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By John Horn Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — If Seth MacFarlane was using Thursday's Academy Awards nominations announcement as a test-run for his Oscar show hosting patter, he might consider changing directions. Fast.
Early reviews of MacFarlane's jokes were strongly negative, with many critics saying the "Ted" and "Family Guy" maker favored insults over insights and belittled entire swaths of the creative community.
Rather than MacFarlane's coming across as amiable, the naysayers found him arrogant and nasty. Twitter reaction was equally harsh. (MacFarlane is the only Oscar host to read the nominations since Charlton Heston in 1972.)
"Wow, after seeing Seth MacFarlane's smug, condescending presentation of the Oscar nominations this morning with Emma Stone, I can't wait for him to him to host the show itself — it may be one for the ages," wrote Ken Tucker on the Entertainment Weekly website.
"David Letterman, you can probably stop making jokes about how much the movie industry disliked your host gig; a new winner in that category may reveal itself on Oscar night."
On The Atlantic Wire, Esther Zuckerman said many of MacFarlane's jokes landed with a thud, including remarks he made about the women nominated for supporting actress and a joke about Hitler.
"I read 'Amour' was co-produced in Austria and Germany, right? The last time Austria got together and co-produced something it was Hitler, but this is much better," was MacFarlane's quip.
Said Zuckerman of MacFarlane's tactics: "It may (anger) a ton of people. Which could make for good entertainment, a la Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes."
On New York magazine's Vulture blog, Jesse David Fox took special exception to MacFarlane's remarks that screenwriters and directors are lazy.
"Diminishing an entire Hollywood profession doesn't work with the award show's earnestness, and it's also a pretty big boulder to throw at an event that exists to extol the genius of these very professions," Fox said.
"It's one thing for Steve Martin to make digs at Hollywood egos (Ha, ha, the crowd laughs, So true, even if not in my case). It's another to basically say, 'You people are being rewarded for something that is not technically a skill.'"
Forrest Wickman on Slate echoed much of the criticism.
"MacFarlane did not make a good first impression," Wickman wrote. "In the less than 10 minutes it took to announce the nominees, MacFarlane managed to insult his co-presenter, belittle the achievements of several nominees, and make a Hitler joke."


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Its been three months since the Chiefs and Agent, Tom Condon, have been pursuing a long term contract for Mr. Smith. To date, though they appear closer than at anytime in their attempts to come up with a reasonable compromise, the two sides haven't been able to swallow enough pride to get the deal consummated.
That might seem dramatic. But honestly the two sides are in a bit of bickering match, largely because the perception is that Alex Smith needs to be paid like an elite quarterback. However, Kansas City doesn't want to tax their salary cap in the coming years.
Still, that's not the only issue at hand for Head Coach, Andy Reid and General Manager, John Dorsey, they're faced with in deciphering the merits of getting Smith under contract. With youngsters, Tyler Bray and Aaron Murray, in the fold for the conceivable future, Smith's contract status becomes a bit muddy.
I'm already on record stating that Bray or Murray could step into a starters role in 2015 or 2016. In fact, Smith could be franchised in both those years and it would still cost the Chiefs less to go that route than giving him $60 million in guaranteed money on his next contract.
When the San Francisco 49ers signed, Colin Kaepernick, to his mega millions contract, it took days to decipher the actual value of the contract. In the end, the man who ultimately replaced Smith in the starting lineup for the NFC West powerhouse would receive for the life of the contact about $12 million in annual salary.
The Chiefs looked at that contract and hoped to structure one very similar. However, that was done well after the two sides had already begun hammering out parameters for a deal. Now that the landscape has changed slightly, both with Kaepernick's contract and possessing a pair of young gunslingers on the roster, each side has begun to look into their respective crystal balls to find an immediate solution.
I have no doubt Smith, entering the prime of his career, deserves a new contract from the Chiefs. His performance the second half of the season a year ago and his post-season effort against the Colts were equally brilliant.
To that end, Dorsey and Reid will ultimately do what's best for the entire organization.
For Smith, he has to understand that Kansas City is trying to build a balanced roster. That means taking it on the chin just a bit in order for the team to continue to manage the salary cap so it can build upon the base in the years to come that currently exists within the 53-man roster.
In the future with an expanded salary cap, Kansas City could become more aggressive in free agency. But if Smith's contract demands rise significantly or the Chiefs are forced to carry a large Franchise Tag in 2015 or 2016, we might see another off-season like this past one - when the Chiefs were hamstrung by their salary cap.
My gut tells me the two sides will come up with a compromise and get a contract done before the start of training camp. However, how long Smith actually remains the starter in Kansas City will always be an issue that faces this franchise.
That's because for the first time in franchise history, the Chiefs have options at the quarterback position. However, for the moment, the best option remains Alex Smith.
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They do not want to demonize undocumented workers, nationalize the Arizona immigration law, or kill the Dream Act.
As a result, her biggest strength, even some Republicans here concede, is her ability to nationalize the contest at every turn.
The goal is to nationalize the race around Obama, whose approval rating in Kansas is just 33 percent.
Democrats have been anxious not to nationalize the election as a referendum on President Obama.
The Obama administration says it doesn't want to nationalize the banks, and that might be true.
He never was in favor of any, nor (I) opposed to any, till the present one, which helps to nationalize Slavery.
His formula was "to royalize France and to nationalize the monarchy."
It probably took that name because its aim was to nationalize the functions of production and distribution.
Details, if fairly studied, would do much to nationalize our architecture.
Understand me, Sir, I do not seek to centralize, but to nationalize.


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As watermelons need more room than can usually be spared in a garden, they are commonly grown as a field crop.
Does the basket willow have to be cultivated like a field crop?
Next to it is sugar-cane, grown both as a field crop and in gardens.
Marquis wheat at one point went as high as 62.5 bushels per acre as a field crop, and oats and barley relatively as high.
There is no other field crop that yields such a large profit.
I had hoped to procure a variety which might answer all the purposes of our farmers as a field crop.
The temperature along the coast is too cool for the successful culture of maize as a field crop.
To produce a given result there is a less area of land required than is demanded for the production of any other field crop.
Its stalks and leaves are too few and light for a field crop, and it shrinks too much in curing to be valuable for hay.
When the gladiolus is grown as a field crop, there are so many tops together that they support each other to some extent.


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And finally – the Fed increases a rate. Of course, it's the discount rate not the federal funds rate, and Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, and others have been quite clear that raising the discount rate is not tightening monetary policy.
"Like the closure of a number of extraordinary credit programs earlier this month, these changes are intended as a further normalization of the Federal Reserve's lending facilities," the release said, echoeing written comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke last week. "The modifications are not expected to lead to tighter financial conditions for households and businesses and do not signal any change in the outlook for the economy or for monetary policy, which remains about as it was at the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)." Read more


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Reuters Fawns Over Female Priest, Omits She Isn't Really Catholic
Over the weekend, the Reuters news wire posted a factually inaccurate piece about female priesthood. On April 27, they said that a Kentucky woman, Rosemarie Smead, was ordained "as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority." Mead is one of 150 women worldwide that are ordained priests within their congregations, as they've chosen not to "wait for the Roman Catholic Church." Yet, the piece is riddled with inaccuracies, which wouldn't be the first time Reuters got something demonstratively wrong.
Fresh off their George Soros obituary fiasco, Mary Wisniewski, who authored the piece, noted how 70 percent of U.S. Catholics support female priesthood, according to a NYT/CBS News poll. She added that:
The Catholic Church teaches that it has no authority to allow women to be priests because Jesus Christ chose only men as his apostles. Proponents of a female priesthood said Jesus was acting only according to the customs of his time. They also note that he chose women, like Mary Magdalene, as disciples, and that the early Church had women priests, deacons and bishops.
This simply isn't true. The Catholic Church has never ordained female priests in its entire history. Second, to borrow a term from George Will, it's "journalistic malpractice" to not mention that the church Mead was ordained in was a splinter group from the real Roman Catholic Church. It isn't in communion with Rome, nor recognized as a valid Catholic institution by the Vatican.
At another point in her story, Wisniewski insisted that the "modern woman priest movement started in Austria in 2002, when seven women were ordained by the Danube River by an independent Catholic bishop." Of course, there is no such entity as an "independent Catholic bishop" as Catholic bishops by definition are in communion with the pope, the Catholic bishop of Rome, to whom they are accountable.
According to the BBC, the bishop in question, Romulo Antonio Braschi, was "himself ordained as a Roman Catholic priest but has since joined a church not recognised by the Vatican." In other words, Braschi is no longer a Catholic bishop, being a cleric in a church that is not in communion with Rome.


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The Las Vegas-based Chapman Lodge has been awarded a national Mark Twain Award by the Masonic Information Center for its community outreach activities.
Of the roughly 10,000 lodges across North America, only 18 received Mark Twain Awards for their work in 2011.
Robert Ramsdell, of Belen, who was lodge master last year, called the award a big deal for the area.
The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has appointed a three-judge panel to hear a lawsuit filed against the secretary of state and governor over redistricting of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.
Court of Appeals Judge Harris L. Hartz, U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson and U.S. District Judge James A. Parker were appointed on Friday.
Also on Friday, Summons were issued to Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran and to Gov. Susana Martinez.
By Michael Weissenstein
and Nicole Winfield
The Associated Press
SILAO, Mexico — Pope Benedict XVI addressed hundreds of thousands of Mexicans seeking a message of hope for their violence-plagued country at an open-air Mass on Sunday, saying renewing their hearts and faith would help them in troubled times.
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Sunday, March 17 — The stork made 36 visits in six months. The busy bird brought 21 boys and 15 girls. Casual consideration of the mortality statistics for East Las Vegas for the six months ending March 10 would lead one to believe the health conditions in this city are appalling. During that period there were 21 deaths and 36 births, giving the grim reaper an advantage. However, of the number of deaths recorded, 19 were persons not established as residents of the city.
Women's Golf Association sign-up this week
The Las Vegas Women's Golf Association sign-up will be from 10 a.m. to noon this Wednesday at 769 Diane. For more information, call Judy Long at 425-6003.
Sunny, with a high near 71. Windy, with a west wind 15-20 mph, increasing to 25-30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Clear at night, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a west wind 15- 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Sunny, with a high near 71. West wind around 15 mph. Clear at night, with a low around 38.
Sunny, with a high near 73. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 40.
By Margaret McKinney
Highlands University
Nationally known sculptor Duke Sundt designed a commemorative belt buckle for the Highlands University President's Gala: Dollars for Scholars.
The gala is a scholarship fundraiser that will also celebrate Highlands University President Jim Fries' five-year anniversary.
From The Associated Press
Man held in grandson's death
SANTA FE — Deputies are holding an Española man in custody on suspicion that he was driving drunk when he lost control of his truck and it rolled, killing his 4-year-old grandson.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that 39-year-old Mariano Pinon-Chavez rolled the truck on a dirt road in Española around 5 p.m. Saturday.
His grandson was not in a seat belt and was killed.
By Barry Massey
The Associated Press
SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a decision by former Gov. Bill Richardson's administration to fire a prison guard arrested for drunken driving, but the court's longest serving member describes the outcome as "unjust" although legally correct.
In an unusual display of personal views in a court ruling, Justice Patricio Serna wrote, "I cannot remain silent about something that matters and seems unfair to me."
The saga of LeeEtte and Jay Quintana continues, only this time it's taking place in Mora, where Mrs. Quintana now works as a principal. There, at Mora Elementary School, she brought her husband, an accused child sex offender, on campus for an after-school activity. Not surprisingly, the backlash has been severe.
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Apartment Internet Marketing Conference 2014 (AIM Conference®)
Joshua Tree Conference Group
Monday, May 5, 2014 at 12:00 PM - Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 12:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
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Event Details
The 2014 AIM Conference® will be held May 5-7 in our favorite spot - the Hyatt Regency Resort in gorgeous Huntington Beach, California. Block your calendar, and plan to come in early over the weekend. This year's conference will focus on the kinds of marketing complexity best solved through expert collaboration. Come and learn the secrets of the inner circle. Connect the dots between marketing and yield. Hear from analytical and creative experts you can only hear at AIM.
After a long winter, nothing refreshes an executive's creativity like a trip to the Pacific Ocean for a retreat focused on the customer experience. AIM has pioneered the exploration of topics like ratings and reviews, accountable marketing, the intersection of revenue management and marketing, focusing on the online resident experience and the explosion of video marketing.
The 2014 conference will feature the prestigious AIM Video Awards as well as the New Company Competition to highlight the tremendous innovation that our diverse industry is spawning.
Since 2005, the Apartment Internet Marketing is the only multifamily industry conference that focuses exclusively on:
- Internet marketing, advertising and branding;
- Lead tracking;
- Social media;
- Web technology and applications;
- Mobile platforms;
- Online leasing and the customer experience;
- Resident retention and communication
It is the most detailed and informative event in the industry, and is sure to again attract the industry's leading buyers of online and transactional services in 2014. Attendance at AIM is limited to executives who own and operate multifamily communities – and our sponsors. The AIM Conference® is not open to the general public or to non-sponsoring vendors. In 2013, 560 attendees joined us for the educational experience.
AIM is owned and operated by Joshua Tree Conference Group and managed by executive producer Steve Lefkovits.
When & Where
Hyatt Regency Resort Huntington Beach
21500 E Pacific Coast Hwy
Huntington Beach,
Monday, May 5, 2014 at 12:00 PM - Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 12:00 PM (PDT)
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Joshua Tree Conference Group produces targeted executive educational events for the apartment industry. Our model is to present the most relevant content that helps our apartment industry attendees grow their business and improve their professional skills quickly. We only feature expert speakers and presenters who can present in-depth information about a topic – and without self promotion. Presenting opportunities are never awarded based on sponsorship or paid placement.
Our multifamily educational conferences include:
The Apartment Internet Marketing Conference is the apartment industry's only event dedicated solely to marketing, pricing and all of the technology efforts around the customer experience of the prospective renter. JTCG has produced the AIM Conference since 2008. The 2015 conference featured approximately 560 attendees.The 2016 AIM Conference will be held May 1-4 at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa. More information at aimconf.com.
The Apartment Revenue Management Conference is now the Multifamily Asset Management Conference - the multifamily industry's first event centering on education around revenue management, expense management, utility optimization and risk management strategies for portfolio owners. The conference is a joint venture of the National Apartment Association and JTCG. The 2014 conference was held October 13-15 at the Omni Amelia Island, Florida. More information may be found at mamconf.com.
The Multifamily Technology and Entrepreneurship Conference is the only educational event dedicated to helping multifamily suppliers refine their online business strategies to successfully reach target customers. The 2016 conference will be held at the InterContinental San Francisco prior to NAA in San Francisco, CA June 14-15, 2016.
Joshua Tree Conference Group is owned and operated by Executive Producer Steve Lefkovits.


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L'impact de la suppression de la publicité sur les chaînes de télévision publiques
In this paper, we propose a model of competition between a private television channel, financed by advertising, and a public channel, financed by advertising and a transfer of public funds. In this framework, we study the impact of an advertising quota imposed on the public channel on the two channels' investments and on their market shares. We show that the lower the advertising quota, the lower the investments of the two channels, and the lower the audience and the profit of the private channel. We also show that, compared to a benchmark situation without any quota, the introduction of an advertising quota can be to the detriment of the private channel and reduce the viewers' surplus if set at a level too low. Classification JEL : L82 ; L5.
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Random House yesterday announced an expanded eBook program, increasing from 8,000 to over 15,000 titles within the next few months. As noted in the related Publishers Weekly article this initiative is based on EPUB. Given adoption of this magnitude, the PW article may be the last time EPUB is referred to as "the emerging standard format for the industry". Kudos to Matt Shatz and the Random House team!
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text: Coronation Street spoilers: the bailiffs call on Owen and Anna - first look pictures The family faces financial run during emotional scenes to be aired in the coming weeks Comments Written By David Brown 12:01 AM, 13 July 2014 The Windass/Armstrong family is to be left humiliated next week following a visit from the bailiffs. A downbeat Owen (Ian Puleston-Davies) will be seen facing financial ruin when he receives a bankruptcy summons. He's quick to warn Gary (Mikey North) that they may get a visit from the bailiffs and need therefore to be vigilant. But Faye (Ellie Leach) unwittingly lets them in, leaving the bailiffs free to help themselves to the family's possessions. Anna (Debbie Rush) and the rest of the clan watch on in horror, but is there anything Owen can do to stop them? Find out when Coronation Street airs these scenes on Wednesday 23 July. Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Newcastle's Director of Football Joe Kinnear gave an interview last Sunday, when he said that his aim was to get good players in, so that Newcastle could eventually challenge for a Champions League place.
Joe Kinnear – interviewed by Sky Sports
And today he has given another interview to Sky Sports, and this time he says while it's difficult in the transfer market, he is fighting hard and that Newcastle are close to some deals.
This is what Joe said today:
"I'm well aware that everyone is concerned about the lack of transfers and rightly so, but I'm not dragging my heels in any manner."
"I'm being sensible about the budget I have got and am going to spend it as wisely as I can – I keep manager Alan Pardew well informed and have regular meetings."
"We sit down on a regular basis and talk about the type of players we want, the best type of players for the Newcastle fans – we are fighting hard,"
"There are two or three of us clubs all seemingly to be wrapped around the same players, and, as I have said to Mike, it is a serious battle that we need to win, and we are very close to achieving that."
"There are always extra add-ons, always an extra thing and always an extra problem, and then there is always the problem of competition from other teams."
"Whatever I have offered more or less goes public, and of course that alerts other people that are interested, they tweak it and add a little bit more, and we are in that sort of war at the moment."
"I'm waiting for a nod, on which the goalposts have moved on numerous occasions, to bring in a couple of strikers."
The interview from Joe last week was OK, but he was criticized for it, but he didn't say we'd have the players to fight for a top four place in the coming season, but longer term, so that seemed a sensible and good comment.
This is also a decent interview from Joe, and we must admit that when we hear that Joe's given an interview we hold our breath just a little bit.
But the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and Joe can still get the job done this summer – but he needs to get Bafe Gomis and Loic Remy through the door to to achieve that.
Maybe he has some sway with owner Mike Ashley to get him to pay out the money required?
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Maoz Inon and family on the Jesus Trail
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Follow Jesus Trail cofounder Maoz Inon along with his wife and 3 young children as they walk the Jesus Trail over 9 days. Want to walk with your family? Jesus Trail Tours now offers a Family Tour Package specifically recommended for families with children under 9 years of age. Jesus Trail Day 1 – Nazareth […]
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Tony Blair's visit to Nazareth: June 20th
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I'm now sitting at home after the successful visit of Mr. Tony Blair to the Fauzi Azar Inn and Jesus Trail. Thinking about today's excitement, stress and relief, I can describe this long anticipated visit as a tornado storm that hit the Fauzi whose long-term results are yet to be seen. We were preparing for […]
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Fearing border tax, retailers boost lobbying 31 percent
June 23, 2017 | It's been a remarkably tough year for the retail sector. So far in 2017, retailers have set a record pace for bankruptcies and store closings. Household names are faring no better than small shops: J.C. Penney said it would shutter 138 locations in July; Macy's expects 68 locations to close this year; and Sears Holdings will turn off the…
Repeal of Medical Device Tax More Likely With Friends Across Party Lines
January 29, 2015 | Nearly five years after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, congressional Republicans have their best chance yet to follow through on a promise to undo part of it by repealing the medical device tax. A number of Democrats are on board for the repeal too. In fact, the tax is anything but a…
Moneyball: We Pick the Lineups for the Congressional Baseball Game
June 12, 2013 | With division over immigration, the IRS scandal, government surveillance programs and a host of other issues, tensions have been running high in Congress. But tomorrow, Democrats and Republicans will suit up and do battle in a different setting. Here are our lineups for the moneyball version of the game.
Minnesota Republican's Legislation, Stock Portfolio Intersect
June 18, 2012 | Last week's House passage of Rep. Erik Paulsen's Health Care Cost Reduction Act was a victory for the Minnesota Republican -- a boost to his political career, and perhaps his investment portfolio too.
Medical Device Bill Gains Steam, Union President Retires and More in Capital Eye Opener: November 8
November 8, 2011 | The bill sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) to repeal the tax on medical devices is gaining momentum and now has 218 co-sponsors, the minimum number of votes needed for it to pass, according to a Medical Technology caucus press release. The progress of the Protect Medical Innovation Act is partly a result of extensive lobbying efforts and political contributions of medical groups in favor of the bill.
SarahPAC Raises Seven Figures, Baseball Plays Politics and More in Capital Eye Opener: July 15
July 15, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics:
Business Spends Big on Midterms, a Battle Against 'Citizens United' and More in Capital Eye Opener: October 5
October 5, 2010 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics.
Another Democrat Charged with Ethics Violations, Bachmann Starts PAC And More in Capital Eye Opener: August 3
August 3, 2010 | A slew of court ruling weakening campaign finance laws and vulnerability of Democrats in key districts is prompting conservative groups to hike their campaign spending far above 2008 levels.
BP Lobbyist Fundraises for GOP, Democratic Divisions on Derivatives and More in Capitol Eye Opener: June 24
June 24, 2010 | WHO WANTS BP MONEY?: This afternoon, BP lobbyist Dan Meyer will co-host a fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate Cory Gardner at Washington D.C.'s Hotel George, the Sunlight Foundation reports. Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) will also be in attendance.
Potentially Vulnerable Lawmakers Get Boosts from Party Programs
May 5, 2010 | Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee have programs to help fund and support vulnerable incumbents. The DCCC runs the "Frontline Program" and the NRCC the "Patriot Program," and the increased financial support facilitated by these programs may be a determining factor in these candidates' success at the polls. So far this cycle, the average House Democrat participating in such a program took in took in nearly $600,000 more than the average non-assisted House member, and the average NRCC-assisted Republican collected about $200,000 above the non-assisted House average.
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Chevy Chase: Big Mistake to Let Sarah Palin on SNL
Chevy Chase, who has had a distinctly unfunny disposition for years, is so aggravated by Sarah Palin that he claims it was a big mistake to let her on Saturday Night Live. Chase, who also claims the biggest mistake of his life was leaving SNL after only a little over a year there, let his feelings be known in Access Hollywood:
NEW YORK, New York --
As a former cast member and "Weekend Update" anchor, Chevy Chase knows something about "Saturday Night Live" – and he wasn't impressed by what he saw this Saturday night, when Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made a much-hyped appearance.
"Quite frankly, it's a big mistake to let her go on," Chevy told Access Hollywood at the Give Food a Chance benefit in New York. "What was brilliant about ['SNL' chief] Lorne [Michaels] was that he had nothing written for Sarah and that apparently she cannot improvise herself out of a paper bag!"
And we remember just how (un)funny your Chevy Chase Show was since it was cancelled after just a month on the air.
"On 'Weekend Update,' that was her big chance," he said. "Nothing."
But Chevy was critical not only of Sarah's comedic chops, but of the political campaign of her running mate, Sen. John McCain.
"The management behind McCain's campaign has been dumb. This has only helped accentuate the problem of his judgment in choosing, in such a cynical way, a candidate like Sarah Palin for vice president. I think the last thing that they would want right about now is to have the rest of America knowing all that… to have her be seen on 'SNL,' certainly never there. If anything, you just want her to be seen just from a distance."
"I'm sure she's very bright," he added. "But so is the Butterworth woman."
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That was soooo funny...Not! Can I write down that line so as to remember never to use it, Chevy?
It's strange that Chevy Chase is passing judgement on SNL performances since his former cast members from the show absolutely despised him as you can read in this 2002 People account about how they refused to show up for a Friar's Club roast of the unfunny "comedian" (emphasis mine):
During his stint on "Saturday Night Live" 27 years ago, and during his subsequent visits back, it was no secret that fellow cast members had little love for the ego-heavy Chevy Chase, now 58.
Those stories surface once again -- and often -- in the new book, "Live from New York: An Oral History of 'Saturday Night Live,'" by Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller.
And it seems that Chevy's reputation rolls on. Tuesday's New York Times reports that at last weekend's Friars Club roast of Chase, his "SNL" costars were few and far between.
Producer Lorne Michaels, the show's executive producer, was at a "family engagement," an NBC spokesman told the paper. Chase costar Dan Aykroyd was at an out-of-town event for which he was being paid, said that comedian's spokesman.
Jane Curtin had declined appearing at the roast, says The Times, because she was expecting to be onstage in the Broadway farce "Noises Off," but then the show closed and she forgot to inquire about the event. "It wasn't a slight," her spokesman insisted to the paper. "The night just slipped through the cracks."
Presenters at the event also wondered aloud why such Chase "pals" as Steve Martin, Martin Short and Rodney Dangerfield were not on hand for the roast.
But Laraine Newman from the original "SNL" cast was there, as were such newcomers as Stephen Colbert, Todd Barry and Andy Kindler.
"I've never heard of half these people," Chase later told The Times. "I've seen bigger names on Mexican television."
A miserable, unfunny man despised by those he worked closest with and Chevy Chase passes judgement on Sarah Palin?


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Car lovers...Rev your engines
By Melissa Hirschl
Car enthusiasts around the Valley are putting the finishing touches on their "true sweethearts"--the resplendent cars they love to tinker with, polish and passionately slave over.
These dedicated aficionados are revin' up for Saturday, Jan. 8, the day Arizona Community Church offers its annual Motorsports Day, a free family car show that displays hundreds of eclectic cars and even some motorcycles.
The show will include an impressive array of machines, such as classic and vintage cars, dragsters, street rods, motorcycles, imports, funny cars, rally cars, muscle cars and more. While there will be no judging, competitions or trophies, the event offers a marvelous opportunity to feast your eyes on some of the snazziest cars around.
This is the seventh season for this gem of a show that has grown from 50 vehicles on display in its first year to 350 this year.
Sponsored by ACC's Frontline Ministry, the show is patterned after a similar one in Pennsylvania.
"We originated the show for two reasons," says John Hill, committee chairperson. "One was to get people to 'cross our curb' and explore our church. The other…was for an outreach program to the community."
The community, it seems, has been eager to respond.
Chandler resident Debbie Benson, for example, will show off her 1932 Ford Roadster and 1937 Ford Sedan.
"This is a fun day," she says. "I look forward to relaxing and having a great time with my friends who also have cars. It's also a wonderful networking opportunity."
Partnering with the church in Motorsports Day is Racers for Christ, a Gilbert-based motor sports ministry whose motto is "Bringing Inspiration to the World of Motorsports."
These dedicated ordained chaplains provide Sunday morning chapel service, pastoral care, outreach and Christian fellowship for racers, crew members, sponsors and spectators.
Drag racing
To the delight of racing fans, the National Hot Rod Association Checker Auto Parts nitro funny car will be on display.
This full-blown dragster that can go from zero to 100 miles an hour in about .9 seconds, according to Hill, is built around a carbon fiber replica body of a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. "The body itself pops up to divulge a chassis with a monster motor," he says.
"The top half gives the car the aerodynamics, so the car can move as smoothly as possible through the air; it also provides down force for better handling and traction--absolute necessities for drag racing.
"In addition, it runs on nitro-methane racing gasoline, a rocket propellant that gives the car about 8,000 horsepower."
Amazingly, these cars actually need two parachutes that deploy to slow them down at the finish line. It's no wonder Hill refers to them as "controlled rage."
Another unique type of car that will be displayed will be dragsters, long-wheel-based racing cars with long rails and wings. They sometimes have the driver sitting in front of the engine. These cars go to 335 mph in about 4.5 seconds, so they are a bit faster than the funny cars.
Not all cars at this show will be rubber-burning racers. For instance, the rally cars that will be displayed are typically run off-road on an obstacle course in the woods.
They perform in a natural environment such trees and puddles.
"Sometimes you can see these events on WRC (World Rally Championship) on (cable TV's) Speed Channel," says Hill.
For James Dean wannabees, the show will offer a variety of mint-condition and show-quality street and hot rods"--cars built from the 1920s through the '50s.
"They are typically Ford roadsters and are very elaborately decorated," says Hill. "They have big engines, lots of shiny chrome and dazzling paint jobs."
A sampling of these nostalgic cars include Studebakers, Chevys, Fords, Packards, Oldsmobiles, Plymouths, Chryslers, Pontiacs and Buicks.
Muscle cars will also be sharing the spotlight with the rods. These are high performance American factory-produced sport cars built between 1964-1972.
"These are regular cars that have been beefed up and made more powerful, says Hill. "They have stronger transmissions and stronger engines--basically stock cars on steroids."
Motorcycle trials
Balance and precision timing is everything for seven-time Arizona state champ motorcylist Todd Roper and his 11 year old son Bryan, a two-time national champion. Both will be on hand to demonstrate their prowess at motorcycle acrobatics.
The two typically wow crowds by jumping high performance bikes from boulders to ledges and rocks in a natural setting.
"They can even maneuver the bikes while standing on them," says Hill.
At the show, the duo will be performing some examples of their skills on stage at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
American models won't be the only cars turning heads at this show. The sexy and sleek Pantera is one example of an exotic sports car that will be on display, compliments of the Arizona Chapter of the Pantera Owners Club.
There will be a variety of high-end exotic cars such as Datsuns and Nissans sponsored by the Desert Z Association (a Nissan/Datsun car club). Fifteen to 20 members will be on hand to promote their cars.
To witness all this razzle-dazzle up close, come out to the show, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Remember, it's free, and the entire community is invited.
If you decide to show your car, remember that there are no stipulations on make, year or model. There is no entry fee to show your car. Show participants will receive a free commemorative event gift and two free lunch tickets, including two free raffle tickets (driver and one guest).
Arizona Community Church is located at 9325 S. Rural Road in Tempe just north of Corona del Sol High School. Phone: (480) 491-2210.
Spectator parking (including disabled) will be in the student parking lot at Corona. Lunch tickets, which buy a hot sandwich, chips, cookie and cold drink, are available for $5. There will also be a kids area. Grand prize drawing is at 1:45 p.m. You must be present to win.
The first 400 children ages three to 12 receive a free Hot Wheels car. For additional information or if you would like to display your vehicle, contact John Hill at (602) 505-4247.


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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Reserve: 17th November, 2009 Date of Order: 4th December, 2009 IA No. 10778/2007 in CS(OS) No. 1300/2007 % 4.12.2009 M/s S.K.Industries Pvt. Ltd. ... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Chandra Shekhar Yadav, Advocate Versus Mr. Dipak Ghosh @ Mana Da Trading ... Defendant Through: Mr. Ajay Sahni, Advocate JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2. To be referred to the reporter or not? Yes. 3. Whether judgment should be reported in Digest? Yes. ORDER
This application has been made by the defendant under Order 39 Rule 4 CPC for vacating the ad interim ex parte injunction granted on 20.7.2007 by this Court to the plaintiff. The plaintiff had approached the Court with the allegations that the defendant was using the mark 'OK Super Star' written prominently in the same style in which plaintiff was using its mark 'Mahak' and 'Mahak Star'. This Court considered that the mark 'Star' was similarly printed in the similar font and manner in which plaintiff printed its mark and granted an ex parte interim injunction preventing defendant from infringing trade mark of the plaintiff. This Court also appointed Local Commissioner on another application made by the plaintiff under Order 26 of CPC vide order dated 27.7.2007 directing Local Commissioner to visit the various premises of the defendant and to seize the infringing articles. The report of the Local Commissioner shows that no infringing article was seized from the place of IA No. 10778/2007 in CS(OS) No. 1300/2007 Page 1 of 3 the defendant. The defendant has taken various pleas for vacating the order including the plea of jurisdiction. However, this Court is presently not concerned with the jurisdiction of this Court. The defendant has taken stand that after learning that 'Star' was one of the trademarks of plaintiff, it had discontinued the use of word 'Star' from its product long back and before filing of suit. The defendant was now marketing its product under the name of 'Okay Jurassic Fruit Flavoured Cup Jelly'. The defendant has placed on record the advertisement material and other printed material showing that it was not using the trademark of plaintiff and it was using its own distinct trademark viz. 'Okay Jurassic'. I, therefore, consider that the injunction granted by this Court on 20.7.2007 regarding trademark would not affect the present trademark of the defendant viz. 'Okay Jurassic' and defendant is at liberty to use trademark 'Okay Jurassic'.
2. The plaintiff had also contended that it had a registered design in respect of cup in which jelly was being packed and marketed. The cup was of semi cylindrical shape with spherical bottom. A perusal of various cups being used by different manufactures of jelly, even prior to plaintiff coming into existence, shows that this design of the cup was a common design and was being used by different manufacturers much before the use of it by the plaintiff.
3. This Court in Rotela Auto Components (P) Ltd. and Anr. v. Jaspal Singh & Ors. 2002(24) PT 449 (Del.) had observed that where the design had been published earlier the ground of defence as mentioned in Section 19 of the Designs Act could be taken by the defendant pursuant to Sub Section 3 of Section 22 of the Designs Act and no injunction could be granted in view of the serious dispute as to the validity of the design. Similarly, this Court in Dabur India Ltd. v. Rajesh Kumar & Ors. 2008(37) PTC 227(Del.) had observed as under:
11. In cases of design, the Court while granting interim injunction must keep in mind that the design IA No. 10778/2007 in CS(OS) No. 1300/2007 Page 2 of 3 must be validly registered and there must be some novelty and originality in the designs sought to be protected and it must not have been re published. No specific novelty has been mentioned by the plaintiff in the design of the bottle, neither any specific novelty has been mentioned in the registration certificate. The registration certificate only gives bottom view, top view and side view of the bottle. There is no specific dimensional ratio of the bottle given in the design as bottles are manufactured by most of the manufacturers for containing specific quantity of liquid by measurement. Normally these bottles are made 50 ml, 100 ml, 200 ml, etc.. Since all the manufacturers manufacture bottles for such quantities, the bottles of same quantity are bound to have almost same height if they have same bottom circumference. Unless, plaintiff had any claim over specific ratios of the dimensions which were not pre- existing, there can be no novelty in the bottle. Similar designs are being used by many leading companies from the time much before the registration of this design by the plaintiff. I, therefore, consider that the plaintiff is not entitled for interim injunction. The application of the plaintiff is hereby dismissed.
4. In the present case, the cup being used by the defendant and plaintiff is common cup, in use of most of the manufacturers of jelly even prior to its registration in favour of plaintiff. The registration of the design of the cup by the Registrar does not show any application of mind nor does it show any novelty of design. The shape is a well known geometrical shape. There is no originality either in the shape or in the dimensions. I, therefore consider that the defendant is entitled to use the cup which it is using. The application is disposed of in above terms.
CS(OS) No. 1300/2007 List before the Joint Registrar on 9th February, 2010.
December 04, 2009 SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA, J.
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Conductor Brad Cohen consistently keeps a restraining hand on the tempi of Orchestra Victoria, and when the men in the tavern attempt to carouse in slow motion, they are shoved by the women into a defensive group where they are whipped with their own coats. If this is a feminist reading, it not only swims against the tide of what the music suggests, but is ideologically regressive and ineffective.
In keeping with this oppressive mood, set designer Dan Potra and lighting designer Stephen Wickham have created the gloomiest set I have seen since the OA's Cavalleria Rusticana. A permanent eclipse of the sun hovers over Andalusia and this darkness reaches risible levels when, outside the Seville bullring, there is scarcely enough light to see the crowd. Carmen and her new inamorata, the bullfighter Escamillo (Daniel Sumegi), come on dressed in formal black, like two characters who have strayed out of an Ibsen drama.
Sumegi brings some much-needed erotic fission to this dull evening. His baritone has a wonderfully dark timbre and he has the charisma of the bulls he fights.
But if Carmen is so wilfully independent of men, why, one wonders, does she fall for the biggest spunk on the block? Part of the answer may be the insipid nature of her Don Jose. He is played by Ding Yi, without fire or any sense of mental anguish. He sings The Flower Song sweetly, but without seductiveness. This Don Jose doesn't know whether he is a kettle or a boiler. His moments of anger are forced and unconvincing. It is appropriate that in the final act, the two lovers are imprisoned by the set walls that form a huge corner without exits.
This may symbolise fate, but it makes nonsense of Carmen's existential choice of death rather than love's entrapment.
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Ex-Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano was appointed last month to help resolve the 20-year conflict.
Talks between the government and Lord's Resistance Army rebels began in July 2006, but progress has been slow.
He is due to meet President Museveni on Friday before travelling to southern Sudan for the resumption of the talks.
There he is expected to meet the LRA delegation.
The negotiations, mediated by the southern Sudan government, were suspended over the Christmas and New Year season and are due to resume in Juba on Monday.
Last month, President Museveni held his first direct talks with a member of the LRA when he spoke by satellite phone with the second in command, Vincent Otti.
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A cessation of hostilities agreement, signed by both sides, was also extended in December for a second time, until 28 February.
The LRA rebels have until then to assemble at two designated points in southern Sudan.
But these seemingly positive steps do not alter the fact that after almost six months, the delegates at the peace talks have still only reached item number two.
And one serious sticking point has yet to be discussed - the issue of reconciliation and accountability.
LRA leader Joseph Kony and three of his top commanders are wanted on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court and have indicated that no deal can be signed while warrants for their arrest remain in place.
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HOCKEY: Stourport Ladies continue to impress in the National Conference North as a hard-fought 2-1 home win over Kendal lifted them one place up to fourth on Saturday.
Victory was the Wyre Forest team's first in five matches but Stourport are more than holding their own after just one defeat in the last eight.
Goals in each half from Sarah Cavendish and Lora Symonds made sure of the win, although the away side fought back and scored.
The Ladies face their biggest test of the season at Wakefield on Saturday, who experienced their first league defeat at the hands of Brooklyn Poynton.
The seconds were two strong for Newark firsts in the Midlands Division Two.
After falling behind in the first half, goals for Fran Moss, Naomi Burgoyne and Rosie Lewis secured a comfortable win, while Kerry Walker was player of the match.
Stourport's thirds tackled Pershore firsts in Worcestershire Division One on Saturday and lost a thrilling match 3-2.
They had trailed 3-0 at half-time before goals from Emma Pollack, and Ellie Baxter.
In Division Two, the fourths came from behind to defeat Old Hales 2-1.
This match was an even end-to-end affair.
Old Hales had the best of the initial exchanges but were denied by Stourport keeper Holly Gill.
The away side took the lead with a heavily deflected effort but Stourport upped their game and Heather MacDonald scored.
Stourport piled on the pressure after the break and Ella Wilkinson bagged the winner.
Meanwhile, the fifths savoured derby success in Division Three as they defeated table-topping Kidderminster 6-2.
Rosie Connolly (2), Louise Bagnall, Hazel Claris, Jean Senior and Kate Bailey all scored for Stourport, who rose to fourth in the table.
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SAN ANTONIO — A parent and former board candidate suing Edgewood Independent School District has agreed to drop his federal lawsuit because he will be allowed to return to school property after the district banned him regarding allegations of aggressive behavior.
Edgewood issued a criminal trespass notification to Manuel Luna in October after two school board members — Velma Peña and John Morales — reported to district police that he had made threatening remarks to them.
Luna, 34, said the ban was political retaliation for his accusing some trustees of not supporting teachers, comments he made at a community meeting Oct. 11 at Memorial High School. District officials denied such allegations.
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Luna filed a lawsuit a few weeks later, saying his constitutional rights had been violated and police harassed him as part of the process. He claimed not being allowed on any Edgewood property caused him and his family great distress since he was an active parent volunteer and has four children in district schools.
After Edgewood officials said they would drop the ban, Luna agreed to a resolution that encouraged U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra to dismiss the case on Friday, which the federal judge did.
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December 14, 2011 - Before education students graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University, they took with them some inspiring and enthusiastic words from Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Kristin Shelby. Shelby spoke to education graduates, including a student group from Langton University.
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Social Media Pizza War: Domino's vs. Pizza Hut
In the fight for market share, the top pizza brands have launched a social media blitz attempting to capture audience and deepen customer engagement. But, who will be king? Track Social has analyzed pizza brands across hundreds of social media metrics. We found two brands significantly dominate the competition and are locked in a heated battle for the top spot.
This can only mean one thing: Social Media Pizza War!
The Rules:
The competition has come down to the two pizza powerhouses: Domino's Pizza and Pizza Hut. They will go head-to-head in four rounds based on the Track Social's Pillars of Social Media – Audience, Presence, Engagement and Buzz. May the best brand win!
Round 1: Audience
Audience measures the total number of relationships a brand has formed with consumers through LIKES and FOLLOWS.
|Total Audience
|New Likes Per Day on Facebook Page
|New Twitter Followers per Day
|6.8 million
|Pizza Hut
|7.5 million
Winner: Pizza Hut
With an overall greater number of total relationships across Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, this first round goes to Pizza Hut. While these are impressive numbers, even for a national brand, Pizza Hut's number one spot might not hold for long given Domino's ability to generate more new Likes per day. In fact, some recent promotions have helped boost numbers for Domino's. A recent giveaway of 80,000 new Artisan Pizzas for Facebook Fans (first in mid April and again in early May) resulted in two significant bumps for Domino's Facebook audience including a gain of over 200,000 new fans between April 11th and April 14th.
Round 2: Presence
Presence measures a brand's visibility online, how well established, complete, and active it is on social media platforms.
|Facebook Posts Per Day
|Facebook Tabs
|Tweets Per Day
|Pizza Hut
Winner: Domino's
Domino's claims the prize for Presence by establishing a dynamic and multi-faceted online footprint. For example, Domino's makes good use of Facebook Tabs, creating special apps designed to engage consumers in different ways. Here's a couple of our favorites:
Play Today is a pizza topping themed twist on the 80′s classic matching game Puzzle Bobble. Each time a player wins level 4, Pizza Hut donates to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospitals. Finally a time waster that's actually good for the world.
Ideas Welcome is an innovative app designed to solicit ideas for product and service improvements from Domino's own Facebook Fans. Using a crowd sourcing model, Domino's allows users to vote on their favorite submissions, elevating those ideas the online community felt had merit and giving consumers the opportunity to interact with Domino's in a positive – and possibly profitable – way.
One of the top vote getters (and one of our favorites) suggested giving players of the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto" the ability to drive (in the game) to a virtual Domino's Pizza and place an order (in the game) for a real pizza delivery so players wouldn't have to leave their game to order food. We'll look for that innovation in the next version of the game!
And one app we expect to see in the future? A Facebook Online Ordering App Domino's is already testing in Australia. Soon enough, we'll be able to order dinner without missing a single status update!
Round 3: Engagement
Engagement is about how successful a brand's social media interactions are with consumers. When a brand posts or Tweets, do fans respond with comments, likes, and Retweets?
|Comments Per Day Per Post
|Likes Per Day Per Post
|Pizza Hut
Winner: Pizza Hut
With more users responding to each Facebook Post than Domino's, Pizza Hut is getting more bang for it's engagement buck. They consistently deliver clever, fun and creative posts that encourage users to hit the Like button or share them with their friends. As a rule, when it comes to inline posts, short and simple is better – but we did like this rather complicated flow chart highlighting the dilemma of who gets the last slice.
We're also fans of Pizza Hut's series of "cartoon characters" (launched on April 23rd) called the Cheesy Bites Gang. In this creative effort to publicize their new Cheesy Bites Pizza, personified cheesy bites star in a series of humorous – and even cheeky – posts that have been generating some impressive numbers of likes, shares, and comments. Though it's interesting to note that video posts of "real life" cheesy bites (an actor in a cheesy bites mascot costume performing goofy stunts) have faired less well.
Engagement can also be about more than clever posts, cool apps or fun promos. It can also exhibit how well a brand uses technology to reach out to consumers to respond to a PR debacle.
Which is why we have to give credit to Domino's for creatively employing social media to respond to a damaging (and false) rumor that they were a financial supporter of the "Rush Limbaugh Show" during the notorious Sandra Fluke controversy.
Using individual Tweets, emails and phone calls, Domino's employees reached out to over 3,500 people who had complained to the company about Domino's alleged sponsorship. Sometimes staying engaged means interacting with consumers at the micro level.
Round 4: Buzz
Buzz is a measure of how much people are talking with, at, and about a brand in the Social Media Universe.
|User Comments Per Day on Facebook
|Mentions Per Day On Twitter
|Twitter Lists
|Pizza Hut
Winner: Domino's
When it comes to Buzz, Domino's takes the lead, exceeding Pizza Hut in both Facebook User Comments Per Day and Twitter Mentions Per Day. In many ways, a brand's Buzz score reflects the cumulative result of a brand's success (or failure) in the other three categories. How much other people are talking about your brand is a measure of your online relevance and a verdict on how well your overall strategy is working.
And the winner is…Domino's!
Although it was a close call, Domino's got the higher Overall Performance ranking on our Track Social Leaderboard because of a better performance across the board in individual metrics. Both brands deserve recognition for their success in harnessing social media to build and engage active online audiences. We're sure this rivalry will see many more twists and turns.
For all the latest on what Domino's, Pizza Hut and more than 12,000 other brands are up to on social media, sign up for a free Track Social account here!
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Need a little extra cash this holiday season? The Internal Revenue Service might be able to help.
The U.S. Treasury has $164.6 million in tax refund checks that were returned this year as undeliverable. The average check amount comes to $1,471. That sure would go a long way toward making merry.
Unfortunately, not everyone is eligible for the cash. The tax money belongs to 111,893 taxpayers that the tax agency would like to locate. Some of them even could be due multiple refund checks.
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While smartphones are armed with an array of features like Wi-Fi, touch screens and integrated GPS, their battery life needs to be improved for users to get the most out of their devices, says research firm Canalys.
Recent consumer research conducted by Canalys, in several European countries, reinforces the importance of balancing features against power consumption. In a survey of more than 4,000 mobile phone users in March, battery life came out as the aspect of their phone with which they were least satisfied.
Another survey of 3,000 consumers in June showed that having better battery life than current mobile phones and notebooks would make two-thirds of respondents "more", or "much more", likely to purchase a Mobile Internet Device -- a device designed for web browsing on the move. This registered as a stronger influence than the inclusion of features such as GPS, mobile TV or the ability to make phone calls.
Usage Costs a Barrier
"Today, many owners are not making full use of their smart phone's features," said Pete Cunningham, Senior Analyst, Canalys. "Concern over usage costs is still a big barrier, though wider availability of flat rate data plans will help, and usability still needs to improve for certain applications on many devices," he added.
People are also wary of draining their battery and not being able to make calls. Battery life isn't helped by having GPS and Wi-Fi turned on, nor by having a large, bright screen for navigation or web browsing, pointed out Cunningham.
Canalys estimated that 58 percent of the smart phones that shipped in EMEA in the second quarter had integrated Wi-Fi, 13 percent had stylus or finger-driven touch screens and 38 percent had integrated GPS.
"But there is clear demand for those features and applications, and advances in battery technology would enable quite substantial changes in usage patterns, with all the service revenue benefits that would bring," he said.
This story, "Wanted: Long-Lived Smartphone Batteries" was originally published by Computerworld-Singapore.


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What's New in This Release:
· Auto-refresh now available: When you buy a new audiobook or one of your subscriptions is updated, Audible now automatically refreshes your library when you open the app.
What's New in 2.0.13:
· Long audiobooks are now downloaded as single-part files. However if you prefer the old multi-part way, you can change it back in "Settings."
· The Lock Screen/Control Center controls can now skip 30 seconds forward/back instead of skipping full chapters. You can adjust this in "Settings."
· When downloading parts in a multi-part book or a periodical/subscription, you can now see download progress in the main library.
· We added play/pause and 30 second back controls to "Add Note" feature within bookmarks. This is great if you want to transcribe audio in your note.
· The "iTunes" section, which is for audiobooks stored via the iTunes app, is now hidden if you don't use this feature.
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· Now you can view full cover art from the iPhone player screen. Tap on the center of the cover to dismiss the player controls that are obstructing the art, and tap on it again to bring the controls back. In particular, this is good news for our children's books with synchronized images.
· Listeners can view book info and mark their title as "finished" directly from the library. To access both these features, tap and hold on the book in the library, and a new menu will pop up with these two options.
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· Removed the 50mb limit on cellular downloads. Now you can download full books on your mobile network.
· Added a "refresh" button to the library to make it easier to find your new books.
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This is my prediction to what will happen in the following chapters,
Madara: It is time for my trump card!!!!
Hashirama: What got madara up all of a sudden?
Madara: Edo tensei: i will revive Rin so obito will have to do what i want.
Obito: hmm...What's madara doing?..
Madara: -revives Rin-
Rin: Obito....what the fu*k...
Obito: Oh no he didn't just revive Rin... OH SNAP!!!!
Madara: I will use Rin to.....ughhh Fu*k!!!!!!!
-Obito flash stepped behind madara and Stabbed him through the heart-
Madara: Im going to fu*king........ -madara gets warped to the other dimension VIA kamui-
Kakashi: *in other dimension* : I must rest here for a bit...
-madara appears in the other dimension-
-kakashi see's madara-
kakashi: OH FU*k!!!!!!!! I'm out of here..
-Kakashi warpes back to the battlefield-
Kakashi: Obito...You still survived...And you got a powerup..Fu*ck you kishi...
Rin: KAKASHI
Obito: Shut up Rin
-Slaps Rin-
Madara is defeated
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A "charming and confident" teenager accidentally killed himself after taking deadly body-building tablets so he could join the Indian rugby team, an inquest has heard.
Sarmad Alladin, 18, an Art and Design student at Epsom's University for the Creative Arts (UCA) who lived in Wilberforce Court on its campus, died in Epsom Hospital last February after taking DNP - a fat-burning drug which he bought over the internet from an unknown source.
Woking Coroners' Court, sitting today, April 28, heard that Mr Alladin, the son of an Indian millionaire originally from Hyderabad, failed to turn up to many classes and had made body-building "the main aim in his life".
Mr Alladin called 999 at 3.25am on February 13 last year, saying he had stomach pains and a high temperature.
An ambulance took him to Epsom Hospital, where he died at 6.20am.
Speaking of the written evidence of a paramedic who was in the ambulance with Mr Alladin, Coroner Michael Burgess OBE said: "The deceased admitted taking DNP to lose weight, purchased from the internet."
Police found pots of pills and tablets in his room - including DNP - as well as clean and used needles and many different supplements.
Dr Ali Alhakim, who conducted a post-mortem on Mr Alladin's body, said his death was caused by the taking of DNP.
Toxicology tests found there was 201mg per litre of DNP in his blood - "a high concentration".
Dr Alhakim said that Mr Alladin was not grossly muscular, but he had stretch marks on his shoulders, chest and his back - suggesting a recent increase in muscle mass beneath the skin.
He said: "The changes that led to death are all acute. I'm not sure how long he was taking these drugs for."
Mr Alladin, whose family did not attend the inquest into his death, started at UCA Epsom in October 2012. Before this, he had attended the independent King's School, Rochester, and a college in Cambridge.
Daniel James, who studied with Mr Alladin in Rochester and Epsom, said that keeping in good physical shape became "the main aim in his life" when he started at UCA.
He added: "I'm not sure anyone knew him that much. He never really spoke about his parents or family."
Mr James said Mr Alladin spoke of taking DNP but gave the impression that he "knew what he was doing".
Mr Alladin had posters of body-builders up on his bedroom wall at UCA Epsom - including one of Arnold Schwarznegger.
His GPs said they were concerned with his body-building.
Dr Jenny Newell, a GP at Cambridge, saw a "pumped up" Mr Alladin nine months before his death.
She said: "I was alarmed by the number of medications he had in his possession. He had ordered various things over the internet.
"I told him what he was doing was stupid and dangerous but he was resolute in his belief that these were necessary to get him into the Indian rugby team."
She said he had "tons and tons of stuff" including serums from India to inject into his body and that his death "wasn't a surprise to me".
His GP in Epsom, Dr Nigel McKee, described him as "a charming young man who knew about various drugs and was quite engaging".
He said it was clear that he was taking body-building drugs and supplements.
Dr McKee added: "There was quite a lot of talk about how he was a disappointment to his family and he implied his father was a body-builder and he wanted to emulate him.
"It was implied that his father or a friend of his father helped him to get these drugs."
Dr Simon Olfield-Kerr, vice-chancellor of UCA, said all students were issued with a warning about the drug on the day Mr Alladin died and said there was no evidence other students were using it.
Asked whether UCA Epsom could have done more to stop the use of such a drug, he said: "I don't think it's in our powers to stop him.
"We have a duty of care position that it's our responsibility to advise them on the risks these drugs entail.
"There is an absolute point when they become 18 and are adults."
David Campbell, a drug liaison officer at Surrey Police, said that in his 35 years in the role this was the first time he had ever come across DNP.
He said: "DNP was an explosive used in the First World War.
"It can come in various guises. In powder form it is very volatile and dangerous.
"It can be mixed with a solution and taken orally or injected. The common form is a tablet which we believe it was in this case."
Giving his verdict, Mr Burgess said: "His death was due to accident. The unintentional consequences of an action that he initiated himself."
In January, the families of another two young people who died after taking DNP called for it to be made a class C drug to criminalise its possession and supply.
At least four other people have died in the 18 months in the UK after taking DNP.
DNP is commonly sold over the internet and marketed at body-builders as a way to lose weight by dramatically boosting their metabolism.
The Food Standards Agency has issued urgent advice to the public in the past, particularly the body-building community, about consuming pills or powder containing any DNP - which it described as "an industrial chemical known to have serious short-term and long-term effects, which can be extremely dangerous to human health".
It published the warning in November 2012 following the deaths of two people believed to have taken the fat-burner substances.
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