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The town of Mansfield is located in southern Massachusetts, approximately midway between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1775, the town has grown to a population of just over 23,000 people according to the U.S. Census 2005-2009 5-Year Estimate. While Mansfield doesn't have the culinary variety you'll find in either of the state capitals just north or south, diners hungry for moo goo gai pan or egg rolls can select from among several local Chinese restaurants.
Quan's Kitchen
Quan's Kitchen (quanskitchen.net) has three locations: one in downtown Mansfield and the others in nearby North Attleboro and Weymouth. The restaurant offers a range of Asian dishes, including a sushi menu. In addition to traditional Mandarin Szechuan dishes and Yu Hsiang-style dishes, patrons can order American-influenced items, such as fried chicken wings or shrimp. Lunch specials are available. The restaurant uses 100 percent pure vegetable oil for all fried dishes.
Mansfield's Cheng-Du (cheng-du.com) restaurant specializes in seafood dishes prepared in traditional Chinese styles. Whenever possible, shellfish and other seafood are harvested or farmed in nearby waters, typically from Maine or Prince Edward Island. Vegetarian options are available. For lunch, a buffet features a range of daily specials, including soup and multiple appetizers and entrees. Takeout and catering are also available.
Asia Grill & Sushi
While not exclusively a Chinese restaurant, the pan-Asian Asia Grill & Sushi (asiagrillsushi.com) rounds out Mansfield's dining options with a mixture of Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese dishes. Specialties include Peking duck, served as a two-course meal. For weight-conscious diners, the menu even includes several vegetable-packed "South Beach Selections." A kid's menu is also available with more familiar American-style dishes as well as inventive sushi rolls with or without raw fish. For night owls, the sushi bar area is open on Friday and Saturday nights until midnight.
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While Mansfield has somewhat limited options for Chinese cuisine, driving a short distance outside town opens up some additional options. In the town of Norton, about 5 miles southeast of Mansfield, the Great Woods Mandarin (greatwoodsmandarin.com) serves Mandarin/Szechuan-style cuisine for lunch and dinner. Diners may order a la carte or from the buffet, and the restaurant is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Special buffet prices are available for children. Delivery, takeout and dine-in catering are also available. In Franklin, about 13 miles west of town, Wah Sing (wahsing.net) offers another pan-Asian twist: Chinese and Polynesian cuisine. Specialties include dishes in the Yu Hsiang, or "aromatic fish," style. Takeout is available.

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WEIRTON - State highway officials advise crews will be milling and paving Pennsylvania Avenue, from North 11th Street to North 23rd Street, at night beginning Wednesday.
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TOLEDO, Ohio- A family that sued after a nurse tossed a healthy kidney in the trash during a transplant has settled its lawsuit against an Ohio hospital for $650,000.
A patient, Sarah Fudacz, who was 24 at the time, was to receive her brother's kidney in 2012 but awoke without having undergone surgery because the nurse had accidentally thrown it out.
Fudacz later received a different kidney but the family sued the University of Toledo Medical Center, claiming medical negligence. In a settlement approved Wednesday by the Court of Claims of Ohio, the money will be split among Fudacz and her brother along with their parents.
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After the unsustainable growth surge of the last two years, Dubais housing market is now slowing sharply, and the same is true in Abu Dhabi.
During the year to April 2015, Dubais all-residential property price index (RPPI) fell by 2.8%, the first month of y-o-y decline since March 2012 and in sharp contrast with the spectacular 37.5% surge during the same period last year, based on latest figures released by Reidin.com. When adjusted for inflation, Dubai house prices actually dropped 6.8% over the same period. Dubais RPPI is calculated monthly and covers 7 cities, 8 main districts and 4 major projects. Abu Dhabis RPPI is also calculated monthly, and covers 7 cities and 4 main districts.
Abu Dhabi, the UAE's capital, also experienced a decline in its all-residential property price index by 1.1% (-5.1% in real terms) during the year to end-April 2015.
Dubai's property market has been one of the world's most volatile. Dubai saw one of the world's worst housing crashes with house prices plunging by 53% from Q3 2008 to Q3 2011. The housing market started to recover in Q2 2012 with double-digit house price increases since then.
The Federal Mortgage Cap, introduced in 2013, has slowed the pace of residential value appreciation in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. In addition, the Dubai Land Department recently doubled property registration fees from 2% to 4% to dampen property demand.
Demand is now plunging. During the year to April 2015, property transactions, both in number and value, plunged by 51.8% and 37.1%, respectively. In 2014, there were 53,871 transactions in Dubai, according to Dubai Land Department (DLD), worth AED 218 billion (US$ 59.4 billion). About 51% were sales, while 44% were mortgages.
Transactions of completed apartments in Dubai dropped 12% in Q1 2015 from a year earlier, while those for completed villas were down by 35% over the same period, according to Reidin.com. The demand for off-plan properties in prime locations such as Dubai Marina has noticeably declined, as interest shifted to cheaper properties in secondary locations.
In contrast, demand in some developments remains stable in Abu Dhabi, despite the ongoing market correction, according to Asteco. Projects in Investment Areas such as Saadiyat Island, Reem Island and Al Raha Beach continued to be the most popular development areas. The Hidd Al Saadiyat, which is currently under construction, offers luxurious villas to homebuyers.
Some local property analysts remain optimistic about the future of the UAE property market. We think the market is currently letting go of that speculative pricing layer, which once peeled, would result in a more holistic price level. We continue to believe that the current easing of prices is a result of market correction that will soon peg the demand and supply forces at a sustainable level, said Haider Ali Khan, CEO of Bayut.com.
Others expect large house price falls. Real estate consultant Jones Lang LaSalle and the ratings agency Standard & Poors expect that average house prices in Dubai could fall by between 10% and 20% this year.
The IMF, which earlier warned UAE about overheating real estate prices in Dubai, has now backed down from its concerns.
Dubai's total residential stock was around 377,000 units, Abu Dhabi's around 243,000 units, at end-2014. In 2015 around 25,000 new housing units are expected to enter the Dubai market and 10,000 new housing units the Abu Dhabi market.
Due to falling oil prices, the UAE's economy is projected to expand by only 3.1% this year, after GDP growth of 3.6% in 2014, 5.2% in 2013, 4.7% in 2012 and 4.9% in 2011, according to the IMF. Dubai, which has a more diversified and less oil dependent economy, is expected to grow by about 5% this year.
Abu Dhabi, in contrast to Dubai, continues to take extra measures to make life easier for long-term foreign property investors, in an effort to buoy its local property market.
The government recently introduced a new regulation allowing foreigners to own property in Abu Dhabi on a freehold basis, in designated investment zones. Previously, foreign investors in the emirate were generally limited to leasehold arrangements with 99-year leases.
This follows Abu Dhabi´s previous market-boosting measures. In 2012, the government compelled public sector employees living outside Abu Dhabi to relocate within the emirates borders. Then in November 2013, the government cancelled a 5% cap on annual rent increases.
From 2002 to 2008, Dubais property prices almost quadrupled, and large-scale developments turned Dubai into one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Some of the biggest projects include Jumeirah Garden City (estimated cost: US$95 billion), Dubailand (US$64 billion), The Lagoons (US$25 billion), Palm Jumeirah (US$14 billion), and The World (US$14 billion).
After March 2006, a deluge of more foreign money boosted Dubais ambitions following the passage of the long-awaited foreign property ownership law. Europeans, including Russians, accounted for 20% of the buyers of all property categories. GCC, Arab nationals and UAE nationals made up 28%, Asians 40%, and Iranians 12%, according to figures from Global Realty Partners. The overall foreign ownership index of property kept by Colliers International soared 116% from Q1 2007 to Q3 2008.
Then the global credit crunch hit. Amlak and Tamweel, the UAEs two largest home finance companies, stopped offering new loans. The two mortgage lenders accounted for more than 50% of all mortgages in the country.
Foreign investors suddenly disappeared at the end of 2008, as the global financial crisis hit the emirates. This caused transaction volumes to plummet. The overall foreign ownership index was 50% down by Q4 2010, from its peak in Q3 2008.
Almost half of all construction projects in the UAE, worth around AED1.1 trillion (US$582 billion), were either put on hold or cancelled, in response to falling demand and deteriorating market conditions. As the economy returned to growth, some of these halted construction projects, were resumed by end of 2011.
Signs of a property market recovery were visible in Dubai during Q4 2011 to Q1 2012, while Abu Dhabi followed suit. From January 2012 to end-2014 Dubai has experienced skyrocketing house prices, averaging around 21.49% annually.
Mortgage interest rates in Dubai have, in the past, followed key US Fed rates, because of the peg to the US dollar. The dirham (AED) is pegged to the US dollar at AED3.67 = US$1. In 2008, when the Fed successively cut key rates, the UAEs central bank was forced to track US monetary policy, causing inflation to hit a record high of 12.9%.
The Central Bank of the UAE set its first benchmark interest rate (overnight repurchase rate) at 4.75% in September 2007. The new repo rate gives the country slightly more flexibility in responding to changes in the US Fed funds rate.
After the Fed slashed its key rate to just 0.13% in December 2008, UAE´s benchmark rate was also reduced to a record low of 1% in January 2009. The key rate has been unchanged since then.
The Central Bank of UAE introduced a new set of mortgage regulations which came into effect a month after publication in the Official Gazette on November 2013. The purpose of the new regulations was to cool the property market.
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AED5 million (US$1.36 million)
|Property valued over
AED5 million (US$1.36 million)
|Source: UAE Central Bank, Cluttons
In 2013, the total aggregate amount of loans, advances, overdrafts and real estate mortgage loans rose by 1.2% to AED 708.3 billion (US$ 192.9 billion) from the previous year, according to the Central Bank of the UAE. Mortgage loans had risen from 2.7% of GDP in 2001 to 15.5% in 2010.
Perhaps surprisingly, banks and other mortgage lenders in the UAE are returning to the market and offering new mortgage products. Tamweel, one of the largest Islamic mortgage lenders, is back in the market, having stopped trading its mortgage shares in November 2008 due to the global credit crunch.
More fixed-rate mortgage products have been introduced. In addition, fee free products, which allow borrowers to switch to a new lender at a lower cost, have been offered starting during the last quarter of 2010.
The new rent cap law, Dubai Decree No. 43/2013 (the New Decree), was introduced and came into effect in Dubai on December 18, 2013.
This new decree has the same cap of 20% as the previous rent cap (Decree No. 2 of 2011, known as the the Old Rent Cap). However, the new decree shifts the balance of power in favour of landlords, as they can now increase rent on lease renewal and as soon as rent for a property is 11% below the average market rental rate, lower than the 26% required under the Old Rent Cap.
The New Decree also makes clear that the rent cap also applies to special development areas and free zones, including the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
|Equal to or 25% below the rental index
|26% to 35% below the rental index
|36% to 45% below the rental index
|46% to 55% below the rental index
|More than 55% below the rental index
In 2006, at the peak of the property boom, the government introduced a rent cap of 15%, to control rent increases. Then in 2007, the rent cap was tightened to 7%. In 2008, the rent cap was again reduced to 5% in an effort to curb inflationary pressures.
In January 2009, Dubais Real Estate Regulating Agency (RERA) unveiled a new rental index to replace rent caps. Based on this law, the maximum percentage of rent increase is at around 20% for properties whose rents are more than 55% below the rental index.
Then in January 2011, RERA issued Decree No. 2, allowing adjustment of the rental index tables every four months, to keep rental values up-to-date, and requiring landlords and real estate leasing companies to register rental contracts on the newly-established e-registration portal system, the Ejari System, or face penalties for non-compliance. This enables the authorities to get an accurate picture of the market. In addition, RERA introduced a rental increase calculator to assist tenants and landlords compute their rent cap figures.
In Abu Dhabi, from November 10, 2013 the Abu Dhabi Executive Council cancelled the extension of the annual 5% rent increase rate, implying that they are actually removing the 5% rent cap. This is expected to boost competition among tenants, as well as causing some confusion to landlords, who are accustomed to increasing their rents by 5% every year.
Residential rental rates softened for all unit types in Dubai during the third quarter of 2014:
In Dubai annual rents in Q3 2014 ranged from AED 44,000 (US$ 11,981) to AED 160,000 (US$ 43,567) for one-bedroom apartments, to from AED 100,000 (US$ 27,229) to AED 290,000 (US$ 78,965) for large three-bedroom apartments, according to Asteco.
In Abu Dhabi during the same period annual rents ranged from AED 40,000 (US$ 10,892) to AED 145,000 (US$ 39,483) for one-bedroom apartments, to from AED 60,000 (US$ 16,338) to AED 310,000 (US$ 84,411) for three-bedroom apartments.
Rents in specific developments:
Gross rental yields in Dubai are moderate, ranging from 5.55% up to around 6.64%, based on the Global Property Guide research as of September 2013. There was a slight decline in the average rental yields to 6.13% in 2013, from the 6.65% average recorded in 2012. Smaller apartments (60 90 sq. m.) have higher yields, averaging 6.58%, while larger apartments (120 200 sq. m.) have yields averaging around 5.69%.
The UAEs economy grew by about 4.8% y-o-y to more than AED1.54 trillion (US$ 42 billion) in 2014, despite the sharp decline of oil prices during the second half of 2014, according to UAEs Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori.
After an economic slump in 2009, the economy quickly recovered, expanding by 1.6% in 2010, 4.9% in 2011, and 4.7% in 2012.
The good economic growth was attributed by Minister Al Mansoori to the governments efforts to diversify the economy. Non-oil sectors account for around 69% of the countrys GDP, while the remaining share is oil. Driving the countrys economic diversification is the Abu Dhabis Economic Vision 2030, and Dubais Strategic Plan 2015, which aims to increase investment in industrial and export-oriented sectors. At the federal level, the UAE's "2021 Vision" positions science and technology, research, and innovation at the centre of a knowledge-based and highly competitive economy by 2021.
Non-oil GDP grew by around 5.6% in 2014, and growth is expected to remain in the 5% to 6% range from till 2016, according to the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB).
Due to the acceleration of non-oil diversification, the UAE is expected to grow at around 4.5% in 2015.
With this good performance, the general budget is expected to see a surplus of 9% of GDP, double the figure of 2012. Inflation rates have been estimated at between 2% and 3% in 2014, thanks to the flexibility of the UAEs economy and the measures being taken by the government to curb price hikes, according to Finance Minister Al Mansoori.
Inflation this year is likely to be at a manageable level of around 2.5%, according to both the UAE's Ministry of Economy and the IMF, due to macro-economic measures that the government took after being warned by the IMF of a possible bubble or boom-bust cycle. The UAEs inflation has already slowed, as the strengthening of the dirham in line with the dollar (to which it is pegged) has reduced the cost of imported food. In Dubai, the overall inflation rate declined to 4.3% in February 2015 from 4.5% the previous month. Likewise, Abu Dhabis inflation rate also dropped to 4.6% from 5.0% over the same period.
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Review of: Spoken English, TESOL and applied linguistics: Challenges for theory and practice, ed. Rebecca Hughes
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Citation:Malthus, C. (2010). Review of: Spoken English, TESOL and applied linguistics: Challenges for theory and practice, ed. Rebecca Hughes. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 9(1), 78-79. doi: 10.1016/j.jeap.2008.11.002
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|"Last Reign" #1 on sale in October
âLast Reignâ is a science fiction take on feudal society, with futuristic knights ruling distinct territories across the Earth. Just as a kingdomâs knights once passed their armor down throughout generations, Beckerâs story sees the body armor of Special Forces soldiers inherited by the successive lords of a post-apocalyptic world. âThe genesis to our story happens eighty to 100 years in the future, so if one could extrapolate what we see our Special Forces guys in their full body armor wearing now, imagine that in eighty years,â Becker told CBR News. âThen there's the Apocalypse, and the armor gets passed down. So what ends up happening is, we have an old knight's tale in the whole Arthurian tradition of people passing stuff down, but it's actually futuristic body armor that does futuristic things.â
The return of feudalism comes from necessity, the need for security in a deadly world. âPeople sort of rally around the knights as their only means of protection,â Becker said.
One of the feudal lords is the storyâs hero, Darius, who is descended from a group known as the Elite Eight and possesses one of eight pieces of special armor. âHe's lost his wife, and in the opening book he also loses his son,â the writer said. âHe is kind of the Arthurian character who decides to reunite these eight kingdoms to fight a bigger foe.â
Though primarily known for his comedic films such as âVan Wilderâ and âWild Hogs,â Becker has some experience in the world of high adventure. His 1998 novel âLink,â published by William Morrow, blended elements of sci-fi and pulp action. Becker is also interested in getting back to the action-adventure genre in his day job, but the moviemaking industry can be difficult to navigate. âI started as an action screenwriter, so most of my early stuff was action or science fiction,â he said. âI only got into the comedy business because I wrote a romantic comedy with a writing partner, called 'Buying the Cow,' that I directed, that was my first film. And once you direct one comedy you kind of become a comedy director, so you're doing more comedies and more comedies! So for me, while I love comedy, one of my other passions is science fiction and adventure. Those kinds of movies now are started to present themselves, and it's something I wanted to do, as well.â
Eventually, Becker hopes âLast Reignâ will be one of these movies. âI came up with the idea for âLast Reignâ as not only a great idea for a movie, but a movie universe, in the same way of 'Lord of the Rings' or one of these epic tales,â he said, âand the best way into this world, the best way to conceptualize it to studios, would be to do it as a comic, because the story is so big. For me, the comic book world has such great fans and in terms of building a following for a universe, that was the whole idea behind 'Last Reign,' let's build a base now and then do the movie, and that's a movie that I want to direct. That was kind of the end game there. The more I've gotten into it with these BOOM! comic guys, the more I want to keep coming out with other books, maybe in that same genre, maybe possibly comedy.â
There are, of course, other advantages for film writers and directors to make the leap to comics. âI think the reason more and more are coming from the film side is that comics are a very cost-effective way to tell a story,â Becker remarked. âThe movie version of 'Last Reign' would cost $150 million, the book would obviously cost significantly less. For me, the attractive part is just dealing with such talented artists and talented writers, and even in that sense it's the same thing as a film, you're telling a story with pictures. It's just in film they're moving pictures, in comics they're not.
âFor me, I also looked at it as storyboards for the eventual movie, and when you see things like '300' or any of these Frank Miller things that have been adapted, they're pretty faithful to the essence and the heart of the graphic novel. I think the reason it's so fun and attractive is not only the people that are working in the industry, and you don't need a thousand people to greenlight a comic like you would a movie, but also just that you can flesh out a world in its entirety without breaking the bank.â
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On Friday, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture held its first Day of the Dead auction featuring custom-designed lamps by architects and artists from Los Angeles and beyond. The proceeds from the auction will benefit future MAK Center programs and the stewardship of the three Rudolph Schindler dwellings in which their unique programming takes place.
The public opening held within Schindler's pioneering Fitzpatrick-Leland house was the perfect relaxed L.A. party. Part benefit, part critique, part social event, the night brought together friends, peers, artists, architects, and supporters of the MAK Center.
Light My Way, Stranger's lamp fixtures ranged from reconsiderations of what might be called a lamp to creations repurposing everyday objects and materials to reinterpretations of Schindler to the expected digitally-fabricated creations. Overall, the range of the lamps was impressive, as was the quality— challenges the contributors took seriously, as each lamp required some engineering or at least re-engineering of lamp components.
Most designers consider the lamp to be a house for the light inside, a shade or a shell that shrouds and diffuses raw light, such as Alexis Rochas' boa-like Light Charming, Ingalill and Roland Wahlroos Ritter's Lattsinnig, or Ball-Nogues' Music Legs Globe Lamp made out of paper mached toilet paper. For a few, the opportunity was more in redefining the lamp as a structure to create light, such as Sam Durant's Dead Battery Power, which repurposed dead battery parts, and Renee Petropoulos's Lamp Opportunistic featuring a mirror intended to capture moonlight. Others mused on Schindler's language: Andrea Lenardin Madden's ID 835 lamp interpreted the slot window from the Schindler King's Road house into a column of light. Francois Perrin's elegant neon sign spelling out "SPACE" used light as a means to transmit a message about Schindler's manifesto.


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i am not gained.
hopkins was so good at promoting himself that for a decade his main claim to fame remained the answer to the trivia question of who Roy outclassed using one arm tied behind his back to win his first title.
Eubank has the worst possible style and personality for hopkins who had quite an active punch output and offensive aggression in his prime. Chrissy would bait hopkins without mercy, and catch him coming in all night just like Roy did.
Eubank was talented enough with enough popularity that he could float around for the bulk of his career with minimal training against mostly inferior opponents for big money compared to the peanuts and chicken bones Poppy was s****ping over. Eubank never realized his full potential of talent because he was always going to be more than mere fighter.
Don't think Chris would be much challenged by a little fighter who hit the canvas like clockwork and could be outboxed, outfoxed, and outworked.
at mw eubank takes this.
in answer to your question though benn is the best gauge we have,though overall he is not as good as hopkins he certainly ranks right up there with hopkins,and he was far more dangerous,i certainly rate watson,malinga,benn,rochigianni,wharton etc over keith holmes,antwun echols,robert allen and oscar at mw.
I'm a HUGE Eubank fan but I find it amazing that he is being painted up as a grim reaper, when he failed to match up against so many big names.
No Roy Jones, no James Toney, no Michael Nunn, no Gerald McClellan, no Iran Barkley, no Sambu Kalambay, no Mike McCallum, no Julian Jackson.
Benn at least chased down some real danger men. Eubank played it safe for most of his career and admitted to using the sport for money.
It shows how much hate there is for Hopkins when Chris is being touted as a guy who would have kicked his ass with virtually ZERO foundation to rely on.
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For some reason it is written and writing. It's confusing to me.
How can I remember to write them differently?
For some reason it is written and writing. It's confusing to me.
How can I remember to write them differently?
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Look at the pattern:
Google is not "unsure" about it; read the results of both:
http://www.google.com/search?q=writting returns 7 million results, with the top results including "Writting is a shockingly common misspelling of 'writing'", "English teachers dread to see ...". Most other results are amateur poetry or spam sites. Google also asks "Did you mean: 'writing'?"
http://www.google.com/search?q=writing returns over 30 times as many results, with top hits references to authors and publications.
When Google (or any web search) turns up results, you have to actually read them to see if it's what you want. Spelling is no different.
If you follow the Common Errors in English Usage, it is "writing":
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I'm writing a custom plugin for someone, but I ran into a bit of a problem...
I'm trying to use WordPress's Shortcodes feature to replace
[DoIt month="12″ day="01″ year="2008″ hour="00″ minute="00"] with a custom message (that was easy) and retrieve the attributes for use elsewhere in the script.
Basically I have
function ck_shortcode($atts) {
extract(shortcode_atts(array('month', 'day', 'year', 'hour' => '00','minute' => '00'), $atts));
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God's Wrath
Now if a man had been electrocuted during, say, a porn shoot or a lap dance or a confirmation hearing for a liberal nominated to the Supreme Court, the fundies would be screaming about how it was God's Wrath, His Divine Judgment, the Lord Almighty Expressing His High Holy Displeasure (why can't God, like any two year-old, use his words?).
So what exactly is God expressing when he electrocutes a fundamentalist preacher in the middle of performing a baptism?
A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning after grabbing a microphone while partially submerged, a church employee said.
The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was standing in water up to his shoulder in a baptismal at University Baptist Church when he was electrocuted, said Jamie Dudley, a church business administrator and wife of another pastor there.
Doctors in the congregation performed chest compressions for 40 minutes before Lake was taken to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, Dudley said. Police said they weren't called and the hospital referred calls to the church… "He was grabbing the microphone so everyone could hear," Dudley said. "It's the only way you can be loud enough."
About 800 people attended the morning service, which was larger than normal because it was homecoming weekend at nearby Baylor University, Dudley said.
Hm. Perhaps God was expressing that He is a Darwinist, and He doesn't think anyone stupid enough to grab a mic while standing shoulder-deep in water should survive long enough to reproduce? Nope, can't be that. The dead pastor already has three kids. While I would take this death as evidence that the universe is random and cruel, fundy Christians will attempt to tease out God's message. I'll save you the trouble of having to wait for their interp: As always, when something bad happens to them, it's God's testing their faith. When something bad happens to you, it's God punishing your misdeeds.


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Wes Bunting Picks the Cowboys' Groceries: Put an Offensive Tackle on the List
Posted by Rafael at Wednesday, December 01, 2010
In the first installment of my weekly chat with the National Football Post's Director of College Scouting Wes Bunting, we take a closer look at the top ten, which now may include a fast-rising underclassman offensive tackle:
Cowboys Nation: Given that Dallas will likely pick in the 6-10 range, given their weaknesses and three tough games to be played against the Eagles and Colts, which position do you think would make a bigger impact, a blue chip defensive end or a blue chip corner, all grades being equal? We've debated this question all week and have seen good points for both positions. It's not really a matter of need in Dallas' case because they need both.
Let's say you're at the football optometist and they're checking vision for you and you get the choice -- does this player look better for you, or this one? Let's begin with the favorites at each of the big defensive need spots. I'm presenting Nick Fairley and Patrick Peterson.
Wes Bunting: They're both gonna get blue chip grades in my book, but I'm a believer you build inside out. I think if you have a dominant defense line it can shore up a lot of missteps in the secondary. Good corners can only cover for so long, so I'm going with D-line.
I love Fairley. I think he's a guy who can really dominate up front on a defensive line.
CN: Where is he rated now in your scheme? He was dominant against Alabama, when he was in the game.


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All current students enrolled in degree seeking programs within the College of Business and Technology (CBAT) as well as CBAT alumni are welcome to participate in campus interviewing.
Recruitment by Department:
Business--Sam Wilson Hall; find details regarding accountancy recruiting below
Engineering Technology, Surveying, Digital Media, Interior Design--Wilson Wallis Hall; keep checking for updates!
No dates are scheduled at this time.
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RECRUITMENT--Information, Deadlines, and Schedule:
1. Please remember that most campus interviews for are pre-screened. Pre-screened means that employers review resumes that are submitted to them for consideration and then make decisions regarding who they want to interview through this screening process.
2. Just because you, the candidate, submit a resume does not mean that you will be granted an interview.
3. Students are contacted by cell phone or email for scheduling. If you fail to provide contact information and an electronic version of your resume to email@example.com , we will use your Goldmail email address in an attempt to reach you.
4. Scheduling is first-come, first-served as students are contacted based on the order of names provided to CBAT Career Services by the employer.
1. For interview consideration, please give copies of your resumes to firm reps at Networking Night--date/time/location to be announced.) NOTE NEW PROCESS: Upon arrival, sign in for attendance purposes at sign in table.
2. After interacting with firm reps and as you exit the ballroom in the Millennium Centre, sign up to be considered for campus interviews FOR FIRMS OF INTEREST at "interview request table" adjacent to the sign-in table. There will be a sheet for each firm planning on conducting campus interviews in Sam Wilson Hall. Do not sign up on a firm's interview interest sheet if you are not interested in interviewing with said firm.
3. If for some reason you cannot attend Networking Night, I will email any straggler resumes to firms as long as they are submitted to me via email by posted deadlines (see link below).
4. In order to interview for internships or co-op positions, students must register on the CBAT Intern Co-op Registration System AND complete Student Release Form. See Internships-Students page.
5. Please follow employer instructions (available in link below) regarding information that should be included on your resumes that you submit to the employer and to me. Make sure I have a working cell number for you as I will need to contact all students selected for interviews in order to build employer interview schedules. I encourage you to review my handout on Building and Writing a Resume as well as sample resumes under "Handouts" at the top of this page.
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What if Premiership rugby teams were NFL franchises?
Every sports league has its heroes and villains – the teams the neutrals love and the ones that everybody loves to hate. (more…)
10 Things Viewers Should Know About Olympic Rugby
After a 96-year absence, rugby is returning to the Olympic program. With most fans not even born when rugby was last included and a different version featured in Rio, World Rugby Shop highlights 10 things viewers should know about Olympic rugby. (more…)
USA Rugby Announce Men's and Women's Olympic Rosters
USA Rugby announced the 12-player rosters for the men's and women's rugby team to represent Team USA in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday. The rosters the diversity with athletes represented from across the country. (more…)
Best 11 Ways Pro Rugby Players are Spending their Offseason
by Josh Gardner – After a long, hard 2015/16 season, the pro rugby players of the Northern Hemisphere are finally getting a few weeks of rest and relaxation.
Whether they're on holiday, indulging in some unusual hobbies, or just getting odd jobs around the house, here are the Top 11 ways your favorite pro rugby players have been up to on their summer breaks…
11) Many players of course took advantage of their time off to get away from it all to have some fun in the sun. Case in point is Australia and Stade Francais scrum-half Will Genia, who's certainly not taking it easy in Míkonos.
10) Meanwhile his former Wallaby teammate and current Bordeaux centre Adam Ashley-Cooper was also enjoying his time in Croatia – someone should probably tell him that's not how you go snorkeling, mind…
9) Not every rugby star has been taking it easy by ocean this offseason, however – some rugby stars have been getting out on the water in a more active way. Sale and England centre Kyle Eastmond has been showing off both his guns and his jet ski skills in Barbados…
8) It's not all about the water however – some rugby stars are more comfortable in the skies. Monster Clermont and France full-back Scott Spedding has been enjoying the Australian outback in a helicopter that, let's be honest… is WAY too small for him.
7) Holidays aren't just about seeing the sights chilling by the sea however, one rugby legend has been getting close to nature… real close! Recently retired 127-cap Springbok lock Victor Matfield has been making friends with a rhino, and he's not the only one walking on the wild side…
6) Hot off the back of a victorious England summer tour, Jonathan Joseph has been channeling his inner Mowgli and making friends with the monkeys on holiday in Bali.
5) Unsurprisingly, many rugby stars have been taking advantage of their offseason breaks to indulge their passions for other sports, such as England flanker Chris Robshaw, who's been enjoying the sunshine in Wimbledon.
4) Fresh off the back of a hard tour of New Zealand, Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau has wasted no time getting into the Euro 2016 spirit, heading straight over to Lille with fellow Wales teammate Hallam Amos, mixing with the fans ahead of Gareth Bale and company's historic quarter-final clash with Belgium.
3) Not everyone has been spending their offseason off in exotic locales however – some rugby players have been spending their time in more productive ways, such as England, Lions and former Saints prop Alex Corbisiero, who's been simultaneously hard at work in the garden and making the rest of us feel very inadequate.
2) Just because you're an elite athlete doesn't mean you can avoid the boring DIY jobs either, just ask England and Bath prop Rob Webber, who looks like he's got a long afternoon ahead of him before he'll be flipping burgers…
1) Finally, while the days of players boozing long into the night after a game are long gone, it's nice to see that Wales teammates Paul James and Tom James can still have a few cold ones together on holiday in Dubai.
They might find many varied ways to enjoy it, but with the rigors of preseason training just around the corner, these rugby stars certainly deserve their time off…
Josh Gardner is a freelance journalist from the UK. A proud Welshman and a lifelong rugby fanatic, he's the editor of Rugby Shirt Watch and co-host of the Blood & Mud Podcast.
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Is Jessica Simpson Really Pregnant? 5 Clues She May Have Already Given Birth! (Photos)Chris Rogers
Jessica Simpson has the never-ending pregnancy! Or is she not even pregnant at all?
Many have been speculating whether or not Simpson had given birth to her baby girl over the past week. Due to the heavy rumors, the fashion mogul even went as far as tweeting, "To everyone who keeps congratulating me on the birth of my baby girl…I'm still pregnant!! Don't believe what you read ladies and gents." But then again, she did just say not to believe everything we read!
With this cryptic tweet on top of Jessica being MIA since March 25, there are reasons to believe that Simpson may have already given birth to her daughter weeks ago!
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Last Baby Bump Sighting 1 of 5Jessica's last baby bump sighting was on March 25 - almost an entire month ago! Could she be hiding the fact that she already gave birth?
Brad and Angelina Jolie Engaged! 2 of 5Jessica may have held off on the announcement of her baby's birth because she knew that Maxi Johnson (her baby's alleged name) would get bumped from the cover of 'People' due to the engagement news of Brangelina.
Dick Clark's Passing 3 of 5Likewise, Jessica had to hold out last week for Brangelina's news and this week the cover of 'People' is most likely going to the tragic passing of Dick Clark!
Chilis 4 of 5Over the weekend, Jessica was spotted hiding out in her mother's car while Tina picked up a bag full of Chilis food. Could Jessica be pretending to still be pregnant so she can continue to pack on more pounds! Hey, it wouldn't be such a bad idea, right? If I could get away with eating fast food, I would do the same! (If I were a woman, of course.) See the photos here!
Don't Believe What You Read 5 of 5While Jessica tweeted and denied giving birth, she also said to not believe everything you read! So should we disregardthis tweetas well?
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Tom Wolfe Continues Lifelong Battle Against The New Yorker
This time, it's music critic Alex Ross in his crosshairs.
Tom Wolfe hated on The New Yorker way before that Obama fist-bumping cover, in a two-part series in New York in 1965. Forty-four years later, they still haven't reconciled, and Wolfe's writing has only ever appeared in the magazine when he's taken issue with something they've written about him. Such as in this week's "Letters" section, wherein he responds fiercely to Alex Ross's recent piece on Leonard Bernstein, which references another famous New York story by Wolfe, "Radical Chic", about a 1966 fund-raiser Bernstein and his wife held for the Black Panthers. Ross defended himself ably, but in a less-entertaining fashion. So who won? We tallied up their insult-effectiveness quotient below.
The Insult-Effectiveness Quotient ranks snipes on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being weenieish and 10 being massively cocky.
Ross, in the story: "If, as William F. Buckley, Jr., said, Bernstein was parroting the lingo of fanatics, Wolfe was, in his own way, a mouthpiece, his fashionably tart prose advancing the new art of wedge-issue politics."
I.E.Q: 3. Because while "fashionably tart" and "mouthpiece" are enjoyable, we had to think too hard about this sentence.
Wolfe, responding: "Let us avert our eyes from the rhetorical wreck on the highway and merely point out that Wolfe has never been anybody's mouthpiece, and his interest in political journalism is nil."
I.E.Q: 8, for style.
Wolfe [quoting Ross]: "The article was 'pushing the idea that [Bernstein] was obsessively fixated on the figure of a 'Negro by the piano' (perhaps a case of projection on the part of [Wolfe])' In fact, Bernstein projected that figure himself in an apparition before the party and described it — 'Within the curve of the piano sits a well-dressed Negro' — in John Gruen's The Private World of Leonard Bernstein."
I.E.Q: 3, because, snooze.
Ross: "'Before the party' is a deceptive phrase. Wolfe took a discarded prose sketch from 1966, which Gruen found in a sheaf of notes, and wove it into Bernstein's supposed interior monologues of 1970. 'That damnable Negro by the piano,' the Bernstein character seems to think at the end of Wolfe's piece. This conceit supplants Bernstein's entire engagement with black culture."
I.E.Q: 5: Substantive but unexciting, not to mention judgey. Sure, Alex Ross can write what is apparently the best book in the world about the most boring subject ever with only a quill and a sheaf of parchment, but some people need devices.
Ross, in the story: "The entire episode reeks of hysteria."
I.E.Q: 3: Really, "reeks"? Also, again with the judgey-ness. Wolfe just uses a lot of exclamation points! What's wrong with that?!?! Doesn't Alex Ross ever get excited about anything?!?!?
Wolfe: Calls Ross's story a "sensitive reassessment." Sensitive. Is that—is he calling him queer? If so, that is pretty ballsy for a dude who wears spats. But it would have been better if he had said to it as a "light-loafered assessment," so I.Q.E is only: 5.
Ross: "A 'sensitive reassessment' is needed not least because of the damage that 'Radical Chic' did to Bernstein's image."
I.E Q.: 10, because, Snap.
Wolfe: "Wrong word. There is a difference between hysteria and hysterically funny. Music Critic Ross was two at the time."
I.E.Q: 5: We were with him until he played the age card. Everyone is younger than Tom Wolfe.
Still, when you add up the points and factor in the fact that Alex Ross is a weenie for even responding, Wolfe wins. Of course, we're biased.
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Men can benefit from Kegel exercises, which women often do to regain continence after childbirth, researchers said on Friday. Women are advised to do the exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor to counter the occasional incontinence that can follow childbirth or come after menopause. But some men, it seems, can benefit from them as well.
A TEAM at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Los Angeles studied 38 men who had cancerous prostate glands removed. The procedure, a radical prostatectomy, can cause at least temporary incontinence in up to 87 percent of men who have the surgery, said Dr. Sherif Aboseif, who led the study.
Half the men got instructions on how to do Kegels and were advised to do them twice a day after surgery. Half got no special instructions, Aboseif wrote in the July issue of the journal Urology. "Overall 66 percent of the patients were continent at 16 weeks," Aboseif's team wrote.
But those given Kegel training regained control earlier, they added. They measured this by counting how many incontinence pads a man used. After a year 82 percent of patients had regained control, whether they did the Kegels or not, his team added. A Kegel exercise is done by contracting the pelvic muscles as if the patient was trying to hold in urine.
Prostate surgery is not the only cause of incontinence in men - prostate enlargement that comes with normal aging can also cause incontinence, as can a range of other conditions, although the researchers did not test the efficacy of Kegels in men suffering from other conditions.
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March 24, 2011
Texas Theatre re-opens in Seguin
SEGUIN, TX — After 13 years of fundraising and two million dollars of restoration, the Stephen and Mary Birch Texas Theatre opened its doors for public viewing on Sunday, March 6, 2011. The restoration of the 1929 theater has recreated the domed, star-studded ceiling, gilded lanterns and romantic murals in the 350-seat main auditorium of the theatre. Expansion into an adjacent building has created new restroom, rehearsal and reception areas.
Nearly 200 funders, corporations and private supporters from all over the region have sponsored elements in the elaborate atmospheric movie palace. A cornerstone gift from the Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation brought in one million dollars. The San Antonio Area Foundation sponsored the stage and the San Antonio Conservation Society sponsored the restoration of the box office exterior.
Raising funds for the restoration and expansion of this historic landmark has taken 13 years since the Seguin Conservation Society purchased the theatre in 1996. Now re-opened, the group expects an annual attendance of 24,600 for performances such as live music, folkloric dances, community recitals, university stage productions, film festivals, and dinner theater shows, all to be accommodated in the 350-seat facility.
March 23, 2011
Renovated Oxon Hill theater to open in April
OXON HILL, MD — The former AMC Rivertowne 12 Cinemas will reopen on April 1 after a thorough renovation by Chicago-based Spotlight Amusements which currently operates the Eastpointe Movie 10 in Baltimore.
Rivertowne Cinemas 12 is owned by Chicago-based Spotlight Amusements, which also owns Eastpoint Movies 10 in Baltimore. Ron Rooding, Spotlight's director of operations, said the theater will seat about 3,000 people with individual screening room capacities ranging from 150 to 600. At least three of the theaters will feature stadium-style seating and 3-D capabilities, Rooding said.
The Rivertowne theater will employ a staff of up to 50, with about 90 percent of those employees local residents, Johnson said.
There is more at Gazette.net.
March 15, 2011
New art theatre to open in April in downtown Austin
AUSTIN, TX — A new quad art cinema is scheduled to on April 29 in downtown Austin's Second Street district. The Violet Crown's four all-digital intimate screening rooms will all have stadium seating with fold-out table trays for patrons who can purchase food, drinks, and cocktails from the service offered in the theater's lounge.
The Violet Crown, on the second floor of the AMLI on 2nd apartment building, will specialize in art, independent, documentary and international films.
Banowsky says that will differentiate it from the Alamo Ritz on East Sixth Street, which shows both mainstream and independent films. Austin's only other theater featuring art and independent films is the Regal Arbor Cinema in Northwest Austin.
There is more in this story from the Austin Statesman.
March 10, 2011
University Cinema to reopen
MOREHEAD, KY — The Chakeres University Cinema will re-open in April 2011 as a coffee shop and book store. The building was purchased last year by EDG Entertainment, LLC and has undergone renovation including new levels of flooring and all new lighting. The screen and stage remain intact, with plans for live entertainment and or movie screenings.
February 25, 2011
14 Screen multiplex to open in Erbil
ERBIL, IRAQ — Cozy up to the Idea of Stadium-like Viewing with Empire Cinemas. A unique event is about to unfold in Iraq, where for the first time ever a cinema multiplex will open in the recently constructed "Family Mall", the region's newest shopping and leisure destination. "This is a one of a kind project," says Gino Haddad, C.F.O / Business Development Director for Empire Cinemas. The leading cinema circuit and movies distributor in Lebanon and the Gulf will spearhead the group into Iraq, hosting 14 state of the art screens, equipped with 3D digital projectors and DTS digital surround sound systems. Taking a cultural page out of a glorious history of the country, Empire Cinemas designed very spacious theaters with stadium-like architecture, which can boast more than 2500 seats, including an exquisite section for the VIP. The large multiplex lobby will be adorned with comfortable lounge couches, as well as a sizable concession area catering to the whim of all movie fans; children and adults; offering a wide array of refreshment and snack categories from flavored popcorn and sizzling cheese nachos to imported American chocolate delights.
Hollywood blockbuster movies are scheduled to be released concurrently with U.S and European launch dates, while Arabic and commercial Indian movies' enthusiasts can regularly rejoice in top selections on offer.
A new Movie Haus to open in Laurel
LAUREL, MT — The town of Laurel in Montana will again have its own movie theater, and like the last one that operated there, it will be known as the Movie Haus. The original Laurel Movie Haus burned down in the 1990's and Laurel has been without its own cinema ever since. The new theater will be a triplex.
The space for the three-screen theater had been a J.C. Penney store and most recently a dollar store. The Cookes are renovating the entire interior, doing much of the construction and decorating by themselves.
This will be the only movie theater in Laurel and the owners hope to capitalize on visitors from more rural areas. "We're hoping to bring people from Columbus, Joliet, Bridger, and all down the valley. They come here to shop too so we hope to be part of that experience," Riley said.
There is more at KULR8.
February 2, 2011
The Movie Palace Closing
HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA — The Movie Palace closing Thursday Feb. 3rd after six years of operation under its current name. The theatre dates back to the 1930s and operated formerly as the Lyceum and the Mountain.
Owner Dale Barker announced the closing in a news release, but didn't return calls to say why.
"After nearly 6 years, The Movie Palace will be forced to close their doors this Thursday, Feb 3rd," he wrote. "It is important for everyone to know that our closure was not from providing the best value in town, or the lack of support from Hamiltonians. We far exceeded single-screen expectations, along with occasionally having greater attendance than the local multiplex."
Read more in The Spec.
January 26, 2011
Liberty Theater reopens
CAMAS, WA — A cornerstone of the neighborhood, the Liberty Theater will reopen in March.
Opening the doors of the historic Liberty Theater is a big win for Downtown Camas and local merchants, helping push the downtown as a 'destination' for the entire community and surrounding areas. "The Liberty has always been at the heart of our Downtown with theater goers taking advantage of the many great restaurants, merchants and services we have here in Camas. We are very excited and welcome this catalyst to Downtown's revitalization," commented Carolyn Mercury, Downtown Camas Association President.
Read more at the official website.
January 13, 2011
Cinema 4 in Newport shuttered
NEWPORT, TN — The Newport Cinema 4 was closed as of January 7. The only operating cinema in Cocke County, the theater opened in in the mid-1990's and was once operated by the O'Neil theater chain. The owners are hoping that a new operator can be found.
In Hooper's opinion, the cinema closed after facing several different obstacles. He said the theater's overhead kept getting more expensive. The economy impacted ticket sales. He also believes more stockholders were needed in the beginning. But overall, Judge Hooper feels the theater reached its goal of entertaining the community.
There is more with video at WBIR.com.
January 11, 2011
New theater opens in Wagner, SD
WAGNER, SD — The last time Wagner had an operating movie theater, "Jaws" was the featured first-run attraction. Now a new Wagner Theater has opened, co-owned by two couples who converted a former hardware and outdoor equipment store by performing much of the work themselves. The new single screen theater has stadium seating, digital projection and surround sound.
Cerny praised the initiative shown in starting the theater, given that a previous volunteer effort failed. He anticipated the new theater will draw customers from as far as Fairfax and northern Nebraska towns such as Spencer.
"This one will give a much needed amenity to people in town here," Cerny said. "I think people in the area are kind of hungry for a theater. … It took a lot of hard work and a lot of risk to do this venture."
The full story appeared in the Mitchell Republic.


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I have a Windows XP Professional. I have a problem with default IE6. I upgraded to IE7 but still had the problem. Then, I used revo uninstaller to uninstall IE7 and back to IE6. I did choose revo uninstaller's scan mode to be the one that'd make in-depth scan of registry. (Sorry, I dont remember the exact term)
The problem was solved. But almost all the shortcuts in Start > Programs is gone for all the user accounts such as bob, john in that computer.
As I checked, they are not really gone. I can still see those shortcuts in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start menu\Programs". But they do not appear anymore in other users start menu. Is my IE7 removal and the problem related? Or how do I fix the current problem?
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Youtube announces changes to its Content ID tool
Adds three updates to features that manage copyright policies for uploaded videos
VIDEO STREAMING GIANT Youtube has announced changes to its Content ID tool that helps manage copyright policies for uploaded videos.
The firm introduced three new features in a Youtube Creators blog post on Wednesday, most of which revolve around content legality claims and what to do with challenges to them.
The first of the three updates is a new appeals process. Youtube said that users have always had the ability to dispute content ID claims, but prior to the update, if a content owner rejected that dispute, the user was left with no recourse for certain types of Content ID claims.
"An appeals process gives eligible users a new choice when dealing with a rejected dispute," Youtube's post read. "When the user files an appeal, a content owner has two options: release the claim or file a formal DMCA notification."
The second of the new features provides smarter detection of unintentional claims.
"Mistakes can and do happen. To address this, we've improved the algorithms that identify potentially invalid claims," Youtube said.
"We stop these claims from automatically affecting user videos and place them in a queue to be manually reviewed."
Youtube said this process prevents disputes that can arise when content not owned by a partner inadvertently turns up in a reference file.
The third update to the Content ID tool is "improved matching quality", so that partners' content is matched more accurately.
"We continue to work on ways to make the matching more precise through better algorithms and a more comprehensive reference library," Youtube said.
Google seems to be getting pretty serious about stepping up security in Youtube. In June, the firm added a face blurring feature to its video uploads.
The feature is designed to protect the anonymity of individuals and can be used to conceal people's identities in potentially dangerous situations, such as anti-government protests. µ
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Google Updates: Family of apps, Remix remixed, and spamming the Nexus
Plus the cost of ambition as moonshots eat into the coffers
Mysterious firm pays £135m for .web domain
Spoiler alert: it's probably VeriSign
Virgin Media cuts off customer before it's even laid the cable
Did we say cuts off? We meant traps them inside their own home
Yahoo is building an online abuse detection tool
The idiots!