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CRAWLEY 1 SWINDON TOWN 1: The day football came second (From Swindon Advertiser)
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CRAWLEY 1 SWINDON TOWN 1: The day football came second
6:00am Monday 4th February 2013 in Sport By Sam Morshead
IT WAS a day when football came second.
After Paolo Di Canio's strongly-worded statement on Friday, the focus was not on the two teams who scrapped for a 1-1 draw. The evening was about the Italian, his every move critiqued by observers who have precious little knowledge of his extraordinary psyche.
Perhaps this is how he wanted it – cameras and eyes trained solely on him – if it was, Di Canio got his wish. Banners in amongst the travelling crowd urged Swindon Town's manager to stick it out. In the gantry, commentators and journalists noted his relative inactivity on the touchline as often as they made reference to the gross indecency that was the playing surface at the Broadfield Stadium.
And so it mattered little that Billy Clarke and Adam Rooney scored a penalty apiece; this game could have ended 45-39 and it would only have received a smidgen of recognition from the various media outlets present.
In their post-match discussions, Sky Sports spent more time analysing the trajectory of Di Canio's wave to the supporters than discussing why on earth referee Robert Madley had chosen to award the two penalties which defined the game.
"A tearful Paolo Di Canio goes to the travelling fans," said presenter Simon Thomas as the replays slowed to a pace usually reserved for David Attenborough to comment on the wing velocity of an African fish eagle. "Is that a goodbye?"
No wonder Danny Wilson looked so bemused alongside him in the studio. "I never got this treatment," he must have thought.
But this is Di Canio – an enigma of a man whose very reputation encourages a little DIY psychology; a man who publicly spent 10 minutes after the game in a two-man huddle with his agent Phil Spencer, gesticulating at every divot on Crawley's ploughed pitch, only to bat away questions thrown at him about his future with near-disdain.
We'll never know what the Swindon boss is thinking, to be frank there's a part of me that believes it is probably safer that way, but what we do know is his capacity to change a game in an instant.
Amidst all the crazy stunts and imperfect analogies, it is easy to overlook the Italian's brilliant managerial instinct. You can object to his politics, his man-management and his temperament – I certainly have – but his impact substitutions have been simply sensational.
Think of his decision to sacrifice Matt Ritchie for Alan Navarro in the home clash with Coventry which freed up Gary Roberts and inspired his players to haul back a two-goal deficit, the introduction of Andy Williams and Miles Storey which made Aston Villa look like non-leaguers, the way James Collins gave Portsmouth an almighty New Year's Day headache and how Simon Ferry and Chris Martin's arrival off the bench prompted a change in fortunes at Bournemouth.
And to that list he added another example of his ability to read a game on Saturday with the introduction of Rooney with 40 minutes remaining. The on-loan Birmingham striker, without an appearance in more than two months, won and scored the spot-kick that handed Swindon a point and totally changed the dynamics of Town's attacking play.
In the first half, though for the most part they had been in control of possession, Swindon were rigid and impotent. Central midfield was bypassed by aimless long balls into the channels. It was agricultural, perhaps apt given the match was played on a pitch which could quite feasibly moonlight as a farmer's field.
Williams and Collins both had early sights of goal but the former headed straight at Paul Jones while the latter's acrobatic volley was neatly saved by the Crawley stopper.
Despite seeming comfortable, however, the Robins fell behind in the 23rd minute. Nicky Adams darted into the box, Alan McCormack went to ground and the winger duly followed.
To the naked eye it seemed a legitimate decision, but replays suggested otherwise. Adams appeared to have taken a tumble.
Making the most of his luck, Clarke thrashed home the penalty. It was Crawley's first ever league goal against Swindon.
Moments before the interval, the hosts should really have doubled their advantage.
Town's sloppy defence, too tight for much of the match, allowed Jamie Proctor to bear down on Wes Foderingham unchallenged. On debut following his switch from Swansea, the striker should have done better than allow the Swindon keeper to get a big paw on his side-footed effort.
It was a let-off, and one Town capitalised on after the break.
Within six minutes of coming off the bench, Rooney fell under the presence of Joe Walsh in the Crawley box. It was the equivalent of a building collapsing in a summer breeze, but Madley pointed to the spot.
Rooney was clinical from 12 yards. Jones didn't move. Now Swindon were back on top.
With 20 minutes remaining the Irishman came tantalisingly close to turning the game on its head. Raffa De Vita worked space for McCormack to deliver a fizzing cross from the left, Rooney galloped in front of his man and his bullet near-post header was only kept out by a stunning, one-handed reflex save by Jones.
It was the last major chance of the game, as both sides battled with the furrows and rivets which plagued the playing surface like some form of vegetal disease.
Nathan Thompson weaved through four challenges to shoot at Jones, while Aden Flint's excellent header prevented Proctor from nodding home at the near post, but a draw remained a good result for Town. Not that it mattered for anyone outside Swindon. This was all about Di Canio.
The Town boss was pleased with his players' second-half spirit, and the impact made by Rooney in particular.
He said: "After the way we started the game and the way we finished the first half it is a good point. It is another game we didn't lose. It's obvious that I didn't enjoy the first half but the team completely changed its attitude, mentality and desire.
"I didn't have any doubts. We've got value in here, now they feel the cause more than ever. Even if we couldn't play our kind of football we tried to adapt ourselves. We had one or two chances but we didn't get the second goal.
"It is a good point, another away game has gone and we stay up there. I know that I can use him more. He's been ready since two weeks ago. He's been totally focused in training sessions, I can see a different player. He understands everything I want.
"In the last few weeks I tried him in a wide area as well but today he was a very important part, not only for the penalty but we also saw several times he did for us what we didn't have in the first half.
"The first half was a disaster because there were 20 balls up front and Willo and James didn't get one. If you don't have the quality up front to collect the ball for your teammates it's difficult.
"Rooney was very good from the first ball and credit has to go to him. I know now that I can give him a different chance than getting him in during the game."
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Another testing pitch to come tomorrow night and could be energy sapping if they are still under the weather.
Anyone know the latest sick-list?
10:12am Mon 4 Feb 13
Rebel_phish says...
Not only do we have to contend with clubs calling off matches when they have a crop of injuries and they're not at their strongest to face us. Not only do we have to put up with a board that were trying to hold a fire sale, or a board in waiting - notwithstanding the NDA - that we know absolutely nothing about. Not only do we have to wait for the slow cogs at the FL to fully turn and come out with a decision one way or another .... We now have to put up with clubs specially preparing pitches that are not conducive to our style of football.
These clubs go out deliberately to prepare a sodden, mud-bath of a pitch that does not allow for our type of free-flowing football. We end up playing "stick-in-mud" for 90 minutes, a free for all, where any side could win.
It should not be allowed. These clubs are not entering into the spirit of the game. If their pitches are not of a fine standard, say in line with the County Ground pitch, then they should be chucked out of the league under the Trades Description Act. Or under the heading of Fit for Purpose. Or even the FL's own Fit and Proper Use guidelines. These pitches are a disgrace and it needs to be stamped out.
For the fourth time in as many weeks, Swindon Town will take to a pitch tomorrow specially prepared to scupper our chances of back-to back promotions. Its likes the other clubs in this league don't want us to succeed.
Is that sarcastic enough?
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Yuma, Ariz. (13 On Your Side) - "I don't think the punishment fits the crime," said Yuma Mayor Al Krieger.
The Mayor is outraged that a judge sentenced former city employee Hector Valenzuela to only five years of supervised probation and no jail time.
"I know it is expensive to incarcerate, but when you steal from the taxpayer I think you ought to do some jail time," Krieger said.
Valenzuela worked for the City of Yuma for 19 years before he was caught stealing equipment from the city.
Last October, police caught him red-handed with lawn mowers, garden hoses, fertilzer and fuel that belonged to the City.
Valenzuela plead guilty to theft in April.
Mayor Krieger believes other city employees should also be held accountable.
"I'm absolutely sure that the checks and balances in that department were insufficient," Krieger said.
"It's hard to believe that in the year 2012, we didn't have sufficient accountability to prevent these kinds of things. I don't see our department head being held accountable," said Mayor Krieger.
Mayor Krieger says since Valenzuela got busted for stealing city-owned equipment, Yuma Parks and Recreation department has made changes to keep better track of its inventory.
Still, Krieger says Valenzuela's punishment does nothing to deter other City of Yuma employees from stealing equipment.
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Beyonce performed Etta's signature song, "At Last" at President Obama's inauguration in 2009, laying claim to the tune James relied on to make a living. James told an audience shortly after that that Obama "is not my president" and "that woman he had singing for him, singing my song … she's going to get her ass whipped."
November 29, 2008
Some of us remember the first elected prime minister of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, as he brought to the world the vision of a prosperous Congo where this beautiful land will benefit the Congolese people and not world corporations. A modern day holocaust is occurring in this picturesque land of abundance.
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(Morehead, Ky.) -- The Kentucky State Police in Morehead want to inform citizens of criminal activity that is occurring in the Morehead and Dry Ridge Post areas. Two white males are going to residences of elderly people and approaching the occupants about giving them an estimate for a new heating and air conditioning unit. Once inside the residence, one of the male subjects will distract the victim while the other male subject goes around measuring the residence. While pretending to take the measurements, that male subject is taking jewelry and any other valuable items. Both men have been described as white males. One of the male subjects is approximately 50 years old, has a grey/silver beard and wears a fishing type hat. The other male subject has been described as younger. These subjects have been seen driving a black full size pickup truck. These criminal acts have occurred in the Sharpsburg area of Bath County and the Morefield area of Nicholas County. Anyone who has been a victim of this scam, or anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Kentucky State Police at 1-800-222-5555 to report the crime.


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It's been five years since the rental price of Columbia County's Savannah Rapids Pavilion and the Jabez Sanford Hardin Performing Arts Center has gone up.
Now, Columbia County's Community and Leisure Services Division director Barry Smith is looking to raise the cost to use the facilities.
"We're raising as much as 10% and others as little as 2%."
Smith hopes to raise the rate at the pavilion from $2,700 for 12 hours to $3,000 for a 14 hour rental.
"We run it like a business so we need to gain revenue and operations that can keep improvements happening at the facilities."
Commissioners have approved the price hike; but before the rent rates can increase commissioners need to give final approval during their meeting on February 15.
Smith is also hoping establishing a new fee will stop an old problem.
"A lot of charitable organizations plan and organize these 5k runs for it to start and end at Savannah Rapids Park but we're not cognizant of it, we weren't notified about it."
He says they will start charging charitable organizations $100 to use the pavilion's canal towpath for races; he says the fee will also protect large groups from double booking.
Smith tells Fox54 raising the rental fees will bring the county an extra $300,000 a year.
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Relief due from relentless rain (From Swindon Advertiser)
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Relief due from relentless rain
5:30am Tuesday 7th January 2014 in News By Beren Cross, @BerenCross
SWINDON should finally have some relief from the wet weather which has battered the town for the best part of two weeks from this evening onwards.
Wind and rain conspired to put roof tiles and windows under serious pressure yesterday. Much of the same should follow this morning, with heavy rain forecast through the night and into the afternoon.
Wind will be gusting as high as 37mph in the early hours, and will not relent until 6pm at the earliest, when the rain will also pass off.
Apart from a brief return from the rain in the middle of Wednesday night, the town should remain dry.
There will even be some sun for residents on Wednesday morning, but low temperatures can be guaranteed with the absence of cloud.
By the time Friday comes around, temperatures will drop to 30C, but it is likely to feel closer to -1, with the wind chill.
Wiltshire Police received a high number of weather related calls over the weekend and yesterday.
On Sunday, at 12.30pm, officers were called out to the A3102 between Lyneham and Royal Wootton Bassett after three manhole covers lifted due to the excess water.
At 9pm a tree came down in Purton and officers were called to make the scene safe, while Welcombe Avenue was also reported to be flooded at 8pm.
Police also received several reports of standing water in Broad Hinton throughout the day on Sunday.
At 4.50am yesterday a car crashed on the M4 between Swindon and Membury due to hailstones.
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue and South West Ambulance Service reported no calls from our area yesterday, despite the heavy weather.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service said they were pleased the public had heeded the warnings put out by emergency services.
Park's oldest tree is destroyed in storm
LYDIARD Park's oldest tree, which has stood as a beacon welcoming visitors for centuries, has been blown over during the gale-force winds which struck Swindon over the festive period.
The ancient walnut tree, which dates back to the mid-1700s and was planted when the St John family lived there, was discovered lying on its side on the morning of Christmas Eve following the severe weather which hit Swindon before and during the Christmas period.
Groundsman Andrew Dyre, who has been working at the park for more than three years, was the first person to come across the felled tree.
"It was quite a sad moment, it was one of the biggest specimens in the park," said Andrew, 49. "I think quite a few people will be sad to see it gone."
Stuart Webb beside the fallen tree in Lydiard Park
For a number of years the tree, which is five metres in circumference, had been rotting from the inside with a number of cavities being discovered in its trunk. This led to the estate and park land manager Stuart Webb to have a small fence constructed around it to ensure it had the best chance of survival.
Its position on the main lawn means there will be a huge hole left in the landscape for visitors who come and visit the park.
"Unfortunately we could not account for the storms that we have been experiencing," said Stuart. "We had put up the fence to give it the best chance of survival and to make sure people could not get too close to it.
"It was an absolutely marvellous specimen – really majestic. You could not help but love it.
"It had real character and was a big part of the landscape."
Due to the wood rotting Stuart said it was hard to take samples to determine the exact date when the tree was first planted but maps suggest it has been growing since 1750.
Stuart said it has not been settled yet what will happen to the wood but the park hopes to find a fitting tribute.
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Adver check the weather reports, there was never gonna be any let up... fools
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30C, flipping heck where is my shorts...!
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Smugmug is the new online photo gallery the Daily News uses because the number of photos that can accompany articles is limited and reporters usually take far more pictures than can be used for any one article. By linking news stories with Smugmug galleries, the Daily News is able to allow readers to view all the pictures from events, perhaps catching a glimpse of someone they know.
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Table of Contents
Beginning with Kopete 0.12, we are now using Adium format for our Chat Window style. The theme format is based on HTML templates and CSS. They are easier to make and develop, only a knowledge of HTML and CSS is needed. Also, styles can have variants (defined as CSS file) which add more customisation value :).
Adium format consist of a directory structure, HTML templates, CSS files and keywords that are replaced each time the template is processed. The final conversation is a XHTML page where messages are added with DOM operations. The central element is a div element named
Chat. Before and after this div element goes the Header and Footer template. Messages are childs of the
Chat div element.
A style must respect this directory structure. Code in Kopete are thinking around this directory structure. When archiving the style, archive the
styleName directory. The directory structure is a structure of a Mac OS X bundle for those familiar with that operating system. Also you must respect the case displayed here, because a UNIX system is case-sensitive.
styleName\ (can have .adiumMessageStyle as suffix, because in Mac OS X it is a bundle) Contents\ Info.plist Resources\ main.css Header.html Footer.html Status.html Incoming\ (and Outgoing\) Content.html NextContent.html (for consecutive messages) Context.html (for message history) NextContext.html Action.html Variants\ *.css
This is a special div element used internally. It is a placeholder to indicate where to insert the next message. If it's a new message, it is removed and the new message take place. But if it's a consecutive message, the div element is replaced with the content of new message. This special div element is required in Content,Context,NextContent,NextContext templates. Though it not harm to put it also in Action and Status template.
Template description.
Header.html (Required)
Use the Header template to display a nice header to the conversation. This template is insered before
Chat div element. If you don't use it, just put an empty file.
Footer.html (Required)
This is mostly the same as Header but it is for the fotter of a conversation. This template is insered after
Chat div element. If you don't use it, just put an empty file.
Status.html (Required)
This template is used to display a internal message. Internal messages such as status change, message from Kopete(ex: Incoming File Transfert). When the style do not supply a Action template, it is used to display Action message.
Outgoing/Content.html (Required)
The content template is the message core. Think it as a block that will hold messages.. Make sure it is ready to receive consecutive messages, don't design it to only display one message. Consecutive messages will be inserted at the div insert element.
Outgoing/NextContent.html (Required)
The NextContent template is a message fragment for consecutive messages. It will be inserted into the main message block. The HTML template should contain the bare minimum to display a message.
Outgoing/Action.html (Optional) (Kopete Extension)
This template is a Kopete extension to the Adium format. It is available for Incoming and Outgoing direction. Action messages are special message to tell we are doing a action. Example: "/me is installing Kopete" would be displayed as "DarkShock is installing Kopete".
Outgoing/NextContext.html (Optional)
These templates are not used in Kopete. In Adium, they are used to display history. It is mostly the same thing as Content and NextContent but with some differences to distinguist from normal messages.
HTML template are used to describe how the structure is made. But all the style is described in CSS files.
main.css is the main style, where variants are just alterations of the main style. Examples of variants are differents colors, no display of user photo. Both
main.css and variants and imported in final XHTML page.
This is the main CSS file which is common for all variants. This file should contain all the main description of the style.
Here is two tips for testing a style while creating it.
In Chat Window, you can save a conversation. This is a copy of the internal XHTML page displayed. Use it in Konqueror to test your CSS files.
Keywords are likes holes to fill with details. On each new message, they are replaced with the correct value corresponding to their context. To fully support all features of Kopete, we added some keywords extentions to the Adium. Also some keywords are only available in certain context.
Keywords list for Header and Footer templates.
There keywords are processed at the beginning of the chat.
This is the name of the current chat session. For a typical session, it display the name of the contact and his status. For IRC, it display the topic of a channel.
These are the name of the contacts for a chatsession.
%sourceName% is your name.
%destinationName% is the name of the contact you are chatting with. Prefer
%chatName% over those, because they could be confusing for groupchat and IRC.
These are the image/photo/avatar of the contacts for a chatsession. Incoming represent the contact photo and Outgoing represent your own photo. If they are no photo available, it use
buddy_icon.png image which is located in
Incoming or
Outgoing directory.
It is the time when the chat session begin.
%timeOpened% use the default time format for the current locale. If you want to use a specific time format, use
%timeOpened{X}% where X is a string containing the time format. The time parameters are the same as the glibc function
strftime. Do man strftime to get the list of available parameters.
Keywords list for Content, NextContent, Context, NextContext, Action template
There keywords are processed for each message.
This is the image/photo/avatar of the contact associated with the message. If they are no photo available, it use
buddy_icon.png image which is located in
Incoming and
Outgoing directory depending of the message direction.
This is the contact ID of the contact associated with the message. Examples: firstname.lastname@example.com, 45566576, JohnSmith.
This is the name of the contact associated with the message. It use MetaContact display name as a source.
Display the name of the service associated with the message. Examples: Jabber, Yahoo, MSN.
In Kopete, this keyword is used to represent the highlight background color. Ignore parameter in the braces and only use it as
%senderStatusIcon% (Kopete extension)
Display the status icon of the contact associated with the message. It's a file path.
%senderColor{N}% (Kopete extension)
Generate a color from the sender contact id. Can be used to display a different color for contact nickname.
%senderColor{N}% where N is a positive number. If N is greater than 100, it represent a lighter color than the contact's color.
If N equal 150 it is a color which is 50% brighter. If N is less than 100 then it is a darker color. Usefull for having a background coloured differently for each contact.
If you want to use theses colors in a variant, but not in the main style, you have to workaround.

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you can apply color ro the p.message element in your
main.css file, and in your varient put something like
p.message { color:inherit; border-color:inherit; }
Keyword list common for messages and Status.html
The message itself. This is a HTML fragment.
The time when the message was received.
%time% use the default time format for the current locale. If you want to use a specific time format, use
%time{X}% where X is a string containing the time format. The time parameters are the same as the glibc function
strftime. Do man strftime to get the list of available parameters.
%messageDirection% (Kopete Extension)
Represent the message direction, if the message must be displayed right-to-left or left-to-right. The values are either "rtl" or "ltr". Read Message Direction guideline to see how to use this keyword properly.


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Master Nutritionist Johnnie Hart is scheduled to present on the topic as she discusses causes and tips for preventing foodborne illness, food storage and handling, proper cooling of cooked foods and cooking temperatures.
"With the holidays just around the corner, it's important to be aware of proper food safety," said Elizabeth Monk, outreach and marketing coordinator of the Good Food Project. "We want our family and friends to enjoy their time together, not spend it sick in bed. Or worse- in an emergency room," Monk said.
This workshop will be held at the Food Bank of Central Louisiana, 3223 Baldwin Ave. in Alexandria. The workshops are open to everyone and donations are requested for admittance.
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The Texas Longhorns took home bragging rights and earned a trip to the Big 12 Tournament Championship with a 70-58 win over Texas A&M on Friday night. The Longhorns had control of this the whole way, taking a six-point lead into the half and cruising to the 12-point win.
Four Longhorns were in double-figures, led by Jordan Hamilton's 17 points. J'Covan Brown added 15 points off the bench, Tristan Thompson had 14 and Cory Joseph added 10.
The Aggies were led by Khris Middleton's game-high 18 points. B.J. Holmes and David Loubeau were also in double-figures, adding 11 and 12 points, respectively.
Texas moves on to face Kansas with the Big 12 Tournament championship on the line, Saturday at 6 p.m. on ESPN.
To check in with Texas fans, visit Burnt Orange Nation. For more from Texas A&M fans, check out I Am The 12th Man.
Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 10
No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks def. OSU, 63-62
Colorado def. No. 4 Kansas St. Wildcats, 87-75
No. 2 Texas Longhorns def. Oklahoma
No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies vs. Mizzou, 86-71
Semifinals: Friday, March 11
Kansas def. Colorado, 90-83
Texas def. Texas A&M, 70-68
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Circa 1903. "Unloading bananas at New Orleans." Final installment of a thrilling trilogy we've watched unfold here over the past three years. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Toucan cracks Jamaican market
Toucan, a social media and interactive advertising agency incorporated in Dubai, is looking to hire locals to work in Jamaica.
The company, which opened its Kingston branch in January, aims to employ six people.
It currently employs an acting general manager from its Trinidad & Tobago office who will return home once vacancies for a general manager and a creative director have been filled.
"We want locals in each of our offices," said Douglas Ames, the company's managing director. Locals understand the market so they can serve the company's customers more efficiently.
The company already has offices in Kenya and India as well as the one in Trinidad & Tobago.
It decided to expand to Jamaica after noticing that, while many people do web development and social marketing in the country, there are no companies officially certified by Facebook, Ames said.
"We can get customised Facebook applications and campaigns approved," he said. Toucan is also certified in the management of Google online advertising campaigns.
The company has a fully trained international staff who have direct links to Facebook and can personalise their clients' social media pages.
Social media websites have become a popular tool for businesses to engage their customers, ultimately contributing to the companies' bottom-lines.
Already, Toucan has created blogs, placed advertisements on Google and Facebook, and written online games for international clients.
The company worked on the advertising campaign for KFC Jamaica featuring Trinidad-born American Idol judge Nicki Minaj. It developed a game that allowed fans to upload look-a-like pictures of the hip hop star. The winner received a ticket to the Reggae Sumfest.
Its Kingston office will deal with client management, billings and concept ideas for its customers.
Toucan's programming and website design work is currently done in its Mumbai office but it hopes to train local programmers in two to three years.
The company aims to help businesses maximise their investments online, and is prepared to put its money where its mouth is.
It doesn't ask for payment until its clients have been able to measure their results, such as whether they've reached all their fans.
With digital media, said Ames, clients want to ensure that their money is well spent.


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Penstemon Dome has a variety of bolted and traditionally protected routes from 5.5 to 5.12. The clean rock, height of the dome, and variety of grades; make this dome a "mandatory" destination for those visiting Courtright.
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LAS VEGAS -- All Las Vegas-area Bruce Scher Goodyear stores closed Monday. Major layoffs are expected as a result of the closures.
Vegasgoodyear.com, a website for the business, lists 13 southern Nevada locations. Customers are receiving calls this morning to pick up their cars. Employees were told to clear out their tools Monday morning after repairing the remaining cars.
"I left a competitor to come here and I've only been here for 6 months," store manager Karl Reiser said. "But to lose a job around the holidays is, it leaves you reeling. It leaves you upset, but we'll get through it."
Laid-off workers said they hoped Goodyear corporate will take over some of the stores.
A family spokesperson sent the following statement to 8 News Now: "With the passing of Mr. Scher, the Bruce Scher Goodyear stores have closed in Las Vegas effective today. Several technicians will be retained long enough to finish the cars that remain at our facilities. All employees will be paid in full this week."
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By Dan Barrett.
The television anthology series was once a staple of US television. Shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, and Night Visions are among the best remembered. As the TV industry evolved, they failed to work on broadcast TV and soon found a home on cable television. Here they were able to embrace niche audiences who didn't mind their TV being a little more eccentric. Tales From The Crypt and Liquid Television are two very fondly remembered examples.
Cable TV anthologies also saw the emergence of an anthology genre not previously possible: the erotic, soft-core anthology. Shows like Red Show Diaries, and The Hunger were watched by devoted viewers seeking their mix of murder, mystery, and boobs. It has been a while since we saw soft-core erotica anthologies produced for cable (who have since adopted a premium-television model), but Cinemax has come to the rescue for this genre with the debut of Femme Fatales.
Cinemax, a movie-driven cable network, is oft-referred to as Skinemax due to the abundance of soft-core erotic films that air on the channel late at night. Femme Fatales is a perfect fit for this network, with the series airing Friday nights at 11pm. Each episode finds women needing to "find extraordinary ways of coping with their problems, channeling their survival instincts and bringing out their inner guile. The show is inspired by and styled in the tradition of pulp stories, film noir and graphic novels, and takes place in contemporary settings".
Episode 1 opens with the story Behind Locked Doors. A popular young actress is jailed for accidently killing some pedestrians whilst she is sending a tweet on her phone. The actress is then forced into prison where she becomes the target of a tough inmate known for making many her bitches, attracts the attention of a male guard, forms a bond with her cellmate, and makes an enemy with a tough female guard. What follows is a series of women in prison shower scenes, and late night in-cell trysts with fellow inmates and the male guard.
"Oz" this is not. With an excess of boobs, bare behinds, and the occasional full-frontal lady shot, this is a show that thrives on over-the-top melodrama mixed in with a lot of not-quite entirely graphic titillation. Femme Fatales is also unexpectedly very self-aware. It features two great D grade celebrity cameos at the beginning with Adam Goldberg and Richard Kind and can be surprisingly funny.
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The odds are siding with the experts all the way on this one. The Redskins opened the contest favored by 2.5 points, and that spread has increased slightly to three points, according to Oddsshark.com.
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The Bengals have signed Maualuga to a new contract, another move to keep the league's sixth-ranked defense virtually intact.||||||| Maualuga was a second-round pick from Southern California in 2009. He has had some rough times during his transition to starter, with coach Marvin Lewis challenging Maualuga and quarterback Andy Dalton to become more vocal leaders last season.
Maualuga left for a concussion evaluation in the second half, but returned Sunday.||||||| If you have Maualuga in an IDP format league, monitor his progress this week.
Maualuga appeared to hurt his right ankle in a preseason game Friday.||||||| Maualuga limped off with help, putting his arms around trainers.
Maualuga has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.||||||| An employee at a downtown Cincinnati bar told police that Maualuga punched him in the face on Feb. 5. Maualuga and the Bengals have not commented on the charge, which could bring a fine or suspension from the NFL. It's Maualuga's second court case in two years. He pleaded guilty to drunken driving after police in northern Kentucky said he hit a parking meter and two parked cars in January 2010. The league suspended him for two games for violating its conduct policy.
Maualuga has been charged with assault stemming from a downtown Cincinnati bar incident. Police cited the 25-year-old Maualuga with the misdemeanor count on Friday after investigating allegations by a bar employee that Maualuga punched him in the face early Sunday morning. Maualuga's arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 17. No attorney was listed for him.||||||| Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan said the club doesn't comment on unresolved legal matters.


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TAYLORS, S.C. (BP)-As Frank Page recounts it, he didnt want to be president of the Southern Baptist Convention. And he never believed he would win even after he felt compelled by God to be a candidate. But winning an election wasnt really the point of his reluctant candidacy anyway.
While mowing his lawn May 19, after struggling for two weeks with the decision of whether to follow the urgings of many who wanted him to run or to accede to those who advised against a candidacy, Page remembers praying.
The Lord made very clear to me that while I may not want to do this, it didnt matter whether I did or didnt, Page said. He wanted me to run to get some things on the table for discussion. He didnt tell me at that time that I would win. He just said, I want you to run.
But Page indeed was narrowly elected SBC president during the SBCs June 13-14 annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., beating out two other candidates in Southern Baptists first seriously contested presidential election in more than a decade.
The pastor of First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., talked about his surprising victory, his plans as president and current issues of debate among Southern Baptists in an extensive interview with the Florida Baptist Witness at his church near Greenville, S.C., July 12.
Calling himself the quintessential anti-bureaucrat, Page said he did not want to run for president because he doesnt like bureaucracies and he knew his election would mean being thrust into working with a very strong bureaucracy and he would have to do a lot of challenging of bureaucracy.
He also didnt want to run because of what he called dirty politics which have sometimes characterized SBC life. The decision to run, Page said, was not what I would call a warm, fuzzy moment.
While repeatedly affirming the conservative resurgence which brought the Southern Baptist Convention back from the brink of liberalism, Page said he believed the time had come for Southern Baptists to have a choice for president.
Weve not had elections; weve had coronations, he asserted.
I believe my election says, by the majority of the people, this convention does not belong to any subgroup, but it belongs to the Lord and a broader spectrum of people, Page said, adding that he has great respect for the men who have given Southern Baptists conservative leadership for the past several decades.
But I think it was time we had a truly democratic convention where people could choose, he said.
Page said he does not oppose politics in SBC life when the purpose is positive influence - such as the conservative resurgence.
The conservative resurgence to influence this convention back toward a belief in the inerrancy and integrity of the Word of God was absolutely appropriate and I thank God for that. I cannot imagine where we would be [without it], Page said, affirming Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. who noted in Greensboro that without the conservative resurgence of the last three decades Southern Baptists may have been debating whether to ordain homosexuals.
I thank God that weve come to the point where we are, Page said.
But he opposes bad politics in SBC life.
By that I mean breaking the ninth commandment of bearing false witness, of rumor and innuendo. That is absolutely not of God; thats bad politics and that happens far too often in our convention, he said.
Although considered the anti-establishment candidate since prominent SBC leaders - including three seminary presidents - had endorsed one of the other president candidates before Page announced his own candidacy, he acknowledged that other leaders in Southern Baptist life strongly urged his candidacy.
There were state [Baptist convention] executives that very much wanted me to run, Page said, noting that the executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, Carlisle Driggers, publicly endorsed his candidacy.
The endorsement of a presidential candidate by the seminary presidents created debate among Southern Baptists about the appropriateness of SBC entity leaders becoming involved in denominational politics, even resulting in a public rebuke of such activities by Morris H. Chapman, president of the SBC Executive Committee.
While re-asserting the view he expressed at his first news conference after his election that SBC entity heads should not publicly endorse candidates, Page told the Witness it is not wrong for SBC leaders to be involved privately in denominational politics.
I dont have a personal problem with any entity executive - national or state or associational level - who states in private conversation their belief. I believe it is best not to endorse candidates.
Page offered three factors for his surprising election - in order of importance: concern about the Cooperative Program; a protest vote; and the location of the annual meeting in his home state of North Carolina.
I believe the convention spoke loudly that [the] Cooperative Program matters, Page said. His church gave 12.44 percent of its undesignated receipts to missions through the Cooperative Program last year, far outpacing the level of CP support of the churches of the other two presidential candidates.
I do believe there was a major protest vote against the system that has become too much in control of who the next president would be. I teasingly said a large number of people would have voted for Daffy Duck. But seriously, I think there were a large number of people who said, give us a choice, and if hes the candidate, well vote for him. We dont want someone telling us who our presidents going to be, Page said.
The third reason for his narrow victory, Page said, was the location of the annual meeting in Greensboro - his hometown and in the neighboring states of his current place of ministry, South Carolina, and previous place of ministry, Georgia.
Speculating on what his election means about the future of the Southern Baptist Convention, Page offered two scenarios - a blip on the screen which would not result in meaningful change or a true heart change in which the Cooperative Program is going to be strengthened and that were going to truly involve a larger number of godly, conservative men and women in the convention. And, instead of a tightly controlled convention, that its going to be more open for, I believe, healthy dialogue and debate.
At his post-election news conference in Greensboro, Page said he had not developed a theme for his presidency since he did not believe he would win.
Since Greensboro, however, Page told the Witness he has started to develop a multifaceted theme:
Lord, send your Spirit to transform our churches. Lord, send your Spirit to re-energize evangelistic efforts to reach the lost. Lord, send your Spirit to call us to repentance, to call us to seek forgiveness for our self-sufficiency. Lord, send your Spirit to revive a cooperative mission effort among your children.
In contrast to the practice of the SBCs immediate past president, Bobby Welch, pastor of First Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Fla., Page said he cannot be a fulltime Southern Baptist Convention president.
Although he will not micromanage trustees - thats not my business; thats not my job, Page said he will seek to attend at least one, if not more, of all [SBC] entity trustee meetings, acknowledging his role is to be adviser and encourager.
Regarding a motion by International Mission Board trustee Wade Burleson seeking an investigation of alleged interference in IMB governance, coercion of staff and narrowing theological parameters which messengers at the SBC referred back to IMB trustees for response, Page said he hopes to provide assurance for Southern Baptists that the issues regarding the Burleson situation are handled with integrity and with completeness.
There are fears that because it was referred back to the IMB trustees that it will not be handled with integrity. I do not say I hold those fears, but there are fears out there that they cannot police themselves - that its not going to be dealt with sufficiently; that it will be swept under the rug, Page said.
Page said IMB President Jerry Rankin has asked him to be involved in the trustees review of the matter, including to sit in on all the meetings as much as possible to help make sure that objectivity is assured.
Page believes IMB trustees should involve some other persons outside the board to help them make sure it is objective.
Page told the Witness there are many things that are right with the Southern Baptist Convention, citing as examples 10,000 godly men and women on the mission field, six conservative seminaries training men and women to be champions for the Gospel, a conservative ideology that holds the Bible with great, great respect, and theres still a cooperative spirit that is among most Southern Baptists.
Page cited a number of concerns when asked whats wrong with the SBC.
Theres an increasing factionalism that could break the back of the Southern Baptist Convention where groups could be pitted against one another in such a way that would bring about absolute division. That disturbs me; that frightens me, he said, citing divisions over issues like Calvinism, the younger leaders movement and extreme alienation among small church pastors.
Im afraid that if we do not make a concerted effort to reach out to small- and medium-size churches that were going to lose a huge constituency, he said.
To address whats wrong, Page said he will call for revival among Southern Baptists. He also will intentionally seek out pastors of every size church, including small- and medium-size churches, young pastors and older pastors who are godly, conservative men who need to be involved.
Page was careful to point out that his call for broadening of involvement was methodological, not theological.
I had an e-mail this morning from somebody wanting to know if I was a stealth candidate for the CBF [Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a dissident group opposed to the current leadership of the SBC], which offended me. As Ive said over and over, Im not talking about broadening the tent theologically; Im talking about broadening the tent of involvement among godly conservatives.
Page said his presidential appointments will include people who have a sweet spirit, are evangelistic, affirm the inerrancy of Scripture and strongly support the Cooperative Program, and the same will be expected from those who make recommendations to him for appointments.
Acknowledging he must rely on the recommendations of others since he cannot possibly know everyone he will appoint, Page said he will listen to the advice of others, including current SBC leaders, but added, Ive told at least one entity head since I was elected, Please know that I am a team player, but I am not a yes man.
James A. Smith Sr. is executive editor of the Florida Baptist Witness, on the Web at
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