crimes in 2008-09, an 18% decrease on 2007-08, and the fifth consecutive annual fall
Excluding air weapons, firearm offences decreased by 17% to 8,208
Handguns were used in 4,275 offences during 2008-09, a rise of 2% on 2007-08
There was a large fall in the use of imitation weapons, which fell by 41% to 1,511
Overall, firearm offences involving any type of injury were down by 41% in 2008-09, from 4,164 in 2007-08 to 2,458
There were 39 fatal injuries from crimes involving firearms in 2008-09, the lowest recorded by the police in 20 years
Source: Home Office
Why defend extremist demagogues?
Response to ellisonz (Original post)
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 05:40 PM
lastlib (9,930 posts)
4. What I have come to expect from the NRA, where manhood flows from the barrel of a gun.
When will they learn that violence is never the answer?
Response to lastlib (Reply #4)
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 07:26 PM
ellisonz (27,182 posts)
5. "When will they learn that violence is never the answer?"
Don't hold your breathe.
Response to ellisonz (Original post)
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 10:07 PM
Thinkingabout (30,026 posts)
8. They are professional fund raisers
They appeal to lots who are not smart enough to realize we hold the right to arm ourselves if we keep a clean record. I believe most are far right wingers and willing to give money to continue wrong thinking.
Response to ellisonz (Original post)
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 10:38 AM
baldguy (36,649 posts)
11. Why is it OK for the NRA to organize voter-registration, but not ACORN, the NAACP, NOW, etc etc.


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RZA Discusses Murder Trial, Shooting Which Almost Destroyed Career
While discussing his forthcoming book, 'The Tao of Wu,' with CNN, RZA revealed that, but for an incredible streak of good luck, the Wu-Tang Clan would never have made it off of Staten Island.
RZA, born Robert Diggs, described two incidents that occurred during the Wu's formative years, and almost clipped the group's budding legacy before it started. The first act of fortune involves the Wu's most charismatic member, Method Man, who was saved from a bullet when RZA spotted him attempting buy weed at 160 Park Hill Avenue in Staten Island.
RZA says that when he called out to him, "[Meth] stopped and came running over. A few seconds later — pow-pow-pow-pow-pow! — a guy started shooting up the front of 160. A buddy of ours, Poppy, an innocent, school-going, nice guy, he was shot and killed right there."
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The Wu, whose members were frequently in and out of legal problems in their early years, would never have achieved anything had it not been for RZA, who as the leader and producer kept the group together and functioning. But in 1993, he found himself standing trial on an attempted murder charge and facing eight years in prison. Luckily, he was found not guilty.
"Either one of those incidents could definitely have derailed [Wu-Tang]," he told CNN. "Of course, myself being the Abbot, the one who came with the idea, if I wouldn't have made it out of that tumultuous time — it seemed like I wasn't going to make it out of it; there was a lot of odds against me, but we stood strong, and self-defense made sense to the jury. We beat that … It was the victory over that incident that made me change my whole direction," he said.
"In a way, it's double-edged in that incident," he added. "One, if I would've lost that, yeah, Wu-Tang wouldn't have happened, but also it's the victory of it that inspired me and gave me the drive also to go and really get serious about Wu-Tang and the things I was dealing with."
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An Auckland payroll company which warned more than a year ago that Talent2 might not be the right firm to build the Education Ministry's Novopay payroll system says it hopes problems with the system will encourage the Government to buy local in future.
The Education Ministry awarded Australian firm Talent2 the contract to build and operate Novopay in September 2008, saying the deal was worth $62.7 million over seven years.
In June last year Noel Reid, chief executive of rival Auckland payroll company AMS, questioned whether Talent2 was the right company to provide the system.
He warned then that the ministry might end up with "10 years of second best".
Fiona McTavish, the ministry's work force group manager, responded at the time by saying the ministry had conducted a rigorous tender backed by independent reviews.
Talent2 delisted from the Australian stock exchange in August after a share-price plunge and is now privately owned. A company spokeswoman said it was prohibited by its contract with the Education Ministry from commenting on the Novopay situation.
Reid said AMS, which expressed interest in bidding to build the teacher payroll system but was not shortlisted by the ministry to put in a formal bid, paid more than half of New Zealand health workers.
Many were nurses doing shift work who operated under different awards and collectives, he said. "I weep into my glass of wine when [officials] say paying teachers is really complex."
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A payroll industry source - not Reid - said Novopay would face a fresh test in about two weeks when the time came to reconcile the pay and leave of thousands of teachers employed on annual contracts.
Novopay has been plagued with problems since it was implemented in August with more than 8000 errors in teachers' pay.
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Geoff Lawrie, chief executive of the New Zealand subsidiary of networking company Cisco, said government departments had just started to invest in new technology again after undertaking relatively little activity last year.
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Brittany Boyd and Talia Caldwell helped No. 8 Cal overcome a noisy gym and some poor shooting.
Boyd scored 18 points and Caldwell added 16 as the Bears beat Northwestern 71-65 Monday in Evanston, Ill.
"This was a game we can take a lot away from," Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. "(Northwestern) played well, and the crowd was phenomenal."
A crowd of 4,958, largely from Chicago area schools, made it difficult at times for the Bears.
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Gennifer Brandon's three-point play with 3:04 left put Cal (8-1) ahead for good. The Golden Bears shot 26 for 64 (39.1 percent) from the field.
Karly Roser scored 16 points for Northwestern (6-4).
AP poll: Stanford remained No. 1 in The Associated Press rankings for the fifth straight week. Connecticut, Baylor, Duke and Notre Dame rounded out the first five.
Syracuse 72, Detroit 68: Jim Boeheim became the third Division I men's coach to reach 900 wins as the No. 3 Orange (10-0) defeated the visiting Titans (6-5).
Boeheim is 900-304. Mike Krzyzewski (936) and Bob Knight (902) are the other men's Division I coaches to win that many games.
Santa Clara 72, Cal Poly 64: Marc Trasolini scored 24 points on 9-for-12 shooting and Evan Roquemore scored 16 as the Broncos (9-2) defeated the Mustangs (4-5) at the Leavey Center.
Missouri 102, South Carolina State 51: Jabari Brown, playing in his first game since Nov. 17, 2011, when he was a freshman at Oregon, scored 12 points to help the No. 12 Tigers (9-1) rout the visiting Bulldogs (4-7). Brown, a former Oakland High star, transferred last year and became eligible at the end of the first semester.
AP poll: Duke replaced Indiana atop the rankings after Butler handed the Hoosiers their first loss Saturday. Michigan moved up to second and Syracuse to third.


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Earlier this year, pharma companies such as Cipla, Sun Pharma, Wockhardt, Lupin, Alembic had submitted a proposal to the HC on the same issue. The companies had argued that relabelling existing drug stocks in the market with new prices notified by the NPPA under the new Drug Price Control Order is not required as the distributors have been asked by the companies from time to time to comply with NPPAs revised price lists. Also, they argued, the revised price lists had been circulated to dealers and state drug controllers, as required under the DPCO.
The drug companies had submitted that the NPPA itself, in its documents, filed before court had said there is no mandatory requirement to relabel new revised prices on products that have been manufactured prior to the date on which the respective notification came into effect. NPPA did not agree with these proposals and insisted that the drug packs already in the shelves of chemist shops be taken back and relabelled with the new prices.
The drug companies will submit a new proposal to the court shortly, which they claim would be a practical solution acceptable to both sides. In the meanwhile, the court posted the matter for September 18.
During the hearing, counsels on behalf of the pharma companies informed the court that entire process of relabelling the existing drugs stocks in the market will be too onerous as there are too many drugs that have been directed to relabelled. The counsels pointed out that the labels can be shot off to distributors, who will be relabelling the drugs and that the companies will have to work in a supervisory manner to make sure that the process is carried out correctly. On the other hand, counsel for NPPA said a consumer would not know that he has the right to buy the drugs at rates lesser than the one printed on them, if no relabelling is carried out.
Later, the high court suggested that a notice could be put up at all cash counters in medicine shops informing the customer that he has the right under the provisions of the DPCO, 2013 to avail medicines at subsidised rates.


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Montreal and Toronto will be treated to the first two stops on Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Lopez's new joint tour, which they just announced.
According to The Canadian Press, it the first time the two musicians will be performing together.
When asked if she'd ever been to the Great White North while on a conference call with Iglesias, Lopez replied, "It might be, yeah. Canada, I don't think I've ever gone there, have I? Oh God. I don't remember." In fact, back at the end of 2007, the Latina singer graced the stages of Toronto and Montreal during her El Cantante tour with her ex-hubby and the father of their twins, Marc Anthony. Iglesias told Lopez on the same call, "You're gonna love it. I love Montreal. It's quite a city and then Toronto has always been good." He was here last February as part of his Euphoria Tour in Windsor, Ontario as well as Montreal.
"We probably share some fans, but (we're) definitely going to introduce each other to a whole other set of fans," Lopez told the CP. "It really is a gift for the fans to be able to see a few different artists they like or be exposed to a new artist."
The two performers will be in Canada beginning on July 14 and 15 with two concerts at the Bell Centre in Montreal, and they will follow that up with two shows at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on July 17 and 18.
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I was given an ECO Reader as a present about a month ago. Initially I thought it was pretty neat - I'd never actually used an e-ink device before.
How wrong I was.
The first book I've loaded onto it is
Pandora's Star
by Peter F. Hamilton. I bought it in .mobi format from the US (I live in Australia so had to go through some hoops to convince the US store I wasn't Australian, but that's another gripe for another day
). I loaded it onto the device to discover that the DRM wasn't supported. This lead me to find a program that strips off the DRM and after doing so I loaded the DRM-less file and started reading. What a
So after reading it for about 1,500 pages (of 2,900) I have noticed three things:
the reader crashes about every 50 page transitions,
when I leave the book and come back it forgets what page I was on, and
I can no longer set bookmarks. The interface for doing so just does nothing when I attempt to set a new one and all my old bookmarks are gone!
Seriously, this is all pretty fundamental functionality for an e-book reader and it fails on every count!
I'm now writing down the page number when I stop reading (or when it freezes up pre-crash) so I can manually enter the page number when I load the book up again.
But that's not all! When I do enter the page number that it indicated I was on I find it's not the actual page I was reading! I have to usually skip forwards between 10 and 500(!) pages to find the page I was actually reading!
Last time I did this (to check the firmware version was up to date) I noted down "2043" and when I re-loaded the book it had me at page "1611". I manually entered "2043" and discovered that I needed to skip forwards to "2081" to get to the actual page I was reading!
Piece. Of. Crap.
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BANGKOK — A rogue army general working with anti-government protesters was shot in the head Thursday while talking to reporters in downtown Bangkok, triggering more clashes that left one demonstrator dead and worsening Thailand's political chaos.
Gunfire crackled well into in the night after the government declared it will blockade 10,000 Red Shirt demonstrators who have paralyzed the center of the capital for two months.
The developments further eroded chances of re-establishing peace in this deeply divided Southeast Asian nation where the mostly rural, poor protesters are seeking to topple the government and hold new elections that they hope will give them a greater share of power.
The Red Shirts have turned a 1-square-mile area in the posh Rajprasong neighborhood into a sprawling camp, with portable bathrooms, free food and a stage from which their leaders deliver daily anti-government diatribes.
The streets around it turned into a virtual war zone following the shooting of 59-year-old Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol. Protesters stopped police trucks and forced them to turn back; they hurled rocks at soldiers, who responded by firing live ammunition, said Associated Press cameraman Raul Gallego.
Killed in the shooting was Chartchai Bualao, 25, according to the government's medical emergency center. Soldiers resumed firing after an ambulance took his body away. At least seven other people were injured.
The emergency center said Khattiya was shot in the head and admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit.


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Real Estate Law
Have Real Estate Law Questions? Ask a Real Estate Lawyer.
I am in contract to buy a condo unit in a new condo conversion. Mine will be the first unit sold, and represents 17% of the common interests. The sponsor will retain the other units for the foreseeable future. Is there a risk that the sponsor could declare a termination of condominium and then I would lose my condo and become a tenant in their building? Response 1: Yes, and No. The owner can terminate the condo association pursuant to New York Property Code Article 9-B Section 339-T because he has at least 80% of the common interest. However, that would not make you a Tenant. You would still be the owner of your unit, but would have to sue the owner for partition of the building with 17% of the sale proceeds going to you. Put another way, the owner must buy you out. http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/nycode/RPP/9-B/339-t
"If withdrawal of
the property from this article is authorized by at least eighty per cent
in number and in common interest of the units, or by at least such
larger percentage either in number or in common interest, or in both
number and common interest, as may be specified in the by-laws, then the
property shall be subject to an action for partition by any unit owner
or lienor as if owned in common, in which event the net proceeds of sale
shall be divided among all the unit owners in proportion to their
respective common interests, provided, however, that no payment shall be
made to a unit owner until there has first been paid off out of his
share of such net proceeds all liens on his unit. Such withdrawal of
the property from this article shall not bar its subsequent submission
to the provisions of this article in accordance with the terms of this
Would I then get 17% of the rent of the other units? Response 2: You would get 17% from the sale proceeds. The owner would buy you out. That's what partition means. How does that work? This is not as unrealistic as it sounds because the sponsor appears to have changed their mind and would rather not do a condo conversion, but for having signed a contract with me already. Response 3: See my previous responses.
Thanks for your response. So, to be clear, I could force the sponsor to have to sell the entire building to a third party if they do a termination of condominium? Response: Not exactly. Once the owner withdraws the condo from the jurisdiction of the Condominium Act, the condo owners would be treated as Tenants in Common and partition action would be filed by you to force the owner to buy you out if the owner refuses to cooperate with you. If the owner is not in a position to buy you out, the property would be sold to able and willing buyer and you would get your percentage share of the sale proceeds after deduction of liens on your unit.


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Robin Thicke Unveils Colorful 'Blurred Lines' Album Cover & Official Tracklist
The official cover art and tracklisting for Robin Thicke's sixth studio album Blurred Lines has finally made it's way into the blogosphere.
Set to be released on July 30, 2013, through Star Trak Entertainment, the album will feature a total of 11 songs, with guest appearances from T.I., Pharrell Williams and Kendrick Lamar.
What I love about the cover art, which is like all of his album covers, it really grabs your attention and diverts it away at the same time. His gorgeous scruffy face and those amazing eyes, pull you into a place that you refuse to leave.
The album is currently preceded by the lead single of the same title, which features T.I. and Pharrell.
The song has managed to become Robin's most successful single of his career by peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and R&B Songs chart.
It has also become a worldwide hit and reached number #1 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands, the UK, and has reached the top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland.
A second single, "For the Rest of My Life," which serves as a romantic ballad dedicated to his wife and high school sweetheart Paula Patton, has also been released.
Take a look at the tracklisting and watch "Blurred Lines" get video bombed by Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo below:
1. Blurred Lines featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
2. Take It Easy on Me
3. Ooo La La
4. Ain't No Hat 4 That
5. Get in My Way
6. Give It 2 U featuring Kendrick Lamar
7. Feel Good
8. Go Stupid 4 U
9. 4 the Rest of My Life
10. Top of the World
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Dish Promotes 'HD Free For Life'; Dish Network will permanently waive its $10 per month add-on fee for high-definition programming if customers commit to a two-year contract. (Multichannel News) And… DirecTV responds to Dish with its own free HD offer. (also Multichannel News)
Apple Unveils A New HTML5/Web Standards Showcase; the new HTML5 page is a showcase with seven impressive examples of things you can do using only HTML5: Video, Typography, Gallery, Transitions, Audio, 360, and VR. (TechCrunch)
Virgin Gets Sky VOD, Interactive Sports, Online Carriage; BSkyB is buying the wholly owned channels from VMtv, Virgin Media's content-making arm, for £160 million, in a deal that results in landmark, wide-ranging digital and online cooperation between the two operators. (paidContent:UK)
Gravitas Ventures Inks Deal With YouTube; the indie film distributor has signed a deal with YouTube to offer hundreds of its titles through the new GravitasVOD channel. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Miniweb Partners With Brightcove to Bring Online Content to the TV; Brightcove's media customers will now be able to use Miniweb's Connected TV Platform to extend their reach to the TV, with a minimum of integration effort. (TVover.net)
Video Platform Rewards Viewers For Watching; AdGenesis Digital has launched a new video advertising platform that rewards consumers for watching ads with various deals and incentives. (MediaPost)


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| Airshows | The
Hangar | Nostalgia |
around the UK
September 2007 - Mildenhall
saw the official withdrawal of the MH-53M Pave Low from USAFE -
these war-weary machines have provided stirling service over the
years but they will head for the 'Boneyard' at Davis-Monthan AFB
later on in the year. The five based aircraft
undertook a tour of the South-east and East Anglia before doing
a low run-and-break back at Mildenhall and landing for the very
last time. As they taxied back in they were doused by the base fire
trucks in honour of their many fine years at this East Anglian base.
Courtesy Ken Withers
September 2007 - East Midlands Airport
French Air Force E-3F did a touch and go under the callsign ROXANNE
21. Not the most common thing you get to see at your local airport!
Picture courtesy Michael Hind
September 2007 - Lakenheath
September 2007 - Old Warden
Holloway's Klemm finally had its first flight at Old Warden in the
hands of Dodge Bailey. It's on the German register at the moment
(D-EQXD) for testing but will hopefully end up on the UK register
in the near future. Courtesy Damien Burke
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Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler caught a 350-pound fish
Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler caught a mammoth 350-pound fish on Friday, and took some photos with it.
Here's the veteran NBAer hauling in a giant aquatic creature, and some still pictures:
Huge Goliath grouper caught by Wilson Chandler from the @nuggets #blacktiph #fishing #goliathgrouper pic.twitter.com/moUsOWmcOE— BlacktipH (@BlacktipH) August 21, 2016
He didn't play last season due to an injury, so he probably had tons of time to perfect his fishing skills. Fortunately for fish everywhere, he'll be back on the floor this year.
– Kenny Ducey


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Fucking hot ! I had no idea Mark Andrews and Joey Stefano worked together....
That blonde cock is amazing
Erection problems. Long before Viagra! That 'Joey Stefano' was HOT back in the late 80s.
sure is great sex here
hey Mike,i would like to cum all over you!! How i like a man cum's while's he being fucked and then cum over his belly!!
love how he spreads those legs wide and receives that cock made my cock hard sexee hot also hot to take it doggy style laying on stomack with legs spread
That's Joey Stefano
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Waterfox | The fastest 64-Bit variant of Firefox!
Waterfox is a 64-Bit version of Firefox. The Firefox source code is taken and compiled to run specifically for 64-Bit Windows computers. To make Waterfox stand out a bit more, it's compiled with optimizations so that it will run more efficiently and faster than just compiling Firefox as a 64-Bit program. For some people with older systems, the 64-Bit version loads quicker and is much more responsive than the 32-Bit build.
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In benchmarks, the 64-Bit variant of Firefox out-performs the 32-Bit variant. Also because this variant is being built specifically for Windows, there might be further performance increases.
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Do you want to be more involved at school?
Would you like to help out around the school and be involved with activities geared for your child? Join PTO!! The Parent-Teacher Organization at Congaree is always involved in the goings-on around the school. The PTO holds fund-raisers and participates in activities around the school. They plan parties and hold events that all the students love!
PTO Officers:
President- Jenni Autry
Vice President- Sheila Gunter
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Treasurer- Carolyn Lowman
Parliamentarian- Craig Lowman
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Check out the new monthly publication of Firm, Fair, and Consistent.
This magazine provides parenting advice on discipline and helping your child be successful in school.
Let's welcome Congaree's school improvement council (SIC) to the web!
SIC is researching and implementing wonderful changes around Congaree Elementary. They would love to talk to parents and community members about the changes they are implementing or hoping to implement around the school. Here are the committee members and their email addresses. Feel free to contact them with any questions or suggestions you may have!
Principal- Jeff Becker
Assistant Principal- Kim Eubanks
PTO- Jenni Autry
Teacher- Whitney W. Gee
Teacher- Jen Thompson
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I found myself very disturbed by an LAUSD teachers letter to the editor [February 410], by the tone articulated in statements such as [Black] culture as a whole is not fully embracing education as a solution to their problems.
Why is this so? And why is it so easy for Americans black, white or whoever, nowadays more than ever to excoriate African-American culture for its problems without acknowledging the core issues that impact and are at the root of those problems? Why must we persist in the puritanical finger-pointing and blaming of causes other than what learned psychologists have known for years about the consequences and ramifications of poverty and lack of education upon a people? Why is there so little acknowledgment of the psychic damage which so many African-Americans endure on a day-to-day basis due to the racism, discrimination and bigotry that persist in our society? Why is it so difficult to grasp the relationship of historic poverty and racism to the development of African-Americans? What are we so afraid of?
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When I think of the number of African-American teachers and administrators, the number of African-American college professors and administrators, and the number of African-American college presidents, even, I am heartened by the fact that although education is not fully embraced by the African-American community, progress nevertheless continues to be made. I am disheartened by the veiled anger and resentment and distorted attribution of American problems onto African-American people resulting in rollbacks on affirmative action in the guise of opportunities for all people, and by the ability of closet racists, whether black or white, to find more and more of a public forum.
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In his Growth Is Great article [January 1420], Marc B. Haefele stated that in our newsletter we had written there are 1,100 acres of wetlands at Ballona. We never said that. We referred to the 1,100 acres as coastal wetland habitat, which includes the critical dry uplands that support such rare species, in L.A., as the burrowing owl, which feeds on small mammals that also need the dry land. The Ballona drylands are just as important as the wetlands.
In regard to the other issues raised in the story, we stand behind our position that Playa Vistas projected 200,000 car trips per day and 10 tons of daily air pollution (statistics from Playa Vistas environmental-impact report), along with increased traffic from the extensive redevelopment of Marina del Rey, will have a negative impact on Sunset Park. Also, the type of clientele at Playa Vistas proposed Entertainment Media Technology Center at the south end of Centinela Avenue would likely use corporate jets, adding to the jet-traffic noise at Santa Monica Airport. Jet noise is one of the major complaints of our members.
For these reasons we support public acquisition, rather than development, of the Ballona ecosystem.
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President, Friends of Sunset Park
Sam Quiñones and Alan Mittelstaedts A League of Their Own [February 410] is a great story. Its difficult to know what goes on in the everyday lives of other Americans, especially those who live on the other side of the country. What great spirit these people have. It certainly inspired me.
Tina Parsons
Asheville, North Carolina
On your feature A League of Their Own, all I can say is Thanks for the story. I am a cultural anthropologist who happens to work with folks in Santa Ana and, incidentally, who was often played right off the courts during basketball matches. Quiñones and Mittelstaedt, in this short piece, have captured so much of what it means to be a Zapotec migrant in the U.S. They also show just how important basketball is for the migrants as a release, a way of organizing, and now, with Raza Unida, to build toward new kinds of social networks based upon ethnicity rather than village. Pass on a well done to the authors. They can also find a bit about basketball in my new book, published by the University of Texas Press, Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca.
Jeffrey H. Cohen
State College, Pennsylvania
The meth story [Speed Sells by Mitchell Koss, February 1117] paints as clear a picture as can be regarding that dastardly drug. It sounds devastating. My own nieces are hooked on it, but I didnt realize just how bad it is. What a freaky, freaky drug.
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Re: Paul Malcolms The Dreamlife of Foreign-Film Distributors [February 1117]. Why the surprise at the audience in Minneapolis for foreign film? With the Walker Art Centers Film/Video department, the University Film Societys diverse and exciting programming, several smaller venues, and, yes, commercial theaters such as Landmark chains, Minneapolis has long been among the best places in the country to see new film from around the world. Not associated with cineaste culture indeed!
So why, in such a climate, is Landmark Theaters, the countrys largest art-house chain, expanding the number of screens devoted to foreign-language films and in cities such as St. Louis, Denver, Minneapolis and Dallas, not usually associated with cineaste culture? According to Cary Jones, Landmarks vice president of marketing, the answer is simple: We think theres an audience out there.
Weve had films perform better in Minneapolis than in Los Angeles, says Jones, and weve seen foreign-language films perform exceptionally well in markets like St. Louis or Dallas.
Scott D. Paulin
New York
Why do some of the movie reviews have to be filled with so much superfluous comment? John Pattersons review of The Beach [Beached, February 1117] is a good example. My God, all I wanted was to know whether he thought the movie was worth seeing. I did not need a history lesson in everyones career who is involved with the film. We did not need to know about all the film genres that may or may not be at play. I just want a movie review . . . not a doctoral thesis!
Jim Lockner
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Regarding Linda Burums From Spaetzle to Saimintosoda [Restaurant Guide, February 1117], I have a suggestion. Kinchans on Sawtelle has better ramen than Asahi on Sawtelle. Kinchans is also cheaper, and serves bigger portions.
Malinee Churanakoses
Santa Monica
As a Canadian-American, I strongly object to the inclusion of Blame Canada, from the South Park movie, as an Oscar nominee for Best Song. We Canadians are not all beady little eyes and floppy heads, and to joke that Canadas not even really a country anyway is an insult of the highest order. If I were a Baldwin or an Arquette right now, Id be very careful where I shot my next Movie of the Week.
Ric Sarabia
Los Angeles
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Vienna (Oct. 26)
A decline in the numerical strength of the Jewish community of Vienna was shown by statistics published for the quarter ending with August of this year.
In June 172 births and 193 deaths were recorded, in July 115 births and 210 deaths and in August 86 births and 157 deaths. In the same period 91 persons entered the Jewish faith, as compared with 195 who left.


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Thank you to all of you for your kind comments, I appreciate them, always!At 16, I bought a Praktica Super TL 2. Since then and for the last 30+ years, I have not stopped taking pictures. I am playing now with a Nikon D-7000 and loving it! I suspect that if you were to give a digital camera to a depressed person and let them free to roam in nature, their well being would greatly improve. I am in a constant state of wonder (well OK ... almost constant). I am an fiber artist and dabble in oils but am in love digital photography. Colors and emotions are what I try to translate in my pictures.Thank you to all of you WunderPhotographers for bringing more beauty into my life!Whiterain, another photographer on this site, is my son.Create your own visitor map!
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