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Did you see that paradigm flash
past? Just there, didn't even have the time to open it before the
world had moved on. Today the constant message is that we are
living through an era of unprecedented disruption. Change is
multiplying and combining to push us to what may feel like the
limits of human adaptability. However, even if the pace of change
is now qualitatively different, exponential rather than linear,
among all that is new there is still much that is not. Is
there an alternative to the mantra of
The disruption message sells. For
example, in the introduction to their 2009 book Chaotics:
The Business of Managing and Marketing in the Age of
Turbulence, Philip Kotler and John A Caslione give a roll call
of books which have fed the fear: Peter F Drucker's
The Age of Discontinuity, Andrew S Grove's Only
the Paranoid Survive, Alan Greenspan's The Age of
Turbulence and Nicholas D Evans'sBusiness Innovation
and Disruptive Technology. As points of disruption appear ever
more rapidly, companies have to be able to spot them at ever
greater speed, trying to stay calm and centred while they advance
like the aliens in Space Invaders. Continue reading
Answer the following
question, with confidence if you can: from which
sector will the first trillion-dollar company come? Your choices:
IT, shale gas, 3D modular design/printing, pharmaceuticals. Apple
and Exxon may lead the pack today, but would it be wise to bet
against the companies inching closer towards breakthroughs in
life-extending drugs, or tapping into North American
energy reserves that dwarf even
What these few examples reveal is
that we're moving beyond the "Information Age" and its conflation
of IT with technology itself. Instead, we are entering an era of
technology with a big "T" in which various fields, from physics and
biology to mathematics and neuroscience, are combining with one
another -- and being accelerated by
IT -- to produce powerful new offspring. Continue reading
When my wife recently became
pregnant, I never felt any vicarious version of morning sickness,
as some fathers-to-be experience. Instead, I entered an obsessive
nesting mode - painting half the house in garish colours, and
buying a family-sized car. We whittled our options down to two
models, but one car salesman was aggressive and brusque, so we
opted for the friendly, laid-back one. In hindsight, I realise we
chose the worse car - but aren't you meant to trust your gut in
these instances, and keep the conscious mind firmly distanced from
such important decisions? And isn't the mind almost entirely made
up of a vast, wise unconscious side, with our consciousness a
minuscule simpleton in comparison?
This, at least, seems to be the
fashionable way to view decision-making right now (see Malcolm
Gladwell's book, Blink). Much of the science behind this position
came from a series of prominently published studies, which showed
that if there were a large number of facts to assimilate, trusting
your gut was dramatically superior to conscious deliberation. All
well and good… except that even more papers have reported the
opposite result. In other words, your conscious mind is always
better at making these complex decisions. And many tasks, such as
logical operations or understanding social nuances, simply cannot
be carried out by the unconscious mind. Continue reading
As I sit on a 300kph train whizzing through the
French countryside, a dream returns of my home country in peace. In
Colombia we have been fighting ourselves for 60 years.
Lately we have come a long way towards ending the conflict, and we
feel safer and more optimistic; yet a strong guerrilla force
retains the power to seriously disrupt our lives - FARC guerrillas
who lack popular backing, and are weakened by their military
defeats and the loss of many combatants who have abandoned their
ranks. Continue reading
We like to organise history
into coherent narratives, despite its tendency to look like
a series of accidents when you get up close to it. Take the
internet. As we surf a medium which has no CEO or proprietor, is
chaotic and infuriating and yet gathers the world's knowledge for
no better reason than that it can be gathered, we seldom stop to
wonder how different things might have been.
My last
book, Moondust, was about the men who walked on the
Moon as part of the Apollo programme between 1969 and 1972. So when
I began to research its successor, Totally Wired: On the
Trail of the Great Dotcom Swindle, I was intrigued to find
that Apollo and the net were not only related, but sprang from the
precise same moment and motive; from the launch of the first
man-made object into space, the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1, in
October 1957. Continue reading
In what is best described as a flash memory willy-waving demo, Kingston has unveiled a 1TB USB thumbdrive -- that's over a thousand gigabytes on your keyring »
For Into the Storm, director Steven Quale didn't want the perfect storm but an accurate one »
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As Texans prepare to travel for Memorial Day, Texas Motor Transportation Association (TMTA) is helping make roads safer.
As TMTA joins all Texans in honoring U.S. men and women who have lost their lives in military service, the association wants to ensure drivers arrive at their destination safely. TMTA reminds the motoring public that from driveway to highway, safety requires patience and dedication. To help drivers prepare, TMTA offers a list of best practices and advice to motorists on how to navigate through highway traffic.
Tips include:
Perform a Pre-Trip Inspection - Check your tire pressure, wipers and fluids. Simple maintenance can prevent many of the problems that strand motorists on the side of the road.
Pay Attention - Looking away for even two seconds doubles the chances of an accident.
Allow a Safety Cushion - Look 1/4 mile ahead for a safe path. Leave yourself an out.
Slow Down - Chances of a crash nearly triple when driving faster than surrounding traffic.
Large Trucks Have Blindspots - If you can't see the truck driver in his/her mirrors, then the truck driver can't see you.
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Be Careful Backing Up - One in four preventable collisions involve backing up. Be sure to look before backing up; walk around your car prior to departure.
Do Not Cut in Front of Large Trucks - Remember that trucks are heavier and take longer to make a complete stop, avoid cutting quickly in front of them.
"During holidays, we tend to see a significant increase of Texans on the road traveling," said TMTA President John D. Esparza. "And with fuel prices rising by the hour, it may be more economically advantageous to do your traveling early this summer as opposed to later. Additional cars, on our already crowded highways, mean safe driving habits become truly essential. We want to make sure all Texans make it to their destination this Memorial Day weekend. To ensure that, and for the safety and benefit of every motorist, we ask drivers to slow down and observe the rules of our highways."
TMTA is a trade organization dedicated to advocating sound public policies, providing excellence in education and training, and promoting a safe, dependable and cost-effective motor transportation system to better serve the people of Texas. TMTA is committed to educating professional truck drivers and the motoring public on best practices and safety issues on Texas' highways and byways. Greater education on sharing the road with large trucks, increased traffic enforcement for all vehicles that operate unsafely around large trucks, strict enforcement of safety belt laws are a few of the topics TMTA supports. For more information, (click here).
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We might not have been expecting a particularly close contest between Mali and Guinea but the two teams combined to give us a superb attacking display that neither side deserved to lose. Guinea, who entered the match very much the underdogs, were probably the better side in the first half but a vicious half-volley by Bakaye Traore which Naby-Moussa Yattara could do absolutely nothing about sizzled its way into the back of the net.
Guinea's spirit was not dampened by conceding and they continued to make Mali sweat, weaving neat passing patterns in an attempt to break down their resolute opponents. Barcelona man Seydou Keita was instrumental in Mali's organisation and the heart of most of their good play on the attack as well. Slowly, though, they became more focused on keeping the ball away from Guinea, doing their best to restrict chances. It worked (just about - Soumaila Diakite was forced into several saves, including a brilliant one to keep things level right at the end), and Mali emerged 1-0 victors - if rather bloodied ones.


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I needed an FTP client that would resume a put. I had been using a firefox plugin but it isn't available for firefox 3 yet. I had also used Kftpgrabber which works but is (newbies beware here) hard to use because it has a GUI instead of being a nice, clean, easy-to-use command line.
Is there such an animal? Yes, and its name is ncftp. Easy to use? I think so. For example, to upload the Plan de Manejo Reserva Natural Tisey-Estansuela (that I have named tisey_plan.pdf for sanity) to our ftp site that requires a login, here is what I did:
$ ncftp -u secret_username -p secret_password ftp.servage.net
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If the file exists, its default action is to ask you what to do: skip, resume or restart.
The result? Check out http://p.nicapages.com/gr/plan_tisey.pdf and practice your Spanish. You will quickly know a lot more about where the Geek Ranch is being built.
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House lights down. The crowd screams as the PA starts thundering with sounds of marching, helicopters, and tank treads: the intro for Nickelback. Chris Maeder's stark and ominous beams sweep the crowd, searching. As the volume increases, the crowd reaches a pitch, and it makes our hair stand on end.
The Kabuki drops, and a 30' high, full stage wall of flames erupts Just when you thought it can't go up a notch, it does.
The Nickelback logo appears, bleach-ed and burning, on the LED screens backing the stage. A final build, and the band crashes into "Flat on the Floor," accompanied by pyro, light sweeps, and on-screen explosions.
That's just a taste of the Nickelback/3 Doors Down double-bill, which was supported by new favorites Puddle of Mudd and Thornley. In a season rife with cancellations and disappointing ticket sales, the tour was a potent antithesis, selling out nationwide and presenting some old fashioned, hard-hitting rock and roll to boot.
To many of our concert brethren, this FOH experience is old hat, but for us, and probably for many designers, the venues are usually a bit more modestly sized. It was an electric experience to be designing for a big crowd in a big venue, and hitting those cues was an emotional peak. We had been waiting for an opportunity to work on some media for Nickelback since we met LD Chris Maeder when he programmed our lighting array on Parsifal. This tour presented the perfect opportunity. It also provided an interesting view of two LDs' contrasting styles and designs coming together in one show under one rig for lighting and projection.
For Maeder, this summer's double bill followed a busy year of touring, with Nickelback making stops in Europe and Australia, as well as bouncing coast to coast across North America. The Nickelback rig featured a prominent wall of light upstage, a development Meader attributes to a German television appearance in 2003. "The show had a grid of pipes on the back wall of the stage, hung with a lot of instruments — Martin Mini-Macs, maybe," he says. "The band really liked it better than the traditional overhead light show."
Hung extensively with Martin Professional MAC 250 automated heads, as well as Atomic 3000 strobes and conventional ACLs, the back truss array added a scenic element to the production, and it scaled well with varying sized venues. "We could omit the bottom layer if trims were short or dropped off the side sections in restricted width. The look and programming of the show remained consistent," says Maeder. The wall demanded that the traditional onstage backline was regrouped to the side stages, allowing the wall to "land" on the upstage edge. Says Maeder, "It was key to the look that the upstage view be unobstructed, that the lines of the rig not be broken."
Maeder has been with the band for about three years, recommended for the position by Larry Thomas at Christie Lites (who also supplied the gear for this tour). Nickelback's show featured an opulent largeness to it — rock and roll done big and without apology. The band is comfortable with what it takes to move a stadium along sonically, and their energy absolutely engages the crowd. This high bar of performance was met in the lighting, with looks that went from minimal and mysterious to sheer power in the tremendous back light potential of the rear array.
"I always start by lighting the band. They're the center of all the looks," says Maeder. "We didn't run spots at all. The band doesn't like their look, and neither do I. So, each player had lights specifically for them, and we had the side zone lighting from the onstage sticks of truss."
Impressive enough in its own right, the Nickelback light show got a "moving" improvement from Matt Mills' 3 Doors Down rig. Mills and 3 Doors Down had embraced a moving overhead light show for their winter and spring tour prior to this summer's pairing. The rig consisted of four trusses hung with two MAC 2000 Profile fixtures and three MAC 600s on an articulating system provided by Schoen-berg Systems. The trusses moved to form arrays of lines, diamond shapes, and dramatic high and low trim positions. Combined with Chris Maeder's wall of light, the moving overhead show became, literally, the over-the-top feature.
"We moved out of the clubs and into small theaters on the tour when [the song] 'Kryptonite' hit big," says Mills. "We started making the four moving trusses a signature thing. The band definitely knows what they like — keeping things simple and powerful." Mills added a further detail to the design by canting the onstage side towers in by about 20°. "They really gave a great geometric look without a lot of effort."
3 Doors Down played a benefit concert this spring that gave Mills an opportunity to try lasers, big video, and pyro in the show. "The band ended up liking all of it, so we planned it all into this summer's production." 3 Doors' break out hit, "Kryptonite," was accompanied by a tour-de-force of all these elements, with a cool retro comic book feel that matched the spirit of the lyrics. Red and green lasers split the air, with a wonderful toxic yellow/green backlight; animated kryptonite crystals tumbling and comic book cells appeared on the screens. "The video element is something that really interests me," continues Mills. "I really want to integrate a [High End Systems] Catalyst or other media server into our show and work out custom content for the band's winter tour."
The 3 Doors Down video show (by IMAG Video of Nashville) featured an extensive use of live cameras combined with music video footage and custom content fed off DoReMi V1 decks. IMAG provided the extensive deck, camera, and switcher system, as well as the Barco D-Lite 7mm LED video screen that hung in three separate sections upstage.
IMAG Video also provided a High End Systems Catalyst 3, which was used to provide all of the custom content for Nickelback. The band likes to use video with a light touch, interspersing some songs driven by content, with others featuring limited image magnification, and in some cases, no video at all. It made for a dynamic set that didn't overbear the audience's natural tendency to watch television.
We had roughly two months to create the media for four Nickelback songs, "Flat on the Floor," "Leader of Men," "Hero," and "Figured You Out." With "Flat on the Floor" as the opener, we knew we had to hit hard. The band wanted a racing feel to the video content, with a street drag culture bend, so time lapse footage of driving perspective from Seattle city streets was combined with flaming borders that defined each of the three screens. A final go over with color grading to match tempo with the song made these clips ready.
"Leader of Men" demanded a psychedelic look, achieved through the use of photographed classic oil pan technique, combined with surreal cloud tank footage and an almost subliminal flashing of other trippy images.
"Hero," from the Spider-Man soundtrack, featured aerial footage of the Manhattan skyline, color graded to a golden bronze, which flared into flying cloud perspective footage with the final chorus.
"Figured You Out," the show closer, was an homage to the fans, with swooping crane shots of the crowd going crazy, optically distorted, color inverted, and finally treated with security and video camera graphics to give a real surveillance feel. The Catalyst 3 proved to be a joy to program, and the show came together very quickly for us. Mode Studios associate Tommy Hague handled the Catalyst programming via an MA Lighting grandMA.
Show changeover was a smooth event, with Mills and Maeder programming separate shows that were recalled from disk for each set. A short conventional fixture refocus was easily completed as the band gear was shifted.
The combination of these shows was only complicated by communication challenges: both bands were on tour in the planning stages. Explains Mills, "Chris and I have a really longstanding relationship. Ultimately, that helped to ease the process of coming to a consensus about what we should do."
Flash, finally, to the first number coming to an explosive, crashing conclusion; the crowd goes wild. Chris Maeder turns from the console and smirks at us, as we geekily jump around. Indeed, it is old hat for him, but for us, it was a mind-blowing experience. Bring on the rock and roll!
Bob and Colleen Bonniol of Seattle's MODE Studios are past recipients of the ETS-LDI Projection Designer of the Year Award (2003). They are also regular contributors to Entertainment Design.


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The Logitech K400r is one of those bluetooth keyboards with a touchpad to make your typing and browsing experience more comfortable while laying your back on your good ol' chair. We just got our hands on one, so sit back, relax and read on to get a quick glimpse of the wireless peripheral.
The design of the device doesn't look too flashy. It's light and compact, but to be honest, it feels quite cheap. The keyboard is all plastic, and the print on the keys look quite unpolished. Far to the right you'll find the touchpad with the left and right clicks, and on the top-left corner you'll find the volume keys and a home button. On top you'll find the power switch.
Basically that's it. The back follows a white color design, opposed to the black front. It attracts dirt very easily though, even if it looks good in white. With the battery cover off, you'll find the spot for two AA batteries and a place for the USB receiver, which is a nice touch.
Let's get down to experience. Logitech boasts the compact build of the K400r, but to have that, the company made a smaller keyboard for practice. It can get the job done with quite soft presses, we have to say, but there were a couple of times when we accidentally pressed keys.
Logitech has added some useful additions onto the function keys as well. Typing was also soft and quiet, and not as noisy as any other competitor.
We didn't really enjoy the touchpad. The space is enough for your fingers, but when you're using the keyboard from afar and without a surface (which you would normally do with a bluetooth one), the place for your wrists to rest on is at lost. Plus, the friction between your fingertips and the touchpad itself isn't one of the best ones out there.
If you want something simple and light, with no regards to the build and the experience itself, you can get the Logitech K400r for around Php1,800. However, we have to say that if you're looking for something that packs a better experience, you may have to look elsewhere. It boasts a keyboard and a touchpad in one bluetooth peripheral, and it basically does the things you need, just not in the best way.


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More than 20 Jewish organizations -- including many new, Web-based groups -- have launched a campaign to get presidential candidates to pay more attention to the domestic concerns of American Jews, saying politicians wrongly view Jews as primarily concerned with Israel and other foreign issues.
The groups' premise is that the large, older, established Jewish advocacy groups -- that have more clout on Capitol Hill -- focus too much on foreign issues and don't speak accurately for the majority of American Jews, who care as much about health care and the environment as anti-Semitism in Europe or Israeli politics.
The coalition's effort focuses on a survey, conducted online ( http://www.jspot.org) during the past few weeks, in which people were asked to pick their top five domestic issues. Nearly 9,000 people, who were required to include their names, responded, according to results announced yesterday. The top issues picked were health care, the environment, education and civil rights. The coalition will solicit responses to the poll from presidential candidates.
"There is a significant disconnect between the priorities of Jews in this poll and the issues many Jewish groups are working on," said Mik Moore, spokesman for Jewish Funds for Justice, the New York-based group organizing the effort. Coalition members include popular blogs, a record company, labor and environmental groups and others.
But some longtime Jewish advocates and historians say the campaign is as much about a new generation of activists trying to gain influence and inject their style of social justice work as it is about anything else. The new crop of groups is trying to spread influence through cultural efforts, such as JDub Records and the Jewschool blog, as well as through such traditional grass-roots groups as Jews United for Justice, which focuses on issues such as housing and labor in the D.C. area.
"It's true that established groups haven't spoken with one voice on domestic issues, but they have advocated for those things," said Pamela S. Nadell, professor of history and director of Jewish studies at American University. "What's happening is these new groups -- which are very exciting -- are trying to band together to exercise larger political clout."
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So is there any such thing as purely "American" interests? And if American interests clash with "Jewish" interests, where does the loyalty of the Jewish people lie?
If I form a group to promote white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant interests, will they have any objection?June 12, 9:54 am | [comment link]
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About the Schools
South Carolina offers over 238 schools which technically can be called private schools. That means they are privately funded, not funded by taxpayer dollars. Statewide there are
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- 22 Montessori schools
South Carolina Private Schools lists schools which have their own websites. Use this as the starting point for your exploration of the many choices available to you.
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If you are thinking about teaching in South Carlina, check the licensing requirements carefully. Teaching licenses and credentials are not necessarily transferable from one state to another.


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Chata was going to be put down yesterday and Passion for Pitties had to make a decision. They spent time with Chata at a Petco event this past Saturday and could not bare the thought of having Chata be put down in the shelter.
You all know that if Passion for Pitties does not have a long term foster for the dogs they pull, then they are unable to pull the dog in need, as sad as that is to accept. With this said, a new friend offered to open her home to Chata for a temporary foster basis in the hopes that a long term foster or an adopter will step up.
Here you can see Chata napping in her temporary foster home. She is very low maintance and just needs love. The temporary foster travels and is only able to care for Chata for 1-2 weeks, which is greatly appreciated because a lot can happen in 2 weeks so we will pray for the best.
The arrangement is as follows... the shelter could not grant an extension as hoped to network Chata. Chata was not kenneling well at all and according to her retest on her behavioral evaluation, they failed her :-( We all know that dogs respond completely different out of the scary shelter environment and Chata is one of those girls. With this said, the shelter has agreed to allow Passion for Pitties to pull Chata as a compassion pull, which they did this morning...
They are giving them ONE WEEK to find her a good circumstance. Chata either goes back to the shelter to be spayed, or the other... which we are not willing to do to this girl if it can at all be avoided.
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The Halifax Trojans earned a bronze in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the Eastern Canadian swimming championships Friday in Windsor, Ont.
The team of Geraint Berger, Colm Somers, Sean Berrigan and Kit Moran touched the wall in seven minutes 39.61 seconds to finish third behind two teams from Quebec.
Somers, Berrigan and Berger each had top-five finishes in individual events.
Somers was fourth in the 16-and-under 400m individual medley (4:30.51), Berrigan was fourth in the 17-and-over 50m backstroke (26.24) and Berger was fifth in the 17-and-over 100m freestyle (51.28).


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Vermont will keep its 911 texting system.
A member of the Federal Communications Commission visited the state Tuesday to check it out.
Verizon Wireless customers can send a text message to 911 for emergency help. Vermont is the only state in the country to implement it statewide.
The system was launched back in April as part of a six month trial. Since then, it's been used only twice. Once was during a domestic disturbance where the victim could not call for help. The other case was a suicide threat.
State officials say based on its success, they plan to keep the texting system and hopefully expand it to other carriers.
"We're hoping that the more of this we do, the more carriers will get on board. They'll start to do this and we will have a more holistic system in Vermont," said David Tucker of the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board.
"Texting to 911 is just developing right now, so coming to a state like Vermont that is doing a statewide trial like this is an effort to see what is working, what's not working, what's important to governance, respect to funding, and I want to take those lessons back to Washington and see how they can be applied to the rest of the country," said Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission.
The 6-month trial cost the state nothing. It's unclear how much the texting system will cost to keep.
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Libertarian "Prosperity Plan" repeals income tax, ends corporate welfare
Plan scraps IRS, balances the budget, curbs tax hikes, prohibits bailouts
Plan scraps IRS, balances the budget, curbs tax hikes, prohibits bailouts
WASHINGTON -- The Libertarian Party seeks to abolish the income tax, enact a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and eradicate corporate welfare under an ambitious three-point legislative plan unveiled by America's third largest party Tuesday.
"Tens of millions of Americans are angry, fed up and demand real reform," said William Redpath, Libertarian National Committee Chair. "The Libertarian Party is the only party that agrees with those tens of millions of Americans that government should stay out of both their pocketbook and their personal decisions."
The "Libertarian Prosperity Plan" seeks to repeal the income tax and abolish the IRS, enact a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget without tax increases and repeal all corporate welfare programs and bailouts.
"The 'Libertarian Prosperity Plan' is rooted in the Libertarian Party platform and bedrock libertarian principles. Unlike the other parties, we don't promise tax cuts to just grab enough votes to win and then do nothing. Elected Libertarians enact tax and spending cuts because it is what we believe in," said Redpath.
The Libertarian Prosperity Plan can be read and downloaded at http://www.lp.org and http://www.lp.org/files/Prosperity_Plan_Layout_1.pdf. The Plan would:
1) Repeal the income tax: Adopt legislation repealing the income tax and abolishing the Internal Revenue Service. Until the income tax is repealed, adopt legislation preserving the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and enacting across-the-board income tax cuts.
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The Libertarian Party is America's third-largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting http://www.LP.org. The Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.
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i am "bootyrelatedusername"
but one of you fuckers signed on as "eltigrechico"
and is acting in a manner that will besmirich my rep
where is the tinychat! i want to be social :(
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Well, Lynch and an O-line, but after watching this youtube I'm completely sold on him. I don't play fantasy football solely because I feel that it creates conflicts with the "real world," i.e. I don't want to ever want to be in the position of actively wanting an opposing player having a good day against the Chiefs. But, I have to say that Marshawn Lynch is making me re-evaluate that entire way of thinking. I would have no problem letting this guy embarass L.J., "he's like a breath of fresh air..."
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UDR's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Q2 2012 Earnings Conference Call
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ExecutivesThomas W. Toomey – President & Chief Executive OfficerJerry A. Davis - Senior Vice President of OperationsChristopher G. Van Ens- Vice President of Investor RelationsWarren L. Troupe – Senior Executive Vice PresidentHarry G. Alcock – Senior Vice President, Asset ManagementAnalystsJana Galan - Bank of America-Merrill LynchKarin Ford - KeyBanc Capital MarketsEric Wolfe – CitigroupDavid Bragg - Zelman & AssociatesSwaroop Yalla - Morgan StanleyPaula Poskon - Robert W. BairdMichael Salinsky - RBC Capital MarketsRobert Stevenson – MacquarieAlexander Goldfarb - Sandler O'NeillRichard Anderson - BMO Capital MarketsJeffrey Donnelly - Wells Fargo Securities
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The weather is warm and sunny here on Hilton Head Island, and our tennis courts are filling up! If you're looking for the latest fashions to make sure you shine on and off the court, we've got them at our 1800 square foot Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center pro shop. Inside, you'll find all things tennis, including racquets, shoes, accessories, sunglasses and adult and junior apparel. Plus, through the end of April, we're holding our spring clearance sale with discounts up to 50% off. Here are some of our favorite spring tennis arrivals that will have you looking sharp and at the top of your game:
Tail Activewear has two women's lines that are just in, one appropriately called "Palmetto Dunes" (we can't help but love that one!) and one named "Desert Springs." The Desert Springs line brings to mind desert hues with a pink/purple shade, along with black and white, while the Palmetto Dunes line uses more of a peach hue paired with black and white. Both are available in tops, skirts and dresses. Tail garments are designed to perform well by managing moisture, providing wind and rain protection and minimizing friction and fabric creep.
The new Lucky in Love women's "Hit the Ice" group is a fun collection of prints and colors, featuring tennis images, mesh overlays and scalloped skorts in shades of slate blue, peach and white.
Suffice it to say that color is in this year on the tennis court! Bolle has two colorful lines of tennis wear for women – Mai Tai and Curacao. The Mai Tai line is punctuated by a bright pink, along with gray and white, while the Curacao group is a bright blue paired with white.
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Apple: A Great Company, For Now A Toxic Stock
Sentiment has changed drastically from most of 2012, when Apple could seemingly do no wrong. The world was in love with Apple, with its products dazzling the media, analysts and consumers alike. Now, just consumers appear to be dazzled, judging by the 47.8 million iPhones and 22.9 million iPads sold during the quarter. Apple does not break out iPhone sales by model, but noted that the iPhone 5 was in good supply, while the iPhone 4 was supply constrained (huh?). Wall Street wants more, and the media's not impressed, despite having little, if anything else, that comes close to Apple's quality and innovation.
Amazon's (AMZN) hardware is suspect at best, with its Kindle Fire lineup of tablets. Google (GOOG) can't make enough Nexus tablets to really make a dent. Android holds a dominant market share in smartphone sales, though much of that is due to Samsung, not Google itself. Microsoft (MSFT) is getting into hardware, and sales of the Surface RT tablet have been "modest." Apple has failed to live up to the hype surrounding the company, partly due to its own lofty expectations, and partly due to the outside world.
Right now, it seems as if all hope is lost for Apple. Shareholders, though, would be wise to consider that the second half of 2013 may wind up being better than the first, notes Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty. Huberty, one of the most respected Apple analysts on Wall Street, removed Apple from Morgan Stanley's Best Ideas list, but noted that catalysts will start to appear in the summer of 2013. These include "a lower priced [iPhone], similar to iPad Mini, 2) new iPads, including iPad Mini with Retina Display around mid-year, 3) expanded carrier partnerships with T-Mobile in the US, NTT Docomo in Japan, and/or China Mobile in 2H13/2014."Apple could also increase its share repurchase program, with Huberty noting that every $5 billion lowers the share count by 1%. It was recently reported that Cook met with China Mobile (CHL) Chairman Xi Guohua to discuss "matters of cooperation." A confidentiality agreement, however, was signed, so details have not yet been revealed. If one, or some, of these catalysts happen later in 2013, Apple will be able to get its "mojo" back, and the stock will begin to appreciate. The first nine months of 2012 were beyond incredible, with the stock gaining nearly 70%, then seemingly falling off a cliff. To me, this is a sign of a broken stock, not a broken company. Apple will again have its day in the sun. Just not right now. Interested in more on Apple? See TheStreet Ratings' report card for this stock. --Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York >Contact by Email. Follow @Commodity_Bull
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Vinlanders Social Club
Table of contents
- 1. Organizational History
- 2. Structure
- 3. Recruitment
- 4. Tactics
- 5. Website
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|Vinlanders, VSC
|Areas of Operation:
|United States; Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee
|Knightstown, Indiana
|Social (White Supremacist)
|<100 members
|Brien James
|American Front, American Thule Society, Blood & Honour USA, Canyon State Skins, Golden State Skinheads,Hammerskin Nation, Hells Angels, Hoosier State Skinheads, Imperial Klans of America, Keystone United, Maryland State Skinheads, National Alliance, New Jersey Skins, Ohio State Hooligans, Ohio State Skinheads, Outlaw Hammerskins, Patriot's Call, The Pagans
Organizational History
The Vinlanders Social Club is a racist skinhead group, the majority of whose members hold criminal records, belong to other racist skinhead organizations, and ascribe to Odinism and Asataru, a Germanic neo-pagan religion. They are primarily active in Arizona and the Midwest, although have a reputation among a wide variety of skinhead gangs throughout the United States.
The VSC name was coined in 2003 by Nathan Sliter,[1] and the group was officially founded by two members of his inner circle, Eric "The Butcher" Fairburn and Brien James.[2] Sliter became a skinhead in his hometown of Mesa, Arizona back in the '90s. Known for his unpredictable and violent tendencies, he quickly became leader of the local chapter of the Hammerskins. When he moved to Minnesota and joined the Northern Hammerskins' Indiana chapter, he was ordered by the Dallas chapter to forcibly remove the colors of a fellow member. The ensuing violent encounter was so atrocious that the Dallas leaders requested that Stiller and the other involved parties forfeit their own colors. This declaration impelled Sliter and several other members to form their own gang, call the Outlaw Hammerskins. This group was not long lived, although had a strong impact on the racist skinhead culture. Sliter made extensive contacts with other white supremacist groups. After spending a year connecting with the Hells Angels and Blood & Honour gangs, he returned to his inner group of comrades, including Eric Fairburn, Donald Weirich, Bryon Widner, and current leader, Brien James, and formed the predecessor to VSC, the Hoosier State Skinheads.[3]
The VSC quickly made a name for itself as it openly defied the more exclusive and socially superior group, the Hammerskin Nation, as well as having a proclivity for violence, wild parties, and concerts. The VSC and Hammerskins have since called a truce as of 2007. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, much of these activities have been the downfall of the organization. Arrests and prosecutions of key members and leaders, as well as political in-fighting, have caused older, more respected members of the group to renounce their affiliations. New, less-disciplined recruits have taken their positions in the group, and according to an anonymous inside source, "The Vinlander's Social Club struggles to maintain legitimacy and a foothold in the North American racist skinhead circles."[4] In Arizona, more than a dozen members and associates of the VSC have been arrested and sentenced to prison for crimes ranging from drug possession to the murder of a white woman, Kelly Jaeger, in 2009 while she was walking with her African American boyfriend in Phoenix, Arizona, who was also injured in the shooting.
While Brien James claimed himself undeclared leader of the organization in 2007, the group doesn't have any reported structure. Its almost non-existent hierarchy and loosely defined roles and responsibilities were attractive to many people following the racist skinhead movement who didn't want to be involved in an elitist or restricted group.
The VSC recruits most of their members through various social activities and events, including racist skinhead parties and white power concerts. VSC prospects must go through a customary period in a probationary status before attaining full membership. One member, Adrian Petty, is the only known Vinlander currently serving in the military in 2010. According to his MySpace page, he conducted recruitment of fellow soldiers while on active duty in Iraq.
The group is well known for their violent activities. The leader of the group, Eric Fairburn, along with two other VSC members, was arrested in 2007 for beating a black homeless man unconscious in Indianapolis. Two members of VSC were arrested in 2008 in Ohio for crimes relating to the shooting of an undercover Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification agent, along with another person, in 2006. Most individuals often engage in brawls with rival group members, as well as anyone else who may disagree with their ideology or methods.
A picture depicting members of the (early) VSC (standing, from left)[4]: Eric Fairburn, Timothy Dumas, Jason Gregg, Jason Gale, Nate Sliter, Eric Busetti, Scott Burns, John Carr, and (crouched), Bryon Widner.
VSC members attending a white supremacist gathering in 2005 {{ Ref.Cite{reference: "Holthouse, D. & Wood, L. (2008, Winter). Burnout. Intelligence Report, (132). Retrieved from http://www.splcenter.org/get-informe...winter/burnout"} }(top row, from left): Nate Sliter, Adrian Petty, Jason Gregg, Eric Busetti, Timothy Dumas, Eric Fairburn, Brien James, Jason Gall, John Carr and Adrien Apodaca, and (bottom, from left): "Big John", Bryon Widner, "Chad," Kevin Kislingbury, and Scott Burris.
A picture made and posted on the VSC website (featuring members of the white supremacist group), meant to disspell/taunt reports that the group is slowly dying off.[5]
Adrian Petty, VSC member, posted this picture on his MySpace page while he was serving in Iraq in 2008.[4]
Members of the Ohio State Hooligans and VSC; image posted on the latter's website.[6]
Former leader and co-founder of the VSC, Eric "The Butcher" Fairburn, charged with first-degree murder of a Springfield, IL man in 2004.[7]
Michael John Parrish, associate of the VSC and correctional officer at the Monroe County (Pennsylvania) Correctional Facility, was arrested and charged with the shooting and murder of his girlfriend and their young child in July 2009.[8]
Travis Ricci, alleged member of the VSC, was charged for the shooting of Kelly Jaeger and her boyfriend in Phoenix, AZ in 2009.[9]
Charles "Whitey" Mullen, alleged member of the VSC who was arrested for firearms and drug possession.[9]
Aaron "Ghost" Schmidt, alleged member of the VSC, charged with the shooting of Kelly Jaeger and her boyfriend in Phoenix, AZ in 2009.[9]
David Fecke-Stoudt, alleged member of the VSC, who attempted to intimidate a witness in a VSC-related court trial.[9]
Members of VSC; former leader, Eric "The Butcher Fairburn, pictured second-from-left with a horn and handgun.[10]
- Southern Poverty Law Center. (2008, Winter). Vinlanders profiles. Intelligence Report, (132). Retrieved from [1]
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Models of financially repressed developing economies
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Sumner Academy in the KCK School District often makes lists for the best high schools in America, but four other KCK high schools were named among the worst in the country.
District officials knew that was wrong and successfully challenged the claim. The district was able to get the four schools removed from the listing by Neighborhoodscout.com.
Schlagle High School was named in the top 10 worst public schools by the website. The other schools making the site's bad school list were Harmon, Wyandotte and Washington high schools.
District spokesman David Smith said the website failed to take into account that the schools use ACT scores rather than state test scores. They have been given an exemption by the state from those tests, and the ACT test is more rigorous, Smith said. The district, which pays for the cost, requires all high school students to take the ACT test.
It would be impossible for a single district to have that many poorly performing schools and it not make headlines, which is one of the reasons that the list was so wrong, Smith said.
"Four schools in one district? The bottom six and we don't know about this? It's not a national story and hasn't been for a long time? Something is wrong there and it just doesn't pass the smell test," he said.
The Boston-based website says it publishes its lists to help homebuyers and renters look at crime statistics and school performance before determining where they will live.
Students were disappointed.
"I didn't like it. I was mad when I heard about it," Schlagle freshman George Baker said. "We have some good students here."
Smith said the district's teachers, staff, students and parents have put in much hard work to improve the four high schools, and this list damages their reputation.
"These are real people who invest a lot to be successful," he said. "To have someone post incorrect information without even bothering to check is hurtful and really cruel."
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WARREN, Ohio - One of the largest shale-related land lease signing's is taking place here in the Valley. It's a deal involving BP North America and hundreds of local land owners.
The nearly 2,000 landowners are scheduled to sign natural gas drilling leases negotiated with BP.
They are Trumbull County members of the Associated Landowners of the Ohio Valley, a group organized by Bob Rea of Salem. With 84,000 acres, it is the largest signing by a landowners group in a single county.
"We selected BP, we think they're the best partner and best fit for Trumbull County," Rea said.
The group agreed to sign with BP for $3,900 an acre and a 17.5% production royalty.
"In the matter of 60 to 180 days they'll be receiving their checks," Rea said.
The landowners feel that joining together as group was real benefit. "I think they got a better lease, better bonus money, more bonus money," said Carl Calhoun of Warren.
Bob Kane of Johnston said, "They got with attorneys to see what was the best way to protect the water and the land, so I think it was a big help."
BP spokesperson Paula Barrett said BP is committed to the highest industry standards for environmental management.
"Part of us being here and going forward is going to be hearing those concerns and seeing what we can do to talk about how we can work through any concerns that are raised," Barrett said.
BP is investing millions in the shale boom and looking forward to a long term partnership in Ohio.
"We're in some fields where we have been there 30 to 40 years, so we've hoping this will be that same kind of agreement that same kind of project," Barrett said.


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On This Day … 14 September
1851 – Wright Garlick (22) married Julia Delaunay (18) in Will County, Illinois 162 years ago. (3rd great-granduncle)
1875 – Susanne Dettloff (23) married Frank Czappa (26) in Detroit, Michigan 138 years ago. (2nd great-grandaunt)
1900 – Martha Hallman was born in Metz, Michigan 113 years ago to Frank Hallman & Anna Hincka. (greataunt)
1906 – Clara Kwart was born in Detroit, Michigan 107 years ago to Joseph Kwart & Frances Kozniacki. (1st cousin 3x removed)
1912 – John Kulka died 101 years ago in Detroit, Michigan at 25 years old. (husband of Coletta Kessler, 1st cousin 3x removed)
1917 – Matthew Hammang died 96 years ago in Detroit, Michigan at 66 years old. (1st cousin 4x removed)
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Finally a nice big EV car... Too bad that I probably could never afford it, I can just imagine the sticker price.
Mercedes S500 Plug-In Hybrid Is Coming Fall 2014
It makes total sense: A super-low-emission plug-in hybrid version of the new 2014 S-Class, to be on sale in the third quarter of next year. According to Autocar, the production version of this new green S500 Benz will be shown off at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, boasting of carbon dioxide emissions of just 70 grams per kilometer.
It makes total sense—because of increasingly stringent European carbon rules, which are already being phased in and require a fleet average of 130 grams per kilometer by 2015. By 2020, the target is 95 grams per kilometer. This represents an 18 percent (2015) and 40 percent (2020) emissions cut compared to Europe's 2007 fleet, which limped in at 158.7 grams.
Fast but Efficient
Benz, and other automakers, need not only cars that achieve the European standards but exceed them if they're going to make the grade fleetwide. Plug-in hybrids are just one way to get emissions down. The heat is on to lightweight cars, try out alternative powertrains, increase aerodynamics and more.
Using both gasoline and electricity, the new S-Class will also achieve 90 miles per gallon equivalent in the European driving cycle (more like 78 mpg in the American equivalent). With a V-6 under the hood, it will also rocket to 60 mph in six seconds. But all of that is perhaps less relevant than its emissions in Europe. As Autocar noted, the plug-in hybrid version of the S500 will allow Mercedes "to trump the 71 gram per kilometer figure of current lowest CO2 emitter in the luxury saloon segment, the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid."
There's no guarantee that the S500 Plug-In Hybrid will be offered in the U.S., but it would help with U.S. compliance, too, both in terms of California's ZEV mandates and the federal 54.5 mpg by 2020 requirement. Still, the car is likely to be very expensive, as the S-Class hybrids have been. Some 20,000 S400 hybrids (which cost $91,000 here) were sold on the current platform, with 60 percent going to China. Mileage at 19/25 mpg isn't stellar, but it's good for an S-Class.
The S500 is the production version of the Vision S500 plug-in hybrid concept, which had approximately 18 miles of all-electric range. Brad Berman looked at the concept car for PlugInCars back in 2010. He wrote, "The big question, of course, is if and when Mercedes would produce such a vehicle."
"We already have all the key technology we need for such a dream car, which is why I see it being included in the next generation of the S Class. Although it will take some time before this model can go into series production, our engineers will be working full steam to carry out the necessary integration measures.""
Well, apparently Mercedes did the late nights, and we (or at least a number of discriminating Benz buyers) will reap the rewards. Check out the spy photos.
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Moores reclaims active role with Padres -via mlb.com
"While the Padres have said they won't grant Seattle permission to speak with Kevin Towers, two people close to Towers said they still think he could end up as the Mariners GM. Those same people say that Towers should want out of San Diego because the Padres don't have a good chance of getting better anytime soon. There's a fear that San Diego will have no money to spend on the free-agent market this winter, in part because owner John Moores' wife filed for divorce a few months back."
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Freedom of the Press 2014
Global press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade, according to the latest edition of Freedom House's press freedom survey.
Over the past few years, many of Freedom House's publications, including Freedom in the World, Freedom of the Press and Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media, have pointed to worrisome declines in freedom of expression in countries around the world. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, freedom of expression is the right of every individual to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. In practice, however, this fundamental human right is frequently restricted through tactics that include censorship, restrictive press legislation, and harassment of journalists, bloggers and others who voice their opinions, as well as crackdowns on religious minorities and other suppression of religious freedom. In response to the growing problem, Freedom House is engaging in a multi-faceted Freedom of Expression Campaign to defend this critical right.
Internationally, Freedom House focuses on resisting efforts at the United Nations to restrict existing norms protecting freedom of expression. These efforts include creating international legal mechanisms banning language deemed "defamatory of religions," as well as organizing annual delegations to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and to the UN Third Committee in New York to educate member states on key freedom of expression issues and to resist attempts to restrict freedom of expression. Freedom House also regularly gives oral interventions at the UNHCR, submits written reports and letters to the council, holds side panel sessions, and sends letters advocating for freedom of expression directly to state representatives.
Global press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade, according to the latest edition of Freedom House's press freedom survey.
In 2013, Freedom House and Transparency International convened transitional justice and anti-corruption experts in Berlin to discuss the role of anti-corruption initiatives in pre- and post-transition countries. They found ways for transitional justice and anti-corruption tools be used complementarily to uncover corruption's link to human right abuses and support successful democratic transitions. The report Combating Impunity: Transitional Justice and Anti-Corruption captures the conclusions and recommendations of the dialogue.


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Why Learn Languages? - Why Learn Spanish
Practical Reasons:
- If you can learn Spanish, you'll have a head start in learning the other Latin-based languages such as French and Italian. And it will even help you learn Russian and German, since they too have Indo-European roots and have some characteristics (such as gender and extensive conjugation) that are present in Spanish but not English.
- Much of its vocabulary is similar to English, and written Spanish is almost completely phonetic: Look at almost any Spanish word and you can tell how it is pronounced. Basic grammar is straightforward enough that you can have meaningful communication after only a few lessons.
Who would you be able to speak with?
- There are twenty-five countries in the world who speak Spanish either as an official language or as a primary language.
- The U.S. is the third largest Spanish speaking country in the world.
- The Hispanic population in the United States has grown by 60 per cent in just one decade.
- At present there are 35,5 million Hispanics, representing 12,5 per cent of the total population.
Academic Reasons:
- The study of Spanish helps with the understanding of English grammar.
- Studying Spanish helps students expand their vocabulary.
- Students enrolled in the study of languages including Spanish have higher SAT scores for each year of language studied than students who do not study a foreign language.
- Learning a new language increases problem-solving skills and improves memory, self-discipline, and self-esteem.
- Spanish is the language of many masterpieces which can be accessed in the original version by speakers of Spanish.
Economic Reasons:
- The Latin American countries are experiencing strong economic growth and they are becoming important commercial partners.
- The creation of MERCOSUR and many other free trade agreements between South American countries and North America (ALADI, the Andean Community, CACM, NAFTA, G3) which already exist in order to improve the economies of these countries, making them more efficient and competitive.
- If you're in the United States and work in one of the helping professions including medicine and education, you'll find your opportunities expand by knowing Spanish.
- And wherever you live, if you're in any occupation that involves international trade, communications or tourism, you'll similarly find opportunities to use your new language skills.
- According to the Kiplinger Washington Editors, the Hispanic share of the workforce will increase 25 percent by 2010.


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