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King Win Laurel International's mysterious head, Xiufeng Zhang, has insisted that his hostile takeover bid for Telstra is not dead despite widespread scepticism of the unknown Auckland company's offer to buy the telecommunications giant for $74 billion.
"I'm very confident that Telstra will become my personal company," Mr Zhang said. He would not say yesterday how he would satisfy concerns of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over the fact that King Win's bid does not comply with takeover laws; or how he would change legislation that keeps the majority of Telstra's shares in government hands, as well as restrictions on foreign ownership.
Financing of the bid was also kept under wraps, along with a revolutionary, Nobel Prize-worthy economic theory that he says is central to the success of his bid. But Mr Zhang did give more details on what King Win is offering Telstra shareholders.
He said the company was offering $74 billion for the telco: $45 billion in cash with the rest of the offer paid in bonds.
The offer values Telstra's shares at $5.86, a price that shareholders have not seen for more than three years. The shares closed yesterday at $4.69.
"The money is not a problem," said Mr Zhang, who claims to have a number of degrees from New Zealand and China.
Telstra chose not to comment on the offer, which it received on Monday, until approached on Wednesday.
"The offer does not appear to meet the requirements of the Corporations Act with respect to takeovers, and appears likely to be a hoax," the company said.
A spokesman for the Australian Stock Exchange said it had lengthy discussions with Telstra over whether the telco needed to disclose news of the bid, but they decided not to on the grounds of market integrity.
"There will always be a judgement call there," the spokesman said.
But the NZ Takeovers Panel took a different view recently, and did not discount the credibility of King Win's offer after the would-be corporate raider failed with a hostile bid for a NZ fast-food house, Restaurant Brands.
"The panel believes that King Win was genuine in giving its (Restaurant Brands) takeover notice, but lacked understanding of the full mechanism required for a (takeovers) code offer," the panel said.


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Print advertisment created by DDB, United Arab Emirates for China Times, within the category: Food.
Brings out the chinese in anyone
Executive Creative Director: Adham Obied
Creative Directors: Adham Obied, Shehzad Yunus
Art Director: Dinesh Gore
Copywriter: Lisha Mansukhani
Photographer / Illustrator: Sanu Raju
Maybe it's just me, but I'm thinking the Chinese would find these a bit racist.
I think it's problematic with creating an association between Chinese eyes and "Chinese authentic food". I mean, come on, do Chinese people really want people to associate how good their food is when people look at their eyes?
I say more on my post: http://francogments.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/110-creative-or-racist/
A Chinese woman commented on this ad on Facebook. I'll paraphrase:
"I'm Chinese and I don't find this particularly offensive...for the record I don't have small eyes."
I was tempted to reply. I don't think she would have got the irony of me saying "Of course you do, you're Chinese"
I presume China Times is a restaurant?
What's the appeal?
When I go to a Chinese restaurant I want to know the food is good. I don't aspire to be Chinese.
If you saw this poster, would it make you think 'Great food'?
I think the issue here is that when societies are relatively closed off to the outside world and are so homogeneous, they become insensitive to other cultures. In this case, I think they were being slightly racist without meaning to be. Unintended racism aside, I don't think it's a very good ad. It does nothing to make me want to eat there. In fact, I'd probably go out of my way not to.
whoa! I'd be reported to HR if is showed my Art Director a concept like this -
First thought stuff.
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While Hrithik Roshan's consciously opting out of Karan Malhotra's Shuddhi citing to his under-scrutiny health conditions had sent shock waves across his fan base, here's a piece of news that is sure to excite them. The Krrish 3 star, who is currently busy shooting for YRF's Bang Bang, has finally zeroed his next movie.
And as per latest reports, the 39-year-old star has given his nod for Excel Entertainment's next movie which will be a sci-fi one. The movie will be themed around the concept of time travel and co-starring Bollywood's very own Greek God will be none other than Deepika Padukone! Yes, the dream pairing of Hrithik and Deepika, two of the hottest stars of the country, is finally going to happen!
If sources are to be believed, Hrithik, who usually takes a lot of time in agreeing for a movie, was mightily impressed by the script and readily agreed to be a part of it.
It is to be reported that the script had first gone to Aamir Khan, who too had liked the script, but could not agree on remunerations terms.
To be directed by debutant Nitya Mehra, who has previously assisted directors on Oscar-winning Life Of Pi, the movie is likely to go on floors by early 2015 and is expected to be made on a lavish budget.


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Without any experience, however, this great communicator isn't gong to be the eventual 2012 standard-bearer.
Again the standard-bearer was Thurmond, who campaigned hard for the conservative icon.
A win for Buck, who like Rand Paul is a Tea Party standard-bearer, would be a major setback for that drive.
Still, could Forbes even live with Romney as the GOP standard-bearer?
There have been other conventions that fell dutifully into line behind the standard-bearer without an excess of affection.
There was a standard-bearer with a large banner, and several smaller ones in every school.
King Harald rode at the front of his army with his standard-bearer beside him.
Adam struck at the standard-bearer and brought him reeling forward.
He had run away to the army and, to his vast delight, been made a standard-bearer.
The gravestone of a standard-bearer, from the neighbouring station of Procolitia, shows a full-length carving of the dead warrior.


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Forums: Index > The Wizengamot archive > Ashwinder snake
I was just reading the wiki article on Ashwinders and was thinking, do you think the snake that Voldemort sets on Dumbledore in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix could have been an ashwinder? If it were possible, I can add that info to the Behind the Scenes section in the article. I just wanted to make sure before making any false edits. Thanks!
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- I don't think it would hurt to mention it in the "Behind the scenes" section, but an Ashwinder is a real, living creature (in the books, that is), whereas I think the snake Voldemort summoned in the movie was just a spell, like Serpensortia or the black serpent Snape conjured during his duel with McGonagall in Deathly Hallows, Ch. 30. ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 09:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


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Pregnant Zoe Saldana & Marco Perego Get Flirty at the Four Seasons
Enjoying a relaxing afternoon, Zoe Saldana and her husband Marco Perego hit up the Culina restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills for some gourmet lunch on Sunday (August 17).
Upon making their exit, the expecting "Avatar" actress and her handsome beau couldn't seem to stop smooching, and Zoe didn't seem to mind showing off her growing baby bump.
And given that she's half Dominican and half Puerto Rican, Zoe plans on teaching her children English, Spanish and even her husband Marco's native tongue- Italian.
"Of course [our children] will speak the languages that we speak; my sisters and I grew up learning French and speaking English and Spanish, and because of that, we're able to understand Italian and Portuguese. But I'm going to have to make a conscious effort to speak Spanish to my children, because I speak Spanglish."


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I've always wanted to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, so I started planning a trip to Peru. After doing more research, I'd really like to expand my trip. I looked into Lake Titicaca and Colca Canyon as places to visit in Peru, but feel like I might enjoy traveling to Brazil instead. Essentially 1 week in Peru including hiking the Inca Trail and exploring Cusco, then flying through Lima to Rio. I'd like to spend 3 days in Rio, a few days it Igauzu Falls, and then am wanting to include a beach town (not sure which one). Is this too much to fit in? Is it adding too much to the budget? I've heard brazil can be pretty expensive. Also, it's only 2 girls traveling, is it safe?
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I have only been to Brazil very briefly so can't really comment on that country but I do think that, with the time you have available your plan A was better. There is so much to see and do in Peru that a week isn't emough to do anything other than scratch the surface. Brazil is one of the more expensive countries in South America and flying between countries is VERY expensive. Peru has seen rising prices over recent years but is still very cheap by European and US standards.
2.5 weeks is a decent amount of time to see the many highlights Peru has to offer. As long as you take the normal precautions ( basically trust no one! ) and read up on any travel advisories then Peru is as safe as most countries. I have heard horror stories about Brazil but how many of these are based in fact I really don't know.
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I would advise staying in one country or the other. Each is worth a dedicated trip and Peru seems to be where your travel dreams are centered, so leave Brazil for the next time and plan more time to see the country more thoroughly.
Brazil is fine for 2 "girls" traveling (supposing you are actually grown women, whose choice of vocabulary infanticizes and trivializes them, and not pre-pubescent children)who have a reasonable amount of street sense/experience in cities.
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My wife and I just got back from 2 weeks in Peru (Machu Picchu), Argentina (Iguazu Falls) and then Brazil (Rio). Great time; lots of interaction with locals. While Peru was our favorite, seeing more than one country is a plus. Recommend you do it if possible. They are all different and uniquely enjoyable countries. We used Peru For Less for all our coordination and they were outstanding. The logistics can create challenges. You don't want a lot of "down time" when on limited travel time. A Peru rail strike, and an Argentina entry permit problem were our surprise events that Silvana Zavala, Heidy Aspilcueta and their agency solved for us much quicker than I could. Even so we "lost" almost a day on these unexpected events. Like you, safety was a concern for us since we like to do some exploring on our own. PFL recommended good hotels in safe convenient locations. We were careful, but we felt safe all the time. You will enjoy South America - great people with a proud history.
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"Seeing more than one country is a plus" but a couple of days in Rio doesn't qualify as "seeing" a country as large, varied, and with so much to offer as Brazil.
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I see Silvana is still hard at work soliciting her clients to post on travel forums. Silvana, why were your clients "surprised" by the Argentina entry fee? Was this the first trip your office planned outside of Peru?
To the OP I also would sticking to a single country with only 2 weeks. And a week is not enough for what you want to do in Peru. With 3 weeks you could probably do both.
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There is a difference between wanting to explore two countries in two weeks and seeing specific places. The OP has a fairly specific itinerary in mind. She mentions 2-3 weeks. I think she has plenty of time to do what she says.
Some of us think in terms of visiting places, not countries.
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Yes, if it's Friday this must be Iguaszu.
It can take you something like 24 hours and $500 just to fly one way from Cusco to Igu.
Hope it's worth it!
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A post worthy of the European Forum.
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I am a Brazilian (living in Sao Paulo) and I have been to Peru three years ago. My suggestion is to focus in one country at this time and don't leave with that awful feeling that you missed great places. My itinerary was: 5 days in Lima (so inexpensive and amazing food), flight to 5 days in Cuzco and from there I took the train to Puno (2 nights) to see Titikaka Lake.
Next time when you travel to Brazil I recommend Parati, a lovely city between Rio and Sao Paulo.
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Hey, apologies but this message isn't going to be incredibly helpful, but i am actually looking at booking a very similar trip (albeit, possibly in September) and wondered how you were getting on with your planning?
I have sent quite a few feeler enquiries out but am have also been looking at flight scheduling.... if you haven't already you might want to consider the LAN or ONEworld S.A airpasses, For example, check http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_personas/southamericanairpass/index.html
Its really useful for getting estimated costs for flying between the destinations (which, like me, will be required given the limited time available for travel) , the only bus section i'm considering is between the falls at BA or between the falls and Rio. (still about 18-24hours)
So yea, have you managed to make a decision on your schedule yet? sticking with Peru or going to include some of Brazil?
Paul, by the way.
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Dwyane Wade had 20 points and eight assists, Michael Beasley finished with 17 and the Miami Heat scored a whopping 41 points off turnovers to easily beat the Sacramento Kings 103-77 in their home opener Friday night.
It was the biggest victory margin for Miami (1-1) since it beat Chicago by 33 points on March 7, 2007, and already, the Heat have gotten to a place last year's club never saw: the .500 mark. The 26-point win also matched the largest in a Miami home opener.
The Heat made it look easy.
A 39-13 run over the middle two quarters turned it into a rout for Miami, which gave up 60 points in each half at New York on Wednesday _ but looked nothing like the defensively challenged club that took the floor at Madison Square Garden.
Sacramento didn't hit the 60-point mark until 6:35 remained, and has lost 18 of its last 20 games in Miami.
Udonis Haslem scored 14 points for the Heat. Shawn Marion finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds, and like Wade, they both sat out the entire fourth quarter. Daequan Cook scored 13 points and Mark Blount added 10.
John Salmons and Quincy Douby each scored 14 for the Kings (0-2).
The Kings' offensive plan revolved around rotating the ball around the perimeter and waiting for a chance to go inside, where Sacramento _ like just about everyone else in the NBA _ has a major height advantage over Miami.
It didn't take the Heat long to figure out a way to stop that scheme.
With Wade and Mario Chalmers setting the tone up top, the Heat collected steals and deflections on nearly every Sacramento possession over the final 6 minutes of the half, holding the Kings to 1-for-8 shooting in that stretch and opening a 49-31 lead by intermission.
They weren't done.
Salmons scored inside to open the second half, but the Kings got no closer. Wade took a bullet pass across the lane from Marion for a dunk followed by a shimmy with 7:59 left in the third. Cook hit a 3-pointer with 4:12 left for a 30-point lead, and Wade made a steal and full-court pass to Marion for a dunk to push the margin to 72-38 with 3:02 remaining in the third.
With that, Wade pointed an index finger to the sky, and the home crowd did something it had very little opportunity to do last year when Miami stumbled to a 15-67 mark overall, 9-32 at home _ scream with the Heat, not at them.
Notes:@ Heat PG Chris Quinn was inactive. Quinn, who was believed to be the preseason favorite to start, dressed but didn't play in Wednesday's loss at New York. ... Sacramento had five turnovers on its first six possessions, setting the tone for its dismal night. A badly missed 3-pointer by Kevin Martin highlighted the other trip. ... Marion made a free throw with 43.4 seconds left in the opening quarter. Problem was, Marcus Banks was the person who had been fouled, so referees took Marion's make off the board. Banks made both.


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Rapper Lupe Fiasco halted a concert in Ohio on Saturday after a fan struck him in the head with a glow stick.
The rapper was performing for students at the University of Cincinnati when an attendee threw a plastic light tube at the 31 year old, hitting him in the face, according to video footage obtained by the music news site DDotOmen.com.
Fiasco, who is trained in martial arts, stopped the show to call out the rowdy reveler, and addressing the crowd, he said, "Listen, hold up two seconds we'll get back to the show, listen. I know you a jerk, and that's cool.
"I know that you came here and you thought that 'I'ma get some shine real quick and throw some s— at Lupe and hit him in the face.' But, let me remind you of something… You see this waist? This waist right here? There used to be four black belts around this waist. So listen, everybody that wanna throw some s—, kindly step over to the side of the stage…. and I'll give you five minutes of fame."
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Lupe Fiasco booted off stage at Obama inauguration gig
Rapper Lupe Fiasco was escorted off the stage at a gig held in honor of Barack Obama's inauguration on Sunday after launching into an angry rant about the President.
The hip-hop star was booked to headline the Start Up Rock On concert in Washington, D.C. to mark Obama's re-election, but he used his set to voice his frustration with the current administration.
Fans at The Hamilton venue were stunned as Fiasco performed an anti-Obama song for 30 minutes, and reportedly refused to move on to another track.
Josh Rogin, a reporter for news website The Cable, took to Twitter to describe the incident, writing, "Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set."
Rogin added, "Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn't vote for Obama and eventually was told to move on to the next song. Lupe refused to move to the next song so a team of security guards came on stage and told him to go."
Matt Dornic, senior director of public relations for CNN, also tweeted, "Things going terribly wrong at Lupe Fiasco performance during SURO. Kicked off stage, bashing Obama."
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A Catholic archbishop in Minnesota who has been one of the hierarchy's most vocal opponents of gay rights is himself the target of an investigation into allegations that he had a series of sexual relationships with priests, seminarians and other men, it was reported Tuesday.
The investigation of Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt is being conducted by a prominent Minneapolis law firm hired by the archdiocese after church officials received numerous allegations against Nienstedt.
The archdiocese confirmed the investigation, which was first reported by Commonweal, a Catholic magazine based in New York.
Nienstedt, 67, said in a separate statement that the allegations "are absolutely and entirely false."
"The allegations do not involve minors or lay members of the faithful, and they do not implicate any kind of illegal or criminal behavior," Nienstedt said. "The allegations involve events alleged to have occurred at least decade ago, before I began serving in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis."
Commonweal's story cites Jennifer Haselberger, former top canon lawyer for Nienstedt, as saying she learned of the investigation when she was questioned by attorneys from the firm that the archdiocese hired, Greene Espel.
Nienstedt came under fire last September for allegedly failing to report or discipline clergy suspected of molesting children after Haselberger, who had resigned her post in frustration in April 2013, began leaking internal church documents that appeared to detail efforts to shield abusers.
One of Nienstedt's top aides, the Rev. Peter Laird, quit, and it later emerged that Laird did so after Nienstedt rebuffed his suggestion that the archbishop should resign.
But late last year, the archdiocese began receiving an unrelated series of allegations that Nienstedt – who was ordained a priest in Detroit before becoming a bishop in Minnesota – had a string of improper relationships with men or had made unwanted advances on others.
"Based on my interview with Greene Espel – as well as conversations with other interviewees – I believe that the investigators have received about ten sworn statements alleging sexual impropriety on the part of the archbishop dating from his time as a priest in the Archdiocese of Detroit, as Bishop of New Ulm, and while coadjutor/archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis," Haselberger told Commonweal.
She added that "he also stands accused of retaliating against those who refused his advances or otherwise questioned his conduct."
Contacted by email, Haselberger confirmed the magazine's account.
In a written response to Commonweal, Nienstedt dismissed the charges as a "personal attack against me due to my unwavering stance on issues consistent with church teaching, such as opposition to so-called same-sex marriage."
He said he also suspects that accusers are making claims because of "difficult decisions" he has made. He told the magazine he could not elaborate because of privacy laws.
In December last year Nienstedt was accused of touching a boy's buttocks while posing for a confirmation photo. He denied the allegation and took a leave while the county prosecutor investigated. The authorities did not bring charges and Nienstedt returned to his post fulltime in March.
Nienstedt has earned a reputation as a leading culture warrior in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and his signature issue is homosexuality.
He frequently discusses the topic, often using controversial language or espousing unorthodox theories. He has said, for example, that homosexuality is not genetic but is a "result of psychological trauma" when a child is between the ages of 18 months and 3 years old.
Homosexuality, he has written, "must be understood in the context of other human disorders: envy, malice, greed, etc."
In 2006, while bishop of the New Ulm diocese, he wrote a column warning the faithful against watching "Brokeback Mountain," the story of two gay cowboys struggling with their relationship in the conservative culture of the Mountain West.
He decried the depiction of how "one man makes a pass at the other and within seconds the latter mounts the former in an act of wanton anal sex," and he said Hollywood's trendmakers "have turned their backs on God and the standards of God in their quest to make evil look so attractive."
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I've had many experiences of this, and I don't like to talk about them, cuz they bring memories and then maybe tend to come back (which makes me think that either I control it all in my brain, or control it spiritually somehow).
What I am about to tell is true, true, true, I put my freedom on it!
Anyways, the most significant situation involves being sexually assulted in my sleep by what seems to be a very attractive, yet evil, yet extremely sensual entity. Just thinking about it both gives me a boner
and scares the pants out of me at the same time!!!
It all started when I was 17 and was interested in magic and the occult. I prayed God the creator of the Universe to please give me an OBE (out of body experience). That same night, I set up an online radionics program (whether it worked or not is up to the reader to decide) and even later that night, I suddenly was half awake-half asleep. I then realized (believed) that I was likely having an OBE because I started feel my whole body vibrating in extreme intensity, if I can recall I was hearing a loud pulsing ringing, then my ears popped and I thought I was out of my body for a split second. Then, I realized since I can have an OBE, or might just be dreaming, I will manifest me having sex with an imaginary woman. In a split second, I felt a presence in the room and felt a woman on top of me... let's just say way more enjoyable than real sex, even though I was a virgin. all of the sudden, I felt like a probe was stuck in my... you know where... and it started to suck the life force out of me! Then I felt extreme pain in my spleen (try researching the spleen chakra to see what I mean) as if I were gonna die! From what I can recall, I started praying to God for help, but that didn't help. Then I started praying to Jesus, but that didn't help EITHER!
So I started to sincerely for my life to pray the Lord's prayer, and then the "Entity" got off of me and I sensed it go through a wall, and went away. When I woke up, I got angry and started cursing at the thing and briefly saw red sparkly lights on top of my bed. BTW when I got up out of the bed it was about 3:33 AM, which you should research because I've read and saw on a movie (I can't remember which one it was, but it had to do with a possessed female) that it's the mockery of when Jesus died. Just something to keep in mind. I went back to sleep and when I woke up to get ready for school, I found out I had extremely soiled underwear filled with you guessed it... Even when I was awake I suddenly fell into sleep paralysis and fell beside the door unable to move, feeling a presence or more presences trying to attack me in the same fashion last night! Right after that, I jizzed all over my clean underwear a whole lot like I have never before again. After all of that, I gradually started seeng auras around people. To this day, I wonder what the heck that was all about.
Before that incident and even after, I still tended to wake up at exactly 3:33 AM or around 3:00 but not before that.
Before that, I've had sleep paralysis since I was, I don't know, say around 13-14ish? Even before that, I remember since I was around 4 feeling evil presences in my room when I was sleep paralysis,
and I knew nothing about it then, nor to my knowledge me or anyone was into spiritualist stuff or anything like that.
I have seen a four foot tall pitch black shadow person hover across my room twice that looked like a robed hooded figure that somehow "wanted" to scare me. but I read about how some entities tend to suck on fear so I just got angry instead and cursed it out.
the last time I had sleep paralysis was around a month ago when I was very tired after finishing college homework at home with my parents. I suddenly was in a lucid dream as I can recall when all of the sudden I was wide awake for what seemed like a couple of minutes and started to feel the strong vibrations across my whole body. I then started to hear this very loud buzzing droning noise (alien craft, perhaps?
) and it sounded in a way I can't really describe the sound, but it's veery creepy and alien. After that, I opened my right eye and could've sworn I left the bathroom light in my room on (I live in the attic lol
) and peeked out of the covers in the dark room and saw a thin, beautiful woman somewhere around 27 yrs. old wearing a dress like in The Grudge. I realized I was probably dreaming because I always keep the bathroom light on
to see for myself whether It a dream, elaborate hallucination caused by sleep paralysis, something real, or all of the above. I woke up and assured myself I was awake, and saw the light on, went to the bathroom and went to see my reflection in the mirror. Yes! It was probably a dream!
All in all, (oh shit, it's 1:00AM I should get to bed) I sometimes wonder whether I'm dreaming, being attacked by spirits, or even abducted by aliens when I have these experiences. Sleep Paralysis is NO JOKE, It's not fun, and don't attract the wrong thoughts/beliefs/spirits/entities unless you want to shit your pants.If you want to read more, comment because I've got some more experiences that I don't want to spend more time on for all our sakes.
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Academic-related bonuses vary widely for NCAA coaches
When the men's Final Four coaches face off this weekend, more than bragging rights will be at stake. Collectively, the coaches stand to gain up to $1 million in tournament bonuses.
But less visible will be the bonuses the four can get for making sure the athletes meet academic goals, including graduation. Only Kentucky's John Calipari has that kind of bonus: up to $100,000 if 75% of his players graduate. Calipari's academic bonus is among the highest in Division I men's basketball.
But dangling incentives to make sure a coach gets athletes through school is controversial. On the one hand, a significant bonus might keep a coach's focus on academics. On the other, should coaches be paid more for a fundamental part of their job?
At George Mason, which made the tournament this year and famously reached the 2006 Final Four, rewarding academic success emphasizes school values. When coach Jim Larranaga signed a new contract in 2006, his academic incentives included a team grade-point average of 3.0. In 2009, the school raised the bar to 3.3. Meeting that would earn Larranaga about $52,500.
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"It had to be a real bonus," athletics director Thomas O'Connor says. "We realized our athletes overall were averaging a 3.0. So we had to raise it to make it more realistic. But (Larranaga) understands that. It was an easy conversation to have."
Of the 41 public schools in the 2011 tournament that provided USA TODAY a contract, 23 offer such academic bonuses, from $3,000 for Utah State's Stew Morrill to $175,000 for Louisville's Rick Pitino. On average, academic bonuses make up about 11% of a tournament coach's bonus package. It's similar for football coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools; about 13% of their bonus packages are for academics.
Louisville athletic department spokesman Kenny Klein says the size of an academic bonus might be a reflection of schools that have more resources. And more resources — used properly — can mean more tutors and academic staff to help players.
"Our grade-point average has been going up dramatically. … It averages around 3.0," Klein said. "(But) some schools can't afford those things that help players progress."
In basketball, though, the issue is especially critical. One failing player on a basketball squad can upset the average much faster than a few players on a football team of 85 players or more. The NCAA sets a minimum academic progress rate (APR) for teams at 925, which equates to about a 50% graduation rate. Nearly one-third of Division I men's basketball teams fail to reach that benchmark, compared with about 21% of football teams, according to NCAA data.
Differences in APR rates tend to cluster along racial lines, with graduation rates for black athletes lower than for white athletes, often on the same team.
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics at the University of Central Florida found white male basketball players at tournament-bound schools graduate at a rate of 91% vs. 59% for black players on those teams.
There's enough disparity that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the NAACP have been pushing the NCAA to bar teams from the tournament if they don't meet the minimum academic standard, meaning they would lose their share of the about $80 million paid out to tournament teams. This year, that would have disqualified 10 men's teams, none of which made the Final Four.
But neither Duncan nor NAACP President Benjamin Jealous think an academic incentive is enough. While acknowledging people "follow the money," Duncan says only the extreme loss of tournament revenue will make schools pay attention.
"The question shouldn't be how much we pay him," Jealous says. "It's: 'Should we be paying him at all?' "


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CHAMPAIGN -- There was no majestic bird, no rumbling buffalo, no jungle cat, no muscular woodman swinging a mighty axe.
There was no fierce creature from the forest, no gleaming flying machine.
When the creative team from Nike sat down to give University of Illinois athletic logos, marks and uniforms a new contemporary look, people like Todd Van Horne were presented with a most unique challenge.
Illinois was a school without a mascot, without a powerful symbol, without a hook on which to hang their designs.
Ever since Chief Illiniwek marched into our memory in 2007, Illinois has basically had one image on which to base its brand -- the block I.
In the grand scheme of a school's images, it doesn't give the creative types much to work with.
So Van Horne, vice president and creative director for Nike Football and Baseball, directed his team to dig deeper. They delved into the history books and photo archives and unearthed images of Illinois' first sports superstar, Red Grange.
Grange, it turns out, was a cornerstone of the Nike creations. They drew inspiration from Grange's dashing style and the vertical bars on the uniform Grange sported in the 1920s. If there's a football god, Nike will at some point treat us to a "throwback" uniform that brings us a modern treatment of Grange's iconic jersey.
They learned about the history of Memorial Stadium, named for the university students who died during World War I, their names etched into the 200 pillars that surround the stadium's façade.
Through interviews with past athletes, alums, coaches, administrators and current athletes, they sought to find out what "being a Fighting Illini" actually means.
Some words kept reoccurring, and among them were, "tradition, pride, loyalty, family, honor, passion and blue collar."
And because there needed to be more than a revised Block I, Nike has created what I believe will become the school's most powerful image since the circular Chief Illiniwek logo. That image is the Victory Shield, which will now be seen on every University of Illinois uniform.
Perhaps lost in the PowerPoint presentation Wednesday, as Van Horne walked us through the creation of these new logos and uniforms, was a shot of military figure toting a shield draped across his back.
This, Nike was saying, is what warriors look like marching into battle and the birth of the Victory Shield is a Nike creation based on snippets of that history, on the power of Red Grange and on the belief that today's young athletes can identify with the badge of a super hero.
Van Horne agreed that working without an existing mascot presented a unique challenge.
"It was very much different, but for us it ultimately gave us a better final expression," he said. "Because we didn't focus on a mascot and say, 'Here are the attributes of this animal…,' we had to look at the spirit of the Fighting Illini and find out what that meant.
"We think the Victory Shield is a strong representation of what it means to be a Fighting Illini."
Those who felt underwhelmed by the uniform designs were perhaps expecting something that was never in consideration.
I've spoken to a few fans who wanted the university to thumb its nose at the NCAA and resurrect a stronger Chief Illiniwek image. That was never going to happen, unless you share in the belief that those "zig-zag" swoops on the side of the men's basketball uniforms are an homage to the flowing feathers of the Chief's headdress.
No one can admit to that, of course, but there's something about the swoop of the design that makes it a possibility.
Of the uniforms we saw this week -- and it should be noted there are many more to come -- the single most stunning piece of work is the orange football helmet.
I have yet to see a photo that does it justice. The metallic color of the anodized orange absolutely glows, and if I'm head coach Tim Beckman, I take that helmet on every recruiting visit I make.
Just set it on the table and say, "We believe you can be a star in this helmet."
I love the prominent way the Victory Shield is positioned near the neck of the football jersey and wish it were the same on the basketball uniforms. Although I like the basketball uniforms, the Victory Shield seems too small and hidden at belt level.
Near the neck is a round Block I logo. I'd like to see them reversed, but it's a small point.
We already know there is a metallic silver basketball uniform coming and additional yet-to-be-revealed designs.
And I'd like to believe there is a dark steel gray football uniform that would look sensational with that same orange helmet.
The football all-whites -- white pants, white jersey, white helmet -- would glisten when worn under the lights of a night game.
As for their impact on recruits, running back Donovonn Young donned the all-white football uniform Wednesday and said this is how it must feel to be an Oregon recruit.
Oregon is the proving ground for new Nike gear, thanks to the fact that Nike co-founder Phil Knight is a University of Oregon grad.
"Things like this give us a boost of morale and confidence," Young said. "We can be proud of who we are.
"One of the big things Oregon has over other schools is that they have cool stuff. Kids 17 years old get excited about cool stuff.
"I look at this new uniform, and it makes me feel like a million bucks. Now our stuff is up there with Oregon's."


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Practical advice will be on hand to pupils in Welsh-medium schools who may need help in understanding their schoolwork.
The Welsh Language Board is supporting the £20,000 project to develop the hotline.
Parents have welcomed the plan in the hope it will encourage more to opt for a Welsh language education.
The increase in the number of pupils opting for a Welsh-medium education prompted the proposal.
Although keen to see their children learn Welsh, many parents find the prospect of homework in another language daunting.
'Difficult for parents'
"It can be really difficult at times," said Vicky Faulkner from Llanfair Caereinion in Powys who has two children at the town's Welsh-medium primary school.
"We're really lucky that we've got neighbours close by who can help, but I know it can be difficult for parents, especially those who are new to the area," she said.
Vicky and her husband Clive are learning Welsh, but they welcome any support for parents.
"I know that worrying about helping their kids with homework is one of the main things parents think about when they're trying to decide whether to opt for a Welsh language education," said Clive.
'Huge increase'
The Faulkners moved to Llanfair eight years ago and wanted the family to integrate into the community.
"Having a phone number that you could call for help would be great for some parents," said Clive.
"And having that support could persuade parents to leap into Welsh-medium education," he added.
The Welsh Language Board has given the community development group CYMAD a £20,000 grant to develop the helpline.
It's hoped that it will be available to offer practical advice and help for parents and pupils by the beginning of the next school year in September.
"The Board was aware of the huge increase in Welsh-medium education and one of the challenges facing Welsh education is providing support outside the classroom," said Meri Huws, Welsh Language Board chairman.
"Although doing homework isn't every pupil's favourite subject, we're confident that the helpline will become a useful and popular resource," she said.
Head teacher Rona Evans said teachers tried to give homework using textbooks available in English and Welsh.
Difficulties arise when pupils move up to secondary school, she said.
"I'm sure that any support will encourae more parents to choose a Welsh-medium education for their children," she said.
"We want parents to support their children and we welcome any help to make things easier for them."


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Grub with IDE and SATA Drives
From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
The GRUB loading problem with IDE and SATA drive mixtures
- The following is taken from a post on MEPIS Community forum. The basic problem is that the new Linux kernel in use for the MEPIS 7 Beta releases moves all drives to the SDA naming schema. This move is supposed to help address naming compatibility and register allocation, as well as cleaning up the code that manages hard-drive access.
- However, the new kernel code means that what the kernel presents for the drive layout... is not what the BIOS and GRUB are reporting for the drive layout.
Standard Bios Naming Schema
- The BIOS is the first part of the computer that turns on. The BIOS determines the boot order of the drives. In a standard PC BIOS the behavior is to list all of the IDE drives first, then list the SATA drives. IDE drives were generally represented with the naming schema hd*, probably standing for Hard Drive. Serial ATA Drives, or SATA, were giving the naming schema sd*, as stated by Warren, standing for SCSI drive.
- A fully loaded 4-channel IDE and 4-channel SATA drive setup, the BIOS typically posts this order.
- hda / hdb / hdc / hdd / sda / sdb / sdc / sdd
MEPIS 3.x and 6.x General Rules
- Thus in MEPIS 3.x and 6.x series these general rules were written for those attempting to dual boot Windows and MEPIS without having to directly edit the GRUB Menu.
- If you are using a system comprised entirely of IDE drives, then Windows would need to be installed on the first drive.
- hda Windows / hdb MEPIS
- If you are using a system comprised entirely of SATA drives, then Windows would need to be installed on the first drive.
- sda Windows / sdb MEPIS
- If you are using a system with mixed IDE and SATA drives, then Windows would need to be installed on the first IDE drive.
- hda Windows / sda MEPIS
MEPIS 7 Beta Series
- In MEPIS 7 Series the kernel places the IDE drives, the former hd* entries after the SATA drives, the sd* entries. The hd* naming schema is then completely removed. There are some versions of Linux using the 2.6.22 or 2.6.23 kernel that have patches in place to maintain the hd* naming schema. MEPIS 7 Beta series is not among them.
- With a fully loaded 4-channel IDE and 4-channel SATA drive setup the MEPIS 7 Series is reporting the following drive layout.
- sda / sdb / sdc / sdd / hda - sde / hdb - sdf / hdc - sdg / hdd - sdh
- The SATA drives are being reversed and are being placed in front of the IDE drives.
- The result is that in systems with both IDE and SATA drives, the BIOS presents the IDE drives first where the kernel presents the IDE drives last. So there is a critical issue in mixed drive systems where one of the drives may not be recognized and where Grub will experience issues trying to boot to a specific drive.
- In single drive type systems where only one type, SATA or IDE, drives are listed, there isn't a noticeable problem. There also are hardware adapters to allow older IDE drives to work on the SATA interface which allows for some hardware workarounds.
Desired Layout and what is being done to fix this
- The desired behavior would be have this order
- hda - sda / hdb - sdb / hdc - sdc / hdd - sdd / sde / sdf / sdg / sdh
- Here the IDE drives have first preference for the boot order and while their naming convention still changes, the actual boot order hasn't changed. Warren, lead developer for MEPIS, is aware of this issue and is reportedly working on an automatic fix. Other software suggestions are being accepted, and as much as we hate to admit it, we are also looking for a more permanent fix from either GRUB developers or Kernel Developers before MEPIS 7 goes final. We think this is a rather large Brown Bag mistake and we really don't want MEPIS users to suffer from it.
- Okay, we have a comment from Warren over this. Just trying to keep everybody in some sort of loop over what's going on.
- Some comments about the explanation:
- The BIOS drive order will usually depend on whether the mobo considers SATA or IDE to by the primary drives. In other words, newer mobos are more likely to have sdX first.
- Actually sd means SCSI Drive.
- The kernel does not, per se, determine the relative order of hda and sda drives as used by GRUB. The kernel just determines which device name is associated with which drive.
- Before booting, GRUB uses the "natural" order of the drives as presented by the BIOS.
- And after loading the kernel, GRUB applies what appears to be a complex algorithm that takes into account which drive is the BIOS designated boot drive, the actual boot drive for the OS, and the natural order of the drives. During GRUB install this algorithm is used to determine the appropriate drive order and creates a devices.map, unless a devices.map already exists.
- Theoretically if the devices.map were generated properly either manually or by a code fragment, before calling GRUB install, then the menu.lst would be created correctly. But I haven't had time to verify this.
- This is a well known problem with GRUB but it was not a major issue until newer mobos came out that mixed IDE and SATA. AFAIK, every distro that uses GRUB has this problem, except ubuntu which is trying to use UUIDs to identify the drives, but there are reports that this also does not work reliably.


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Stocks flat after US data, euro near 11-month low
World stocks were little changed on Tuesday as weak U.S. housing data poured cold water on a four-day Wall Street rally while the euro was stuck near an 11-month low on concerns about a large Italian debt auction later in the week.
U.S. crude oil prices rose $1 to more than $100 a barrel on fears of supply disruptions, but trading volumes were thin as traders returned to their desks for the shortened week between the Christmas and New Year holidays.
U.S. stocks opened lower after a report showed U.S. single-family home prices fell more than expected in October in a reminder of the challenges facing the housing market.
The data weighed on the U.S. equity market, which had rallied on positive economic data during the past four sessions -- enough to turn the S&P 500 index positive for the year.
There's not enough of a surprise in the number to get people to put on a risk on trade, said Paul Radeke, vice president at the Minneapolis-based KDV Wealth Management, referring to the home price data. Especially when there's a lack of participation in the market.
Stocks edged higher later, but trading was slow.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 23.27 points, or 0.19 percent, to 12,317.27, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 2.96 points, or 0.23 percent, at 1,268.29. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 5.73 points, or 0.22 percent, at 2,624.37.
In Europe, the FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3> index of top shares was up 0.1 percent. Stock markets in Britain, Hong Kong and Australia remained closed.
The MSCI All-Country World index <.MIWD00000PUS> edged higher 0.16 percent but remained 9.1 percent lower for the year.
The euro traded at $1.3061, little changed on the day and near an 11-month low of $1.2945 -- a level touched earlier in the month.
The single European currency could suffer more selling if Italy struggles to raise money at this week's year-end debt auction. The country intends to sell 8.5 billion euros in three- and 10-year bonds on Thursday.
I think there could be some downside risks for the euro. (Thursday's auction) will be more of a test of the market, given that the bonds auctioned are longer maturities, said Sverre Holbek, currency strategist at Danske in Copenhagen.
A further rise in Italian yields should almost certainly be euro negative, and thin liquidity may exacerbate the move.
Italian 10-year borrowing costs were little changed at 7.02 percent, a level viewed as unsustainable in the long-run for a country facing a national debt of around 120 percent of GDP. It faces around 150 billion euros of debt refinancing in February-April alone.
U.S. crude oil prices were 87 cents higher at $100.55 a barrel as Iran threatened to shut oil shipping in the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions on Tehran's oil sales are imposed.
U.S. crude oil futures and gold have been among the top-performing assets in 2011, with year-to-date rises of about 9 percent and 12 percent, respectively.
Gold prices hovered around $1,600 an ounce, however, as investors stayed on the sidelines in the final week of the year.
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GOING VIRAL: Hilarious Facebook movie spoof is pretty spot-on
Have you had it UP TO HERE with everyone's Facebook lookback videos clogging your newsfeed? Or maybe you like your Facebook movie, but still don't believe it's a very accurate depiction of your Facebook habits?
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Creamy Smashed Red Potatoes with Cheese
Mashed potatoes are always made rich & delicious with Carnation, but this version of Creamy Smashed Red Potatoes with Cheese is made extra special with skin-on red potatoes and a touch of cheese for added flavor.
- 3 lbs. red new potatoes, unpeeled, cut into quarters
- 1 cup or more NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Lowfat 2% Milk
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese blend
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
RETURN potatoes to saucepan. Beat with hand-held mixer for a few seconds to break up. Add evaporated milk and butter; beat until milk and butter are mixed in (some lumps will still be present). Add additional evaporated milk, if a smoother consistency is desired. Stir in cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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I fixed this version of potatoes for my family for Thanksgiving, and my family absolutely loved this take on potatoes.
creamy smashed red potatoes with cheese
my whole family just loved the variation on mashed and i was thrilled. it is hard to imagine a meal with plain mashed now.
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This was a great idea. Everyone loved it.
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Great smashed potatoes! I added some shredded cheddar cheese and bacon bits to the potatoes. My family loved it and it has now become one of their favorite dishes!
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My family loved these potatoes. I added a 1/2 cup each of shredded cheddar and swiss cheese to give it an extra cheesy taste and just a 1/2tsp of minced garlic for a little extra flavor. It was a hit.
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Serving Size: 1/15 of Recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 15
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 120
- Calories from Fat: 35
- Total Fat: 4g (6% of DV)
- Saturated Fat: 2.5g (13% of DV)
- Cholesterol: 15mg (5% of DV)
- Sodium: 140mg (6% of DV)
- Carbohydrates: 17g (6% of DV)
- Dietary Fiber: 2g (8% of DV)
- Sugars: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Vitamin A: 2% of DV
- Vitamin C: 15% of DV
- Calcium: 15% of DV
- Iron: 4% of DV
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


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Lil Wayne fans rejoice. The New Orleans rapper has officially announced his second Lil Weezyana Festival, and the lineup has some heavy hitters. Check it out after the jump.
Lil Wayne fans rejoice. The New Orleans rapper has officially announced his second Lil Weezyana Festival, and the lineup has some heavy hitters. Check it out after the jump.
Atlanta rappers Migos and Young Thug have teamed up for a new track called "Crime Stoppers," which will appear on their forthcoming MigoThuggin mixtape. Listen to the track above, via Pitchfork. Listen after the jump.
Migos' Offset is officially a free man. After spending nearly eight months behind bars on drugs and weapons charges, Offset was released on Friday (Dec. 4th). And what's the first order of business for Offset? Why drop a new track, of course. Back to the rap grind, Offset records "First Day Out," a possible ode to Gucci Mane's song of the same name. Check it out after the jump.
Following the release of their debut album Yung Rich Nation and Streets on Lock 4 mixtape, Atlanta's Migos are prepping the release of Migo Money. And to tease the forthcoming mixtape, Quavo and Offset are sharing a pair of tracks in "I Told You" and "Story of YRN," which have been produced by Dee Money. Listen to both Migo Money tracks after the jump.
Migos are heading Back to the Bando with the release of "B***h Dab," a track that'll be appearing on their forthcoming mixtape. The trio of Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff just dropped their debut album, Yung Rich Nation, over the summer but maybe the mixed response has motivated the New Atlanta boys to get back to what made them special. Listen to "B***h Dab" from Migos after the jump.
While Offset remains locked up, Quavo and Takeoff are holding it down with "Pipe It Up," the latest visuals from their new album, Yung Rich Nation. Check it out after the jump.
Migos are finally looking to get their debut album, YRN (Yung Rich Nation), out to the general public. After sitting on the shelves for a minute (mostly due to legal reasoning) the album will be out officially on July 31st. So far the family trio of Quavo, Offset and Takeoff have released singles "One Time," "Spray the Champagne," "Pipe It Up", and their latest is the Zaytoven-produced cut "What a Feeling." Listen after the jump.
Free Offset. That's all. I can pretty much end the writeup there. But, because I'm no lazy journalist (dedication!) I'll go ahead and give you some background info. Offset, 1/3 of Migos, is currently incarcerated (yes, again) for a probation violation. While he's locked up Migos continue to tour and wait for the inevitable release of Offset. In the meantime the whole QC team is sharing "Work" featuring ATLien Jeezy — even though Jeezy has been beefing with Atlanta's de facto Trap God, Gucci Mane, who as you know is cool with Migos. Anyway, this is "Work" and remember: Free Offset! Listen after the jump.
Migos have come a long way since "Versace" and they've got more hits on deck for 2015. Before they release their highly-anticipated debut album YRN: tha Album later this summer (it'll be arriving July 31st) they're sharing some new music for the streets. Days after releasing his QC the Label: Free da Gang mixtape, DJ Champ decides to release a no DJ version of one of the project's standouts: the Murda-produced "Conversation." Check it out after the jump.
Migos' forthcoming album YRN tha Album is due out July 31st (after a series of unfortunate pushbacks) and the Atlanta duo (member Offset is currently incarcerated on drug and gun charges) is looking to feed the streets with a new one in "I Just Wanna." "I Just Wanna" appears on the Trap-A-Holics Real Trap Sh!t: Run It Up Editon mixtape, which is out on LiveMixtapes. Listen to "I Just Wanna" after the jump.
HoodRich Keem's upcoming Tweet Tape II will contain a song by Migos featuring Sauce Walka and Sosamann. That song is "On Top" and it's produced by ATL veteran Zaytoven. You can check out the track after the jump.
OG Maco teams up with his New Atlanta stalwart and one-third of Migos, Quavo, for "Good Gracious." The track is produced by Deko and has been teased by Maco for quite sometime on his Twitter page. You can now hear it in full after the jump.
Freestyle isn't the first word that comes to mind when you think of the Atlanta trio Migos. But goddamn, watching this Tim Westwood freestyle it's indicative that the trio of Quavo, Takeoff and Offset have incredible chemistry as they go off for 17 full minutes. Straight. No breaks. The three YRN: Tha Album rappers dropped bars over "Grindin'," "OG Bobby Johnson," "Money Baby," "No Type," "Computers" and more. Check it out after the jump.
Migos (Quavo, Offset, Takeoff) are teasing the release of their forthcoming debut full length album (hot off dropping consistent mixtape after consistent mixtape — not to mention their hit single "Versace" was certainly no "one hit wonder") which arrives June 16th. They've already shared one single in "One Time" (get at it here) and by the looks of this new loosie entitled "Stankin'" it's staying that way for the time being. The new cut features one time (no pun intended) Atlanta frontrunner Trinidad James. Sadly, he's fallen onto some hard times as far as his relevance in the game. Anyway, get at the new Migos track after the jump!
Migos' forthcoming album YRN: Tha Album will be out June 16th. The trio of Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff sat down with HipHopDX to discuss the aforementioned album. During the interview the trio predicted that their album will go diamond. Yep, diamond. Check out the full interview via HipHopDX after the jump.


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On Monday, Orange Business Services (Paris, France) announced it will increase the capacity of its Latin American network by ten times due to growing demand from its multinational enterprise customers. According to the company, implementation will begin in October 2011, covering Brazil and Chile, followed by Argentina, Peru and Panama. The network, which now has a capacity of around 620 Mbps (megabits per second), will increase to 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second) in an expansion that has several phases, according to Orange.
The upgraded network will accommodate customers' needs for expanding high-speed broadband services, including MPLS (IP VPN and Business VPN), International Ethernet Link and video services, such as Telepresence.
"We see growing demand for voice, video and data services from companies particularly in the mining, consumer products and banking industries. There is expansion in both Latin American and non-Latin American companies in the region, which has been pushed by economic growth, as well as strong growth in applications for data but also voice and video. Telepresence and other video conferencing solutions are becoming more and more important for our clients," says Mauro Cruzeiro, vice president heading Orange Business Services in Latin America. "Businesses of all sizes are becoming increasingly dependent on Ethernet to provide a high-bandwidth, multipoint network connecting geographically dispersed locations."
The new network ring will connect Latin America to the East Coast of the United States via Brazil and to the West Coast of the United States via Chile (through Peru and Panama), according to Orange. The upgrade aims to enhance quality of service for customers with improved latency to the West Coast, while also supporting the growing capacity requirements from Asia-Pacific.
Latin America is a key growth market for Orange Business Services, according to the company. As part of the company's conquests 2015 growth strategy, Orange Business Services aims to generate revenues of $1.4 billion in emerging markets in 2015.
According to Cruzeiro, the recent increase of bandwidth demands in emerging markets, such as Latin America, can be attributed to a variety of different factors.
"The trends in the global economy, especially in emerging markets, are driving growth and new demands - mobility, sustainability and the role of IT and telecoms services, the arrival of Generation Y in companies and what it revolutionizes, collaboration tools and social networks, as well as cloud computing and M2M," said Cruzeiro. "The enterprise market is evolving and this is transforming the way companies do business."
These companies are the main force driving the demand for a larger network capacity. According to Cruzeiro, networks have become essential to the success of these companies, therefore the success of the countries.
"In this environment, networks have become what coal was to the steam engine: the essential fuel of a successful business. Without networks, today's economies would cease to operate: financial services, transport networks, public utilities, would simply cease to exist. And it is network quality of service that is the basis on which value is created or destroyed."


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March 6, 2006
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I am writing this from New York, having just arrived earlier this afternoon from Atlanta.
Besides myself, I am pleased to say that two other Savile Row tailors are in Manhattan at the moment, both good friends of mine. Perhaps if you're looking for something different from what I offer, you might consider giving them a call.
The young Jonathan Quearney, and Ravi Tailor from Anthony Hewitt's.
Jonathan makes a very smart made-to-measure two piece starting at around £700.
Ravi's work is utterly top-drawer; a slighty firmer bespoke than myself. I gave him a mention earlier here.
You can find them both at the Hotel Benjamin, the same place I'm staying at. If you see them, tell them 'Hello' from me!
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Lincoln, Neb. • If the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline ever gains approval, Ronald Weber will watch from his farmhouse as workers lay the line beneath a half-mile of his cropland in northeast Nebraska.
The 69-year-old retired farmer wishes the pipeline had missed his property, simply to avoid the difficulty of growing corn and soybeans around the construction work. But what leaves Weber exasperated are the repeated project delays.
"It's ridiculous that we haven't yet built this thing," he said. "It would have been nice if they had gone a mile over and missed me, but these kinds of things happen. It has to go through somewhere."


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Ragdoll Productions (or Ragdoll Ltd.) (and Ragdoll Productions Animations.) is a British company that produces children's television shows. It was founded by Anne Wood in 1984, who later made many of their successful television series, seen (in the case of Teletubbies) in 111 countries and translated into 41 languages.


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Chapter 4
|1Children, hearken to the discipline of the Father, and listen to know understanding.
|אשִׁמְעוּ בָנִים מוּסַר אָב וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לָדַעַת בִּינָה:
|Children, hearken to the discipline of the Father: The Holy One, blessed be He.
|2For I gave you good teaching; forsake not My instruction.
|בכִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּוֹרָתִי אַל תַּעֲזֹבוּ:
|For I gave you: The prophet prophesies and speaks as an agent of the Holy One, blessed be He, and he is like His mouth.
|3For I was a son to my father, a tender one and an only one before my mother.
|גכִּי בֵן הָיִיתִי לְאָבִי רַךְ וְיָחִיד לִפְנֵי אִמִּי:
|For I was a son to my father: Lest you say that Solomon hated people because he admonished them concerning robbery and immorality, something a person desires, he therefore states: I was a son, etc., a tender one and an only one, etc., that he loved me very much.
|4And he instructed me and said to me, "May your heart draw near to my words; keep my commandments and live.
|דוַיֹּרֵנִי וַיֹּאמֶר לִי יִתְמָךְ דְּבָרַי לִבֶּךָ שְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתַי וֶחְיֵה:
|And he instructed me: concerning that and he chastised me.
|and said to me, "May your heart draw near to my words: And since he chastened me with these words, therefore I admonish you concerning this (Rabbi Joseph Kara). Another explanation:
|For I was a son to my Father: The prophet says, "I was a son to the Holy One, blessed be He, Who caused His spirit to rest upon me." Now we find that the Holy One, blessed be He, called Solomon a son, for it is stated (II Sam. 7:14): "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to Me a son."
|a tender one and an only one before my mother: Heb. לפני אמי, before my nation (אמתי) I am chosen and beloved like a tender and only son. Therefore, my father instructed me.
|5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
|הקְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל תֵּט מֵאִמְרֵי פִי:
|6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her and she will guard you.
|ואַל תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶךָּ:
|Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her: Heb. אהבה, love her.
|7The beginning of wisdom [is to] acquire wisdom, and with all your possession acquire understanding.
|זרֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה:
|The beginning of wisdom [is to] acquire wisdom: At the beginning of your wisdom, learn from others and acquire for yourself the tradition from the mouth of the teacher, and afterwards with all your possession acquire understanding. Concentrate on it by yourself to understand the reasons, thereby deriving one thing from another.
|8Search for her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you when you embrace her.
|חסַלְסְלֶהָ וּתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶנָּה:
|Search for her: Heb. סלסלה search for her. Review it to examine it minutely, as in (Jer. 6:9): "as a vintager over the searchings (סלסלות)" who goes repeatedly through the vineyard and brings back his hand to search for the single grapes. In the expression of the Sages (Rosh Hashanah 26b), curls (מסלסל) his hair.
|9She will give your head a wreath of grace; she will transmit to you a crown of glory.
|טתִּתֵּן לְרֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת חֵן עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת תְּמַגְּנֶךָּ:
|She will give your head a wreath of grace: Heb. לוית חן, a wreath of grace, as in (1:9): "They are a wreath of grace (לוית חן) for your head."
|10Hearken, my son, and take my words, and years of life will increase for you.
|ישְׁמַע בְּנִי וְקַח אֲמָרָי וְיִרְבּוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּים:
|11In the way of wisdom I instructed you; I led you in the paths of uprightness.
|יאבְּדֶרֶךְ חָכְמָה הֹרֵתִיךָ הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי ישֶׁר:
|12When you walk, your step will not be straitened, and if you run, you will not stumble.
|יבבְּלֶכְתְּךָ לֹא יֵצַר צַעֲדֶךָ וְאִם תָּרוּץ לֹא תִכָּשֵׁל:
|When you walk, your step will not be straightened: One who does not spread out his legs is likely to fall.
|13Take fast hold of discipline, do not let it loose; guard it, for it is your life.
|יגהַחֲזֵק בַּמּוּסָר אַל תֶּרֶף נִצְּרֶהָ כִּי הִיא חַיֶּיךָ:
|Take fast hold of discipline, do not let it loose: Grasp the Torah, as in (Gen. 21:18) "and grasp (והחזיקי) your hand onto him" ; (Ex. 4:4) "and he stretched out his hand and grasped it (ויחזק)."
|14You shall not come in the way of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.
|ידבְּאֹרַח רְשָׁעִים אַל תָּבֹא וְאַל תְּאַשֵּׁר בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעִים:
|You shall not come in the way of the wicked, and do not walk: [as translated,] do not walk, as in (Job 23:11), "My foot has held to His path," and as in (Proverbs 14:15), "but a cunning man understands his steps."
|15Avoid it, do not pass through it; turn away from it and pass.
|טופְּרָעֵהוּ אַל תַּעֲבָר בּוֹ שְׂטֵה מֵעָלָיו וַעֲבוֹר:
|Avoid it: Heb. פרע, put it to naught.
|turn away from it: Heb. שטה, turn away.
|16For they will not sleep if they do not commit evil, and their sleep will be robbed away if they do not cause stumbling.
|טזכִּי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ אִם לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם אִם לֹא יַכְשִׁולוּ יַכְשִׁילוּ:
|For they will not sleep: They are unable to sleep.
|17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
|יזכִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ:
|18But the way of the righteous is like the light of dawn; it shines ever brighter until the day is perfect.
|יחוְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נֹגַהּ הוֹלֵךְ וָאוֹר עַד נְכוֹן הַיּוֹם:
|But the way of the righteous is like the light of dawn: which shines and illuminates from the first ray of dawn.
|until the day is perfect: Until midday, which is the brightest time of day.
|19The way of the wicked is like pitch darkness; they do not know on what they stumble.
|יטדֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים כָּאֲפֵלָה לֹא יָדְעוּ בַּמֶּה יִכָּשֵׁלוּ:
|The way of the wicked is like pitch darkness; they do not know on what they stumble: Suddenly, an obstacle will come to them, and they will not know how to beware of it.
|20My son, hearken to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
|כבְּנִי לִדְבָרַי הַקְשִׁיבָה לַאֲמָרַי הַט אָזְנֶךָ:
|21Let them not depart from your eyes; guard them within your heart,
|כאאַל יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ שָׁמְרֵם בְּתוֹךְ לְבָבֶךָ:
|22for they are life for those who find them, and for all his flesh a healing.
|כבכִּי חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וּלְכָל בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּא:
|for those who find them: Heb. למצאיהם, an expression of finding.
|23From every interdict guard your heart, for the issues of life [come] out of it.
|כגמִכָּל מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּים:
|From every interdict: From whatever the Torah commanded to beware of, guard your heart (from transgressing), regardless whether it is a minor sin or a grave sin.
|for the issues of life [come] out of it: For from even a minor one you shall have life and a great reward if you fulfill it-so did Rabbi Tanhuma expound.
|24Take crooked speech away from yourself, and put devious lips far away from you.
|כדהָסֵר מִמְּךָ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה וּלְזוּת שְׂפָתַיִם הַרְחֵק מִמֶּךָּ:
|Take crooked speech away from yourself: Don't do anything for which people will slander you and make their mouths crooked [when talking] about you.
|crooked speech: Heb. עקשות. This is an expression of עקום, crooked, as in (Job 9:20): "Though I was innocent, He would prove me perverse (ויעקשני) ," and in the Mishnah (Hullin 3: 3) "its teeth are crooked and twisted (עקושות)."
|devious lips: Crooked lips, that the people should not open their mouth wide [when talking] about you.
|25Let your eyes look forward, and let your eyelids look straight ahead of you.
|כהעֵינֶיךָ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּךָ:
|Let your eyes look forward: Let them look to truth and uprightness.
|and let your eyelids look straight ahead of you: Let them look at what is upright, to straighten your way before you.
|26Weigh the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.
|כופַּלֵס מַעְגַּל רַגְלֶךָ וְכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ יִכֹּנוּ:
|Weigh the path of your feet: Weigh your way: the loss of a commandment against its reward and the reward of a sin against its loss, and then all your ways will be established.
|27Turn neither right nor left; keep your feet from evil.
|כזאַל תֵּט יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול הָסֵר רַגְלְךָ מֵרָע:
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Caramel Popcorn Balls — The Weekenderby Marisa McClellan in Entertaining, Holidays, October 26th, 2012
Each year around Halloween I find myself feeling nostalgic for elementary school — for class parties, costume parades on the playground and a plastic pumpkin bursting with candy. I also find myself craving my mom's honeyed popcorn. It was her signature treat to give to friends and neighbors for the holiday.
After dinner when all the dishes were cleaned and put away, she'd fire up our yellow-and-white air popper and keep it running until she had filled a clean brown paper grocery bag with the popped corn. Once that task was finished, she'd melt butter and honey together into a thick syrup and pour it over the popped corn, using her longest-handled wooden spoon to help stir it all up.
The sweetened corn would then get spread across rimmed cookie sheets and would go into the oven for 10 or 15 minutes, to help set and crisp the kernels. The next day when it was cool, she'd package it up in plastic bags, secured with orange and black twist ties. My sister and I always got small bags in our lunch the day after she made it.


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Some urban hotels, restaurants and gas stations could soon get a perk now available only to their rural counterparts.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is going to start installing those white on blue signs near exits which inform travelers what kinds of services are available, complete with a merchant's logo. The first of these should go up around November.
But this perk is not free. Businesses are going to have to pay.
More to the point, they also may have to compete: With only a limited number of signs at each exit — and a limited number of spaces on each one — ADOT is going to award the slots to the highest bidders.
Win Holden, who is in charge of the program, said the move should be a real benefit both to merchants in attracting businesses and to motorists looking for services.
But the real winner could be ADOT itself, which only recently got into the logo business.
Right now the state is projected to make $2.3 million from the signs on rural areas. ADOT's Laura Douglas figures that once the urban component is fully installed, Arizona could generate up to $10 million a year, money that would be used for road projects.
All that essentially is found money for an agency that has only recently gotten into the business.
For two decades the state allowed a private company, Arizona Logo Sign Group, to contract with businesses for the on-highway signage in rural areas. That's the way it had to be because the law said the state could not make any money off the ability of the firm to erect the signs in the rights of way of state roads.
All that changed when that prohibition was repealed four years ago. So ADOT decided to take over the business. Douglas said that coincided with road tax collections being depressed, with the state looking for additional sources of cash to build and maintain the roads as well as keep open the rest areas.
Holden, who also is publisher of the ADOT-run Arizona Highways magazine, said the latest move is just an extension of that — in a big way.
"Obviously, there's far more revenue because there's a lot more exists and a lot more qualified businesses in the urban areas," he said.
How many urban businesses will be interested, though, remains to be seen.
"The truth is, we don't know," Holden said.
The first test is coming on the Route 101/Agua Fria Freeway and Indian School Road. He said nearby merchants have until the middle of this month to submit their bids.
"We'll have a better sense, at least at that interchange, of what people think," Holden said.
How much folks are willing to bid, he said, is likely to depend on the competition.
Arizona has to live within the guidelines of the federal government's Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. These set out rules for how many signs can be erected and how far they have to be from each other to prevent motorist confusion.
"Obviously we don't want people terribly distracted by a vast number of signs," Holden said.
In general, at any one exit there can be up to four signs in each direction. And each sign can hold up to six logos.
That potentially means 24 merchants.
"What's going to drive it are two factors: The number of qualified businesses at each interchange and the interest of those businesses," Holden said. And regulations limit who can be interested to those businesses within three miles of the top of the ramp.
That doesn't mean the person who operates the only nearby restaurant can get the on-highway signage for next to nothing.
Opening bids, said Holden, start at $1,300 per intersection. At that point, he said, a merchant has to decide how much more business a sign needs to generate to pay for itself.
After the 101-Indian School bidding, the next interchanges to get the signs will be slightly further up the road, at the Olive and Peoria avenue ramps. After that, he said, signs will be bid out on Interstate 17 from Dunlap to Bell roads.
Then, probably beginning in 2016, signs will be made available in Tucson, Flagstaff and Yuma.
Not all intersections will be available, with the issue being that question of both sign clutter and available right of way. Holden said that's one reason that there will not be signs along the below-grade stretch of I-17 south of Dunlap Road.
And businesses at some exits will be entirely out of luck.
Federal rules governing sign placement say they can be erected only where it's not just easy to get off but where it's easy to immediately get back on. So those partial interchanges, with just an exit ramp but no nearby return, will not qualify.


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Mt. Juliet High graduate and NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore will command the next crew to launch to the International Space Station.
Wilmore, a former football standout for the Golden Bears, will join cosmonauts Elena Serova and Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and launch to the space station September 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Wilmore went on to captain the football team at Tennessee Tech where he was later inducted into the Golden Eagle Sports Hall of Fame.
Wilmore, Serova, and Samokutyaev will serve as flight engineers for ISS Expedition 41 until November, at which time Wilmore will assume command of Expedition 42. The trio is scheduled to return to Earth in March 2015.
A captain in the US Navy, Wilmore grew up in Mt. Juliet and graduated from MJHS in the Class of 1981.
During his tenure as a fleet naval officer and pilot, Wilmore completed four operational deployments, flying the A-7E and FA‑18 aircraft. He has accumulated almost 7,000 flight hours and more than 600 carrier landings.
Wilmore joined NASA in 2000 and piloted the space shuttle Atlantis for STS-129 in November 2009. The mission delivered two ExPRESS logistics carriers and about 30,000 pounds of replacement parts to the space station. To date, Wilmore has 10 days, 19 hours, and 16 minutes of space flight to his credit.
Expedition 41 crew members will share their flight experiences on Instagram. Those interested can follow along on Instagram.


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Zen Haus Dog Crate
The ZenHaus blends with your surroundings and your style. This unique den integrates a sleek, oval design in four modern colors to create a unique style that helps you make a statement. Each piece is handcrafted by artisans, shaped and polished in fiberglass to create a sleek, shiny exterior. The colors are vibrant. The look is sophisticated.


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NRA Supporters are having hysterical fits over a photo of President Obama surrounded by children who wrote him letters regarding the Newtown school massacre. They ridiculously accuse the president of using the children as "human shields" to "advance his agenda". Their outrage rings hollow, however. After all, when the NRA used President Obama's children as human shields in its most recent commercial, its supporters did not raise a cry about using Sasha and Malia Obama as props.
There is a key difference between the use of the Obama children and the letter-writing children who were photographed with the president,by the way: the letter writers were photographed willingly. They WANTED to meet President Obama, and their parents gave consent for them to be photographed in this manner. On the contrary, the NRA shamelessly exploited Sasha and Malia Obama without their knowledge or consent. After all, the girls were not asked if they wanted to appear in a commercial for the NRA. That important distinction seems to have escaped both the NRA and its supporters.
It should also come as no surprise to many to find out that this was not the first time the NRA has used children as human shields to push a political agenda. In 2008, the NRA aired a campaign commercial (linked below) targeted at efforts to defeat President Obama and elect John McCain. Where were the protests from NRA supporters when THIS commercial aired? Why didn't we hear them yelling about "human shields", "child abuse" and "props" then?
2008 NRA commercial using children:


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