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==== MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS ==== Ok, after an explosive meeting with a tiny little puppy, it's time for a talk.
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==== ENDING SPOILERS ==== Alright, end of the CGI series, and first ending. This is the 'Light Ending' if you do the 'right thing' at the end of the game. See 'Dark Ending' here : [make_url]arc:content:gt-authoring:e79d387b-7431-44cf-9472-acd41071d91b[/make_url]
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Monkeys of Mathran
Acrylic on paper, 12″x 16″
August 2014
Matheran has hundreds of monkeys wandering all over and causing mischief. Tourists love to take pictures of them, especially of the baby monkeys plying with each other. However monkeys are more interested in the food and the variety of the new items they can play with. Tourist who are not aware of that many times leave the windows open and cameras and other objects in open areas. Guess what? Before can you turn around the food and the objects disappear and the monkeys are gone in the trees. I thought I had closed the window ( but did not latch it properly), the monkeys got in my room and tried to taste my paints but left them alone. However the chocolates that I had brought as gift for some friends, were gone by the time I got back to the room!


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Point in Polygon you say!?
A point in polygon check is exactly what it sounds like. It's a check to determine whether or not a point lies inside or outside of a given polygon on a 2D plane. These types of checks are fairly common in video games and especially so when dealing with rectangles and circles. A very easy example would be your mouse cursor over any type of interface. Your mouse pointer has a coordinate, and that coordinate is typically being checked against a bunch of polygons (though usually in interfaces they're just rectangles and circles. . . more on that later) to determine whether the cursor should change shape and what should happen when any buttons are depressed.
What up with Rectangles and Circles?
Checking a point against a rectangle or a circle is super easy peasy. For a circle, all you need is the center point of the circle and its radius. You check if the distance between the center point and the point you're checking is greater than the radius of the circle and if it is, not inside. Otherwise. Inside. Done. For a rectangle it's also pretty damn easy in that you just check if the point is within the left and right sides (x) and also within the top and bottom (y) of the rectangle and you're done.
Non-rectangular polygons?
Once you have to start checking against irregular shapes, things get a bit more complicated but not to worry because there's plenty of resourcesonline. The type of check that would work best for your needs depends highly on your specific needs. A small list of the types of things that could determine which methods might work best for you include things such as:
1. Which is more important, speed or accuracy.
2. Whether you're working with floating point numbers or integers.
3. If all your polygons are concave.
4. Whether your polygons have holes in them.
5. The number of polygons you need to check against.
6. The number of points you need to check.
7. Whether or not you will be breaking your complex polygons down into triangles.
There are plenty more factors which should determine what methods you use in your game/program.
Popular methods include
Hmm. . . I was going to write up a bunch of methods, but really. . . it's mostly just math. In most cases involving non-convex, complicated polygons, you'll probably use some form of ray-casting to determine whether your point is inside or not. That's a method where the point in question has a line drawn through it and the number of borders in the polygon is counted to determine whether it is inside (odd) or outside (even) the polygon. There are some issues with this method with the largest being floating point precision issues.
Floating point what now?
This can get super technical and you can find endless reading material on it just by searching Google for "floating point precision".
The super watered down, I don't give a shit about math version is that programming uses different types of containers for numbers. The higher the accuracy of a number you want, the larger the container needs to be. A bit can be a 1 or a 0. A byte can be between 0 through 255. An int can hold -32,768 ~ 32,768 etc. For the calculations that are required when working with decimals and fractions (which we are for point in poly tests with non-rectangular shapes) you use floats and floats are squirrely bastards. They can hold up to 7 digits with a decimal point within somewhere which gives you a pretty damn good range but when you go over that (as you generally do when working with crazy fractions), the numbers can sorta shift around. So, when you do some math one time, you may get 1.234567 but you do the exact same problem later and you could end up with 1.234568 or 1.234566 or seemingly any damn random number filling that last spot that floats can't go beyond. So even though it's a small as all hell error, that tiny amount could mean the difference between a point being in a polygon and not. Soooo. . . if you need to be uber accurate, it could cause issues.
Why. . . Why all this?
I originally just wanted to post about some progress I made today with my game. I had spent around 2 and a half to 3 months working on the vision portion of my game engine to accurately simulate line of sight in a 2D isometric world and after trying a bunch of things, I found that the best way to do it would be to create polygons for in world objects/walls/floors/etc and then test points to see whether things are seen or not against those polygons. Now, the way I'm doing it is different from other 2D games with line of sight in that I didn't just want horizontal line of sight, but vertical as well because it's isometric with multiple vertical floors. Anyway, basically I went from this
to this
During a vision check, it would take almost half a second to finish because I was running over 3 million point in poly checks against 6,539 polygons. I set up the test to take place in manufactured situation that the player probably wouldn't encounter but they might and I'd rather the game not chug if they do. When I first plugged in the debug methods to check exactly how many times it was running the point in poly check, and more importantly, how many of them were hits rather than misses, I was pretty shocked. Less than 0.01% of the checks were returning as hits meaning that 99.99% of the checks were fails. . . I had already set up the method to cull out any polygons that they were nowhere near but I had to do more. What I ended up doing was increasing the fidelity of the array that was populated by the polygons which increased the number of polygons added to arrays from 11,116 to 92,322 but the trade off was close to 3 million point in poly checks. Also, the time it takes to run the method dropped by around 85%. So barring any memory issues, I think I'm on the right track =)
Oh, and the new hit count is around 21% which isn't bad at all in my opinion. I'm fairly decent at FPS games and my hit rate is rarely that high. I mean, because that's what I should be comparing it to right? -_-;;.
So yea, that's it
My quick status update of "Totally reduced the amount of time it takes to run a function today" into this mess. So I'll pretty much end this blog with a big ol "Fuck floating point precision errors!"


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Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam
Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.8/10
Prins Hendrikkade 108
Amsterdam 1011
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Welcome to the Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam
Offering luxurious accommodations and a wellness center with an indoor pool and spa, the non-smoking Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam is one of the city's most popular hotels among Priceline guests.
Hotel Features
The non-smoking five-story Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam houses 165 rooms with high ceilings, extra-large beds, flat-panel TVs, free Wi-Fi and minibars. Rooms also include safes, hairdryers, plush robes and slippers, coffeemakers and sitting areas. Evening turndown service is provided. The hotel's wellness center offers a selection of spa and beauty treatments, as well as a Turkish bath, a hot tub, an indoor pool and a fitness room. The hotel's restaurants serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and high tea. The hotel's concierge makes stays hassle-free. Valet parking is available.
Hotel Location
The hotel is located on the Prins Hendrikkade, in the city center. It is a half-mile from Centraal Station, Dam Square and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. The Concertgebouw is 15 minutes from the hotel. The hotel is less than three miles from the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. Visit the Anne Frank House and the Floating Flower Market, less than 10 minutes from the hotel. The upscale shopping district of P.C. Hooftstraat is 15 minutes away. Schiphol Airport is 12 miles from the hotel.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests have lots of praise for the "comfortable" and "well located" Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam and say the "huge" rooms are "fantastic" and the building is a "magnificent architectural monument."
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Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Allergy-free room
- Bar
- Bicycle rental
- Breakfast in the room
- Bridal suite
- Business centre
- Concierge service
- Currency exchange
- Cycling
- Dry cleaning
- Express check-in/check-out
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Fax/photocopying
- Fitness centre
- Free WiFi
- Hammam
- Heating
- Hot tub
- Indoor pool (all year)
- Internet services
- Ironing service
- Laundry
- Lift
- Luggage storage
- Massage
- Meeting/banquet facilities
- Newspapers
- Non-smoking rooms
- Non-smoking throughout
- On-site parking
- Packed lunches
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- Private parking
- Restaurant
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- Safety deposit box
- Sauna
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- Soundproof rooms
- Spa and wellness centre
- Ticket service
- Tour desk
- Valet parking
- VIP room facilities
- WiFi
- WiFi available in all areas
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Grand Hotel Amrath AmsterdamOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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Verified Hotel Guest from Toronto, Canada
April 20, 2014
Family Traveling with Teens
April 20, 2014
Family Traveling with Teens
architecturally interesting, good location
slow service
Tina from Enumclaw, WA
August 9, 2013
Family Traveling with Teens
August 9, 2013
Family Traveling with Teens
The staff was great. The rooms were large. The (once a day)FREE mini-bar refil was awesome.
Quirky layout. Unimpressive lobby (really no lobby). They do not supply hand towels or wash cloths. The location was close to the train station but a 15 minute walk to restaurants.
Hotel Amrath is a very nice hotel. The staff is wonderful and accommodating. The rooms are large and the free mini-bar is a unique touch. The breakfast buffet is awesome. My only complaint is that the location is a 15 - 20 minute walk to Dam Square, this is not a problem for able walkers, but older folks might think it is a bit far. The hotel has a quirky layout and while nice I would consider this a 4* not 5*. I would recommend the hotel for people that are not afraid to walk a bit. The hotel was super great about ordering taxi's for us. ...
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Kids Exposed to Brain-Harming Chemicals at Record Levels
American children are exposed to at least double the levels of chemicals that are known to affect the brain in ways that are linked with disorders including autism, ADHD, and dyslexia–all disorders that have been on the rise in recent years. Time.com reports on new research that has found radical changes in chemical exposure since 2006:
In 2006, scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai identified five industrial chemicals responsible for causing harm to the brain — lead, methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (found in electric transformers, motors and capacitors), arsenic (found in soil and water as well as in wood preservatives and pesticides) and toluene (used in processing gasoline as well as in paint thinner, fingernail polish and leather tanning). Exposure to these neurotoxins was associated with changes in neuron development in the fetus as well as among infants, and with lower school performance, delinquent behavior, neurological abnormalities and reduced IQ in school-age children.
Now the same researchers have reviewed the literature and found six additional industrial chemicals that can hamper normal brain development. These are manganese, fluoride, chlorpyrifos, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Manganese, they say, is found in drinking water and can contribute to lower math scores and heightened hyperactivity, while exposure to high levels of fluoride from drinking water can contribute to a seven-point drop in IQ on average. The remaining chemicals, which are found in solvents and pesticides, have been linked to deficits in social development and increased aggressive behaviors.
The research team acknowledges that there isn't a causal connection between exposure to any single chemical and behavioral or neurological problems — it's too challenging to isolate the effects of each chemical to come to such conclusions. But they say the growing body of research that is finding links between higher levels of these chemicals in expectant mothers' blood and urine and brain disorders in their children should raise alarms about how damaging these chemicals can be. The developing brain in particular, they say, is vulnerable to the effects of these chemicals, and in many cases, the changes they trigger are permanent.
"The consequence of such brain damage is impaired [central nervous system] function that lasts a lifetime and might result in reduced intelligence, as expressed in terms of lost IQ points, or disruption in behavior," they write in their report, which was published in the journal Lancet Neurology.
They point to two barriers to protecting children from such exposures — not enough testing of industrial chemicals and their potential effect on brain development before they are put into widespread use, and the enormous amount of proof that regulatory agencies require in order to put restrictions or limitations on chemicals.
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The hotel is close to the city's new cultural centre - "Casa da Música". Surrounded by the "Cidade do Porto" and the Península shopping centres, it is also very near the main sports stadium of Oporto - "Pavilhão Rosa Mota".
The hotel boasts excellent transport links: the airport, the historic area of the city, the São Bento railway station and the Port wine cellars are all only 15 minutes away.
Hotel Services and Facilities
DiningEnjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Hotel facilities
- Restaurant
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Airport transportation
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare
- Television in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Free WiFi
Important information
- Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 4 for adults and EUR 4 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 6 per person (roundtrip)
- Airport shuttle fee per child: EUR 6 (roundtrip), (from 0 to 0 years old)
- Self parking fee: EUR 9 per day (in/out privileges)
- Early check-in fee: EUR 7
- Late check-out fee: EUR 7
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 26 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
How to bookMaking your reservation in HF Fénix Porto is easy and secure. Simply select your dates of stay and click on the "Check Rates" button to submit the form.
After room types and rates are returned to your screen, you will be able to choose the rate you desire by reading the room information in the center of the screen, then clicking on the "Book Now" button on the right side of the screen. After you have selected your desired room type, you will be taken to a "Complete your booking" form. Then you will need to review the "Details of your stay" and fill in the blanks on the "Guest Details" section. Be sure your name and email address are spelled correctly.
After you fill out all of the needed information, press the "Complete reservation" button. To ensure your security, we use a secure commerce server, which encrypts the credit card number and encodes it into a non-usable form.
Area informationDistances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
Bom Sucesso Market - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Cidade do Porto Shopping Centre - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Boavista Square - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
Casa da Musica - 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
Romantico Museum - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Electric Tram Museum - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
Crystal Palace Gardens - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
University of Porto - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Soares dos Reis National Museum - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Museum of Port Wine - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Bessa Stadium - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
Carmelitas Church - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Exhibition Centre Alfandega - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Portuguese Photography Center - 1.6 km / 1 mi
Center for Portuguese Photography - 1.6 km / 1 mi
The preferred airport for HF Fénix Porto is Porto (OPO-Dr. Francisco de Sa Carneiro) - 9.7 km / 6 mi.


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Carri Thurman has been a friend since she traveled from her home in Homer, Alaska, to visit her fellow Homerian, Daniel Coyle, an author and journalist who'd moved to Cleveland with his Cleveland-born wife—bless you, Dan! (His last book, The Talent Code, is a fascinating look at how talent is developed.) Carri runs Two Sisters Bakery in Homer, and she offers here some fabulous confections for the holidays, right up our alley—proving once again that chocolate, like life, is better with bacon. Thanks for sharing, Carri, and for all the helpful step-by-step pix! —MR by Carri Thurman "Winter is not a season, it is an occupation."—Sinclair Lewis Does it get dark there? It's a question we get a lot this far north. And Yes, Dorothy, it does get dark. Quite dark. Here in the South Central region Read On »
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The rhubarb and spruce tip pickles in the photo above (and post below) by Carri Thurman, baker and chef at Two Sisters Bakery in Homer, Alaska, make, she says, a refreshing palate cleanser. I knew you could pickle rhubarb. I didn't know you could eat pine needles for pleasure. Below, how a chance phone call and a culinary curiosity resulted in an intriguing preparation (and a solid all-purpose vinegar-based pickling ratio).—M.R. by Carri Thurman It has been unsettlingly sunny and warm this spring here in Alaska, but thanks to the still cool nights the season is lingering a little later here than down south—or "Outside," as we like to call it. This gives us a little more time to capture nature's emerging bounty before it fades into the true heat of summer. One recent sunny day I arrived Read On »
I'm thrilled to publish this guest post from Carri Thurman, baker and chef at Two Sisters Bakery in Homer, Alaska, on one of life's vital substances, salt. Without it, we die. A kitchen without it is incomplete. A cook who uses it carelessly will flounder. And the cook who, curious and surrounded by salt in solution, decides she wants to try to bring it forth herself? —M.R. The Alchemy: Salt from Water by Carri Thurman "My mother boils seawater. It sits all afternoon simmering on the stovetop, almost two gallons in a big soup pot. The windows steam up and the house smells like a storm. In the evening, a crust of salt is all that's left at the bottom of the pot. My mother scrapes it out with a spoon. We each lick a Read On »


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Not everything will fly with the Academy, however. Franco's performance of Cher's "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," which failed to earn a nomination for "Burlesque," was scrubbed by producers.
Venting on Twitter, Franco wrote late Monday, "They pulled this from the Oscar show. Damn it." He included a link to a recording of him warbling the tune -- proving that there are actually some things James Franco does not do well.
"A little growly," he is heard acknowledging on tape.
Ultimately, Franco and Hathaway have much to lose and little to gain by hosting the Oscars, Galloway said.
"If the show fails, they're known forever as people who failed at the Oscars," Galloway said. "If they succeed it's a nice feather, but it's not going to further their stardom."
Regardless, Franco can add Oscar host to his list of accomplishments. Here, seven facts about Hollywood's much-ballyhooed Renaissance man:
He's a born "Freak." In 1999, Franco got his big break on the short-lived but critically acclaimed NBC series "Freaks and Geeks." The show was produced by another guy who'd become a major player in Hollywood: Judd Apatow.
He might be gay. Well, that was the tongue-in-cheek explanation he gave earlier this month when pressed about why he's played so many homosexual characters -- Allen Ginsberg in"Howl," activist Scott Smith in "Milk" and poet Hart Crane in the upcoming "The Broken Tower."
"There are lots of other reasons to be interested in gay characters than wanting myself to go out and have sex with guys," he told Entertainment Weekly. "And there are also lots of other aspects about these characters that I'm interested in, in addition to their sexuality. ... I mean, I've played a gay man who's living in the '60s and '70s, a gay man who we depicted in the '50s, and one being in the '20s. And those were all periods when to be gay, at least being gay in public, was much more difficult.
"Part of what I'm interested in is how these people who were living anti-normative lifestyles contended with opposition. Or, you know what, maybe I'm just gay."
He's a man of the world. Franco's mother, who's a poet, is a Jewish descendant of Russian immigrants. His father, the head of a nonprofit agency and a shipping company called Secure Box, has Portuguese and Swedish roots.
He's not afraid to make fun of himself. On NBC's "30 Rock" last year, Franco played himself with one key distinction: While his character had a fetish for Japanese body pillows, the actor prefers lovers of the flesh-and-blood kind (he's been dating the actress Ahna O'Reilly since 2006).
He collects degrees. Franco's academic passions run deep. He received a bachelor of arts from UCLA, where he studied English and creative writing, in 2008. After that, he moved to New York and enrolled in masters programs at both Columbia University (writing) and NYU (filmmaking). In addition, he started fiction writing classes at Brooklyn College and a poetry program at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. He's not done yet: This fall, Franco began pursuing a doctorate in English at Yale University and dropped by the Rhode Island School of Design to study art.
He takes soaps seriously. In 2009, Franco took a turn on "General Hospital" playing a thinly veiled version of his real personality: A mysterious multimedia artist named "Franco." He wasn't trying to slum it, he wasn't in need of work, he didn't do it on a dare. In December of that year, Franco wrote a Wall Street Journal article about how he saw his "General Hospital" stint as performance art: "My hope was for people to ask themselves if soap operas are really that far from entertainment that is considered critically legitimate."
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
U.S. Should Review Marijuana's Legal Status: AMA
The American Medical Association wants the U.S. government to review marijuana's status as an illegal drug, a move that's considered important by supporters of medical marijuana.
"This shift, coming from what has historically been America's most cautious and conservative major medical organization, is historic," Aaron Houston, director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), which seeks to reform U.S. marijuana laws, said in a news release. "Marijuana's Schedule I status is not just scientifically untenable, given the wealth of recent data showing it to be both safe and effective for chronic pain and other conditions, but it's been a major obstacle to needed research."
Currently, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug that has no accepted medical use and is unsafe for use even under medical supervision. Heroin, LSD and PCP are among the other Schedule I drugs, MPP said.
On Tuesday, the AMA's House of Delegates adopted a new policy position urging "that marijuana's status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines, and alternate delivery methods."
But the policy authors added that this new position shouldn't be regarded as an endorsement of state medical marijuana programs.
Vets Struggle to Get Counseling/Substance Abuse Treatment
U.S. veterans face major barriers to getting mental health and substance abuse treatment, according to a survey released Tuesday by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare.
The findings come a year after the Veterans Mental Health Act was signed into law. The act requires the VA to partner with community behavioral health centers to increase capacity and expand mental health services to include marriage and family counseling.
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The Hillary Clinton presidential campaign created an actual rope line for the press to fend off reporters during a 4th of July parade, proving that politicians can actually treat reporters like sheep.
U.S. stocks end the day higher after a choppy session as Greece gets closer to a debt default. Shartia Brantley reports.
It can be hard to feel motivated to plan for the future. A recent study showed why: your brain is wired to see your future self as a stranger. The good news is, now that we understand this tendency, we can do something about it.
With the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gay marriage, thousands of same-sex couples can now get married. But, there are a few financial costs that any couple should consider before walking down the aisle.
BP Plc will pay a record $18.7 billion to resolve claims by the U.S. and five states along the Gulf of Mexico related to the 2010 oil spill. Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn reports on Market Makers.
Amber Roof and her Fiance reach out to GoFundMe for their wedding funds.
An area man wants to put up the worlds biggest Confederate flag on a mountain near Dunlap. Former town mayor Carson Camp plans to create the monument on the side of Fredonia Mountain.
Donald Trump has seen some success in early poles but his own party is worried they are hurting their brand.
The potential problems behind religious liberty.
John Heilemann and Al Hunt discuss Hillary Clintons e-mails and fundraising prowess on With All Due Respect.
Pope Francis will meet with homeless people, immigrants and prisoners during his upcoming trip to Cuba and the United States and become the first pope to address the U.S. Congress.
The U.S. and Cuba announced Wednesday they will reopen embassies in each other's capitals, the biggest tangible step in the countries' historic bid to restore ties after more than a half-century of hostilities.
A federal official has told the AP that a fire at Mount Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, does not appear to be intentional. The fire is the seventh recent fire at a black church in the southeastern United States.
Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Monster Senior V.P. Joanie Courtney, Wells Fargo Senior Economist Mark Vitner and FBNs Dagen McDowell and Charles Payne on the outlook for jobs.
UW Lacrosse campus makes final preparations ahead of Obama's visit today and more.
Alleged shooting incident in Washington navy yard. She speaks on Market Makers.
The State Department said it would release about 3,000 pages of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's correspondence from her first year as the nation's top diplomat, on Tuesday night.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of a lethal injection drug used in three botched executions last year, as two justices said for the first time that the death penalty is probably unconstitutional. Bloomberg's Phil Mattingly reports on Bloomberg Markets.
2016 US presidential race is the most crowded in decades
Several new laws go into effect today. Theres a mandatory 48-hour waiting period before abortions in Tennessee. And in Georgia, fireworks sales have been legalized. Also, gas and hotel taxes are going up in the peach state. Expect the price of gas to climb around seven cents per gallon. And hotel rooms will come with an additional $5 dollar fee per night.
European shares and periphery euro zone bonds rise and the euro barely flinches as investors give a resigned shrug to news that Greece has become the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund.
The plane crashed into a home near Boston over the weekend. Investigators say the internal damage was in the engines crankcase but they dont know the cause. The engine has been taken for further examination.
The Obama administration to announce on Wednesday it has reached an agreement with Cuba to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic relations.
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a nationwide minute's silence to remember the victims of Friday's terror attack.
NewsBusted's Jodi Miller brings you the headlines with a comedic twist.
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|The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers' expectations of performance, teacher training, and student gender, with student achieved Academic Learning Time (A.L.T.) of grade six students. To examine the following relationships four main hypotheses were generated. It was hypothesized that: 1 There would be a positive relationship between A.L.T. and teachers' expectations of performance in Physical Education. 2 Teachers with Physical Education majors would have greater A.L.T. than those with Physical Education minors, or generalist classroom teachers. 3 There would be no difference in A.L.T. totals between student gender. 4 There would be less student off-task time in Physical Education majors classes, than in the Physical Education minors, and the generalist teachers'. This study also examines the relationship between teachers' perception of student effort, student grades in physical education, and student achieved Academic Learning Time. Finally, it was possible to investigate how student expectations of performance are developed by teachers in Physical Education. Six, grade six, classes taught by male teachers were selected for observation in the study. Two P.E. majors, two P.E. minors, and two generalist teachers' classes were observed. Each of these teachers conducted a rank-ordering of students in their class, based on their expectation of student performance. From this rank ordering, six students from each class were selected for observation during the study. Each class was observed three times, using the Academic Learning Time Version II instrument to collect data. At the conclusion of the study, teachers were also asked to submit student grades for the first and second term, rate student effort over the three observed lessons, and complete a teacher demographic information sheet. Results indicated that a positive relationship existed between teachers' expectancy and A.L.T.. It was found that P.E. majors had higher A.L.T. than did P.E. minors, or generalist teachers. No significant difference was found between student gender groups. Differences in off-task time levels were not noted between teacher training groups. A significant relationship was found between student perceived effort and student A.L.T.. Finally, it was indicated that teachers primarily use student ability and skill level in determining students' expectancy level. Recommendations for future research on this topic suggest that a larger sample size be used and that lesson and activity structure be controlled in comparative A.L.T. studies. It appears that more research is needed to substantiate the relationship between A.L.T. and teacher training, and the relationship between student achievement and A.L.T..
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New .jobs contract based on new gTLD agreement
ICANN and Employ Media are set to sign a new contract for operation of the .jobs registry which is based heavily on the Registry Agreement signed by all new gTLD registries.
.jobs was delegated in 2005 and its first 10-year RA is due for renewal in May 2015.
Because Employ Media, like all gTLD registries, has a presumption of renewal clause in its contract, ICANN has published the proposed new version of its RA for public comment.
It's basically the new gTLD RA, albeit substantially modified to reflect the fact that .jobs is a "Sponsored TLD" — slightly different to a "Community" TLD under the current rules — and because .jobs has been around for nine years already.
That means it won't have to sign a contract forcing it to run Sunrise or Trademark Claims periods, for example. It won't have to come up with a Continued Operations Instrument — a financial arrangement to cover operating costs should the company go under — either.
Its commitments to its sponsor community remain, however.
ICANN said it conducted a compliance audit on Employ Media before agreeing to the renewal.
Employ Media remains the only gTLD registry to have been hit by a formal breach notice by ICANN Compliance. In 2011, it threatened to terminate its contract over a controversial proposal to all job aggregation sites to run on .jobs domains.
The registry filed an Independent Review Process complaint to challenge the ruling and ICANN eventually backed down in 2012.
The fight came about as a result of complaints from the .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition, a group of jobs sites including Monster.com.
Dot-brands get another year to sign ICANN contract
ICANN has offered dot-brand gTLD applicants the ability to delay the signing of their Registry Agreements until July 29, 2015, nine months later than under the former process.
The extension was offered by ICANN after talks with the Brand Registry Group, whose members felt pressured by the old deadline.
All new gTLD applicants had previously been told they had nine months to sign the contract from the date they receive a so-called "Contracting Information Request" from ICANN.
For many applicants, those CIRs were sent out many months ago, leading to an October 29 deadline.
However, Specification 13 of the contract, which allows dot-brands to opt out of things like sunrise periods and equal treatment of registrars, was not finalized by ICANN until May 14 this year.
Only a minuscule number of dot-brands eligible to sign contracts — which is pretty much all of them — have so far opted to do so.
Bearing the Spec 13 delay in mind, ICANN is now offering would-be dot-brands the July 2015 deadline instead, as long as they show "good faith" by responding to their CIR by September 1.
What this means is that dot-brands might not be hitting the internet for another year.
For non-branded gTLD registries — some of whom hope the big brands' adoption and marketing will help the visibility of new gTLDs in general — this may be disappointing.
IPO warns about premium loopholes in new gTLD trademark protection
It seems like it's been an age since we last heard the intellectual property lobby pushing for stronger rights protection mechanisms in new gTLDs, but they're back just in time for the first launches.
The Intellectual Property Owners Association has written to ICANN this week to warn about loopholes in the standard new gTLD Registry Agreement related to premium name reservations that the IPO said "will adversely affect trademark rights holders".
The letter (pdf) makes reference to two specific parts of the contract.
Specification 5 enables registries to reserve up to 100 names "necessary for the operation or promotion of the TLD" in section 3.2 and an unlimited number of names in section 3.3.
Section 3.3 is vague enough that I'm aware of new gTLD applicants that still don't know whether it allows them to reserve an unlimited number of "premium" names or not.
However, most new gTLD registries I've talked to appear to be convinced that it does. DotKiwi's recently announced premium plan seems to be taking advantage of 3.3.
The IPO is worried that massive lists of premium names will wind up containing lots of strings matching trademarks, which will prevent mark holders from defensively registering during Sunrise.
Worse, the IPO said it could lead to registries milking trademark owners for huge fees to register their "premium" marks. It said:
such reservations would invite the abuse of protected marks. For instance, Registry Operators may reserve the marks of protected brands to leverage premium sales. Further, Registry Operators may use this ability to release names to market competitors of the brand owners.
The counter argument, of course, is that owners of spurious trademarks on generic terms could game Sunrise periods to get their hands of potentially valuable domain names (cf. the .eu sunrise)
The IPO wants ICANN to expand the Trademark Clearinghouse to send Trademark Claims notices to new gTLD registries when they reserve a name matching a listed trademark.
It also wants a new dispute procedure that mark owners could use to get names released from reserved status. It would be like UDRP, but modified to allow for registries to reserve dictionary words related to their gTLD strings, the IPO said.
If my sense of the mood of ICANN's leadership during last month's Buenos Aires meeting is anything to go by, I can't see these last-minute requests for changes to RPMs getting much traction, but you never know.
On day one, Donuts in breach of new gTLD contract
Ooops! Donuts accidentally broke the terms of its first new gTLD Registry Agreement last night, just hours after its first string, .游戏, was delegated to the DNS root.
If you've been following the name collisions debate closely, you'll recall that all new gTLD registries are banned from activating any second-level domains for 120 days after they sign their contracts:
Registry Operator shall not activate any names in the DNS zone for the Registry TLD (except for "NIC") until at least 120 calendar days after the effective date of this agreement.
For the first four gTLDs to go live, that clock doesn't stop ticking until November 12.
And yet, last night, Donuts activated donuts.游戏, apparently in violation of its new contractual obligations with ICANN.
The name was live and resolving for at least an hour. Donuts pulled it after we asked a company executive whether it might be a breach of contract.
I don't think it's a big deal, and I doubt ICANN needs to take any action.
Chalk it down to the understandable ebullience that naturally accompanies finally getting delegated to the root after such a long and painful evaluation process.
The 120-day rule was also a late amendment to Specification 6 of the RA, added by ICANN just seven days before .游戏 was delegated and over three months after Donuts signed the original contract.
It's designed to address the potential for collisions between second-level domains in new gTLDs and names used on internal networks that already have working SSL certificates.
The no-activation window was chosen to match the 120-day period that the CA/Browser Forum gives its certificate authority members to revoke clashing certificates.
It seems unlikely donuts.游戏 will have caused any security issues during the brief period it was alive.
Samsung signs the first dot-brand gTLD contract
Samsung has become the first company to sign a Registry Agreement for a dot-brand gTLD.
As of yesterday, the electronics giant is now officially contracted with ICANN to run .삼성, its name in its native Korean.
It's surprising that Samsung would be the first; while its application has priority number 18, its application also makes it pretty obvious it's a primarily defensive move, reading:
The new gTLD proposed by SAMSUNG SDS has purpose in protecting online brand of SAMSUNG Group including SAMSUNG by defending abusive registration by third parties and further raising global awareness by domain usage utilizing company name.
The contract has not yet been published in full — expect that over the next few days — so it's not yet clear whether Samsung has managed to negotiate any special dot-brand-specific amendments.
The base Registry Agreement contains lots of obligations, such as Sunrise periods, that really aren't applicable to single-registrant spaces.
I understand the new Brand Registry Group is currently trying to negotiate a baseline set of dot-brand amendments with ICANN, so it's possible that Samsung has jumped the gun by signing so soon.
But it could also mean that .삼성 will be the first-ever dot-brand TLD to go live on the internet, which is likely to benefit from substantial media coverage compared to subsequent delegations.
ICANN has signed 48 new gTLD contracts since July, way behind its originally target of 40 per week.
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Zion I & The Grouch Ready Sophomore Album & Tour
Heroes In The Healing Of A Nation Tour To Raise Money For Charities Nationwide(February 2011 - Brooklyn, NY) West Coast hip-hop stalwarts Zion I & The Grouch return with their sophomore collaborative LP, Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation. The album, which is the follow-up to the group's critically acclaimed Heroes In The City Of Dope released in 2006, will be released March 22, 2011. Zion I & The Grouch, known for addressing weighty issues in their respective careers, will donate 100% of all ticketing fees sold through ZioniAndTheGrouch.com to local community organizations in each of the tour's 24 cities.Zion I & The Grouch have been leaders marching to the beat of their own 808's for some time now, but with Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation the trio suggest that we're all cut from the same cloth. "Anyone changing other people's lives for the better is a hero to me," explains The Grouch of the album's title. "People are going through a difficult transition these days," adds Zumbi. "We want this album to aid in that process."With Zion I producer Amp Live providing the bulk of the beats for the album, Zumbi and The Grouch are at their lyrical finest, pontificating the ups and downs of everyday life. In addition to Amp Live contributing a rare vocal performance on "Healing Of The Nation," the trio bring a variety of collaborators into the mix, as Heroes in the Healing of the Nation features an array of musical brethren, including Freeway, Fashawn, Casual, Mystic, Eric of Rebelution, Jacob Hemphill of Soja, Eligh, Marty James, Los Rakas, Codany Holiday, and the R.O.D Project.To coincide with the forthcoming album, Zion I & The Grouch are excited to announce their upcoming tour, Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation. The nationwide tour, featuring opening acts Blu, The Jacka, and The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, will kick off March 19 at the historic Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, hitting 24-cities before winding down at the end of April. As part of the tour, Zion I & The Grouch have decided to partner with a number of charities in each city, and will donate 100% of all ticketing fees sold through ZioniAndTheGrouch.com to the local community organizations. "Touching people with our music is the main thing we can do," explains The Grouch of the motive behind the donations, "but contributing in a monetary way is taking things to the next level."For a full list of organizations, go to ZioniAndTheGrouch.com.Zion I & The Grouch Healing Of The Nation Tour Dates::* w/ Blu% w/ The Jacka# w/ The Shotgun Wedding Quintet (Jazz Mafia)3/16/11 Austin, TX @ Mohawk (SXSW)3/18/11 Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar (SXSW)3/19/11 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore * % #3/21/11 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades * #3/23/11 Arcata, CA @ Humbrew * #3/24/11 Eugene OR @ McDonald Theatre * #3/25/11 Portland, OR @ BRANX * #3/26/11 Seattle, WA @ Nectars * #3/27/11 Missoula, MT @ Palace Lounge * #3/29/11 Park City @ Star Bar * #3/30/11 Aspen, CO @ The Belly Up * #3/31/11 Ft Collins, CO @ Aggie Theater * #4/01/11 Boulder @ Fox Theater * #4/02/11 Denver, CO @ City Hall * #4/15/11 Madison, WI @ Majestic #4/17/11 Chicago, IL @ Abbey Theater #4/18/11 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop #4/20/11 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground #4/21/11 Boston, MA @ Middle East Club #4/22/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory #4/23/11 Baltimore, MD @ The Quarter #4/24/11 Philadelphia, PA @ The Blockley Poorhouse #4/25/11 Tempe, AZ @ The Club House #4/26/11 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre #4/28/11 San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brewing Co. #4/29/11 Santa Clara, CA @ The Avalon #
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PR: BBE Celebrates Hip-Hop History with 10th Anniversary Collection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBBE Celebrates Hip-Hop history with an essential new release…The Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Collection:Mixed and Compiled by DJ Spinna & Mr ThingThis compilation features the debut solo albums from respected Hip-Hop and modern R&B producers J Dilla, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Larry Gold, DJ Spinna and Will.i.am; albums from legends such as Pete Rock and Marley Marl; leftfield heavyweights King Britt and Madlib and a session of unreleased poetry from American literary giants - Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Greg CorsoThe Beat Generation 10th Anniversary CollectionMixed and Compiled by DJ Spinna & Mr ThingLabel: BBERelease Date: March 29, 2011CD / Double Vinyl / DigitalOver the course of nine albums in the 2000s - for their producer-led Beat Generation Series - BBE adopted an unusual stance towards their artists…"Do what you want." The label's enormously liberal approach was the antithesis of stiff major record label A&R practices, their forward thinking rewarded handsomely by a truly diverse set of albums from some of the world's most capable hip-hop architects. Among those picked to contribute were Golden Era greats (Marley Marl; Jazzy Jeff); acclaimed DJ/producers whose work habitually blurred genre lines (King Britt; DJ Spinna; Madlib); and those whose regular gigs didn't afford them the creative freedom they craved (Will.i.am).No-one made better use of the brief than Jay Dee, who's inspired Welcome 2 Detroit showed that despite all the techno and soul that seeped into and out of the Motor City there was still room to be influenced by the Carpenters and Sergio Mendes. Pete Rock, the hip-hop producer's producer, filled his rapturously received PeteStrumentals disc with classic sample-led tracks packed with drama and finesse. DJ Jazzy Jeff's The Magnificent celebrated the slew of Philly talent at his A Touch Of Jazz studios, Jill Scott guesting on an exalted Roy Ayers cover in finale. Then there was veteran cellist and arranger Larry Gold, on hiatus from adding strings to hits like Brandy and Monica's 'The Boy Is Mine', who called upon fellow seasoned pros McFadden and Whitehead and Bunny Sigler for his piece of the puzzle.To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of this cult series BBE enlisted the services of two of its stalwart associates and compilers to create a Double Mix CD featuring the best and most popular tracks from the nine albums recorded for the series. DJ Spinna - (Beat Generation contributor and compiler of several compilations on BBE ) and DJ Mr Thing - former Scratch Pervert and DMC winner. For Digital customers they will be able to download a bonus mix by a Chris Read - UK Mixtape Maestro/ BBC 1 Xtra.It's all here…an epic compilation…press play and give it up for the Beat Generation.BBE releases The Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Collection on March 29, 2011The Beat Generation 10th Anniversary CollectionMixed and Compiled by DJ Spinna & Mr ThingLOOK AT THIS F*&CKING TRACKLISTING!(Note this list is for the digital version)01. Madlib The Beat Konducta – Stop02. Pete Rock - Nothin' Lesser (featuring The UN)03. Madlib The Beat Konducta - What It Do (featuring Talib Kweli)04. Marley Marl - Big Faces 05. Dj Jazzy Jeff - My Peoples (featuring Raheem Devaughn)06. Pete Rock - Pete's Jazz 07. Jay Dee - African Rhythms 08. Marley Marl - What Ruling Means (featuring Kevin Brown & Grap Luva)09. DJ Spinna - Drive (featuring Shadowman)10. Madlib The Beat Konducta - Go! (featuring Guilty Simpson)11. Dj Jazzy Jeff - Are you ready? (featuring Slum Village)12. will.i.am - Lay Me Down (featuring Terry Dexter)13. DJ Jazzy Jeff - Rock Wit U (featuring Erro)14. Dj Spinna - Surely15. Pete Rock - Give It To Y'all (featuring Roc Marciano & Trife)16. Jay Dee - Beej-N-Dem Pt. 2 (featuring Beej)17. Madlib The Beat Konducta - Blow The Horns On 'Em (featuring Guilty Simpson)18. Marley Marl - Live Ova Beats19. Dj Jazzy Jeff - We Live In Philly (featuring Jill Scott)20. DJ Spinna - All Up In it (feat. Eric Krasno & Neal Evans)21. DJ Jazzy Jeff - A Charmed Life (featuring J Live)22. will.i.am - Money (featuring Huck Fynn, Oezlem, The Horn Dogs)23. Marley Marl - Hummin' (featuring Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong)24. Jay Dee - Rico Suave Bossa Nova 25. King Britt - Spaces (featuring Quasimoto)26. will.i.am - Lost Change In D Minor 27. King Britt - Transcend (featuring Bahamadia)28. Dj Spinna - Idols (featuring Vinia Mojica)29. Larry Gold - No Stoppin' (featuring Black Thought, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead)30. Dj Spinna - Love is Sold (feat Abdul Shylon)31. Jay Dee - Big Booty Express32. DJ Spinna – Rock (Unplugged)33. King Britt – Cobbs Creek (featuring De La Soul)34. Pete Rock – To My Advantage (featuring Nature)35. Larry Gold – All That You Are (featuring Kindred The Family Soul)36. DJ Spinna – Galactic Soul 37. Various Artists - The Beat Generation Continuous Mix by DJ Spinna38. Various Artists - The Beat Generation Continuous Mix by Mr Thing39. Various Artists - The Beat Generation Continuous Mix by Chris Read
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MP3: Apollo Brown - "Tao Te Ching" Free Download
Apollo Brown's instrumental album "Clouds" officially drops on March 1st, 2011 via Mello Music Group. But today, you can purchase "Clouds" exclusively thru iTunes!! Both fans and critics alike have praised the album from the Detroit native, as "Clouds" certainly displays Apollo Brown's musical range, while creating an instrumental album that is more about texture and feeling, taking listeners through a range of moods. In celebration of the exclusive iTunes pre-release, enjoy the free mp3 download to the song "Tao Te Ching" from the album "Clouds." Record/Production heads maybe familiar w/ the sample used in the song as well... Enjoy the mp3 download to "Tao Te Ching." Feel free to post and share. Buy Apollo Brown's "Clouds" on iTunes Today!! (Buy Link Below) Apollo Brown "Tao Te Ching" Free Download Link: http://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/track/tao-te-ching . Apollo Brown iTunes Buy Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/clouds/id415735027 .
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MP3: Seven Star - "My Mother & Father Were Astronauts"
Seven Star of the Counterflow/Botanica Del Jibaro fame is back to officially release the digital version of his debut album My Mother and Father were Astronauts (physically released thru Counterflow Recordings). The 12-track album plus a rare bonus record produced by DJ Sharpsound drops on March 8th thru SoFlo Entertainment/Funknotix. In the meanwhile, we leave you with not only a sampler mix of the album, but additional previously released cuts, all mixed by DJ Muet of Counterflow Recordings. Stream/Download Mix: Http://www.publicwizardinc.com/mp3_player/player/songs/mixes/sevenstar_mymotherandfatherwereastronauts_samplermix.mp3 Pre-Order Album: http://bit.ly/hLe988 Track ListingInduce feat. Seven Star - Club AngerSeven Star - Irate MC (Induce Remix)Seven Star - An Errors EndSeven Star - Super Natural TangentsSeven Star - InhumanManuvers feat. Seven Star - Decisions (XMR) Seven Star - Dawn Of MilesSeven Star - Gender AffectionSpirit Agent feat. Seven Star - WomanismLauryn Hill feat. Seven Star - Freedom (White Label)Musiq feat. Bilal, Seven Star and Dave Ghetto - Dont Stop Seven Star - Take them Clothes Off FreestyleInstrumentalSeven Star - Avatar (square remix)Seven Star - Alice Original mixed into Alice (Manuvers remixes) Seven Star - Concious Evolution (Manuvers Remix) BiographySeven Star, the name alone could not be better suited. The number associated with God or the gods. Seven, of Puerto Rican decent, wrote his first rhyme in 1987. He was born in New York and was raised in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Around the age of 12 Seven and his mother packed up and moved to Miami, Florida due to the lack of jobs in P.R. With a Christian backround he and his mother began going to church. Various talent shows and events at church helped him better his skills as a writer and performer. When the time came to proceed beyond his religous beliefs and begin his individual evolution his journey really began. To hear Seven Star is to hear the mind and wisdom of the ancients speak through him. Touching on all subjects relating to humanity from man-women realtionships to the injustices bestowed on the natives of the island once known as Borike'n, Seven' message is universal and his flow and delivery will inspire, whether spoken or written. His honesty will make you think and react in the tradition of those who inspired him such as Malcolm X, Pedro Albizu Campos, KRS-1 and Ginsberg. Seven Star is currently working on new music and will continue contributing to Hip Hop culture' evolution for as long as he can. Check for all Seven Star related issues on the sites provided below. Seven Star has performed throughout the world in places such as Paris, France/ Berlin, Germany/ Sheffield, England/ Vigo, Spain/ Oahu, Hawaii as well as throughout the United States. Seven currently resides in Miami, Florida WWW.MCSEVENSTAR.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SEVENSTARMC WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MCSEVENSTAR& FOLLOW SEVEN STAR ON TWITTER @MCSEVENSTAR
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MP3: Smokey Robotic - "Voices" (prod. !llmind)
FEAT. FATHER DUDE, SEER & KONRAD // PRODUCED BY !LLMIND"TAKEN FROM BLAPS, RHYMES & LIFE VOL.5 OUT FEBRUARY 28TH" Here is the first leak taken for the forthcoming new "Blaps, Rhymes & Life" mixtape, a track from the Lindsay Lohan/Samantha Ronson co-signed, Electro, Soul, Hip Hop outfit Smokey Robotic, entitled "Voices" produced by !llmind & Dr. Know Jr., the single will also be featured on their upcoming new EP called "Outside The Lines" out March 2011 via iTunes. * http://www.mediafire.com/?oux5dtvy9z9dzed * The "Blaps, Rhymes & Life" series is back with Volume 5! The mixtape features Crooked I, Masta Ace, Ed O.G., Lloyd Banks, Maino, Skyzoo, Jared Evan, Fortilive, Smokey Robotic, supergroup SUN ZOO and more, over 100% !llmind production. OUT FEB 28TH! mark your diaries.
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It is important to know about the connection between vitamin D and magnesium, if you are regularly taking vitamin D, to avoid side effects and also how it maximizes absorption. Basically nutrients are incapable of working alone especially when it is associated with vitamin D. So, to strike a proper balance it becomes important to take vitamin D magnesium and not just large doses of vitamin D because it can cause vitamin D side effects, which many people believe. But, these side effects are nothing more than symptoms of magnesium deficiency. The cause of these symptoms is due to the use of magnesium by vitamin D for converting into its active form so that it can be absorbed in the bloodstream.
Importance of Vitamin D and Magnesium
As time is passing by, people and their physicians are getting aware about the fact that vitamin D has lot of benefits to offer when it comes to their health. They are also realizing the fact that what impact it can have on their health if they have long periods of vitamin D deficiency symptoms. People who are suffering from this deficiency have realized the proximity of the problem and the consequences it can have on their health.
However, what the health care professionals have failed to address is the actual reason for occurrence of vitamin D side effects. They have failed to mention that the reason that one experiences side effects is not due to the consumption of vitamin D, but is because of not consumption of enough magnesium. The problem can be averted by taking vitamin D magnesium. Thus, this shows that there is a connection between magnesium and vitamin D.
Awareness of the symptoms
Though lot of research has been done in this field, not many people are aware of the symptoms and consequences. This is because there are people who have undiagnosed vitamin D deficiencies along with equal number people with undiagnosed magnesium deficiencies. Also not many tests are available to find out if there is any magnesium deficiency in the body. Many a times, a person deficient in both vitamin D and magnesium is diagnosed only with vitamin D deficiency and is given necessary doses of only vitamin D supplements. In such situations, the patient develops side effects which are often thought to be because of vitamin D supplements, but the actual reason for the adverse effects is magnesium deficiency which was never diagnosed. To avoid complications vitamin D magnesium is the perfect solution as it ensures that body gets both vitamin D and magnesium.
Common Symptoms
Some of the common symptoms experienced by most of us who take vitamin D supplements are insomnia, muscle cramps, heart palpitation, headaches, anxiety and constipation.
These symptoms are similar to that of magnesium deficiency and are often confused with the side-effects of vitamin D. These problems can easily be avoided if we take the recommended dose of magnesium along with vitamin D. Thus, this shows that the symptoms can be prevented by taking vitamin D magnesium. However, the magnesium intake must be according to the mentioned dosage in the page outlined as magnesium dosage.
Why it is Necessary to Take Magnesium with Vitamin D?
We know, that vitamin D to get absorbed in the bloodstream requires magnesium to convert it into its active state, and it is also a fact that vitamin D blood levels will fail to rise in those who are already magnesium deficient, irrespective of their vitamin D consumption. Therefore, it becomes important to study vitamin D magnesium interrelationship. The vitamin D magnesium relationship can be easily understood from the following:
In order to convert into its active form, vitamin D uses magnesium as a medium and gets absorbed into the bloodstream. Magnesium is also an essential element to help the conversion of vitamin D to its active state
Link between Vitamin D and Magnesium
The vitamin D magnesium is an essential requirement because it acts in both ways. Not only magnesium gets reduced, but vitamin D will not be able to convert unless and until there is enough availability of magnesium to help in the conversion process. The vitamin D magnesium is of great help to those whose level of vitamin D fail to rise up in spite of taking vitamin D regularly. For those of you who are suffering from this problem, vitamin D magnesium intake together can help.
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/C O R R E C T I O N from Source -- Indigo Books & Music Inc./
Thursday, July 29, 2010
/C O R R E C T I O N from Source -- Indigo Books & Music Inc./12:00 EDT Thursday, July 29, 2010 In c7371 transmitted at 12:00e today, several updates have been made to the 6th paragraph and subsequent nominees and categories list. Corrected copy follows: Indigo Books Announces Popular TV Duo Jessi Cruickshank and Dan Levy to Host Inaugural Teen Read Awards Event TORONTO, July 29 /CNW/ - This year's hottest teen event just got hotter as Jessi Cruickshank and Dan Levy sign on to host Indigo's first Teen Read Awards ceremony on September 25(th)! As television's dynamic duo and hosts of MTV's top-rated "The After Show" and "The Hills After Show," Jessi and Dan bring a surge of excitement to the bookseller's inaugural event, which has garnered over 150,000 votes from fans to date. The Teen Read Awards is Indigo Books & Music Inc.'s signature event dedicated to celebrating teens and their love of reading. For Jessi Cruickshank, books were instrumental during her formative years: "I don't think I would have made it to adulthood without my favourite authors? Shel Silverstein got me to laugh, Roald Dahl got me to dream and Judy Blume got me through puberty." "My parents started reading to me at a very young age, and I've been an avid reader ever since," exclaims Dan Levy. "Books have given me my sense of adventure, taught me about tolerance and acceptance, and ultimately opened my mind to the power of the written word." "Having two popular Canadians, and avid readers, join the Indigo Teen Read Awards event is a great addition that helps this exclusive program to continue galvanizing Canadian teens around their passion for reading, books and authors," says Trevor Dayton, VP Kids & Entertainment, Indigo Books & Music Inc. The popularity of teen literature is at an all time high with Indigo experiencing 150% sales growth in young adult fiction over the past five years. The Teen Read Awards encourages teens to share their enthusiasm for reading, support their favourite books and authors while connecting with other fans across the country. Teens Rock the VoteIn just five weeks, Canadian have cast over 150,000 votes at www.teenreadawards.ca and have rounded out each of the 10 awards categories with a fifth nominee*. The complete list of 2010 nominees and categories now include: 1. Best ReadShadowland, Alyson NoëlDarkest Powers III: The Reckoning, Kelley ArmstrongCatching Fire, Suzanne CollinsShiver, Maggie Stiefvater*Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen - Teen's Pick 2. Best Book-to-FlickNew Moon, Stephenie MeyerWhip It, Shauna CrossHarry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. RowlingPush, Sapphire*The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis - Teen's Pick 3. Best HeroHeist Society, Ally Carter (Katarina Bishop)The Maze Runner, James Dashner (Thomas)The Curse Workers: White Cat, Holly Black (Cassell)Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Deryn Sharp)*Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five: The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson) - Teen's Pick 4. Best VillainThe Prophecy of the Sisters, Michelle Zink (Alice Milthorpe)The Carrie Diaries, Candace Bushnell (Sebastian Kydd)The Necromancer, Michael Scott (Dr. Dee)Stolen, Lucy Christopher (Ty)*Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling (Voldermort) - Teen's Pick 5. Best HottieVampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls, L.J. Smith (Stefan)Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen (Eli)Hush Hush, Becca Fitzpatrick (Patch)Mortal Instruments: City of Glass, Cassandra Clare (Jace)*Spirit Bound A Vampire Academy Novel, Richelle Mead (Dimitri) - Teen's Pick 6. Best Lip LockThe Daughters, Joanna Philbin (Lizzie & Todd)Captivate, Carrie Jones (Zara & Astley)Will Grayson Will Grayson, John Greene & David Levithan (Will & Tiny)Sea Change, Aimee Freedman (Leo & Miranda)*Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (Bella & Edward) - Teen's Pick 7. Best All Time FaveThe Catcher in the Rye, J.D. SalingerTwilight, Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief, Markus Zusak*The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins - Teen's Pick 8. Best New WriterBeautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia & Margaret StohlBefore I Fall, Lauren OliverFallen, Kate LaurenWish, Alexandra Bullen*Hush, Hush, Becca Fitzpatrick - Teen's Pick 9. Best Canadian ReadDarklight, Lesley LivingstonFor the Win, Cory DoctorowThe Uninvited, Tim Wynne-JonesWord Nerd, Susin Nielsen* Darkest Powers III: The Reckoning, Kelley Armstrong - Teen's Pick 10. Best Teen SeriesPretty Little Liars, Sara ShepardBlue Bloods, Melissa de la CruzHouse of Night, P. C. Cast and Kristin CastVampire Academy, Richelle Mead*Mortal Instruments, Cassandra Clare - Teen's Pick Category sponsors Cineplex and Indigo Love of Reading Foundation both support the Best Book-to-Flick and Best Hero categories respectively with prizes, promotions and exclusives for Canadian teens. Excitements Builds for Event NightAlso joining the star-studded cast of entertainers for the fall's hot teen ticket at Six Degrees in Toronto are funny man and past MuchMusic Video Awards presenter Trevor Boris; songstress and winner of YTV's "Next Star" Alyssa Reid; and one of Canada's pop up-and-comers Alex Lacasse. Several nominated authors will also be in attendance including:Best Canadian Read nominees Susin Nielsen (Word Nerd), and Tim Wynne-Jones (Uninvited)Best Read nominees Kelley Armstrong (Darkest Powers III: The Reckoning), and Alyson Noël (Shadowland)Best Hero nominees Ally Carter (Heist Society), and James Dashner (The Maze Runner)Best New Writer nominees Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures), Alexandra Bullen (Wish), and Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush) More authors, presenters and performers will be announced as event day approaches. The first-ever Teen Read Awards were launched June 22(nd), 2010, and voting is open in stores and online until September 12(th), 2010. Created to provide a new and exciting platform to celebrate teens, the books they love and their passion for reading, the Teen Read Awards will culminate with an awards ceremony to announce the fan-selected winners on September 25(th), 2010 in Toronto. For more information on the Indigo Teen Read Awards please visit www.teenreadawards.ca. About Indigo Books & Music Inc. Indigo is a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (IDG). As the largest book and specialty retailer in Canada, Indigo operates in all provinces under different banners including Indigo Books & Music; Indigo Books, Gifts, Kids; IndigoSpirit, Chapters, The World's Biggest Bookstore, and Coles. The online division, www.chapters.indigo.ca, features books, eBooks, toys, music and DVDs, and hosts the award winning Indigo Online Community. Chapters and Indigo are rated as the number one and number two retailers in Canada by the Kubas Major Market Retail Report, and have been on that list since 2000. For further information:

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