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Fighting, writing and mood lighting.
i dont know about anyone else but i used to look forward to getting to see UFC once every 1 or 2 months, now we have one every other week and two TUF's running at the same time, half the time now i dont even know who is fighting on the cards.
I think it is good and even if they had something on every week that would be cool. The world is big enough to put on top shows around the world with the best fighters on the planet. I like the idea of a feeder type league maybe 1 in Europe/Asia/Americas that sits underneath the main UFC like with the Fuel cards that can act as a feeder and guys can effectively come from there to the big cards.
Work it out with how many countries the UFC has been to and then factor in 1 or 2 there a year, it soon mounts up!
Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer
3-2-0 Pro Fighter managed by TFL Sports Agency
Considering the way the economy is at the moment would people still be happy to fork out quite a lot for a ticket to see a standard they can see on other shows at a much cheaper price?
3-2-0 Pro Fighter managed by TFL Sports Agency
Also i think there will be grumbles but the ufc has such a huge pool of talent im sure they will match the right guys on the right shows to get bums on seats even if they do favour the home fighters in the match up just like local shows sometimes do. plus with the amount of money they are making i think soon the sport known as mma might as well be called ufc in 10 years down the line etc lol.
Huge shout out to cage warriors too.


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NarcolepsyDaytime sleep disorder; Cataplexy
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes excessive sleepiness and frequent daytime sleep attacks.
Narcolepsy is a nervous system disorder. The exact cause is unknown.
In some patients, narcolepsy is linked to reduced amounts of a protein called hypocretin, which is made in the brain. What causes the brain to produce less of this protein is unclear.
There is a possibility that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disorder. An autoimmune disorder is when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue.
Narcolepsy tends to run in families. Certain genes are linked to narcolepsy.
Narcolepsy symptoms usually first occur during ages 15 to 30.
The most common symptoms are:
- Periods of extreme drowsiness during the day. You may feel a strong urge to sleep, often followed by a short nap (sleep attack).
- These periods last for about 15 minutes each, although they can be longer.
- They may happen after eating, while driving, talking to someone, or during other situations.
- Most often, you wake up feeling refreshed.
- Dream-like hallucinations between sleep and wakefulness. They involve seeing or hearing, and possibly other senses.
- Sleep paralysis. This is when you cannot move as you start falling asleep or when you first wake up. It may last up to 15 minutes.
- Cataplexy. This is a sudden loss of muscle tone while awake that makes you unable to move. Strong emotions, such as laughter or anger, can trigger this.
- Most attacks last for less than 30 seconds and can be missed.
- Your head will suddenly fall forward, your jaw will become slack, and your knees will buckle.
- In severe cases, a person may fall and stay paralyzed for as long as several minutes.
Exams and Tests
The doctor will perform a physical exam and order blood work to rule out conditions that can cause similar symptoms. Conditions that can cause excessive sleepiness include:
- Insomnia and other sleep disorders
- Restless leg syndrome
- Seizures
- Sleep apnea
- Other medical, psychiatric, or nervous system diseases
Other tests may include:
- ECG (measures the heart's electrical activity)
- EEG (measures the brain's electrical activity)
- Genetic testing to look for narcolepsy gene
- Sleep study (polysomnogram)
- Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) to see how long it takes you to fall asleep during a daytime nap. Patients with narcolepsy fall asleep much faster than people without the condition.
There is no known cure for narcolepsy. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms.
Lifestyle changes and emotional counseling may help you do better in work and social activities. This involves:
- Eating light or vegetarian meals during the day and avoiding heavy meals before important activities
- Planning naps to control daytime sleep and reduce the number of unplanned, sudden sleep attacks
- Scheduling a brief nap (10 to 15 minutes) after meals, if possible
- Telling teachers and supervisors about the condition so you are not punished for being "lazy" at school or work
You may need to take prescription medications to help you stay awake. The stimulant drug armodafinil is usually tried first. It is much less likely to be abused than other stimulants. Other stimulants include dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine, DextroStat) and methylphenidate (Ritalin).
Antidepressant medications can help reduce episodes of cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hallucinations. Antidepressants include:
- Selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) such as venlafaxine
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine, paroxetine, or citalopram
- Tricyclic antidepressants such as protriptyline or imipramine
Sodium oxybate (Xyrem) is prescribed to some patients for use at night.
If you have narcolepsy, you may have driving restrictions. Restrictions vary from state to state.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Narcolepsy is lifelong (chronic) condition.
It is not deadly, but it may be dangerous if episodes occur during driving, operating machinery, or similar activities.
Narcolepsy can usually be controlled with treatment. Treating other underlying sleep disorders can improve symptoms of narcolepsy.
Possible Complications
- Difficulty functioning at work
- Difficulty with social activities
- Injuries and accidents, if attacks occur during activities
- Side effects of medications used to treat the disorder
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if:
- You have symptoms of narcolepsy
- Narcolepsy does not respond to treatment, or you develop other symptoms
There is no known way to prevent narcolepsy. Treatment may reduce the number of attacks. Avoid situations that aggravate the condition if you are prone to attacks of narcolepsy.
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Mahowald MW. Disorders of sleep. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 412.
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Ernie says we should discuss more stuff.
Bert goes off on folk for discussing stuff.
"Goes off on folk". Oh aye, it was a right rant wasn't it.
Twitter @steflachMMA. Herald Sport www.heraldscotland.com/sport
didnt get a mention when it came to fight of the year though did it?
It obviously depends on your opinion, i prefer fights that are competitive physically, technical and mentally. Im not into watching muggings but i can appreciate when Silva comes out like in the Griffen fight and performs in a such a way that makes him appear like he's from another planet
Anyway us people without Facebook, twitter or any other social stalking sites can get the results?
This is the most fun i can have without going to jail
any video of the K.O of the year??????????


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First thanks a lot for the great work. This app is way better than the other xbmc remotes on the app market.
I have a feature request.
I like the idea of the volume controlled by the volume buttons. However it is difficoult to figure out if the volume is already at the maximum or minimum without a volume bar. Idially the volume bar should behave exacly like the volume bar that appears when changing ringtone volume.
Thanks again
Feature request: volume bar
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It's not trivial because we'd have to be announced on volume changes if the user changes volume directly in XBMC or with another client. Or we pull the current volume each time before you change it, or after that, which will in both cases lead to a delay.
But you're right there should be an indicator. You're welcome to create a ticket on the issue tracker but for now you'll have to trust your ears.
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Seiner awarded ABA's 2012 Law Student Wellness Award
By Peggy Binette, firstname.lastname@example.com, 803-777-5400
An administrator at the University of South Carolina's School of Law has been recognized by the American Bar Association for her work to create a more open and healthier environment for law students.
Megan Seiner, director of student affairs, has been named the 2012 recipient of the Law Student Wellness Award. The award, given by the ABA's Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and Law School Assistance Programs, acknowledges significant contributions to foster positive mental and physical wellness among law students.
"We've worked to create a community of support at the USC School of Law," said Susan Palmer, associate dean for student affairs. "Megan is very tapped into the student population and her door is always open. She is an important part of a diverse team that offers different styles and approaches in the support and attention we provide students. Megan is a wonderful part of that."
In recent years the ABA has expanded its outreach on mental health, substance abuse and wellness for the profession to include law schools. Locally, that mission is being realized through the S.C. Bar's Lawyers Helping Lawyers program and through a variety of educational and intervention programs at the USC School of Law.
At the USC School of Law, Seiner helps organize talks about wellness, managing stress and finding life/work balance as part of the school's professionalism series, and she coordinates a number of "de-stress" activities during exam weeks in the fall and spring. Twice monthly, Beth Padgett, assistant director of Lawyers Helping Lawyers, offers open door chat sessions for students at the school. Barbara Jo Wofford-Kanwat, a 2009 USC law alumna, offers yoga, meditation and healthy eating as part of the ABA's National Mental Health Day, held each year on March 27.
This fall the USC Counseling Center will offer "Let's Talk" hours weekly at the law school to raise further awareness about wellness and to make services more accessible to law students. Palmer, who has worked in law school student affairs for 27 years, said the high stress associated with the law profession begins in law school, the result of students thrust into a more demanding and intellectually assertive academic environment that constantly challenges their thinking and provides little traditional academic feedback.
"The good news is that the stigma of mental health matters is lessening and that this generation is more open about seeking help," said Palmer.
And for Seiner, it's all about the students.
"Helping students is by far the best part of my job. I love working with them, and I really love assisting students one-on-one.
"The law school under Dean Wilcox has taken a student-centered approach. He wants to know how students are thinking and feeling and is committed to offering the best experience possible. It is a refreshing sense of purpose," Seiner said. "This is what we are all about."
Seiner will be honored Oct. 11 at the ABA's Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs national conference in Grand Rapids, Mich.
A native of Somers Point, N.J., Seiner earned a bachelor's degree in human resources management from Catholic University and a law degree from the Rutgers School of Law–Camden. She was litigator for FEMA before joining the USC School of Law in 2007.
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Conference highlights biliteracy, bilingualism
By Craig Brandhorst, email@example.com, 803-777-3681
Twelve years ago, when the state of Arizona enacted the controversial law known as Proposition 203, replacing its public schools' bilingual education programs with a classroom approach called structured English immersion, University of South Carolina assistant professor of instruction and teacher education Julia Lopez-Robertson was on the front lines—or more exactly, at the head of the class.
The new Arizona law required "non-English dominant" students to enroll in English-only classes and pass a proficiency exam before they could opt into a bilingual education track. But Lopez-Robertson, a first- and second-grade teacher at a bilingual elementary school in Tucson at that time, had read the research on biliteracy and bilingual language education and already had established teacher-parent relationships with many families benefitting from it.
The Boston native had also grown up in a bilingual home herself—speaking Spanish with her Cuban father and Colombian mother, English with her siblings—and she felt strongly that forcing children into English-only classrooms was not only pedagogically suspect but culturally damaging.
"We know from research that you can't become English-proficient in three months, but the tests scored them as English proficient," says Lopez-Robertson now. "The parents at my school had a choice: do you want to keep your child in the English-only classroom, or do you want to move your child to the bilingual classroom?"
"Well, all of our families went to the bilingual classroom. But until then, the kids were almost in a holding cell."
Lopez-Robertson left Arizona to join the faculty at USC's College of Education in 2006, but her passion for bilingual education hasn't faded. She regularly works the hot-button topics of bilingualism and biliteracy into classroom discussions, explaining that what's happening in the Southwest today could also happen in South Carolina, given the Palmetto State's growing Latino population.
"People here are so far removed, physically, from what's been happening in Arizona. They don't know what's been happening at all," she says. "So, of course, in all of my classes I talk about it. I tell my students that we have to watch what happens there because it can impact us here as well."
She also shows her students the 2011 PBS documentary "Precious Knowledge," which chronicles the more recent efforts by the Arizona legislature to outlaw ethnic education courses. The school at the center of the film, Tucson High School, is in the same district where Lopez-Robertson taught for 14 years.
"When I saw the film the first time, I thought of some of my kids, my little ones who I taught over the years. They had to suffer these things as they got older and went on to high school. I didn't see any of my specific children in the film, but I could easily see that mine would have had to go along that trajectory."
But simply reaching her undergraduate and graduate students each semester isn't enough for Lopez-Robertson, who also reaches out to the public school teachers already in classrooms around the state. As they increasingly encounter Latino students and their families, she says, they need to understand the Latino culture and those students' specific classroom needs. That's partly why she co-founded the annual Latino Children's and Young Adult Literature and Literacies Conference in 2008 (with former USC library science professor Jamie Naidoo), and why the conference is now attracting top names in the field.
This year's conference, which wrapped up on Saturday, Sept. 29, paired readings at local schools by author and illustrator Maya Christina Gonzalez with a campus appearance by keynote speaker Donaldo Macedo, a leading figure in the critical literacy movement. The conference also featured a special screening of "Precious Knowledge," hosted by Latino scholar Augustine Romero of the Tucson Unified School District.
"We're the only conference of this kind," Lopez-Robertson says. "My friend (and conference co-founder) Jamie Naidoo has a conference now at the University of Alabama, but it's more focused on the Latino literature. My focus is on biliteracy, bilingualism and dual language, and how these affect our schools."
As a self-described "teacher-activist," Lopez-Robertson is equally focused on advocacy for a community that can't always make its own needs known.
"My thing is, I have a voice, I can say things," she says. "My Latino families may not do that, because they may not feel they have a right to, or they may not be here in this country with permission. They don't want to call attention to themselves. But I can say what I want. I'm American."
The annual Latino Children's and Young Adult Literature and Literacies Conference brought three distinguished Latino literacy scholars to the University of South Carolina campus last week to discuss the hot-button topic of bilingual education. For conference organizer and USC assistant professor of instruction and teacher education Julia Lopez-Robertson, that's a step in the right direction.
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Drinking and Driving
Crashes resulting from driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs are preventable. Are you doing your part to prevent alcohol or drug-related crashes? We all need to take responsibility when it comes to driving under the influence by designating a driver, hosting responsible parties, making sure that you take the keys when a friend has had too much to drink, among other things.
Virginia is doing its part to decrease the incidence of alcohol-related crashes by enacting some of the toughest Driving Under the Influence (DUI) laws in the country. The Virginia Highway Safety Office and Law Enforcement will continue to spearhead programs to take drivers under the influence off the road. For example, the Checkpoint Strikeforce initiative is a regional, multi-state program designed to hold DUI checkpoints every week.
Tips for Hosting a Responsible Party
- Before the party starts, assign a responsible, sober designated driver and give the car keys to that person.
- Immediately stop serving alcohol to any guest who is displaying obvious signs of intoxication.
- Serve high protein, high carbohydrate foods. These help absorb alcohol at a higher rate than sugary foods.
- Make sure there are plenty of non-alcoholic beverages available.
- Make sure drinks are not made with high amounts of alcohol.
- Stop serving alcohol several hours before the party is scheduled to end.
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If you need more information, visit the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) website.
More Facts About Drinking and Driving
- Blood alcohol content (BAC) is the amount of alcohol in a person's body as measured by the weight of the alcohol in a certain volume of blood. Alcohol is absorbed directly through the walls of the stomach and the small intestine. It goes into the bloodstream, and travels throughout the body and to the brain. Alcohol is quickly absorbed and can be measured within 30 to 70 minutes after a person has had a drink.
- A BAC as low as .03 percent adversely affects driving ability. As little as one drink on an empty stomach can impair your ability to drive safely.
- A driver with a BAC of 0.15 is over 300 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash.
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A Bluetooth enabled phone or music player is all you need to use these headsets. Using a Bluetooth headset, more than lending mobility, also sets a safety benchmark, and it is a well-established fact that safety comes first in all respects. Use Bluetooth Headphones when your are travelling, working, or even when you are at home!
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Ludacris' Restaurant Straits Fails Health Inspection
According to WhatnowAtlanta.com, the Atlanta restaurant Straits which is owned by rapper Ludacris failed a late-January surprise Health Inspection.
With a score of 67, Straits was cited with violations from unclean nonfood contact surfaces to inadequate hand washing facilities.
Maybe Luda is focusing too much on his liquor line to keep tabs on the eatery but we're sure he made some changes for the follow-up inspection.
The rapper is reportedly finishing up filming for "Fast Five", another addition to the "Fast And The Furious" series.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan says it will take two to three weeks to get Robert Griffin III into full football shape and that it "doesn't make sense" to play the quarterback in any preseason games.
Griffin sat out 11-on-11 drills Thursday during the first day of training camp. He did take part in the rest of practice, wearing a black brace on his right knee.
Shanahan says preseason games are "overrated" as far as the type of work Griffin would get. The coach says it's more important to see Griffin practice at full speed.
Griffin is recovering from reconstructive surgery on his right knee. Doctors cleared him to practice last week, but Shanahan says there's a difference between being cleared by a doctor and being cleared by a coach.
"Even though he's cleared, I've got to see it on the football field," coach Mike Shanahan said. "It just doesn't happen like that. If you're dealing with trainers, you're dealing with doctors, they can tell you when that knee's ready to go, but they can't tell you when he's ready to play."
Griffin will therefore be restricted to individual and 7-on-7 drills, at least initially and will sit out the team's preseason games.
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Defensive end Adam Carriker is out another four to five months after a third surgery on his right knee. Carriker was placed on the active physically unable to perform list Thursday, the opening day of training camp. He tore the quad tendon in his knee early last season.
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys announced a multi-year, multimillion-dollar branding deal Thursday that will change the name of Cowboys Stadium to AT&T Stadium.
Team owner Jerry Jones said he wants his $1.2 billion showplace to be a building "more familiar than the White House." The name change takes effect immediately.
Team officials declined to reveal terms of the deal, including cost and how many years are included. Marc Ganis, a sports consultant with SportsCorp Ltd. in Chicago, estimated the deal could be worth as much as $20 million annually for 20 to 30 years, or from $400 million to $600 million.
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have signed veteran defensive lineman Jamaal Anderson to a one-year contract with defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis deciding to retire rather than report to training camp. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound Anderson has started 48 of 77 games played in six seasons with the Falcons (2007-10), Indianapolis (2011) and Cincinnati (2012).
CINCINNATI — All-Pro receiver A.J. Green twisted his left knee while trying to make a sideline catch during Cincinnati's first practice of training camp on Thursday.
Green planted his left foot and and twisted the knee while reaching for the ball. He went down hard, rolled on his back and immediately grabbed the knee. After a trainer examined the knee, he got up and walked off the field without assistance to get treatment.
Coach Marvin Lewis said the injury doesn't appear to be serious.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Offensive tackle Eric Winston says he has agreed to a one-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.
The 29-year-old lineman started all 16 games for Kansas City last season but, when the team underwent a change at head coach and general manager, was released in March. He played just one season for the Chiefs after playing the first five years of his NFL career with Houston.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts cut tight end Weslye Saunders on Thursday, one week after he was suspended by the NFL for eight games for violating the performance enhancing drugs policy.
Saunders signed with the Colts last October and played in 11 games (four starts), making two receptions for 15 yards. He served a four-game suspension for violating the same policy earlier in 2012 while with the Steelers, who subsequently released him.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Carolina coach Ron Rivera said linebacker Jon Beason has restructured his contract, helping the Panthers free up salary cap space this year.
It's unclear how much salary cap space the move creates for the Panthers or if they'll use the money to sign another free agent. Rivera said the team has spoken with at least two free agents — offensive lineman Travelle Wharton and safety Quintin Mikell — but have not signed either player.
Beason was going to earn $5.25 million this year, $6.5 million in 2014, $7.5 million in 2015 and $8.75 million in 2016.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver's top draft pick, Sylvester Williams, signed a four-year, $7.6 million deal Thursday, completing an unlikely path from 19-year-old factory worker to NFL riches at 24.
Williams' deal includes a $3.9 million signing bonus and another $2.2 million in guarantees.
The 313-pound defensive tackle from North Carolina will vie for a starting job with veterans Kevin Vickerson and Terrance Knighton.
Williams started just one football game in high school in Jefferson City, Mo., and was working at a factory making radiator parts when he decided to give the gridiron another chance and walked on at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.
After two years there, he went on to star for the Tar Heels, and Denver made him the 28th overall pick in last April's draft.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have signed first-round draft pick offensive tackle Justin Pugh and his Syracuse teammate, quarterback Ryan Nassib, a fourth-rounder. All seven of the team's draft choices now have signed contracts.
Pugh, something of a surprise choice at 19th overall, has played right tackle during offseason workouts. He started 34 games at left tackle for the Orange. He made the Big East's all-conference team three straight years, twice as a first-teamer.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers have signed top draft pick defensive end Datone Jones and safety Ryan McMahon on Thursday.
Jones was selected 26th overall in April out of UCLA, where he made a career-high 62 tackles (45 solo), including 19 tackles for loss, and a career-best 6½ sacks in 2012.
NAPA, Calif. — Oakland has signed first-round pick cornerback D.J. Hayden to a contract before the first training camp practice.
The team announced the deal on Thursday, assuring that the entire 10-player draft class will be on hand when practice begins today.


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Ghostscript is a processor for PostScript and PDF files. It can rasterize these files to a wide variety of printers, devices for screen preview, and image file formats. Since applications tend to prepare pages for printing in a high-level format such as PostScript, most Unix users with low-level bitmap printers, such as inkjets, use GhostScript as part of the printing process. In addition, Ghostscript is capable of converting PostScript files, functionality comparable to Adobe Acrobat Distiller, but on the command line. In addition, Ghostscript is used for file import and viewing by a great many other applications, including xv, ImageMagick, gimp, and xdvi. Several GUI wrappers for viewing PostScript and PDF files exist, including GSview, ghostview, gv, ggv, and kghostview. This is far from a comprehensive list.
ntopmg is a network probe that shows network usage in a way similar to what top does for processes. It acts as a Web server, creating an HTML dump of the network status. It sports a flow collector, an HTTP-based client interface for creating ntop-centric monitoring applications, and RRD for persistently storing traffic statistics. Its C++ core can be scripted in Lua, for changing the appearance and extending functionality.
PeaZip is a cross-platform file archiver utility that provides a unified portable GUI for many open source technologies like 7-Zip, FreeArc, PAQ, UPX, etc. Creates 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, and ZIP files. It extracts more than 150 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, ZIPX, and more. Features of PeaZip include extracting, creating, and converting multiple archives at once, creating self-extracting archives, split/join files, strong encryption with two factor authentication, an encrypted password manager, secure deletion, find duplicate files, calculate hashes, and export job definitions as scripts.
Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (These are also sometimes also called 'Acrobat' files, from the name of Adobe's PDF software.) The Xpdf project also includes a PDF text extractor, PDF-to-PostScript converter, and various other utilities. It runs under the X Window System on UNIX, VMS, and OS/2. The non-X components (pdftops, pdftotext, etc.) also run on Win32 systems, and should run on pretty much any system with a decent C++ compiler. Xpdf is designed to be small and efficient. It can use Type 1 and TrueType fonts.
Tulip is an information visualization framework dedicated to the analysis and visualization of relational data. Tulip aims to provide the developer with a complete library, supporting the design of interactive information visualization applications for relational data that can be tailored to the problems being faced. Written in C++, the framework enables the development of algorithms, visual encodings, interaction techniques, data models, and domain-specific visualizations. One of the goals of Tulip is to facilitate the reuse of components, and it allows developers to focus on programming their application. This development pipeline makes the framework efficient for research prototyping as well as the development of end-user applications. The framework also provides a complete software for visual analysis of relational data having attributes.
GNU TeXmacs is a free wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing platform with special features for scientists. The software aims to provide a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content: text, mathematics, graphics, interactive content. TeXmacs can also be used as an interface to many external systems for computer algebra, numerical analysis, and statistics. New presentation styles can be written by the user and new features can be added to the editor using Scheme.
Check_MK is a complex addon for Nagios/Icinga and consists of three subprojects. The check and inventory system Check_MK is a general purpose Nagios plugin for retrieving data. It adopts a new approach for collecting data and obsoletes NRPE, check_by_ssh, NSClient, and check_snmp. It features a significant reduction of CPU use on the Nagios host and automatic inventory of items to be checked, and is especially useful with larger Nagios installations. "MK Livestatus" gives immediate and fast access to live and historic Nagios status data. It's a supported backend for many addons including NagVis, NagiosBP, and Thruk. "Check_MK Multisite" is a feature complete replacement for the Nagios GUI, and uses MK Livestatus as a backend. It is very fast, and supports efficient distributed monitoring.
Tcl provides a portable scripting environment for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh that supports string processing and pattern matching, native file system access, shell-like control over other programs, TCP/IP networking, timers, and event-driven I/O. Tcl has traditional programming constructs like variables, loops, procedures, namespaces, error handling, script packages, and dynamic loading of DLLs. Tk provides portable GUIs on UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh. A powerful widget set and the concise scripting interface to Tk make it a breeze to develop sophisticated user interfaces.
Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting, and images. Pages are stored in a folder structure, like in an outliner, and can have attachments. Creating a new page is as easy as linking to a nonexistent page. All data is stored in plain text files with wiki formatting. Various plugins provide additional functionality, like a task list manager, an equation editor, a tray icon, and support for version control. Zim can be used to keep an archive of notes, take notes during meetings or lectures, organize task lists, draft blog entries and email, or do brainstorming.
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FBI says it busted would-be terrorist in raid
(NEWSER) – The FBI believes it disrupted a terror attack that was still in its "planning stages" when it raided a mobile home in Minnesota, it announced today. Agents descended Friday on the abode of Buford Rogers, 24, and found guns, Molotov cocktails, and what looked like pipe bombs,the AP reports. Had the FBI not acted, there "would have been a localized terror attack, and that's why law enforcement moved quickly," a bureau spokesman said.


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ERS Stockholm 2016
Last week we had a wonderful congress in Stockholm
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Tribute to Tony R. Bull
Tony Bull died in London on 19th April 2016 at the age of 81. He has made an extraordinary contribution to rhinology and will be sorely missed.
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I often get asked which is more difficult to write, non-fiction or fiction, which is something like asking me which one of my twin daughters was more work to raise. Those who think writing fiction requires no research don't understand the challenge of writing good fiction. Imagine if neurosurgeons approached brain surgery in the same [Read More…]
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I just received the ALIX based WRAP unit today. It seems the system is
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1) Interfaces: assign network ports
2) Set up LAN IP address
3) Reset webGUI password
4) Reset to factory defaults
5) Reboot system
6) Ping host
Enter a number:
What's even more weird is that I cannot assign an interface, ping or
anything else. Is there a way i can access the config XML file via a
shell? I need to pull the PPPoE login info off the system as I don't have
it saved anywhere. Preferrably, I'd like to get the entire XML file if
possible. Any way to get to a shell? I'd like to really make a backup of
the config so I don't lose hours of configuration work.
Any help would be appreciated.
On 1/9/08, Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1 dot net> wrote:
> Hi John,
> On 09.01.2008, at 21:52, John Rogers wrote:
> > I tried the pre-release WRAP image mentioned on this site and now the
> > m0n0wall will not come up. It appears the image is broken? When
> I'm sorry about that, but the image seems to be fine - I just tried it
> on a WRAP of mine (installed 1.233 over 1.232). Also, it appears that
> it has worked on a WRAP for at least one other person:
> http://m0n0.ch/wall/list-dev/showmsg.php?id=24/25
> .
> > installing, I got a message stating that the signature was invalid
> > even
> > after a 2nd download. Is there a fix for this around the corner?
> > I'm about
> It's normal for the digital signature warning to come up, as 1.233-pre
> is not an official release and therefore not signed. It's still highly
> unlikely that the image was corrupted somewhere along the way, as
> m0n0wall would have detected that (CRC check) when trying to
> decompress it before installing.
> Given the information that we've got at this point, there's no telling
> what went wrong in your case, but when you've retrieved the WRAP from
> the site, please have a look at the console output when it boots and
> let us know. If it boots up normally and indicates that it's at 1.233-
> pre, then that would mean that the image was installed successfully,
> but somehow the PPPoE fix that was applied to solve the issue for AT&T/
> Bellsouth has actually broken things in your case.
> > What is the status of the PPPoE fix?
> It is supposed to be already there, in that 1.233-pre image. We just
> need confirmation from more than one AT&T/Bellsouth user who has
> actually experienced the secondary DNS reject problem before that it
> really solves the problem (and also find out what broke it in your
> case) - and then it will be re-released as 1.233.
> - Manuel


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Yes, I received the same message when upgrading the kernel on a number of my BackTrack 4 installs. Have a read of the message and tell me if you think it indicates a genuine problem and what option you think you should choose?
Greeting everybody,
As per to the instructions from the blog
Updating BackTrack to 2.6.34
first command worked fine with mehowever at second commandCode:apt-get updateI choosed Y to upgrade but it cause the following:Code:apt-get dist-upgade
Blue Screen appears: Package Configuration, Configuring Linux-image-2.6.34 with the following note:
Please adviceCode:You are attempting to install a kernel image (version 2.6.34) However, the directory /lib/modules/2.6.34/kernel still exists. If this directory belongs to a previous linux-image-2.6.34 package, and if you have deselected some modules, or installed standalone modules packages, this could be bad. If /lib/modules/2.6.34/kernel belongs to a old install of linux-image-2.6.34, then this is your last chance to abort the installation of this kernel image (nothing has been changed yet). If you know what you are doing, and if you feel that this image should be installed despite this anomaly, Please answer n to the question. Otherwise, I suggest you move /lib/modules/2.6.34/kernel out of the way, perhaps to /lib/modules/2.6.34.kernel.old or something, and then try re-installing this image.
Yes, I received the same message when upgrading the kernel on a number of my BackTrack 4 installs. Have a read of the message and tell me if you think it indicates a genuine problem and what option you think you should choose?
Capitalisation is important. It's the difference between "Helping your brother Jack off a horse" and "Helping your brother jack off a horse".
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Wow the answer to the question is even in the guide the OP is following.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
Thanks for the replay.
I just want to add an info:
commandwill output the following:Code:uname -a
for the info in the blue screen, id does not give you any option, it just keep on displaying until you end the session.Code:Linux bt 126.96.36.199 #1 SMP Wed Jul 14 06:05:50 AST 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
Dear lupin,
Were you able to fix this problem when you encounter it before? if yes, please advice.
I found out my problem, it seems that when I was receiving the blue screen, I was quitting the session assuming that there no point after that, but when I notice the ok button at the end of the message, I pressed it, and I was promoted to stop the installation, I answer No to that in order to continue the installation. after that everything seems to be working fine.
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Discussion in 'Sports Zone' started by noletime95, Jan 4, 2013.
Any reason he can't be a great pro?
A little short but with where the NFL and the offenses are headed I think he can be a good pro.
He is as accurate as anyone I've seen in college.
none.I dont think he will be as good as RG3 but he will succeed as a rookie
He's still a freshman and young, has some growing left. He's got at least a couple years to hone his skills before he declares. As good as he is right now, he could be scary good by the time he comes out. Just have to stay healthy.
He's gonna make college football even more fun to watch the next couple years.
He should study film on Drew Brees
He's so small... Almost reminds me of Flutie, though a better runner.
Maybe he can be a Russell Wilson type, but he won't be able to stroll though NFL defenses like he does in college.
The way the NFL is going though, you may not be able to hit the QB at all by the time he gets there.
One thing you have to love his his demeanor. He's a leader and a real football player. And not all QBs are.
Manziel could definitely use 3 more years in college just to get stronger. If I'm him, I'd make a commitment to stay 2 more years for sure and then see what happens after his junior year.
I really like what I've seen so far from him. It's going to be fun watching his college career.
he is sure fun to watch.
he's a pretty damn accurate passer to go with his wheels.
his vision and speed while running is amazing.
amazing talent.
I think he can be just as good if not better. Maybe I'm being a victim of the moment, but
Manziel FRESHMAN season:
3419 passing 68% completions, 24-8 155 rating.
1181 rushing yards 19 tds
RG3 JUNIOR season:
3501 67% completions, 22-8 144 rating.
644 rushing yards 8 tds.
Rg3 took 3 seasons to perform like Manziel did as a Freshman in the SEC.
I don't see any reason Manziel can't be a future star like RG3 is.
He will be a Cowboy someday.
he's elite talent already. He just has "it".
He can get better, but it'll only be for getting his game NFL ready as he's already about 8x better than any other college player.
Any team that passes on him in the draft will rue
Playmaker for sure.
Hopefully he can polish his passing skills. Not bad already, but there's upside to be had there for sure. He has time to do that.
He sure is fun to watch though.
Short, light QB playing in a spread exclusively in a shotgun offense. System QB. Maybe a great fit for the Saints. But id say bad for majority of teams
I think he's going to be great and would be ecstatic if he came here.
I agree. He does have "it"
Great find for the Aggies. He's going to drive SEC defenses crazy for the next few years.
Yes, he has all the tools to succeed at the next level.
I went back and took a hard look at some of his games and can't even believe I questioned his passing.
Plus, he's 200 lbs and growing. He will be fine. And I mentioned in another thread, the kid has gigantic hands and feet. The Cotton Bowl announcers said he was much bigger in person and that his ads were literally like baseball gloves. So he could easily grow 2-3 i inches. My brother did in college.
He's listed at 6'1 right now. Assume 6'0 1/2 ...but growing
Hopefully not in a Jason Garrett offense. I would hate to see a player like that have the Garrett leash placed upon him.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a bicyclist has been killed in an early morning accident in central Ohio.
Franklin County sheriff's authorities say accident investigators are still gathering information and details were sketchy Sunday afternoon. However, they say someone on a bicycle was killed in a crash that was reported at about 2:40 a.m. EST.
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You can customize your ICQ to be exactly what you need and always up-to-date by adding shortcuts to your favorite features in order to launch them directly from your ICQ. This means that you can send your friends & contacts greeting cards and invitations to games, multi chats, video sessions, and more directly from your client and/or the message window. In the message window you can also choose to display your photo or one of ICQ's unique, animated devils.
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Live install images
live install image contains a Debian system that can boot without
modifying any files on the hard drive and also allows installation of Debian
from the contents of the image.
Is a live image suitable for me? Here are some things to consider that will help you decide.
- Launcher: In addition to text and GUI install options in the boot menu, the desktop flavors contain a launcher on the desktop that can be used to install while running the live image.
- Flavors: The live images come in several "flavors", several providing a choice of desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Cinnamon and MATE) and one text console flavor: standard. Many users will find these initial package selections suitable, installing any additional packages they need from the network afterwards.
- Architecture: Only images for the two most popular architectures, 32-bit PC (i386) and 64-bit PC (amd64), are currently provided.
- Size: Each image is much smaller than the full set of CD/DVD images, but larger than the network install media. If you are installing from optical media, the standard image will fit on a CD, whereas the others require a DVD.
- Languages: The images do not contain a complete set of language support packages. If you need input methods, fonts and supplemental language packages for your language, you'll need to install these afterwards.
The following live install images are available for download:
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Offered in different flavours, each differing in size as discussed above, these images are suitable for trying a Debian system comprised of a selected default set of packages and then install it from the same media.
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For information about what these files are and how to use them, please see the FAQ.
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Brevard, N.C. - Sagebrush Steakhouse of Brevard will once again serve as the host for the weekly Brevard College Coach's Show. During the fall season this show will feature head football coach Paul Hamilton as well as other guests and players as they review the previous week's football game and give you an insider's preview of the match up for the current week.
All media, community members and Tornado fans are welcome to attend and ask questions or provide comments.
The Brevard College Coach's Show will take place at Sagebrush at 12:30 p.m. every Monday throughout the football season, beginning on August 24.
Come join us for some good food, fun, fellowship and football talk every Monday afternoon at Sagebrush Steakhouse!
If you are unable to make it out to the Coach's Show in person, the event will broadcast live every Monday by "the Voice of the Tornados", Jim Stewart and can be heard on WSQL 1240 AM.


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An eye-popping dash of color will set you up for success. Iolite is a blue to blue-violet variety of the gem cordierite. The stone became quite popular and part of the fashion trend of 18th century Europe. In addition, the first two decades of the 1900s saw a resurgence of the employment of bold colored stones.
Now the 21st century version with an 18k rose gold top and 14k rose gold shank is vying for attention with colored gems. Here a natural iolite of an estimated 5.1 carats plays hue changing games with s wondrous deep lavender hue. This stone has an unusual optical property, that of pleochroism, in which dependent upon the angle, iolite can appear to be different colors. The phenomenon is very strong for iolite and with a halo of twenty (20) old European cut diamonds of an estimated .60 carats total (I-J color; SI1-2 clarity) surrounding the oval faceted gem, surprises are in store.


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AG sends Harrell ethics case to State Grand Jury
Attorney General Alan Wilson made that announcement on Monday. A month ago, Wilson's office received what it called a "voluminous" report from the State Law Enforcement Division.
At Wilson's request, state police began looking at the case after South Carolina Policy Council President Ashley Landess alleged the Charleston Republican used his office to boost his finances by using influence to get a permit for his pharmaceutical business.
The libertarian think tank also took issue with Harrell appointing his brother to a committee that screens judicial candidates.
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USC Taiwan Conference turns 20
By Peggy Binette, firstname.lastname@example.com, 803-777-7704
For 20 years the nation's top scholars on Taiwan converge at the University of South Carolina each September to discuss the latest developments in Taiwan-China relations as well as topics about the culture, history and politics of the island nation formally known as the Republic of China.
This year's event was held Sept. 8 – 9. Among the presenters was Vincent Wang, a political science professor at the University of Richmond who has attended the conference since 1993.
"It's a great conference because it has such a clear focus," Wang said. "It is a USC treasure. I cannot think of a university that has had a conference devoted to Taiwan for so long."
Wang's presentation addressed whether a peace accord between Taiwan and China is feasible. He said the absence of hostility in recent years under the leadership of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese President Hu Jintao, is an important step toward developing an affinity and close identity, which he said "isn't there yet. It could evolve in many ways. Both sides have a desire to reach an agreement."
Wang said people should pay close attention to China's election next month, with Xi Jinping expected to succeed Hu.
"2013- 2014 will be critical years. The question is what will Xi do? Chinese leadership in general are very satisfied with current trends and believe that time is on their side. Taiwan will be busy getting reading for the 2016 presidential election."
In addition to scholars, the conference draws USC alumni and others from South Carolina's Taiwanese community. For them it's a chance to be informed about developments in their home country and rekindle friendships.
More than 800 students from Taiwan have graduated from USC since 1984, a result of the university's strength in Asian studies and South Carolina's sister-state relationship with Taiwan.
Among those attending this year were USC alumni Jimmy and Jane Chao who came to South Carolina and USC in 1981 as newlyweds in pursuit of graduate education.
"I was looking for a good education and a good scholarship, and a classmate told me about USC," said Jimmy Chao, who earned his master's degree in civil engineering in 1983. "I feel a great deal of loyalty to my alma mater. They gave me the opportunity."
Chao, president of the Columbia engineering firm Chao and Associates, said he and his wife, who earned a master's degree in accounting in 1986, believe in giving back.
In 1994 they established the Chao Engineering Scholarship, a need-based scholarship for undergraduate engineering students. Their twin daughters, Nicole and Jessica, followed their parents lead, graduating from USC's Honors College in May 2011 with degrees in international business.
Chao said USC's Taiwan Conference is critically important to helping people understand the delicate balance between Taiwan and China.
"China is developing and playing a bigger role in the political and economic arena. Taiwan provides a balance of power. It is very western in its belief and democracy," Chao said. "Under Ma, young leaders seem more realistic about Taiwan and China's relationship."
Lin Ko attends the conference each year to hear different perspectives on the politics, history and culture of Taiwan.
Ko, a branch manager for the Richland County Public Library, is a news correspondent for the World Journal, Taiwan's most popular newspaper in the U.S. and Asia.
"I like attending the conference. I get updated on the situation between China and Taiwan and learn the latest about issues. In Taiwan there is an inside point of view. It is valuable to have different points of view, and this conference provides that chance to learn how others in foreign countries see us," said Ko, who earned her master's in librarianship at USC in 1992.
Ko came to South Carolina in 1984 with her husband, Shun Ko, who was pursuing a doctorate at USC. "I always leave feeling informed. It's very important to me. The interaction between the scholars here and in Taiwan is very important," said Ko, who has pioneered many of the library's cultural programs in past 22 years.
The conference, which focused this year on security, cross-strait relations and global trade partnerships, was established in 1992 by Richard L. Walker, former U.S. ambassador to Korea and founder of the College of Arts and Sciences' Walker Institute for International and Area Studies in 1961. It is the longest lasting and most renowned Taiwan-centered conference in the United States.
USC partners with the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) to host the annual event. Last December USC signed a MOU that solidified its partnership with TECO, making the university's Asian Studies Program an affiliate of the Taiwan Academy, an educational and cultural initiative launched by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2011.
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|Indians. Mortgages and deeds of trust.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the individual Indian owners of any land which either is held by the United States in trust for them or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States are authorized, subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior, to execute a mortgage or deed of trust to such land. Such land shall be subject to foreclosure or sale pursuant to the terms of such mortgage or deed of trust in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory in which the land is located. For the purpose of any foreclosure or sale proceeding the Indian owners shall be regarded as vested with an unrestricted fee simple title to the land, the United States shall not be a necessary party to the proceeding, and any conveyance of the land pursuant to the proceeding shall divest the United States of title to the land. All mortgages and deeds of trust to such land heretofore approved by the Secretary of the Interior are ratified and confirmed.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds or the share of the funds, which are or hereafter may be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the portion of the Chiricahua Apache Tribe on the Mescalero Reservation, and the Lipan Apache Tribe (certain constituent groups of the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation), or any other constituent group of the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, or the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, to pay any judgments arising out of proceedings instituted before the Indian Claims Commission in dockets numbered 22-B, 22-C, 22-G, 30, 48, 49, and 182 and the interest on said funds, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, shall be consolidated and credited to the account of the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, and the judgment recovered in docket numbered 22-B, and the interest thereon, may be advanced, expended, deposited, invested, or reinvested for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body of the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Any part of such funds that may be distributed per capita to the members of the tribes shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax.
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Hi i noticed that BT5 does not have the Ubuntu software center and was wondering if there was a reason for not installing it and if anyone knows how to install it since i cant find anything on the forums or Google besides how to install apps with it?
Any help would be appreciated thanks.
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Topic: ASCO TV Sara, President of The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
This was an exciting moment for us. Our Sara presenting a brief description of who we are and what we do.
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This was an exciting moment for us. Our Sara presenting a brief description of who we are and what we do.
http://www.oncuview.tv/Videos/TabId/79/ … ation.aspx
Your monies at work:
As promised by this foundation all monies are designated to further research in to this cancer.
Sara explains briefly as to where your monies have gone and the reasons as to why these two physicians have received grants from The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation.
Sara also emphasized the fact that the Cholangiocarcinoma community (that is all of you and us) has made an enormous impact on this disease.
That is just great and thank-you Sara, I can only imagine how exciting it was. Marion I couldn't open the site so am glad you posted an explanation.
Oh Lainy....this is such a great interview. I so much wish for you to see it. Does anyone else have problems opening it?
I posted this link here on the boards on Saturday when I found it on google and this one worked then. And I've just checked this one again and it worked for me again.
http://www.oncuview.tv/Videos/TabId/79/ … ation.aspx
See if this one works Lainy. And yes Marion, it is a great interview!!
Just clicked on the link that you posted Marion and it works for me here. Just noticed that both links are the same so not sure why you can't view it Lainy. Maybe something to do with your firewall settings? Do you get a message saying why you can't view it?
Thanks Gavin....sorry for the reposting of the link. I should have known that you are one step ahead of me, always.
Alright Gavin, I am in Germany and I know that both of us up way too late and should be sleeping. In fact, that is where I am heading now
Night and hugs
I got it! It was just wonderful and Sarah did a great job. Not only that, she is darned cute!
Agree Lainy, cute she is. And, I liked her pointing out that the Cholangiocarcinoma community (each and everyone on this site and beyond)
has pushed forward recognition of this rare disease.
Great that you managed to view the video Lainy, it is wonderful indeed!! And as far as me being ahead of you Marion, I think not!! Unless we are talking about time zones! And talking of time zones and you being in Germany right now, I see that you are up late again!!
Night and hugs to you both,
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PHOTOS: Coldplay hide lyrics from new album in library books
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Coldplay fans are on the hunt for Chris Martin's handwritten lyrics.
The British rockers hid envelopes containing the frontman's work from their upcoming album Ghost Stories in libraries around the world.
They were appropriately been stashed away in nine different ghost story books, with one containing a special Golden Ticket. The ticket will bring the lucky fan who finds it and a guest to Coldplay's upcoming concert at London's Royal Albert Hall on July 1st.
The new album, meanwhile, is due out May 19th. Check out who found the lyrics!
Seems the first #lyricshunt envelope has now been found! Was in Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City. Hidden here… A pic.twitter.com/gunqYFvvCO
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 28, 2014
TRUE LOVE: Found by @Judit_gc in Sant Pau-Santa Creu library, Barcelona in The Hound of the Baskervilles. #lyricshunt pic.twitter.com/SSxfPGunbQ
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 29, 2014
FOUND with the Golden Ticket! RT @Judit_gc: @coldplay #truelove #goldenticket #lyricshunt pic.twitter.com/pJo3kB7WBY
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 29, 2014
FOUND by Jenni S: ALWAYS IN MY HEAD in Clive Barker's Mister B. Gone in Rikhardinkatu Library, Helsinki #lyricshunt pic.twitter.com/nlAoKgA73V
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 29, 2014
FOUND! RT @heidimarja: Jenni (on the left) found the lyrics, I came in second. #AlwaysInMyHead #lyricshunt pic.twitter.com/q3o18yCq7n
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 29, 2014
FOUND by @per_phat_ion: Another's Arms in Peter Washington's Ghost Stories, Singapore National Library #lyricshunt pic.twitter.com/W2xdXJ3IZb
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 29, 2014
Guess who found hand written lyrics from Chris Martin. #lyricshunt #coldplay http://t.co/UnUWu2BF4C
— 【=◈︿◈=】 (@per_phat_ion) April 29, 2014
Here's @ernestodavii who found the Magic lyrics in Mexico City! (The golden ticket is still out there…) #lyricshunt A pic.twitter.com/b529vDVfXh
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 28, 2014
FOUND Chris's handwritten Magic lyrics, in Dickens' Christmas Carol in Mexico City. Next #lyricshunt clue soon… A pic.twitter.com/w2xCUXVKwF
— Coldplay (@coldplay) April 28, 2014