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Paris- A Paris court on Monday found a South African artist guilty of sexual exhibitionism after a performance in Paris that saw him dance with a rooster tied to his penis.
But the criminal court imposed no penalty on the artist, 51-year-old Steven Cohen, noting that no complaint had been filed against him and that he had not engaged in sexual acts.
Prosecutors had requested a 1 000 euro (R14 590) fine.
Cohen was arrested last September after the performance in a busy public square near the Eiffel Tower.
Sporting platform shoes and an outlandish costume including feathers on his fingers and a headdress made of a stuffed pheasant, he danced for 10 minutes with his penis attached to the rooster, before police stepped in.
"I think the victim is art," Cohen said after the verdict, noting that his performance was interrupted before it could conclude.
"I'm not saying I'm going to, but my desire is to complete what was incorrectly halted by the authorities," he said.
"I'm frustrated because it's almost like being found guilty but not being punished. It's like saying 'we are right but we are not going to do anything to you', which for me is a double injustice," Cohen said.
The artist had earlier told the court his performance had "nothing to do with sexuality" and that no one - not even a group of passing nuns - had complained about it.
His lawyer Agnes Tricoire said the court should have handed down a "pure and simple acquittal" and that Cohen was considering whether to appeal.
As for the rooster, Tricoire said the only time it was "manhandled" was by police during Cohen's arrest. The animal is now in a chicken coop and living "a totally happy life in Normandy," she said.
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Great Southern Bank will open the doors to its newest banking center at 600 W. Republic Road on Oct. 1
Grand opening festivities are planned for October 19, including a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and a cookout planned for the surrounding community. The new location will replace the current one at 3961 S. Campbell, which will close after business hours on Saturday.
The new banking center, which is more than double the size of the previous location, features a full-service lobby, safe deposit boxes, teller area, drive-thru lanes and a drive-up ATM. In celebration of the event, Great Southern will be making a $750 donation to Ozarks Food Harvest. Banking Center Manager Debra Yeager and her team of eight associates will be at the new location, ready to serve customers.
"We are excited about the opening of this banking center, which will offer customers a better overall experience," said Great Southern Bank President and CEO Joseph W. Turner. "Our previous location was one of our busiest in the city and we hope our customers will find our new and larger location more convenient and accessible."
The bank's hours of operation will be: Lobby: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Monday - Friday; 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Saturday. Drive-Thru: 7a.m. - 7 p.m, Monday - Friday; 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
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Headquartered in Springfield., Great Southern offers banking, investment, insurance and travel services. Great Southern operates 19 banking centers in the Springfield area and 107 retail banking centers and more than 200 ATMs in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota. Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. is a public company and its common stock (ticker: GSBC) is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select stock exchange.

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This article originally appeared in Comics
Value Annual 1999,
in the Mid-60s by one of the Most-Beloved Creators in the Industry,
In some respects, the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® have lived a most charmed life, as they have risen Phoenix-like from the grave of cancellation more times and appeared under more corporate banners and logos than any group of superheroes has any right to expect. Howeveron the other side of the cointhere seems to be some sort of black cloud constantly hovering over their collective heads as they have never been able to make it past issue #20 in any of their many incarnations over the years.
Born in 1965, they sprangPrometheus-like from the fertile and creative mind of Wally Wood, andby all rightsthey should be as well-known today as their Marvel Comics brethren who came into existence just a few short years earlier. Unfortunately, the breaks just didnt go their way, and the team (in fact the entire comicbook line), just didnt make it to the end of the decade. Still, the Agents themselves just wouldnt give up the ghost, and have (sometimes just barely), continued to maintain a comicbook presence to the current day. A touch over 10 years after their initial series was canceled, ownership, as well as the rights to publish them (including their original adventures), were sold by Tower Publishing to John Carbonaros JC Productions.
This began a nearly 20-year effort on the part of Carbonaro to bring (and keep), the Agents back into the publics eye. After a number of false starts; a copyright-infringement lawsuit (that included two or three comicbook lines of faux-T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents™ comics); and far too many abortive efforts and "almost" deals that fell through to delineate here, Carbonaro is (as always), preparing to bring his adopted children back into print.
Lightning Strikes the First Time
The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® are the creation of Wally Wood, who developed them for Tower Comics in 1965 at the dawning of the Silver Age of comics. Perhaps he was inspired by Stan Lees success over at Marvel, or the first re-launch of the DC universe, but whatever the reason, Tower (an existing magazine publisher), determined that it was interested in developing its own line of superheroes.
Instead of beginning slowly, and building up the characters over time, Tower jumped right into the fire with both feet, and gave us T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents™ #1 in November 1965. In that first issue, we were introduced to not only T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves), but the three Agents that formed the original team; Dynamo (their nominal leader), NoMan, and Menthor, as well as the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad. The Squad was a non-superpowered, para-military strike force that supported and backed-up the Agents. The Squad was comprised of Guy Gilbert (Squad leader), Egghead (who went K.I.A. in issue #2), Kathryn Kitten Kane, John Dynamite Adkins (who was later unsuccessfully groomed to become Dynamos replacement), and William Weed Wylie. There was also a faceless, unnamed legion of UN-sponsored soldiers who would come in to mop up after the Agents and Squad were finished with their work.
Although the Squad members had no superpowers, they each had their own specialty (Gilbert was a Major and Medal of Honor winner, Egghead was a genius at strategy, Kitten an M.I.T. scientist, Dynamite an underwater demolitions expert, and Weed was an escape artist). As stated, the higher-ups at T.H.U.N.D.E.R. attempted to groom Dynamite as Dynamos replacement, but he proved to be not quite up to the task. The Brass had better luck with Gilbert who went on to become the superpowered Lightning.
Two things that made the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents™ different from virtually every group of heroes that proceeded them (and many of those that followed), were 1) the team worked for the United Nations and 2) their powers cost them dearly. Even then, in the unwritten canons of comics, there were essentially three scenarios as to how people acquired their powers and become superheroes. They were either born with them (Thor, Aquaman), acquired them by accident (Spider-Man, Flash), built some device that granted them power (Iron Man, Hawkman), or trained to be the best at what they did (Captain America, Batman, Daredevil). In the case of the Agents, each of them received their abilities by donning a bit of clothing or other device (Dynamo had his belt, Lightning his costume, Menthor his helmet, and NoMan his android body and invisibility cape).
All of these devices had maximum lock-out times where they would automatically shut down and require time to recharge. For Dynamo, it was 25 minutes, with an emergency five-minute back-up. NoMans invisibility cape would shut down after 10 minutes. Still, it was Lightning that would suffer the most, for every time he used his super-speed, it shaved time off his life span. Hence whenever he went into action he was literally killing himself. Menthor suffered the least. His helmet actually brought the innate goodness of its wearer, eventually turning the double agent John J. Janus (Menthor), from a potential traitor to a loyal agent.
For this he paid the ultimate price, however, and died in action protecting the Agents from the Warlords (#7). This marked perhaps the first time in comics that a major character died in action. Interestingly enough, this scenario was virtually identical to what occurred a couple of years earlier in Avengers #9 where Wonder Man joined the Avengers with the intention of betraying them, only to reform at the last minute and die while saving their lives.
Weather Patterns
Not ones to miss a trick, Tower quickly followed up its team book with a couple of titles where members of the team were broken out into solo stories. Dynamo and NoMan debuted shortly after Thunder Agents™ #1. Unfortunately neither title lasted long (Dynamo went four issues, and NoMan went two). A related title was U.N.D.E.R.S.E.A. Agent, which lasted 6 issues (a seventh U.N.D.E.R.S.E.A. Agent tale appeared in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® #16.)
U.N.D.E.R.S.E.A. Agent stared another UN agent (also non-powered, like the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad), named (what else), Davy Jones. Recruited from the Navy, Jones went to work for the United Nations Department of Experiment and Research Systems Established at Atlantis. Though Jones never met anyone from T.H.U.N.D.E.R., and there were no common characters in the two series, it can only be assumed, thathad the two titles continuedthey would have eventually crossed paths.
Another pair of Tower books were Fight the Enemy (3 issues), a WW II anthology title; and Tippy Teen (an Archie-like book that lasted 28 issues, including a Special Collectors Edition). Still, in spite of what seems like a fairly solid line-up of comics for the mid-to-late 60, Tower wound up pulling the plug on the entire division in 69 (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents™ went to issue #20). While this could very well have been the last chapter in the story of Len Brown (Dynamo) and his friends, it proved to be merely the first chapter in what has turned out to be a long and strange trip indeed.
The Coming Storm
In 1981, fan-turned-(semi)pro John Carbonaro acquired the rights to Wally Woods best-loved children. He subsequently produced one B&W, magazine-sized issue on his own before striking an arrangement with Archie comics to continue the series. Under the arrangement with Archie, Carbonaro continued to produce and package the Agents under the JC Comics label, while Archie acted as printer and distributor. The JC/Archie T.H.U.N.D.E.R. comics were produced in color, and standard comic-book sized. Unfortunately, due to a convoluted set of incidents, that arrangement didnt last very long (two issues of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents™ , plus three issues reprinting from the original Tower series). A third, original T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® story appeared under Archies Red Circle logo in Blue Ribbon Comics #12, an anthology title.
Shortly after this, Carbonaro met up with David Singer, which would send John down a long, tortured path and all but kill the Agents as a viable set of characters. Singer, a self-professed fan of the Agents who imagined himself a junior-grade Stan Lee, managed to ingratiate himself with Carbonaro, first presenting himself as a partner in Carbonaros publishing company and then as his legal representative (Singer had a law degree, but had not yet passed the Bar). According to Carbonaro, Singer utilized his inside knowledge of the dealings between Carbonaro and Tower, and then attempted to assume ownership of the agents by presenting himself as Carbonaros legal representative. When this failed, he claimed that the Agents existed in the Public Domain and attempted to wrest the Agents away from Carbonaro.
Apparently, Tower (which published magazines, but had no experience in publishing licensed characters), had inadvertently left the copyright notice off several copies of the various comics they published. Singer used this loophole to attempt to declare that the Agents had fallen into the Public Domain allowing anyone could publish them. He went so far as to issue a press release to this effect where he boldly proclaimed that All Gods Children could publish the Agents, and then proceeded to do so under the Deluxe Comics banner without Carbonaro.
Knowing that Towers copyright and trademark on the Agents were valid and legal, Carbonaro sued Singer for copyright infringement in 1984, beginning what turned out to be a protracted and nasty legal battle that lasted three years and rocked the industry. In 1987, Carbonaro proved victorious and regained control of his beloved Agents. (He has also firmly established his ownership over the copyright and trademark of the Agents and has been issued papers to that effect by the Copyright and Trademark offices of the U.S.) As part of the suit, he acquired all of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. material that Singer had published. At the time of Carbonaros victory over Singer, Deluxe had long-since gone out of business, due mostly to Singers own ineptness, lack of business acumen, shady dealings, and failure to pay his creators either on time, or what he had promised them. (Not to mention, Carbonaro had enjoined the major distributors from handling the Deluxe comics by naming them in his suit, thus severing the companys cash flow and access to the marketplace.)
The long legal battle over The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® ultimately asserted three things: 1) Tower Comics original copyright and trademarks on The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® were valid and legally binding; 2) Carbonaro was now (and always) the legitimate and legal holder of those rights; and 3) Deluxe Comics was in violation of Federal Copyright and Trademark laws. Carbonaros resounding victory over Deluxe resulted in a settlement which included cash, plus Deluxe surrendering all story and art copyrights, as well as all back-stock to Carbonaro.
At long last, Carbonaro was vindicated.
Stormy Weather Ahead
While his legal troubles were largely behind him, Carbonaro now began a decade-long search for a new home for the Agents. By his own accounting, Carbonaro spoke with virtually every major and numerous minor comicbook publishers in his quest to get the Agents back into print (including, but not limited to Marvel, (Marvels Epic line), DC, Image (Extreme and WildStorm), Dark Horse, Comico, Apple (with whom he actually struck an agreement, but never managed to publish) and others. He also had discussions with a number of production houses and creators in an effort to generate either a movie or animated TV series (Batfilms, Marv Wolfman, etc.), all to no avail.
In 1994, he finally struck a deal with George Caragonne and his company, Constant Developments, Inc. (CDI), to begin production of new T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents™ stories. Shortly after announcing his deal with Carbonaro, Caragonne hooked up with Penthouse magazine where he began to produce a line of Adult comic magazines for the company. In addition the Adult comics, Caragonne launched Omni Comics, which, in issue #3, included the first chapter of what was to be a four-issue T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® story. (This story was supposed to appear as a standard, stand-alone T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® comic, butagain for convoluted reasonsnever did.) Unfortunately, tragedy struck again. Caragonne was dismissed from Penthouse and, despondent, took his own life.
Without Caragonne to head up the comicbook division, Penthouse scaled back its operation and canceled most of its line (including Omni Comics). Once again the Agents were without a home and fell into the limbo of non-publishing.
Echoes of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (Future)
Never one to admit, acknowledge, (or even spell), defeat, Carbonaro continues to soldier on. He has re-acquired publishing rights back from Penthouse, as well as the existing (Omni) T.H.U.N.D.E.R. artwork, and is currently in the process of re-(re)-launching the series. This time out he is doing it on his own and not relying on others to helm the series that he has held close to his vest for over a decade. Carbonaro (Carbs as he is affectionately known to his friends), has long held the faith thatgiven half a chancethe T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents® can make a solid go of it and turn into the money-making franchise that it was always meant to be.
One can only hope he is right.
*This article has been slightly edited and modified by the original author to reflect its new format, and the passage of time.


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Duckling on a Rainy Day. This little duck likes to stay dry.
Funny Beer on a Rainy Night
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looks like it took awhile. Can you post your sources
not sure if it's just me, but some of the html is missing under the entry. nice chop though.
I've seen a few days like that, good chop
Nice chop indeed and the link works for me.
Thanks for posting the source. Lots of creativity and work went into this composition.
A lot of work here, nicely done. I have to go crack me a cold one now Congrats.
Great work Nannygoatman , congrats on the silver and keep up top chops man
Thankyou all for your comments. You all do great work.
Funny Walking to Sunday School on a Rainy Morning
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This is pretty, but IMO, either the other child should have less of his legs covered or our little umbrella girl should have more of hers covered. It sorta looks like she's waling on top of half of the grass.
Thanks dreamer. I guess I can see what you mean. Will fix.
the perspective of the kids in relation to the church and the people seems a bit odd. its like they are on some kinda hill maybe. Maybe u should lower them from the horizon.
I don't see what slix sees...guess I'm accustomed to living in slope areas.
Yeah....I wanted it to appear as if they were making their way down a small hill towards the church. I guess I could have done better. Thanks for the constructive criticism guys. It is always a huge help.
Funny Same street, rainy day
I learned a lot by doing this one. I never tried to create rain before, so this was fun. I was inspired by a previous contest to create snowy art. Maybe next time I'll do snow... hmm... Source files: car, sky (hit return at address line, to view sky image, it's protected from cross-linking) and umbrella... Oh. and rain (on the lense). The other rain was made by noise and motion blurring, with select masking. Let me know if this helps you at all with your chopping Or, if you have any suggestions for me, please comment. Thanks.
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This is a great entry. Very realistic. Only critique: for me the reflection on the hood (house on original car pic) seems wrong...
ZERS. Well Done. I actually like the reflection on the hood. Gives the entry more 'reality'. Because we can't actually see the tops of the buildings there on the right, who knows what the actual top looks like.
good. continue that attitude in doing artwork. and you have a long way to go here. goodluck nextime.
As we can't see what is to the right of the car, the inclusion of the reflection on the hood of the car (from your source image) is fine. Your attention to detail is very good. The rain on the camera lense, the vehicle lights on the truck, the street lamp, and the added umbrella for the pedestrian make this a well executed CHOP. Congrats in advance on the win.
EXCELLENT... This looks very photo realistic... Great job & keep up the great work.
SNAP...this is GREAT.. you put the umbrella in the guys hand an' everything...
I still say..... This gets better everytime I look at it. WTG.
Thanks everyone for the comments and support.
Funny Another Rainy Monday
The sea lions have drifted pretty far inland on the red buoy.
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Nice try, Only drift made this much then what will happen if they will come to this place..
Funny Rainy Day Painting
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It's so well blended, it's almost subtle change at the first look.
I think i see Johnny Depp Waaaaaay in the background... nice.
fits like a glove...or should I say umbrella. good work.
Funny Rainy Day People
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What Th.. x2 very funny, you could have subdued some of the brighter colors though, maybe even making it black and white. OK.
Funny Rainy Days & Mondays Pop Art
It's Monday...AND it's rainy. Like the song says...
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I know just how you feel...interesting image.
Funny Rainy Day Man
Inspired by Guster's song Rainy Day
Funny Hillary Clinton and Obama Going to Work on a Rainy Day
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like it, but i think the depth perseption on the shadows are all out
The reflection on the floor is off. It looks like the man looking out the window is floating.
You incorporated some of the other contests nicely AND we can recognize McCain from the back ... Good job...but, Hillary isn't playing to this degree any longer What's she doing on that roof. Trying to save Obama or just feeding the pigeons, uh crows, uh baby vultures .
The reflections are....strange. I know it can be hard when a Vertical Flip isn't enough. But now it looks like he's standing on his heels. And the reflections of Obama and Hillary aren't correct either. Hillary's umbrella is higher than Obama's head, but in the reflection it's the other way around...
McCain doesn't look like he's floating to me...just standing on a very shiny floor...right.
This is probably the best joint use of several apprentice contest sources I have seen. Very impressed. Love many details. It's a hoot.
Hillary has lost her marbles, walking a parapet, sporting an umbrella on a nearly cloudless day. The crow is some of the crow she'll be eating for a while to come. McCain has briefly woken from one of his long naps (boxer shorts), wondering what the fuss is about. Obama is being restrained for his own safety. He is exceedingly exuberant and jumpng for joy because it's his 47th birthday. And the Party is to the left, the far left.
Thanks Steve...whoddathunk. Ok, so we got a problem with depth perception, shadows, floating people, weird reflections and big heads...but there sure are a lot of comments...and I'll bet everyone smiled when they saw this one. I know I did.
Funny Rainy Day
This Saturday we continue our freaking experiment with photoshopping provided source images. Photoshop this rainy day image (CLICK HERE to download) any way you wish. Some examples are - addition more people or objects to this rainy day image, changing the weather in the image, putting it into some new environment, movies, paintings. These are just some ideas. Many thanks to Jenny Rollo and Stock Exchange for providing the source photo.
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I first met the owners of Cheesewerks last summer at Toronto's Queer Beer Festival where they were serving up artisanal grilled cheese. They spoke passionately about sourcing Canadian products and I was intrigued when they told me they would be opening up shop in downtown Toronto soon. So when I received an invitation to their media tasting I had to slam my forehead against the wall when I realized I would be missing out due to the fact that I would be in the Galapagos Islands on vacation (first world problems, yadda yadda). I wrote an email to their press contact at Butter PR from my Galapagos Cruise boat (this is not a joke) expressing that I would very much like to coordinate a media tasting of my own when I returned.
I invited my friend Marcin to join me after work to indulge in our casein cravings. We were greeted by one of the owners and given a quick tour of their menu. Cheesewerks also has a small retail space where you can buy their favorite cheeses to take home. They exclusively use St. John's Bakery bread for all of their grilled cheese sandwiches (and sweet treats). They also put on great events (the restaurant has a large plasma screen tv in the centre of the dining room). They recently offerd a Golden Globes Award dinner and celebrated Valentines Day with a special Fondue dinner (which is pretty much unheard of in this city). Don't even get me started on how blah the Beer Bistro fondue is. I grew up on Fondue, once a week, I make a mean pot of melted cheese. Goodness, I can ramble on about anything cheese…
Many of you Torontonians will have eaten at The Grilled Cheese in Kensington Market. A lovely little quaint spot to have a light snack. A student favorite. Cheesewerks kicks things up a notch compared to the competition. Their grilled cheese sandwich menu is inspired by cities across the globe (each paired with a unique house made ketchup). They proudly showcase Canadian products, everything from their cheese and bread to their craft beer menu and VQA wine list. On that note, Cheesewerks is the only grilled cheese restaurant in Toronto (although they of course offer far more than just a simple grilled sandwich) in the city that has a liquor license (high five). Simply put, Cheesewerks is offering the city something new, a celebration of local flavours in the heart of downtown Toronto. You will now find Cheesewerks on my Toronto's Top Restaurant List. Do yourself a favour and stuff your face with cheese (werkkkkk).
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Black 2 was the designation of the TIE fighter flown by DS-61-2 at the Battle of Yavin. It was part of Black Squadron. It had twenty-seven flame emblems on the cockpit: one for each Rebel kill. It was destroyed, after ramming Darth Vader's fighter, when it crashed into the Death Star I's trench wall.
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November 30, 2015
Apple Inc. is putting its foot down about the business of selling iPhones.
The company simply doesn't want your cash.
Just plastic.
The Cupertino-based maker of iPhones, iPods and other fun devices says it will no longer accept cash for iPhone purchases.
The company is now also limiting sales of the cell phone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.
More than 1.4 million units of the hybrid cell phone-iPod have been sold since it debuted on June 29th.
And it is expected to be a hot gift for the holidays.
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Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was fined by the NBA. / Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports
CHICAGO â?? Coach Tom Thibodeau responded to the officiating, the calls against the Bulls and the lack of calls against the Miami Heat after the Heat's Game 3 victory against the Chicago Bulls on Friday.
The NBA responded to Thibodeau on Sunday.
The league fined him $35,000 for "comments made about the officiating following the Bulls 104-94 loss to the Heat."
Thibodeau delivered shots at the officiating in several answers to questions from news reporters.
"Watching how things are going, I see how things are going," Thibodeau said following Game 3. "I watch very closely. I watch very closely. What I'm seeing is, we'll adjust accordingly.
"When you play this team, you have to have a lot of mental, physical and emotional toughness. Things aren't going to go your way. That's the way it is. We're not going to get calls. That's reality. We still have to find a way to get it done, and we can."
Thibodeau's availability with news reporters Sunday concluded before the fine was announced. Through a team spokesperson, Thibodeau declined to comment on the fine.
Thibodeau also said he didn't understand why Miami's Udonis Haslem and Chris Andersen weren't called for more fouls.
"I'm watching some of the other plays with (Udonis) Haslem and (Chris) Andersen, and I don't get it. I don't get it," Thibodeau said.
The difference in the game? "They got to the free throw line," Thibodeau said.
Of Bulls swingman Jimmy Butler's defense on James, Thibodeau said, " "I'm watching him play defense, and I'm looking at some of the things being called on him â?¦ He's got a lot of toughness. He'll figure it out."
Of Chicago center Joakim Noah's effort, he said, "Had a tough call â?? a big offensive rebound â?? that went against him."
Thibodeau also accused Heat forward LeBron James of flopping and defended Nazr Mohammed, who shoved James and was ejected.
Thibodeau said Mohammed did not deserve the ejection.
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Voters leave Edmonson Academy after voting during Detroit elections for Mayor and City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. / Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press
Voter turnout was 25.38% in Detroit, with all but two of the 614 precincts reporting, city officials said.
The total which included an estimated 42,000 absentee ballots is higher than the last municipal general election, held in November 2009.
The citys voter turnout that year was 22.68%. It was 32.93% in 2001, 28% in 1997 and 46.2% in 1993, according to the Department of Elections.
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Its just the interest in the mayors race. This is something thats passion for many voters. There are a lot of contentious things and sometimes, those things cause interest, Willie Wesley, director of Detroits Department of Elections said.
He also credited the weather.
Weve got good weather, he said. Its not too cold. Its not too hot and that will encourage people to come out.
A total of 135,943 ballots were cast, according to Detroits unofficial election results.
University of Michigan political science professor Vincent Hutchings said he expected somewhat of a diminished turnout, in part because of the controversy regarding whether or not theres local governance in Detroit, the emergency manager. In light of the controversy, I wouldve expected some Detroit residents to simply check out because theyre not going to let us rule our own city anyway.
Voter turnout was 18.89% in Oakland County and 18.74% in Macomb County, according to the websites for each.
Wayne County said no results would be released until after they were certified..
John Klemanski, a political science professor at Oakland University, said voter turnout sometimes is higher in places with hot-button local issues on the ballot, such as Royal Oaks human rights ordinance and Ferndales marijuana proposal.
There are people who feel very strongly about some of these issues. It could bring more people out. Im guessing it wont make a big difference in those areas. I dont think theres enough heat in those issues for most voters. Itll be very important to some, but not the majority of, voters.


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I try to keep a low-fat kitchen and I love to make breakfast interesting, but I don't generally count calories. I just work at two things: purchasing the right products when I'm at the market and keeping a variety of options at hand.
Love Eggos!
In contrast, I had a fry-up of bacon, eggs, toast, OJ, coffee and a mango.
It's ok to let loose once a week for brekkie.
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I've never eaten an Eggo. Looks like I might be missing something.
Loods delicious! Maybe I will make waffles for breakfast this morning. I love dates and would used the dates too if they weren't needed.
Thanks for the calorie breakdown!
I agree that the dates did not add anything to this otherwise delicious breakfast.
He, he… I see that you are taking it so seriously Joan!!!! Will you look like Sharon Stone in a month? ;D I gave up… I just love eating and drinking… aaahhhtgghhghgg I need more selfcontrol!!!!!
This looks delicious! I had waffles today too, I make large batches and then freeze them in smaller portions.
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This is the first miniature op this kind that I have ever found. Made exactly as the large ones. This is also called a jam pot. They were used to make preserves. The larger "grown up" jam pots came in several sizes, the smallest ones were used for taffy making. This baby one was made for a child. 3.75 " diameter on top, 3 " on the bottom. 4.25" to the top of the iron handle. The body is 1.75" deep. There are a couple of dents on the bottom, it was after all played with. They do not detract. All in all an unusual miniature. Circa 1890's
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - The Dutch national museum says one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.
The museum acquired the rock after the death of a former prime minister, who received it in 1969 from the then-U.S. ambassador during a visit by the Apollo 11 astronauts.
An expert saw it on display in 2006 and told the museum it was unlikely NASA would have given away any moon rocks three months after Apollo returned to earth.
Geologists from Amsterdam's Free University said they could see at a glance the rock was not from the moon.
A museum spokeswoman said Thursday the geologists identified it as petrified wood worth no more than euro50 ($70).
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The 29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering opens with workshops, performances and exhibits with a theme this year reflecting the influence of the Italian cowboy on American western culture. Featured artists this year include Drew Mischianti and his wife, Natalia Estrada, with gear and photography in the Wiegand Gallery.
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"Woodreve Manor" An extract from the text that describes a visit to Whitehurst's gallery.
"Mrs. Daffodil's Shopping Expedition." Selected text of a tale involving a trip to Root's gallery.
"Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington, and Others of the Family." Two delightful passages regarding daguerreotypes.
"Grandmother Lee's Portfolio" An extract from the text (with quite fictional dates!) that describes a young girl's visit to a daguerreian gallery.
"An Hour in a Daguerrian Gallery" A sentimental tale included in The Amaranth; or, Token of Remembrance for 1855.
"The Two Daguerreotypes" A pro-temperance story from a collection of tales, Indoors and Out: or, Views from the Chimney Corner, 1854.
"Ruth Hall" A humorous anecdote extracted from this 1855 novel.
"Sketches of Paris: The Daguerreotype" An account of a visit to a daguerreian gallery. From Godey's Lady's Book of October, 1843.
"The Daguerreian Gallery" A brief chapter from a the 1852 pronouncing dictionary, The Orthoepist.
"Where Were You Last Night at Twelve. A Judicial Sketch" A humorous short story featuring "Southworth" and the studio on Tremont Row. From the Daily Republican of January 24, 1852
"The Daguerreotype" A short work of fiction where the daguerreotype is central to the plot. From Ballou's Pictorial of July 17, 1858.
"A Daguerreotype in Battle" A short work of fiction wherein the daguerreotype "saves the day." From Peterson's Magazine of September, 1863.
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Panasonic GX1 confirmed with 16MP sensor
A Panasonic promo page (video below) has inadvertently tipped the company's hand for the launch of the Lumix GX1. As hinted, the camera should be a return to more professional-like control for Panasonic's smallest Micro Four Thirds body with a thumb wheel and other customizable controls. It will be the first compact MFT camera from the company with an upgraded sensor, likely taking the 16-megapixel sensor from the G3, and a likely updated Venus image processor.
As with earlier GF-series cameras, autofocus speed will be the key on the camera, Panasonic said. When using a Lumix G X lens, the camera can lock in as quickly as 0.09 seconds. The GX1 will have a 460,000-pixel, three-inch touchscreen on the back that will support tap-to-shoot.
Not every aspect of the camera has been mentioned, but it will have a pop-up flash and the option of a 1.44-megapixel attachable electronic viewfinder as well as black and silver colors. Stereo microphones and a higher ISO 12,800 sensitivity ceiling are expected to follow.
Panasonic should formally unveil the GX1 at or near midnight Eastern time on November 7. It's not clear if the interchangeable-lens camera will be available before the end of 2011. [via 4/3 Rumors]


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TAMPA, Florida -- August 19, 2009 began and ended tragically in Tampa. Around 3 a.m. along the N Boulevard Bridge, University of Tampa student Ryan McCall was walking home with a friend when he was robbed and murdered.
Just 19 hours later and about six miles away, Corporal Mike Roberts of the Tampa Police Department was shot and killed while on patrol.
Their lives are coming together in this Saturday's Ryan's Run, honoring the memory of Ryan, who was a 21-year-old track star and volunteer coach. Part of the proceeds this year, and every year now, will go to the Tampa Police Memorial Fund in the name of Cpl. Roberts.
"The police, through the three years of the investigation, they worked really hard," says Ryan's father, Kevin McCall. "I guess in a weird way, Ryan and Cpl. Roberts are kind of connected."
This is the third time Ryan's family has come together for Ryan's Run, but it's the very first time since an arrest was made in his death. Police say David Earl Williams was already in prison on an unrelated robbery charge at the time he was charged with first degree murder. Court records show he's pleaded not guilty.
"It's good to know that by keeping [Ryan's name] alive in the community through the run, it may have helped in making an arrest," says Ryan's brother, Kevin.
Ryan's Run helps raise spirits, and also raise money for the the police memorial fund, along with college scholarships for students who are as passionate about running as Ryan was.
Scholarship winner Tori Wilson, who now attends the University of Florida, says the money has kept her from having to take out student loans, and has allowed her to focus on her academics. She's grateful to Ryan's family.
"It really inspires me to live every day to the fullest because you could be on the right track to a successful future and not know that something is going to hold you back," she says. "You just have to persevere."
Ryan's Run starts at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at Centennial Park in Ybor City, and includes a 5K run, two mile walk, and fun run. Breakfast, awards, and raffles will be offered afterward at Gaspar's Grotto. You can register here. Same day registration is available starting at 7 a.m.
"It's really celebrating what Ryan loved," his brother says, "Smiling, having a good time, and getting friends and family together."


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|Tiger Woods sighs after missing a putt at Pebble Beach. (Getty Images)
By Shane Bacon
There are a few rules in sports trash talking that everyone should know. Don't predict a big victory unless your name is Joe. Don't say anything you don't have to say if you're a superstar, just go do it.
And don't push Tiger Woods' buttons the week of a match-play event.
Stephen Ames knows this. Back in 2006 at at this same event, a smile crept across his face when he mentioned, "Anything can happen when [Tiger's] hitting the golf ball." Woods went on to beat the man 9 & 8, the biggest defeat in the history of the tournament.
This week, Tiger is no No. 1 seed, but he is still playing a rather unknown in Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, who broke our third rule of trash talking already.
When asked about his first-round match this week with Tiger, Fernandez-Castano said he thinks he could take him.
"I think he's beatable," Fernandez-Castano said. "Of course, I need to play good. That's all I can think about and that's all I'm going to try on Wednesday, just try playing my best game and hope that he doesn't play his best."
Now, it isn't the smartest thing to get Tiger riled up at his best format. Sure, Woods isn't the same golfer as he was when he treated Ames like a pro-am partner, but I think match play is something that could really work for Tiger. It allows him to have a loose hole or two, and he could still make a bunch of birdies and advance far in this tournament.
That said, would anyone be totally surprised if this Spaniard, who has never finished in the top-30 of a major, beat him? Is that something that would floor the golf community? I say no.
Tiger's golf game is unpredictable, and if anything, those words Ames spoke six years ago ring true even more today. Anything could happen when Tiger is swinging the club, good or bad.
At this event, it's more about the actions of Woods than the words of his opponent.
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Tales of sunken treasure have fascinated the world since perhaps the first sunken ship, but few can claim a story of their own.
Ken Privitt is a technical marketing engineer at Intel who happens to have built a small submarine with his father years ago. Now, a lot of Intel employees have interesting hobbies and stories to tell, but Privitt's may be among the more unique. His story involves a nearly 150-year-old shipwreck, the submarine, the Supreme Court, and a fortune in gold. It even has an interesting twist.
The short version goes like this: Fifteen years ago this August, 564 gold $20 double eagle coins were recovered from the wreck of a paddle-wheel steamer named the SS Brother Jonathan using a small submarine. Privitt built that sub – a 15 ½-foot, 5,000-pound steel craft named the Delta – with his dad, Doug, a long-time machinist. The younger Privitt designed the pressure vessel and electrical, life support and propulsion systems from scratch using a self-built computer with core memory ("Pretty amazing for 1979," Ken said), and those contributions enabled the Delta to go down to 1,320 feet, making the mini-sub ideal for the job.
The before and after give this treasure tale its punch, albeit at the expense of 225 souls who perished in what remains one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history.
On Sunday, July 30, 1865, the Brother Jonathan was headed to Portland from San Francisco carrying 244 passengers and millions of dollars in newly minted gold bars and $20 Double Eagle gold coins. Under Capt. Samuel J. DeWolfe and clear blue skies, the ship made a brief port call to the near-halfway point of Crescent City. About a half-hour after re-embarking, the paddle steamer ran into a seasonally unusual severe storm. Enduring massive waves, some cresting at 30 feet high, terrified passengers begged the captain to head back to Crescent City, which DeWolfe did. Nearing the harbor, the skies cleared but not the mountainous waves. A strong tailwind made navigating unstable and the ship struck an uncharted rock, the impact sending the nine-story mast through the hull and ensured that the Brother Jonathan would founder. As screaming passengers were being washed off the decks by the waves, efforts were made to launch the six lifeboats capable of carrying all passengers and crew. Alas, due to the huge waves, only one lifeboat made it safely to shore.
"Because some of the 19 survivors were the crew, we know the details of what happened," said Privitt, 55. Information included what cargo was aboard – goods that lay somewhere on the ocean floor. "A lot of gold was on that. There were shipments that included a U.S. army payroll and an Indian treaty payment, and all the money was in gold coins or bullion. The ship was loaded, some believe overloaded. Back in 1865 there were no shipping rules for packing."
Fast-forward about 125 years and we come to where Privitt enters the story – a part that usually happens only in adventure novels, movies and video games. Aware of the submarine built by Privitt and his father, a representative of Deep Sea Research came knocking at the elder Privitt's machine manufacturing and marine fabrication operation – named MARFAB – in Santa Ana, Calif.
"This guy came in talking about treasure," the son recalled. "He wanted to use our sub to find the SS Brother Jonathan. My dad brushed him off at first, but since the sub was being used for oceanography research in Alaska and was passing Crescent City after dive season anyway, he figured 'What the heck. No skin off my nose.' When the man offered 4 percent of whatever they found, it was a deal."
During the initial salvage mission another contractor's mini-sub, the Snooper, actually found the Brother Jonathan, its gravesite unknown until technology could outsmart Mother Nature's challenges of rocky and dark underwater passageways, treacherous weather and mighty currents, plus human miscalculations of where the ship might have eventually settled. About a year later, with salvage rights secured, or so one thought, the Privitts' mini-sub would make history roughly 2 miles south of what is now called "Jonathan Rock." On Aug. 30, 1996, the Delta brought to the surface a cigar box-sized container found near the wheelhouse.
"That's where the purser was and my dad figured that's who you'd give valuables too," Privitt said.
When the salvors opened up the box on the team boat, found in mint condition were $2 million in one-ounce $20 double eagle gold coins. The one person who was not there for the big moment was the Delta's co-builder, and for ironic reasons.
"I get seasick," Ken Privitt shared with a laugh. "Before the Brother Jonathan thing, we'd be out on dives for a week and they didn't care I was over the side chumming a bit. I had to work. I was on the boat! Literally, I was seasick 24/7 because I'd get sick in my sleep, too. I would dream that I was working."
As for the sunken treasure, eventually 1,207 gold coins were recovered along with numerous artifacts. Some of the coins were encrusted from a century-plus of sea life, but the reason why many were found in mint condition, and, thus, more valuable, was they were discovered still wrapped in protective oil paper.
As for divvying up the booty, the salvors faced another series of challenges, only this time on land and mostly in the courtroom. Descendants of passengers, shippers and even the salvors themselves all battled for a share of the treasure, but the loudest voice came from the state of California, claiming it not only owned the rights to the wreck and everything located close to its shores. A long legal battle between the recovery team and the state over ownership of the coins went all the way to the Supreme Court before being unanimously decided in favor of the finders. The appropriately nicknamed "Golden State" threatened to appeal, but in 1999 dropped the matter when it settled for 200 of the $20 double eagles, estimated at $5,000 per coin or $1 million.
The remaining 1,006 coins were sold in a public auction and raised $6.3 million, the low end of what the auctioneers had estimated. After taking their fee, about $4.6 million was left. Deep Sea Research, saddled with all the costs and legal expenses, wound up with a very small return on investment. As for the Privitts, Dad earned $40,000 "and a helluva story," said the son, who received zilch, but a helluva story.
"The money my dad made went into MARFAB, so he really didn't get anything either," he said. "As for me, I enjoy telling the story even though the only active part was in building the submarine. If I hadn't built it none of that would have happened."
The younger Privitt did wind up with three of the auctioned double eagles. The man who helped get them there didn't even merit a discount. Successfully bidding between $2,000 and $2,500 for the three coins, he gave one of them to his mom before she passed away. Dad, 78, now possesses it. The other two gold pieces are earmarked for his two children, ages 22 and 21. Asked why he hasn't given the coins to them yet, he replied with a playful smirk, "They'll get them some day, eventually."
The first in his family to go to college, Privitt earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from UCLA. His destiny of going in that direction was pretty much set at the age of 4, when his father, a curious and adventure-seeking machinist, heard about a man named Ed Armstrong who was building a submarine just down the street in their Torrance neighborhood.
"They immediately hit it off," Privitt said. "I'd say he and my dad built 7 to 11 submarines before they broke off after disagreeing on my dad's new design that put the ballast tanks on the front and back instead of the sides for more stability. My dad's design was correct."
With Dad on his own, the son, who started out as a studious observer, became more hands-on over the years. In fact, during and after college he worked for his dad at MARFAB as a project engineer. His experience designing and building receivers and acoustic beacons helped him land a job at Magnavox, but not before finishing and launching the Delta. After 5 years of GPS design, working heavily with Intel microprocessors, Privitt left Magnavox for Intel as a field application engineer. That was in 1985 and he's been with the company ever since, earning a prestigious Intel Achievement Award along the way for his contribution to InfiniBand, an architecture and specification for improved data flow between processors and I/O devices.
Though he maintains an office at Intel's Folsom, Calif. campus, not far from where he resided from 1980 to 2006, he now works as a technical marketing engineer out of his home in the San Diego community of Pacific Beach. He lives with Nancy, his wife of 5 years and who he met while studying at UCLA.
Just four years from the sesquicentennial of the Brother Jonathan disaster, there's a murmur among the salvage community about a return to the wreckage that lay a couple of miles off Crescent City. Some say that four-fifths of the treasure remains down there just waiting to be discovered. Should an expedition team be formed with plenty of money and legal rights, don't expect the younger Privitt to be a party to the salvage mission at sea.
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Amazon outs new Kindle Paperwhite e-reader, adds to the Kindle Fire tablet family
The third major tech company to take the spotlight this week was Amazon. On Thursday they updated their e-reader and tablet lineups with the Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Fire HD.
The Kindle Paperwhite is the fifth-generation Kindle e-reader and it houses "the most advanced e-reader display ever constructed," says Amazon. How so? It contains 212 pixels-per-inch making room for 62% more pixels than before and this allows text to appear crisper and clearer and images are sharper and richer. In addition, the blacks are blacker and the whites are whiter thanks to 25% higher contrast. What Amazon is really touting here is the patented front-lit display that makes reading with or without natural or artificial light a better experience. With the light left on all the time, the Paperwhite will still give you 8 weeks of battery life. The new e-reader packs a 6-inch capacitive touchscreen for input; there are no physical buttons for page-turning. Amazon describes its size like this: "[it's] thinner than a magazine [at just over a third of an inch thin] and weighs less than a typical paperback [weighing 7.5 ounces]." Software enhancements include Time to Read, a feature that helps readers know the amount of time it will take them to finish a chapter or a book; X-Ray, a feature that lets readers see all passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or topics that interest them, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia; WhisperSync for Voice that allows readers to start an audiobook on one device and pick up where they left off on another; and new typeface options. A Wi-Fi only version of the Kindle Paperwhite goes on sale October 1 for $119. A 3G version will sell for $179. Preorder today.
In addition to introducing a second generation Kindle Fire (more on that device soon), Amazon added two new Android-based devices to the Fire family. The Kindle Fire HD comes in a 7-inch and 8.9-inch versions. The larger display model features 254 pixels per inch with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 (1080p full HD). The smaller display model has a lower resolution of 1280 x 800 (720p). New LCD technology reduces glare by 25% compared to the third-generation iPad. Also, integrated IPS allows for wide viewing angles. Other specs include: 1.5GHz dual-core OMAP4 4470 processor (in the Fire HD 8.9″), 1.2GHz dual-core OMAP4 460 processor (in the Fire HD 7″), Dolby Audio with dual stereo speakers, a front-facing camera for video chat, and built-in Bluetooth, HDMI-out, and 40% faster WiFi (compared to the latest iPad) thanks to dual-band support, dual antennas, and MIMO technology. To size 'em up, the Fire HD 8.9″ is 8.8mm thin weighing 20 oz. and the Fire HD 7″ is 10.2mm weighing 13.9 oz. Amazon shares that the smaller model gets 11 hours of battery life. Software enhancements include X-Ray for books, movies, and textbooks, allowing users to augment their tablet experience with expanded information from Wikipedia, IMDb, and YouTube; and FreeTime, a set of parental controls that allows parents to limit their kids' screen time by content type. Pricing and availability. The Fire HD 8.9″ comes in four flavors: WiFi-only 16GB ($299), WiFi-only 32GB ($369), 4G LTE 32GB ($499), and 4G LTE 64GB ($599). For $49.99 customers can receive 4G LTE from AT&T, 250GB of data per month for one year, plus 20GB of Amazon Cloud storage and a $10 credit in the Amazon Appstore. The Fire HD 8.9″ is up for preorder today and goes on sale November 20. The Fire HD 7″ comes in two flavors: WiFi-only 16GB ($199) and WiFi-only 32GB ($249). These are in direct competition with Google's Nexus 7 tablet. They're also there to preorder and will release sooner on September 14.
Now I told you I would return to the successor of the original Kindle Fire. Amazon is still calling it the Kindle Fire, and it still features the same 1024 x 600 non-HD 7-inch display. What's changed? It's got a 40% faster processor for better performance (1.2GHz dual-core OMAP4 430), twice the memory (1GB), and longer battery life (8.5 hours). The sole 8GB model goes on sale September 14 for $159.
Want to know what the rest of the Amazon e-reader line looks like today? In addition to the Kindle Paperwhite, the latest generation OG Kindle is still hanging in there. A slightly updated new model ships September 14 with 15 percent faster page turns and at a lower price point, $69 (ad-supported). Also still available is the Kindle Keyboard with 3G for $139 (ad-supported) and the giant Kindle DX with 3G at $379.
Get a closer look at the new Kindle Paperwhite e-reader and Kindle Fire tablets in the galleries below (in order Kindle Paperwhite, Fire HD 8.9″, Fire HD 7″, OG Fire). After the break, video and PR.
[Via Amazon 1, 2, 3] (Click here for more…)
Barnes & Noble announces Nook Tablet, updates and drops prices of Nook Color & Nook Simple Touch
Kindle Fire, meet your head-to-head competition. Today Barnes & Noble announced their latest e-reader, the Nook Tablet. On the outside, the Nook Tablet looks nearly identical to its predecessor the Nook Color. This time around, it's almost entirely what's on the inside that really counts. The Tablet is fast, packing a 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. The 7-inch multitouch screen (1024 x 600) displays 16 million colors ultra-bright and features full IPS lamination to reduce reflection and glare and offer extra-wide viewing angles and clarity. The display can play full HD 1080p content. Battery life is quite impressive, too. The Tablet offers up 11.5 hours of reading time or 9 hours of video viewing. There's 16GB of onboard storage, and this can be expanded with an SD card. Built-in WiFi allows for web surfing and downloading books, magazines, newspapers, comic books, apps and other content. (Note that though the Tablet runs Android Gingerbread, users will not have access to the Android Marketplace.) It's thinner than the Color weighing in at 14.1 ounces and it features a soft touch back design. A built-in microphone allows users to take advantage of the new Read and Record feature which allows parents to record narration and let their kids play it back when they're reading their favorite stories. The newest Nook also sees an upgrade in entertainment selection. It comes preloaded with Netflix and Hulu Plus apps for movie and TV show selections (Flixster with UltraViolet is coming soon) and Pandora, Rhapsody, Grooveshark, and MOG are available for streaming music.
During their press event, B&N highlighted their Tablet's advantages over Kindle's Fire. In addition to featuring a better display with superior viewing angle, more than 2X the memory, a lighter design, more RAM, and better content rendering, Nook Tablet owners will also have the assurance that if they ever need product support they can visit a local Barnes & Noble store to resolve their issue. That is something Amazon sadly can never offer as it is strictly an e-tailer. The Nook Tablet is now up for preorder at $249 and it releases next week on November 18. That is a fat $50 more than the direct competition coming from Amazon, so be careful when you're shopping this holiday season.
Besides announcing the Nook Tablet, B&N also took time to refresh and make cheaper their other e-readers. The new and improved Nook Color will ship with B&N's "largest software update ever" that will bring Netflix, Hulu Plus, and music streaming apps to the device, as well as a refreshed library and enhanced shopping experience. The new Color ships this December at $199. Existing owners of the Color will automatically receive the update at no cost over WiFi next month. And finally there's the tried and true Nook, now renamed the Nook Simple Touch. It will also come preloaded with a software update that will enable better battery life (users can read for up to 2 months for one hour a day). The update, which is now available for existing Nook owners to download, also makes the screen crisper and the page turn rate faster. The rebranded Nook Simple Touch is available to buy today at a low $99 with "no annoying ads." Stings a bit, doesn't it Amazon? Game on.
Amazon unveils new e-Reader lineup: Kindle, Kindle Touch & Kindle Fire
On Friday Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced the e-tailer's brand new e-Reader lineup: the $79 Kindle, the $99 Kindle Touch, and the Kindle Fire at $199.
The latest generation base Kindle is lighter, smaller, faster, and cheaper than ever. It features a new design that is 30 percent lighter than its predecessor at 5.98 ounces, 18 percent smaller, and it turns pages 10 percent faster. Its still got a 6-inch electronic ink display. The device has four buttons on its front: back, on-screen keyboard, menu, home, and a directional pad. On either side are buttons for page-turning. But there's no physical keyboard and no touch. There's a reason why it's being sold at such a low price–this Kindle is the definition of bare bones. If all you need to do is read (and you don't mind using a directional pad to navigate through menus) this is the e-Reader for you. The Kindle is available for purchase today.
An extra $20 will get you the Kindle Touch, a slightly upgraded version of the e-Reader that boasts a touch display. You won't find any buttons or a physical keyboard on this bad boy; the user interface is solely based on touch. Like the base model, this Kindle is lighter and smaller than before and it has an "extra-long battery life." The Kindle Touch (also available with 3G built-in for $149) is now available to preorder, and it releases November 21.
And finally there's the Kindle Fire, what Amazon describes as a "new class of Kindle." It's a tablet, really. So I betcha want to hear specs? The 14.6 ounce Fire packs a 7-inch LCD multitouch display with IPS and Gorilla Glass strength, 1GHz TI OMAP dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of storage. Does that number seem low to you? Worry not! Amazon promises you'll never have to think about storage space since you can save virtually all of your content in the cloud via the Amazon Cloud storage that's connected to your Amazon account. All Amazon digital content is automatically backed up for free. Movies, TV shows, music, magazines and newspapers, Android apps and games, and of course books can be purchased and downloaded right on the device. Though the Fire runs on Google's OS, Amazon has tweaked Android so much that it's totally unrecognizable. In other words, it's an experience you'll only get on this device. One feature users will be privy to is the Fire-exclusive web browser called "Amazon Silk." The company describes it as a "split browser" architecture that makes for a faster web browsing experience. And just like its E-reader brethren, the tablet uses Amazon's Whispersync technology to automatically sync your Kindle library, last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across a variety of devices. The Kindle Fire will sell for a low $199 when it hits the market on November 15.
Inspect the devices in the galleries hanging above. Read through the beefy press release after the break. (Click here for more…)
Barnes & Noble announces new Nook, "the simple touch reader"
Today Barnes & Noble unveiled a new addition to their e-reader family. The all-new Nook "the simple touch reader" is noticeably small and ultra-light. It packs a 6-inch E Ink Pearl touch display and weighs only 7.48 ounces. Its package is 35 percent lighter and 15 percent thinner than the original Nook (WiFi), and its no-glare display offers 50 percent more contrast. It features a soft-touch rubber back that B&N says makes the reading experience all the better. The battery life is phenomenal; with WiFi turned off the new Nook will last for up to 2 months on a single charge. Equally impressive is that the new Nook offers 80 percent less flashing than other e-readers; page turning on an e-ink screen is normally a headache-inducing activity, so we should all be happy that B&N is doing all they can to combat the "flashing" issue. The company also outlined the new Fast Page feature which allows readers to jump to various sections of a book at ease. Readers will also be privy to the number of pages left to go in a book. The new Nook runs Android 2.1, boasts 2GB of storage that can be expanded with use of the microSD slot, and is WiFi-capable. A 3G model is not being offered at this time. The tiny Nook goes on sale June 10 for an acceptable $139 at B&N, Best Buy, Walmart, Staples, and Books-A-Million. It is up for preorder today. Full PR after the break. Head over to the source link to see the new Nook in action.
E-ink, shme-ink, says Barnes & Noble; meet Nook Color
Yesterday Barnes & Noble unveiled the next version of their Nook e-reader. Nook Color is more than a simple e-reader, proclaims B&N; they call it a "reader's tablet." Let's run through the impressive specs and features, shall we? The new Nook was designed in collaboration with industrial designer Yves Behar and it packs a 7-inch (1024×600) LCD color touch display (from LG) that can show more than 16 million colors and has a wide viewing angle thanks to integrated IPS screen technology. The "VividView" display is covered with a lamination screen film that promises to minimize glare. E-ink is no where to be found here–this is LCD all the way. Liken this to iPad reading, not Kindle reading. It's light and portable at 8.1" (height) by 5" (width) by 0.48" (depth) and 15.8 ounces. Built-in 802.11 b/g/n WiFi is used to explore, purchase, and share content. A 3G model was not announced. There's 8GB of internal storage, and that can be expanded up to 32GB thanks to the microSD slot. B&N claims it has an eight hour battery life with WiFi turned off–a steep price to pay for color support (the original Nook boasts a 10-day battery lifespan). Nook Color runs Android all across its 7-inch touchscreen (the original Nook features a large E-ink screen with a small Android-powered touch display below it). Swiping through books and pinch-to-zoom are present and accounted for.
Content and apps time. The NOOKbook Store includes over two million books for Nook owners to preview and purchase. NOOKnewsstand brings a whole slew of newspapers, periodicals, and magazines to Nook; they include The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA TODAY, Rolling Stone, Esquire, US Weekly, National Geographic, Martha Stewart Living, Cosmopolitan, and Elle. Periodicals will be available by subscription and single copy. Reading is optimized for the touchscreen; ArticleView allows you to customize the reading experience to your liking. NOOK kids brings over 130 digital picture books and 12,000 chapter books aimed at children. AliveTouch enables children to interact with words and pictures; it also gives them the option for the device to read a story aloud (death to parenting!). The Read In Store program allows Nook owners to read Nookbooks for free one hour at a time inside B&N stores only. With the LendMe app, owners can lend their friends books and request to borrow books from friends; sharing books is free and books can be lended for up to 14 days. Books can be recommended and shared with friends over Facebook, Twitter, and email; yes, the Nook has gone social. Since Nook Color technically is a tablet too, developers can now create engaging apps for the device. B&N calls them "extras" and those available at launch will include Pandora (for music streaming), Quickoffice (for reading Microsoft Office files, PDFs, JEPGs, and more), and games (crossword puzzles, Sudoku, chess, etc.). Though it runs Android, users will not have access to the Android Market or Market apps. The upswing? A full browser is included to surf the web (Flash is not supported).
Nook Color hits store shevles November 19 for $249. You can preorder today at the B&N website. It will go on sale at Walmart, Best Buy, and Books-a-Million in late November. Full PR after the break.
In addition to announcing Nook Color, B&N took time to share details about a pending software update for the original Nook (WiFi) and Nook (WiFi+3G) models. Expect faster page-turn speed, improved search functionality, customized B&N Library organization, password protection, and continuous reading across all NOOK devices and software. Firmware update 1.5 will be available as a free download via WiFi this November.(Click here for more…)
Concept: Foldable E-Ink newspaper display
The Page, designed by Jae Kim.
With all the buzz surrounding iPad this and iPad that, it's nice to see someone else thinking outide the box when it comes to reinventing the way we read newspapers and other print media. Designer Jae Kim has conceptualized The Page, a foldable display that features a semi-transparent E-Ink screen that displays text and images. Screens that can bend into various shapes and sizes have been conceptually implemented in the past, so this certainly isn't the first player to the game. However, it does feature a number of interesting UI enhancements, including automatic column formatting depending on its shape and interactive page navigation on a flat surface. Check it out in all its concept-y glory in the video above. There's some stills waiting below, too.
[Via Designboom; Gizmodo]
B&N Nook's LendMe feature has its limitations
Barnes & Noble recently unveiled their entrance into the e-reader business with their announced of Nook, a two dual-screen WiFi/3G enabled wonder, really. One of its selling features is what B&N calls LendMe, or the ability to virtually lend a book you purchased on the device with friends and family who also own a Nook, an iPhone/iPod touch, other cellular devices, or a PC/Mac. The person who receives the lent book has fourteen days until it expires to read it. So is there a catch? Well, it's not so much a "catch" than it is a set of rules that always seems to follow around DRM-encrypted stuff. Those rules are as follows: Once you lend a book to someone, you can never lend that same book ever again; during the fourteen day lending period, you cannot read the lent book that you purchased in the first place; lastly, every book sold in the B&N e-reader store will not have the ability to be lent out (it's up to the publisher's discretion). Though these rules are rather lame, having the ability to lend a book is better than not having it, right?
[Via Engadget]
Barnes & Noble announces Nook, the coolest e-reader yet
Step aside Amazon Kindle 1, 2, DX and make way for the most innovative and stylish e-reader yet. Barnes & Noble invites us to indulge in what they are calling the Nook, a 11.2 ounce (7.7- x 4.9- x 0.5-inches) e-reader device that will surely change the game in the e-reader realm. Priced at a competitive $259, the Nook features two displays, a top 6 inch e-ink display from Vizplex and a 3.5 inch LCD touchscreen below it. It includes 2GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot for expandable storage (you can load up pictures, music, and personal PDF documents), Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a microUSB port for charging. B&N claims the Nook will run for up ten days before it needs a recharge (which takes 3.5 hours). And oh yeah, it runs Google's Android OS.
The Nook allows you to browse the B&N e-book store and choose from over one million titles. Browsing can be done cable-free via Wi-Fi (for free at Barnes & Noble stores, and onlyat B&N stores at launch) and over AT&T's 3G data service. All books can be previewed for free and most bestsellers and new releases cost $9.99. You can also keep updated with the latest news by receiving newspaper and magazine subscriptions. Nook's LendMe technology allows you to share your purchased books with others by wirelessly "lending" a copy of your book to their e-reader, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod touch, select Blackberry and Motorola phones, and soon Windows Mobile phones. All you need is the eReader Software (free) installed on your particular device. A lent copy of a book expires after 14 days.
B&N is taking preorders for the Nook today and the expected ship date is November 30. Look after the break for a video demo; see the Nook in action.
Barnes & Noble deserves a round of applause. After waiting in the shadows as companies like Amazon and Sony pumped out e-reader devices year after year, B&N has gone and surprised us all and rocked the e-reader industry with its latest creation in the Nook. Its dual-screen format looks like a winner; easy touchscreen navigation on the bottom and clear, glare-free reading on the top. It's simple yet efficient design makes B&N's Nook a new and worthy competitor in my book (pun intended).


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|Regression of cardiac valvulopathy related to ergot-derived dopamine agonists.
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|PMID: 20553285 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|AIMS: In a previous echocardiographic prevalence study we reported a significant increase in the frequency of heart valve regurgitation in patients with Parkinson's disease taking the ergot-derived dopamine agonists pergolide and cabergoline versus controls. We followed-up our original cohort of patients to ascertain whether valvulopathy regressed after discontinuation of treatment and/or its incidence increased over time.
METHODS: Prospective follow-up of 101 patients treated with ergot-derived dopamine agonists included in the prevalence study: 53 given pergolide and 48 cabergoline (64% male; 66.4 ± 8.7 years of age, 11.5 ± 5.9 years of disease, 21.8 ± 5.9 months of follow-up); 55 stopped treatment while 46 continued. The main outcomes measures, were: echocardiographic quantification of regurgitant valve disease, abnormal leaflet, or cusp thickening and measurement of mitral valve tenting area.
RESULTS: Valve abnormalities regressed in about one third of patients with significant multivalvular and in about half of the patients with monovalvular regurgitation who withdrew; no progression was observed in remaining patients. Patients continuing ergot-derived dopamine agonists showed progression of cardiac valvulopathy: seven new cases with three to four regurgitation grade of any valve occurred during follow-up; this regarded also patients who had been on pergolide for many years.
CONCLUSION: Owing to the persistence of risk of heart valve damage over time and the lack of its mid-term reversibility in many patients, we believe that pergolide and cabergoline should be prescribed only when therapeutic alternatives with a better risk/benefit ratio are unavailable and the patient has access to echocardiography.
|Renzo Zanettini; Angelo Antonini; Gemma Gatto; Rosa Gentile; Silvana Tesei; Gianni Pezzoli
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Antiparkinson Agents / adverse effects*
Dopamine Agonists / adverse effects*
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Ping-Pong and the Game of Comedy
Finding a novel in the 'ignominy of youth'
There's no teaching any writer how to be funny. You can read the great comic writers—Jane Austen, Dickens, Twain, Thurber, Leo Rosten, Kingsley Amis—and notice what a refined art comedy is, how it takes the most subtle and sophisticated writing to make you laugh. But in the end, when it comes to doing it yourself, it's the same as tap-dancing: You either have the rhythm in your bones or you don't.
Thereafter, especially if the object of your comedy is yourself, there's a great deal that can go right or wrong. I'm not sure why it took me until I was in my 50s to realize there was a comic novel, "The Mighty Walzer," to be written about my experiences as a boy table-tennis player growing up in Manchester, England, and dreaming of world domination. I think it was embarrassment.
For some of us, part of the ambition to be a novelist is the desire to blot out the ignominies of youth. That's a mistake. The ignominy of being young is a wonderful subject. I would even go so far as to say that consciousness of early embarrassment is indispensable to a novelist. It militates against the biggest sin in novel writing—especially in the writing of novels that excavate the self—which is grandiosity.
Take yourself too seriously and you're sunk. Me, me, me, me. There's only so much of that a reader can tolerate. A periodic "I" count is always a good idea, though it's not the number of them that matters; it's the spirit of their employment. Catch yourself writing an "I" too many times (and this, too, is a decision about rhythm, again like tap-dancing), and you should either start crossing out or make the self-obsession ludicrous in itself. A first-person comic novel that doesn't know there's something preposterous about a first-person comic novel is already not a good first-person comic novel.
But the other extreme is also perilous. Just as tiresome as the regulation egoist is the regulation schlemiel. I almost fell into that one with "The Mighty Walzer." I knew the literary model I needed for the story that I wanted to tell: the mock heroic. Oliver Walzer would be a hero in the classical mold, but his chosen arena for greatness—ping-pong—would render his heroic longings absurd.
The novel has been doing this since its inception. It is what the novel is for, whether the hero is Cervantes's chivalric Don Quixote or James Joyce's Homeric cuckold, Leopold Bloom. But ping-pong was a further descent into the commonplace. The danger, I quickly saw, lay in making poor Oliver too ludicrous or too pathetic.
For the novel to work, for us to care about Oliver's early ambitions and the subsequent dashing of them, not only did his love for the game have to be of a sort a reader (especially a non-ping-pong player) could enter into, but ping-pong itself had to be rendered with grandeur. Mock heroic only works if the heroic is equal to the mockery of it.
An essential rule of comedy applies here: Don't make fun of that which is easy to make fun of. Don't belittle even a game of ping-pong. What's funny might lie in the opposite direction entirely: in depicting the pursuit of real skills, in describing where an unexpected joy might lie (as, for example, in the execution of a perfect forehand smash). Then, in the moment of failure and frustration, comedy becomes indistinguishable from tragedy. And that's comedy at its best.
—Mr. Jacobson's most recent novel is "The Finkler Question," winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize. "The Mighty Walzer" (1999) will be published for the first time in the U.S. next week.