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The big story coming out of the weekend was the contract status of Bobby Roode with TNA Wrestling. While his future was unclear on Saturday, he ended up working Lockdown on Sunday as advertised.
We're told this isn't the first contract issue that has come up since Bruce Prichard took over as Senior Vice President of Programming and Talent Relations but they've been kept quiet for the most part. We still don't have full details on what specifically happened with Roode but were able to obtain more information.
There has been a major change in a lot of the new contracts TNA has been offering. The new deals provide weekly guarantees opposed to talent being paid per appearance . The company has slowly worked to renegotiate existing deals with this as well. It's good for rarely used or undercard talent because they're still getting paid even if they don't appear.
However, for workers that are routinely on shows and main event talent, the new structure ultimately puts less money in their pockets. My source says there was some type of hangup with Roode over the amount of money he was been offered per week as he wanted to remain under his per appearance deal (even though he had an appearance minimum but he was working far more than that minimum). This makes me believe the fifth year of Roode's contract he signed in 2009 was a company option that they declined and attempted to restructure.
The situation was ultimately rectified with Roode working Lockdown but this is expected to be an ongoing issue for the next year or two until all the contracts have been converted or old deals are completed to their expiration.
The reason for the changes are to make sure there are less people under contract, make sure they use who is under contract and end up with fixed salary costs so it's not so unpredictable how much they'll be spending each year on talent.

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It has been a windy day with sustained winds out of the southwest from 15 to 25 mph. Gusts have been over 30 mph.
The wind is beginning to relax some and it will turn out of the northwest, making way for a cold overnight and Sunday.
If you are heading to the Colts game tomorrow, it will be a pleasant day with dry conditions and sunny skies.
Changes move in on Monday afternoon as a strong cold front arrives. There is a chance of rain by late afternoon. As temperatures tumble, rain could change over to snow showers late Monday night. The coldest air of the season pushes in on Tuesday.


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Joseph Rudolph Wood update: Death row inmate seeks reprieve from execution
PHOENIX - Attorneys for an Arizona death row inmate have asked a federal appeals court to give their client a reprieve from his July 23 execution while they litigate an appeal on his behalf.
Inmate Joseph Rudolph Wood has asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a decision last week from a lower court judge who rejected arguments that his First Amendment rights were violated by the state's refusal to reveal the drugmakers and other details.
Wood's lawyers say the information will promote confidence in the courts system.
The state's lawyers say Wood doesn't have a right to the information he is seeking.
Wood is scheduled to be executed for the 1989 shooting deaths of his estranged girlfriend, Debra Dietz, and her father, Eugene Dietz, in Tucson.


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LARAMIE - Wyoming coach Dave Christensen is expecting more excitement from his team this season despite starting a true freshman quarterback.
Christensen says the Cowboys have more playmakers than they've had over the past two seasons.
Freshman Brett Smith, of Salem, Ore., will lead the offense after winning the starting quarterback job during training camp.
Smith is only the third true freshman since 1974 to start at quarterback for the Cowboys. He is one of nine true freshmen who are expected to see playing time on offense, defense and special teams.
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BRONC FOOTBALL - The Bronc football team will play at Natrona county tonight.
The Bronc defense will get a big test tonight that was one area Head coach Don Julian was pleased with in the victory over Cheyenne Central.
The Offensive line had some question marks coming into the season but Julian says the players have done a good job of getting themselves ready for the season.
As for tonight's opponent the Broncs know what to expect when they line up with Mustangs.
The Buffalo High School sports teams will all be in action.
The Bison football team will open their season at Worland tonight with kickoff set at 6pm. The JV team will play at home Saturday against Glenrock.
The girls' swim team was at Gillette Thursday to take on Gillette and Newcastle.
The girls' varsity volleyball team will be at the Gillette Invite today and Saturday. The freshman and JV girls played Clearmont on Thursday.
The Bison golf team is at the Worland Invite. Round One was Thursday and they'll wrap up the tournament today.
FOOTBALL - The Bronc football team will play at Natrona county tomorrow night and the Big Horn rams play their regular season opener tomorrow afternoon at home.
The Rams lost their zero week exhibition game at Thermopolis last Friday Head coach Bert Dow says the Rams showed their age in the 21-6 loss.
Several players from Tongue River high school have joined the Rams club this year after their season was called off two weeks ago and Dow says they are slowly getting up to speed with their new teammates and coaches.
BRONC / LADY BRONC TENNIS - The Bronc and Lady Bronc tennis teams split with Natrona county yesterday.
NC beat the Lady Broncs 3-2 while the Broncs finished the day winning 4 of the 5 matches.
The Lady Broncs played strong but fell behind early in their matches and really had to work hard to scratch out two victories Head coach Bob Faurot.
The Lady Bison swim team hosted their Buffalo Pentathlon last Friday, with teams from Newcastle, Worland, Douglas as well as Buffalo at the meet.
A number of individual Bison had great performances.
In the 100 butterfly, Buffalo's Hannah Chapin took second, being beaten by less than a second by Carolyn Kennedy of Worland.
Buffalo's Caley Stafford took fourth and Misty Ballek took fifth.
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About Utah: Former BYU javelin thrower Richard George will be honored, no regrets for this Utah sports star
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They don't come any more star-studded than the class the Utah Sports Hall of Fame will induct tomorrow night at EnergySolutions Arena.
The lineup includes John Stockton, Karl Malone, NFL football great Chad Lewis and two-time Olympian Doug Padilla. Two of those guys have streets named for them just outside the arena doors. Lewis was on two Super Bowl rosters. Padilla is still active in athletics as a coach at BYU.
The fifth inductee, Richard George, needs a little more of an introduction.
His biggest athletic claim to fame these days is that he's related to Andrew George, Richard's son, who caught the winning touchdown pass the last time BYU beat Utah in a football game — 2009 in case your memory doesn't stretch that far — and then went on to play briefly in the NFL before joining the Cougar staff as a graduate assistant coach. But Andrew's dad was on pace to surpass them all in the sports world before he decided to take that detour to Harvard.
Few Utah athletes have come out of the blocks faster. For Richard it began by throwing rocks in the small central Utah farming community of Kanosh, his hometown.
"We were always throwing rocks," he recalls. "I remember standing at the bus stop throwing probably 50 to 100 rocks just waiting for the bus. We even threw rocks for distance. I've thrown a rock 600 feet."
Rocks made way for baseballs, footballs and basketballs. Richard pitched his Little League baseball team to the Utah state championship. At high school in nearby Fillmore he was all state in both football, where he played quarterback, and basketball. But Millard High didn't have a baseball team, so he joined the track team and threw the javelin.
When he was a 15-year-old he threw the javelin 224 feet to set an age-group world record.
The feat wasn't just sheer luck. The year before, Richard's sister brought her fiancé home to Kanosh to meet her family. Richard's future brother-in-law, Ed Red, was a javelin thrower who had competed for the United States in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
"Javelin is a very technical, very difficult event," says George. "I was taught from the outset how to do it right."
For three straight years in high school, he set and re-set the state javelin record. By the time he graduated, he was already close to the Olympic qualifying standard.
BYU offered him a scholarship in track … and football … and basketball.
He contemplated playing all three as a freshman. He eventually discarded basketball, but reluctantly. He was a quarterback on the football team but soon realized he had a conflict when spring football rolled around the same time as track season. When he left on an LDS mission, he decided he'd concentrate on track when he got back.
Ten months after returning from his mission, he was U.S. national champion at the AAU championships; a few months after that, he won a bronze medal at the World Games.
The next year, at the age of 23, he found himself at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, competing in the 1976 Olympic Games.
He was on the doorstep of stardom when one of Those Things that happen at the Olympics happened to him.
After warming up with a non-counting throw of 288 feet — just 12 feet off the existing world record — he was all set to begin the qualifying round when the thrower in front of him, a Russian, shattered his javelin on his first attempt.
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Last Sunday, at the 78th annual Academy Awards, the biggest moment came when Crash upset Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture. Long considered the favorite to win the award, Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee was visibly shocked when his film fell short of the coveted Oscar.
Adam's take: If you were actually watching the Oscars on Sunday, you should have known that as soon as Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar for Best Original Song, all bets were off. I for one am glad that Crash won for Best Picture, because up until that moment, the only exciting thing was seeing Mr. Miyagi during the dead people montage.
Peter's take: Again, I'm a little shocked and surprised about the Oscars this year. I can't lie: I didn't see a single one of the films nominated for Best Picture. But I did see The Pacifier with Vin Diesel, and I can tell you that the crazy duck deserved a Best Supporting Actor nod. The duck was funny, well-read and truly played a better duck-related role than any other billed-creature I've ever seen. Was George Clooney good in Syriana? Probably. As good as the duck? I can't imagine.
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No invitation for Iverson
Team USA basketball announced their 22-man invite list to training camp for the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics. One name not included on that list was former Olympian Allen Iverson. Seven of the eight top scorers in the NBA will be in the camp, with Iverson being the lone exception.
Adam's take: I figure Allen Iverson has to be relieved he was left off this list. The last thing this guy is going to want to do is another training camp in the middle of the summer. We know how Al feels about practice, so I would assume he is just as adverse to tryouts. Iverson needs more wind sprints like he needs another Shavlik Randolph.
Peter's take: How can you invite Luke Ridnour over Allen Iverson? That's like taking that Bucky kid from American Idol over Eddie Vedder in your Pearl Jam cover band. It just doesn't make sense. Would you rather have a former MVP and NBA scoring champ or a smaller version of Dan Dickau? Maybe Coach K just sees a lot of "Wojo" in him. I wonder how Ridnour's floor slapping skills are.
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By: Stephanie March | Posted: 05/01/2009
Carbs are BACK! What's with all the pasta love all of a sudden? Clearly you've heard that Josh Thoma and the Beckers are going to open Bar La Grassa in the old Babalu spot, offering plates of fresh and dried pastas. Then there's the planned opening of an Italian spot called Sauce in the old La Bodega space. And right across the street, in the ill-fated Aronas spot, the former Arezzo chef will be opening a place called Risotto? Not to mention the freshly opened Tosca.
Wonder what the Broders think of all this.
I'm just saying. I heard that the Times Bar/Jitters space is already in serious negotiations with some big-name cats.
Unless you've been under a rock, you know that Smashburger opens next week (May 9th) in St. Anthony. Sneaky peekers will want to get to Nicollet Mall on Monday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., where the Smashmobile will be offering samples to what will no doubt be a massive throng.
Bored of the same old after-work wings? Meritage is throwing down with buffalo frog legs, a snacky feature of its new Happy Hour (Tu-F, 4-6 p.m.), which also offers discounts on wine, cocktails, and other food specials. BONUS: The brasserie is open this Monday as a special favor to hungry pre-Springsteen fans.
Today marks the launch of Porter & Frye's new Happy Hour (M-F, 3-6 p.m.), featuring all by-the-glass wines and bar menu items for half price, plus $3 tap beers.
In celebration of Mother's Day weekend and the annual bonsai show at the Como Park Japanese Garden, Fuji-Ya is throwing a three-course dinner all next weekend. A deal at $50 for two people, each course is paired with wine or sake, and a portion of the proceeds go to the Japanese Garden Fund.
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Anyone wanting to see the end of the tobacco use in this country may applaud the announcement by CVS Caremark that they will stop selling tobacco products in their stores.
Most people know that CVS has a pharmacy in each store and some locations also include Minute Clinics. CVS has made it clear they realize selling tobacco products in their setting is not in alignment with their focus and made this statement:
Cigarettes and tobacco products have no place in a setting where health care is delivered. This is the right thing to do.
The following details were shared in an online report at NBCnews.com:
CVS Caremark pharmacies will phase out tobacco in U.S. retail stores by Oct. 1, a move swiftly embraced by President Barack Obama and the first lady on Wednesday as a step that would save lives and promote good health.
The chain will lose about $2 billion in revenues annually from sales of tobacco in its 7,600 stores, but CVS Pharmacy president Helena Foulkes said it just makes sense for a firm now positioning itself as a health care company not to sell cigarettes side-by-side with medicine.
The Charlotte Observer shared this information:
The question of whether to sell tobacco is complex for retailers because it's a revenue driver. Dollar stores such as Family Dollar have started selling it over the last couple years, and they note that smokers make more frequent stops at retailers in order to buy tobacco. That's an important factor because these customers also may pick up other items when they visit.
Readers may want to read more on the CVS site about their decision to stop handling tobacco products. The big question now might be who will follow CVS in their choice. Some areas have Kerr Drug Stores which do not sell tobacco products, so most know CVS is not the first to make this decision.
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Women's Basketball Starts Season in the Top 10
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Kansas City, Mo. - The Sterling College Women's Basketball Team will start the 2010-2011 season ranked in the top 10 of the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Sterling will begin the season ranked tenth after finishing 14th in the 2009-2010 Final NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
Joining the Lady Warriors in the Poll is KCAC rival Kansas Wesleyan University. The Coyotes are ranked 15th overall, five spots behind SC.
The Lady Warriors will open up their season on November 6th on the road in York, Nebraska against York College. Game time is 4:00 pm.


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Join us for a great day of building Freeride Trails out in Stub Stewart State Park! This year we're making the trails longer, building things bigger as well as building some new stuff. Let's meet at the Welcome Center at 8:45 and head towards the Freeride area at 9:05. Please Dress appropriately for the conditions and don't forget to bring enough water/food for the day. The park has plenty of tools but feel free to bring your favorite. Feel free to bring your bike and gear for quality control ;).
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College Hockey:Goaltending a strength, but Alaska seeks goal-scoring consistency
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Alaska finished the 2010-11 season with a weak second-half record that contained as many lopsided games as close ones. Goal-scoring inconsistency was certainly the issue with an otherwise strong team.
The Nanooks were outscored 91-89 on the season with the 50th-best offense (2.34 goals per game) and the 48th-best power play in the nation. Only three Nanooks hit the 10-goal mark last year, but two return this season. One of them is Andy Taranto.
"We look for Andy Taranto to come in and be a guy that leads in that department as well as Cody Kunyk," said coach Dallas Ferguson. "I think there are some other guys that we need them to take the next step as far as scoring goals, guys like Nik Yaremchuk, Jarret Granberg, Colton Beck and Carlo Finucci. I think those six forwards there have a chance to create some offense and put some numbers on the board so we'll look for them to lead in that department."
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The Nanooks know they'll get solid goaltending from senior Scott Greenham. Ferguson said that Greenham made great strides during his junior season, a year in which he played every single minute of record in Alaska's net. In fact, he's made 77 straight starts for UAF.
"You knew he was going to give you a chance to win every night," said Ferguson, "and there's certainly a comfort factor with the rest of the team knowing that your goaltender is going to be on and he's going to give you his best performance every night. But moving forward, he's not content with what our team has done over the last couple of years and … there's more to do and more to give from his part as far as he is concerned."
What spells doom?
The Nanooks defense is a little young, with three freshmen expected to rotate in. Only two seniors will lead from the blue line, Scott Enders and Aaron Gens. "I like our group and when those guys [Enders and Gens] came in we had five freshman defensemen in a group of eight so they have been there before. Scott and Aaron both worked hard this summer and they are ready to make their senior season the best season that they have had as Nanooks."
About the Nanooks
2010-11 overall record: 16-17-5
2010-11 CCHA record: 10-13-5-3 (seventh)
2011-12 predicted finish (coaches poll): Fifth
Key losses: Forwards Derek Klassen and Kevin Petovello; defensemen Bryant Molle and Joe Sova
Players to watch: Forwards Cody Kunyk, Andy Taranto and Nik Yaremchuk
Impact rookie: Forward Michael Hill
Why the Nanooks will finish higher than the coaches poll: This Alaska team may have surprising firepower, and there's always goaltender Scott Greenham.
Why the Nanooks will finish lower than the coaches poll: The consistency bug may be tagging along for the ride this year, again.
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Many thanks to everyone who's signed this petition. Could I ask you to also sign this petition?
For every signature on the above link, an Email will be generated to the Environment Minister asking him to re-think his method for keeping the rabbit population down.
With sincere appreciation and thanks in advance, John Sycamnias.
Unfortunately, it's the time of year again: the Williamstown Cemetery in Melbourne, Australia is using the poison Pindone to reduce the wild rabbit population in the area.
Pindone, which is banned in some countries, is an exceptionally cruel way to kill any animal. After rabbits ingest it, they slowly die from the inside out, gradually losing their will to eat and bleeding from the eyes, nose and mouth. As they haemorrhage to death, the little creatures are often left wracked in pain from their joints and internal organs for as long as two weeks.
For that matter, the danger isn't just limited to rabbits. Other animals, such as quolls, goshawks and eagles, will eat the rabbit bodies, putting themselves at risk for secondary poisoning. Wallabies, too, may eat the baited carrots and doom themselves to painful deaths.
If rabbits must be killed, there are far more humane ways to go about it than this dreadful plan. Please sign and share the petition to ask the Cemetery authorities not to use pindone to kill wild rabbits!
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The Powerball winning numbers for last night October 23, 2013 were sold at a Fresno, California Chevron gas station, located near Clovis. So who is the Powerball winner for 10-23-13, when will they come forward, and how much money did they win? Officials tell news that the Fresno Chevron Gas Station at 6451 E. Shields Ave. sold the Powerball winning numbers ticket for last night. The gas station is also located near Clovis, California.
The Powerball winning numbers last night for October 23, 2013 ended weeks of the game running up, draw to draw. But after the numbers were announced, California Lottery Commission officials confirmed that there was only one winning ticket sold last night. It was bought at the Fresno, CA Chevron station near Shields and Armstrong.
The winning ticket is worth two hundred sixteen million dollars with a cash value of one hundred twenty-five million dollars. As reported recently on LALATE, the twice-a-week draw has been resulting in Match Five one million dollar consecutive winners from California for weeks. Finally someone got all the winning numbers correct, announced last night as 3, 23, 31, 34, and Powerball number of 13.
California participates in both Mega Millions and Powerball. As California officials told news this week, "MEGA Millions Changed on October 19th, 2013." They added several changes include "The starting Jackpot changed to $15 million from $12 million. The field of numbers to choose from changed from 1 through 56, to 1 through 75." For Mega Millions and Powerball results this week click HERE.


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Slide RulesIndex by Purpose
While many slide rules were made as general calculating instruments, for multiplying numbers and solving equations with squares, cubes, trigonometric functions, and logarithms, many others were made to ease the calculations associated with a specific task. Click on items in the list below to see rules in the collection with an identifiable specialized purpose. For comparison, a few illustrative examples of all-purpose slide rules are shown under the link to General Calculation.
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- Description
- Some engineers continued to use slide rules even when they lost their sight. This is such an instrument; it may have been adapted from Keuffel & Esser's original product by the American Foundation for the Blind. The ten-inch duplex rule is made from mahogany coated with white celluloid and held together with metal end pieces. It has an oversized plastic indicator with plastic edges and is held together with plastic dowels. Instead of a hairline there is a piece of wire held taut between 2 plastic pegs on the open frame of the indicator. One side of the base has LL02, LL03 and DF scales at the top and D, LL3, and LL2 scales at the bottom. The other side has LL01, L, K, A, D, DI, and LL1 scales. The slide has CF, CIF, CI, and C scales on one side and B, T, SRT, and S scales on the other. Some divisions on the A scale and both D scales on the base and the T, S, and C scales on the slide are marked with raised metal dots. Some of these dots indicate numbers in Braille.
- On one side, the right end of the slide is marked in red: © (/) K + E. On the other side, the left end of the slide is marked with a serial number: 397208. The left end of the top and the bottom of the base are both marked: 208. The top edge of the rule is marked: PATS. PEND. MADE IN U.S.A. 4081-3 LOG LOG DUPLEX DECITRIG ® COPYRIGHT 1947 BY KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. PATS. 2,500,460 2,168,056 2,170,144 2,285,722 2,422,649. Keuffel & Esser used this arrangement of scales on model 4081-3 from 1955 to 1962; the serial number suggests this example was made around 1958. See MA*318482 and 1990.0687.01 for nonadapted examples of model 4081-3. The instrument is in a very dark green leather sleeve fitted to the oversized indicator.
- This slide rule belonged to Moritz Otto Shollmier (1931–1972), the late husband of the donor. He was a mechanical engineer who graduated from the School of Engineering at the University of Arkansas in 1956. He lost his sight in 1961 as a result of the effects of diabetes and used this instrument for several years to design heating and air conditioning projects. He was also an avid ham radio operator.
- References: Ed Chamberlain, "Estimating K&E Slide Rule Dates," 27 December 2000, http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/ke/320-k+e_date2.jpg; accession file; Gordon Anthony, "The K&E Braille Slide Rule," Journal of the Oughtred Society 2, no. 1 (1993): 19–20; "Keuffel & Esser Braille Slide Rule," 2006.011.001, MIT Museum, http://webmuseum.mit.edu/detail.php?t=exhibitions&type=exh&f=&s=32&record=7 ; "In Memory of WA5EFL Moritz Shollmier," http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4073/wa5efl.html (accessed October 24, 2001).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1955-1961
- maker
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- ID Number
- catalog number
- 334387
- accession number
- 313987
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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The iPad's screen is big enough to give you a great high-definition video experience, especially if you have the crisp and detailed pixel count that the new iPad is famous for. But there are still many times that you'd love to connect your tablet to a bigger screen (a TV, monitor, or projector) for movie watching, displaying pics, listening to music, and playing games. Let's explore the ways how we can connect iPad to TV and figure out their pros and cons.
Apple TV and AirPlay
If you want a wireless connection, the good news is that you can get true HD video and sound, as well as full the ability to show exactly what's being done on the touchscreen (called video mirroring), by using Apple TV via the AirPlay function on your iPad. It's not even very expensive; at around $99, this system won't be off limits unless you're on a really tight budget.
How To: make sure that both the Apple TV and your iPad are on the same Wi-Fi network. You'll know that everything is set up correctly if you see the AirPlay button pop up on your iPad. Simply press it, select Apple TV from the menu, and you're mirrored on the Apple TV's connected device (TV, projector, etc.). Keep in mind that not all apps are AirPlay enabled, but most Apple apps and some third-party apps will have no trouble. For more details watch the video below:
Digital AV Adapter
The Digital AV Adapter provides HD video and sound, as well as mirroring, through a single HDMI cable. The expense can be as much as Apple TV, however, as the adapter will run you about $40 and an HDMI cable can be anywhere from $15 to $150, depending on the quality.
How To: simply plug the Digital AV Adapter into your dock connector port, and then connect an HDMI cable from the adapter port to the HDMI input on your TV. Keep in mind that some TVs will only have a single HDMI cable, and this may already be in use for a cable box or other HD connection. Also, some older TVs will have video-only HDMI, which will limit you to the iPad's speakers or headphone jack — and some very old TVs won't even have an HDMI port at all. View the video below to get more information:
VGA Adapter
The VGA Adapter is a high-quality and inexpensive (around $30) compromise that may be your best bet if you need to connect your iPad to a computer monitor, or to a TV or projector that has a VGA input. The good news is that you get HD video and mirroring capabilities (perfect for presentations, for example), but the bad news is that you get no sound; you'll need to use either the onboard speakers, or buy a headphone jack adapter. Keep in mind that not all apps support VGA out, and some can vary in video quality and screen usage (i.e., you may get black borders around the video).
How to: plug the VGA Adapter into your iPad's dock connector; connect a VGA cable (male to male) to the VGA input of your monitor, TV, or projector. Or follow the how-to below:
Composite Video Adapter
Our final and least-attractive choice is the Composite Video Adapter. You don't get mirroring or HD video (SD 480i and 576i only), and of course you're limited to apps that support the video out function. However, this can be a nice inexpensive ($25-$40) way to make use of that old analog-only TV that you have gathering dust, or to connect to a new TV that simply doesn't have a spare input. Or you can ignore the video connector and just use the audio pair to connect to the stereo inputs of a sound system. And it actually has two features that the VGA Adapter lacks; the Composite Adapter includes analog audio cables, and a USB connection for charging your iPad.
How to: plug the Composite Adapter into your iPad's dock connector, and plug the cables at the other end to the Video (usually yellow) jack on your TV, and the audio pair to the L and R inputs (usually white and red) on your TV or stereo system.
As you can see, there are many ways to make your iPad work well with any sort of larger screen display. Now it's up to you to decide which one better suits you and your pocket.
This guest post was written by Dwayne Thomas, a tech enthusiast and staff writer for www.cabletv.com.


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Warner Bros. Pictures has once again delayed its 3D fantasy action feature "The Seventh Son" starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore.
Originally slated for this February, then pushed back to October, it has now been moved back again to a January 17th 2014 release. Sergei Bodrov helms this adaptation of Joseph Delaney's young adult series.
Following the movie, Warners has also moved up its boxing comedy "The Grudge Match" by two weeks. The Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone starred will now open at Christmas.
Finally, Relativity Media have pushed back Carlo Carlei's Shakespeare adaptation "Romeo and Juliet" by a month to October 11th.
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Western Michigan Sweeps Volleyball, 30-21, 30-22, 30-22
Sept. 1, 2004
Chicago, Ill. - Western Michigan provided a rude welcome to new University of Illinois at Chicago volleyball coach Nancy Mueller in her debut, as the Broncos swept the host Flames, 30-21, 30-22, 30-22 in the season opener at the Flames Athletic Center on Wednesday night.
Western Michigan outside hitter Ashley Schatzle led the charge for the Broncos with 11 kills, while teammate Kristy Ramsey chipped in 10. Broncos' setter Jessica Holly notched a match-high 25 assists.
With the victory, Western Michigan improves to 1-0 on the season, while the Flames fall to 0-1.
"It was a positive environment," Mueller said. "We played hard, but sporadically, so we need to be more consistent.
Mueller was impressed with the Flames' serving on Wednesday night, as they tallied nine service aces to five errors. Sophomore Camille Mankus and freshman Katarina Nedeljkovic each posted two aces for the Flames.
"We served very aggressively," Mueller said. "For a little while, we took them out of their offense."
Senior outside hitter Jordan Studzinski topped UIC with 11 kills.
Despite the outcome, Mueller knows that there are better things to come for her squad.
"It was a good experience, even though we are capable of doing better," Mueller said. "We are a really good team even though no one saw it tonight.
"I'm very proud of this team, we just need for it all to come together when the Horizon League season starts."
UIC will be back in action on Friday morning, as they will travel to Memphis, Tenn., to square off with Tennessee State at 9:00 a.m. in the Memphis Invitational.


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Like in the title, I wanted to say something like "I'm no longer that way, it was long long ago", so should it be "ages ago" or "ages before"? For some reason, the first instinct was "ages ago", then it is an "I have been......" pattern, somehow, I felt "ago" just doesn't fit here? Plzzzzz help
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First things first: in this case, it's "ages ago." Using "before" seems to require some kind of extra information, e.g. "ages before I turned thirty."
Additionally, you should probably be using the past tense:
The present perfect (of which "have been" is an example) is used to express an unspecified time before the present. That's why "ages ago" didn't seem to mesh: because you were specifying the time. On the other hand, either of the following would work just fine, because the time remains unspecified.
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The present strain of the Ebola virus is genetically different from previous strains of the virus. An international team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, and across the world has defined the genetics of the newest version of Ebola in record time in an effort to prevent more deaths. The research was published in the Aug. 28, 2014 edition of the journal Science.
The present version of Ebola that has killed 55 percent of the people in Africa that have been infected with the disease has 395 genetic differences from the Ebola virus that was first known in Africa in 1976. The virus was spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone by 12 people who had attended the same funeral and has mutated over the last 10 years. The gene sequence is considered to be exact because it is the result of sequencing the virus from 78 patients diagnosed with Ebola in Sierra Leone during the first 24 days of the outbreak.
This version of Ebola appears to be more transferable from person to person than previous strains of the virus. The rate of transmission may be the result of the large number of people that live close together in the countries where the virus is active. The researchers cannot claim with absolute certainty that the genetic changes that Ebola has undergone have made this version of the virus more deadly. The sequencing included replicates from the same individuals that demonstrated how the virus changed with time post infection.
The new genome for Ebola was made available to researchers across the world as soon as it was complete. Genetic differences may make a vaccine that can kill the virus easier to develop. It is noteworthy that one of the researchers that developed this study, Dr. Humarr Khan, died from the disease before the paper was published.


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R's Market is going to hold a happy hour with Al Rogers of Rogers Beer Company with samples of his wares on March 15, from 4-6 p.m. Sounds like fun!
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Lauri Bonnellis a stay-at-home mother of two young children ages 3 and 1, but she hardly ever 'stays at home.' "In fact, I find that title kind of ironic," Lauri says, "because stay-at-home moms are probably the most active people in the world!" For nearly seven years, she and her husband, Ryan, have lived in Brighton's Evans Farm neighborhood, where she is currently president of the neighborhood association. A graduate of Syracuse University, Lauri formerly worked as a news producer for WROC-TV and in the nonprofit industry at Heritage Christian Services. She does freelance writing, grant writing and considers herself a professional bargain hunter. Lauri enjoys living in Brighton for its convenient location, wonderful schools and friendly people. "I hope to use this blog to help spread the word about the abundance of resources and opportunities that Brighton has to offer, especially for families with young children." If you have a blog idea you'd like to share, "please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com."
Freelance writer/editor Ruth E. Thaler-Carter is a Rochester native who attended School 49 and graduated from Brighton High School. She spent seven years in St. Louis, eight in D.C. and 13 in Baltimore crafting a successful career in communications before returning home because "my wacky steelworker husband wanted to retire here ever since we were married here." She teaches at Writers and Books; handles publicity for the Brighton Schools Alumni Association; leads the Rochester chapters of the Editorial Freelancers Association and Association for Women in Communications; belongs to the Rochester Friends Meeting; and is known for keeping her friends connected. Reach her at email@example.com.


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Traditionally, the second week of the new year is a time for many Oscar-bait movies to expand wider and try to lure in the consumer vote. As a result, few studios use this week to open new films…in fact only one new movie will be launched wide today ("The Legend of Hercules") and it's not expected be a big earner. Of course as we see in this week's "Flicks Flashback," that's not a major surprise as this date doesn't normally launch anything more than a few modest hits, though a lot gain a little extra respectability thanks to foreign markets.
1 Year Ago
A Haunted House
Original Release Date: January 11, 2013
The Line (in millions) – Budget: $2.5, Opening: $18, Total: $40, Worldwide: $48.9
Gangster Squad
Original Release Date: January 11, 2013
The Line (in millions) – Budget: $60, Opening: $17, Total: $46, Worldwide: $104
Last year at this time two new films made their way into the fray, but while each got off to a good start, neither held that momentum. For Open Road Films though it didn't really matter as their horror spoof "A Haunted House," scared $18 million out of the box office, before going onto a $40 million total haul. While that may not seem like a lot of money overall, remember it was made on a scant $2.5 million budget. Not a bad return.
The news wasn't as glowing for "Gangster Squad" which was pushed out of its original release date due to the Aurora, Colorado shootings. "Squad" earned $17 million its opening weekend, but couldn't get over the $46 million mark which wouldn't have been so bad if didn't carry a marquee cast and a $60 million budget. Still overseas audiences bumped its worldwide cume to a $104 million.
5 Years Ago
Bride Wars
Original Release Date: January 9, 2009
The Line (in millions) – Budget: $30, Opening: $21, Total: $58.7, Worldwide: $115
Five years ago it was the Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson rom-com "Bride Wars" that bowed in theaters and easily won the week with a $21 million opening. Budgeted at just $30 million, the comedy proved to be the exception to the rule and nearly doubled its production costs. While it was critically savaged (Rotten Tomatoes has it at 10% fresh), international audiences also took a liking to it and worldwide the movie scored over $115 million.
10 Years Ago
Chasing Liberty
Original Release Date: January 9, 2004
The Line (in millions) – Budget: $23, Opening: $6, Total: $12.1, Worldwide: N/A
It was a little over a decade ago that singer/actress Mandy Moore was being groomed as a possible "next big thing" by studio executives. However the affable and attractive star never quite broke through and ten years ago this week that became more and more clear as her light romance flick "Chasing Liberty" couldn't open higher than 6th place with just $6 million. In total the movie co-starring Matthew Goode and Michael Keaton barely hit double-digits, but it did become a light cult classic in certain circles.
15 Years Ago
A Civil Action
Original Release Date: January 8, 1999
The Line (in millions) – Budget: $60, Opening: $15.1 (Wide), Total: $56.7, Worldwide: N/A
Speaking of Oscar-bait, Disney's "A Civil Action" with John Travolta was expected to be a contender during award season, however outside of a Oscar nod (and Golden Globe win) for supporting actor Robert Duvall, that quickly became a pipe dream. The drama, based on actual lawsuit, expanded wide this weekend 15 years ago and took in $15 million at the box office. While that was enough to win the week, it would only earn a little under $57 million overall, $3 million shy of its budget.
20 Years Ago
The Air Up There
Original Release Date: January 7 1994
The Line (in millions) – Budget: $17, Opening: $5.2, Total: $21, Worldwide: N/A
The majority of Kevin Bacon's most well-known roles outside of "Footloose" came during the 90's. This weekend 20 years ago was one of those such films in the basketball comedy "The Air Up There." Bacon starred as a college coach looking to lock in a big promotion by signing a talented African player, but he soon finds his tribe isn't very receptive to the idea. Modestly shot for $17 million, the movie was a small hit with $21 million overall and became a cable network favorite.
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10 Best Tours in Langkawi
Langkawi Most Popular Tours
Langkawi may not be as rowdy as Thailand's beaches or as posh as the California shoreline, yet it is irrefutably appealing. Though Malaysia may be a Muslim country, in Langkawi conservatism only goes so far – its duty-free status ensures that most people here enjoy cheap booze when the sun goes down.
Locals are unfailingly friendly, especially if you're a tourist but you'll also meet a collection of backpackers, expats and package holiday-makers. The best way to enjoy and experience the island is to join in on the numerous tours around the island; don't miss out on a chance to go snorkelling and diving, visit the Kilim Nature Park or simply spend a day experiencing the sights and sounds of this isle. Our Top Ten Best Tours in Langkawi guide is sure to give you some brilliant ideas on the best places to visit in the Jewel of Kedah.
1Langkawi Discovery Tour Eagle Square, Underwater World, Langkawi Cable Car (SkyBridge) Tour Duration: 5 hours0
Langkawi is home to a myriad assortment of natural as well as manmade attractions. Discover some of them with the Langkawi Discovery Day Tour; it takes you on an excursion to view some of the most popular sights on the island including Eagle Square, Jetty Point, Galleria Perdana, Oriental Village and Underwater World. Read More...2Langkawi Cable Car and Oriental Village Tour Cable Car (Oriental Village) Tour Duration: 4 hours0
Start out the day with a visit to Oriental Village where you can ride the cable car to the apex of Gunung Matchincang and get a bird's eye view of Langkawi's verdant lushness. The tour continues with a visit to Taman Buaya Langkawi. The day winds down with a visit to Black Sand Beach and the Langkawi Wildlife Park. Read More...3Pulau Payar Marine Park Excursion Pulau Payar Tour Duration: 7 hours0
The Pulau Payar Marine Park is a series of four gem-green islets strung together to form a marine park. Comprising Pulau Payar, Pulau Kaca, Pulau Lembu and Pulau Segantang, it spans across two nautical miles and is known as Langkawi's premier snorkelling and scuba diving spot. Read More...4Langkawi Island Hopping & Eagle Feeding Pulau Dayang Bunting, Pulau Singa Besar, Pulau Beras Basah Tour Duration: 4 hours0
The Langkawi Island Hopping & Eagle Feeding Tour takes you on a journey to visit its best known islets including Pulau singa Besar, Pulau Dayang Bunting and Pulau Beras Basah. You'll be able to discover the fabled sights of some of Langkawi's most unique and gorgeous offshore jewels. Read More...5Langkawi Stardust Adventure Day Cruise Langkawi Sea Tour Duration: 8 hours0
Starting out with a visit to a mangrove swamp, the tour continues with an eagle-feeding session. Later watch as sting-rays are fed and then try your hand at kayaking, drag netting and fishing; then break for a buffet barbecue lunch as you sail across the Andaman Seas on your way for a cave exploration session. Read More...6Langkawi Island Hopping Pulau Dayang Bunting, Pulau Singa Besar, Pulau Beras Basah Tour Duration: 4 hours0
The Langkawi Island Hopping Tour takes you to some of the island's most popular havens – Pulau Singa Besar, Pulau Beras Basah and Pulau Dayang Bunting – to discover the fabled sights of some of the Jewel of Kedah's most gorgeous offshore gems. Read More...7Stardust BBQ Sunset Dinner Cruise Langkawi Sea Tour Duration: 4 hours0
This is the Sunset Dinner Cruise which will take you on a pleasant trip across the sea off the beautiful Langkawi islands, as the sun sets. On a really good day, you might even chance upon spinner dolphins and flying fish swimming around the yacht! The cruise includes beer, wine, cocktails and soft drinks as well as a barbeque dinner. Read More...8Langkawi Mangroves Safari Kilim Nature Park Tour Duration: from 2 hours0
The Mangroves Safari Tour takes you on an excursion to discover Langkawi's interior ecosystem; starting out with a gentle boat ride to the Kilim Nature Park, the tour begins with an exploration of its lush flora and fauna. Later visit Gua Kelawar – one of the most renowned caves in Langkawi – translated to mean Bat Cave. Read More...9Langkawi Eagle Feeding & Mangrove Tour Kilim River Tour Duration: 4 hours0
Langkawi offers some truly unforgettable sights and experiences, from the beaches of Pantai Cenang and Pantai Tengah to its numerous satellite islands. One of the most popular day tours around the island is the Eagle Feeding & Mangrove Tour that takes you to the Kilim Nature Park, sure to be a remarkable ride. Read More...10Langkawi Underwater World Tour Underwater World, Eagle Square, Mahsuri Tomb Tour Duration: 4 hours0
The Langkawi Underwater World Tour takes you on an excursion to visit some of its best known offerings including the Atma Alam Batik Art Village, Eagle Square, Jetty Point, Mahsuri's Tomb and Underwater World. Read More...


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By now, it's pretty much an accepted fact that a major part of the Super Bowl has absolutely nothing to do with which teams are actually inside the stadium vying for the coveted championship ring: it's what advertisers do to attract our attention during the game. And advertisers are willing to take a gamble with their wallets for the privilege. The cost for a 30-second spot airing on Super Bowl Sunday averages an obscene $4 million dollars. You heard me.......I said four million dollars. That comes out to $133,000 dollars per second. I won't examine the moral implications on how that money could be spent to better humanity, because no one really seems to care about that. And whether a commercial that Madison Avenue creates to promote an advertiser's product is genuinely effective in selling more soda, cars, gadgets also seems to be a moot point: since the Monday-morning quarterbacking in the media that assesses which ads scored and which ads bombed creates such a buzz, the old axiom of there being no such thing as bad publicity still rings true.
You can bet that advertisers cough up large sums of money to get ad agencies to pull out all the stops with their 30-second blitzkriegs, and that translates into pushing (or should I say, shoving) the proverbial envelope. After all, the average viewer's attention span is primarily reserved for what's happening on the field, so if that brief spot is going to leave any lasting impression, the ad agency will need as strong a defense as the team who eventually wins, and that means shock and awe. And shock. This year, there was a plethora of shock assaulting our senses during every single quarter: from the seemingly innocent Cheerios ad that wanted us to think that biracial families on tv are no big deal (news flash: a black man married to a white woman is still an affront to many, and not just in the deep South), to Coca-Cola's marginally disingenuous "We Are The World" ad (where the tune "America The Beautiful" is sung in the native tongue of various cultures), advertisers know that on some level, their faux-idealism is going to strike a chord both ways - with those who'll want to embrace the inherent Utopian model on display, and with those who will spout outrage over what they see as another example of why the world is going to Hell in a hand basket.
We can always count on sex being one of the commodities hawked to sell a product, from the salacious ads for GoDaddy and Butterfinger (after all, what is a Butterfinger if not a representation of a black man's penis) to the use-our-deodorant-and-get-laid ethos of Axe body spray (although this year, they decided to go with a Mission: Impossible theme instead), but the real winner in the shock and awe department wasn't Chevy (with its head-scratching rancher/breeder ad) but rival car manufacturer Chrysler. Back in 2011, agency Weiden + Kennedy was tapped by Chrysler to create a new image for the brand, and handed the purse strings for it's first Super Bowl spot. The group's "Imported From Detroit" campaign sought to restore confidence in American manufacturing, and its initial salesman was a brilliant bit of casting: Detroit native and millionaire rap artist, Eminem. While Eminem may not completely resonate with Chrysler's market demographic, the ad featuring the rapper canvassing the 8-mile housing projects he once called home (interspersed with working class heroes in the inner cities) had a ring of authenticity, and the interpolation of factory workers brought the blue-collar paradigm home. Of course, Eminem no longer lives in the projects, but his rags-to-riches story affirms the idea that in America, with hard work and determination, you can still attain the American Dream.
Last year, Chrysler tapped an even bigger cultural icon to sell the "Imported From Detroit" campaign: actor Clint Eastwood. Although the concept remained the same, this ad had the iconic tough-guy of "Dirty Harry" fame (seemingly) speaking in his own words about how great America still is. The result, however was that many folks felt they were witnessing the mental deterioration of one of its cherished heroes: at times, his monologue seemed disjointed, confusing, and even a tad desperate. You don't want your target audience to go away with the impression that you are desperate - so desperate, that you'd exploit a man into prostituting his image brand for your benefit. But just when I thought I'd seen everything in terms of what levels Madison Avenue would stoop to, we have this year's entry (embedded) featuring rock and roll's most celebrated statesman, Bob Dylan. It opens with a black-and-white shot of early Dylan performing in concert (most likely at the Newport Jazz Festival), and features Dylan playing guitar behind his voiceover narrative: "Is there anything more American than America?" he asks us, then proceeds to bring that point home with shots of rural USA interspersed with footage of cultural icons like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and look, him! "You can't fake true cool/You can't import the heart and soul of every man and woman working on the line/You won't find a match for the American road, and the creatures who live on it" Dylan continues, emerging from a freight elevator, looking less a musical giant than some old man reading from a prepared script.
But the truly disconcerting moment happens toward the end: "Let Germany brew your beer/Let Switzerland make your watch/Let Asia assemble your phone...." and then inside a pool hall surrounded by locals brought to you by Central casting Dylan warbles, "We. Will Build. Your Car." Mister Zimmerman, I won't toss out words like "sellout", because you heard that accusation nearly fifty years ago when you went "electric" at Newport - it didn't faze you then, and I doubt it would faze you now. And Lord knows, this aint your first time at this rodeo: in 2007, you and your music were featured in a commercial selling the Cadillac Escalade. I'd be remiss if I only singled you out, so let me say I'm similarly pissed at commercials that have appropriated the songs of Creedence Clearwater Revival (Walgreens), Lou Reed (Honda, Sony Playstation), Led Zeppelin (Cadillac), Cream (Hyundai), and The Who (Nissan, Saab, Hummer, Sylvania, Gateway). Pete Townshend has publicly stated that The Who's songs are "my f---ing songs, and I can do with them what I like", and he does have a point. But the larger point is, why sell them? Do the songs have any intrinsic value beyond what you can get for them in a commercial? Is it ethically problematic to take songs originally written as social or political protest, and defang their significance for a quick buck?
This uneasy alliance between rock royalty and Madison Avenue isn't a recent development in popular culture - one can go as far back as the 60's (the most emblematic decade of social conscience and change) and find counter-culture icons like Donovan and Jefferson Airplane busking for Yardley and Levi-Strauss, respectively (though to their credit, pitching lavender cologne and blue jeans to your flower-power confederates doesn't seem nearly as egregious.) But when these lines continue to be blurred, it becomes painfully apparent that music, regardless of its aesthetic virtues is just another commodity, and commodities are to be traded - it's the American way. In that context, nothing could be more American than taking songs that have touched, inspired and emotionally transformed us for generations, and attaching a consumer brand to our cerebral consciousness. But if America is also about upholding certain ideals, virtues and institutions as revered, even sacred, then maybe we should be paying as much attention to how we are being manipulated by advertisers through the emotional connections music elicits in us, as we are by which team ends up winning the Vince Lombardi trophy. In the words of George Harrison, "We were talking about the world that's grown so cold/And the people who gain the world, and lose their soul/They don't know, they can't see/Are you one of them?"


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The little known story of Japanese migration, assimilation, suffering and identity in Mexico
By Lorraine Orlandi Original Print Publication: July, 2007
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7th - Japan's foreign investor rank in Mexico.
1888 - Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation signed between Mexico and Japan.
1952 - Octavio Paz travels to Japan to reestablish the Mexican Embassy.
1977 - Opening of the Japan-Mexico Lyceum. Plan got a boost when Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka visited Mexico in 1974.
2004 - Mexico-Japan Agreement for Strengthening of the Economic partnership signed.
4,100 Japanese nationals residing in Mexico (1999).
15,650 - population of Japanese descendants living in Mexico (1999).
109,000 - approximate number of Japanese tourists to visit Mexico in 2007.
27.81% - growth in trade between Japan and Mexico inform 2005 to 2006.
10.56% - increase in Mexican exports to Japan in 2006.
34.14% - increase in Japanese exports to Mexico in 2006.
60.9% of Mexican exports to Japan are manufactured products.
95.3% of Japanese exports to Mexico are manufactured products.
$85,112,000 USD of fresh fish sold to Japan from Mexico (2005).
$176,329,000 USD of pork sold to Japan from Mexico (2005).
Sources: Jetro Mexico (Japan External Trade Organization), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, SICE-Foreign Trade Information System, jetcommunity.com.
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Francisca Ono , 80, is the child of Japanese emigrants to Mexico. She lives near Tapachula, Chiapas, close to where the first Japanese colony settled.
Toward the end of the 19th Century, MexicanPresident Porfirio Diaz looked to draw immigrantsand foreign investment to modernizehis poor and largely indigenous nation. Diazwas the first foreign leader to sign a friendshipand trade pact with Japan in 1888 and the firstLatin American leader to encourage Japaneseemigration.
"Mexico had pretty much given up on theIndians, saying the Indians are holding backmodernization so we have to take land awayfrom them and give it to immigrants, especiallywhite immigrants," says Michigan StateUniversity historian Jerry Garcia, a specialistin the migration.


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Women's Track Places 12th At Central Collegiate Championships
Jan. 27, 2003
Kent, Ohio - Sophomore distance runner Sara Jeffers turned in a career-best and a third-place mark of 18:09.84 in the 5,000-meter run to help UIC to a 12th place finish at the Central Collegiate Championships, hosted by Kent State on Saturday afternoon.
Penn State captured the championship with 151.33 points, followed by Kent State (100.33), Ohio (64), Bowling Green (56), Toledo (55), Cincinnati (54.5), Akron (47.5), Detroit (23.33), DePaul (22), Youngstown State (21), Loyola (13), UIC (11), Wright State (3).
"We have more work to do," UIC head coach Jim Knoedel said. "We need to improve as a whole to do well at the conference championships.
"It seems like more people are heading in that direction and I hope we continue to do so."
Senior Monieka Thompson also turned in a solid effort on Saturday with a pair of top-10 finishes. Thompson was fifth in the 400-meter dash (58.22) and followed that up with an eighth place performance in the 800-meter run (2:17.23).
Both Crystal Sanders and Lauren Quinn shattered their own previous records on Saturday afternoon as well.
Sanders turned in an eighth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a mark of 9.28. The Central Michigan transfer set the record earlier this season with a time of 9.31 on January 11th at the Badger Track Classic.
Quinn, UIC's first ever female pole-vaulter, broke her own mark by 9 ? inches with a vault of 8'4 ?". Quinn set the previous mark of 7'6?" on January 10th at the University of Chicago mini-meet.
UIC will be back in action on Saturday afternoon, as the Flames will travel to Indianapolis, Ind., to participate in the Smith-Barney Invitational at 10:00 a.m.


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CTM Media Holdings, which owns a majority interest in IDW Publishing, has changed its name to IDW Media Holdings, and placed IDW co-founder and CEO Ted Adams at its helm. The move paves the way for IDW to become listed on a stock exchange.
Telecommunications company IDT Corporation bought a controlling stake in the publisher in 2007, and then two years later created the spinoff CTM Media Holdings to house IDW Publishing, travel-based web portal Ettractions, and brochure and digital advertising distributor CTM Media Group.
Retailing | The driver killed early Sunday when her car crashed into the Mile High Comics store in Denver, Colorado, has been identified as 17-year-old Karen Lopez. There were no passengers in the car, and no one was in the store at the time. Mile High Comics will hold an auction to benefit Lopez's family; in an earlier news report, owner Chuck Rozanski described what happened and said, "When someone suffers a violent death like this within your space, I mean this is my building, I love this building and I love being here every day and now to know someone died here it's going to alter my perception forever." [KDVR]
IDW Publishing has announced it will relocate in June to the former Navy barracks within San Diego's historic NTC at Liberty Station, where it will open a comics art gallery.
Located within the publisher's new offices, the San Diego Comic Art Gallery will serve as a permanent home to showcase sequential and animation art, with retail space and working artists. Harry L. Katz, former head curator in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, has been named as the gallery's curator.
Cosplay | The Christian Science Monitor looks at how cosplay is spilling out of comics and sci-fi/fantasy conventions and into "daily life," such as movie theaters, pubs and public squares: "The spread of cosplay owes a lot to the Internet. Social media sites build buzz around the next big cosplay event. Tumblr and Instagram allow strangers to pass around photos of past work and offer words of encouragement from afar. YouTube videos reveal how to craft foam core into realistic-looking armor and braid hair like an elf." [The Christian Science Monitor]
Passings | Tom Medley, creator of the comic Stroker McGurk, which ran in Hot Rod magazine for many years, died on March 2 at the age of 93. Medley was a hot-rodder himself, which is how he got his big break: He used to post his cartoons at a local hot-rod builder, and the publisher of Hot Rod, which was just getting off the ground at the time, spotted them and hired Medley as his comics and humor editor. Medley's son Gary said his father's humor sometimes foreshadowed reality: "Stroker's — or Medley's — inspired genius came up with a host of crazy ideas that appeared impractical at first, but were later adopted by everyday car builders and racers. Multi-engine dragsters, wheelie bars, and drag chutes all sprung from Stroker's fertile mind before they were embraced in the real world." [AutoWeek]
Publishing | Sales of IDW Publishing's My Little Pony comics, in single-issue and graphic novel format but not counting digital, have topped 1 million copies. (It does really well in the iBookstore — there are multiple issues in the Top 10 every week — although it seldom registers on the other digital comics platforms.) IDW's Ted Adams says this is because it's such a great comic, but shrewd marketing such as offering a special Scholastic Book Fair edition with a bonus pony figure probably helped a lot. [ICv2]
Digital comics | The motion-comics platform Madefire has secured $5.2 million in funding. In July it announced agreements with four comics publishers — IDW, BOOM! Studios, Top Cow and iTV — and the first IDW comics came out in August. Madefire also has a partnership with DeviantArt. [Publishers Weekly]
Publishing | ICv2 posts a three-part interview with IDW Publishing CEO Ted Adams that covers a multitude of subjects, including the company's digital strategy, the Artists Editions, news that Scholastic has picked up its My Little Pony comics, and that the publisher's book sales are up, even though Borders is gone: "The book market used to make me crazy on this returnable basis basically forever. That was never a sustainable business model. Where we are today is we are able to sell product in a reasonable way so that the bookstores get a chance to sell the product and we don't get these giant returns. " [ICv2]
Piracy | Earlier this year, the Chinese Internet company Tencent inked a deal with Shueisha, the publisher of Shonen Jump and thus the licensor of some of the most popular manga in the world. One consequence of this deal has just hit home with the Chinese reading public: Scanlations are disappearing from the web, and fans are not happy. [Kotaku]
Following a Monday visit to Dave Sim's Ontario home by CEO Ted Adams, IDW Publishing has struck a deal to release a hard-copy version of the Kickstarter-funded Cerebus: High Society Audio Digital as part of its new IDW Limited program. The company had already announced this week that it will publish a collection of all 300 Cerebus covers.
"I was coming here more as a decades-long Cerebus fan than as a publisher," Adams said in a statement. "Scott [Dunbier, special projects editor] was describing all the amazing cover material he's been scanning since Friday night and — talking to Dave on the phone — I said, 'I'm the CEO. Why does Scott get to have all the fun?" So I booked the same commuter flight Chicago-to-Kitchener that Scott had taken last week."
Publishing | IDW Publishing CEO Ted Adams discusses the company's new IDW Limited program, which will produce small print runs of deluxe editions that will be marketed direct to the consumer. How small? The print run for the Blue Label edition of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 1 Deluxe Limited Edition will be 10 copies. "The only fair thing to do is to give the fans direct access on a first come first served basis," he said. "We're putting an incredible emphasis on quality, and that directly affects the quantity of books IDW Limited can produce. We're designing new covers, building custom cases and paying the artists to do hand drawn sketch work to go with these books. The reality is that that's all very expensive and unfortunately it makes it difficult for us to offer this line at the deep discount needed for traditional retail distribution." [ICv2]
Libraries | Following the firestorm sparked last month when a youth library in Stockholm briefly removed Tintin comics because of their racial caricatures of Africans and Arabs, a survey finds that 10 percent of Swedish libraries have removed or restricted Herge's books due to "racist content." [The Local]
Auctions | Todd McFarlane's original cover art for The Amazing Spider-Man #328 sold at auction Thursday for $657,250, shattering the record for a single piece of American comics art set last year by a splash page from The Dark Knight Returns #3 ($448,125). However, the price falls well short of the $1.6 million shell out last month for the original cover art for Tintin in America. A 9.8 graded copy of X-Men #1 was also sold by Heritage Auctions for $492,937.50, more than twice the previous record for that comic. [ICv2]
Publishing | Lily Rothman takes a look at iVerse's newly announced comics-only crowdfunding platform Comics Accelerator, which will allow immediate delivery of digital rewards in a more sophisticated format than an e-mailed PDF and cap its share of the take at $2,500. As Laura Morley of Womanthology points out, it can go both ways: Being on Kickstarter, a trusted platform with wide visibility, helped boost the project, but on the other hand, "Any site that's able to take advantage of the fact that comics online already work as a big community, as a place where people talk to their friends and promote things they're interested in, is likely to do well." [Time]
Passings | The Comics Journal collects tributes to Maurice Sendak, the legendary children's book author and illustrator who passed away Tuesday at age 83. Philip Nel, director of Kansas State University's Program in Children's Literature, also writes an obituary for the influential creator of Where the Wild Things Are. [TCJ.com]
Publishing | In an interview with the retail news and analysis site ICv2, IDW Publishing President and CEO Ted Adams says that while digital sales are at 10 percent of print sales, both are going up: "There's just no question at this point that selling comics digitally is definitively not impacting [print] comic book sales. If anything you could make the argument that the success of digital is driving more print comic book sales. The correlation at this point is that increased digital has resulted in increased print. Whether or not that is a direct correlation, I don't know how you would figure that out. I can say with no uncertainty that our increased digital revenue has come at a time when we've had increased comic book sales." [ICv2]
Retailing | Borders Group began liquidation sales over the weekend at 200 stores, discounting items 20 percent to 40 percent. As Publishers Weekly and Blogcritics chart the 40-year rise and fall of the retailer, PW's Jim Milliot looks at the effects the bookseller's bankruptcy will have on the publishing industry: "The trickle-down impact will affect everyone from manufacturers to agents. Borders accounted for about 8% of overall industry sales, a higher percentage in some categories. A downsized Borders means publishers are likely to receive smaller orders and in turn place smaller first printings, resulting in less business for printers. The likelihood of lower print sales, one publisher said, means that books acquired one or two years ago when Borders was much bigger will have a more difficult time earning the advance back and that less shelf space could mean lower advances." [Publishers Weekly]
Retailing | Tracey Taylor has details of retailer Jack Rems' plans to resurrect Berkeley, Calif., institution Comic Relief as a new store called The Escapist — a nod to the Michael Chabon character — possibly at the same location. [Berkeleyside]
ICv2 starts off the week with a marathon interview with Ted Adams of IDW Publishing. Part 1 focuses on the current comics and graphic novel market and IDW's place in it, which is pretty solid — sales held steady in 2009 and 2010, and last year IDW became a Diamond Premier Publisher, meaning they get featured in the front of Previews each month. Part 2 covers their digital strategy, which has been quite aggressive, and in Part 3, Adams talks about IDW's plans for new comics and collections in 2011.
It's all interesting reading, but of course the part that's most interesting to me is Adams's reflection on the digital comics market in part 2. Digital sales doubled last year, he says, but the number is still small—"an insignificant part of our net revenue." And it seems to be new revenue:


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I have a copy of book , The Course Of Time, by Robert Pollok, printed by William Blackwood & Sons in 1860.
There is a hand written message in the book to Charles Mills, dated 1863.
The book is still intact and in very good condition.
Can anyone give me more information about this book, Charles Mills or valuations.
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Many clients questions that what exactly hosting an application means. It has an easy concept, hosting an application or we can say application hosting is a web based solution that enables clients to run software applications via cloud on a recurring basis and is generally provided by an ASP i.e, Application Service Provider.
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Application hosting is the methodology of outsourcing access to software applications to an ASP, rather than purchasing or administering the software using internal resources. The choice to use an application hosting strategy is to increase efficiency and decrease costs. Application hosting needs customers to have secured Internet access to the provider's premises to access server hardware, application software, administrative services and end user support.
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"This is my favorite bread machine recipe," shares Dorothy Gilmore of Elburn, Illinois. Dried cranberries add a sweet touch to this moist oatmeal bread.
- 1 cup water (70° to 80°)
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
- 2-1/2 cups bread flour
- 1-3/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries or raisins
- In bread machine pan, place the first eight ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed). Just before final kneading (your machine may audibly signal this), add cranberries. Yield: 1 loaf (1-1/2 pounds).
Editor's Note: We recommend you do not use a bread machine's time-delay feature for this recipe.
Originally published as Cranberry Oat Bread in Quick Cooking November/December 1999, p41
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In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, in all things love
These words, written by St. Augustine, are some of the most important words written outside of Scripture. While the words of Augustine are not written in the Bible, they are no less biblical in their foundation and message. The message of the Bible and St. Augustine is a message of unity.
Jesus' teaching on unity
In Jesus' high priestly prayer He reminds His followers, "I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one" (John 17:22 NIV). Jesus calls all Christ-followers to be united. It is the glory inside each Christ-follower that breaks through all denominational barriers and brings unity around the Cross of Jesus. Augustine was correct when he asserted, "In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, in all things love." Jesus calls us to be united and live in a oneness that the world can't ignore.
Unity and love
Jesus brings into sharp focus the importance of unity and love. In John 17:23 Jesus teaches, "I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." (NIV) The result of the world seeing unity and love in Christ-followers is that Jesus would be known. When denominationalism becomes more important than God's Kingdom, the world sees chaos and infighting rather than the love of God.
Are we to have unity at all costs?
The subject of unity must always be based on biblical truth. When Augustine wrote his famous words, he was not indicating that Christ-followers should be united with heresy. Unbiblical teaching should not be tolerated and should be exposed. The liberty in nonessentials does not include teaching unbiblical doctrines.
Unity – the common ground for love
Christ-followers are to love one another. This love can only come as a result of a conscious desire to be unified under Jesus Christ. If Christ-followers were viewed as lovers of one another who are united in word and deed, then the testimony of God would be intensified. It becomes very hard for the world to ignore Jesus when His brothers and sisters exercise unity and love toward one another – regardless of denominational banners.


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If you use a client like mutt to access your mail, you probably know that it doesn't support 2-factor authentication. It still prompts only for a password - either your account password or, in the case of Gmail, possibly your application-specific Gmail password.
My concern is that attackers can work around Gmail's 2-factor authentication by logging in through a client like mutt. While we can set application-specific passwords, we can't do that for every single client that exists, right? And yes, if someone has one's password, then the game is already over; but 2-factor is supposed to be an additional line of defense, and this appears to undermine that additional defense.
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Sonja Morgan is ready to reveal more information about her new man David Svanda. Radar Online reports on Wednesday that the "Real Housewives of New York City" star is putting her relationships with Harry Dubin and others behind her. However, she is not ready to commit to Svanda and seems to be keeping her options open.
Morgan states she does not want Svanda to appear on the "Real Housewives of New York City." After her previous experiences on the show, she is interested in keeping some parts of her life more private. Nevertheless, she is willing to discuss Svanda and her plans for the future.
Svanda is 45 years old, so reports of Morgan snatching a much younger man are not true in this case because she is 50 years old. Despite their close age, the housewife is still being called a cougar online and criticized by fans. Morgan claims she has known Svanda for many years, but they have only recently connected. She explains he is patient and understands the challenges of her career in front of the public. He owns a custom framing business with its own shop.
Morgan is staying busy, and the new relationship is not the only thing on her mind. She is trying to raise money for charity on her official Twitter account while spending time with her daughter. She is also trying to settle a lawsuit that has forced her to sell a house. Morgan plans to spend time in France, so her relationship with Svanda will probably be put on hold.
Svanda has not discussed Morgan publicly, and he may be interested in avoiding the spotlight. Fans of the "Real Housewives of New York City" are also not likely to see him on the show based on Morgan's comments about keeping her relationships away from Bravo. This housewife may want to hide the new boyfriend from the other cast members.
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A local Scottish paper, the Paisley Daily Express, reports on the 'I Speak for Myself' campaign which aims to challenge negative stereotypes about Muslim women by featuring them carrying placards with descriptive, personal, aspirational and humorous messages about themselves. The campaign has the backing the MSP for Renfrewshire South, Hugh Henry.
From the local paper:
"A campaigning politician is backing a Muslim women's group in their bid to change damaging perceptions of who they are.
"Renfrewshire South MSP Hugh Henry is getting behind the 'I Speak for Myself' project, being run by the Muslim women's organisation Amina, in an attempt to challenge stereotypes through personal messages from the women.
"Their project – which features an exhibition of 300 Muslim women, from various ethnic backgrounds, displaying their messages – was launched after members of the group visited schools in Renfrewshire and across Scotland, and were shocked to find that some children associated words such as 'terrorist,' 'oppressed' and 'uneducated' to describe Muslim women.
"Far from projecting themselves as submissive and sedate, the messages talk about careers, motherhood, movies, high heels, lipstick and love.
"The exhibition has now been launched at the Scottish Parliament, where Mr Henry pledged his support to the women by signing a declaration aspiring for a Scotland where all people can flourish and be themselves."
Samina Ansari from Amina, herself a victim of an anti-Muslim hate crime, said, "This was about Muslim women sharing their messages with fellow Scots. The messages talk about all the things that women talk about, regardless of their race and religion."
The organisation behind the campaign, Amina, produced a documentary last year to educate people about the practice of veiling adopted by many Muslim women.
The 'I Speak for Myself' initiative comes at a critical time for the Muslim community in Scotland, the UK and Europe more widely, given the rising level of Islamophobia which pervades the public discourse and the way in which Muslim women in particular face hostility and prejudice.
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