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By Buena Laoang
Yes, it is hard.
Especially when you have forgiven, then they still do it again, expecting that you'd forgive them over and over? Sometimes, it gets irritable.
But we had been forgiven by God Himself once and for all. Time and again we become like Paul, doing things we don't want to do, and not doing the things we want to do.. yet the truth remains, we had been set free.
It's a matter of opening our hearts to that truth. Have we truly accepted the truth of our salvation, of us having been set free? Because if we do, we let Him act in our lives and to do according to His ways can already be easy.
Even forgiveness.
But if one continues in his old ways, of doing the wrong things, or of not being able to forgive.. then maybe, he still has part of his or her heart, closed.
Think about it. I also did, and decided to open my heart, fully.


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In this fun version of the classic game, players take turns placing 3D ticks, tacks, and toes on the game board! Players try to get tic-tac-toe strings of three-in-a-row to earn tokens.
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Archive for December, 2012
Citizen Spaces 2013 Residency Program
Posted on 27. Dec, 2012 by tobymorning in blog, Coworking, Designers, Detroit, Developers, Fashion, Internships, Jobs, Residency, San Jose, SOMA, Startups
We are thrilled to establish a residency program to encourage the worlds DOER'S to succeed with their projects they would like to launch from one of our 3 bay area locations.
A total of 5 DOER's per location will receive free full-time resident access to a Citizen Space for three months valued at $425-$500 per month. The Citizen-in-Residence can take advantage of both the physical spaces & the communal resources.
In exchange, they work on a project of their choosing that help the "COWORKING" community at large, documenting their progress through our social presences on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. At the end of the residency, Citizens-in-Residence do a presentation to members of local coworking spaces about their project.
Accepted Applicants will be announced starting six weeks prior to the residency start date. The first residency will start Feb 2013 and the application process begins December 26, 2012.
We are also seeking support from local company's to help us make this program a success. If your company or you personally would like to sponsor this program, please email us: firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.


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Apple Shares Slide Below $400
Apple shares briefly dipped below $400 for the first time since December 2011 as a disappointing quarterly report from one of its major suppliers stoked concerns about future growth prospects.
Chip maker Cirrus Logic last night offered bleak first-quarter revenue guidance, attributing the pitfall to "a decreased forecast for a high volume product as the customer migrates to one of Cirrus Logic's newer components." Cirrus's audio chips are used in Apple's iPads and iPhones.
Analysts are connecting the dots and finding that weak demand on Cirrus's end likely won't bode well for Apple.
"The guide indicates that the recent fears of Apple's lackluster iPhone demand…are warranted," said Vernon Essi Jr., an analyst at Needham & Co.
Apple shares fell as much as 6.6% to $398.11, the lowest level since December 2011. Wednesday's marks its second largest single-day drop since January 24, when shares fell 12% after Apple reported disappointing quarterly results.
An Apple spokesman wasn't immediately available to comment on the stock price's decline.
Cirrus shares recently fell 13%. Other Apple suppliers are also falling Qualcomm is down about 2% and Broadcom is off more than 4%.
Since peaking above $700 in September, Apple shares have slumped amid concerns about slowing growth, disappointing product launches and more competition from Google Microsoft and Samsung Electronics
Essi downgraded Cirrus to buy from strong buy. One of the catalysts: "We blame Apple for losing its mobility mojo," he says.
That's one of the main reasons investors have soured on Apple after watching the stock price rise at an exponential pace for years. In many fund managers' eyes, Apple's recent decline has marked a transformation from a fleet-of-foot growth stock — one that is seen as risky but whose growth prospects could lead to big gains — to a more plodding value stock — one that trades at a low price relative to earnings and offers regular payments such as dividends.
One way the company could juice the stock price is by making a long-awaited cash announcement. As MoneyBeat pointed out yesterday, Apple disclosed more than two months ago that its management and executive teams were in active discussions about returning more cash to shareholders.
One analyst predicted such an announcement may not come until weeks after Apple reports quarterly results on April 23.
Perhaps a deeper slide in the stock price could prompt more immediate action on such a cash announcement.
UPDATE at 1:15 p.m.: This post has been recast to reflect the stock price's brief dip below $400.


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From Client Contact to Design – A Group Interview
About a month ago we were contacted by Ricardo Chiappe (@6omma) with a query to put to the design community. So we sent the question out as a group interview through the channels and we heard back from several designers. We know everyone is busy right now, so we really appreciate those who were able to get back to us with their responses, and we apologize to those who did not have enough time to get them into us. However, after you read the fantastic answers to Ricardo's wonderful question, please feel free to take a few moments and leave your own answer in the comment section below the post. We would love to hear from other members of the community on this as well. We hope you enjoy the answers provided as much as we did.
The Question
What is your process from the initial project query to starting your design? In essence, what do you do to get yourself organized, what steps you take to get the project into the designer's hands and rolling?
Brian Yerkes
@brianyerkes | BrianYerkes.com
Let's say the lead comes in from our website, Brian Joseph Studios, we respond by phone or email (depending on what option they chose in their form submission) . This email thanks them and asks them a few questions about their needs… do they have a current site/logo etc. This email also introduces our company a little more, and tries to build that instant relationship. They are given one person to speak with that will be their project manager throughout the entire project.
The potential client responds with some answers, and we determine whether or not we want to take on the project or not. We have an interview process that we put the client through, and many fail at this step. I think it is extremely important to take on clients that are similar in their professionalism as you and your company.
It can even be down to small things… like if they don't start an email addressing a name with something like "Hi John…" or anything like that. Small things like that can say a lot about the type of client they will be if you take them on, especially if you understand the truth behind some of the things that clients will say to you!
So, we begin the sales process. If the client is local or somewhat close to our area, we will arrange a meeting in person with them. This gives us the chance to really build a relationship on a personal level, beyond emails and phone calls.
We get to know the client, their business and their needs in detail. We listen to them and we provide solutions. After the meeting, we draw up a proposal outlining the solution for their project.
If they like it, we send the contract along and ask them to fax it back. We then invoice 50% of the project total and begin the project once that 50% is received.
The details in the contract, along with any notes taken by the sales person are then put together and loaded into our project management system for the designer to start working on.
Once the project starts, we keep in regular contact with the client, and ensure that they are involved in the design and development process throughout. We ask for feedback at all stages of the development and once they are happy with the final design we invoice the final 50% before we send final production files.
The client pays the final 50%, they receive the final files, (we upload the files to our server if it is a website project) and they are ready to roll with their brand new logo, website, or piece of print design.
After they are finished with the project, we still keep in touch with them regularly to keep that relationship with them and to help them with any needs in the future. This way we build up a strong and loyal client base, and we do not have to take on a huge amount of new clients to pay the bills and project costs.
If you work with 5 loyal, professional clients that have their stuff together, and understand the importance of your services, those 5 clients will always be more profitable than taking on 20 new clients of all different types. Ever heard of the Pareto Principle (80 / 20) rule? It works perfectly and has done for quite some time!
Chris Spooner
@chrisspooner | Blog Spoon Graphics
I guess every lead starts with an email. I try to direct clients to supplying plenty of info, such as project details, budget etc. This all helps give a good indication of what's involved so I can estimate a number of hours or morning/afternoon sessions that would be required for the job, this is simply multiplied by my hourly rate. After which an estimate document is sent out, that contains an overview of the price and a list of terms. Once accepted an invoice for 50% is supplied, after payment is made it's down to me to get cracking!
My process starts with some further research into any initial ideas I've had, I'll create a client folder and save various text snippets from their email and images I come across online in a 'Research' folder. Next up, I'll often dig out the pen and notepad to sketch out some ideas. Then things eventually move into Illustrator or Photoshop to continue the design in digital format.
Liam McKay
For me, when I receive a request for a quote I send them a PDF file with costings on. I tend to stick to set prices per project so this makes this part very easy. Anyone who hasn't been scared off will get in touch, and if they're with me at this point it tends to be a good sign. Then I ask them for as much information as they think is relevant and can help with with the design, the usual things everything from photos to colour ideas. Anything that has been missed out or is up for discussion is sorted out via email or Gmail. Once I've got a clear idea of the direction it's a quick wire-frame & mood-board to show what's in my head, and find out if it matches what the client had in mind.
Only once all of these stages are done will I start, it's really about me being comfortable with the process. I can't start on something I've got doubts or uncertainties with so the process is really about me clearing up things and helping me understand the needs. It's also worth mentioning I make sure to get a deposit before I start the design, and sometimes before I do a wire-frame.
If I'm working with a client I've worked with before I don't always need to do all of the steps mentioned above as I tend to understand the requirements and expectations without the need for a mood-board etc, and likewise they feel comfortable enough to trust me. But generally this is my process for most new clients and projects.
Jon Phillips
In most cases, for a new client I'll start by asking questions and try to figure out what the client is looking for. For an existing client, since we have a history and I already have an idea of what they like and dislike, it's usually faster. I'll often ask the client to show me some examples of sites they like and what they like (and don't like) about them. Some clients will also have a design brief which is always helpful.
I use my own folder-based system on my computer to keep track of client infos, files, images, screenshots and inspiration material. When both me and the client are ready to move forward with the project I'll send a quote and ask for 50% in advance (and the remaining 50% when project is complete)
Then when everything is good, I'll grab my Moleskine notebook and start drawing wireframes and I'll brainstorm some ideas focussed on the branding and the audience. My process will also be very different whether I'm working on a blog or on a small business website.
Once I'm getting somewhere with my wireframing I'll open up Adobe Fireworks (I prefer Fireworks over Photoshop for website mock-ups) and start working on different layouts and grids. Then it's just a matter of doing a couple more mock-ups, coding and voila! :)
Franz Jeitz
@fudgegraphics | Fudge Graphics
The initial design process depends on factors such as type of project and location of the client. If possible I try to meet up with the client over a cup of coffee to discuss the project. Prior to the meeting I will have compiled a list of questions to ask. It is important to get as much information as possible. Furthermore I'll present some examples to show the client. This enables me to get an idea of what they like and dislike. For non-local clients this will all be done via e-mail or Skype. Once the ground outlines of the job have been set I will give them a quote. Upon approval I will start with the actual design work.
Now It's Your Turn
Don't forget to take a few minutes, if you feel like it, and tell us about your process in the comments.
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I'm not loyal to many brands. If someone, somewhere makes a better or cheaper version, I'll suffer no guilty conscience moving to another brand. I do have exceptions though and for perfume, Diptyque is one of them.
I currently own L'Ombre dans L'Eau- a strong rose and blackcurrent scent- in the black bakelite travel edition. As an eau de toilette, it lasts a remarkably long time and I like that I'm wearing a very individual, pretty uncommon scent. I guess I'm a bit of a perfume snob, I can't understand people that still wear Charlie Red or Bodyshop's finest when there are so many other smells to make your own (I'm sorry if this is you, but I promise there are some amazing olfactory delights waiting for you!)
I get quite a few emails about launches and press days for brands I'm not particularly interested in, so when I received an invite from Diptyque it was one I instantly said yes to. I spent a lovely afternoon visiting their West End store, sampled their new EDP editions and also managed to grab a few minutes with the UK Managing Director Amanda Morgan who went through some of the perfumed body products with me- the exfoliator is one of her favourite products.
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Ever wonder how Georg Friedrich Handel's Messiah would have sounded when it was first performed? I did, especially after listening to the 500-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing "For Unto Us a Child Is Born," and thinking how majestic and overwhelming that would have been back in 1742. All that, of course, was thinking that every performance included a huge orchestra and chorus – the bigger, the better.
That's not the way it really happened, or course, and Apollo's Fire's version is bringing this most performed musical work of its kind closer to it origins for the area. This Baroque orchestra uses period instruments. Musically we can get the flavor of how Handel's early audiences heard it.
Jeannette Sorrell, artistic director of Apollo's Fire, a Knight Arts grantee, had also done research on the work. She has written that Handel presented the work in many ways – changing the number of soloists, and even arranging a solo work as a duet. But not, she has said, the way we are most familiar – with a large chorus and orchestra.
Amanda Crider, mezzo-soprano, will appear in Apollo's Fire "Messiah." Photo from www.amandacrider.com
The chorus usually numbered in the twenties, she has commented, as Apollo's Fire will present it. The orchestra is smaller and represents Handel's frequent use of winds as well as strings and infrequent trumpets. The singers are gifted as dramatic, theatrical singers rather as well as technical singers. As in Handel's day, the performance will be more intimate, allowing for the performers to draw in the audience to nuance of feelings and import of text.
Meredith Hall, soprano, will appear in Apollo's Fire "Messiah." Photo from www.grandphilchoir.com
Handel apparently wrote Messiah in a total of 24 days. (My church choir has been working on perfecting parts of it for years now and had been even before I ever joined the chorus.) Now there's a gifted composer.
However, Handel had the advantage of librettist Charles Jennens, it has been said, who conceived of the idea to pen the mighty work not as an ordinary oratorio (or a character-based religious narrative) but as a spiritual journey through the Old and New Testaments contemplating the advent and arrival of a messiah.
That apparently left Handel with the opportunity to plumb the emotional range of the story – the worry and waiting, the despair of many false claimants, and the agony and joy of the mysterious and unexpected way it all came about through the birth, crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Apollo's Fire will present Handel's "Messiah" at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 17, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1250 W. Exchange St., Akron; 216-320-0012; www.apollosfire.org. Tickets range from $26-$50.
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Gore to Young Advocates: Battle Industry Lobbyists to Turn the Tide on Climate
by Ben Geman
Al Gore told young green energy advocates Friday that progress on global warming must come from a strong grassroots movement that can counter the oil and coal lobbies, which he alleged have �paralyzed� governments. Gore � who compared action on global warming to the Civil Rights movement � was the keynote speaker at Power Shift 2011, a Washington, D.C. conference attended largely by college students.
It�s true that governments by and large have been politically paralyzed because the energy companies, the coal companies, the oil companies, the coal-burning utilities, they have spent enormous amounts of money and they have succeeded in many countries in paralyzing the political process,� the former vice president said.
�There are four anti-climate lobbyists on Capitol Hill in this city for every single member of the House and every single member of the Senate,� Gore said Friday night at the opening of the April 15-18 conference.
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Thanks for the link, Erin,
Our government is "paralyzed" because they allow these companies to run the show.
When Gore last ran as President, he spoke of campaign reform. This is something we really need so these businesses don't have that kind of influence on our government. Of course, the Citizens United ruling didn't help either. <_<


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Aliases for BHLHE40 Gene
Aliases for BHLHE40 Gene
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Family Member E40 2 3 5
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Domain Containing, Class B, 2 2 3
- Differentiated Embryo Chondrocyte Expressed Gene 1 2 3
- Differentially Expressed In Chondrocytes Protein 1 3 4
- Enhancer-Of-Split And Hairy-Related Protein 2 3 4
- Stimulated By Retinoic Acid Gene 13 Protein 3 4
- Differentially Expressed In Chondrocytes 1 2 3
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Family, Member E40 2 3
- Class B Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein 2 3 4
External Ids for BHLHE40 Gene
- Entrez Gene: 8553
- Ensembl: ENSG00000134107
- UniProtKB: O14503
Previous HGNC Symbols for BHLHE40 Gene
Summaries for BHLHE40 Gene
This gene encodes a basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in various tissues. The encoded protein can interact with ARNTL or compete for E-box binding sites in the promoter of PER1 and repress CLOCK/ARNTL's transactivation of PER1. This gene is believed to be involved in the control of circadian rhythm and cell differentiation. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2014]
GeneCards Summary for BHLHE40 Gene
BHLHE40 (Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Family Member E40) is a Protein Coding gene. Among its related pathways are Cell Cycle, Mitotic and HIF-1-alpha transcription factor network. GO annotations related to this gene include transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding and protein heterodimerization activity. An important paralog of this gene is BHLHE41.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot for BHLHE40 Gene
Transcriptional repressor involved in the regulation of the circadian rhythm by negatively regulating the activity of the clock genes and clock-controlled genes. Acts as the negative limb of a novel autoregulatory feedback loop (DEC loop) which differs from the one formed by the PER and CRY transcriptional repressors (PER/CRY loop). Both these loops are interlocked as it represses the expression of PER1/2 and in turn is repressed by PER1/2 and CRY1/2. Represses the activity of the circadian transcriptional activator: CLOCK-ARNTL/BMAL1 ARNTL2/BMAL2 heterodimer by competing for the binding to E-box elements (5-CACGTG-3) found within the promoters of its target genes. Negatively regulates its own expression and the expression of DBP and BHLHE41/DEC2. Acts as a corepressor of RXR and the RXR-LXR heterodimers and represses the ligand-induced RXRA and NR1H3/LXRA transactivation activity. May be involved in the regulation of chondrocyte differentiation via the cAMP pathway.


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Holly Madison Gives Birth: Star Welcomes Second Baby With Husband — Congrats2 weeks ago 2
Congratulations are in order for Holly Madison, who has welcomed her second child into the world! We are SO excited for both her and her husband… Read Article ▶
Holly Madison: Pregnant Star Reveals Sonogram Of Unborn Son — 'Can You See The Smile?'4 weeks ago 1
Oh my gosh, so cute! Holly Madison is seven months pregnant with her second child, and she shared a pic of her adorable unborn baby boy on July 29… Read Article ▶
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Holly Madison & Pasquale Rotella Married At Disneyland With Daughter3 years ago 1
The 'Girl Next Door' star is officially married! Holly and Pasquale tied the knot in California on Sept. 10. Their fairytale wedding took place at… Read Article ▶
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After two years of dating and a baby together, Holly Madison is engaged to Pasquale Rotella -- congratulations! Holly Madison, the former girlfriend… Read Article ▶
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After Holly welcomed her first child, baby Rainbow, she and boyfriend Pasquale decided they needed to get married soon -- and set an official wedding… Read Article ▶
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The proud mom took her one-month-old daughter out for a stroll in Los Angeles on April 8 -- and even showed off a matching rainbow manicure! How… Read Article ▶
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After the proud mom revealed the name she chose for her daughter, Rainbow Aurora, she was hit with nothing but criticism! Now the former Playboy… Read Article ▶
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American Horror Story season 2 episode 4 review: I Am Anne Frank (Part 1)
This week's American Horror Story introduces a famous figure from WWII history, or does it...
This review contains spoilers.
2.4 I Am Anne Frank (Part 1)
Everyone has an infinite capacity for deceit. That's what we as humans do. We lie, to ourselves and each other, for any number of reasons both reasonable and unreasonable. Or, sometimes, we lie for absolutely no reason. However, the lies we tell ourselves might be the most useful fictions we spin, if only because sometimes the only way we can keep sane is to lie to ourselves.
There's a new addition to the liar's club that is Briarcliff this week, and she's gleefully throwing haymakers at Sister Jude and Doctor Arden throughout the episode. Brought in by the police for stabbing a couple of strangers for making anti-Semitic remarks (racism is another one of the show's favorite talking points), a pretty Jewish woman is brought before Sister Jude and interrogated. When queried about her identity, she says she's the most famous Holocaust death in America: Anne Frank (Franka Potente). Turns out she didn't really die in the concentration camp after all, but after her father published her journals, she says the lie was more powerful than the truth. Anne Frank - the 15-year-old who hid in an attic to avoid the death camps - had to be dead.
Other members of the ensemble cast tell lies for less altruistic reasons. During a very interesting reveal of her back story, this week the audience was revealed the truth and depth of Grace's fiction in one of the show's gorier moments from this season. We get two versions of what happened, Grace's version and the version in Grace's files, in two segments that seem inspired by Franka Potente's breakout role in Run Lola Run. They're basically the same scene, but with minor differences that add up to a completely different story.
Writer Jessica Sharzer seems to have some interesting ideas about the nature of dishonesty, but the show's a little bit too much this week. There's no settling on any one particular storyline, but a bunch of different parallel story lines all spool out at once across a variety of settings. Sister Jude has her conversations with Monseigneur Timothy and her own Mother Superior, Kit and Grace have their discussions, Kit and Lana have separate meetings with Dr. Thredson, Anne Frank has her expository meetings with Jude and Arden... nobody really dominated the story, which is both good and bad. It's good because it allows the show to make broader statements, but it's bad because we don't really get a strong impression of any one particular character or plot. However, we do see Dr. Thredson guide Lana through aversion therapy as a cure for her lesbianism; the one thing you can't say about American Horror Story is that it doesn't find a way to work in crazy dialogue wherever it can, as Zachary Quinto gets to say some of the funniest phrases I've ever heard. The show even manages to sneak in a very funny reference to the first season's pregnancy story, which just goes to further remind us that Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk don't take themselves too seriously.
In the case of the show this week, I have to say that a wider focus across the whole of the cast - as everyone gets involved in some way - is a positive move for a back story show because there's just such a strong cast of actors involved. Franka Potente was a wonderful addition to the cast and an extra catalyst for conflict between Arden, Timothy, and Jude, three of the strongest veteran actors on the show. Potente is no slouch herself as she sells a pretty hard character; she may or may not be the actual Anne Frank, but her story is good and her explanation for staying "dead" seems downright reasonable and uncharacteristically tastefully done, by AHS standards. Thredson's attempts to cure Lana were a nice, sleazy counterpoint to the show's classy handling of a Holocaust plot, though handled very well by Quinto and Sarah Paulson.
Even considering the show's reliance on horror elements, the strongest point of American Horror Story has been its actors. Tonight we got to speed up the action while watching them ply their trade with the various dreams, delusions, and fantasies of their characters, from Lana's daydreamed journalism awards and Grace's various lies to Anne Frank's memories of a very young Dr. Arden in Auschwitz (they uncovered a great young James Cromwell lookalike). It wasn't the most cohesive of episodes, but I think Sharzer and director Michael Uppendahl did a good job of giving the show a consistency of theme, if nothing else.
On the whole, American Horror Story: Asylum continues to take the good things about the show's first season and build on them with a renewed emphasis on creative character stories. The episode might have been a little tougher to follow this week, but it's the sort of tough-to-follow that rewards multiple viewings, and I'm sure that the show will helpfully give us some flashbacks in future weeks if we missed anything particularly important. AHS is committed to keeping no viewer left behind even as it shows us everyone's behinds.
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Definition of chabazite in English:
noun[mass noun]
A colourless, pink, or yellow zeolite mineral, typically occurring as rhombohedral crystals.
Example sentences
- A preliminary review of the local mineralogy was subsequently written by Endlich, who noted the presence of aragonite, chabazite, calcite, mesolite, and natrolite, in addition to 'leucite.'
- For example, natrolite is generally restricted to South Table Mountain, whereas the crystal habits of chabazite and thomsonite are noted to vary between several localities on North Table Mountain.
- Although levyne has been noted to have crystallized earlier than analcime, calcite, chabazite, and thomsonite, and later than analcime, cowlesite, and chabazite, it is usually the only mineral within the cavity.
Early 19th century: from French chabazie, from Greek khabazie, a misreading of khalazie, vocative form of khalazios 'hailstone' (from khalaza 'hail', because of its form and colour), + -ite1.
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Antioch Bowl is back with 28 premier Brunswick Synthetic Prolanes, AMF's Elite scoring system, and good folk in great leagues. Birthday parties, arcade games, cosmic bowling and Quick Strike snack shop.
For 84 years, C. J. Smith Resort has provided everything needed to enjoy a day of fishing and boating on the beautiful Chain O' Lakes in northern Illinois. C. J. Smith Resort is a family owned and operated business since 1929. We believe in providing exceptional service and reasonable prices to our valued customers and guests.
Sail boating, Memorial Day through Labor Day, and weekends in September and October. Includes boat rentals (sailboat and paddleboat), 2 mile bike/walk path, picnic area, and playground.
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The challenging 18-hole layout spans 90 acres of superbly manicured fairways and greens with 14 beautiful lakes to negotiate during a round. Features clubhouse, snack bar area, pro shop, and patio area.
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Large bentgrass tees and greens give this fun layout a big course feel. Several shots from elevated tees provide a beautiful view of the area. Features pro-shop, snack bar and club house.
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A well-maintained par 27-layout, with holes ranging between 100 and 210 yards. With the course length being 1,265 yards, Greenshire will test the best of golfer's short game and provides a course for all skill levels to enjoy. The ability to play a round in less than 1.5 hours offers experienced players an alternative to the driving range. Comprehensive instruction from PGA professionals, ladies leagues and exciting events are also offered. Located just north of Waukegan in Beach Park, this course offers everyone, from the novice golfer to even the most accomplished golfer, a real short-game challenge. Open seasonally.
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This public golf facility, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., is one of the most challenging courses in the Chicago area. This 18-hole, par 72 c golf course is nestled on 241 acres of beautiful forest, marsh and prairie. This is the first public course in the United States to achieve Audubon Signature Sanctuary certification. Banquet facilities are available to accommodate a wide range of group sizes from small private outings to a full-course tournament. Golfers can spot bluebirds while playing one of the hottest courses in the Chicago area. Driving Range also available.
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This beautiful 30,000-square-foot clubhouse features an upscale restaurant with patio seating and 18 holes of championship golf. Our scenic 18 hole Dick Nugent designed golf course, state of the art electric carts, beautiful clubhouse, outstanding food and exceptional service are sure to make your outing a success.
CITY:Buffalo Grove
Trampolines on steriods!! This giant warehouse is filled with commercial grade trampolines that are connected together. Play trampoline basketball, trampoline dodgeball and land in a huge foam pit. Kids of all ages love the fun and completely forget that they are getting exercise. Check out this exciting concept online for more pictures and videos.
CITY:Buffalo Grove
This championship 18-hole golf course with 6,950 yards offers bent grass fairways, and beautiful rolling hills and vistas. Power carts are required Friday through Sunday and holidays.
Ft. Sheridan's history is closely tied to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan was put in charge of settling the unrest after the fire. Members of the Commercial Club which represented Chicago businessmen petitioned to establish an artillery school and military installation north of Chicago for their safety. Ft. Sheridan is now a beautiful forest preserve with rolling terrain, bluffs and ravines full of rich history. Trails wind through the preserves for outdoor enthusiasts or tour groups may take a walking or motorcoach windshield tour of the preserve.
CITY:Fort Sheridan
The Chicago Botanic Garden opened a little more than 40 years ago as a beautiful place to visit, and it has matured into one of the world's great living museums and conservation science centers. Each year, nearly one million people visit the Garden's 26 gardens and four natural areas, uniquely situated on 385 acres of land on and around nine islands. Six miles of shoreline extend along 81 acres of water, including the Great Basin, North Lake, and Skokie River Corridor. The Garden also has a renowned Bonsai Collection.
Want to relive Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Then visit this North Shore beach that was featured in the hit flick.
The Chicago Botanic Garden Loop offers a moderate level of difficulty to those wanting to experience quiet beauty in far north Cook County. The 385-acre garden is home to 2.4 million plants and is one of the most visited gardens in the country. Hiking will take you 4.5 hours and with almost 7 miles of trails, mostly paved you will get to experience both the lagoons and the Botanic Garden.
A visit to Wagner Farm affords you the opportunity to take part in and experience first-hand the workings of a genuine American farm. Wagner Farm is an 18.6 acre farm preserved for the educational and recreational enjoyment for all. See how bread was made in a wood cook stove, hear the rooster making time with his crow or milk one of the farm's many cows. Explore the world of agriculture and rural life as it existed in 1920-1950's.
The Grove National Historic Landmark
The prairie grove, covering 123 acres of ecologically diverse prairie land, is preserved and maintained as former home of the visionary horticulturist and educator Dr. John Kennicott, who brought his family from New Orleans to settle on his land in 1836. The Grove, located in Glenview, is a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It offers many opportunities for educational, environmental and historical enjoyment including two historic homes, the Kennicott House and the Redfield Estate; the Grove Interpretive Center, a Native American Village, a Log Cabin, a Schoolhouse, a Wetlands Greenhouse and numerous interpretive trails.
The annual Lake County Fair runs for five days beginning the last Wednesday in July. The Expo Building is available for rent for meetings, shows, weddings, and events year-round. Monthly events including Antique Shows, Swap Meet, Crafts Shows, Dog and Horse Shows, and much more. Visit the website for event schedule.
The annual Lake County Fair runs for five days beginning the last Wednesday in July. Our Expo Building is available for rent for meetings, shows, weddings, and events year-round. Monthly events including antique shows, swap meets, crafts shows, dog and horse shows, and much more. Visit our website for event schedule.
Brae Loch Banquets and Golf Club
The golf course has 18-holes and it is a par-70 course. Brae Loch Banquets feature a bright space in a country setting overlooking the fairways at the Lake County Forest Preserves Brae Loch Golf Club. A fine balance of food, location and people are the three ingredients that an event at Brae Loch brings together for a truly memorable experience. The banquet facility comfortably seats up to 165. The menu includes appetizers, entrees, and desserts that are almost too beautiful to eat, but too wonderful to skip.
Rollins Savanna Trails in beautiful Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve is a outdoor enthusiasts dream; with 5.7-miles of easy to moderate terrain and a thriving habitat to explore. The landscape is dotted with ponds and marshes. Take a walk through lush prairie and thriving wetlands and see why the National Audubon Society named it one of America's most important bird sites in 2005.
The Willow Glen Golf Club is home to a picturesque 18-hole layout that provides an enjoyable challenge for all skill levels. The new clubhouse is home to Buckley's Restaurant and Pub making Willow Glen one of the finest golf and dining experiences on the North Shore. Open to the public!
CITY:Great Lakes
Heinz Orchard is only 37 miles from downtown Chicago making it the closest apple orchard to Chicago. There are a number of different apples to pick from: Golden Delicious, Empire, McIntosh, Jonathan and Red Delicious. If you're looking for something different to do, without traveling too far from home, this is a great orchard to check out.
CITY:Green Oaks
Rink Side Sports and Family Entertainment
Fun for the whole family in this state of the art entertainment center featuring a regulation-size ice skating rink offering hockey games, public skating and lessons, 180 video and interactive games, virtual reality laser tag arena, 18 holes of glow in the dark miniature golf, and snack bar featuring awesome home made pizza. Group events and birthday party packages with several packages to choose from with many different activities, or we can cater to fit your needs. Visit the website for special events and hours as they can vary during the season.
Six Flags Great America & Hurricane Harbor
Two great parks. One destination! Six Flags Great America is fun for the whole family with 14 heart-pounding roller coasters, a water park with over 30 soaking water rides, spectacular shows, family rides and big pint-sized fun for the kids with over 30 rides in our children's areas. Try the Goliath, a triple record breaking roller coaster. It is the world's fastest wooden coaster with the tallest and steepest drop, plunging riders down 180 feet and rocketing through twists and turns at 72 miles per hour. This summer, Six Flags Great America will debut a brand new 4D interactive thrill ride, Justice League: Battle for Metropolis. This new adventure will feature state-of-the-art technology, high-tech video graphics, and a full-sensory gaming experience that puts you right in the middle of the action. Also enjoy Hurricane Harbor and Riptide Bay, the water park that boasts more slides and attractions. Catch a wave at the only place to surf on Lake Michigan.


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The LSU AG Center will hold its annual Louisiana Fisheries Summit, a conference for commercial fishermen, at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center on March 12 and 13.
Topics will include fisheries and seafood industry status updates, marketing, refrigeration, shipping and boats and motors.
The summit will also include a dock day, featuring demonstrations on innovative handling and processing equipment, and a trade show.
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Presidential Debate Calls for Advanced Manufacturing
Presidential Debate Calls for Advanced Manufacturing
10.18.12 | By Chip Davis
I was encouraged Tuesday night during the Presidential debate to hear both candidates say they want to create high-wage, high-skill American jobs in what is called "advanced manufacturing." The biopharmaceutical industry represents just the kind of jobs the President wants and our economy needs. Right now, the innovative U.S. biopharmaceutical industry employs over 650,000 American workers and supports an additional 3.5. million U.S. jobs. These are high-wage, high-skill jobs from an industry representing nearly 20% of all domestic R&D funded by U.S. businesses. Our industry is at the forefront of "advanced manufacturing, " leading the world in the pursuit of new, complex, life-saving and life-enhancing medicines. As we seek to maintain our leadership in innovation, it is important to ensure that these highly complex jobs dealing with mechanisms such as recombinant technology and live proteins that certainly fit this definition of "advanced manufacturing" stay in the U.S..
As we turn the page on the U.S. economy and look forward to pulling ourselves out of the global recession and putting Americans back to work, the biopharmaceutical industry is a natural source of hope - but it is fragile and must be nurtured. Our sector's exports grew by more than 340 % from 1997 to 2011 to a figure of almost $48 billion - the fourth-highest export figure among research and development-intensive industries. In the midst of current economic hard times, these numbers and the potential of our industry for U.S. workers and the economy must not be ignored - at home and abroad. U.S. trade negotiators must work hard to protect U.S. jobs, exports, and the ability of our companies to continue to develop the groundbreaking medicines that are changing the face of health care around the world. To ensure we maintain this important industry, these individuals must be champions for protecting our inventions and ideas in an environment where others seek to take them away.
In short, we need strong trade agreements that recognize the value of our industry. For example, the U.S. is currently negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership and it is critical that our negotiators get it right. That means incorporating protections built off of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and those found in U.S. law, such as 12 years of data protection for biologics. We also need to stand up to countries like India that are using industrial policy to make it difficult or impossible for our innovations to be sold in those countries; or, more brazenly, countries who are simply stealing U.S. ideas and inventions. Negotiators must work hard to protect U.S. jobs, exports, and the ability of our companies to continue to develop the groundbreaking medicines that are changing the face of health care around the world.


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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Opposition leader Tony Abbott, a strong favorite to become Australian prime minister in national elections next month, officially launched his conservative coalition's campaign Sunday with a speech that offered few clues to how his spending promises would be paid for.
The election comes as economic conditions worsen in Australia, where tax revenues have retreated with the cooling of a mining boom that kept the resource-rich nation out of recession during the global economic crisis.
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This is a discussion on Re: Against the system:/, media:/ and home:/ namespaces - KDE ; On Tuesday 12 July 2005 22:56, Manuel Amador wrote: > El mar, 12-07-2005 a las 22:49 +0200, David Faure escribi=F3: > > On Tuesday 12 July 2005 22:40, Manuel Amador wrote: > > > It's enough to > > > ...
> El mar, 12-07-2005 a las 22:49 +0200, David Faure escribi=F3:
> > On Tuesday 12 July 2005 22:40, Manuel Amador wrote:
> > > It's enough to
> > > know that dragging my music from any of my CDs or pen drives to XMMS
> > > just does not work anymore
> > =
> > Oh come on, this is fixed already.
> =
> Yes, in SVN. This means I have to wait eons to get it on my computer.
> Mind you, I don't have Internet access (and tons of people over here
> don't as well) and the only chance for me is to get those packages via a
> 64kbit line on my office, after they've trickled down from the kde-
> redhat project.
Bugs happen, this isn't the first nor the last one. If you can't live with
it, install an older CD or whatever. Complaining won't get you anywhere,
you got KDE for free (no charge from us, at least).
> What happens if I double-click an MP3 stored on my CD-ROM that I've
> configured to open with XMMS or beep-media-player?
It will be copied to a tempfile, since xmms's desktop file doesn't have %U
(or if it does, it has to also include X-KDE-Protocols=3D
> What happens if I select the URL then middle-click in e.g. Mozilla?
> Granted, Mozilla may not be the best place to middle-click an URL
> selected from Konqueror, but Nautilus/XMMS and other GNOME apps are
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> (Konsole being the single
> most popular one and kwrite the second one, for pasting stuff like paths
> in pico or python scripts or the command line, I do this perhaps at
> least 40 times a day).
When you know enough about a system to write scripts, you also know enough
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Monroe County Environmental Education Center will host an artists' reception for photographer Nancy Embich and painter Gary Embich from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the center, 8050 Running Valley Road, Bartonsville.
The husband-and-wife team's exhibit, "Watercolor and Photography, A Great Mix," will be on display at the center through Feb. 28.
Gary is officially licensed with the U.S. Forestry Service to paint Smokey Bear, who will make an appearance during the reception for Gary's project. "America's Beautiful — Let's Keep it That Way," is a collection of his paintings of unique places in each state. Each painting features Smokey and promotes the preservation of the country.
In addition to this project, Gary will display paintings of wildlife, landscapes, flowers and teacups.
Sharing the love of nature with her husband, Nancy does all the photographic references for his watercolor art as they travel all over the United States. Nancy will feature her photographs of backyard nature during their art exhibit.
For information, call 570-629-3061 or visit mcconservation.org.
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a nasty little ho bag that goes out with men 5 times her age.
like bruce willis and that guy from "that 70's show"
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How idiots spell Lindsay Lohan.
Idiot: lol lindsey lohan is a whore!!1
Grade school graduate: Idiot.
Grade school graduate: Idiot.
by Yoach July 13, 2006
Extreme whore with large boobs, and is a profesional prostitute in her videos. She looks dirtier than ashley patey on a bad day, with her fake breasts bounching out of her shirt, while her synthasized voice, over airbrushed face, and anoying complaining lyrics that she didn't write fill the screen and your ears. She injoys old men, face bleach to get rid of her frecels, and dancing in cages to fufill her full whore potential . Altough shes only about 18, she's already been slutty enough to last her a life time. We can only hope that soon she will put on some clothes and take a damn shower.
Lisdney Lohan is sluttier than your mom.
by Devin MacDonald March 29, 2005
she was really cute as a child. and... now she's an extremely slutty whore.
"Hello everyone. Have you seen my cocaine? Apparently i lost it when screwing 3 guys at once with my gigantic boobs."
-Lindsey Lohan
-Lindsey Lohan
by raineyyylikebam May 03, 2008
A dumb girl who is too stupid to realize that her mother is hurting her career. She was a great child actor, but now is better off just falling off a cliff. A theif and a liar that no one thinks is worth saving anymore, because, honestly, she doesn't want help.
Lindsey Lohan: a little ex-celeb that can't make a good movie worth her life.
by notlying2ya February 28, 2011
New slang for cocaine
I can get an eight ball of that lindsey lohan!
by N8DOGG October 10, 2007
Lindsey Lohan a ho who has fake boobs. Comes with warning *may fuck your dad*.
Lindsey Lohan made my parents split up.
Becky stop being Lindsey Lohan.
Becky stop being Lindsey Lohan.
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(Defense Secretary Cohen says nuclear weapons needed to prevent potential blackmail) (1,050) By Jacquelyn S. Porth Washington File Security Affairs Correspondent Washington -- Defense Secretary Cohen says the United States will continue to rely on nuclear deterrence to ensure that neither this nation nor its allies will ever be in a position of being blackmailed. Cohen told members of the Senate Armed Service Committee on February 8 that nuclear deterrence is needed, even if a National Missile Defense system is deployed in the future, "to tell any nation that would seek to threaten the United States that they could expect a retaliatory strike that would destroy their country." Cohen's comments came as he was responding to comments by Committee Chairman John Warner (Republican, Virginia), who pointed out that the secretary had spent considerable time explaining to European allies in Germany on February 6 why the United States is researching and testing elements of a National Missile Defense (NMD) system that would defend the continental United States from a limited ballistic missile attack. The secretary said he continues to evaluate a number of factors that he must consider before making recommendations to President Clinton on whether or not to deploy an NMD system. These factors include the threat to the United States, technological feasibility, cost, as well as arms control and diplomatic considerations. Cohen said the threshold "will soon be crossed" when the possible threat of a ballistic missile attack will dictate the need for an NMD. He said funding -- $1.9 billion -- had been added to the new fiscal year 2001 defense budget that would allow the president to proceed with a system if he decides to do so later this summer. On the technological side, the secretary said program experts are awaiting the outcome of test results in the coming months. The last NMD test in January failed in its final few seconds, but Cohen expressed confidence in the science and technology of the proposed system. He said an upcoming test in April will help determine "how fast the technology has matured." On the diplomatic front, he said President Clinton and others must calculate the impact of an NMD program on U.S. relations with European allies and Russia because a limited NMD system would require amending the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Both Russia and China have been vocal in criticizing NMD, Cohen said. He said he had sought to explain in a variety of forums abroad that "what we contemplate in the way of a National Missile Defense system...in no way constitutes a threat to the Russian strategic systems, that it will not result in any decoupling from our European friends, it will not diminish their strategic systems." He said he had made a dedicated effort to meet with European allies and lay out exactly what the United States intends to do if it goes forward with NMD. During a hearing that was scheduled to consider the Clinton administration's FY 2001 defense budget, several committee members questioned either European defense spending levels or the level of European commitment in Kosovo. "Many members in this committee have spoken in the past about the need for the Europeans to do more as far as defense spending is concerned," Cohen said. "You should look with some anxiety and some criticism at the level of spending that's taking place in Europe." He went on to say, "I come to you to ask you for additional funding. You will, in all probability, support that, if not more. But then you look across the Atlantic and you look at their budgets and they're cutting their budgets. And I have tried to convey to our European friends that ultimately that has a political consequence. You cannot expect the American people to keep supporting our forces to make sure that they are the most modern and capable while you continue to see your budgets reduced." Cohen also said he has sought to convey to the Europeans that if they are going to bolster their defense capabilities through the European Security Defense Initiative (ESDI), for example, they need to ensure that their capabilities are completely consistent with NATO obligations. This message needs to be conveyed repeatedly, at the highest levels, he said. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Henry Shelton, who also testified at the hearing, expressed his concern about "the slow pace of civil implementation in Bosnia and the glacial pace of progress in Kosovo." U.S. military personnel in those two locations are neither trained nor equipped to "police the large civil societies in both Bosnia and Kosovo or perform other functions that are normally associated with an executive, a legislative or a judicial branch of government," he said. The military official then stressed the importance of continuing "to press the international community and the donor nations to meet their obligations" there. Senator Warner captured much of the sentiment of the discussion on defense burdensharing when he told Cohen and Shelton, "you've heard, far beyond my expectations, my colleagues on both sides of the aisle express their concerns and a growing concern throughout this committee about the failure of our allies, the European Community, other international organizations, to pull their share." Cohen urged consistency, however. "We can't on the one hand continue to pound on the door of the Europeans to do more, and then when they undertake to do more by setting up an ESDI, say that we think that that is somehow going to break the trans-Atlantic link." There are ways preserve that trans-Atlantic link," he said, "and that's the reason why we have to have openness, transparency, to integrate the EU (European Union) with NATO planning, with meetings that we have in Brussels and so forth, so we don't see any drift away for Europe to create a separate, independent, autonomous military capability which is not linked to the NATO umbrella." Cohen also made the point that "we ought to encourage the Europeans to do more, as we have, and then when they undertake to do it -- praise them -- just to make sure that it doesn't drift off into something that would be inimical to our own interests." (Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.)


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The Official Demise of the Oil Bubble
On Sept. 11, 2007, the price of crude oil closed at $78.23 a barrel — the last time oil closed below $79 a barrel, until Friday. What seemed like a bewildering ascent in the price of crude at the time is now a relief to traders, who watched oil fall $8.98 a barrel to close at $77.61 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest closing price in more than a year.
Like a number of other commodities, oil's move went from a steady ascent to a vertical bounce in the spring of 2008, topping out near $150 a barrel before speculative excess started to drain from the market. And those who believed that the oil price was justified by fundamentals — being, as it is, an actual product, rather than an Internet company's vague promise of revenue — are smarting.
"This is a market that is basically returning to the price level of a year ago which it arguably should never have left," says Tim Evans, energy analyst at Citigroup. "We pumped up a big bubble, expanded it to an impressive dimension, and now it is popped and we have bubble gum in our hair."
Black, stinky, oozing bubble gum, perhaps, but the point is taken. The decline in worldwide demand is only the secular story in this rapid decline in oil. The unwinding of large-scale leverage positions in commodities has meant the end of the spring's most popular trade, one based on going long inflation (that's commodities) and short everything else.
The market is vulnerable to more pressure, analysts say, but it is unclear how far the market will fall. The steady climb in oil prices through mid-September could be construed as a demand-driven rally, but markets tend to overshoot.
"We're down to where I thought we could be. Can we go beyond that? Certainly," says Stephen Schork, editor of the Schork Report, a newsletter on oil/gas in Villanova, Pa.
In coming months action from OPEC could play a role, as the leaders of those nations would be more easily able to justify production cuts now. "The fundamentals here are bearish on the order of a six- to nine-month time frame," Mr. Evans says.


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Last week, a wild crested macaque named Naruto (but really People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against photographer David John Slater in the Northern District of California. The suit alleges that Slater infringed Naruto's copyright in the famous "monkey selfies" (taken by Naruto with Slater's camera). The complaint requests that the Court order Slater to disgorge any profits he has realized from the distribution of the images and establish a trust, administered by PETA, to "be used solely for the benefit of Naruto, his… More
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When Can You Be Sued For Introducing Copyrighted Works At Trial? Almost Never, But Plaintiffs Keep Trying
Professor Nimmer once identified the "weakest infringement claims of all time" as those involving attempts by copyright holders to prevent their copyrighted work from being used as evidence against them in court. "It seems inconceivable," Professor Nimmer wrote, "that any court would hold such reproduction to constitute infringement either by the government or by the individual parties responsible for offering the work in evidence." But this scholarly warning has not prevented many plaintiffs from trying — and failing — to use copyright law to keep evidence out of civil and criminal trials, or to punish the parties who introduced… More
IP Protection For Novelty T-Shirts: Copyright Or Trademark?
No matter how sophisticated we are on the outside, on the inside everyone has a favorite novelty t-shirt buried deep in the recesses of their juvenile subconscious. Mine is one that says "Welcome to Philadelphia. Now Go Home," which so perfectly captures both the convivial pride and bewildering hostility of the city that raised me.
Many five-year olds these days have a different favorite t-shirt, sold by Gymboree subsidiary Crazy8, which features the pun: "Lettuce Turnip the Beet." One problem though:… More
Innocent Infringement: Intent and Copyright Law
One of the most commonly misunderstood aspects of copyright law is the significance of intent. The elements of direct copyright infringement are (1) the plaintiff's ownership of a valid copyright in a work and (2) the defendant's copying of protectable expression from that work. The defendant's intent is not part of this analysis. One hears the term "innocent infringer" thrown around, but this moniker is of far less value than is often imagined.
Take, for example, sculptor Robert Davidson's recently-filed case against the US Postal Service (USPS) in… More
"Ghostman" Copyright Claim Dismissed For Failure to Allege Copying and Substantial Similarity
In Kenney v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., No. 13-11068, 2013 WL 6212593 (D. Mass. Nov. 29, 2013), Judge Richard G. Stearns dismissed an action for copyright infringement brought by Michael P. Kenney (d/b/a Mike O'Dea and Shamrock Films) against the film studio Warner Brothers.
According to the decision, Kenney is a screenwriter, director, and actor, who began developing a Ghostman comic book and film in 2010. Kenney conceived… More
Rolling with the Punches: A Blow-by-Blow Account of the Supreme Court's Copyright Laches Case
At some point, a legal claim is just so old and stale that it's unfair to allow the plaintiff to bring it. The statute of limitations and the doctrine of laches are two different solutions to this same problem. The former puts specific time limits on certain types of claims. On the other hand, the equitable doctrine of laches (from the old French "laschesse," meaning "slackness") eschews the one-size-fits-all approach and allows a judge to use common sense and fairness to determine whether a plaintiff's delay was unreasonable given the particular circumstances of each case.
But what happens if the… More
Madden Football Copyright Verdict Under Booth Review
Electronic Arts, Inc. ("EA"), owner of the $4 billion John Madden Football videogame franchise, thought it had a pretty good defense when Robin Antonick filed suit in the Federal Court for the Northern District of California, claiming that EA had infringed his computer software copyright.
Specifically, Antonick didn't appear to have a copy of the copyrighted source code, i.e. his original program, so the jury simply could not conduct a side-by-side comparison of the allegedly infringed and allegedly infringing works. EA felt this would make the… More
Private or Public? The Developing Circuit Split on Internet TV Retransmission
It appears that a Circuit split is developing on the issue of whether Internet services that transmit network television programs are engaged in a transmission to the public in violation of the networks' copyrights. The networks argue that the Internet streaming services (such as Aereo) are engaged in public transmissions because large numbers of members of the public can access television programs using these services; the streaming services argue that they merely facilitate one-to-one private transmissions because their technology uses multiple… More
District Court Adopts Subjective Test For Digital Millennium Copyright Act Takedown Notices
We've previously written about Tuteur v. Crossley Corcoran, the Digitus Impudicus copyright case in the District of Massachusetts. The facts can be summarized as follows: Blogger A posted a photo of herself giving Blogger B "the finger." Blogger B reposted the photo as part of her response. Blogger A then issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice to Blogger B's internet service provider, claiming that Blogger B had committed copyright infringement by republishing the photograph.
So, is Blogger… More
Lawrence Lessig Files Copyright Suit Over "Bad Faith" DMCA Takedown Notice
The District of Massachusetts may be becoming a center for takedown notice jurisprudence. As we have previously reported, pending before the court is the matter of Tuteur v. Crosley-Corcoran, the outcome of which may determine how much good faith is required by a copyright owner before he or she may issue a takedown notice under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Now, the same court is entertaining another potentially high-profile takedown case. On Thursday, August 22, 2013, Harvard Professor… More
A "Deal with the Devil"? Ghost Rider Creator Asserts that Contract Did not Give Marvel Perpetual Ownership of Copyright in Comic Book Character
As we have previously observed, superheroes often take starring roles in disputes relating to copyright protection for fictional characters. This makes sense, as they frequently appear in long-lived series of works in various media (comic books, television shows, films, etc.) sporting a consistent set of identifying characteristics – physical appearance, personality traits, "origin story," and the like. Indeed, many such disputes take it as a settled conclusion that the superhero character is entitled to copyright protection,… More
Court Finds No Digital Re-Sale Right for iTunes Music
One reason to buy physical books and music CDs rather than Kindle books and iTunes files is that when you own a physical copy of the book or music CD, you can lend it to friends. You could also, if you chose, sell your copy. These are rights guaranteed by the first sale right in Section 109 of the Copyright Act. When you buy a Kindle book or an iTunes song (or more accurately, when you license them), you have no… More
Second Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Google Books Copyright Challenge
Yesterday the Second Circuit issued its decision undoing the District Court's certification of a plaintiff class in the long-running lawsuit claiming that the Google Books Library Project violates copyright in millions of books. The plaintiffs, the Authors Guild and various individual authors, assert that Google's practice of scanning and digitizing in-copyright books from major libraries, and making short "snippets" of those books available to the public in response to searches, is an infringement of copyright. The District Court had certified a class consisting of all U.S. authors… More
First Circuit Affirms $675,000 Award Against Joel Tenenbaum: Gore Test Does not Apply to Statutory Damages under Copyright Act
This week, the First Circuit affirmed a $675,0000 statutory damages award against college student Joel Tenenbaum for copyright infringement. The Court held that the damages award, based on Tenenbaum's illegal downloading and distribution of 30 copyrighted songs, was not excessive or a violation of due process.
The Original Jury Award
As we have previously discussed, Tenenbaum had been downloading and distributing (via peer-to-peer networks) thousands of copyrighted songs, despite warnings from his parents, his college and copyright owners. In 2007, a group of recording companies brought a copyright infringement suit and sought statutory damages with respect to… More
Georgia State University Copyright Update: Publishers Appeal to 11th Circuit
Approximately a year ago, Judge Orinda Evans of the Federal District Court for Northern Georgia held that the electronic reserves practices of the library at Georgia State University ("GSU") were, for the most part, fair use and not copyright infringement. While some were surprised by the liberal breadth of the court's interpretation and application of the fair use doctrine, no one ought to have been surprised that the plaintiffs decided to appeal. The parties — and about a dozen amici… More


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The Many Fun-Filled Uses of a Mrs. Santa Claus Costume
Wouldn't it be awesome to be Santa? I mean, c'mon…the guy's adored by billions, and children the world over shriek with joy at the mere mention of his name. But while Santa may have the hearts of the world in the palm of his hand, everyone knows that behind every good man there must be a good woman. So isn't it time that Mrs. Claus got some kudos, too? Therein lays the foundation for the many fun-filled uses of this costume.
You will absolutely love the look of these costumes!
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Here are just a few ideas to help you bring joy to both yourself and the people around you this holiday season.
The "mall Santa" is really the epitome of the image we hold in our heads of Santa Claus today. And while that may seem a rather tedious job, just imagine how you would feel at the end of the day after taking in all those semi-toothless grins filled with excitement and anticipation. Pretty good, would be my guess.
Mrs. Santa for the Children
The saddest thing to see – especially at Christmas time – is a child in need; in need of medical care, in need of a home, in need of hope. This is where Mrs. Santa Claus costumes can make a big difference in the life and outlook of a child in need. The simple gesture of appearing at a children's hospital or shelter in your Mrs. Santa costume – with or without Santa Claus, himself – can bring immeasurable joy to these children. By getting in touch with a local charity, you might even be able to arrange gifts for the children you visit, making the experience even more memorable for you and for them.
After you've done your part in making the holiday season a little brighter for the children, your Mrs or Misses Claus costume can be a source of great fun at holiday parties and get-togethers. How much more fun would that dull old office party be if you showed up in a sassy Mrs. Santa Claus dress? It's also a fun item to have just for passing out gifts on Christmas morning.


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Oral Sex: What's the Real Risk for HIV?...has examined it. Don't floss, brush your teeth, or do anything that would create abrasionsor cuts in your mouth before performing oral sex. Use mouthwash or a breathmint instead. Avoid swallowing pre-cum, semen, or vaginal fluids. Use latex condoms for oral sex on a man (try the unlubricated, flavoredones). If you perform oral sex without a condom, finish up with your hand, or spitsemen out and rinse...
Ask the Experts
I swallowed lots of semen!I swallowed my own semen and it's quite many!!! can I get HIV?
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...wondering if you could give yourself a STD by swallowing your own spunk. This is a QTND (question that never dies). See below.Dr. BobSEMEN (MASTURBATION 2009) (QTND: CAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF HIV OR STD BY MASTURBATION, 2009) Jan 6, 2009HI MISTAKENLY... Read more »
Semen in the mouthcan some get AIDS or HIV if the semen went into the mouth or swallowed it while masturbating??? (the same person who masturbated)
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...(question that never dies) that speaks volumes about the failure of our current sex education programs in our schools.Dr. BobSEMEN (MASTURBATION 2009) (QTND: CAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF HIV OR STD BY MASTURBATION, 2009)Jan 6, 2009 HI MISTAKENLY I... Read more »
Help: consumed my own semen!HiI hope you can answer this very fast...I was masturbating yesterday, and got some semen on my own hand and I don't know what I was thinking but I tasted it and kind of swallowed it.1. The semen had come in contact with a wound on my hand. Is this...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...Hello Andrew,Relax, guy! You did not do yourself any harm whatsoever, OK?Your fears about HIV and HPV are unwarranted and your basic ideas about HIV are way off base. HIV is not "all over the place," nor does it "get active Read more »
""squirty Seaman"" please help (CAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF HIV/AIDS?)alright dr bob i had masturbated once in my bed and i tried to hold in my seaman but i couldn't and it exploded and some of it got in my left eye i couldn't open that shit for like 20 minutes it burnt like a mother fucker and my eye ball was...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...or other man of the sea who ejects a forceful stream jizz. So were you trying to hold on to your squirty seaman or hold your semen squirting??? My answer would be somewhat different depending on squirting seaman versus semen squirting. So I'll... Read more »
HIV Transmission...someone else if you are HIV positive. HIV is spread through the following body fluids: Blood (including menstrual blood) Semen and other male sexual fluids ("pre-cum") Vaginal fluids Breast milk HIV is not spread through these body... Read more »
HIV and Safer Sex...lube will last longer than water-based lube. Because you're not using a condom, oil-based lube can also be used. Avoid getting semen in the body by having the man pull out before cumming. Oral Sex A number of studies have demonstrated a low... Read more »
You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive...the other way round. Your doctor may recommend a procedure called sperm washing. Sperm washing separates the sperm from the semen. (It is the semen that carries most of the HIV.) The sperm is then used to inseminate the woman. Sperm washing is... Read more »
Reducing the Risk of Getting HIV From Sexual Activities...orally. These cases are all attributed to ejaculation in the mouth (i.e., exposure to semen, not exposure to vaginal fluid or pre-seminal fluid). If there is infected ejaculate, vaginal fluid, or blood present, the risk for infection is higher.... Read more »
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hiv from infected chicken burger...?
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies...alright dont make fun of me for asking, but since you can get hiv from oral sex by swallowing semen, what if somebody ejaculated into one of your sandwiches at mcdonalds or any other fast food restaurant? would it be possible Read more »
HIV semen on vulva?
Posted by yummychocolate, 1 Reply...I was having some fingering and foreplay and I might have gotten some of his semen on my clitoris or labia minora(inner labia). Is this a risk for getting HIV assuming he has it? If so, high or low? Read more »
Am i infected?
Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies...i masterbated and the liquid from the masterbation went into my mouth. I think i swallowed it. So, am i infected? I heard from others that i can't get AIDS from playing with myself. Is that true? PLEASE HELP Read more »
Posted by NewYork, 3 Replies...very seldom and with no one new and also using a condom, but I recently found out that a partner I had sex with was found to be HIV positive. I was the top, he was the bottom.. condom was used and I checked to see if it was broken after... Read more »


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There are so many banking choices available that you don't have to feel as if you're being held hostage by a banking institution that has begun to get on your nerves. Banking is such a basic function of personal finance that you should consider conducting a checkup. Are you getting what you need from your financial institution?
If not, maybe you need some help in how to select the most cost-effective option for your banking needs. If you do, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the agency that specifically insures deposits at the nation's 7,309 banks and savings associations, has put together useful tips in selecting a bank.
The summer issue of its newsletter, FDIC Consumer News, offers a 10-question self-exam to figure out the best way to handle your banking needs at any financial institution, including a credit union. The test would be particularly beneficial if you're still helping a teen or young adult open an account.
I'll get you started by walking through a few of the questions the FDIC recommends you consider. Top of the list is: How do you want to deposit money into an account?
Technology has opened up a lot more options for getting checks cashed. There is the tried and true direct deposit. But perhaps you're old-fashioned and still like to see a teller. Or maybe you want the ability to deposit checks using your smartphone or other mobile devices.
Ask yourself: How do you want to pay bills or purchase goods? Have you become completely comfortable with using a debit card? The FDIC says that results from a recent pilot program at nine institutions offering electronic, card-based accounts found that "checkless checking" can reduce the risk of overdrawing accounts.
Here are some questions you might not have asked in a long time. What is it costing me to stay at this bank? What does the bank charge for falling below the minimum balance requirement? Look at the fees you've paid over the past several months to a year. Are you getting your money's worth in services? If not, another reason to see if another institution will do better.
One of the questions the FDIC suggests you ask is: Am I giving too much consideration to "rewards" or other special offers?
"One-time deals, whether they involve cash or merchandise, can induce consumers to select an account that isn't necessarily the most cost-effective," said Luke W. Reynolds, acting associate director of the FDIC's Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection.
To get the self-exam, go to fdic.gov. Search for "What's the Right Account for Your Everyday Banking Needs?" The FDIC's summer newsletter has a number of articles devoted to helping you get the most from your banking relationship. You'll find a link to the issue at the bottom of the agency's home page.
Contact Michelle Singletary, a personal finance columnist at The Washington Post, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Sharks-Blackhawks series
- Game 4: Sharks lose series
- Game 3: Sharks lose 3-2 in OT
- Game 2: Sharks fall 4-2
- Game 1: Sharks drop opener
Maybe you can't stop Joe Pavelski. But the Detroit Red Wings sure hope they can start containing him.
Pavelski has become the breakout star so far of these NHL playoffs. He has scored two goals in three consecutive games, and now in eight postseason games has totaled nine goals and five assists.
He was all over the ice in Sunday's 4-3 victory in Game 2, peppering Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard with 11 shots — a Sharks playoff record. He had an assist in addition to his two goals. He also won 13 of 16 faceoffs.
The Red Wings know that they need to slow Pavelski as well as his linemates, Ryane Clowe and Devin Setoguchi.
"He's playing well for them," Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "We have to try to stay close to him and not let him have open ice. But when he's playing the point in the power play, it's hard sometimes to force him."
Pavelski probably got a sample of the rough treatment in store for him the rest of the series Sunday. In the third period, defenseman Brad Stuart piled onto Pavelski and flattened him to the ice after the Detroit net was knocked loose.
"Pavs is not a guy who is going to get rattled," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "He's got a tremendous amount of poise."
And he has linemates who also are playing some of the best hockey of their NHL careers.
"Seto and Clowey have done a great job of opening space for Pavs, and the defensemen have been getting him the puck," McLellan added. "So it's a collective thing. It's five guys, not just one."
"We have to be selective on what we let him do because of the large number," team spokesman Scott Emmert said. "We're just trying to keep him sane. He can't do everything."
And newfound fame clearly has not gone to the head of the low-key Pavelski. Before getting on the plane for Detroit on Monday, Pavelski said he is refusing to allow himself to think about what he has done in the postseason.
"We could be sitting here a short time from now and the series could be over and we're going home for the summer," he said. "There's no time to sit back and ponder what we've done because there's so much more out there for us and so much more that we want."
In fact, they were happy with the offensive chances that their power play produced Sunday — along with one goal. Also, they have been successful in both games getting traffic in front of Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov.
Sharks defensemen, thus far, have been largely unsuccessful in keeping Tomas Holmstrom and Dan Cleary from obstructing Nabokov's vision. Four of the Red Wings' six goals have come with Red Wings — usually Holmstrom — parked directly in front of Nabokov's sight lines.
"Except for a couple of minutes here and there, I've thought we've played some pretty good hockey," Lidstrom said. "We have to take the good things that we did out West and bring them home with us."
San Jose, not surprisingly, believes the referees got the calls right.
"A penalty is a penalty," Clowe said. "We just haven't put ourselves in a position to take penalties. We've been using our legs and not our sticks. There's times when you want to reach in on the other guy, especially when you're tired at the end of your shift. A lot of their penalties came in the third period, so maybe we were able to wear them down a little bit."
Another factor was the Sharks winning 62 percent of the faceoffs. That meant they held the puck more often — including in the Red Wings' zone.
"Both of us are puck possession teams and you want to start with the puck," Nichol said of the faceoff edge. "Maybe that's why we controlled the pace and they had to take a few penalties. Also we've got some big bodies that go to the net, and they took some penalties that way."
For his part Babcock said the Red Wings need to do a better job in the faceoff circle.
"They've had the puck way too much because of it," he added.