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Spend your friday night around zombies with Be Hostels! The Sitges Zombie Walk sees an invasion of impressively guised zombie fans taking to the streets before heading to the beach for a massive (and free!) party.
The Jack Daniel's SITGES Zombie Walk 2011 will be held on October 14th, beginning at 20:30h at the Miramar Building (*), with the participation of the stars of the movie Juan de los Muertos for the starting signal, and will travel around Sitges until finishing at the Passeig de la Ribera promenade.
Following the Zombie Walk there will be a free party on the beach (starting at 22:00 on the Passeig de la Ribera promenade) with performances by Los Tiki Phantoms, presented by the FIB (Benicássim International Festival) and DJ Niño (The Pinker Tones). The party will continue on 2 de Mayo Street, with the participation of the local bars and clubs and Jack Daniel's.
And for the bigger film lovers, a new La Noche + Zombie Marathon at the Retiro Cinema starting at 1:00 at night with titles like DeadHeads, World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries or Exit Humanity, among others.
The Jack Daniel's Sitges Zombie Walk is made possible thanks to the sponsorship of Jack Daniel's, FOX – The Walking Dead, Planeta/Minotauro Publishing Company, the FIB (Benicássim International Festival) and Gòtic.
Starting at 12:00 noon there will be a free make-up zone set up in the Miramar Building (limited seats)..


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|Nate Irving ILB N.C. State
|Ht: 6'1″
Wt: 240
|Starter for the majority of his three healthy years at N.C. State. Plays faster than his timed speed; a good sideline-to-sideline defender. Explosive off the snap, does a great job getting into the backfield. Isn't a powerful pass rusher, but does a nice job making himself small and slipping through holes in the line (21.5 tackles for loss in 2010).
|Missed entire 2009 season due to injuries suffered in a car accident. Coverage skills are lacking. Doesn't have the fluid athleticism to stick with elite pass-catching tight ends and running backs. Instincts in zone coverage aren't great.
|If not for missing the entire 2009 season, Irving could have established himself as a 1st or 2nd round pick by now. His 2010 season was impressive, but there are still some holes in game. He shows a lot of potential and is worth a mid-round pick. If he improves his coverage skills he could develop into a solid starter at inside or strong-side linebacker.
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Bradley Cooke
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Research Interests
My studies focus on how the brain and behavior come to display sex-specific traits. I have been focused on the amygdala, particularly the sexually dimorphic medial amygdala (MeA) and the sex-specific social behaviors that depend upon this brain region. The immediate, short-term goal of my research program is to understand how sex-specific neural circuitry develops in the MeA and how sexually dimorphic neural circuits mediate sex-specific social behavior. My long-term aim is to use sex differences in the brain as a tool to understand computational mechanisms that underlie complex behaviors.
The short-term research plan is based on three major findings from my research. I have found that the MeA is (1) sexually dimorphic, (2) sensitive to gonadal hormones in adulthood, and, (3) in males, is demasculinized by prepubertal social isolation. Taken together, these findings indicate that sexual differentiation of the brain is a product of both hormones and experience. The role of experience in sexual differentiation has generally been overlooked since hormones are so effective in modifying the brain. However, experience may also be very important since most hormone treatments also modify behavior, which may in turn influence brain structure. Therefore, I investigate how hormones and experience interact to modify MeA circuitry, and influence MeA-dependent behaviors such as the stress response, juvenile play, and aggression.
I use whatever techniques are necessary to answer the question at hand. This has led me to use behavioral observations, light and electron microscopic analyses, whole-cell patch-clamp recording in brain slices, and primary cell cultures. I manipulate the brain using hormones and/or experience, and ask how this influences neural circuitry: dendrites, synapses, and neural activity, as well as behavior. I fully intend to continue to incorporate new methods and new technologies in my research as they become appropriate to answer the next big question.


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Nature Scenes: Llamas are sure-footed pack animals who are of great use to South American Indians
By Lynn Bowen
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Llamas are interesting animals that are members of the camel family, yet never are found in the wild. Most herds of llamas are maintained by the Indians of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina to transport goods on the Andean plateaus and mountains.
Long ago, the Inca civilization bred guanacos, which are a type of llama, to be used as beasts of burden. These animals are still wild in Chile and Argentina. They are tan with a pale underside, and are slightly smaller than standard llamas.
Llamas are 5.5 to 6 feet tall measured to the top of their head, and they weigh 260-400 pounds. They are slender-bodied with long legs and necks and small heads.
Their special feet are cloven; that is, they have two toes that enable them to be very sure-footed. They have soft foot pads much like a dog's, making it easy to grip where they walk.
Their fur varies in colors and patterns of white, brown, black, peach and gray. They have big brown eyes that notice everything, and also have excellent hearing.
These rather docile animals have a temper if pushed to their limits, and will spit, hiss, kick or lie down in retaliation. Since they are helpers to the Indians, surely they are treated with kindness and understanding. After all, their presence is much more than just being a pet like a dog or cat!
Llamas breed from November to May. After the 11-month gestation period, the female gives birth to one baby.
The diet of llamas is simply grass and other plants. Their life expectancy is about 20 years.
Llamas are not only pack animals, carrying up to 75 pounds of goods, but are also used for food, wool, hides, and tallow for candles. Their dried dung is used for fuel.
Many South Americans depend on these mammals to exist. But here in Central Florida and other parts of the U.S., they are interesting, useful animals at a zoo for children of all ages to observe.
— Bowen lives in DeLand. Send email to her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cutline: This handsome llama seems very content living at a zoo where children of all ages can admire him.
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Casablanca — The Moroccan founder of al-Qaeda inspired jihadist group Sham al-Islam died Thursday (April 3rd), along with young fighters he had brought with him to Syria.
Brahim Benchekroune (aka Ibrahim Bin Shakaran, or Abu Ahmad al-Maghribi) was killed during a clash with Syrian troops on a hilltop in Latakia, jihadist websites announced.
Fellow Moroccans Anas Halaouia and Abdul Jalil al-Qadmiri, once jailed for the 2003 Casablanca bombings, died in the same battle on the northern coast of Syria. Social networks also reported the death of former Moroccan jihadist prisoner Najib al-Husseini. As many as 60 Moroccan jihadists may have been killed in the battle.
Benchekroune was well-known in jihadist circles. He was influenced early on by salafist cheikh Abdelkarim Chadli in Casablanca.
"The father of Benchekroune belongs to an ancient and wealthy family from Fez. His mother is Senegalese. He was influenced by the separation of his parents, and left school early," said Abdellah al-Rami of the Moroccan Centre for Social Sciences (CMS2) in Casablanca.
The aspiring jihadist travelled to Mauritania, through networks loyal to al-Qaeda, for religious and ideological training. By 1999, he had arrived in Afghanistan.
After serving time in prison for involvement in the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), Benchekroune continued to make a name for himself among Morocco's Salafist Jihadists.
With the outbreak of war in Syria, Benchekroune joined up with al-Qaeda's local affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra li ahl al-Sham (JAN). It was not long before he had teamed up with former Osama Bin Laden aide Mohamed Alami Slimani (aka Abu Hamza al Maghrebi) to form a Moroccan jihadist group in Syria's Latakia region.
Slimani was killed, along with many of the fighters, last August, leaving Benchekroune in charge of the decimated gang.
He promptly renamed the group Sham a-Islam, unveiled Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts to recruit new blood, and published a doctrinal document inspired by al-Qaeda.
The organisation is made up mainly of Moroccans, but it includes a variety of elements from other nationalities. Abu Hafs al-Jazairi, the mufti of the movement, is Saudi, while its military commander, Ahmad Mazyan is Egyptian.
The group recently added cheikh Abdul Razzaq Oujha, one of the leading activists of the co-ordination of Salafi Jihadist detainees in Morocco, and Anas Halaoui, the official spokesman of the prisoner advocacy group.
But many more potential Moroccan jihadists have been deterred from joining the Syria fight. According to Casablanca analyst al-Rami, this is not due to battle defeats in Syria, such as that met by Benchekroune on the hilltop last week.
"The reduction of the phenomenon of recruiting fighters to Syria is linked with the success of the Moroccan security services in detecting and dismantling the cells of these networks and controlling their efficiency," he told Magharebia.
"Global security co-ordination and co-operation plays a key role in achieving this goal," he added.


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So last week, I was on my 173rd consecutive hour of consuming blog articles, news stories, tweets, posts, video interviews, transcripts of interviews, analyses of transcripts of interviews, and opinions on the analyses of transcripts of interviews about Manti Te'o and his imaginary dead girlfriend, when I noticed that something else critical happened in the world of sports. OMG OMG OMG! Did you hear that Colin Kaepernick, NFC champion quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers and flat-billed hat enthusiast, recently "trademarked" his signature, tattooed-biceps-kissing touchdown celebration now known as "Kaepernicking?"
Wait, WHAT?! Does this mean that when I finish this blog, Colin is telling me I can't celebrate by jumping up from my desk and kissing my beautiful biceps? Have you seen my biceps? It's hard for me to look down at them and not kiss them! It's like I have Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Chastain staring up at me from each bicep, lips pursed, like some insane Popeye fever dream.
In my panic, I poured through the incomprehensibly large number of stories about this. But then I had a thought. No, not "What am I doing with my life?" No, not even "What is everyone at ESPN doing with their lives?" No, my thought was "Wait wait… I'm a lawyer, damn it! I actually know what all of this means! These guys don't!"
What's in a Trademark?
You see, there are times when being a lawyer is like being a sci-fi nerd. No, not just because girls flinch upon seeing us… Where a sci fi nerd may get mad that you don't know that those cool big four-legged walky things in The Empire Strikes Back can be called either an Imperial Walker OR an AT-AT (short for All-Terrain Armored Transports, not to be confused with those cool little two-legged walky things in Return of the Jedi, which are called AT-STs, or All-Terrain Scout Transports…idiot), I often find myself peeved at laymen's misunderstanding of intellectual property law. Someone will give someone a funny nickname at a party and follow it up with "you should totally copyright that!" And I'll shout "Excuse me! According to U.S. copyright law, you can't copyright a short phrase! In fact, judging by the context, I'm pretty sure you mean that you should 'trademark' that, but what does that even mean? You can't actually 'trademark' something! You can file an application for registration with United States Patent and Trademark Office and assuming you specify the proper goods and services and submit a proper specimen of use and pay the requisite fees and don't receive an office action from the USPTO Examining Attorney or an opposition from a third party, you may be issued a registration. But is that really what you want to go through for that stupid nickname?! Hey, wait a minute, where's everyone going? Come back!" (See, there's a reason I don't get invited anywhere by anyone. Ever.)
Regardless (or "Irregardless" for you Raiders fans), listening to or reading a sports reporter's take on trademark law is like Bill Walsh listening to me try to explain the complexities of the pistol formation. Here's the thing: Colin Kaepernick is in no way going to be able to prevent you, me, Alex Smith, Ray Lewis, the Harbaugh Brothers, or any member of the Lingerie Football League's Seattle Mist from kissing their biceps. In fact, as applied for, Colin's application, if it eventually becomes a registration, will only prevent you from the following VERY limited activity: advertising and selling clothing making use of the word KAEPERNICKING as a brand. That's it. Nothing more.
You see, Colin's application only covered the word KAEPERNICKING, not the actual celebration. In addition, in his application, he's only claiming the exclusive right to use that word in connection with clothing — following the recent trend of athletes attempting to secure their nicknames for clothing (see TEBOWING and LINSANITY). In fact, he actually applied for several other marks that didn't get as much publicity: KAEPERNICK7, KAEPERNICK CK7, KAP7, KAP, and, creatively, COLIN KAEPERNICK.
As much as can be forcibly read into this story by the easily-excitable Skip Bayless (who just so happens to not only be a frat bro of mine, but we also attended the same sports powerhouse), it's really not a big deal. Due to the fact that his "trademark" is just a version of his name, he likely wouldn't need a registration to protect himself — he's got right of publicity laws on his side. He probably filed the applications simply because it's common for unscrupulous types to file trademark applications for terms associated with famous people as soon as those terms get hot: see BLUE IVY CARTER and LINSANITY. Having an application on hand will make it easier to shoo those imposters aside.
Will It Even Work?
Of course, as you may have noticed from my room-clearing screed above, just because Kaepernick applies for trademark protection doesn't mean he's going to get it. In fact, given the nature of the marks for which he's claiming protection, Kaepernick and his lawyers are going to have a lot of e- paperwork in front of them.
But Let's Focus on What's Really Important
Brain-addling trademark law minutia aside, the point of this overly-angry and uninteresting missive is to convey the fact that trademark rights, at least in the U.S., are limited in scope. The main purpose is to allow someone to protect a word, logo or slogan (or, in more complex cases, a sound, shape, color or even smell) as it is used on particular goods or services offered by that person or company. The protection extends only to that particular word as used on those particular goods (except in limited circumstances). A trademark registration does not allow the trademark registrant to prevent anyone from ever using that word in a sentence ever again. It certainly doesn't allow for the prevention of a certain unoriginal touchdown celebration (I miss the good ol' days).
But you know, when it comes down to it, I really don't care. I'm bitter. Not just because I'm a lawyer but because I'm a long suffering San Diego Chargers fan. I LOVE the guy, but I don't think RIVERSING is going to take off any time soon. At least I can now go back to what's really important: the Manti Te'o story. I'm eagerly awaiting the day (coming soon) when we see a trademark application for the next big sports fad: TE'OING.
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Muscle Mustangs & Fast FordsFeatured Vehicles
Ford-powered Off-road Racing
Flying over the desert in a Ford-powered Trophy Truck.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to ride in a Trophy Truck in a desert race, imagine a rig powered by a NASCAR engine, with a ride as soft as a wet sponge and road conditions rougher than the back of an alligator.
To wrestle this wild reptile, first you climb through the window, clamp yourself in with a five-point harness, and cinch the chinstrap on a crash helmet with a Darth Vader breathing tube to keep out the choking dust. After you fire up the 780hp small-block and stomp on the go-pedal, you'd better hang on tight because blasting across the desert feels like a nonstop crash. It's all too loud, too hot, too fast--and too much fun. It's like riding a nuclear-powered roller coaster headed for critical mass. You launch off hilltops at freeway speeds, floating for an impossibly long moment while awaiting the inevitable landing on hard-packed sand.
Actually, jumping is the easy part. It's the 100-mph sprints, skipping like a stone over the rutted, gnarly terrain that are frightening and exhilarating at the same time. The ride is not unlike that of an offshore boat running at full throttle in the open ocean, jumping from one swell to the next. Only thing is, the sun-baked desert floor doesn't cushion the landing the way foaming seawater can.
Credit the relatively soft bounce to the sophisticated suspension design from Craig Stewart, son of Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, the legendary Baja racer. The underpinnings from Stewart's Race Works have nearly 3 feet of travel. (Note in the action photos the differ-ence between the suspension's full droop and the landings where the wheelwells swallow the tires.)
To endure the extreme punishment dished out in desert racing, Stewart installs stout, custom, billet-aluminum A-arms in the front and a four-link setup in the rear with super-long trailing arms. The rig rides on King 2.5- inch coilovers with King Kong 4-inch bypass tubes. The 39-inch knobbies are BFGoodrich's race-duty Project tires reinforced with inner liners and mounted on Kartech rims measuring 17x8 inches.
Originally, this F-150 Trophy Truck started life as a truggy--basically a bare tube-frame chassis with an aluminum body. But owner Wayne Lugo had bigger plans in mind for this platform. His pursuit of a Ford-powered Trophy Truck began during his childhood in a farming region of Southern California. "I grew up in the Imperial Valley, where off-road racing is big," he says. "I saw them racing in the dirt at Riverside Raceway, and knew then that I had to do this someday."
Lugo took his first steps with both Class 9 and 10 VW-powered dirt racers with 6 and 21 inches of travel, respectively. Run-ning off-road came naturally to him. "I spent my whole life driving up dirt roads," he says. "That gave me a good jumpstart, having crashed enough trucks as a kid."
Eventually, his professional success as a calf raiser for a dairy farm allowed him to afford the next level of off-road vehicle--a truggy that would form the foundation of his Trophy Truck. "I knew how good a Ford V-8 sounds, and had to move up," he says.
The truggy's engine was a special, race-duty aluminum 351 Windsor that runs about $34,000, punched out to 442 cubes by Leon Patton of Patton Racing Engines. This same naturally aspirated setup, with a 12:1 compression ratio, would later serve as the heart of Lugo's Trophy Truck. He says that Patton, who works on Bow-Tie blocks as well, feels Blue Oval engines "have the best pull" and prefers using them for extreme off-road applications.


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BY Aldrin Calimlim on Thu January 01st, 2015
A new name along with a new logo. That's how Coach.me, formerly Lift, is greeting the new year.
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Do you find it hard to form or maintain good habits? Maybe some social networking can help.
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Bad habits are hard to break. Good habits are hard to form. The folks behind a new app called Lift are no doubt well aware of these two facts of life.
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Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) June 20, 2013
Today DAZ 3D announced the release of Version 6 of their Victoria 3D Model. As 3D models increasingly replace real models and environments in virtual photo shoots, Victoria has continued to be one of the most prolific, with over 3 million downloads to date. In conjunction with such Software packages as DAZ Studio or POSER, these models are often arranged into scenes used for animated videos, book and comic covers, product packaging, posters, and even fast food cups.
With the release of Victoria 6 DAZ has a whole new selection of textures and "skins", but is also leveraging some new software advancements in lighting and subsurface shading to allow natural levels of translucency (for example, the way you can see just a bit of light through the thin portions of someone's ear lobes).
Along with these changes to Victoria 6 specifically, DAZ 3D has built Victoria on a whole new base: the Genesis 2 base. With the release of Genesis a few years ago DAZ 3D introduced some revolutionary elements into the 3D world by having figures that could stretch, morph, and adapt in ways that had not been seen before. With the release of Genesis 2, they have taken the advancements of Genesis, and rather than just enhancing it, have made some really core changes (for example, the use of true female and male bases, rather than deriving from a single form, thus allowing for a much more feminine and masculine end product). In addition to this core "sexing" of the base models, Genesis 2 has brought several more advancements, such as:
"With Genesis 2 as our new foundation," explains Brian Howell, Director of Product Development at DAZ-3D, "as well as some incredible advancements in DAZ Studio we're seeing images produced with Victoria 6 that you would swear are photo shoots. Victoria 6 is more articulate, feminine, and detailed than ever before. The improved weight mapping and sub-surface lighting combined with the increased model fidelity and articulation has produced amazing results. When I first saw them I was stunned, and I think the public will be too."
Pricing and availability:
Victoria 6 is available now and priced at $49.95. It can be purchased at http://www.daz3d.com. Accompanying bundles of clothing, hair, and other add-ons are also available in the DAZ 3D store at http://www.daz3d.com/.
About Genesis 2:
Genesis 2 provides artists with all of the incredible power of Genesis and DAZ Studio, starting with Tri-ax weight mapping, the ultimate per-axis weight map control for each joint; improved load and active frame-rate speeds (fps) with sub-d, single-skin 3D meshes; flexible shape blending; multiple UV layouts; and extensible parameters. Then add to that, Sub Surface Shaders, distinct male and female base forms, improved weight mapping and articulation, and a significant polygon jump over other models out there. All of this simply means that DAZ 3D's latest figures are the most realistic and versatile ever produced. Every joint bends better, and every skin detail is more precise. Both proportions and mass of the figure can be altered in a variety of ways without ever losing the superior bending and detail within the mesh. For additional information regarding Genesis 2, and to get DAZ Studio for free, along with the Genesis 2 base character visit: http://www.daz3d.com.
About DAZ 3D:
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, DAZ 3D is the leading publisher of personalized 3D digital characters, software and accessories for creative professionals and 3D enthusiasts. Known for its large catalog of inter-operable and versatile 3D models and accessories, DAZ 3D is a growing technology company focused on developing next-generation 3D models and supporting tools. Founded in 2000, DAZ 3D provides a central solution to create, customize and share professional quality digital creations. More information on the company, its 3D catalog and tools, and the Genesis 2 series is available online at http://www.daz3d.com.


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For many people, a sound night's rest is worth more than the weight of their bed in Mir however, when you have to compete with noisy neighbours, howling dogs, and car alarms it's not always that easy. Even if you can overcome these you still face the challenge of getting comfortable without sacrificing circulation to one, or more, of your limbs. Get your forty winks and then some with today's Groupon; pay R477 for a Viscopedic Memory Foam Hybrid pillow from Wheco, valued at R795.
At times, getting comfy in your bed can be more challenging than teaching a dog to use a can-opener. No matter how you lie, your head is always at an awkward with either too much blood running into it or too much leaving it. An arm under the pillow often solves this, until your fingers start tingling and soon your arm is nothing but a filled stocking dangling from your shoulder. Enter Wheco's Viscopedic Memory Foam Hybrid pillow, a head rest so glorious you'll be convinced you're still dreaming.
Rumoured to have been crafted by greatest minds of the times, in a secret laboratory located in a hollowed-out mountain, the Viscopedic pillow is the answer to all your sleepless nights. The pillow is constructed from the only finest materials available and features an innovative combination of Italian soft-touch memory foam on one side and firm Swedish type slow rebound memory foam on the other. Together they cater for any firmness preference and will ensure a sound night's rest regardless of the circumstance. The wonderous pillow is ideal for travellers and also during seasonal changes as memory foam is, by nature, temperature sensitive giving you a softer surface in summer and little more support in winter.
Today's Groupon is more than just a pillow; it's your peace of mind, your night time sanctuary and most of all, good night's rest, every night.
Playful fact: During a trip to the Amazon, explorers accidentally stumbled upon a tarantula's playpen. The team had fallen asleep on what they believed to be clusters of small shrubs only to learn later that they were in fact tarantula eggs. The realisation that it was the spider's playpen came when they were used as landing pads for jumping spiders in training.


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New York Times bestselling author James Rollins dives far beneath the waves into unimaginable peril in this classic tale of action and adventure
ExNavy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find Earth burning. Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earth-quakes and hellfire rock the globe. Air Force One has vanished from the skies with Americas president on board.
Now, with the United States on the narrow brink of a nuclear apocalypse, Kirkland must pilot his oceangoing exploration ship, Deep Fathom, on a desperate mission miles below the oceans surface. There, devastating secrets await himand a power an ancient civilization could not contain that has been cast out into modern day, where it will forever alter a world thats already racing toward its own destruction.
See why the Providence Journal-Bulletin calls James Rollins the modern master of the action thriller with this classic Rollins tale.
About the Author
James Rollins is the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. His Sigma series has been lauded as one of the "top crowd pleasers" (New York Times) and "hottest summer reads" (People magazine). In each novel, acclaimed for its originality, Rollins unveils unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets and he does it all at breakneck speed and with stunning insight.


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MVNU's SonFest Announces Band Lineup; Tickets On Sale Now
September 29, 2012
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- SonFest, Mount Vernon Nazarene University's annual outdoor Christian music festival, will take place on Saturday, Sept. 29, from noon to 10 p.m., in the Grove of the MVNU campus. Tickets are on sale now.
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Award-winning artist David Crowder will headline the event. Other main stage bands will include:
Tickets are available now through iTickets.com, or at the MVNUCougar Corner Bookstore, Central Ohio LifeWay Christian Bookstores, and the Gospel Supply Shop of Mount Vernon. Tickets are $15, or $13 each for a group of 15 or more. VIP tickets will also be available for $40. Tickets will be $20 at the gate.
David Crowder will take the stage performing with his new collective, simply called Crowder. Fans can expect more of what they've always loved about David Crowder through the years - the songs, the worship, musical innovation - and now they get to be a part of the new beginning. Named among the most thoughtful, progressive and exciting acts in contemporary Christian music by The New York Times, the popular yet unconventional David Crowder Band unveiled their final collection of new music this year with the release of Give Us Rest or (a requiem mass in c [the happiest of all keys]). As the follow-up to the Grammy-nominated Church Music, Give Us Rest gave the band the highest debut of their career, selling over 50,000 units in one week and landing them in the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Top 200.
A second stage will feature additional artists Undeserving, Willet, Bread of Stone, da Mac, Sons, Come Wind, and Sight Unseen. There will also be free inflatables for all ages, festival food and giveaways. SonFest is a rain-or-shine event.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and several convenient Graduate and Professional Studies locations throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,600 students from 26 states and seven countries/U.S. territories.


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I just saw Tucker in standup about a month ago. It was pretty funny. Although I had low expectations going in.
Tucker was great in Friday and the small part in Jackie Brown. I think his best role to date was in Dead Presidents. I hated Rush Hour 2, and will probably skip part 3.


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Haley has never been all that motivated to hit the books. That's why it helps to have a little brother around to zap you with a water gun whenever you stray from your studies. Of course, all this is done with her dad's consent.
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The football postseason doesn't officially start until Nov. 15 for Class 6A in Mississippi High School Activities Association.
When it comes to winning Class 6A, Region 2, Starkville High School football coach Jamie Mitchell is already treating each week down the stretch like the playoffs.
With Madison Central, Jackson Murrah and Clinton in consecutive weeks, the Yellowjackets consider this the toughest part of the season to survive.
Starkville travels to Jackson tonight to play the second game of that trio against the Murrah Mustangs. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Newell Field.
"When we looked at the division schedule, we thought these three with Madison, Murrah and Warren Central would be the toughest and we've got them back-to-back-to-back," Mitchell said. "We are approaching it as a playoff situation. You have to play great in the playoffs in back-to-back weeks, so we are going to reload, reboot and try to go to Jackson to play our absolute best."
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David Petraeus, the former CIA director whose shining career in public service came crashing down after an affair with his biographer, received two years probation and a $100,000 fine Thursday for leaking military secrets.
Senator Dianne Feinstein accuses CIA of illegally searching computer files of Senate Select Intelligence Committee.
John Brennan has won U.S. Senate confirmation to head the CIA after a late struggle that had more to do with presidential power to order drone strikes than with the nominee's credentials to lead the spy agency.
A Senate committee has signed off on John Brennan's nomination to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
CIA Director David Petraeus resigns amid an extra-marital affair as Congress wants answers on Benghazi.
In a letter released to the CIA work force on Friday afternoon, Petraeus disclosed the affair, and wrote: "Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later was denied by officials in the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.


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Eisenberg and Denholtz reiterated many times that with Henley, they are "starting a culture."
At Henley, the other vaporium, the crew lying around on settees and filling the room with fog brought back Dutch flashbacks.
The city council's decision to ban the public use of e-cigarettes is highly unlikely to negatively impact Henley.
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18 referees and 21 linesmen have been named to handle matches at the African Nations Cup finals, including South Africans Daniel Bennett and Zakhele Siwela.
It is an experienced group as there are only two changes to the list of referees and eight new assistants from the last finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon one year ago, reports supersport.com.
The two new officials come from Kenya - Sylvester Kirwa - and the Seychelles - Bernard Camille.
CAF shuns Nigeria again with no official coming from the West African country. It will be third successive Nations Cup for Bennett and the second for Siwela. Both are also on the shortlist for the 2014 World Cup.
The referees for the tournament assemble in Johannesburg on January 15 for their pre-tournament tests.
Algeria and Senegal have the biggest representation with three officials each. The Officials will stay at Irene Lodge in Pretoria.


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Crowds, arrests down in New Braunfels rivers as 'can-ban' rules begin
Unofficial summer kick-off weekend changing after new rules take effect
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - There were big changes on the Comal River in New Braunfels this Memorial Day, as new rules governing the types of beverage containers allowed on the river took effect.
River-goers must now carry only non-disposable containers. Plastic bottles, plastic cups, and anything else disposable will no longer be allowed on the river.
The offense is now a Class C misdemeanor, which results in a written citation.
"People are still getting to drink the beverage of their choice, and from what we're hearing, they're out here having a good time," said Capt. John McDonald, of the New Braunfels Police Department.
McDonald said the amount of trash bobbing around has dramatically decreased, but it appeared the crowds have dwindled as well.
Authorities suspect the new rules may be playing a part in the decreased numbers.
"They've decided not to take the Comal river as their first choice," said McDonald.
Marcella Pierce has spent the annual holiday on the river for years, and said this year, there is more room to float.
"I can tell this Memorial Day is less than half of the crowds we usually see," she said.
Pierce is critical of the new rules.
"They're not only losing money on the river, but all the businesses around the river are suffering," said Pierce.
Numbers of arrests and citations have dropped as well, following the downward trend of crowd numbers and pieces of trash.
Only eight public intoxication arrests have been reported so far this weekend, a number police said is far less than years past.
About two-dozen citations for those breaking the new rules had also been written as of Sunday evening.
More are expected to be reported after Monday's numbers come in.
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The Malian master of the Desert Blues and one of the most celebrated African guitarists in history Vieux Farka Touré will be performing at Alliance Francoise tomorrow.
Vieux, son of the legendary Ali Farka Touré will be the opening act the first 2013 cultural season. Lauded as the Jimi Hendrix of the Sahara, Vieux has a reputation for original guitar melodies. He best remembered for his deft live performance during the 2010 World Cup before a billion people in Johannesburg, South Africa.The artiste is on an African tour of 17 countries (from West Africa through to Central Africa, East Africa and the Indian Ocean.
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Working in advertising is tough. Working with your dad? Also tough. Working with your dad when your dad is Robin Williams? Tougher still. Welcome to "The Crazy Ones."
The new fall CBS comedy, from executive producer David E. Kelly, boasts two of the 2013-14 season's most impressive casting achievements in the form of Williams, returning to series TV for the first time since "Mork and Mindy," and Sarah Michelle Gellar, giving comedy a try after her first attempt at a post-"Buffy" comeback, The CW's "Ringer," proved a flop.
"The Crazy Ones," one of CBS' forays into the world of single-camera comedies this fall, centers around the father-daughter duo of Simon Roberts (Williams) and Sydney (Gellar). Simon, the head of a powerful advertising agency, is unorthodox, unpredictable, larger-than-life ... basically, he's Robin Williams. Sydney is his exact opposite, often finding herself playing the parent in the relationship. The cast is rounded out by James Wolk ("Political Animals"), Hamish Linklater ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") and Amanda Setton ("The Mindy Project").
The behind-the-scenes look at the pilot find Williams up to his old hammy tricks, but they seems to be a comfortable fit with Kelley's typically quirky sensibilities. The look at a scene between Williams, Wolk and guest star Kelly Clarkson (playing an atypically ribald version of herself) proves the series has promise. Let's hope it can live up to it.
Be sure to check out the trailer and let us know -- Are you planning to join "The Crazy Ones" this fall?
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The scene opens with two men coming back from playing basketball. They walk into the house and find a woman dead with nails from a nail gun in her face. Beckett, Esposito and Ryan arrive on scene and Esposito tells that he bets Castle would love to be where they are because it is a rich person home and they are usually freaky murders. They enter and Esposito illustrates his point. The victim is Vicky Westlake, wife of Damian, who found her body. She walks into another room to find that Castle is there already. She chastises him for not calling her about the murder and Castle tells that he just got there. He tells that Damian is an old friend of his and that he called him and told that he needs to talk. They talk to him and Castle blocks Beckett's questions toward Damian. He tells that he didn't kill his wife. He tells that Vicky had a fight with one of the contractors and told him that he was fired. He tells that he needs to contact Vicky's ex-husband and kids.
Castle and Beckett go outside and she tells that Castle can't interfere when she is questioning a potential suspect. Castle is upset that Beckett would think that Damian killed his wife. She tells that everyone is a victim to start off. Castle tells that he won't get in her way. Esposito and Ryan come out that Damian was tense and aggressive during their basketball game and it is possible that Damian killed his wife earlier. Ryan and Esposito talk to Amber, Vicky's assistant. She tells that a contractor named Morris was the one fired and Vicky caught him. Ryan and Esposito go back to the station and tell that Morris's truck was outside. Morris tells that Vicky told him to come over and she told Morris that she is sorry and that the ring was there. Beckett tells that Morris's alibi checks out and Beckett goes back to Damian as the prime suspect. Castle tells that Damian is not the killer and that he was the one who gave Castle a chance when he was 15 and publishing his first novel. Beckett tells that she understands Castle's loyalty, but she has to go with facts. Vicky isn't the fist family member that Damian lost. His father was murdered and Damian was pegged as the prime suspect.
Castle and Beckett argue and Beckett tells that Castle is wrong about not telling her about Damian's father being murdered. Beckett tells Castle that he is too close to this murder and he needs to go home. She tells Esposito and Ryan to bring in Simon, Vicky's ex-husband. Meanwhile, Castle goes and visits Damian and asks about his dad's murder and he tells that the cops suspected him, but he was out of the country. Beckett meets with Simon and he tells that he and Vicky had a good marriage, but then she went and ran off with Damian. He tells that Damian came from money and tells the two were happy, but lately she was crying and telling that she wanted to get back together with Simon. Later that night, Castle is up and Martha asks what he is thinking. Castle tells that if he is going to accept that Damian could be a murderer, he is going to need evidence. The next day, Castle walks up to Beckett and tells that he is sorry that he doubted her. Beckett shows Damian's financial records and they show that Damian was tapped out of money and that he was using her. Castle tells that they have to have another suspect and Esposito comes in and tells that the gang tag belongs to Omar Lincoln.
They drive up to find Omar tagging the back of a delivery truck and he tries to talk off. They catch up to him. They take him in and he tells that he tagged the place, but he didn't kill Vicky. He tells that he heard Vicky and Damian arguing and that Vicky told him that she wanted a divorce. Damian is to stand to gain millions of dollars if Vicky dies. Damian lied about his marriage and Beckett and Ryan tell that Damian was renting a bed and flowers. They go to the "playroom" and meet Callie. She goes to the station and she tells that Damian and her were involved and that Vicky talked to Callie and warned her that Damian was going to be broke. Castle still thinks that Damian is still innocent on Vicky's murder. Beckett meets with Damian and tells that a secret slithers out every time she gets close. She tells that she knows about Callie and him. However, Vicky stood between him and the fortune of millions. She arrests Damian for the murder of Vicky.
Castle goes home and Martha tells that Alexis is shopping for Ashley and her's first Valentine's Day. Castle visits Damian and asks what is going on. Damian tells that Vicky had divorce paperwork when they fought and Castle has an idea. He brings in Blanca, a postal worker. He tells that divorce paperwork was given to her from Vicky while Damian and Charles were at their basketball game. However, Beckett tells that Damian hired someone. Castle tells that they need to look at Simon as the murderer. He tells that he is going to clear the air of Damian's dad's murder and solve it and Beckett can look into Simon. Beckett tells that she is going to follow the money and Ryan and Esposito are on Simon's case. Castle comes home and Alexis bought a frame for a picture of Ashley's rat that died. Castle tells that he is going to solve Damian's dad's murder and Alexis tells that she will help. Back at the station, the money doesn't tie Damian to hiring someone. However, Beckett tells that they still have the engagement ring that Damian gave Vicky as the means to pay for the contract kill on Vicky.
Beckett goes to a pawn shop and asks if Vicky had anything appraised. However, he told her that the stones were imitation. Castle looks at a picture of a sketch and he knows the person. At Damian's home, she tells that she knows about the diamonds and tells him to show her. She reaches for his gun in case he tries something. Damian shows the diamonds. Meanwhile, Castle meets with Ray Salazar and tells that he knows the person in the sketch as Michael Rutherford, a scholarship kid with sociopathic behavior. Castle tells that Michael killed Damian's father. Beckett gets to in and tells that Damian might not be the killer. Ryan and Esposito show that Simon's business was failing and that he had a lot to gain if Vicky was murdered. They tell that Simon is not answering and she tells them to sit on their house. In the car, Ryan asks what Esposito is doing for Lanii for Valentine's Day and he tells that he is going to get her a necklace or charm bracelet. Ryan tells that he is getting his fiancé chocolate. They see that Simon gets back, but has a "friend". It is Amber, Vicky's assistant. Beckett tells them to bring them both in. Beckett goes to the elevator and Castle is there too. They look at each other and tell that they know who killed Vicky.
Beckett and Castle meet with Simon and Amber and tell that Simon was going to get back with his wife, but Amber and he were involved. They tell that Vicky told Amber that she was going to divorce Damian and go back with Simon, but that wasn't good for her. They tell that there was a company car that Amber ordered to drive to the house and back. Fingerprints that they couldn't identify were found on the nail gun. She tells that she wasn't supposed to be killed and she tried to convince Vicky that she was going to love Simon and not Vicky, she told her no. Later, Castle visits Damian and he tells that he is going to Barcelona. Castle shows that they arrested Michael Rutherford and he made a deal and showed the things that Damian gave him to kill his father. The police arrive and arrest Damian for contracting a kill on his father. Castle tells that he needs a drink and Beckett offers to buy.
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Despite winning a landmark court case in 2006, the Bushmen have faced harassment, intimidation and torture by the Botswana government.
Exactly 10 years ago - on July 5, 2004 - a landmark court case started which successfully challenged the illegal eviction of Botswana's Bushmen from their ancestral land. But since then, the Botswana government has continued its persecution of the last hunting Bushmen, for which it has been condemned nationally and internationally.
In 2006, Botswana's High Court ruled that the Bushmen's eviction from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve had been "unlawful and unconstitutional", and that they had the right to live, hunt and gather inside the Reserve and did not have to apply for permits to enter it.
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The extraordinary story of how the Bushmen of the Kalahari took their government to court and won.
But despite the ruling the Botswana government has:
- refused to provide water to the Bushmen in one of the driest places on Earth;
- prevented them from hunting for their survival by intimidation, torture and arrest;
- required most Bushmen to apply for restrictive permits to enter their Reserve;
- barred their long-standing lawyer, who successfully represented the Bushmen in three court cases, from entering the country and representing his clients;
- accused the Bushmen of harming the wildlife inside the Reserve (for which it has not produced any evidence), while allowing a diamond mine to go ahead and issuing licenses for fracking exploration.
Botswana's High Court called the case "a harrowing story of human suffering and despair"; the UN's former Water Advisor Maude Barlow said, "It's hard to imagine a more cruel and inhuman way to treat people"; Botswana political activist and former Robben Island prisoner Michael Dingake said, "Without hunting, Basarwa [Bushmen} are literally being starved to surrender"; and the BBC's John Simpson called the government's policies "ethnic cleansing of the Kalahari."
Botswana's treatment of the Bushmen has further been condemned by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, the US State Department, the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and local and international media.
Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples' rights, has called for a tourism boycott of Botswana until the Bushmen are allowed to live freely and in peace on their land. Several travel companies and over 8,000 people have supported the boycott, and a global ad campaign has brought the message to hundreds of thousands of travelers.
Survival's Director Stephen Corry said today, "As if depriving the Bushmen of water and forcing them from their land wasn't enough, now they're accused of 'poaching' because they hunt their food. The Bushmen face arrest and beatings, torture and death, while fee-paying big game hunters are encouraged. All tourists who visit Botswana's game parks should ask themselves, 'How many tribal communities were destroyed in the making of this reserve?'"


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At first glance, it seems odd that Microsoft might want to buy Nokia outright. But it has one very good reason for considering the acquisition: Defense.
This week the Wall Street Journal cited unnamed sources who said that the companies had been negotiating over such an acquisition. Talks broke down over the question of price.
Microsoft and Nokia's current partnership would seem to be a better deal for Microsoft than buying the company outright. Microsoft already has a willing partner committed to using its Windows Phone operating system, and the companies have joint marketing and patent licensing deals in place. The relationship seems amiable – Microsoft has implied that it has some influence over the development of the Nokia phones.
If Microsoft were to buy Nokia, it would be taking on a big headache. Nokia has been shedding workers by the thousands and Microsoft would have to continue that process while trying to integrate the two businesses. Plus, it would shoulder the admittedly small risk of annoying other Windows Phone OEMs that might be displeased at Microsoft making its own phones. (Although that wouldn't be a major risk, since the bulk of Windows Phones shipped come from Nokia.)
But there are a couple of scenarios where a Nokia acquisition makes sense.
"Say if Nokia were acquired by another company that had no qualms about going toward Android," said Chris Hazelton, an analyst with The 451 Group.
Earlier this week the Financial Times quoted a Huawei executive who said it is open minded to acquisitions of companies, including Nokia. None of the companies have commented on that statement and there doesn't seem to be additional indication that talks have occurred between Nokia and Huawei.
But a Nokia acquisition by another mobile phone company could be a disaster for Microsoft. Most other phone makers primarily make Android phones. Without an anchor OEM like Nokia making Windows Phone, Microsoft loses any chance to grow the platform.
"It's all about controlling the future for Windows Phone and ensuring that it would be better to own their own hardware and ensure the future for Windows phone than see it in the hands of a company that doesn't have the loyalty that Nokia has to Microsoft," Hazelton said.
Even if Huawei wasn't a real threat, Microsoft could have been talking to Nokia ahead of the end of the companies' partnership. They haven't discussed the terms of the deal – I asked Microsoft about the time frame for their partnership and it declined to comment. If the agreement is coming to an end, Microsoft could be interested in buying Nokia rather than let the struggling company look elsewhere to try to boost its business.
At the time the companies announced their partnership, Nokia said outright that it had considered Android and Microsoft. So at least at one point it was open to other platforms. Should the partnership be coming to a close, Microsoft might figure it's better off buying Nokia than seeing it split its allegiance between Microsoft and Google.
There are other reasons too that a Microsoft acquisition of Nokia might make sense. As the Wall Street Journal noted, Microsoft has a big stash of cash overseas. Buying an overseas company like Nokia would allow Microsoft to use that cash rather than bring it back to the U.S., where it would incur taxes. This was one reason the Skype acquisition was attractive for Microsoft.
This wasn't the first time we've heard about acquisition talks between Microsoft and Nokia and likely won't be the last. "I wouldn't be surprised if further down the line Microsoft explored this again," said Hazelton.


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Paulus Highlights Top 5 Plays
Our friends over at Duke Blue Planet do a great job compiling the top five plays of every Duke game (except, it should be noted, for Clemson), but we only post the video when we have something more to add. Sometimes, that means advocating for another play to be No. 1, or bemoaning one play's absence from the collection.
But today, we're posting it because we completely agree with the No. 1 selection, Greg Paulus' 3-pointer to put Duke up two points late in the second half. After Duke had established its insurmountable six-point lead in overtime, I turned to a friend sitting next to me to start the post-game analysis early.
"Given Jack McClinton's three, you know what might have been the biggest play of the game?" I said.
"The Paulus 3-pointer, right?" he responded. And yes, he was right. It was a gutsy shot to take—the reserve essentially called his own number to drill a long 3-pointer with plenty of time left on the shot clock—and it proved even more critical than we initially thought it was. Plus, it epitomized Paulus' afternoon, his best in a long time. It wasn't the flashiest play, but it was, in our opinion, the most important. What do you think?


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I don't doubt that the nvidia driver is causing the crash... it's just that it doesn't happen to everyone, so maybe there's a way to at least mitigate it in your particular setup. There's no way NVIDIA can support the many different permutations of Linux software and kernels, but if you're having problems across many stock distros and kernel versions, then it seems that it could be something hardware-specific.
Xorg 1.13 brings some changes that are nice for Optimus potential but I think without access to the DMA-BUF stuff in the kernel it might not be possible on Linux. My understanding is that the kernel devs weren't willing to relax the license bit for the dma-buf code, which is understandable. I suspect NVIDIA is going to have to tackle this one way or another for their Maxwell GPUs so we'll see. But at this point it seems that getting Optimus on Linux is not trivial and riddled with license land mines.
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Design Trends: Blue and Orange
You may hate me for posting this, because once you notice it, you just can't not notice it.
Movie poster design has been known to follow certain trends (more recently: grunge, floating heads, opacity overlays, etc.). One of the latest? Color washing in orange and blue. And even the movies themselves have become moving palettes of teal and orange through digital color editing technology. Watch transformers and see how much orange and blue you see (hint: human skin is not supposed to be that tangerine tinted unless the actors are using too much self tanner).
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The festival will be bigger and better than 2012, so join us for the run or walk marathon, half marathon, 10km or 5km events! This year, the marathon will feature a flatter (and even faster!) course, certified by AIMS. Starting at the Tanunda Town Oval, the relatively flat course will take participants through iconic Barossa Valley vineyards and wineries, finishing in the main street.
By participating in this event, you'll also support the fantastic work of Muscular Dystrophy South Australia. So put your muscles behind muscular dystrophy! Do more than make it to the finish line – make a difference in the lives of children and adults living with muscular dystrophy. The Muscle Team are training hard and are on track to break the fundraising record that was set in 2012! A big thank you to each and every member of the Muscle Team so far – together we really can make a difference!
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What Went Right The Cowboys on Sunday against the Panthers displayed the ability to overcome diversity. This is a trait that every great team in the last decade has shown, and it is great to finally see a glimmer of it in our team. As Sean Lee came out of the game with an ankle injury, we lost not only our leading tackler, but our defensive general as well. However, Dan Conner stepped right up [...]The post Analysis on the Dallas Cowboy's Play appeared first on Lone Star Struck.
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text: GamesBeat Xbox One heading to Japan, Sweden, and 24 other countries in September Above: The Xbox One.Image Credit: Microsoft March 18, 2014 9:30 AM Jeff Grubb 0 Belgium's wait for the Xbox One is nearly over — thankfully, they have delicious beer to help them cope in the meantime. That European country isn't the only one getting the console in the next few months. Microsoft revealed this morning that it will expand the release of Xbox One to 26 additional countries. The company plans to hit those nations in September, and it will have more detailed information for each local market later in April. This will bring Xbox One's nation total to nearly 40. For comparison, PlayStation 4 is nearly 50 markets since it hit Japan on Feb. 22. Here's the full list of upcoming launch regions: • Argentina • Belgium • Chile • Colombia • Czech Republic • Denmark • Finland • Greece • Hungary • India • Israel • Japan • Korea • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Russia • Saudi Arabia • Singapore • Slovakia • South Africa • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • United Arab Emirates The above 26 countries join the 13 launch nations that the Xbox One hit when it debuted in November. Those include Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, and New Zealand. The Xbox One relies on speech recognition for navigating menus through the Kinect motion-sensing camera, and Microsoft continues to work to ensure that those kinds of features are ready to work with the various different languages spoken in the 26 new markets. Related articles Xbox One architect Marc Whitten leaves Microsoft November 2013 NPD: Xbox One, PS4 push game industry to $2.74B month Xbox One versus Xbox 360: How Microsoft nimbly pivoted to execute a successful launch Biggest Xbox launch ever: Microsoft says it sold 1M Xbox Ones in less than 24 hours Titanfall developer working with Microsoft to 'fix' the Xbox One controller More information: ... read more » Powered by VBProfiles


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According to a recent report from the World Health Organization, 37 million people are blind worldwide, and 90 percent live in poor nations where eye care is inaccessible. One of the major crisis regions for this problem is Africa. There, millions remain blind without the assistance of modern medicine or eye care. To highlight this problem, the first week in March has been dubbed "Save Your Vision Week."
Here at COAST, we spend a lot of time researching, studying and developing optics systems for our LED flashlights, so we have a deep appreciation for how the human eye works. That's why we jumped at the chance to partner with Mercy Ships – an international charity founded in 1978 – to help bring mobile eye care centers to Sierra Leone in Africa.


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[Un]Restricted Jury Announcement (Part 1) & Co.Existance
Jury members for the Open Architecture Challenge [UN]Restricted Access include:
- Tom Kundig - Architect
- Patricia Arquette - Ecosanitation NGO head (and actress)
- Bahram Shirdel - Iranian Architect / former AA design head
- John Feffer - foreign policy author, blogger & professor
- Ishmael Beah - Author, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
- Sherwood McGinnis - Professor of International Relations, US Army War College
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- David Fletcher - Urban Designer and Landscape Architect, professor at CCA, founding principal of Fletcher Studio, and writer
- Paul Jenkins - Professor at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh
- Peter J Croll - Director BICC
- Bruce D Judd, FAIA - Principal, Bruce Judd Consulting Group
- C Greig Chrystler - Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of Architecture @ U.C. Berkeley
- Seth Wachtell - Assistant Professor at USF
- Elizabeth Ogbu - Associate Design Director at Public Architecture, and Lecturer at CCA
- Dr. Bronwyn Hannah - Heritage Officer, Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet
- Nick Sowers - Designer & Founder: Soundscrapers
We're thrilled to have this diverse crew scrutinizing the competition's base redesigns. Stay tuned as a second set of jury members will be announced in March.
Bases and civilians to 'Co.Exist'
In other news, [UN]Restricted Access got a write-up on Fast Company's Co.Exist blog, a "a daily tour of the latest world changing ideas and innovations in transportation, energy, education, food, and health." Transforming bases, of course, cover ALL these bases... ;)


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blog update: in August 2014 this blog address will return to be 'www.anasofiaeugenio.blogspot.com' since I don't manage to find where I'm suppose to update my credit card info. the best way to don't loose me is to follow the blog by Google Friends Connect. all the links to 'www.anasofiaeugenio.com' will go to no where, after August. you can start using the blogspot address since now. thank you :) xxo
Monday, 20 February 2012
bring on the light
Posted by Ana Eugénio at 1:43 p.m.
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- Jan said...
Morning light?
Great shot!
Thanks for linking up this week at focus52!
- 20 February 2012 at 14:31
- Nancy Claeys said...
oh, to be a cat in the sunlight! :)
- 20 February 2012 at 17:45
- Linda R said...
Ahhhh.. What a sweet photo...
- 21 February 2012 at 02:59
- Life with Kaishon said...
Amen : ) Bring on the light! I am so glad you linked up so many of your pictures with us : ) Very sweet!
- 21 February 2012 at 13:40
- TL said...
Such a cute picture! Would like to cuddle this sweetheart!
- 21 February 2012 at 14:01
- Paula said...
Gorgeous light, and I just want to reach out and rub that belly!
- 22 February 2012 at 02:04
- Lori said...
Aww, sleeping kitties, just wonderful!
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- alicia said...
Hilarious photo! Don't you wish you could be that calm in such a knot? lol.
- 26 February 2012 at 18:42
- Kristi, Live and Love...Out Loud said...
What lovely light! Thanks so much for joining us in the Poetic Winter Photo Challenge. Have a great day. :)
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The molecular structure of a protein involved in Alzheimer's disease — and the surprising discovery that it binds cholesterol — could lead to new therapies for the disease, according to new research. Charles Sanders, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry, and colleagues at Vanderbilt University recently determined the structure of part of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) […]
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Two new studies highlight the connections between diabetes and dementia. One adds to a growing body of evidence that diabetes, one of the most common medical disorders among older Americans, is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. But intensive treatments for diabetes in those who already have it have limited […]
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(This meditation was given to me on December 8, 2011, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the most holy and glorious Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven and of earth. It is an answer to a prayer first conceived in the Spring of 2011, when I knew not how to proceed on my journey. My heart pours forth in gratitude to the Holy Virgin, Ste. Jeanne d'Arc, Ste. Thérèse de Lisieux, and St. Philomena for their intercession with Jesus Christ our Lord, Who esteems these intercessions greatly, even as He lovingly and patiently hears my own prayers.)
We celebrate Ste. Jeanne d'Arc's birthday on January 6th. It was, as most accept, in the year 1412. There are some questions and uncertainty about all of this. Not everyone agrees on the date or even on the year. It seems quite strange to us, in fact, it seems almost implausible to us in the modern age so revolutionized by communications and information gathering technologies that we could not know with a high degree of certainty the birthday of the most documented figure in medieval Christendom, indeed, perhaps of all time.
Volumes and volumes of notarized, direct quotations from her trial of inquisition are available to us (though some quotations were nefariously altered to suit the equally nefarious intentions of her prosecutors). Yet, in the ancient days of medieval Europe, records of birth and even of baptism were not so well maintained as they were in later years and particularly as they are in our own age. This is why a child, as was the case with Jeanne, would have a multitude of Godparents, so that throughout their lives, someone would be around to testify about the matter on their behalf. So, we should not be too surprised, then, to discover that when asked by her inquisitors in 1431 how old she was, Jeanne answered with something to the effect of, "Nineteen, or thereabouts." Even our child heroine could not state with exactitude her own age. Still, though, whatever the specific data point is, we can be sure of one fact. The history of France, Western Civilization, and the Church would be forever changed by Ste. Jeanne d'Arc after that date of January 6, 1412.
For even the most casual student of European or Church history, the last statement above cannot possibly raise an eyebrow. Even as a young man reared on the high plains of Oklahoma, far away in both time and space from the events surrounding Jeanne d'Arc in Europe, there was at least some vague store of information about her in my head. From where it had come, I do not know.
However, what may be quite "eyebrow raising" is the fact (and I state it as such and not as a metaphor, the reasoning of which I will demonstrate below) that my life on earth also began in the village of Domrémy on the day January 6 in the year 1412. In time and space, I was physically born much later, on February 18, 1959, a stout 547 years and 43 days after Jeanne d'Arc. Yet, we know that God conceived our Form in His thoughts and through His consubstantial Son from all eternity, indeed, "before the foundation of the world." What remains to be actualized for our Form in God's mind to drop into the time-space continuum to begin the journey, then, according to Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas after him, are the efficient and material causes of creation that will meld together by the ordination of the Holy Spirit to create the end, the Final Form, which represents the ultimate meaning of one's life in the eternal. In other words, with the activation of the efficient and material causes, we begin to become who we are, and being rational creatures with free will, we will know that this is so. Let me explain.
To use a simplistic example, a chair is formed first in the mind of its creator before any visible, physical manifestation comes forth. Once the Form, or non-material concept, is established ("It shall be a cushion type of chair for reading"), the efficient cause is required. A chair does not just spring into existence. Someone must act to bring about its construction, and that would be the efficient cause of its creation. Note that the efficient cause need not be the same as the Formal cause, that is, the one who conceived the Form, so long as the efficient cause has the "blueprint" for the job. Finally, the efficient cause will require material, such as wood, foam, and fabric, and these would be the material causes. When completed, the chair has then reached its Final Form, sitting elegantly by the fireplace and under the reading lamp, which represents its unique purpose in the world.
Well, you may be seeing in your mind's eye now the reason that I say my life on earth began the day Jeanne d'Arc was born. She is, and was chosen from all eternity in the mind of God to be, my chief efficient cause for my journey through time and space toward my final form, or reason for existence.
Now, generally speaking, and not dismissing the almost infinite variety of specific purposes we represent as individuals, the Final Form of all people is to know and love God and to live with Him forever. Union with God through the one Redeemer of mankind, Jesus Christ, true God and true man, in the Holy Spirit, and upward to the Father, is the general Final Form of every person. God, and God alone, is the Alpha and Omega. Yet, Jeanne d'Arc is the person, whose life of grace in obedience to Christ our King and Mary our Queen won her the crown of sainthood, who from all eternity was destined in the mind of God to help mold and shape the particular and unique person that I am to be within that general Final Form mentioned above. To make this point, I love quoting her question to the Palladin, a fictional character in Mark Twain's book who nevertheless resembles me in actuality, as she prepared to grant him a place in her regal, military household:
"I saw you on the road. You began badly but improved. Of old you were a fantastic talker, but there is a man in you, and I will bring it out."
"Will you follow where I lead?"
It was this quotation from Mark Twain's book, though written as a fictional interlude in his generally accurate storyline, that brought about my inspiration to begin writing in the fall of 2008. Through this writing experience under the friendship and sisterly care of Ste. Jeanne, I have come to understand the meaning of all that I am telling you here and elsewhere in my other books and writings.
I first came across Ste. Jeanne in some sort of physical form when I stood before her statue outside the chapel of Mont Saint-Michel off the coast of Normandy when I was on a High School trip. Much later, through her intercession, I was healed mind, body, and soul, on July 17, 2006, the day we celebrate her victorious entry into Rheims to crown Charles VII as the legitimate King of France. She then told me, through the work of Mark Twain, that it was she who would, with the grace of God and the love of the Holy Virgin, make a man of me. She has been doing just that. Thus, you see the principle role she plays as a key efficient cause on my journey to the Kingdom of God. Jesus Christ looked to her as the efficient cause to save France (though France was, as He Himself dictated through His Saints Michael, Margaret, and Catherine, His Kingdom, the conceptual and Final Form of which were His own. Charles was merely a steward, the material cause, who was to look after the Kingdom on behalf of Jesus Christ and His most glorious Mother, Mary). He later asked Ste. Jeanne to be a key efficient relationship who would help make something out of me, a task far more difficult and miraculous than that of saving all of France.
When Ste. Jeanne was born, therefore, one of the most prominent efficient causes for my spiritual journey became a physical reality. In some way then, as she is through this reality part of my very substance through the will and grace of God, I began my earthly journey as well. Contingent relationships are spectacularly astonishing when viewed through the spirituality of the Catholic Church. God is master of all the created order, including those contingent relationships. All things come from Him through Jesus Christ, and all things go back to Him through Jesus Christ. In between, the Holy Spirit creates a collage of beautiful relationships that together create the magnificent and sacred landscape of mountains, meadows, lakes, and flowers in the Kingdom of God. God created space and time. He is not bound by it. In eternity all things are present to Him. By the power of His mighty arm, the Holy Spirit arcs through time and space to bring us together as a family, a Kingdom, and into the reality of love glorified in our sharing of spiritual blood.
I refer above to Joan being "a key" efficient relational, contingent cause on my journey to freedom and to my purpose or Final Form. There is, of course for anyone who knows me or reads my writings, another very key efficient relationship on my journey. That is to whom I refer as my saintly sister Thérèse of Lisieux. Through Jeanne d'Arc's victory, the Kingdom of France was saved for the Church. The result, over four hundred years later, was the beautiful little French flower we call Thérèse of Lisieux, herself a devotee of Jeanne d'Arc. It was Thérèse who called me out the Dark Forest of despair to begin my walk on the Trail of the Dogmatic Creed with her and Ste. Jeanne. The Holy Spirit arced through time to plant the seed that was to be Thérèse in the fields of Normandy. Perhaps when I travelled through Normandy and out to the chapel at Mont Saint-Michel, I picked up, not accidently in the contingent designs of God, the spiritual pollen that the Holy Spirit would use to arc like fire once again through time to bring forth that same substance, no matter how distorted and imperfectly it resides in me, that I might myself break forth into the sunlight outside of that Dark Forest where I used to reside.
This is why I stated in my vision and mission statement,
"St. Joan and St. Thérèse" together, in that very special kindred spirituality of theirs, have been defined by Our Lord and Our Lady as absolutely essential for me on my journey through the majestic, mystical world of the Catholic Church.
St. Joan of Arc and St. Thérèse of Lisieux are to my own spirituality what wet is to water, or light is to the day."
Therefore, I say to you that my life with Ste. Jeanne d'Arc did not begin the day I was born, nor was it even that most grace filled day to be remembered forever, July 17, 2006. Because of the great mercy of God and His omniscient ordination of contingent relationships in the order of creation, which includes my birth by the Holy Spirit in the spiritual blood of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, that other relationship in spiritual blood with the Maid of Orléans and most honored saint in the heavens, Jeanne d'Arc, began, in the reality of efficient causal relationships, on January 6, 1412.
Or thereabouts.