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Speedofart.com anyone? How about Penisland.net? These are but a few of the unintentional bad domain names floating around out there these days. We've all heard horror stories about some company painstakingly picking the perfect name for a product, only to find out that the term they so carefully chose actually means "goat boogers" in many of the countries where they intend to market their wares. Well, a similar thing can happen with domain names. Consider the first two listed, which are legitimate sites for Speed of Art and Pen Island respectively. There are more.
Consider a site called "Who Represents" where you can find out who Tom Cruise's agent is: www.whorepresents.com (its his sister). Or you can visit www.therapistfinder.com if you are looking for a good - get this - therapist (what were you thinking!). Believe it or not, www.molestationnursery.com will take you to the site of Mole Station Native Nursery from Australia. My kids got a kick out of www.ipanywhere.com, and finally, if your planning for a holiday at the lake, you will definitely want to visit www.gotahoe.com.
The moral of the story, of course, is let's be careful out there.
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Excerpt from The Reversal (photo credit: Wendy Werris) "Detective, your music is jazz, right?" Bosch had already turned to go back to the courtroom. Now he looked back at Johnson. "How'd you know that?" "Just a guess. We got jazz acts that come through. New Orleans jazz. You ever want tickets to a show at the El Rey, you look me up." "Yeah, I'll do that. Thanks."


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JK2models ----> JA models
The models of JK2 are bugged when you put it in JA base folder because they have the JK2 skeleton !!
Someone can convert the JK2models in JA models with the new skeleton of JA ???
It would be cool for making a PAck with them because those bugs are boring !!:(
Do you have an idea on how much work that would require?.
I think "cool mods" is attempting to do this but i'm not sure how far they have progressed.
So wow, the dual lightsaber taunt and spin move don't look right. Big deal.
to some people it must be a big deal lol :deathii:
But it will be cool if someone make a little patch which do it because not all the people use the cool mod ; another prefer for exemple the Jedi admin mod :(
i hope you understand me :)
Hey guys,
All depends of what you wanna do exactly, as you probably know JK2/JKA anims are directly "coded in",you just apply the base JK2 or JKA skeleton to your models, and then it will run correctly(this works of course, since you just put a bip,it's the same for quake3).
But there is a slight difference with JK2/JKA, if for example,you have a character that you got to work in JK2, with the standard JK2 skeleton(not with custom anims), then you'll see that the model works perfectly in JKA as well.They used the same skeleton for JK2 and JKA, and the engine adapt the animations to the model directly,so when you use a JK2 model(so exported,in a pk3 etc,like a normal model), the engine will itself put JKA anims on it.
So if you have a JK2 model with the standard JK2 skeleton, just put the model(pk3) in your JKA directory,and you'll see by yourself that the model works perfectly and that the model has JKA anims and not JK2 anims.
I didn't try it with the Standard JK2 models though, i made a few models and exported them to JK2,and then tried them in JKA and they worked perfectly. It's weird that you have some bugs in JKA that aren't here in JK2
I hope that i've been able to help you ;)
BTw : Hello to everybody, just signed in here =)
When you use Yoda model of jk2 with two sabers and you do the trick when the two sabers turn around you , only one turn around you because the other stay in the other hand :L
And when you try an animation with thee two sabers in JA with a JK2 model only one saber move not the other
That's because a bone has been renamed in the new .GLA (l_hand_tag_bone to l_hang_tag_bone).
You'd have re-compile the character with the correct changes, it's easy to do if you have the original max file, a bit more challenging when you dont ;).
I look for the file .gla but there isn t :(
Can u explain a little more please ?
You cant fix characters by messing with the GLA file.
The animation file is stored in one of the pk3 files (probably assets01.pk3).
Unless you have 3D studio max and lots of free time you wont fix anything, so forget about it.
Lol Avengerio, maybe you are the avengerio i know from jolt 3-5 when i played (still play) jk2. I recomend you to try to do a model, then see how borring or difficult, call it as you want, is doing one and then you will understand what are you asking.
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Today made the 41st day I have been running to the mail box even before the mail is place in it. Still nothing:mad::tired::smoke23::frown:
I'd say you're REAL close...hang in there!:yup:
SOON: Stay armed...stay safe!
Be patient, it won't be long, it just seems that way.
I remember checking the mail for mine the same day I applied. :huh: I knew it was irrational, but I couldn't help it. It'll get there.
So will we be getting a daily update?
The good news is that when it does get there, it will likely have been issued after the change in term took effect and you'll have a 7 year license instead of a 5 year term. That's worth a couple of extra days! :danceban:
If you want a quick update on the status of your application, you can call (850) 245-5691. Those folks will advise you of the status of your application as well as the anticipated mailing date.
When the "wait" happend to me I just found a lot of things to do to keep my mind off it, like going to the range, renting tons of movies, working out more than normal, or going to the mall.
Just remember to run up to the mailman and yell "I HAVE A GUN!" when it gets there.
Have you tried taking the mailman hostage til they come up with the permit
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Azerbaijani writer`s novel released in UK
By Sabina Saha, literary critic
A novel by Azerbaijani writer and literary critic Vagif Sultanly was published in London in English this year. ``The Human Sea`` novel, which is another step in promoting Azerbaijani literature abroad, was edited by Michael Brannock.
Sultanly, who is known among the Azerbaijani literary community mostly as a prose writer, has published a number of stories, narratives and novels, including ``Extinct stars``, ``Slave market``, ``Dream of Death``, ``Valley of non-existence``, ``Traveler on a tough road``, ``Horizons of freedom``, ``Azerbaijani immigration literature``, ``Escape coast of life``, etc.
``The Human Sea``, which merges the common features of realism and the conditional-metaphoric genre, describes developments that occurred at the end of the 20th century. The author tries to shed light on the social and moral contradictions of that period in the backdrop of the fate of a person who accidentally commits murder.
The author successfully turned the shortfalls that were engrained in society, such as indifference, carelessness and immorality, into the focus of his creative writing.
British publicist and critic Dr. Vincent Walsh highly assessed Sultanly`s novel in its preface, saying it offers a good creative solution to the alienation problem that took hold in society.
``The Human Sea`` novel is currently being readied for publication in the United States.
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A team of eight MIT undergraduate and graduate students won two awards in this year's U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings Case Competition, out of more than 150 students from across the country. The win means MIT students have taken home not just one, but two, prizes from the competition each of the three years it has taken place.
The case competition engages the next generation of engineers, entrepreneurs and policymakers to develop creative solutions to real-world energy efficiency problems for businesses and other organizations. It is part of a White House-DOE Better Buildings Initiative working to make commercial and industrial buildings 20 percent more energy efficient by 2020 and to accelerate private sector investment in energy efficiency.
This year's competition took place in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2014. The MIT team, First Fuel, was led by Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) graduate student Brian Bowen and DUSP/Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) graduate student Phil Kreycik, along with faculty advisor Harvey Michaels. They won in two of the six real-world case studies.
Best Proposal – Experimenting with Efficiency: Greening the Grant Process for Research Institutions Case Study
Students: Philip Kreycik (DUSP/CEE), Akshay Dayal (Sloan School of Management), Delphine Kaiser (Mechanical Engineering, '15), Cheetiri Smith (Mechanical Engineering, '14)
Description: This team was asked to develop a business case and implementation strategy for universities to promote energy efficiency in laboratories funded with external grants, and to recommend changes to the federal government's grant policies that would enable university laboratories to conserve more energy.
Plan: The team recommended a three-pronged strategy for the federal government to reduce energy costs by changing the financial incentives and by disseminating information to research labs. First, establish efficiency standards for the most energy intensive lab equipment, including fume hoods and ultra low temperature freezers. Equipment not meeting these standards would not be eligible for grant funding. Second, change the indirect cost recovery calculation to reduce the amount of energy expenses that can be claimed, while simultaneously providing new funds for energy conservation. Finally, mandate that a best energy practices training be required of all lab staff to inform them of simple everyday changes they could make and how much energy they would save.
Next, the team explained how a university should structure its energy-management efforts in research laboratories. The theme was to use a combination of top-down and bottom-up support to motivate action at all levels. The first recommendation was to obtain and leverage a university-wide commitment to energy efficiency with a tangible goal, both to provide accountability toward meeting the commitment for administrators and to provide incentives and recognition for those decision-makers who achieve exemplary energy conservation results. The other recommendations included the development of standards and policies for operations and renovations and the employment of peer-learning programs among researchers to build grassroots support and social norms of sustainable behaviors. The team demonstrated the effectiveness of such strategies by citing the success of several leading universities in mobilizing researchers toward a common goal of sustainable operations.
Most Innovative – Electri-City: Energy Management in Public Buildings Case Study
Students: Brian Bowen (DUSP), Young Jin Kim (Electrical Engineering& Computer Science), Samir Luther (Sloan School of Management), Julia Sokol (Mechanical Engineering)
Description: This team was asked to create a long-term energy management plan for a fictional mid-sized city, "Electri-City," that has set a 10-year, 20 percent energy reduction goal for a portfolio of 150 public buildings. The city has limited capital for large-scale upgrades and does not have a firm grasp on energy usage from each facility.
Plan: The team's plan, "ReCharge" (which once adopted by cities would carry the city's name, e.g. "ReCharge Boston"), uses creative financing and community engagement solutions. First, the students recommend that the city establish a revolving loan fund, which allows energy efficiency projects to pay for themselves through avoided utility costs. Revolving funds are also self-sustaining, which facilitates the financing of future projects. More innovative still, the team recommended implementing a two-step crowdfunding campaign. The first step would utilize a civic crowdfunding platform, like Neighbor.ly, to promote a community-focused energy efficiency project such as retrofitting a library or community theater—any facility with a strong community focus.
Next, the team recommended that the city enable its public employees—the people who interact with its buildings each day—to contribute to the revolving loan fund through a "ReCharge Account." Employees could elect to defer a small portion of their paycheck (around 1 percent) to this account to be received as a "holiday bonus" at the end of the year. In the meantime, the deferred funds would flow into the revolving loan fund. Although these accounts provide only a small portion of the City's financing, by getting employees to invest their own money into the program, they can create more energy-efficient behavior among employees.
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Christina Aguilera "Planning to Secretly Marry" Matt Rutler?
"The ink is barely dry on her four-month-old divorce, but Christina Aguilera is already planning to secretly marry her boyfriend, production assistant Matt Rutler," begins a piece from the latest issue of Star magazine.
A so-called "friend" of the singer reveals, "Christina is telling us that she'd love to marry Matt. She's absolutely consumed with him and can't stand to be apart for even a minute."
"She began talking about marriage within months of splitting with [ex-husband] Jordan [Bratman]," notes the alleged "source."
The mag also says Aguilera and Rutler's wedding will be "hush-hush and low key – the exact opposite of the million-dollar extravaganza she put on for her first wedding in 2005."
In fact, "The Voice" judge's upcoming nuptials are so "hush-hush" that not even she knows about it!
A source close to Aguilera tells Gossip Cop, "The story is entirely false," and though "the couple is happy, neither has plans to marry."
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Degree Information
Northeastern University, Boston, MA Ph.D. in Applied Economics, 2012
Suffolk University, Boston, MA M.S. in International Economics, 2006
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey B.A. in Economics, 2004
Principles of Macroeconomics, Financial Management I, Principles of Microeconomics, Mathematics for Finance
Recent Service to the Sage Community
School of Management Outcomes Assessment Committee
Scholarship and Professional Achievement
Current Professional Interests:
Health Economics, Labor Economics, Policy Impact Evaluation
Coauthored papers:
The impact of minimum drinking age laws on alcohol consumption, smoking, and marijuana use revisited, forthcoming in Journal of Health Economics.
The impact of drinking on psychological well-being: Evidence from minimum drinking age laws, 2012, Social Science & Medicine, 75, 1944-1854.
The impact of minimum drinking age laws on alcohol consumption, smoking, and marijuana use: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design using exact date of birth, 2011, Journal of Health Economics, 30, 740-752.
Book Chapters:
Recent volunteering trends in the United States," 2011, Advances in Sociology Research, J.A. Jaworski (eds.), Nova Science, NY, 9, 219-231.
Grants/Honors Received
Conference Travel Grant, Department of Economics, Northeastern University (2011), Graduate and Professional Student Association, Northeastern University (2010 & 2011)
Graduate Scholarship, Northeastern University (2007-2008)
Tuition Scholarship, Northeastern University Department of Economics (2006-2007)
Ballotti Fellowship and Assistantship, Suffolk University (2004-2005)
"The effect of alcohol consumption on labor market outcomes of young adults: Evidence from minimum legal drinking age laws"
Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, New York, NY (February 2011)
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC (November 2011)
Northeastern University, Department of Economics (December 2011)
IMPAQ International (February 2012)
The Sage Colleges, School of Management (April 2012)
Analysis Group, Boston (April 2012)
Northeastern University External Advisory Board Committee (May 2012)
"The effect of supervisor-employee age, gender, and race differences on employees' job satisfaction"
Northeastern University, Department of Economics (May 2009)
Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA (February 2010)
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Samsung Galaxy S5 now officially up for pre-order in the UK
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has officially gone up for pre-order in the UK today, exactly two weeks before its release date of April 11. This is exactly on time according to an announcement made earlier this month.
One retailer did put the Galaxy S5 up for pre-order just a few days after its announcement, and we did report on that, but said retailer took its listing down in the meantime, because the pricing wasn't confirmed at that point.
So now it's all good, and you can pre-order a Samsung Galaxy S5 pretty much from every place you can think of. EE is offering the device in black, white, and blue (as are all operators aside from Vodafone, because Big Red has an exclusive on the gold variant). Interestingly, you can't get it for free upfront, the least you have to pay is £9.99 for the handset, then £42.99 for a monthly plan with unlimited minutes and texts and 10 GB of data.
At O2, with O2 Refresh, you can get the phone for free with a £48 per month plan that has unlimited minutes and texts, and 5 GB of data.
Vodafone has all the colors available, and the cheapest plan that nets you the Galaxy S5 for free costs £47 per month, bringing you unlimited minutes and texts, and 2 GB of data.
Three doesn't give you the S5 for free in any situation, you'll have to pay £69 to get it. The cheapest plan costs £38 per month and offers 600 minutes, unlimited texts, and 2 GB of data. Three's cheapest plan that brings you unlimited minutes costs £41 per month and also has unlimited texts and 2 GB of data.
Carphone Warehouse will sell you a Galaxy S5 SIM-free for £569.95, or free on a £42 per month plan from Vodafone (which has unlimited minutes and texts, and 3 GB of data).
At Phones 4u, it's an EE contract that nets you the Galaxy S5 for free, costing £42.99 and coming with unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, and 4 GB of data.
And finally, if you want to get a Galaxy S5 SIM-free and unlocked, but cheaper than at the high street retailers, you can always head to Clove, well known in the online world for selling mobile devices. The price there is £534, and, as everywhere else, stock is expected to arrive on April 11.
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Space Clearing for the Soul Workshop
Enjoy a light, relaxed and fun filled day on the Heaven Scent Bliss - 'Space Clearing for the Soul' one- day workshop.
- Do people find you a sympathetic and good listener?
- Are you a therapist or healer?
- Do you work in any capacity as a carer?
- Would you like to feel lighter and fully energised?
- Are you interested in clearing stagnant or negative energies?
If you answered 'YES' to 'ANY' of these questions then space clearing for the soul is for you.
This course is designed for experienced therapists and those with a basic knowledge.
All levels of competency and diversity will be catered for, as we will all learn from each other on this joyful day.
Bring lunch, water and a dowser if you have one.
What Will Be Experienced on the Space Clearing 1-Day Training Event?
- Space clear and de-clutter using simple Feng Shui and Light Language Phrases
- Learn how to dowse, muscle test and develop your existing skills to verify information
- Use effective grounding and centring techniques that anchor your energy
- Sample easy and fun ways of protecting your physical/subtle energy bodys,
in the work space and home environment from:
- Psychic attack
- Electro-magnetic fields
- Geopathic stress
- Learn how to move inappropriate energies on
- Enhance all channels of communication on every level
- Realign your original blueprint with Sacred Geometry
- Enjoy cleansing, harmonising and dedicating crystals in simple and diverse ways
- Detoxify yourself on every level, enjoying renewed vigour, boundless energy and passionate enthusiasm for your life purpose
What is the Cost, and When is the 'Space Clearing for the Soul' Workshop?
- DATE : Saturday 28th January 2012
- TIME : 9.30am - 4.30pm
- VENUE : Scout Headquarters - Goodstation Lane, Penkridge, Staffordshire
- Adults - £65.00
- Juniors (under 12 y.o.) - £25.00
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Genre: Non-fiction
Publisher: Allen Lane
Publication Date: 26/01/2012
David Stuart 23 January 2012 - 3:37pm
We live in a world filled with temptations and distractions, and all too often we surrender to them.
The dessert trolley takes precedence over the salad bar; the company report is sidelined in favour of updating our Twitter status; and we put off until tomorrow what we could do today. What we could all do with more of is willpower – that Victorian notion of inner strength that we can draw upon to resist temptations, overcome obstacles, and spend our time more productively. Luckily, after being out of favour for a number of years, willpower has made a comeback, and Roy F. Baumeister (a psychologist) and John Tierney (a science writer) have collaborated to write an extremely accessible book on the subject.
Willpower is important, not only because it is a trait that is regularly found to correlate with a person's success in life, but it is an area that can be worked at and improved. Combining the latest social science research with real life examples (from David Blaine to Henry Morton Stanley) the authors make clear how willpower works. Explaining how if we use it up in one area there will be nothing left in another, and equally how improving willpower within one area of your life inevitably leads to improved willpower in other areas.
It is a popular science book rather than a self help manual, but the work will nonetheless provide the interested reader with many ideas that they can apply to their own lives.


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Tahmoh Penikett is accustomed to being a household name in the Sci-fi genre. He now finds himself part of the 'Supernatural' fandom with his brilliant roles as Ezekiel and Gadreel from season nine. This Yukon, Canada born actor is well known and loved for his role as Helo in 'Battlestar Galactica,' as well as Paul Ballard from 'Dollhouse.' Penikett has an impressive filmography including the film "Man of Steel,' 'Continuum,' and 'Bomb Girls.'
Q. Can you tell your fans how the cast and crew welcomed you back to the set for episode 'Meta Fiction?'
A. The fan response has been amazing since the first episode I appeared in aired. I have been in the genre universe for the majority of my career and become very familiar with genre fans and how passionate they can be. I can say with confidence that the SPN fans are something different. They LOVE this show and that quickly became clear from the hundreds of tweets and thousands of followers who hit me up on Twitter (which I've only been on for about a year and a half) the days following my first appearance as Ezekiel.
The cast and crew are great. The vibe on set is professional, but light and loving. These guys are all joking around and talking the piss out of each other whenever they can. It's rare in this business, but a testament to the leads and the precedent they set on set with their attitude. Both Jensen and Jared took the time to introduce themselves and make me feel welcome.
Q. Tell your fans about your upcoming film called 'Painkillers' and any other projects that you have in the works.
A. I'm really excited about 'Painkillers.' It's got the perfect balance of psychological thriller, drama, humor and kick ass action all rolled into one. It's a story about a squad of Marines who after a mission seemingly goes awry in Afghanistan, all wake up in a hospital remembering little of what actually transpired there. As their memory starts to come back, the reality is far from what they thought.
Our Director Peter Winther was awesome! One of the most positive, funny and hard working people I've met. I was able to work with some amazing actors too, one being Colm Feore who's always been an idol of mine. Erica Durance and I finally got to work together again, she's such a sweet soul and talented veteran. I had the best experience with Lesley Ann Brandt. She's a quadruple threat, no joke. The woman can dance (ask Peter Winther about this), fight, act and has a beautiful singing voice to match. She's also incredibly funny and had the cast and crew cracking up regularly.
I can't wait to see the finished product! We had a blast shooting it and hopefully all the elements necessary for a kick ass, adrenaline fueled, psychological thriller for the audience to enjoy. We've got some other projects we're looking at, but nothing I can talk about yet.
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Lucali Looks Manhattan-ward
Plus: Giuseppina's is "99 percent done" and will open in two weeks.
If all goes according to plan for Lucali owner and chief pizzaioli Mark Iacono, the lines at his spot will get a lot more manageable. He tells Feast that his brother Chris's Park Slope offshoot, Giuseppina's, is "99 percent done" and will open in two weeks, which should help a little. Plus, he's training folks to run the ovens at Lucali without him. "Once they're ready I might venture to Manhattan," he says. "Maybe." [Feast]


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I'm glad to let you know that we just released DB2 9 Express – C for Windows Vista (32 bit). You can download it here.
Meanwhile, Microsoft seems to have issues with their own database. SQL Server users will have to wait.
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I've been using sql server on vista for over a month now. There is a ctp for sql server sp2 that updates sql to work on vista. I haven't had any issues with it.
Remove the hard returns from the url above. It was scrolling the page horizontally.
Hi Scott,
thanks for contributing a link to the CTP. It's a good thing and I hope that it'll help some SQL Server users. However keep in mind that according to the Microsoft page:
"_These packages have been made available for general testing purposes only. Do not deploy the CTP software in production_"
So there may be some time still before seeing the real thing.
I appreciate your comment,
PS: I've fixed your link, and Textile is enabled too.
SQL Server 2005 worked fine on Vista from the git-go, without even the update pack. More FUD from the anti-Microsoft crowd. Ignore it.
Peter, I'm not part of the anti-Microsoft crowd. I like Windows Vista, I've used SQL Server quite a bit and I even have "a site":http://www.visualcsharp.it entirely dedicated to Visual C#.
I'm passionate about great technologies, no matter who produces them.
As far as I know there have been a few reports of SQL Server issues with Vista, and the article I linked even "made the front page of Slashdot":http://slashdot.org/articles/06/12/16/1512210.shtml.
I also based my statement "will have to wait" (despite the SP may solve "these issues":http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/windowsvistasupport.mspx) on the fact that Microsoft clearly warns users not to use the software for anything but testing. I would think that this leads any reasonable person to believe that it may not be "production ready" yet.
There is no FUD spreading intended. I care about being intellectually honest, and if you're right about SQL Server on Vista, I'd be happy to hear about how developers won't have to wait to use their favorite database server in a production setting.
Thanks for your comment,
XML and Vista with and now DB2
XML is Everywhere! This phrase or something similar has been floating around often referring to the pureXML support in DB2 9. Microsoft has reinforced IBM's XML strategies with Windows Vista. Microsoft is moving toward XML file formats for Windows Vista and Office 2007 with XPS. Rest assured companies will evaluate how databases perform with XML storage. For document re-purposing which Microsoft alludes to, there will be a need for native XML support in data management.
The following press actually talk to both Vista and pureXML.
Opps missed the "url":http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=41469.
Microsoft is always late with their releases. Why? Anyway vista is shiny and db2 is excellent. I will use them together for my company.


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Scored 371 points (24.7/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL. Allowed 314 points (20.9/g), 14th.
Differential of 57 points (3.8/g), 8th. Expected W-L: 9.0-6.0.
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Carson Daly & Producer Angie React To Marriage Experts' Arguing AdviceIf you're going to fight with your S.O., do it the smart way!
Carson Daly Answers The '13 Questions To Ask Before Getting Married'The questionnaire is "designed to spark honest discussions and possibly give couples a chance to spill secrets before it's too late."
Olivia Munn Shoots Down Engagement Rumors By Posting Hilarious Text Message Exchange With Her Mother"If I was engaged, I promise you'd be like the 8th person to know. Maybe 9th," Munn joked to her mom.
Carson Daly Marries Fiancée Siri Pinter Over The Holidays"Families come in all shapes and sizes... but all you need is love," Siri posted on Instagram.
Watch: Los Angeles Couple Tells "Drunk History" Style Story of How They Met
Mornings With Carson Daly Pick The Worst Wedding SongsEven the best ragers can be totally ruined by a bad DJ, so we came up with a list of the songs we just can't stand at wedding receptions.
USC Couple Invites Hundreds Of Wedding Crashers To Their ReceptionWhen Chad Riddersen and Jessica Zetino began planning their June 27 nuptials, they decided to pay homage to one of their favorite films -- Wedding Crashers starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
Iggy Azalea Is Engaged to Nick YoungIggy Azalea is engaged, and she's got the ring to prove it.
Producer Angie & Sarah Attend An AMP Radio WeddingEven though pregnant Producer Angie was not partaking in the alcohol portion of the festivities, she sure had lots of stories to share about our shenanigans!
Carson Daly Chats With Bridesmaid For Hire Founder Jen Glantz!Jen will help you and your maids with everything from speech-writing to standing alongside you at the altar!
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Former Stuttgart Ricebird multi-sport standout Dontrell Brown will continue his baseball career with Arkansas Baptist College after signing with the school Monday morning at Stuttgart City Hall.
Brown, who earned a full athletic scholarship, helped lead the Ricebirds to the 4A state baseball championship game and earned all-conference and all-state honors.
Last week, he competed for the East squad in the 2013 baseball all-star game in Conway.
On hand for Brown's signing were his sister, Marquita Dunn and mother, Lisa Brown, as well as Arkansas Baptist head baseball coach Shawn Regan.
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Randy Brown
Randy Brown created his first painting at the age of 17 which was an oil painting for a friend that featured an image of the friend's home. It was not until 1983 that he really took an interest in wildlife art. Randy found a book in a local bookstore entitled "Duck Stamps and Prints" that he purchased and has been in love with waterfowl ever since.
Randy grew up in south Georgia near an old mill pond that was featured in one of his limited edition duck prints entitled "The Old Mill Pond". That print went on to be selected by the Madison County Alabama Chapter of Ducks Unlimited as their Duck Print of the Year for 1991. Although Randy has no formal art training, he has won several local awards for his work.
In May of 2010, Randy decided to make his wildlife art hobby a full-time career and has been busy since that day creating new and exciting waterfowl paintings.
1% of the profits from the sale of my paintings goes to Ducks Unlimited.
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Obituary Robert Talbert
Robert "Bobby" Talbert, 56, died Feb 16 2012, at William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay.
He was born in Radford VA and lived in Barefoot Bay for 7 years, coming from Winston-Salem, NC.
Survivors include his companion Carlos Chavez; mother, Janet Talbert and sister Susan Styron of Lexington NC; sister Iris Johnson of King, NC; and sister Debby Marriott of Barefoot Bay FL.
Memorial contributions may be made to William Childs Hospice House, 381 Medplex Pkwy, Palm Bay FL 32905.
Services: No services are planned at this time.
Arrangements are by Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory, Sebastian. Condolences can be sent to www.seawindsfh.com.


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Ally, Jordan and I met Vincenzo at the Colosseum and we were off. Ally had met him years ago on a different trip to Rome and he gave us a free tour of the Forums and the Colosseum.
We had learned during the domus tour that there were actually several forums in the area. It's now surrounded by the ruins of ancient government buildings and the current city buildings are above it.
In ancient times it was the center of public life as a venue for public speeches, trials, elections, commercial affairs and more.
Ceasar's body was also publicly burned in the area, using any timber the Romans could find, including the roof of the Roman Senate.
We went into the original Roman Senate, as it's still largely intact and the roof was replaced. There's currently an exhibition on Nero inside. That's where I learned the origins of "body politic" and "head of state." Seriously, how had I not heard those before?
The Romans had headless statues that represent the institution, the "body politic," and they would change the head as the emperor changed, leading to "head of state." That showed that to the Romans, the institution was more important than the man, a similar concept to the American political system. So much for my polisci degree, don't remember learning that!
But, standing in there and seeing an ancient stack of bricks (I kid, it's amazing), made me realize, yet again, how little I know or remember about ancient Rome and how it influences us today. I will be making some library visits this weekend or parking myself at the bookstore and giving myself a history lesson.
They think Ceasar's cremated remains might be buried somewhere in the area of the forum, but no one has found them yet. It's one of Rome's great mysteries.
We walked on the original walk ways, or Sacred Way, where many ancient stones remain. Cool for the history factor, miserable to walk on for very long. You find yourself silently yelling at yourself to LOOK UP instead of concentrating on the stones, so you have to move slowly so as not to break your ankle but to also take in the ancient ruins.
We made our way to the Colosseum next and really, it's one of those things that you see the pictures and then you see it in real life. It looks just like the pictures, but still takes your breath away and you have a major "I am here" moment. I love those moments.
Interesting that we build stadiums pretty much the same way they built the Colosseum, minus the massive rocks and the fact that we have modern technology to speed construction. And yet, the Colosseum still stands.
Many statues and pieces are missing, the statues were mostly stolen. Some was disrepair and after the Colosseum ceased to be used for public events, people basically squatted in the vacant space.
We learned about the brutality of the gladiator matches, but also the killing of animals and the people that were killed by the animals, largely for sport. The emperor paid to build the Colosseum and also for the activities there. It was free entertainment, food and drink for the Romans. The guide told us it was in many ways to keep people happy with the emperor, keep them entertained and keep them aware of having to fight invaders/enemies at any time.
But, it was brutal and we asked if anyone had ethical issues with the activities, this was before PETA after all. Vincenzo told us that there were reports of a friar who stood between two gladiators at one match. The friar was killed, but the matches stopped after that. No one really knows if it was the friars actions that stopped the matches, or if the emperor ran out of money, or something else entirely.
The views from the top of the Colosseum are incredible and not to be missed. Taking in all of the Forums and part of Palatine Hill from there was just amazing.
Vincenzo had to catch another tour so we headed to Palatine Hill on our own. A little tougher to figure out without a guide, but still amazing. It's where the emperors lived and Augustus was the first, I think. We found some of the rooms that were part of his house and some of the frescoes are still visible. If you see the pictures on Facebook, there's a few where you can see the frescoes.
We found some more awesome views of the city from the hill and wandered around the ruins for awhile, eavesdropping on another tour now and then to figure out what we were looking at.
By then we were starving and passed Circus Maximus (very anticlimactic) on our way to the Jewish Quarter for lunch at a place that came highly recommended by Jordan's host mom. Ba'Ghetto and it is in fact amazing. Amazing! We had falafel and I had a pasta with cheese and pepper...in a bowl of baked cheese. Seriously. It was like the pasta never ended. I struggled a bit, but managed to pretty much clear my plate.
We visited a very popular bakery that was pretty much cleared out by then, but Ally picked up some sort of pastry thing that included jellied fruits. Interesting, but surprisingly tasty. With our baked goods to power us on, we walked (more walking!) to the church with the Mouth of Truth, or Bocca della Verita. Again, some pictures on Facebook. It's where they would bring accused adulterers and have them put their hands in the mouth and if you were guilty, priests were on the other side to hit your hand. This tradition apparently came from Venice, where people would write and submit their accusations into slots that looked like mouths throughout the city.
After pictures with the Mouth of Truth, we went into the church that had a sign in which a translation went awry: "Dress whit dignity."
Language barriers aside, the church, Santa Maria in Cosmedin was beautiful. Probably my favorite. This is where I really noticed how much the tile mosaics looked like the one we saw in the domus tour on Saturday. And where my obsession with this tile really took hold. Seriously, there are lots of pictures of it on my phone that I need to upload.
With time to kill before dinner, we crossed the river to Trastevere for some exploring. We ended up in one of the earliest churches in Rome, Santa Maria. The support columns inside were "repurposed" from other Roman sites.
After a day of history, we wrapped up with dinner at the site where Ceasar was stabbed. Seems fitting to have already seen his cremation and possible burial site. It is, after all, all about Ceasar.


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I hate to say it, but the more likely scenario would be Reid keeping Cassel and playing him to try and build trade value while grooming Geno to take over.
He's on a 1 year deal at this point and nobody's going to trade for a QB mid-season.
I don't think Reid would have any interest in teaching Cassel a new system, only to jettison and have to teach the new QB a new system again the next season. There is no trade value to build because he's a pending FA and there's no way in hell they bring him back when his contract is up after this coming season.
I don't see a scenario where Cassel is on this roster next year unless it's purely as a backup.
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As part of a research problem my friend asked me to search for a an example of a complete metric space $(X,d)$ and functions $f,g,h$ from $X$ to $X$ such that:
(a) Range of $h$ contains the range of $f$ and the range of $g$.
(b) There exist non negative real numbers $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ and $\delta$ with $\alpha+ \beta+ \gamma+ 2\delta <1$ so that:
$d(f(x),g(y))\le \alpha d(h(x),h(y))+\beta d(h(x),f(x))+\gamma d(h(y),g(y))+ \delta\big(d(h(x),g(y))+(h(y),f(x))\big)$
(c) $f,g,h$ should not satisfy $d(f(x),g(y))\le \alpha d(h(x),h(y))$for all $\alpha\in[0,1)$.
My first thought was to turn towards trivial examples like the identity function but that doesn't seem to work. Can someone make a suggestion?


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Acting from the heart
USC freshman Shayna Turk, a 2010 graduate and former class president of New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, didn't expect a nice gesture with a simple purpose to turn into a mitzvah with the power to save and restore young lives. The musical theater summer camp she created seven years ago, Shayna Turk's Academy of Rising Stars (S.T.A.R.S.), has evolved into a substantial philanthropic enterprise.
Her selfless, charitable pursuit garnered her the title of Young Entrepreneur of The Year in June 2010 and a $10,000 college scholarship from the National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation and Visa.
As a child, Turk was an actress, an extrovert and an overachiever. She began to act in plays and musicals at the age of 5 and starred in dozens of productions throughout her youth. When she earned a leading role in the musical "Grease" while her little sister was given a part in the chorus, Turk thought her sister deserved better. This sowed the seeds of her idea for a performing arts camp for kids, where everyone would have a chance to participate, gain confidence and have fun.
At age 11, Turk began holding drama classes for children in her home in Agoura Hills. The idea was to teach them to perform a popular musical and have a public performance at the end of the course. She turned her grandparents' nearby garage into a theater with a stage.
At the same time, Turk became very close to Delaney Small, a now-8-year-old neighbor who suffered from a congenital heart problem. When Delaney's mother, Brenda, created Music for Heart, a nonprofit dedicated to helping pay for third-world children to have the same open-heart surgery that saved Delaney's life, Turk dedicated hours to helping her promote the charity.
S.T.A.R.S. grew in popularity and profitability, presenting multiple live productions per summer and charging a modest sum for tickets. Turk immediately linked her two passions. "I started to donate the proceeds, from the time of my bat mitzvah. I was just so touched and connected to the organization and the family, that I saw an opportunity to help in another way," she said.
Ticket sales, camp tuition and donations have enabled her to raise $10,000 over the years to help pay for the surgeries of several Salvadoran children. She has also been to El Salvador twice to visit children with heart conditions.
Turk thinks the charitable aspect of her business helped her win the Young Entrepreneur award from among 4,300 applicants nationwide, and she credits her parents, Gregory, a dentist, and Diana, herself an entrepreneur, with instilling in her the value of tzedakah.
When reflecting on her experience with the children she's taught at her camp, as well as those whose lives she helped save, Turk said she feels humbled and appreciative. "I didn't know it would have such an effect on me. It changed my character."
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Two Alaska state troopers shot and killed on the line of duty this week are now having their deaths thoroughly investigated by the local police force. At least one of the victims made a special appearance on a recent TV show introducing viewers to the daily lives of Alaska officers and their various job requirements. ABC News reports this Friday, May 2, 2014, that details on the crime are still forthcoming, but it is known that a single suspected gunman is currently being detained.
A spokeswoman for the troopers confirmed that 2 Alaska state troopers were shot and subsequently killed during a routine investigation that took place in an isolated village known as Tanana. The identities of the officers have also been identified this Thursday — Trooper Gabriel "Gabe Rich, as well as Sergeant Patrick "Scott" Johnson.
While the spokeswoman noted that Johnson may have made a brief appearance on the television show, she did note that Rich was confirmed to have been a feature officer portrayed on the "Alaska State Troopers" National Geographic show. The popular show's site added that these Alaska state troopers are truly "one of the toughest law enforcement agencies in the nation," saying they are capable of "responding by land, air, and sea — with backup sometimes days away."
Newser adds in a report today that little is known to the public about the violent shooting in Tanana at this point in time. A single suspect has been detained, and the remote village community is not often visited, usually leading people visiting the area to have to arrive via aircraft due to an overall lack of roadway accessibility.
It seems that the 2 Alaska state troopers shot and killed while on the line of duty arrived Wednesday night to the soon-to-be crime scene after alerts reached them of a suspect "brandishing a firearm in the village." Though located much closer to Fairbanks, Alaska, the pair were the first to arrive on the scene.
The Alaska state governor has also been made aware of the tragic shootings, and offered a statement on the 2 officers' deaths shortly after the incident from he and his wife. He said that both men are nothing less than fallen heroes.
"[We] were deeply saddened to learn of the senseless, brutal crime that took the lives of two of Alaska's finest. These fallen heroes answered the call to serve and protect, and made the ultimate sacrifice, while keeping our communities safe."
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Obama Signs in new legislation, to detain humans for life, even after they have been proven Innocent by a judge & jury.
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Having heard Judge Napolitano make this argument time after time and there is noting he says which makes any sense.
First of all, one of the constricts of our "Constitution" as told by our founders is we must, understand the intent. They told us very straightforward that this design is a design to limit the power of government—not to expand it.
Now let's pretend we are reasonable. What nation in any sense would make it a process of their laws that it would project to the citizens of the world? Perhaps if you're a "communist" or an "islamist" with the goal of worldwide domination—then it may make sense.
It is not, nor has it ever been our intent that this great experiment would be inclusive to the world. They were not critical theorists who came up with irrational, unreasonable insane concepts. They were very deliberate, premeditated, and conservative in action and in thought to make the wonder of the miracle of our government, based on our "Constitution".
Our history is strewn with this fact. We made the determination to fight our enemies once to an "unconditional" surrender. Who would possible believe we had any illusion we would project the "protections" of an American citizen to those outside, to the wonder of our "Constitution" who are not part of our nation—identified as enemies?
It is the rejection of our laws, open borders, allowing the Supreme Court to make a mockery of the 14th amendment, giving amnesty to those who break our laws which are the errors of this nation. These are problems. To keep those whose only objective is to destroy this nation incarcerated till eternity, breaks no "intent" of our "Constitution".
Obama is the most dangerous person to ever set foot on this earth. The only difference between him and any of the African dictators is that he hasn't eaten any of his victims..........YET.
This idiot cant be more against ambition and tanacity in others if he can say this with a straight face. Sadly there is a chance he can keep his seat because he has that muych time to make it law. I dont put that past him now either.
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Branch deviates from politics, history to reveal 'shame,' scandal in college sports
The civil rights historian, Taylor Branch, knew football. He had played for an Atlanta high school in the early 1960s. He was a middle linebacker and tight end recruited by Georgia Tech. But he had a bad shoulder and took an academic scholarship at North Carolina on one condition, that he would never again play football. As a father of students at the University of Michigan, he had attended three or four games at the Big House, most recently in 2005. Otherwise, he had been immersed in his trilogy on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and an interview project with President Bill Clinton. He had made it through life without paying much attention to big-time college sports.
Yet, in the darkness before dawn on November 26, 2010, he drove toward Tuscaloosa for the bloodletting known as Alabama-Auburn.
To get a feel for the day ahead, he turned on the car radio. Among the Roll Tide/War Eagle callers, he heard one sleepless man babble "that he couldn't stop thinking about the coin toss."
Then, in the daylight, Branch saw what he had never seen before.
"RVs everywhere, all the way to the outskirts of Tuscaloosa."
He had arrived in Alabama as innocent as an American male could be.
"Some RVs had been there for days," Branch said. "When I asked tailgaters without tickets why they'd come so early – just to watch the game on TV from the parking lot – they looked at me like I was crazy. One said, 'If you have to ask why, you wouldn't understand.'" From the tailgaters, Branch walked to the Bear Bryant museum packed with pilgrims paying respects to the Bear's hounds-tooth hats.
After being locked in libraries, writing rooms, and other detention centers for nearly three decades, Branch had asked The Atlantic magazine for an assignment that would get him into the daylight. They failed to come up with an idea until Branch mentioned the spate of scandals around college sports. Bingo. Juicy stuff. A departure for a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.
"So, it began as a kind of a lark," Branch said.
It ended with 15,000 words in The Atlantic's October issue under the headline, "The Shame of College Sports."
The innocent had become a sophisticate.
This is not the Pettus Bridge at Selma. But there is common ground. The movement to reform big-time college athletics is building to a force against which lies cannot stand. There will be meaningful reform. When that time comes, Branch's piece will be remembered for its part in provoking change. He wrote it with an historian's measured gait and tone. His indictment of the men and women who rule big-time college sports is so brilliant, well ordered and reasonable as to defy rebuttal.
The indictment is built on two truths:
1) Amateurism is a lie. "There is no such thing," Branch wrote. "….(T)he NCAA's ersatz courts can only masquerade as public authority. How could any statute impose amateur status on college athletes, or on anyone else? No legal definition of amateur exists, and any attempt to create one in enforceable law would expose its repulsive and unconstitutional nature – a bill of attainder, stripping from college athletes the rights of American citizenship." Which is the NCAA's standard procedure.
2) Big-time college sports are exploitative to the edge of slavery. "Slavery analogies should be used carefully," the MLK biographer wrote. But there is no ignoring the elephant in the room. Corporations and universities make billions of dollars using the cheap labor of college athletes, many of them African-American. Those athletes are not allowed to profit from the sale of their images or names. They are held up to the public humiliation of suspension if they so much as bum a ride to town; meanwhile, in 2006, NCAA panjandrums spent nearly $1 million of player-produced revenue to charter private jets. At Tuscaloosa, Branch noticed that Auburn's Cam Newton suited up in apparel that carried 15 corporate logos advertising sponsors that paid the university for the use of his body as a billboard. To Branch, there was the "unmistakable whiff of the plantation."
He doesn't share the outrage over the latest scandals. "The real scandal," he wrote, "is not that students are getting illegally paid or recruited, it's that two of the noble principles on which the NCAA justifies its existence – 'amateurism' and the 'student-athlete' – are cynical hoaxes, legalistic confections propagated by the universities so they can exploit the skills and fame of young athletes. The tragedy at the heart of college sports is not that some college athletes are getting paid, but that more of them are not."
Universities make billions of dollars on athletics. They give scholarships and nothing more to the young men and women whose performances earn the money. Studies have shown that the average scholarship doesn't cover the cost of attendance. USA Today put the median basketball scholarship package at $27,923 (while also reporting the real value of the deal at $120,00, for coaching, training, et al.). NBA and NFL players get 57 percent of league revenue; using that number, HBO's "Real Sports" decided that Duke basketball players last year were worth $1.2 million each.
Branch is at his best uncovering the NCAA's camouflage of its exploitation. Step by legal step, he dissects the sham involved in the NCAA order that member institutions and representatives refer to players as "student-athletes." The label was not designed to emphasize the primary value of education. It was built as a firewall against liability litigation. If players are "students," they are not employees. They are not eligible for an employee's protections and benefits.
Read Branch, if you will. Read "The Scandal Beat," Daniel Libit's good stuff in the current Columbia Journalism Review. Go to the archives and read sportswriters who have batted their heads against the NCAA stonewall for decades. Read them all and you will come away wishing there were laws against sham, cant, and hypocrisy, for if those were crimes, we could throw the entire NCAA in jail. It could share the billionaire-thieves wing with Bernie Madoff.
Here is Taylor Branch, no longer an innocent:
"The time has come for a major overhaul." (He would end the pretense of amateurism. The Olympic model suits him.) "And whether the powers that be like it or not, big changes are coming. Threats loom on multiple fronts: in Congress, the courts, breakaway athletic conferences, student rebellion, and public disgust. Swaddled in gauzy clichés, the NCAA presides over a vast, teetering glory."
Here is Branch, the sophisticate:
He now can pick Sonny Vaccaro out of a lineup.
Branch, who knows how to tell a story, chose to begin his with Vaccaro's voice. That all-time champion hustler, famous as "the sneaker pimp," tells the unshirted truth to the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. When one distinguished former university president demanded to know why a university should be an advertising medium for Vaccaro's shoe and apparel clients, Vaccaro says:
"They shouldn't, sir. You sold your souls, and you're going to continue selling them. You can be very moral and righteous in asking me that question, sir, but there's not one of you in this room that's going to turn down any of our money. You're going to take it. I can only offer it."
No news there. Only the dollar figures have changed. No enterprise based on a lie can be anything but corrupt. And the lie of amateurism has been created, nurtured, and sustained by universities from the start. Walter Camp graduated from Yale in 1880, became "the father of American football," and soon set up a $100,000 slush fund for Eli football players. Chump change now maybe, a hundred years ago a hundred grand was real money. How perfect, that football's daddy was also its first sugar daddy.
Camp knew the system was a fraud and that the players deserved more. A century and more later, our great universities continue to abide scandal because it's cheaper than doing right by the players. In fact, my only quibble with Branch and The Atlantic is over the headline, "The Shame of College Sports." The editors and the historian may find the universities' behavior shameful. But the universities themselves?
If they had even an iota of shame, they'd pay reparations to every Division I athlete of the last century.
With a full measure of shame, they'd climb to the top of Notre Dame's Hesburgh Library and throw themselves to the feet of Touchdown Jesus, there asking forgiveness.
Dave Kindred's latest book, "Morning Miracle," is an inside-the-newsroom account of two years in the life of The Washington Post. Now a contributing writer at Golf Digest, Kindred is a Red Smith Award winner and member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame. He can be reached by email at email@example.com. He can be followed on Twitter and Facebook.


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I spent the weekend organizing my life a little bit. I took a hint from my co-worker and started using Things to keep my to-dos in one place. Typically, I keep my to-dos on a note pad at the desk and then a couple of notepads for when I am away from the desk. I took time out this weekend to bring all of the list into Things. I am kind of scared at this point with the massive list of things that are "scheduled" to get done today.
Why Things? As most know, I am an outspoken Macaddict. I love my Mac products, they just work and have yet to fail me. With Things, the app is available on the Mac, iPad and iPhone. Since I own all of those, I downloaded each app for the various devices. Things2 now has cloud sync. So that to-do list can now follow me where ever I go. No more need to keep a notepad on me to add a to-do, just add it right to the iPhone version and it shows up on all of my devices.
It's Monday morning and my morning to-do list is MASSIVE. Time to start knocking items off the list. So far, Things works for me, but I'll know better at the end of the week when HOPEFULLY, the to-do list will be empty.
How do you keep organized? Do you have any tips and/or tricks?
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Almost the same, only I use ToDo from Appigo. It has a sync function as well, but only when you start up the app. It doesn't sync automatically, only the MacApp. Strange stuff but it works.
So as long as I dont forget to put them in ToDo I wont forget to do em. Works very well for me, I usually am the forgetting type (unfortunately) so I know I have to write everything down at the spot. As long as I'm not forgetting to do that, I will be fine :)
Fat chance.....
That is why I spent ALL weekend on it! ;) One thing I am loving is the Shortcut feature. Say I need to edit this AWESOME production profile that came in from a writer... Save it to my dropbox folder, select the file and press control+command+spacebar. It pops up with a quick entry form for Things and a link to that file.
It takes some work getting it laid out and all of the initial to-do's in there, but so far, so good for me. LOVE seeing the number of to-do's on the Things icon in the dock go down! ;)
Yeah....I have A LOT of lists.....the dating from THINGS is cool...as long as your willing to discipline to doing the input, it looks like a good tool.....might try the demo.
I tried Apple Notes and Reminders. It worked, but the list was SO long at one point. Things makes it easier by scheduling and assigning due dates. So all I have to do is look at my "Today" view. Tomorrow, it will show all the things that are due that day and so forth going forward.
NOTES on Mac....esp now that it synchs in iCloud. Basic but effective.


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My Host Operating System (The one that runs on my laptop is Windows Vista). The configuration is as follows -
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 1.66GHz Memory RAM 2.00 GB System Type - 32 bit
I run Windows 2003 on my Virtual PC 2007. I am not able to access Internet from the Windows 2003 OS, whereas I am able to do so with my laptop directly.
The internet connection is a wireless connection. The same Virtual machine (VHD/VMC) when copied to my desktop which runs on Windows XP is able to connect to Internet.
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Congressional investigators each year estimate the total payments issued from federal agencies for people who are in need. These consist of tax credits, medical treatments and unemployment.
In the news yesterday, representatives say that the amount of money that has been issued is estimated to be $100 billion a year for the past five years. The Washington Post reports many of those payments have been unnecessary as well as unwarranted.
People who have been collecting unemployment payments actually are working on or off the books. Medicare treatments are in question. Many of the tests, appointments and treatments can't be substantiated and may be totally unnecessary.
The improper payments that were issued include over-payments, underpayments, payments made to individuals who didn't have the proper identifying documents as well as submitting payments to the wrong people. Currently the over-payments are in the range of $97 billion and underpayments are close to $9 billion.
Whether it is an actual mistake, a clerical error or fraud on the part of some individuals the total amount that has been issued improperly is just staggering. Medicare and its various health insurance programs seems to be the worst with a total of $50 billion in improper payments sent forth.
Many of the payments issued regarding tax credits are supposed to help people to prevent poverty. Over $60 billion have been issued improperly to individuals due to false claims, wrong information on documents, coding errors and when filing status are misreported and others claim children they don't have to obtain additional credits and larger returns.
A serious look needs to be taken when processing credits and payments to individuals and they should only be given to those in need. Action should be taken against those who are taking advantage of the federal programs that are meant to help the American people.
It is a shame that some people are taking advantage of these mix-ups while others are struggling to get by or deemed ineligible when they really fit the requirements of the programs that are available to all.
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PR # 16 August 20, 2008
Raritan Valley Community College?s (RVCC) Visual and Performing Arts Department will present FOUR AESTHETICS : Paintings bound by issues of the sublime as interpreted by four contemporary artists?Tiffany Calvert, Robert Di Matteo, Darren McManus and Wes Sherman. The exhibition will run September 12-October 3 in the Art Gallery at the College?s North Branch Campus.
Calvert (Brooklyn, NY), Di Matteo (Pittstown), McManus (Lambertville) and Sherman (Summit) are all adjunct instructors in the College?s Visual and Performing Arts Department. The show is being coordinated by Professor Ann Tsubota of Pittstown, RVCC Visual and Performing Arts Department chair.
An Artists? Talk will be held Friday, September 12, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. A reception will follow from 6:30-8 p.m. Both are free of charge and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Calvert?s current work is concerned with the disparity of representational and abstract space in painting. Borrowing from studies of representational space and combining it with the measured chaos of imposed abstract gesture-making, her paintings are a tumultuous record of her relationship with her subject. Recent subject matter includes photographs of the decimated homes of New Orleans, which serve as a genesis for the scenes of destruction: a literal representation of the unpredictability of nature and its power.
Working with the visual language of color and shape, Di Matteo attempts to grasp ?that certain something that is ineffable? through painting. He will present abstract works that lead one towards ideas and perceptions that can foster an experience of the sublime?what is intuitive and irrational, real and unreal?as the mind is forced to reason its condition beyond logical conceptualization.
McManus will be exhibiting irregular-shaped paintings concerning the creation of a personal mythology. Bound by a micro versus macro framework, his work unfolds around nostalgia for a time that doesn?t yet exist. Through this paradox, he attempts to suspend the disbelief of his audience, creating a sense of displacement, both mentally and physically, akin to a meditative or contemplative experience.
Sherman?s work on display concerns the nature of painting and the act of painting as a tool to defining our lives while placing our existence into context with nature. For him, this act is a search for meaning, spiritual purity and grandeur within nature?s sublime, and is at the heart of the history of painting.
Gallery hours for the exhibition are Mondays, 3-8 p.m.; Tuesdays, noon-3 p.m.; Wednesdays, 3-8 p.m.; Thursdays, 2-6 p.m.; and Fridays, noon-3 pm. The Gallery will not be open on Friday, September 12, until the Artists? Talk. For further information, call the Visual and Performing Arts Department, 908-218-8876.
RVCC, located on Route 28 and Lamington Road in North Branch, NJ, and serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for close to 40 years, offers more than 90 associate degrees and certificates. In addition, customized training programs and non-credit courses are available for those seeking personal and professional development.
The College is committed to offering a quality and affordable education through effective teaching, liaisons with the community?s businesses and state-of-the-art technology. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu .
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STANFORD, Calif.- When you're talking about powerhouses in women's college tennis, the discussion typically begins and ends with Stanford and Florida.
The programs have recently showed their mutual respect with a home-and-home regular season series, which resumes Sunday, Feb. 23, at 12 p.m. at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
Stanford checks in at No. 3 in the latest edition of the national rankings while Florida is No. 5.
The schools have combined to win the last four NCAA championships, with Stanford claiming titles in 2010 and 2013 while Florida repeated in 2011 and 2012.
In a Google+ Hangout from Wednesday morning, we get a chance to hear what senior Kristie Ahn and former standout Mallory Burdette describe as their favorite moments of the rivalry. Check it out:
Here's a quick refresher for those unfamiliar with the Stanford-Florida rivalry.
Four years ago, Stanford edged Florida in Athens, Ga., to claim the national championship. Trailing 5-4 in the third set, Mallory Burdette rattled off three straight games to secure a thrilling 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5 victory at the No. 3 spot of the lineup and clinch Stanford's dramatic 4-3 win over Florida. After match point, Mallory Burdette was tackled hard to the ground by older sister and senior Lindsay Burdette in a celebration that ranks as one of the most exciting moments in Stanford history.
In the 2011 NCAA title match, it was the Gators snapping the Cardinal's NCAA-record 184-match home winning streak. Stanford knocked off Florida 5-2 at Taube in the 2012 regular season but the Gators later won the NCAA title.
In 2013, Florida spoiled Stanford's first visit to Gainesville in 20 years, edging the Cardinal 4-2. Three months later in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, Florida became a 4-3 victim during Stanford's improbable NCAA title run. Ahn won her match at No. 2, helping Stanford secure the win.


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A Swedish study has found that treatment with tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors, or anti-TNFs, does not lower the risk of heart attacks and unstable angina – a type of chest pain that may lead to a heart attack – in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
It's well known that rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, but it is unclear whether anti-TNFs reduce that risk. TNF inhibitors – adalimumab, or Humira; etanercept, or Enbrel; infliximab, or Remicade; certolizumab pegol, or Cimzia; and golimumab, or Simponi – are biologic medications that block a cytokine linked to inflammation. Chronic inflammation is believed to play a large role in cardiovascular disease.
Previous studies on these drugs' effects on cardiovascular risk show mixed results. Several studies have shown that anti-TNFs do lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with established RA. But the new study, published online in Arthritis & Rheumatism, shows that benefit doesn't extend to early RA patients – at least not in the specific category of acute coronary syndromes, or ACS, which includes heart attacks and unstable angina.
"I would not hesitate to treat the inflammatory disease with an anti-TNF when it is indicated, but, as a rheumatologist, I must be aware that this alone might not be enough to normalize the risk for myocardial infarction [heart attack] for my patient," explains lead author Lotta Ljung, MD, a senior consultant in rheumatology at Umeå University Hospital in Umeå, Sweden.
For this latest study, Dr. Ljung and colleagues identified 6,000 patients from a national Swedish database who were treated within a year of developing RA symptoms. Within this group, they found 173 first-time ACS events. They then calculated the risks of heart attack or unstable angina for those taking and not taking anti-TNFs. Ultimately they didn't find any statistically significant differences in risk between the two groups.
After performing a second analysis, the researchers also failed to find a difference in risk for ACS between those patients who had responded to anti-TNF therapy and those who had not respond.
Dr. Ljung says her team's findings could be different from earlier studies showing a protective effect of anti-TNFs on the heart because of different patient populations and the fact that previous research is based on a broader definition of cardiovascular risk than her team used.


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It has often been said that some of the best works of art, creation, or innovation have come from places of great pain. Such facts of the medium can be easy to miss or forget during the weekly grind weeding through the armada of comic books offered by "the big two" as well as countless other publishers. Yet not all superhero comics with big capes and bigger battles come from the same "factory" of corporate driven media. Bursting forth from a successful Kickstarter campaign is "The Mighty Titan", currently published by Red Anvil Comics and the incredibly personal creation of Joe Martino. A longtime comic book writer and artist, he is best known for "Ripperman" from Arcana Comics as well as his self-published creation, "Shadowflame". Having been diagnosed with cancer, he's managed to beat the disease twice and come back stronger than ever to continue to work on the medium he loves. "The Mighty Titan" is a work which harnesses all of the emotions and struggles with such an illness as well as delivers on the sorts of over-the-top action and mythological references that most fans of superhero comics will enjoy.
Set in Chicago, "The Mighty Titan" tells the tale of Mark Williams, a married father of two who has fallen on tough times. By day he is an unemployed forensic investigator, but by night (or during a crisis) he can transform into the blond demi-god, Titan. He has been protecting the city for five years, ever since a fateful spelunking expedition changed his life forever, and in that time he's not only saved the city from a rampaging Cyclops, but earned himself a mortal nemesis in the mad ex-Nazi scientist, "Trenchmouth", who manipulates teenagers into fighting Titan in bulky suits of cybernetic armor. Unfortunately, a series of headaches and fainting spells begin to jeopardize his secret identity and even the lives of the civilians he is trying to protect, Mark seeks to get to the bottom of it. Ultimately, he learns that he has stage three brain cancer, and not even his super-powered Titan form is immune to either it, or the painful chemo therapy he has to endure in his attempt at a cure. All the while he has to deal with the stress this puts on his wife Ellie (whose waitress job isn't quite enough for the bills) and his kids. His attempts to cure the illness by other means wind up only bringing more threats to both himself and Chicago around him.
Most of the artwork is provided by penciler Luca Cicchitti, inker Jeff Austin and colorist Keith J. Betancourt, although they have assistance from other inkers, colorists, and pencilers as the series goes on. Variant covers are provided by no end of talented figures, such as Jerry Ordway and Chris Giarrusso ("G-Man"). The art for the series does a nice job of creating a look of smooth lines and rich colors where both real people and their Chicago settings look just as fine as the far-out giant robots or monsters. The series does a good job of telling the reader who the cast is while working backwards to give information about the origins of Titan with every subsequent issue. In the third issue, a costumed vixen named Caress appears and her scenes seem the most problematic as she seems to exist only to provide a revelation about how the cancer effects Titan and showcase some "T&A" which the series lacked up until that point (and even after). Beyond this, the origins of Titan mix in the best of Greek mythology and few series tend to go wrong with having an ex-Nazi mad scientist as a villain - especially one with a decent motivation. The series mostly rests on the shoulders of it's lead, which is good as Mark Williams is a very sympathetic figure. He's hardly perfect and prone to mistakes, and his desperation in seeking to cure his cancer at points is all too human. Still, like most of us, he's trying to make the best of whatever life deals him, both good and bad. Martino has a great sense of pace, getting more done in four issues than some other writers accomplish in six, and knowing when the best time for a flashback is.
The series is available in April's issue of PREVIEWS for pre-order (item code APR141344) and at $3.99 an issue, the reader gets more pages per average as well as a faster flowing story than many comics for a similar price offered by Marvel or DC Comics tend to do. Besides supporting a comic produced for a very noble cause, it also is a comic which offers superhero fans a mix of everything they love about the franchise. There's a sympathetic lead hero to root for, giant robots, gods, monsters, real-life problems and even a bit of cheesecake (for those who like that sort of thing). The fifth and last issue will offer a finale, which like most creator owned series is difficult to predict and this all the more thrilling to behold. No end of talented creators have become involved with this project for a variety of reasons, and it's brought fans together all across the country. If you're a lover of solid superhero comics with a lot of action and heart, give this one a thought when organizing that pull list.
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You can't help but be thrilled when introduced to a new local designer, especially one who speaks to so many different styles, age groups and personalities. Meet CarolAnn Wachter. Her beautiful designs are the perfect balance of sophistication, femininity and class… conservative meets sexy.
Since she was a little girl, CarolAnn has always thought like a designer. When asked what she wanted to do when she grew up, CarolAnn was quick to respond; "I want to design things". CarolAnn's grown-up tale originates in none other than the nation's fashion capital, New York City . It was there, while roaming several avenues exploding in style and fashion, that CarolAnn took note of her surroundings and found her niche.
Having graduated from the Art Institue of Chicago with a triple degree in painting, sculpture and history, CarolAnn was confident in her creativity, and she quickly learned she wanted to apply it in the world of fashion. She took a simple sewing class, and with the help of a friend who had taken a home-ec class in high school, she sat at the sewing machine and created her first collection of hats. CarolAnn recalls those first simple patterns being compared to "elf hats", but in an industry as cutthroat and competitive as fashion, she must have been doing something right. The first major retailer to pick up her collection of millinery was the most luxurious of department stores, Barneys New York.
Several years later CarolAnn grew her successful line of high-end hats, Mind Design, to include a fabulous collection of clothes, ranging from dresses, coats, and beautiful separates- all with vintage flair. Drawing inspiration from the 1920's – 1940's, CarolAnn focuses more on the draping and fit of her designs, and less on trends. Using her dynamic artistic drive, CarolAnn is dedicated to the fine detail, wearability and functionality. Not only are her designs "seasonless", able to transition through all seasons with no avail, but they are also timeless.
With so many designers jumping on the "green" bandwagon and using sustainable eco-friendly products, CarolAnn raises a good point. You can still create beautiful and sustainable products without going green. Have you ever noticed how your Grandmother's vintage pea-coat from the 1940's is still holding up, practically looking as good as new? Or how your Mother's favorite blouse from high school is still in good enough shape for you to wear today? Unfortunately, most designers don't make clothing like they used to. Mass productions are put out, keeping up with the constant changing of trends, and ultimately ending up in landfills. We all have that one trendy item we've bought, only to have it hang in our closet with the tags still on, never to be worn. But think about those classic well made pieces you own that are worn time after time, that will continue to be your "go-to" items for several years to come, possibly even passed down (or "recycled") for your children and grandchildren to wear. Now, that's sustainable and timeless fashion.
CarolAnn now resides in Boulder with her husband, but all of her designs are still produced in New York , not outsourced to another country like so many other products today. Her line is primarily sold in big "fashion" cities, such as NY, Chicago and Tokyo , but lucky for us Coloradoans, she has taken root in the Rockies . You can find her latest collections at è bella in Boulder, and if you are interested in receiving information on future trunk shows and events, simply post your email address to the Facebook Fan Page.


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The games, while very simple, are probably worth the price of admission if you have kids around. Microsoft Blackboard is described as a "puzzle game of physics," in which you use gestures to manipulate gears, fans, seesaws and more to direct balloons and balls toward a target.
Microsoft Rebound requires you to "propel a ball and annihilate your opponent" -- be it the AI or a friend -- and Microsoft Garden Pond tasks you with maneuvering origami creations on a pond by making ripples in the water. Non-game applications include Microsoft Surface Globe, a multi-touch 3D globe with information about regions, 3D cities and more, Microsoft Surface Collage, and Microsoft Surface Lagoon.


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Oct. 21, 2012
Los Angeles, Calif. - Third-ranked UCLA scored two second-half goals to claim a 2-0 victory over Utah on Sunday in front of 1,661 fans at Drake Stadium. Senior Chelsea Cline had the game-winner in the 78th minute, and sophomore Rosie White added an insurance goal in the 86th as the Bruins won their seventh-straight.
The Bruins peppered Utah with shots the entire contest, outshooting the Utes, 22-2. UCLA had a goal by Ally Courtnall disallowed in the 26th minute due to an offsides violation, and less than a minute later, Courtnall had another opportunity that missed just wide right. A minute after that, Utah goalkeeper Lindsay Luke made a save on a Taylor Smith shot. Cline had an opportunity in the 40th minute as well, putting a good shot on target, but Luke was there to make one of her eight saves in the game.
UCLA goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland had just one save, but it was a beauty. With 2:30 left in the first half, Utah's Monica Okapal hit a rocket that Rowland leaped up to bat over the crossbar, keeping the score 0-0 at the half.
The Bruins maintained their aggressive play offensively in the second half, wasting no time in moving the ball forward. Utah did well to keep UCLA off the board, with Luke making a diving grab on a hard shot on frame by Courtnall in the 60th minute. Zakiya Bywaters was a handful for the Utes, but they were able to make a defensive stop with a block in front of the box in the 68th minute and a diving save by Luke on a shot in the 73rd minute.
Cline gave UCLA the lead at 77:08, receiving a perfect pass from Courtnall up the middle. With space on the right, Cline made a run and scored far post for her second goal of the year. She nearly scored again in the 83rd minute with a rocket of a shot that Luke leaped up to save.
Luke was unable, however, to save White's shot at 85:00. Abby Dahlkemper sent in a pass to White, who fired a 25-yard shot that bounced off the crossbar and into the goal for her fifth score of the season.
"Utah is a really difficult team to break down," said UCLA head coach B.J. Snow. "We created a lot of chances. We had the one that was a little bit unlucky, a little bit offsides in the first half. But we were creating chances, and sometimes girls can get frustrated when we're creating a lot of chances and having a lot of the ball and things are not going in. So I was really happy with our performance in the second half that we never got impatient."
With the victory, UCLA improves to 14-0-2, 7-0-1 in Pac-12 play. Utah falls to 8-6-2, 3-5-0 in the Pac-12. The Bruins have won seven straight and are unbeaten in their last 24 matches.


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Private right of action
(1) An enrollee who is the subject of a decision of an independent review organization has a private right of action against the insurer for damages arising from an adverse benefit determination by the insurer that is subject to external review if the insurer fails to comply with the decision.
(2) The Legislative Assembly intends that there is no private right of action under subsection (1) of this section if a court finds subsection (1) of this section to be unconstitutional or otherwise void. [2001 c.266 §14; 2011 c.500 §36]