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News Articles about NBC Networks The Contender
The Oregonian 11/6/07 Still a contender
ESPN 11/4/07 Contender stars Bika, Codrington set to clash Tuesday
Yahoo 11/3/07 This "Contender" is actually a contender
Fightnews.com 10/30/07 The Contender: Episode 8 Recap
Fightnews.com 10/24/07 The Contender: Episode 7 Recap
ESPN 10/23/07 Condrington crushes Johnsen's "Contender" hopes
KNDO 10/22/07 Champion Boxer Featured on ESPN Visits Hermiston School
ESPN 10/12/07 No more sitting around for 'Contender' star Mora
Courier Post 10/12/07 Alexander finds positives after loss
Courier Post 10/12/07 Camden boxer turns to high-tech training
Fightnews.com 10/10/07 The Contender: Episode 6 Recap
Media Week 10/10/07 ESPN to Air 'Contender' Matches
Miami Herald 10/7/07 Boxer-teacher dreams of becoming a world champ
Fightnews.com 10/3/07 The Contender: Episode 5 Recap
Sydney Morning Herald 9/27/07 Bika boxed in by TV crews in reality show
The Record 9/26/07 Johnsen gets most out of show
Fightnews.com 9/25/07 The Contender: Episode 4 Recap
Plainview Daily Herald 9/12/07 Local 'Contender' suffers TKO
Fightnews.com 9/12/07 The Contender: Episode 2 Recap
kgw.com 9/12/07 Portland boxer to be on ESPN show 'The Contender'
Zap2It 9/11/07 'The Contender' returns with a knock-out
Plainview Daily Herald 9/9/07 Plainview has long-distance contender
Austin American Statesman 9/3/07 Brian Vera likes taste of life as a contender
Ringside Report 8/16/07 ESPN Brings More Reality TV with Season Three of The Contender
Star Telegram 8/7/07 Facing a reality check(s)
Ocala Star-Banner 8/7/07 Ocala's Santiago joins 'Contender' cast
Detroit Free Press 8/7/07 Leafs after Bowman again? Detroit boxer on "The Contender"
Zap2It 8/7/07 'Contender' Steps Back in Ring
Sydney Morning Herald 8/7/07 Bika, Sam get shot at being contenders - and a rematch
Hollywood Reporter 8/7/07 There's no quit in 'Contender'
Ringside Report 8/6/07 Legitimate Contender: Alfonso Gomez Proves He is a Fighter in Reality
Fightnews.com 8/6/07 Q&A: Buddy McGirt
Oregon Live 8/5/07 Meet David Banks, contender...
Sebastian Sun 8/4/07 Buddy McGirt to train boxers for ESPN's 'The Contender'
ESPN 8/3/07 Super middleweight contenders gear up for Season 3
The Record 7/16/07 Lyndhurst's Johnsen a 'Contender'
Detroit News 7/11/07 Gatti ready to take on 'The Contender'
Hollywood Reporter 7/7/07 'Contender' card for Asia
Press Telegram 6/30/07 Espino proving to be `Contender'
Mineral Wells Index 6/27/07 Police: No charges against boxer in 'Contender' brawl
Tucson Citizen 6/20/07 Ex-'Contender' Bravo still has lofty goals
Delaware Online 6/15/07 'No Joke' Stewart still chasing big fight
Spokesman Review 6/14/07 'Contender' returns to CdA Casino
Arizona Daily Star 6/14/07 Name 'Contender' champ for shot at computer case
Ringside Report 6/14/07 Peter Manfredo JR Still Trying to Prove That He is More Than Just a Contender
Lancaster Newspapers 5/10/07 'Contender' coming to town
East Side Boxing 5/3/07 Manfredo Fighting May 11 for Respect
International Herald Tribune 4/30/07 Gatti to take on reality TV series winner
Reno Gazette Journal 4/24/07 Brinkley lusts for a shot at Gilbert
BlackAthlete.net 4/21/07 Review: "The Contender" Goes Overseas
Detroit News 4/14/07 TV show a hit for Detroiter
Reno Gazette Journal 4/13/07 Brinkley is part of ESPN's 'The Contender Challenge: UK vs. USA'
Celebrity Spider 4/9/07 ESPN Announces The Contender Matchups
ESPN 4/9/07 About The Contender Challenge
Boston Globe 4/8/07 Reality hits Manfredo
The Independent 4/8/07 Boxing: Calzaghe gives reality check to fake Contender
NY Post 4/4/07 'Contender' Goes For Title
The Observer 4/1/07 Sugar Ray shamelessly peddles the fantasy of a Calzaghe defeat
Times Online 4/1/07 No contender
EastsideBoxing.com 3/29/07 Joe Calzaghe, Peter Manfredo, Sugar Ray Leonard Conf. Call Transcript
Boxing Confidential 3/23/07 "The Contender" Leaving ESPN. HBO Bound
ESPN 3/14/07 Mora refuses to fight world champ Taylor in Memphis
East Side Boxing 3/13/07 Alfonso Gomez Geared up for UK, Martin Concepcion
Dog House Boxing 3/12/07 Lonsdale Signs Up For The Contender
North Jersey 2/19/07 Curiel hopes McGirt can keep him a 'Contender'
Reality TV World 2/12/07 ESPN announces Ryder Cup-like 'The Contender Challenge' series
ESPN 2/9/07 ESPN to present fights Ryder Cup-style
Eastside Boxing 2/9/07 USA vs UK: The Contender Goes International
Guardian 2/7/07 British fighters to take on Americans in TV tournament
ITV 2/6/07 The Contender is coming
Sporting Life 2/6/07 Leonard and McGuigan Want Contenders
About.com 1/14/07 Contender Alumnus in Action
Ringside Report 1/14/07 The Contender Stars Cornelius Bundrage & Walter Wright Victorious on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights
15 Rounds 1/13/07 Contender stars win in Washington
Arizona Daily Star 12/8/06 'Contender' Bravo to return to the ring
Media Guardian 11/28/06 Calzaghe casts world title aside to take on reality-TV star
The Times 11/28/06 Boxing: Calzaghe ready for dose of reality
News Wales 11/24/06 Joe Calzhage fights TV's Contender in Cardiff
New Jersey Herald 11/23/06 Boxing: Vernon's Curiel gets second chance thanks to ESPN
Variety 11/12/06 'Contender' set to get new kicks
Ringside Report 11/8/06 Life After The Contender: How The Boxers Are Doing In Reality
Reality TV Magazine 10/20/06 Contender I Stars Lange and Bonsante Fight Back With a Vengeance
The Sweet Science 10/16/06 Peter Manfredo Jr. Still Contending
Pawtucket Times 10/15/06 Manfredo backs up his words
Eurosport 10/15/06 Manfredo punishes Spina
SaddoBoxing.com 10/10/06 The Contender Season 3 most likely to air full fights
Boxing Insider 10/7/06 Contender 2 fighters coming to R.I.
Tucson Citizen 10/5/06 The Bounce: 'Contender 2' helps Bravo's career
SaddoBoxing.com 10/5/06 Exclusive Boxing Interview: Peter Manfredo Jr
The Oklahoman 10/3/06 Lawton fighter proves he's a real 'Contender'
MSN 10/3/06 ESPN's The Contender Season Finale Ranks as One of the Highest-Rated EOE Boxing Telecasts in Nine Years
The Oregonian 10/1/06 He may have lost, but boxer shows contender's grace
Reality TV World 9/29/06 The Contender 2 - Finale Episode summary
KSWO 9/29/06 "The Contender" returns home
Reality TV Magazine 9/27/06 The Contender 2 Winner Is Grady Brewer
Reality TV World 9/27/06 Grady Brewer wins 'Contender 2' in a split decision over Steve Forbes
MSNBC 9/27/06 A storybook ending for 'Contender 2'
Oregon Live 9/27/06 Forbes loses reality boxing finale
KSWO 9/27/06 Lawton's Brewer wins "Contender" championship
Arizona Daily Star 9/27/06 Drop in payout disappoints Bravo's trainer
Orange County Register 9/27/06 Brewer in 'Contender' upset
Zap2It 9/26/06 'The Contender' Crowns An Underdog Champ
ESPN 9/26/06 'Contender' contestants benefit to varying degrees
Press-Enterprise 9/26/06 'The Contender' title a reality for Brewer
ESPN 9/26/06 Brewer wins a close one when it counts
Journal News 9/26/06 Former 'Contender' to fight at County Center
Oregon Live 9/26/06 Portland fighter Forbes loses 'Contender' title in split decision
Zap2It 9/25/06 Still a 'Contender'
MaxBoxing 9/25/06 A Former Titlist Tries to Win 'The Contender' Championship
Arizona Daily Star 9/24/06 Tucson boxer seizes moment
Knox News 9/23/06 Brewer fights for The Contender crown
The Oklahoman 9/22/06 Bad Boy, Big Heart: The Contender: Grady Brewer
Delaware News Journal 9/22/06 'The Contender' to wave flag at Dover 400
Hot Boxing News 9/20/06 Spina promises to KO Manfredo
Reality TV World 9/21/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 11 summary
Inside Pulse 9/21/06 The Contender - Random Reality
The Oregonian 9/20/06 Forbes fights way to final
Reality TV Magazine 9/20/06 Jimmy Lange and Anthony Bonsante Pursue Contender Afterlife
Ringside Report 9/20/06 Boxing's Contender Joey Gilbert Wants To Prove in Reality That He Can Be a Champion
Reality TV Magazine 9/19/06 The Contender – Final Two Are Steve Forbes & Grady Brewer
Reality TV World 9/15/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 10 summary
Eastside Boxing 9/15/06 The Contender Special - Put Up or Shut Up
News Journal 9/14/06 Injury hinders Stewart in final bout
Reality TV Magazine 9/13/06 The Contender - Grady Brewer Defeats Michael Stewart, Norberto Bravo Defeats Gary Balletto
Tucson Citizen 9/13/06 Boxing: Tucson's Bravo punches way into 'Contender 2' Final Four
Arizona Daily Star 9/13/06 Bravo advances to 'Contender' semis
Arizona Daily Star 9/12/06 Bravo enjoying new recognition
Reality TV World 9/8/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 9 summary
USA Today 9/7/06 'The Contender' rises to the challenge
Fight Night News 9/7/06 Mark Burnett A Genius; Jeff Zucker A Moron
Arizona Daily Star 9/6/06 Bravo has 2nd fight next week on 'Contender'
Reality TV Magazine 9/6/06 The Contender Results – Cornelius "K9" Bundrage Defeats Walter Wright
Seattle Times 9/6/06 Seattle boxer is the "people's champ"
Fight Night News 9/5/06 Mark Burnett A Genius; Jeff Zucker A Moron
Eagle Tribune 9/2/06 Suspects in 'Contender' melee stabbings found too dangerous to be released from jail
Reality TV World 9/2/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 8 summary
Reality TV Magazine 8/30/06 The Contender Results – Steve Forbes Defeats Nick Acevedo
Tucson Citizen 8/30/06 Boxing: Tucsonan wins TV show's true grit award, new truck
Eagle Tribune 8/30/06 Police:'Contender' Fraza warned witness not to talk to police about bloody brawl at downtown bar
New Jersey Herald 8/30/06 Boxing: Curiel resurrects career on "The Contender"
SecondsOut 8/30/06 Forbes beats Acevedo to begin second round of The Contender
The Chronicle 8/28/06 Vernon man 'Furious' to be a contender
Eagle Tribune 8/26/06 Warrants issued for suspects in 'Contender' stabbing case
Sacramento Bee 8/26/06 Slick 'Latin Snake' is too much for Regan
Reality TV World 8/25/06 'The Contender 2' viewing party attendees brawl after Jeff Fraza loss
Reality TV World 8/24/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 7 summary
Eagle Tribune 8/24/06 Olympic hopeful stabbed at 'Contender's' bash
Sacramento Bee 8/24/06 Boxing beat: The reality of it all is, he wants a third shot
Reality TV Magazine 8/23/06 The Contender Doubleheader – Jeff Fraza & Freddy Curiel Eliminated
The Oregonian 8/23/06 Storm isn't Portland's only reality-TV contender
Reality TV World 8/20/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 6 summary
Reality News Online 8/18/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 6:Why Can't We Be Friends?
Manteca Bulletin 8/17/06 The Contender 2 missing one thing: Tony 'The Tiger'
Reality TV Magazine 8/15/06 The Contender – Micheal Stewart Knocks Out Ebo Elder
Variety 8/14/06 'Contender' packs punch
Reality News Online 8/11/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 5: The Showdown
LA Times 8/11/06 In Reality, 'Contender' Has Become a Winner
Reality TV World 8/10/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 5 summary
The Sweet Science 8/10/06 Grady Brewer Decisions Vinroy Barrett On The Contender
Eagle-Tribune 8/9/06 Fraza gets more air time, but still has no fight
Reality TV World 8/6/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 3 summary
Reality News Online 8/4/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 4: The Ol' Switcharoo
Scripps News 8/2/06 Unorthodox style moves Mora closer to title shot
The Sweet Science 8/2/06 Wright Decisions Eason on The Contender
Fight News 8/2/06 Contender Re-Cap
Reality TV Magazine 8/1/06 Walter Wright Defeats Andre Eason On The Contender
Business Wire 8/1/06 The Contender 2, Delivers Knockout Numbers in First Two Weeks for the Everlast Brand
Reality TV World 7/28/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 3 summary
Reality News Online 7/27/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 3: Battling Backgrounds
El Paso Times 7/27/06 'Contender 2' deserves a shot
Eagle Tribune 7/26/06 The Contender: Providence fighter wins his bout Haverhill's Fraza still hasn't thrown a punch
Reality TV Magazine 7/25/06 The Contender – Gary Balletto Wins Split Decision Over Aaron Torres
Post Dispatch 7/25/06 Critic's TV picks for Tuesday: 'The Contender'
Reality News Online 7/24/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 2: Fit or Fat?
Reality TV World 7/23/06 The Contender 2 - Episodes 1 & 2 summary
Reality News Online 7/19/06 The Contender 2 - Episode 1, Part 1: Big Dogs
Reality TV Magazine 7/19/06 The Contender 2 Results – Michael Clark & Rudy Cisneros Out
Delaware Online 7/18/06 Stewart: Pretender or 'The Contender'?
Delco Times 7/18/06 In reality, Stewart is perfect 'Contender'
NY Daily News 7/18/06 It coulda been a 'Contender'
The Sweet Science 7/17/06 The Contender Returns, In Shape And On ESPN
Boxing Times 7/17/06 Tucson's Boxing Star To Compete On The Contender 2
The Sweet Science 7/17/06 The Contender Hits ESPN A Second Season
MSNBC 7/11/06 Gloves are coming off for 'Contender 2'
Boxing Monger 7/6/06 The Contender Returns
Mercury News 7/5/06 Junior welterweights take shots at reality show
Philly.com 7/3/06 2 more Philly 'Contenders'
NY Daily News 6/20/06 Work is too 'Rocky' for Sly to be 'Contender'
East Side Boxing 6/15/06 The Contender: 2006 Contestants Announced
Arizona Daily Star 6/14/06 Tucson boxer contends for victory on TV reality show
Eastside Boxing 6/2/06 Alfonso Gomez from "The Contender" Headed to Canastota
BlackAthlete.net 5/10/06 The Contender: Sergio Mora Works The Room
NorthJersey.com 5/5/06 Curiel to be 'Contender'
The Sweet Science 4/29/06 Sergio Mora's World
Doghouse Boxing 4/21/06 Alfonso S. Gomez: "If it comes down to being toe-to-toe, I'm gonna be there, giving Feliciano hell, too"
Broadcasting & Cable 3/28/06 The Contender Gets Back in the Ring
Cushing Daily Citizen 3/23/06 Boxer hopes for comeback
Reality TV Magazine 3/7/06 Gilbert Repeats Victory Over Lange In The Contender Rematch
The Star Online 2/28/06 'Contender' returns to the ring
Bergen Record 2/17/06 Sheika sets sights on bout with Manfredo
Express News 2/17/06 S.A. fighter could've been 'contender'
Boston Globe 2/15/06 Manfredo is still long way from contending
Ringside Report 2/14/06 Manfredo Impresses on ESPN2
Eastside Boxing 2/13/06 Miguel Espino Victorious On ESPN'S "The Contender"
Providence Journal 2/12/06 Friend stands in Manfredo's path to the top
The Call 2/9/06 The Contender on the ropes
Doghouse Boxing 1/12/06 "The Contender" Alfonso Gomez Added To Feb 12 Card
Boxing Scene 11/10/05 Interview with Tarick Samaci
Reality News Online 10/20/05 The Contender: Rematch
Quad City Times 3/6/06 'Biggest Loser' draws crowd at health fair
Celebrity Spider 3/2/06 The Biggest Loser Special Edition Next Week "Navy Wives vs Marine Wives"
15rounds.com 10/19/05 Peter Manfredo, Jr., Talks About The Controversial Decision
Media Week 10/18/05 ESPN's The Contender Punches Up Ratings
Zap2It 10/17/05 'The Contender' Has a 'Rocky' Night in L.A.
Reality TV Magazine 10/16/05 Controversial Decisions In The Contender ReMatches Result In Boos From An Angry Crowd
ESPN 10/16/05 'Latin Snake' wins rematch of 'Contender' finalists
Reality TV Magazine 10/15/05 The Contender Rematch – Sergio Mora Vs Peter Manfredo, Jr.
Cincinnati Enquirer 10/15/05 Craig hoping he'll become a 'Contender'
Reality News Online 10/10/05 The Contender News - The Season One Rematch and Open Tryouts for Season Two
Reality TV Links 10/5/05 Casting Call - The Contender 2
Celebrity Spider 8/22/05 The Contender and Rematch is On, Mora vs Manfredo October 15th
Celebrity Spider 8/22/05 Stallone's Contender Secured for Second Round
Seconds Out 8/22/05 Keeping An Eye On "The Contender"
Boxing Talk 8/12/05 Exclusive Interview: Ishe Smith
Reality TV World 8/11/05 ESPN formally announces pickup of 'The Contender', second season to premiere in April 2006
Eastside Boxing 8/11/05 "The Contender" Coming To ESPN April 2006
Zap2It 8/11/05 'Contender' Off the Canvas, on ESPN
Celebrity Spider 7/20/05 Stallone's The Contender Set for a Second Round
Zap2It 7/19/05 ESPN May Resurrect 'Contender'
Reality TV World 7/19/05 Report: ESPN confirms being close to 'The Contender' second season deal
Hollywood Reporter 7/19/05 ESPN could be a 'Contender'
Boxing Talk.net 7/3/05 Kaddour Rips The Contender
Reality Shack 6/19/05 Interview with Tarick Salmaci of The Contender
Reality Shack 6/19/05 Interview with Jackie Kallen of The Contender
MSNBC 6/7/05 'Contender' still has fighting chance
The Trades 6/3/05 Reality Bites -The Contender
NY Times 5/30/05 Low Ratings Aside, a Call for a Contender Rematch
Digital Spy 5/29/05 Stallone's 'Contender' may get second season
Providence Journal 5/28/05 Manfredo feels like a winner after loss
Celebrity Spider 5/26/05 Stallone Fights On to Save The Contender
Orange County Register 5/26/05 'The Contender' has another round in it
Nashua Telegraph 5/26/05 'Contender' delivered a knockout view of boxing
Providence Journal 5/26/05 Contender made Manfredo much larger than real life
Reality News Online 5/25/05 The Contender Finale: What Happens in Vegas...
Reality Shack 5/25/05 "The Final Fight" – The Contender, Episode 15
Las Vegas Sun 5/25/05 Reality show's final bout packs a punch
Reality TV Calendar 5/25/05 Vegas Baby! The Finale Recap
Celebrity Spider 5/25/05 'The Contender' Desks of Sylvester Stallone, Sugar Ray Leonard and Jackie Kallen Up for Bid
WCNC 5/25/04 'The Contender' lands a knockout punch before going down for the count
MediaFiends.com 5/24/05 - Peter vs Sergio: The Final Bout
MediaFiends.com 5/24/05 Jesse vs. Sergio
Fans of Reality TV 5/24/05 The Brinkley of Disaster
Covers 5/24/05 Contender: Fave Manfredo should win
Ring Side Report 5/24/05 Peter Manfredo Interview
Boston Globe 5/24/05 What a lightweight
Whittier Daily News 5/24/05 Mora goes for million-dollar prize tonight
Reality TV World 5/23/05 Sergio Mora pounds Jesse Brinkley to reach NBC's $1,000,000 'Contender' final bout
Reality Shack 5/23/05 "One Punch Away" – The Contender, Episode 14
Reality TV Calendar 5/23/05 "Punch Him With Love" Episode 14 Recap
Reality TV Calendar 5/23/05 Photo Scoreboards and Rankings as of May 23rd
Reality News Online 5/23/05 The Contender, Episode 14: A Date with Destiny
Star Telegram 5/22/05 'The Contender' never packed much punch, but goes out swinging
Reno Gazette 5/21/05 'Contender' is great boxing, even better TV
Reno Gazette 5/21/05 'Contender' knocked out NBC lineup
Fans of Reality TV 5/21/05 Everything Old Is New Again
Ringsidereport.com 5/20/05 Boxing: The Contender Week XIII
Knox News 5/19/05 Showdown set for final episodes of 'The Contender'
Spider 5/17/05 Geffen Rapper Hush Takes the Gloves off With Live Appearance on
'The Contender' Finale
Spider 5/17/05 Former World Class Boxer Encourages The Contender's Peter
Reality News Online 5/17/05 The Contender, Episode 13: No Day at the Beach
Celebrity Spider 5/16/05 NBC Cancels The Contender
MediaFiends.com 5/16/05 - Peter vs. Alfonso: The Rematch
Reality Shack 5/16/05 "The Final Four" – The Contender, Episode 13
Reality TV World 5/16/05 Peter Manfredo Jr. avenges loss, advances to 'The Contender' finals with win over Alfonso Gomez
Reality TV Calendar 5/16/05 Photo Scoreboard and Rankings as of May 16th
Reality TV Calendar 5/16/05 Like Family - Episode 13 Recap
Projo.com 5/16/05 Manfredo to fight in Vegas for $1 million
Turnto10.com 5/16/05 Providence Boxer Makes 'Contender' Final
SportsFan Magazine 5/16/05 SFM Review: The Contender, Episode 13
Fans of Reality TV 5/15/05 Bald, Bad, and Fightin' Mad
Herald-Tribune 5/15/05 Contender just a click away
The State 5/15/05 Vote for your favorite 'Contender'
Projo.com 5/15/05 Providence Contender grew up in his dad's gym
Chicago Maroon 5/13/05 Exclusive interview: The Contender's Tarick Salmaci speaks with the Maroon
Reality News Online 5/13/05 The Contender, Analysis of the Final Four: Eye of the Tiger
Chicago Maroon 5/13/05 Between the Lines: Salmaci's Contender comeback deserves vote
Celebrity Spider 5/12/05 Stallone Casts Doubt on The Contender's Future
NY Daily News 5/12/05 'Contender' has a new hook
Max Boxing 5/10/05 Peter Manfredo Jr. and "The Contender"
Reality Shack 5/9/05 "Heavy Hands" – The Contender, Episode 12
Reality TV World 5/9/05 Jesse Brinkley TKO's Anthony Bonsante in NBC's twelfth 'Contender' episode
Fans of Reality TV 5/9/05 Ribs, Head, and Butt--Barbecue or Boxing?
Reality News Online 5/9/05 The Contender, Episode 12: The Battle of the Bulge
Reality TV Calendar 5/9/05 Photo Scoreboard and Rankings as of May 9th
Reality TV Calendar 5/9/05 The Power Of One: Episode 12 Recap
MediaFiends.com 5/9/05 - Jesse vs. Anthony
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Reality News Online 5/3/05 The Contender, Episode 11: Heart and Soul
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thats a thought but if someone did that what fun would you have hacking your wii,but it would be cool to have that available.
Great idea crimghost, but has the m8's said it would take years to test, money etc. on the other hand, I would love someone to come up with something likes this, this would be the icing on the cake, HBC is king, I think it is a wounderful app.. the guys who came up with this are (in my eyes) gods..
sounds like a cool idea. not sure i would want it. i'm pleased with the current setup. there are ways to create new channels (sure you knew that already) to me though, i'm happy with the wii i bought (for my wife) knowing i was going to hack and run media, emulators and backups. it out there so why not lol. it's just another step hitting the hbc then you app of choice. personally if i had the ability/knowledge i wouldn't mess with it. interesting topic though.
Ninty have already made he most hackable console, and in a way they don't really want to sop it completely. How many people have purchased a Wii knowing they can be hacked?
I see what you are getting at here, introducing a whole new set up, unfortunately to produce a whole new operating system would take years of testing. Look how much time and money ninty would have spent making the wii system.
Nice idea though, but since the system is still so easily hackable, I doubt it will ever happen.

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This is an economic fight, but this is also a political fight. The biggest financial institutions aren't just big – they wield enormous political power. Last December, Citibank lobbyists wrote an amendment to Dodd-Frank and persuaded their friends in Washington to attach it to a bill that had to pass or the government would have been shut down. And when there was pushback over the amendment, the CEO of JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, personally got on the phone with Members of Congress to secure their votes. How many individuals who are looking for a mortgage or a credit card could make that call? How many small banks could have their lobbyists write an amendment and threaten to shut down the US government if they didn't get it? None. Keep in mind that the big banks aren't trying to make the market more competitive; they just want rules that create more advantages for themselves. The system is rigged and those who rigged it want to keep it that way.
– From Senator Elizabeth Warren's excellent speech: "The Unfinished Business of Financial Reform"
This is probably one of the most important posts I'll write all year. The reason is because in order to displace the current paradigm, the public needs to deeply and intellectually understand exactly where the real cancer resides.
I never liked the saying: "We are the 99%." While admittedly catchy and effective as a slogan, I think it is ultimately divisive and counterproductive. The reason I say this is because the statement itself alienates much needed allies for no good reason.
In a country with a population of 320 million, the 1% represents 3.2 million people, which is a pretty big number. While the 1% certainly have far superior material lives compared to the 99%, that doesn't mean a particularly large percentage of them are thieves, cronies or oligarchs. In fact, it behooves people interested in transitioning to another paradigm to court as many of them as possible to the cause. It is very useful to have well meaning people with resources and connections on your side. To blithely assume there aren't plenty of potential allies from a pool of 3.2 million is committing strategic suicide. Indeed, John Hancock came from one of the wealthiest families in the American colonies in the run up to the Revolution, yet he isn't remembered by history for his family's tremendous wealth, but for his signature:
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On this day, April 21, 1895, Woodville Latham demonstrated the first use of a moving picture projected on a screen in New York City.
Major Woodville Latham (1837–1911) was an ordnance officer of the Confederacy during the American Civil War and professor of chemistry at West Virginia University. He was significant in the development of early film technology.
Woodville Latham, father of Grey and Otway Latham, owners of a kinetoscope parlor in New York City, in December 1894 formed the Lambda Company, 35 Frankfort Street, NYC, employing both Eugène Lauste, a former Thomas Edison employee, as well as motion picture pioneer William Kennedy Dickson.
The Lambda Company developed both a movie camera and prototype movie projector. The Panoptikon (eventually renamed Eidoloscope), was demonstrated for members of the press on April 21, 1895 and opened to the paying public on May 20. These were the first public demonstrations of projected motion pictures in the United States.
The Panoptikon, perhaps the first widescreen film format, was instrumental in the history of film in that it created what became known as the "Latham loop". This relieved strain on the filmstrip and enabled the shooting and projection of much longer motion pictures than the one-minute films of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope.
By 1905, virtually all motion picture projectors used the Latham Loop. When Thomas Edison excluded his competitor Biograph from licensing Edison's key motion picture patents in 1907, Biograph retaliated by purchasing the patent for the Latham Loop. Shortly before his death in 1911, Woodville Latham testified regarding the 'Latham loop' at a patent hearing. A federal court upheld the validity of the Latham patent The patent expired in 1913.
1915 – Anthony Quinn (Academy Award-winning actor: Viva Zapata! [1952], Lust for Life [1956]; The Guns of Navarone, The Inheritance, The Old Man and the Sea, Zorba the Greek; died June 3, 2001)
1932 – Elaine May (actress: California Suite; comedienne: half of a comedy duo with Mike Nichols; director: A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Ishtar, Mikey and Nicky)
1935 – Charles Grodin (actor: Clifford, Beethoven I & II, Midnight Run, Dave; director, host: The Charles Grodin Show)
1949 – Patti LuPone (actress: Evita, Song Spinner, Driving Miss Daisy, Wise Guys, 1941, Life Goes On)
1951 – Tony Danza (actor: Family Law, Who's the Boss, Taxi, Angels in the Outfield, Baby Talk; TV talk show host: The Tony Danza Show [co-executive producer])
1958 – Andie (Rosalie Anderson) MacDowell (actress: Multiplicity, Unstrung Heroes, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Short Cuts, Groundhog Day, Green Card, sex lies and videotape, St. Elmo's Fire, The Player, Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes)


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Height: 6-2 Weight: 307 lbs.
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High School: West Brook
College: Texas A&M (school history)
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Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 27 (3730th overall since 1950)
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About LPC Crude Oil Marketing LLC
Welcome to LPC Crude Oil Marketing LLC.
LPC Crude Oil Marketing LLC is a leader in the gathering, marketing, and transporting of oil and condensate in the Permian Basin. As a privately held company, LPC has a long range plan for steady growth based on strategic business principles, with our continued focus on providing excellent customer service. Our team of professionals is committed to the energy industry in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico, and serves to promote a strong business and community presence.
LPC Crude Oil Marketing LLC and Vitol, Inc. Announce Partnership Agreement
Vitol Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the global Vitol Group, today announced it had formed a partnership with Midland-based LPC Crude Oil Marketing LLC and had acquired fifty-percent of the company. The company will conduct operations as LPC Crude Oil Marketing LLC. LPC Crude Oil is a leader in the gathering, marketing, and transporting of oil and condensate in the Permian Basin. As a privately held company, LPC Crude has a long term plan for steady growth with a continued focus on providing excellent customer service.
LPC Crude will continue to operate as a separate entity focusing on its core customer base. The entire management team will remain in place. The new partnership will provide additional reach and resources to grow and better help operators in the Permian Basin move their oil to market, while continuing to provide the excellent customer service that LPC Crude Oil Inc. is known for in the region.
"Vitol is pleased to be joining efforts with the team at LPC Crude Oil to increase both company's efforts to service Permian Basin crude oil producers," said Mike Loya, President of Vitol, Inc. "LPC's President Steve Mills and his team have deep roots in the region, and we look forward to the Vitol-LPC venture broadening our reach and helping us to pursue growth opportunities there."
"This is a great opportunity for LPC to partner with an industry leader," said LPC President Steve Mills. "Vitol brings both the financial heft and expanding terminalling and logistics presence in the Permian to help us grow rapidly while still maintaining the small-company atmosphere that allows us to serve our customers so well."
About the Vitol Group. The Vitol Group was founded in 1966 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since then the company has grown significantly to become a major participant in world energy markets and is now the world's largest independent energy trader. Its trading portfolio includes crude oil, oil products, LPG, LNG, natural gas, coal, power, metals and carbon emissions. Vitol trades with all the major national oil companies, the integrated oil majors and the independent refiners and traders. Globally Vitol trades over 5.5 million barrels of crude oil and products per day and revenues in 2011 were $297 billion. Vitol currently owns and operates over 100,000 barrels a day of refining assets in Fujairah and Antwerp. In addition to its trading and refining business and its 50% share in the storage and terminals business VTTI, which has 13 terminals on five continents with around 8 million cubic meters of storage, Vitol has an exploration and production business which includes interests in Ghana, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Russia and Azerbaijan and a thermal coal mine in British Columbia, Canada. Further details on Vitol are available at www.vitol.com
About LPC Crude Oil Marketing LLC. Currently, LPC purchases approximately 50,000 barrels of oil per day at the lease, and operates a fleet of 40 tractors and trailers. In Upton and Martin counties, LPC has forty one miles of pipeline in operation. Our company disperses to approximately 5000 owners on 1000 leases in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. LPC is headquartered in Midland, Texas, and is led by the management team of Steve Mills, President and CEO, Tim Kohn, Executive Vice President and COO, Daniel Carter, Operations Vice President and Chance Fletcher, Chief Financial Officer. The main office telephone number is (432) 682-8555.
Chi Operating, Inc. has used LPC Crude Oil for several years on numerous leases in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas. In addition to getting our oil to market, LPC also maintains division of interests, and disperses to our interest owners. Their team of professionals is an asset to our company's operations.
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Mozambique is about three times the size of the United Kingdom. It is situated on the east coast of southern Africa between 11° and 27°S with a coastline of over 1,900 km/1,200 mi.#
It is bordered on the west by Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Although it extends outside the tropics, in the extreme south the whole country has a typically tropical climate.
The extensive coastal lowlands are warm to hot for most of the year, while the interior plateau and the hills along the border with Malawi and Zimbabwe are mild to warm even in the cooler dry season from April to September.
The warm Mozambique current flows southwards along the coast and is an important influence on the climate of the country. The whole country experiences a single rainy season at the time of high sun, when the intertropical belt of cloud and rain is farthest south.
The wettest regions are the highlands on the Malawi and Zimbabwe borders and the southeast coast between Beira and Maputo which are more exposed to the southeast trade winds throughout the year. Here annual rainfall is between 1,000 mm/40 in and 1,500 mm/60 in.
The driest areas are the lowlands inland, particularly the Zambezi valley, with between 500-750 mm/20-30 in. In some places the annual rainfall is as low as 375 mm/15 in.
In the south most of the rain falls between December and March but farther north this period lengthens by a few weeks. The coast of northern Mozambique is occasionally affected by tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean.
These move south between Madagascar and the mainland, but the majority pass east of Madagascar and hardly affect Mozambique. These cyclones bring heavy rain and strong winds which can cause extensive damage.
One reason for the comparatively low rainfall over much of the coastal lowlands is the shelter provided by the large mountainous island of Madagascar, which is fully exposed to the moist southeast trade winds. The eastern side of Madagascar is particularly wet as compared with Mozambique.
Temperatures on the coast and in some lowland regions can be rather sultry and oppressive, and this is made worse by the high humidity during the rainy season. Although the days may be hot inland at higher levels, there is a welcome drop in temperature at night and humidity is lower.
Over most of the country the weather is fairly sunny for much of the year with an average of seven to nine hours of sunshine per day.
The tables for Maputo and Sofala are representative of conditions on the coast in the drier south and in the wetter centre respectively. That for Tete shows the higher temperatures and lower humidity found inland; also the low rainfall typical of some inland areas.
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When a server won't boot but you still have a functioning hard drive, you still should be able to extract the stored SSL certificates and keys, right? The information is all there after all.
The system certificates are stored in the registry here:
And the associated private keys are stored here:
But simply importing those keys into the live registry results in certificates with keys that don't work. How do I extract an SSL certificate off a dead drive?


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Chelsea, 27 june, 1855—
You may believe me I am very sorry; I had not the least idea what the Affair was, the other morning, else a message of that kind would have met a very different reception indeed! But I have constantly very bad health, still a great deal of confused business, with strength not now on the increase for doing it; and am obliged to shrink into the remotest nook with my day's task, and carefully avoid all agitations whatever. For which reason, too, I have to deny myself the distinguished honour you are good enough to offer in so handsome a way; and cannot gratify my feelings by waiting on you on the 13th, even to return thanks personally for such kindness.
That here and there a serious fellow citizen recognises Cromwell thro' the long ugly toils I had with that Great Englishman, is surely some reward to one, if one needed any reward in such a matter. I will accept your testimony as a gratifying thing; and as a monition withal To1 hold on while the daylight yet lasts, in a similar course.
I should like very well to see your Merchant-Tailors Hall;2 and propose to look in (probably with my Wife), some time when we are in the City, if you can favour us with a Ticket, at your convenience.
With many thanks for the distinguished honour done me, and begging the continuance of such friendly sentiments, I have the honour to be, Sir,
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University School
Jim Garrett does more than teach literature. The head of University School's Upper School English Department pens it. Last year, Finishing Line Press published Innkeepers of Shorelight, the 53-year-old's second chapbook of poetry.
I wanted to write because I wanted to express myself in one way or another. Maybe it's because I didn't learn to play guitar.
I like poetry because it's a small form. It can go beginning, middle and end in a short space.
High-school boys in general don't love poetry.
They think of poetry as being about flowers and love and sunsets. What we try to do, especially at a boys school, is select poems that will get to them.
There's a great short poem by Theodore Roethke called "My Papa's Waltz." It's unclear as the poem goes on, when the father gets home late at night, whether he's waltzing and joking around with his son or whether the language of the waltz is describing a scene of a father hitting or abusing his son. Boys, they brace — they know that this is something real."
The initiative to go to the library, pick out a book, find a new author — I don't see that as much, partly because students can turn on any TV and get 500 stations.
I love Bruce Springsteen. I think he's a poet. His lyrics have all the makings of good writing, good poetry."
My family settled in New Jersey when I was in sixth grade and lived there through much of the next bunch of years. We had a house right on the ocean in Monmouth Beach. Even before that, when we were living in Pennsylvania, my parents would take us to the Jersey Shore in the summer. So I had these very vivid childhood memories of walking on the beach, swimming in the ocean, going on shell hunts, those sorts of things. Some of my poems are expressions of the childhood memories, some filtered through the adult perspective.
People read their own childhood experiences into the poems. I didn't expect that.
One of the other English teachers said, "Why do you date your poems? You don't usually see that." I said, "I wanted to try to put the poems in the time and the place, the era that inspired them."
One of the things I like the most is to listen to students in the classroom, ask them follow-up questions and push them in their interpretations. We're really talking about the most important things in an English class — things like life and death, love and relationships, fathers and sons, morals and values, sin and crime.


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The Cities of Refuge were towns in Ancient Israel to which people who killed accidentally (through negligence) could flee and find asylum. Otherwise, relatives of the victims had the right to claim blood vengeance.
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What if a Goel HaDam (Blood Redeemer) accidentally kills his kinsman's accidental murderer - inside the latter's 'Ir Miklat (City of Refuge)?
Another question asks what happens if someone accidentally kills someone else inside an 'Ir Miklat (City of Refuge) in which the victim and/or his family live, and whether he needs to move to another ...
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What if anything was the correspondence between mishmarim of kohanim and cities?
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Mustangs Announce Soccer Spring Schedule
SMU Looking To Gain Valuable Experience Against Challenging Opponents
Mustangs Take On Tulsa In Regular Season Finale
SMU Aims To Improve Seeding For Conference USA Tournament
SMU Finishes Weekend With Game At Rice On Sunday
Mustangs Aiming For First Conference Win Of Season
205 SMU Student-Athletes Named To C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
SMU Looks Ahead To Rematch With Rice In C-USA Quarterfinals
SMU Women's Soccer - 2013 Senior Day vs. UCF
Amelia Ambrose, Jessica Bartol, Lauryn Bodden, Taylor Robinson and Courtney Smith were all honored before SMU's home finale.
SMU vs. Colorado State - Aug. 30, 2013
SMU vs. Colorado State - Aug. 30, 2013
2013 (Sr.): Appeared in nine games, playing 229 minutes... Recorded five shots with two on goal.
2012 (Jr.): Played in 16 games, racking up 289 minutes and three shots... Season high 35 minutes at Houston (9/21).
2011 (So.): Started two games, playing 767 minutes...Scored game-winning goal against Stephen F. Austin in the 88th minute (8/22)...Scored game-tying goal against No. 6 Memphis in the 89th minute (10/7)...Made first career start at UAB (10/7)...Made first career appearance as a sub at Arkansas (8/19).
2010 (Loyola University): Started 10 of 18 games in first season at Loyola...Made first start against Iowa (9/3)...Tallied an assist on game-winning goal against Northern Illinois (9/6)...Attempted four shots.
Prior to SMU: Led Marian High School to state title as a senior after making the semifinals in both 2008 and 2009...Received honorable mention all-state honors her junior and senior seasons...Earned second team all-metro honors in 2010...Team captain in 2009 and 2010...Led team with 14 assists in 2009...Helped Omaha Arsenal FC to the 2006 Nebraska Club title and three-straight runner-up finishes...Member of Nebraska ODP team from 2004-09.
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After I recompile Apache for the newer version of php. Everything goes fine, but I get the following php errors: Warning: main() [function.main]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST'.
And PDO Class not found.
In the php.ini file the following are included. extension=pdo.so extension=pdo_sqlite.so extension=sqlite.so extension=pdo_mysql.so extension=uploadprogress.so
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Rev. Susan Kyser
Master of Divinity '86
Director of Pastoral Care, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Rev. Kyser found a place that welcomes many theologies.
She offers reassurance to those who might fear their personal faith would be shaken at a seminary.
In her work as director of pastoral care at Nationwide Children's Hospital, she sees the theological rubber hit the road.


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New weed invaders, chemical company updates and reclamation and revegetation weed issues are among topics for weed management professionals at the Wyoming Weed Management Association (WWMA) meeting Jan 19-21 in Casper. Continue reading
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Meeteetse cattlemens program promotes producer sustainability
Master Cattleman program will be taught through eight, three-hour workshop sessions at Lucille's Cafe. Classes are 1 p.m. Wednesday of each week starting Jan. 20 and running through mid-March. Registration is open to any Big Horn Basin cattle producer. Registration deadline is Jan. 15. A $75 registration fee will help provide materials. Continue reading
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UW molecular biology researchers paper published in prestigious journal
A scientist in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Wyoming will have a paper published in the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) journal. Continue reading
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A quick review
Part 1 of this series presented the theoretical background for the creation of an enterprise event management framework (EEMF) to allow the generation of unique events with a well-defined vocabulary. The framework required five core features, as shown in Figure 1:
- The definition of a defined event taxonomy to allow uniform hierarchically related event types
- A unique composite propagating global identifier to facilitate reconstruction of the full event tree from any member of that tree
- A transport mechanism to allow disparate systems to emit uniform events to a common processing engine
- An extensible event payload structure to define the content of different event messages
- A persistence mechanism to allow asynchronous generation and consumption of event messages
Figure 1. Core features of an event management framework
This article discusses the design and implementation of a demonstration system illustrating these necessary features. The full source code for the prototype is available for download as a compiled set of web archive (WAR) and Java™ archive (JAR) files that you can deploy to an application server and test using a client application.
System overview
Figure 2 illustrates the basic system layout. The
framework design has two main components: the web services tier and the
message middleware tier. The key web services to support client
applications (that is, the event transport layer) are shown as the
get event globally unique identifier (GUID) and
post event services. The first service
allows the client application to obtain a new GUID or to obtain a new
composite GUID if the application is being called by another (which has
passed a composite GUID of its own). The second service is provided to
allow asynchronous posting of an event message that can be constructed
from Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) objects generated from the
defined event taxonomy. The system clients can use a utility library
(telecomevent.jar) to facilitate the generation of event messages and
validate these messages before invoking the web service. The web service
provides a validation check of its own based on the XML schema for the
taxonomy before processing the event. (View a larger version of Figure 2.)
Figure 2. Web service and messaging middleware deployment diagram
post event service, after message
validation, connects to the preconfigured message queue server. The
message queue provides the event persistence mechanism discussed earlier
and allows for asynchronous consumption of events. In this example, a
simple direct queue called event is defined for the service, but
in a more full-featured framework, a message topic is used for
Pub/Sub-type operations.
Any consumer of events (such as a business intelligence application or a
complex event rule engine) can be pointed to the event queue (or specific
topic) to consume messages as they are posted. By using a high-performance
messaging queue, the system allows near-real-time delivery of events, even
when one or more of the consuming systems are offline (that is, guaranteed
delivery). In the provided test application, a thread is spun from the
MainWindow class to create an
EventMessageReceiver listening on the
event queue for event messages.
The advantages of this architecture are seen in the ability for any system that can use simple web services, such as hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) or web services description language (WSDL), to generate valid event messages that are held until the event consumers are prepared to process them. Client applications are not dependent on any particular libraries but can include the framework's utility library to facilitate the creation of well-defined events and posting to the event services.
The services component
The framework service layer is implemented using Spring-WS and has two
critical components: the
GUIDService and the
PostEventService. Both services are illustrated
in Figure 3 and are designed similarly. Each service
has a defined endpoint that provides for the necessary Spring annotations
and configurations to create the web service mappings. Each service has a
defined handler method that parses the incoming XML message and forwards
the request to the service implementation for processing. (View a larger version of Figure 3.)
Figure 3. The two elements of the services component
The GUID service takes a blank string (in the case where the event is at the top of the business workflow) or a valid composite GUID string (from a previous event post in the workflow). The service then generates a new GUID, appends it to the previous one (if supplied), and returns the entire string as an XML message to the service caller.
The Post Event service is a bit more complex. In this case, the client creates a well-defined XML-based event request (containing the event payload) and posts it to the service. The Post Event service then parses the event XML and forwards the event message to the RabbitMQ message queue, currently named event, as a defined queue.
The eemf-ws-servlet.xml Spring configuration file indicates that the configuration for the services is driven by annotations, and the Spring-WS framework scans the base code package for the web service definitions. At this point, the services are simple, non-validated calls. As noted in eemf-ws-servlet.xml (Figure 4), though, an interceptor is defined for message validation. In a future version of the framework, this functionality allows checking of the message structures passed to each of the EEMF frameworks services. Finally, the Spring-WS framework automatically generates the service WSDL based on the eemf.xsd schema for messages. The Spring-WS user guide recommends using automatic generation of WSDL until the service development is complete and then deploying a well-defined WSDL as part of the final delivery. (View a larger version of Figure 4.)
Figure 4. The eemf-web-servlet.xml file
The web services are deployed to an instance of an Apache Tomcat server
using a standard WAR deployment package. The server-side application
contains a web.xml file to describe all the necessary Tomcat
configurations and servlet mappings—in particular, the Spring-WS
MessageDispatcherServlet used to forward all
requests to the properly mapped web service (Figure
5). (View a larger version of
Figure 5.)
Figure 5. The web.xml file
The event message structure
The event message structure is built directly from the well-defined taxonomy, as described in the event XML schema (TelecomEventTaxonomy.xsd). This approach allows for a single point of definition (and extension) for all event taxonomies. In the case of the prototype, JAXB is used to generate an object hierarchy that can be used directly by Java coders to create properly formed event messages.
The Object Factory (automatically created by JAXB) and the first level of
the event message structure are shown in Figure 6. In
this case, the top of the payload structure is based on the
Customer element with several possible sub
elements (such as
Purchase or
To use these objects, you must include a library in the client application that has the generated JAXB classes. In the case of the prototype, the Apache ANT build script for the server-side application contains a JAXB task to create a JAR file called telecomevent.jar that contains all the necessary client-side code.
Figure 6. The Object Factory message structure
The client application
To test the EEMF, a Swing-based application is provided that allows the creation of several events (including the automatic assignment of a GUID), posting of those events to the web services, retrieval of the event from the RabbitMQ message queue, and display of the posted event in the UI.
As with all Swing applications, the GUI client has a
MainWindow (Figure 7) that
contains a group of radio buttons (to select the proper sample event
type), a button to post the event, and two text fields to display the
service reply message and the event retrieved from the message queue.
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Figure 7. The client's main window
Two request client classes manage the web service requests:
PostEventRequestClient and
GUIDRequestClient. The first client calls the
second to get a GUID for the event that is then posted to the EEMF
service. The
EventMessageReceiver is running on
a separate thread to listen on the event queue of the RabbitMQ message
queue. When a message is received, it is written to the Event
Message Listener text field for display. The full UI for the
client application is shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8. The client application's UI
Future direction
The framework in its current state does quite a few useful things, such as provide a JAXB object structure for building and marshaling event messages, deploying a pair of web services to a J2EE server to allow posting of messages, and a default configuration for the message queue running on RabbitMQ. Many features, however, have been left out to illustrate the core functionality of the framework.
The current framework defines an interceptor for XML messages sent to the EEMF services to validate against a defined XSD file. To facilitate development, that feature is currently turned off. In a production-quality framework, though, this feature of Spring-WS is enabled to allow for validation of event messages directly against a version of a XSD file that defines the taxonomy. This functionality prevents the posting of invalid messages (either incomplete or malformed messages) and ensures that the data that the framework provides is consistent and correct.
Robust client utility (Java and Microsoft® .NET)
To facilitate the use of the EEMF, a client utility is provided to make the creation of events—and the posting of those events—as simple and error free as possible. The current design calls for a set of client-side utility objects that can be configured in a similar way to logging (for example, log4j) to define the server address hosting the EEMF services. Event creation is facilitated by the JAXB classes and a set of methods for creating events by type (using the classic Builder pattern). The client utilities are implemented in both Java and Microsoft® .NET to facilitate the use of the EEMF on both platforms. Additional language support will be considered later.
Exception handling
Exceptions for XML validation or other server processing are enhanced to allow the client to correct and resubmit events. In particular, the validation messages that the framework returns indicate the exact problem with the event message so that corrections can be made.
Topic Pub/Sub message handling
To foster a broader use of the events that the EEMF generates, a Topic
queue is defined to allow for the posting of messages to specific
event-type topics. As discussed in Part 1, each event type has a specific identifier built to mirror
the construction of the taxonomy tree. For example, the
Customer event has
taxonomy-id="A", while the next event type in
the tree
Purchase has
taxonomy-id="A1". This behavior allows for the
configuration of multiple event topics based on the
taxonomy-id, such that an event consumer
interested in
(topic id = A.A1) events
can listen on the appropriate topic queue.
Event database structure
The value of business events is two-fold. First is the ability to respond in near-real time to a variety of event types (such as a customer purchase event or a fraud/intrusion detection); second is the business intelligence that can be realized in after-the-fact reconstruction of daily, weekly, or monthly business operations. To gain the greatest benefit from the EEMF, a database structure for event storage and analysis is provided. This database design takes advantage of both the defined event taxonomy structure and the XML-encoded messages to permit long-term storage of event information for future use.
The EEMF represents a well-defined mechanism for the generation and management of business events. Businesses that can take advantage of the wealth of knowledge represented by the myriad of day-to-day activities and events will be well positioned to respond quickly to changes in the marketplace. Moreover, by understanding the details of a particular customer's interaction with the business, an organization can provide better support and establish a long-term relationship with its customers, thus enhancing customer value and retention.
The prototype framework that accompanies this article illustrates the implementation of the key features of the EEMF, including the taxonomy, unique propagating composite identifiers, a transport mechanism, the event payload structure, and persistence of event messages. Future implementation will allow deployment of the framework not only to new development but also for integration with legacy systems.
|EEMF client GUI client source code
|EEMF GUI client compiled code
|EEMF server side source code
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The West Wing program at Canon City High School is an independent alternative high school housed on the west side of CCHS. It uses the Discovery program to inspire dignity and respect for every student that comes through the doors. Through this program the school offers a safe, healthy, independent work environment with multiple teaching methods offered for each course. Each student has the option to take nearly every high school credit as an on-line class, lecture, or independent study all the way through graduation.
There is also a rewarding "roads scholar" program that allows students to experience unlimited real life applications of the topics that they study in class. From seeing art at a museum to snowboarding the Rockies to fishing the Arkansas, students' learning will be energized. Other experiential learning opportunities include skating, hiking, golf, painting, sewing, cooking, web design, sign language, and cosmetology among others, and have also included veterinarians, pilots, engineers, comedians, actors, and musicians as guest speakers at the school.
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Does This Corvette Funny Car Handle Snow Better Than a C7?
This Corvette funny car trying to charge through the snow might make you think about your own cold-weather options if you own a more traditional 'Vette.
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Red 2014 Corvette Stingray Crashes in Snow
This Torch Red Corvette Stingray Z51 Coupe has seen better days. Spotted at a car dealership in Milwaukee, the crashed Stingray shows extensive damage to the front end of the car. Check out that snow that's packed in under the hood and passenger front wheel-well. It looks like this Corvette hit a bunch of the […]
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YouTube founders' brainchild, MixBit, launches as iOS app
Several months ago, we reported that YouTube founders, Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, were working on a new social video service called MixBit, which they were more than happy to tease.
Over the months, MixBit has gotten lost in our distant memories, but today it's back and it looks quite appealing. MixBit has been launched officially in the form of an iOS application that records a 16 second video clip, with a twist. Unlike Vine and Instagram Video, MixBit allows you to edit and remix videos, making clips of up to an hour long. Videos are submitted anonymously and no comments are available making trolls all the more less and remixing so much better.
MixBit is backed by Google Ventures and Chen & Hurley have promised an Android version will become available in the Google Play store in the coming weeks.
YouTube co-founder teases new social video sharing site; MixBit
YouTube co-founder, Chris Hurley, today teased a new social video sharing site called MixBit after announcing last month that he would be launching a new video sharing site in the near future.


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PITTSBURGH -- The slight gashes in the ice were very new. Dan Craig created them with his skates shortly after noon on Wednesday, keeping a tradition alive of him being the first person to skate on his Winter Classic ice.
This wasn't just a guy taking a little twirl, though.
"It is very calculated," Craig told NHL.com.
Craig, of course, wanted to test his ice. That was priority No. 1.
But he chose between noon and 1 p.m. because come Saturday, that'll be about the time the Capitals and Penguins will be taking the ice for warm-ups prior to the 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. Craig wanted to know how the ice felt when he emerged out of the shadows and into the sunny areas.


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Who knows what really happened during the embassy attack in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012?That's a mystery that so many news outlets and members of Congress have been trying to solve since the incident happened. We do know, thanks to 60 Minutes and reporter Lara Logan, who doesn't know the truth, and that's Dylan Davies, also known as Morgan Jones — the fake name he used to give what we now know was a fake account on the investigative program.
Two of the late-night comics were all over this one, and one gave an account of how to tell whether Fox News (which had been bragging about being all over this story from the beginning) has its facts straight. Take a look at our favorite jokes on the media flub, then vote for yours in the quick poll to the right. Watching from your smartphone or tablet? Then visit opinion.usatoday.com to cast your ballot.
Two late-night comics examine the lies and bad reporting behind a "60 Minutes" investigation on the Benghazi attack. Take a look at our favorite jokes, then vote for yours at opinion.usatoday.com.


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Richard Petty Motorsports announced today an extension with Smithfield Foods including an increased investment int Richard petty Motorsports. Smithfield Foods and it's multiple brands will return as primary sponsor of the No. 43 Ford Fusion driven by Aric Almirola in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for 29 races. The extension extents through the 2016 season.
The increased invest should allow Richard Petty Motorsports to improve their equipment and increase their chances of putting Smithfield in victory lane for the very first time. Almirola will be tasked with the challenge of improving with only three Top 5 finishes in 107 career starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Season.
Aric Almirola also reached an extension with Richard Petty Motorsports, extending his contract through the 2016 season.


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The summary below is from the full report titled "Effects of the Phytoestrogen Genistein on Bone Metabolism in Osteopenic Postmenopausal Women. A Randomized Trial." It is in the 19 June 2007 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 146, pages 839-847). The authors are H. Marini, L. Minutoli, F. Polito, A. Bitto, D. Altavilla, M. Atteritano, A. Gaudio, S. Mazzaferro, A. Frisina, N. Frisina, C. Lubrano, M. Bonaiuto, R. D'Anna, M.L. Cannata, F. Corrado, E.B. Adamo, S. Wilson, and F. Squadrito.
As people age, their bones become less dense and bone fractures occur more easily. Estrogen helps to maintain bone health in younger women, but after about 30 years of age, estrogen levels begin to decrease and then fall sharply after menopause. Estrogen replacement therapy is effective at maintaining bone, but because of its side effects, it is no longer recommended for this purpose.
Many women who are looking for "natural" ways to promote bone health use phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring estrogen analogues, which are found in soy products. Genistein is a phytoestrogen that is a common ingredient of products marketed to promote bone health. Typically, however, the level of genistein in these products is too low to be effective. Also, the effectiveness of phytoestrogens such as genistein has not been carefully studied.
To find out whether genistein improves bone health in postmenopausal women with osteopenia.
389 postmenopausal women with osteopenia who were otherwise healthy.
The researchers assigned patients to take 2 pills that contained a total of 54 mg of genistein or a placebo pill daily for 24 months. Both pills contained vitamin D3 and calcium, which are necessary for healthy bones. The placebo pills contained no other active ingredients. The researchers measured bone density and performed several blood tests to see whether bone breakdown and formation occurred after 24 months. Because estrogens can make the lining of the uterus thicker and can lead to cancer, the researchers used ultrasound tests to measure the thickness of the lining of the uterus to see whether genistein also caused this side effect.
After 24 months, women who took genistein had a greater increase in bone mineral density than the women who took the placebo. In addition, bone markers were more favorable in women taking genistein than in women taking placebo. Gastrointestinal side effects were more common among women taking genistein than in women taking placebo. The thickness of the lining of the uterus did not change in either group, suggesting that genistein may be safe to use in terms of uterine health.
The study had too few participants and was too short to determine whether genistein reduces fractures and whether side effects might become more of a problem when genistein is used for longer than 24 months.
The phytoestrogen genistein, when taken with vitamin D3 and calcium, has favorable effects on bone health compared with vitamin D3 and calcium alone.
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"Because now more than ever, Panem is speaking with one voice". Yeah, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) may want to think again on that score. He's been pushing the unity card pretty hard ever since the last address, and now in this new teaser for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1, his speech is interrupted by the rebel forces he's railing against.
With a brainwashed Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and Johanna Mason (Jena Malone) by his side, Snow's latest Capitol TV broadcast sounds a lot like the first one, and probably would have ended with another thinly-veiled threat against those who oppose him. However, address is soon interrupted by technological wiz, Beetee (Jeffrey Wright), who informs the public that "The Mockingjay lives".
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1 opens November 21st.
PLOT: The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Danny Strong and Peter Craig and produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the third in a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.


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This is a small book containing stills of santos figures taken inside a store in Santa Fe, NM. Although it's a small book, what's inside is pretty. The store was beautifully lit, and the figures were photographed exactly where and how they were displayed, using available light. In a couple of the photos you can see the edges of price tags off to the side. I left them there because I thought it suited the work better.
This is more a project for a friend of mine than anything else, but if you enjoy looking at or collecting santos figures, you should check this book out.
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Couture skirts are the things galas and balls are made of.
The structured skirt boasts a length perfect for evening fetes, and when paired alongside a tailored shirt creates a display of chic grandeur only seen on the likes of style icons such as Carolina Herrera.
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Couture Skirt: Maison Rabih Kayrouz Long Origami Skirt $1,520 farfetch.com
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GResso luxury phone with Black Diamonds
Luxury cellphone maker Gresso keeps churning out more and more expensive handsets. With their first models they were content with African Blackwood and some golden plating on the back. Then came Gresso Avantgarde Sol collection, with the keypad keys made from gold.
But there ain't no luxury handset out there, that can be made exclusive and expensive enough for a proper millionaire. Still Gresso seems to try real hard.
This this time they decided to replace golden keys with diamonds. And no ordinary diamonds, but extremely rare and expensive black diamonds to boot.
Their first attempt Gresso Avantgarde Black Diamonds phone (on the right) is a valid try. For just a 9000 Euro you get your African Blackwood phone with golden keypad and four navigation keys replaced wit black diamonds. But it's really nothing special, I say.
If you want to be a real show-off, you should opt for Gresso Avantgarde Royal Black Diamonds edition.
In this phone all your keypad keys will be made from black diamonds of 2.53K. And, because these gems are rare enough, only 50 pieces of this Royal handset will be made ever.
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I bought my first Mac ten months ago which worked flawlessly until yesterday. Out of the blue, it can no longer connect to my wireless network.
I haven't made any changes to my Mac or to the network; my other machines have full Internet access. I have tried to remove the wireless network and add it again (on my Mac). I've also deleted the entries in the key-chain and restarted my router but nothing helps.
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2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV SUV 4dr SUV AWD (6.2L 8cyl 6A)
I wish I would have read the reviews. Just bought a 07 ESV and After reading some of the reviews. I totally agree with the post about the Wind noise...It is extremely too Noise...I hate it. I had to replaced the stereo and it makes this funny/weird noise when it is running. The dealership always says there's nothing wrong or they can't hear it. Believe me I look good in it, but the price and quality I wish I would have chose something else. I can't wait until another year or two to sale it!
Love the heated seat, steering wheel. The look is goregous
Wind noise, better stereo systems. And I wish the third row had more leg room.
2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV SUV 4dr SUV AWD (6.2L 8cyl 6A)
Its been about 20 months since we purchased her used with 2800 miles. Bose stereo died this week and the dealer says that it isnt covered under warranty.
The plastic trim around the windows has bubbled and the driver seat leather is wearing out.
Bought new tires with only 30K on the original Bridgestones.
Lousy mileage around town, but she is built for the freeway. Love her on the open road.
Still not worth the price new they are asking.
So look for low mile used with a warranty.
And also an independent repair facility that can work with the warranty.
The dealers just dont get it, the quality of American autos are crap.
Wish that the paint was as high quality as we have on our Lexus
roominess and ride on highway.
Paint quality, interior plastic shoudl be real wood, higher quality leather, sound system. The driver side leg room is horrible. I am 6 5 and uncomfortable all the time. Everyone else is very comfortbale.
2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV SUV 4dr SUV AWD (6.2L 8cyl 6A)
We bought this car to travel back and forth between WV Mts. and FL and it is perfect for that. Lots of room as long as you remove the heavy 3rd row seats. We have had no mechanical issues with 45k miles on it now. I traded out for the 22 inch factory wheels and gave up some highway comfort for looks. The 18" factory tires soak up the road far better than the good looking 22" factory wheels/tires. Great in the Mountains powerwise and with the transmission grade brake. It is big and powerful enough to power through high snow drifts. Pretty quiet on Highway, and you can drive with little effort as the long wheel base makes it very stable. The computerized suspension works well.
Plenty of power and gears, grade brake, entire integrated nav, xm, on star system with voice recognition. Nice exhaust sound, heated/cooled seats. Nice looking inside and out. With our bench 2nd seat can carry 8 adults on short trips and suspension adjusts for the weight. Still room behind 3rd row
Seat design...hate the 3rd row seats, they should fold into floor. In addition, you do not have 8 ft of floor space when you fold the 2nd row forward. Yes, I want to carry plywood in it. In addition, the front seats need some work on comfort, my 09 LTZ Av. has heated/cooled seats that are superior
2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV SUV 4dr SUV AWD (6.2L 8cyl 6A)
I couldn't be more pleased with my 2007 Escalade ESV. I can't believe all the negative reviews. I have to think they're not all legit. It's very quiet, the ride is great, the interior and exterior are beautiful, it's solidly built, and it's very safe. We were just rear-ended by an F150 and all we had was a scratch on the rear bumper the size of my thumb. The F150 had $3,000+ damage. We took a 3,500 mile road trip this summer from TX to the Rockies, and I assure you there is no finer road-trip machine. 17 mpg hwy. We've had one minor problem, which was a seal on the transfer case (under $100), and it has been back to the dealer for repair ONCE since new. This is 100% fact.
Powerful engine, tons of air bags, nav system, traction control, all-wheel drive, interior styling and features, exterior styling, smooth transmission, air conditioned seats.
Wish it got a bit better mileage, but I'm pleased with 17 mpg highway. Given the luxury, safety, and power, that's a small price to pay.
2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV SUV 4dr SUV AWD (6.2L 8cyl 6A)
Latches on center counsel don't work, have to wrestle the cup holders open, told by dealership engine has major problems, heated seats went out, trailer hitch cover wont stay fastened, rubber on side of luggage rack is coming off, black insulation showing in between front bumper, passenger side door handle is half way detached! On star makes a weird noise in winter, drivers side seat motor is on its way out, oil level light won't go off even after resetting after oil change, engine is loud, battery tested bad, rust between front & rear door, factory remote start has like a 10 ft capability,
nice boss system, nice grille, dvd system, heated steering wheel, moon roof, electronic tailgate, turn signal warning when left on by mistake, auto hi beams when needed, nice navigation screen
lower the price on this over priced, unreliable, gas guzzling, headache of a Cadillac please i am trying to buy American but my Lexus truck had no such problems
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Of the companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings, about two-thirds have gone on to beat estimates, which looks good on the surface. But that hasn't translated to gains on the market, with the S&P 500 down around 3% for the year. So what's going on?
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Miami drafted him with an eye on him starting on the strong side. He practiced there and started there for three games.
During the week sparano decided to try him on the other side. But he couldn't unseat wake.
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The multi-instrumentalist who hails from Lyons, Colo., found the secret of this combination while working with his co-writer Carol Lee and electronica producer Aaron Shier on his fourth CD, "Cracked Open" a few months ago.
"Carol and I had been listening to a bunch of that type of different stuff including Morcheeba and Zero 7 when we were writing songs," Land said during a telephone interview from his home in Lyons, Colo. "We liked the elements of that atmospheric vibe and the grooves are always cool."
So, Land sought out Shier.
"I got together with Aaron, who had come from that world as a brilliant producer and engineer," Land said. "I approached him about combining these styles, and when I played my song 'Cracked Open,' he heard this blending in his head."
Park City will get a chance to experience Land's unique sound when he performs a night of live and looped music at Shop Yoga Studio, 1167 Woodside Ave., on Saturday, June 8. The music will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Although Shier was keen on recording some of Land's music, the two didn't think they were going to make a full-length CD.
"It was a very organic and mysterious process, and when we got together, we decided to do only one song to see how it goes," Land said. "During our recording process, it became something far more than what we originally intended, so that we worked on one song every week.
To start things off, Shier created a kick-drum sample.
"I added the other percussion parts and then played all my instruments — including a six-string banjo, an acoustic guitar and a mandolin — and added a bass part," Land said. "Aaron would take the recordings home and tweak things up and bring them back to show me what he did."
The sounds blew both musicians away.
"One of the cool things he did involved a cowbell that I played," Land said. "He decided to stretch out that sound and not use it as a percussion element, but as a melodic element."
Shier compressed the sound, added reverb and manipulated it, before pitching it.
"The result was a sound that was in tune with the song," Land said. "It actually comes into the mix as a prominent part of the chorus.
"That's what's cool about electronic music," he said. "You can take anything and change it, because it's all digital ones and zeros."
"Cracked Open" is comprised of 10 songs, which, by the way, were sequenced in the order they were recorded.
"It's perfect," Land said. "I couldn't have tried to make that order as perfect as it could be."
Of all the songs on the disc, the tune "Good Enough" has some special meaning for Land.
It's an autobiographical tune about the musician's struggle with Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
"I was one of the forerunners in the labeling of creative kids that wound up being labeled ADD or ADHD," Land said. "And I was a guinea pig for the drug Ritalin because I was diagnosed right at the beginning of that whole movement."
The song talks about the dilemma Land felt when people would try to force him to settle down.
"It's been something that is a part of my reality," he said. "People call it a problem and a disorder and have told me that I have an issue and that I am not normal."
For years, he despaired because the symptoms wouldn't go away.
"Then I read a book called 'ADD a Different Perception' by Thom Hartman," Land said. "He showed me that I have a hunter personality and the whole world wants everyone to be farmers."
that, Hartman wrote that society wants these restless and creative kids to follow certain methodical points to exist in life.
"But that's not the way most of the creative people, inventors, entrepreneurs and artists live," Land said. "They are always on that hunt to do something over here and over there and are searching for the next project over there.
"So, I had to reframe my condition and tell myself it's a gift," he said. "In fact, we all should do that, we're drugging all these kids and squeezing them in a box that they don't fit in."
During his research, Land came across a national nonprofit organization called Ablechild, which is comprised of parents and caregivers who want a label and drug free education for their children, and work for the rights of children who have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD.
"All proceeds of sales of the song will go directly to raise money for this charity," Land said. "If you or anyone you know has children that are labeled 'ADD/ADHD,' they need to check out the website, www.ablechild.org ."
During the live performance, Land will show how his hunter-personality is a benefit.
"I'm going to plug in a programmed electronica beat and then move back and forth through and play a bunch of instruments," he said. "The live show is my ADD mind at work and is like spinning plates."
Arthur Lee Land will perform at Shop Yoga Studio, 1167 Woodside Ave., on Saturday, June 8. The night will start with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. The music will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. Contact Rebecca Hilly for tickets by emailing email@example.com.


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Daniel Wilson shares the minimalist "Will You," which creates a beautiful resonant chorus with layers of his own voice. Look out for his debut EP in 2014!
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