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North Plains Waterproof
Made in Oregon for Oregon-like weather. As a son of Oregon, I know a little. Something about living an outdoor life even when the weather gets grim. I also dress for the outdoors even when I'm going to and from the office and for lunchtime hikes. These shoes are perfect! I found them in the Walnut Creek Sports Basement, my favorite toy store. The shoe runs true to size, has a nice size toe box and fantastic grip in all conditions. JW says check it out! Full review
Windward II Overshirt
I bought this shirt two years ago and I wear it constantly in the fall and winter. It can be a mid-layer or work as a jacket. It has a fleece(like) lining which is extremely comfortable. Plus you can't beat flannel. See the summary above. I just think it's really comfortable and it gets the job done (keeping me warm). Full review
Vixen 22L
Light, comfortable day pack designed for women. Ample pockets for water bottles, poles, camera etc. on side, top, and back of pack as well as the waist belt. Love that load is kept off the back! Pack is extremely comfortable, even with a full load. Accommodates a bladder inside or water bottles on sides of pack. Zippered top pouch and two pouches on the belt. Great overall day pack. Full review
Omni-Heat Sleeping Bag Liner
Magical little silver dots in a lightweight package in a 10 oz. large grapefruit package promise added warmth. And those little silver dots pretty much deliver as advertised. In my last overnighter I was comfortable at 55° using a 40° under quilt in my hammock. After a little experimentation I'm pretty convinced that those little silver dots are a welcome addition to the bag liner. I really hate to perspire while I sleep. It makes for a long night that usually ends around 4:30 for me and makes… Full review
Silver Ridge Convertible Pant
These pants are are very lightweight and durable. They are also very comfortable. These pants are great. I bought them for camping and hiking, but find myself wearing them on the regular. They are very lightweight and great for mildly warm conditions, but the material is also somewhat wind resistant and so that makes them OK for cooler situations as well. They are also super durable. On a hike recently, I was getting caught in all kinds of thorns and I just plowed through and the pants don't… Full review
In addition to the Columbia brand, Columbia Sportswear Company owns Mountain Hardwear, Montrail, and Sorel.
Columbia Coverage in the Trailspace Blog
OR Day One: Around the Foot, Side, and Kitchen
Day One on the Outdoor Retailer show floor turned up a number of innovations, from breathable footwear to stable hydration and a slick cook system. Read more
August 1, 2013
Paddling, Cooling, Logrolling at Demo Day
Today we checked out paddling and logrolling at Outdoor Retailer's Open Air Demo. Cooled off with polymer action. And checked out the many ways to protect accessories. Read more
August 2, 2012
Outdoor Retailer: Hiking Gear Preview
Companies offer a plethora of new hiking and backpacking packs. Apparel not only keeps you warm and dry, but can also cool you down. Trekking poles get lighter and more compact. Read more
July 30, 2012
A Photo Tour of Winter Outdoor Retailer
The Outdoor Retailer trade show ended last month, but here's a final post on the show itself highlighting outdoor gear, outdoorsy people, and random sights. Stay tuned for backcountry gear news and information all year round on Trailspace. Read more
February 10, 2012
Outdoor Retailer's Softer Side: New Apparel Lines, Triple Crown Buffs, Footwear
We take a first look at some softgoods that caught our eye at Outdoor Retailer, including new apparel from La Sportiva, The North Face, and Outdoor Research, Trailblazer long trail Buffs, and footwear from Vasque, Timberland, and Columbia. Read more
January 22, 2012
Past views from the Outdoor Retailer show floor
Today we head to Outdoor Retailer's All Mountain Demo day. While we're outside in the snow, here's a sample of what the indoor OR scene looks like from the floor, with pictures from last summer's show. Read more
January 18, 2012
Outdoor Retailer Gear Preview: Warm and Dry Apparel
In our final Outdoor Retailer gear preview we highlight insulation and outerwear. Expect even more puffy jackets, plus down and wool insulation and mid and outer layers in the backcountry, and around town. Read more
January 16, 2012
Columbia and OutDry file complaint against Gore, FTC issues subpoena
Columbia Sportswear Company and OutDry have filed a complaint with the Commission of the European Union against W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., alleging that W. L. Gore & Associates has violated European Union competition laws. The FTC is investigating "unfair methods of competition." Read more
June 14, 2011
Outdoor Retailer: As seen at Demo Day
We share a few of the sights and gear from the All Mountain Demo day on Wednesday at Solitude, including a $400 pair of gloves and a snowscoot. Read more
January 20, 2011
One Tough Mother: Columbia's Boyle Foils Home Invader
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November 16, 2010
Outdoor Retailer: Columbia Sportswear acquiring OutDry technology
Columbia's purchase of OutDry, the Italian maker of high-tech waterproofing fabric, raises the stakes in the race to develop waterproof/breathable fabrics. Read more
August 5, 2010
Outdoor Retailer: Icon flashlights and more product highlights
Flashlight brand Icon has a clever twist on LED technology. Columbia tries to best the performance of all the "waterproof/breathable" fabrics out there. And other OR highlights from Coleman, Eureka, and Thorlo. Read more
August 4, 2010
Outdoor Retailer: Columbia Omni-Heat
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January 24, 2010
New Footwear for 2010, Part 3: Trail-Runners and Outdoor Socks
We close our series on new footwear of 2010 with a look at trail-running shoes and outdoor footwear. Read more
January 18, 2010
New winter packs for 2009/10
Do you really need a winter pack? New models for 2009/10 answer with a likely "yes" for year-round backcountry travelers. Read more
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3 When I get really afraid I come to you in trust. | 3 When I am afraid, I will trust in you. |
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Trent Frayne, born in Brandon, Manitoba, is one of Canada's most distinguished journalists, having written for all of Toronto's major papers along with Maclean's, Chatelaine, Sports Illustrated, and Saturday Evening Post magazines.
Trent began his illustrious career in 1938, writing for the Winnipeg Tribune. Since then he has covered the Olympics, the Canada-Russia Summit series, Grey Cups, Stanley Cups, the Kentucky Derby and boxing. Every so often he would make a cameo appearance on radio or television.
Also to his credit are fourteen sports books, hundreds of magazine articles and stints on radio and television.
He received the National Newspaper Award in 1975 for sports writing. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1988.
In 1990 Trent was honored as a life member by the Baseball Writers of America and was the first recipient of Brandon University's Quill Award for Outstanding Achievement that same year.
Since then he has been honored in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian News Hall of Fame.


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Houstonian Corner (V13-I45)
November 3, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Needs Outweigh Resources for State Infrastructure
Former Transportation Secretary calls report 'blinding flash of the obvious'
The message was clear from two committees reporting to the Texas Transportation Commission on Thursday – there are no one-size-fits-all solutions to the state's infrastructure needs and the wants and needs for creation and maintenance of highways throughout the state are much greater than the state's ability to finance them.
In addition to the committee reports, the Commission also heard an update on the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) ongoing modernization plan. "The process is beginning to move forward," said Eric Gleason, TxDOT's Director of Public Transportation. He said implementation of some of the projects is coming into focus and "the pace is quickening." However, Gleason, noted that human resource availability to put some of the recommendations into place timely while continuing to fulfill day-to-day operations of the agency is a concern.
Three members of the Strategic Research Program Advisory Committee testified before the Commission Thursday. According to Rick Collins, director of the Research and Technology Implementation Office at TxDOT, the committee is charged with making recommendations to TxDOT regarding research topics that should be explored relating to transportation in the state. Those research projects will be awarded to universities throughout the state who respond to an upcoming request for proposals. Through these topics and the research, the committee will help prepare the department for some of the challenges the state and TxDOT will face in the future.
The committee held its first meeting in August and told commissioners this week that they quickly realized there was a lack of sustainability for maintaining and creating new infrastructure.
Committee member Mary Peters, former U.S. Transportation Secretary, said the committee's report might appear to be a "blinding flash of the obvious." She said it would be important not to reinvent the wheel but to "bring data to bear and focus on where this industry and the state can get more money" for its transportation infrastructure needs.
Another committee member, Ken Allen, told commissioners that as the committee was putting together its "wish list" for research projects that might result in a better way to use transportation funding for more projects, it narrowed the scope to three subjects, which he said were "deliberately kept very broad for the researchers."
Among the topics was what he called "demand leveling," or getting the most out of existing infrastructure, as well as innovative financing options and "managing the decline," or prioritizing the use of limited funds. Regarding funding, Hall said the question becomes "how to best spend the money we have," which he said would have to be "spent incredibly wisely."
Similar messages were brought to the commission by Tim Brown, Bell County commissioner, who serves on the I-35 Advisory Committee.
Brown told the Commission that his group initially came up with little more than a list of projects. However, he said that illustrates that there is no one-size-fits-all solution because the solution changes from one geographic region to another.
Saying a variety of rail components will have to be part of the future solutions for the I-35 projects, the county commissioner said it became glaringly obvious that "we've got to find some more ways of funding those projects.
"Funding seems to be the common denominator we keep coming back to," he said. Brown noted that the committee came up with "appropriate solutions, but no funding stream."
The challenge for the committee, he said, is to "identify what needs to be done" and then come back to try to find ways to fund it.
"Transportation is so important that we're going to have to get serious about funding," said Brown.
In other action, the Transportation Commission took action to add Interstate 69 to the state highway system, allowing TxDOT officials to label the first Texas stretch of the nearly 1,000-mile interstate since I-69 received federal high-priority route designation more than a decade ago. This action will allow TxDOT to add the concurrent designation of I-69 to a 6.2-mile section of US 77 between I-37 and SH 44 in Nueces County without additional funding, right-of-way or construction because the existing highway already meets interstate standards.
Well Attended ICNA South Central Region Conference
Theme: Quran – The Scripture That Saved The World
Sheikh Omer Suleiman Speaks at the Sixth Annual ICNA-MAS Conference at University of Houston
Thousands of Muslims from the US South Central Region (Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas) attended the 6th Annual Conference of the Islamic Circle of North (ICNA), and the Muslim American Society (MAS) at the University of Houston, on Saturday October 22nd.
Theme of the conference was: Quran- The Scripture That Saved Humanity. A parallel Youth Conference was organized by Young Muslims (YM), on the subject of "Peer Pressure – Peer Power".
Prominent speakers and scholars spoke, including Sheikh Nauman Ali Khan, Sheikh Omer Suleiman, Imam Khalid Griggs, Qari Qasim Mazhar, Dr. Mohammad Yunus, Mustafa White, Hafiz Tauqeer Shah, Dr. Shahid Rafiq, Dr. Mohammad Shalaby.
Speakers were quite interactive and their presentations were practical, inspirational, and made the people happy.
Some of the subjects that were discussed and presented included: "Islamic Sharia: A Divine Legal Framework for a Prosperous Society"; "Speaking to Your Lord"; "Quran: Theory and Practice"; "The Vision & Mission"
In the Youth conference, the various themes that were touched included: "Jumping on the Bandwagon"; "A change is gonna come"; "What about you?"; "Take-home Message"; and "Will you be Missed?"
At the eve of Eid-AL-Adha, the bazaar at the conference had many Islamic Garments and Gifts stalls.
By the Grace of God, a successful fundraising for ICNA was done by Sheikh Omer Suleiman, where around $100,000 were raised for the Learning, Dawah and Community Services funds of ICNA.
For more information, one can visit www.ICNASouth.Com
Pakistan Awaits Boxing Championships
September 22, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Compiled by Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, email@example.com
The Pakistani national boxing team, led by Haroon Khan, younger brother of junior welterweight champion of the world Amir Khan, has trained and is ready to take part in the World Boxing Championships scheduled to be held from September 25th through October 8th in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Three Pakistani boxers and three officials will depart from the country's southern port city of Karachi for Azerbaijan on Thursday. Secretary of the Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF), Akram Khan indicated that Haroon Khan would directly reach Baku from London to join the Pakistani team.
The younger Khan will compete in the 52kg category, Mohammad Waseem in the 49kg category, Syed Mohammad Hussain in the 56kg category and Aamir Khan in the 64kg category. The boxers who qualify for the quarterfinals of this event will qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. The PBF secretary expressed optimism that the four national boxers would get at least a couple of berths in 2012 London Olympics by performing well in the world event.
None of Pakistan's boxers were able to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Prior to that, Pakistan had five fighters – Mehrullah Lassi, Sohail Baloch, Asghar Ali Shah, Faisal Karim and Ahmed Ali Khan- competing in the 2004 Athens Olympics, but none advanced beyond the second round of the competition.
Pakistan won their only Olympic medal in boxing at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul when Syed Hussain Shah brought home the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division. The 2012 Summer Games in London present a great opportunity for Haroon Khan to win a medal for the country of his heritage, Pakistan, and to shine in front of his adopted country, England.
Clinton Ends US Visa Ban on Tariq Ramadan
January 28, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
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The United States has lifted a ban on Swiss Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan entering the country.
Ramadan has had his US visa revoked several times since 2004 when he was due to take up a university teaching post. He was banned from the US over alleged ties to terrorism.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has signed orders enabling the re-entry of Ramadan and Adam Habib, a professor at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, once they obtained required admittance documents, department spokesman Darby Holladay said on Wednesday.
He said Clinton "has chosen to exercise her exemption authority" for the pair's benefit. "Both the president and the secretary of state have made it clear that the US government is pursuing a new relationship with Muslim communities based on mutual interest and mutual respect," Holladay said.
Both professors, who are frequently invited to the US to lecture, were critics of the war in Iraq.
Government lawyers have said Ramadan was barred because he gave money to a Swiss-based charity, the Association de Secours Palestinien (ASP), between 1998 and 2002. Washington listed ASP as a banned group in 2003, saying it supported terrorism and had contributed funds to the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas.
"The decision brings to an end a dark period in American politics that saw security considerations invoked to block critical debate through a policy of exclusion and baseless allegation," Ramadan said in a statement.


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Argos now stocking Architecture sets
Posted by Huw,Somewhat surprisingly, Argos has started stocking a few Architecture sets, including Big Ben. Prices are retail, but I can't see them selling particularly well so I'm sure they'll be reduced in the fullness of time. See what's available on our Argos shopper page, select 'Architecture' from the drop-down list.
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Excellent news - while generally overpriced, these sets might become more attractive as part of a 3-for-2....
I have always intended to get the Empire State Building at some point, and given some kind of offer I will probably get it and Big Ben too.
If you can't wait for a 3-for-2 offer, you can get Big Ben from Toys R Us right now for £19.99 instead of £24.99 using the current 20% off voucher code (TOYSBIKES20, or print off a voucher for use in store).
my 6 year old daughter was asking for some random toys the other day. I told her nowhere had them in stock. her reply? 'Find it, get it, argos it'.
^I believe the expression would be 'you just got told.'
I've never heard of that advertising slogan before (possibly because I don't have a TV licence?!)
I am sorry this is a bit off topic, but still related to Argos. I have noticed having looked a little harder than usual at the Argos shopper page that set 9516, Jabba's Palace is available for £96.00 at Argos, it lists no reduction, but having looked on the Argos website itself, the listed price information seems to be correct. At that price I suggest anybody who is considering the set to snap it up as soon as possible as it really is excellent (except for the RRP of course).
Also, the image listed next to the set on the Argos shopper page is incorrect and shows the older version of the palace which could do with changing.
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Since the very first bedtime, children around the world have known that once their parents tuck them into bed and shut off the light, monsters lie waiting behind closet doors, ready to emerge. But what they don't realize is that these monsters scare children because they have to. It's their job. Monsters, Inc. is a comedy set in the realm of things that go bump in the night, where chaos breaks loose after a hapless monster accidentally lets a human child into the secret world. In that land of monsters, they hold auditions for each portal that leads to a child's bed. The monsters are on a mission to scare the children, and collect the screams, which are the energy the monsters live off. Two bungling monsters accidentally bring a child back, and are then exiled to our world. John Goodman and Billy Crystal star in this next film from Pixar, the studio that brought you Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Toy Story 2. The Art of Monsters, Inc. publishes the best of the concept art that was created in the course of the film. A deluxe hardcover featuring the best commercial artists at work today, it will appeal to animators, artists, and movie buffs everywhere.
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What a treat! Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." was, as far as I'm concerned, the best animated feature released this year. This art book, published by Chronicle (not Disney -- how odd?), is the only "making of" tie-in created for the film and a delightful visual companion to the movie. This book is a wonderful collection of preliminary inspirational artwork created for the film. Most of the pieces selected contain characters and concepts that bare no relation to the monsters and mayhem in the final product. But by allowing us to see all the hard (but funny) creative work that goes into the visual decision making, the filmmakers shed some light on the secrets of creating classic animation; they add to our knowledge of the development process and garner our respect for the enormous talent at large within Pixar. Inspirational art is a vital component of every great animated film but average moviegoers never get to see any of it. As John Lasseter and Pete Docter point out in their intro, "Once the film is completed, the inspirational artwork is filed away in the archives, never to be seen by the general public." What makes this book so enjoyable is the array of talent Pixar assembled for inspiration. The paintings, sketches and layouts, done in pastels, markers, acrylics, gouache, pencils and mixed media presented here, are just plain fun to look at. Many of the artists were given a few details about the settings or the characters, and were then allowed to let their imaginations run free. The artists themselves are amazing. Some of my favorite pieces are from Lane Smith, J. Otto Siebold and Oscar Grillo. Stealing the show however, are striking works from Geefwee Boedoe, Ricky Nierva, Lou Romano and Dominique Louis. Though famed for their landmark work with computer graphics, this book reminds me that Pixar is first and foremost a "cartoon studio" the finest in the world, at this point in the 21st Century. Dominique Louis' painting of Sulley's apartment exterio


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A huge dump. Perhaps Diarrhea.
d00d, I totally just dookied a shooter.
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June 21, 2007
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A type of spirit with high alcohol content, typically 70+ proof (35%+ alcohol by volume), which is drank in "shots", typically 1-1.5 ounces.
I don't feel like beer tonight, get some shooters instead.
by Ogre
December 10, 2004
Name for a friend that "has your back". Another word for "blood brother" used like "niggas" or other terms of brotherhood.
Where my shooters at? I don't see my shooters, are they late?
by Doug.
October 27, 2003
UK crime slang
A gun, a bang stick, the hand cannon etc
A gun, a bang stick, the hand cannon etc
Look out ernie, he's going for his shooter.
by black flag
June 02, 2004
when someone ejaculates a farther than normal distance
last night i had a shooter that went all over my keyboard
by goochman
February 28, 2005
a sniper, such as police/swat,marine corps,army
the marine shooter shot the camel jockey in the head, and th e army sniper missed
by collin robinson
May 13, 2008
lives in woodbridge and pumps his gino beats with a smoke in one hand and a cell in the other
look at that shooter driving down highway 7
by gino
October 02, 2003
1960's British slang for a handgun. The sort of thing you would have heard in Get Carter (the orginianal, not that shit stallone remake).
Get that shooter out of your pocket and give it 'ere before you blow your bollocks off!
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Fairfield Stags (19-13)
@Iona Gaels (25-7)
Sunday, March 04
MassMutual Center - Springfield, MA
Attendance: None
Springfield, MA (Sports Network) - Rakim Sanders was sensational in posting a 26-point, 12-rebound double-double as the fourth-seeded Fairfield Stags stunned the top-seeded Iona Gaels 85-75 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals at the MassMutual Center.
Colin Nickerson and Keith Matthews each finished with 14 points and Ryan Olander chipped in 11 while Desmond Wade handed out 11 assists for Fairfield (19-13) which will take on second-seed Loyola-Maryland in the conference final.
Iona (25-7) was paced by Scott Machado who scored 24 points and dished out seven assists while Mike Glover had 19 points and Lamont Jones added 16. The Gaels will now have to see if their strong regular season warrants an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Both teams shot well in the first half with Iona hitting on 17-of-29 of its shots to take a 42-40 halftime lead, while Fairfield went 16-for-26.
The Gaels led by a 60-54 score with 10:43 left in the game before the Stags ripped off a 16-1 run to take a 70-61 lead with 5:47 remaining. Iona was never able to recover and the Stags coasted to the upset by going 7-for-10 from the free throw line in the last two minutes.
Led by Sanders, Fairfield dominated on the boards collecting 32 rebounds as a team to just 20 by Iona.
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'Star Trek' 3D Sequel Locked For May 2013, Alice Eve In Talks
December 3, 2011 by Faisal Hashmi
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Composer set to return along with Abrams.
A Third 'X-Files' Movie? Gillian Anderson Believes So
September 7, 2011 by Faisal Hashmi
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Hey i was just wondering how do you get yourself into the photographers pit do you need an access pass or anything, do i need to contact them to be allowed in there or can anyone with a camera go in their ?
Please help thank you
loved the pics !!
you know… my favorite festival (Pinkpop) is this weekend and I go every year… -except for this year-
I sooo miss it…. and looking at these pics makes me feel sorry for myself even more.. but..
you have to take great shots to create an atmosphere I immediately miss..
thumbs up for these photographs!
I'm with Helen….no.3 of Pharell FTW!!!
always wanted a decent sunnies shot with the crowd (aviators preferred)
nice set of shots here :)
Man oh Man,
These all blow my mind but the 3rd and 11th photos just make me swoon!
These photos are amazing.
Your best in ages.
Living up to the last part of your nick – 'God' as in 'God of Australian live music photography!'
I'm going to feel bad uploading my shots now. You're are SPECTACULAR! I went to the festival for the same reasons as you did and it was definitely well worth just to see those acts.
Sweet stuff, mate!
Lovely shots, especially the CSS ones – Lovefoxxx's outfits know no bounds. Would have loved to have checked out that cube, too, very cool.
hey mate where do i get the photos you took of us in the mosh when Stephan Bodzin was playing?


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Children understand themselves as "stewards"—that is, people with ability and responsibility to contribute to the care of people and places they love, such as family, friends, their school, the congregation, and the earth we share. Activities encourage participants to see themselves as generous people, with time, talent, and possibly financial resources (treasure) they can share to help take care of the congregation. The ritual for this session is the offertory, and the story is a wisdom tale from Islam about generosity.
In advance, ask children and their families to bring a new or gently used book or toy to donate to the congregation.
Activity 4, The Ritual of Offertory, can be expanded into a multigenerational worship experience. Read Alternate Activity 1, Leadership in Action — Collecting the Offertory and Alternate Activity 2, Leadership in Action — Sharing the Plate. Consider how you might weave one, or both, into Activity 4.
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No one is safe as the accusations fly, sides are taken and irreversible decisions are forced to be made.
By the end of this intense one-act play you will have changed the course of Grace and Trips lives motivating you to re-play the drama to find out how your interaction could make things turn out differently the next time.
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Just ahead of Apple's WWDC, J.P. Morgan's Mark Moskowitz sees a strong launch for the company's iCloud service and incremental updates for the iPhone 4, for now.
The banking giant's investment is expected to value the microblogging site at $4.5 billion, according to published reports.
Officially launching today, here are all the banks, apps and businesses that currently accept Apple Pay.
Following a similar move by HP this week, Symantec makes public that it will split into two companies, one for security and one for information management.
Every iTunes customer -- more than 500 million people, but who's counting? -- get the band's new album free in what CEO Cook calls the largest record release in music history.
The FBI investigates a data breach into one of the world's largest banks that may have involved malware being deposited on an employee's personal computer.
After months of speculation, late-stage startup Box announces plans for its initial public offering, slated for next month on the New York Stock Exchange.
Kicking off trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, the startup is going public with an offering price that values the company at nearly $1.1 billion.
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- Age: Adult
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
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I am already neutered, housetrained, purebred, and up to date with shots.
Sydney is a really sweet affectionate two year old red merle. He was turned into rescue due to his owner's health. He is house and crate trained and loves to play. A true velcro dog, people are most important to Sidney. He is a great companion.
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Sydney, a Elk River Australian Shepherd dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Australian Shepherd for sale in Elk River, or seeking a Australian Shepherd dog from a breeder in Elk River.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Elk River already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Elk River breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
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A new report is suggesting that Apple component manufacturers are preparing for a big ramp up in the production of brand new Retina Display enabled iMac models, and that these new models will be released in October. According to Digitimes, the production of the new iMac models will start this month and that the iMac will be the next Mac to receive Retina Display. The report also notes that Apple is planning to expand Retina Display to the entire Mac line up, meaning that the MacBook Air will be next in line to receive the upgrade.
The report notes that Retina Display components are a lot more expensive to produce than standard Full HD display components, but that Apple is attempting to get a big lead in the high resolution display market as few PC makers have plans to match the same resolution.
The new iMacs will also likely adopt the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors, but a recent article by Instapaper Dev Marco Arment claimed that sources had suggested that the iMac would indeed receive an update this year, but it would not include Retina Display, simply a performance bump.
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Spokesman Ryan Messer says the charter amendment isn't the group's primary approach to getting the streetcar back on track. He says group members continue to lobby the mayor and council members to restart work and they are hopeful that will happen. He adds that the group is in contact with the Federal Transit Administration, which controls what happens to the federal dollars allocated to the project.
A planning meeting to train petition gatherers is set for Tuesday at 6pm at First Lutheran Church at 1208 Race Street in Over-the-Rhine.
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in McKinney already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
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Digital Death – Social Media Preparation for the e-Reaper
Do you know the major social media sites have policies regarding death? Do you know what to do with the online profiles of family members and close friends that pass away? After one of my blog readers responded to my "touching" post Recognize Passed Loved Ones Using Social Media it seemed the digital death topic needed a second look after some social media death policies surfaced.
In the case of Facebook, profiles of the deceased drop out of search. The profile can be memorialized, but if you want to leave a legacy you are going to need plans to keep a website operational after death. In fact, a lot of planning will need to be done if you want to exist online after death. Just like when planning your own funeral, you need to leave someone in charge of caring for your digital life after death.
Facebook Death Policies
Facebook offers to close or memorialize the profile of a departed user upon proof of death, depending on what the user wanted, or what the family decides.
Proof of death includes a copy of the death certificate, and proof that you are the executor, or representative of the deceased estate. When a Facebook member is memorialized, only current 'friends' can leave condolence messages and the profile cannot be found via search.
Facebook will not allow you access to the users profile, only for memorialization.
Further details can be found here: Facebook Death Policy
Twitter Death Policies
Twitter allows a family or the executor to close the account, and they receive an archive of all the deceased's tweets.
Twitter requirements:
- Your full name, email address, and your relationship to the deceased.
- The username of the account holder.
- A copy or link to a published obituary.
Further information: Twitter deceased user policy.
LinkedIn Death Policies
LinkedIn allows you to close a users account by filling out their verification of death form. However, this form requires an email address registered to the deceased member's account. Without this important piece of information, they will not be able to address your request.
Further information and link to online form: "Verification of Death."
Death policies of email providers
Years of messages are left on email servers. They should not go abandoned. In fact, some of my favorite reads include Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters Volume 1 and Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters Volume 2 edited by my University of Connecticut Professor Ann Charters. There's something dreamy about reading someone's interactions and correspondence with others. Especially when it was written long ago.
Gmail: Gmail will allow a family member an archive of all your email with the following information:
- Family member or executor's complete name
- The deceased's mailing address
- Deceased's email address
- A copy of the deceased drivers license or other ID
- A death certificate.
Gmail won't delete the user's account, but allows family to do so after access is granted. For more info: Google's Decedents' Accounts page
Hotmail: Hotmail will send you a disc that contains all of the deceased's contacts, emails, etc. However, they will absolutely not give you access to the account. They will close the account if the family member requests it be closed.
They require the following:
- Family member's email address.
- An address to send data.
- A 'power of attorney' or proof of executorship, and proof of relation.
- A copy of the deceased's driver's license or other ID.
- A copy of the death certificate.
- Full name, address and date of birth of the deceased.
- The estimated date of account conception.
- The last estimated sign in date.
For more info: Hotmail's death policy
Yahoo: Yahoo is the strictest in its death policies.
No access will be granted, no exceptions. But, if the deceased left their login information with you – you're in! Or they will refer you to their strict death policy:
"No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree that your Yahoo! Account is non-transferable and any rights to your Yahoo! ID or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted."
Thanks to William Eve and his blogazine team at Life Insurance Finder for researching the policies. Some interesting articles and infographics on digital death can be found on their blogazine.
Live Forever Online?
Can you live forever online without lifting a finger from the grave? There are some artificial intelligence tools that can make it happen.
That Can be My Next Tweet is a service which allows your Twitter profile to go on tweeting after you're dead. It analyses the DNA of your past tweets, to create short sentences and updates which, even if they don't make a lot of sense, still sound a lot like you.
Hunch is a program which can access your Facebook and Twitter accounts to predict how you will answer a series of questions. Currently Hunch has an accuracy rating of 83% in the US, and 75% outside of the US. With an 83% accuracy rating in 2011.
Staying in the Game – Steve Jobs Style
With more and more businesses going online the notion of a physical sign on a building like Ford Motors memorializing a person and his/her creation seems distant. After all, everything online ceases to exist when the electricity goes out. That's why I am really intrigued by Steve Jobs and his creation of Apple University. According to the Los Angeles Times article by Jessica Guynn, Steve Jobs' virtual DNA to be fostered in Apple University:
…an executive training program called Apple University that Jobs considered vital to the company's future: Teaching Apple executives to think like him.
"Steve was looking to his legacy. The idea was to take what is unique about Apple and create a forum that can impart that DNA to future generations of Apple employees," said a former Apple executive who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve his relationship with the company. "No other company has a university charged with probing so deeply into the roots of what makes the company so successful."
Steve Jobs, no stranger to preparation, created the program years before his death. "People familiar with the project say Jobs personally recruited the dean of Yale's Business School in 2008 to run it."
So what can mere mortals do to prepare for digital death? A few things I can think of:
- Appoint a digital executor
- Pass down learnings to children
- Record videos to be released online later
- Write, write, write
- Test out the artificial intelligence tools
- Invest now to prepare for your digital afterlife – poor people are often forgotten
- Be a good person so that people will WANT to remember you and keep your thoughts and beliefs alive
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On 03/14/12 17:04, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 07:57:52PM +0000, David Leverton wrote: >> Would anyone else like to continue with their own favourite >> separate-/usr reason? > > Haveing a separate /usr is wonderful, and once we finish moving /sbin/ > and /bin/ into /usr/ it makes even more sense. See the /usr page at > fedora for all of the great reasons why this is good. > > What doesn't make sense is people who do that, refusing to use an initrd > or initramfs to make the whole thing work properly. > > It's as if people want the benefits, yet fail to want to actually use > the tools required to get those benefits. It makes no sense, and if > anyone continues to complain, it shows a lack of understanding. > > greg k-h > Is this that page? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove That refers to the systemd website on freedesktop.org. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge Reading that, it seems to me that this /usr move was caused by a systemd-specific decision that rootfs should be both system-specific and located on the particular system while /usr should be network mountable. However, I see no argument for why that should be the case. Thinking about it, I suppose this would make sense in an enterprise setting where everything is diskless. If you PXE boot, put rootfs on iSCSI and have /usr on a NFS mount, this would work very well. Claiming that people show a lack of understanding when you never explain this, however, is definitely the wrong thing to do. With that said, I have a few questions: 1. Why does no one mention the enterprise use case at all? 2. Why not make rootfs a NFS mount with a unionfs at the SAN/NAS device? 3. Why not let the users choose where these directories go and support both locations?
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