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Description: Enjoy this performance by the KINEMATIK Dance Theater as they venture into the bustling world of beetles, spiders, ants and fireflies. Be amazed by this dance exploration of the intricate & complex microorganisms that surround us. Collaborating with technology artist Cheng-I-Wang, KINEMATIK investigates the diversity of insects through dance and motion detection projections; fusing technology with Breakdance, House, Vogue and modern dance.


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As the distribution deal between the award-winning channel AMC and Rogers Communications enters its final hours on Thursday, both sides continue to wage a very public battle over whether Canadians stand to lose cable access to the popular showsMad Men, The Walking Dead and The Killing.
The latest salvo came Wednesday after Rogers customers reported seeing online advertisements titled "Rogers Customers You Have Lost The Walking Dead" or "Rogers Customers You May Lose The Walking Dead." The ads were apparently only visible to users with Rogers IP addresses.
With the deadline bearing down earlier this week, AMC ran scrolling text announcements during an airing of The Walking Dead, a postapocalyptic zombie drama, suggesting the show would disappear from Canadian TV screens if Rogers didn't bend in its ongoing distribution negotiations with the U.S. channel.
AMC has also launched a website, titled "Rogers Customers: You Are About to Lose," which calls for Canadians to email or phone in petitions to the communications giant to save their favourite shows.
The current deal is set to expire Thursday at 11:59 p.m., but in an email to the Star on Tuesday a Rogers spokeswoman said the provider will continue to broadcast AMC, which reaches about 1.2 million Canadian households, even without a new contract.
But in the court of public opinion, it appears AMC has come out on top. In an analysis of about 1,000 tweets on the dispute, MediaMiser, a media tracking firm, found 41 per cent of tweets "mentioned AMC and its programming in a positive light," compared with 9 per cent that were negative.
For Rogers, only 1 per cent of tweets were positive.
"Most negative tweets indicated something along the lines of the user already being somewhat dissatisfied with their Rogers service, and that losing AMC content would be their final straw," said Jim Donnelly, director of content for MediaMiser.
In public statements this week, Rogers officials have sounded miffed over AMC's hardball tactics.
"Let's be clear: We have no intention of dropping AMC," Keith McArthur, vice-president of social media at Rogers wrote in a blog post earlier this week. "Negotiations are ongoing and we expect to reach a positive outcome. Let's hope AMC is as committed as we are to saving the zombies on Rogers."
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Jim Thompson wrote:
> The query said *MIPS*.
It also said m0n0, and m0n0 (FreeBSD) and MIPS are like oil and water,
which is what this thread was all about. Being that this is a m0n0
list, I focused on the RouterBoard platforms that DO run m0n0...
It was not clear whether the OP was aware that RouterBoard produces
SBC's based on x86 and MIPS. It seems like he heard of people running
m0n0 on RouterBoards, but that he didn't know that they also produce the
220 and 230 that are obviously x86, and thus capable of running m0n0.
Just trying to clear up some confusion! :)
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There's an Instagram Trailer for 'Jobs' Because Of Course There Is
Claiming it's the world's first, Open Road Films has released a trailer for the Steve Jobs biopic Jobs on Instagram. Of course they have.
Still think it's a joke? Here it is:
None of the footage is new; it's just a shorter version of the film's full-length trailer. But we still get plenty of Ashton Kutcher shirtless, slamming phones and Steve Jobs glasses. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't really look any better in a 15-second format. Maybe if they'd tried the Walden filter?


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New measures to assist small business are expected to be a prominent feature of the federal budget, a sign of how Labor is repositioning itself as the friend of start-up businesses competing against big corporate power.
Labor strategists argue its political fortunes rest on convincing the electorate it has reached beyond its traditional blue-collar base into the new class of aspirational small business entrepreneurs.
The federal government has begun portraying the minerals resource rent tax, due to be debated in the Senate this week, as a way to fund substantial benefits for small business.
The move increases pressure on the Coalition, which plans to rescind the resource rent tax if it wins office, along with a range of spending measures it will pay for.
Small business has indicated it strongly supports the government's focus on tax concessions for the sector to help it adjust to patchy economic growth driven by the resources boom.
Despite pressure from the Greens, whose support is needed to pass the resource rent tax legislation in the Senate, the government has not released separate legislation for a cut in the small business corporate tax rate from 30 per cent to 29 per cent in 2013-14.
The government has indicated that it has the legislation ready.
Government sources said yesterday it was waiting for the report of a business tax working group this month before it finalised the corporate tax cuts which would be financed by the resource rent tax.
The working group is expected to tell the government to limit debt deductions for large foreign companies with subsidiaries in Australia and generous depreciation allowances to pay for changes to help small businesses hit by patchy economic growth and the higher dollar.
One option is a new carry-back tax loss scheme. The scheme would allow unprofitable small businesses to get refunds for tax that they have paid in the past.
The resources sector is heavily foreign-owned and benefits from so called "thin capitalisation" rules which are arguably more generous than in other countries and allow some multinationals to heavily gear their Australian subsidiaries, in effect shifting profits to overseas shareholders.
The report of the working group is expected by the end of this month.
But the resources sector has hit out at the working group's proposals, revealed in TheAustralian Financial Review, accusing the government of using the sector as a cash cow to plug revenue holes or finance tax concessions.
The Minerals Council of Australia had concerns the government was "robbing Peter to pay Paul" and has a "wider agenda to raise even more taxes from the industry, with the mining tax and the world's biggest carbon tax already set to come into force in the middle of the year", council chief executive
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies yesterday reiterated its opposition to the resource rent tax. A Senate committee is due to report on the tax tomorrow.
"The MRRT is poorly designed, was planned in secret, is unfair and discriminates against small emerging mining companies. Only three major companies designed and signed off on this tax," said Graham Short, the national policy manager.
"It's very important that we get that through in the next couple of weeks, very important for certainty – but very important for the 2.7 million small businesses around Australia who will enjoy the benefit of a very substantial tax cut from the revenue from that tax", Mr Swan said.
He accused Opposition leader Tony Abbott of being on the side of big miners and denying benefits to small business.
"Tony Abbott is opposing the MRRT, he wants to give a tax cut to the most profitable miners in the country, and deny a tax cut to 2.7 million small businesses right around Australia".
The Greens have prepared amendments to extend the MRRT to gold, uranium and rare earths, to ensure it is levied on top of state mining royalties and to lock in tax cuts to small business.
Greens leader Bob Brown, who met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday night, yesterday questioned why the small business tax cuts had not been provided with the MRRT package.
Senator Brown said the government was taking the Greens' support for the MRRT for granted by not providing all the information - such as the small business corporate tax cuts - before voting on the legislation.
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LOL yeah be the freak on the street
HAHAHAHAHAspread the word of the Lord
Out of sarcasm, I will address my answer to you KISS -LIPS-AVATAR-PERSON. Prophetic insight does not include the mockery of one you mean to share insight with. A person's decision is his own right, as is the flow of a river, when water agrees to follow its course through the trenches it carves out with its mighty and fluid erosion. If you were to mock that water, and pretend that you could give it insight with harsh judgement, that water will surely keep flowing past you. And if you assume that you can challenge that river, even with your ability to run along side it, you will surely be wasting your time. That river will not change course simply because you can shout at it that it does not listen to you. But like fulfilling a purpose, even a human chooses to change the course of something it can utilize. That river still flows, even if it agrees to flow along the courses which that human dictates for it. And shouting at it to force it to gain your enlightenment is not going to prevent that river from flowing. Lets see where your intentions bring that river. Either let it flow, or fulfill your wish to stop it. But like the coursing of one's blood in his or her veins, you should know, that that too will one day come to the halting of its course. Let the river flow. And to those who say the word, "LORD", yet does not do as he does, ... I know you. I know you best. I AM YOU ! testing, testing, adversity, and reward. derision, fulfillment of ones own accord. But out of sarcasm we speak, and to mock below the light as we drown into darkness. Behold… soon enough. Good stuff. Anyway, I like potatoes.
You see, it was worth it after all. It got you thinking, writing and creating!
You are not doing humour , you are sarcastic I don't care if you can use big word .. I'm french , I won't start to elaborate on my state of mind like you do. Ok you think the planet suffer , you think everybody is supid and doesn't follow the good goals like you do .. but that's the way it is and you won't change the world on an internet forum , go in the street and speak to people all day long about your way of living if you think it's the best ..Get a sense of humourGet lost.And YES I think that the fact DS make a lot of money if awesome … because that show how the guy worked hard to learn everything he know and do everything he do.Genius. Such prophetic insight.
Oh la la, quel mélodrame! Visiblement, le commentaire d'hier sur la démocratie t'as pas plu (tu l'as mal interprété d'ailleurs), tu me provoques ici, je réponds avec un peu d'humour, basta c'est tout. Faut pas avoir tant de haine dis-donc.
That's so melodramatic! You obviously didn't like the comment I made yesterday about 'democracy' (you misread it by the way), and so you provoke me here on this thread and I respond in jest, that's all there is to it. No need to be so angry.
Get lost.And YES I think that the fact DS make a lot of money if awesome … because that show how the guy worked hard to learn everything he know and do everything he do.Genius. Such prophetic insight.
Get a sense of humour
T'énerve pas l'ami, on fait que taquiner, rien de plus.
And YES I think that the fact DS make a lot of money if awesome … because that show how the guy worked hard to learn everything he know and do everything he do.
Genius. Such prophetic insight.
@Kiss_Collective I totally respect your ideas and everythingThanks DDStudios. I'm so glad that you approve.
I do not approve , I respect .. it's different.
Here on the market place .. it's a job that you are paid if you do a good job … there is so much job in the world that doesnt work like that.So it's encouraging to earn a lot of money here because it mean we did a good job , and that is what is important in my opinion , work hard.
You are 100% right. Well done.
@Kiss_Collective I totally respect your ideas and everything
Thanks DDStudios. I'm so glad that you approve.
Thanks for taking the trouble to think. That act alone vindicates my interjection.
40% of what I earn goes back to my community (as tax)... as you might know in South Africa we have the highest HIV / unemployment / crime rate in the world and millions living in poverty, so if I'm doing well then that is a good thing since my tax money goes straight back to help others…so don't cue the violins just yet
Do you know that for a fact? Do you have credible documentary evidence that your personal tax dollars are being channelled towards the fight against poverty and HIV ? If so, which agencies receive that money? What are their ethical records? How are they spending that money? In short, can you see and offer proof of the tangible impact of your taxation?
Because if you can't, then let's cue all the violins we can find to accompany the melancholy that dependence on an allegedly democratic system that has hoodwinked you into a false sense of security evokes. But let's not stop there, because if you don't know, then it's your duty (and indeed your right) to find out.
And it's not about a pursuit for money… Flash is our passion, we do this because we're passionate about it and it just so happens we can make money doing what we do.
That's irrelevant. What is relevant is what you do with your money.
Here's one example of the type of individual consciousness that will become increasingly prevalent throughout this century; if, that is, we are serious about constructive evolution as a global network of human beings: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8360098.stm
To me, this thread illustrates the deep foreboding I feel about our current state, here and now, as we go about our daily lives on the surface of this planet:
There is nothing wrong the with pursuit of money, clearly we need to sustain life, and the trade of goods is the current model we rely on. But please, out of respect for this world and for one another, let's not elevate that pursuit to the level of idolatry. It is a means to end, but an end that I feel we've lost sight of in recent years.
Last Thursday I chose to donate $500 of my personal money to Friends of the Earth. It was to assist with a campaign aimed at rallying leaders and states persons worldwide to up the speed and reach of social action on climate change.
$500 is obviously a blip in the ocean given the scope of this particular struggle, but it was a big deal to me. I'm not rich – far from it. Morally and intellectually, I'm no better or worse than the next person, but on that day I chose to recognise money for it is: a material means to an end, that in the face of a greater cause, must be put to better use than individual gain.
Granted, this is not a universal choice, there are still many for whom the accumulation of money is beyond reach, but all of us here, simply through our ability to visit and use this website, are in a position to choose. I think it's important to recognise that.
Inevitably, this post will be construed as moral evangelism; a vain attempt at occupying the moral high ground, but that's far from any agenda I had in mind. In fact I have no agenda at all, except to put money in perspective, to recognise for what it is, and not to let it cloud our vision and pursuit of a better world. Thanks for bearing me out.
Yeah I'd say so, I'm using one in my upcoming theme and I know woothemes does a lot so I cant see any issue with it.
Be careful man, they lock comments down around here for uttering that name…


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by Staff Writers
Long Keluan, Malaysia (AFP) Dec 11, 2013
Through eons spent roaming Borneo's rainforests, Malaysia's Penan people became supremely adapted to surviving, and thriving, in the wild.
But that has left the Penan -- keepers of a rapidly-disappearing semi-nomadic culture -- equally unprepared for the transition to a modern world that is closing in fast.
"Under the old ways we could do whatever we wanted and easily find what we need in the forest," said Dau Labong, headwoman of the ramshackle settlement of Long Keluan in the rugged interior of Sarawak, Malaysia's largest and wildest state.
About 10 years ago, the community followed most of Sarawak's estimated 16,000 Penan in abandoning nomadic life in a rainforest whose ability to sustain them has been depleted by logging and encroaching plantations.
But her band of a few dozen are struggling to adapt to concepts like settled agriculture and a money economy.
Once free in the forest, they are now "controlled" by the need to grow crops and earn money -- some work for logging companies -- to purchase meat and other supplies.
"We have not found what we want and we need the government to help us," Dau Labong said, anxiety on her face as she sat in one of the village's four rickety shacks in a steamy forest clearing as distant chain saws droned.
The ultimate rainforest stewards, the Penan formerly lived off the land using a renowned knowledge of the jungle and sustainable foraging practices.
Hunting with blowpipes and poison-tipped darts, they gathered medicinal plants, fruit and sago palm -- which yielded a pasty staple starch -- and rattan for weaving.
But logging and commercial agriculture have turned their world upside-down.
Data published in the US journal Science last month showed Malaysia lost 14.4 percent of its forests from 2000-2012, the world's highest rate.
"The land has become yellow," said Long Keluan elder Udau Abong, 87, whose swaying earlobes are stretched from a fast-disappearing traditional form of piercing.
'They just can't continue'
The Penan captured world attention in the 1980s and 1990s with their attempts to resist logging and through Swiss environmental activist Bruno Manser, who waged a crusade to protect Penan forests and culture.
He vanished in 2000 -- many suspect foul play.
Most Penan have settled in fixed communities in a trend that first began in the 1960s under Christian missionary influence and has accelerated.
"Even the nomadic ones basically made a collective decision in the last decade that they just can't continue with the nomadic livelihood because the forest has been depleted. Most of the primary forest is gone," said Lukas Straumann, head of the environmentalist Bruno Manser Fund.
Dau Labung's people are trying to plant rice, but with mixed success, she said.
They no longer trade for other goods using their finely woven rattan products as most Penan once did. Formerly plentiful, wild rattan is increasingly scarce.
Dau Labong wants more schools, roads and other government support for the Penan's transition to modernity.
Her 11-year-old son Maxwell, whose sports medals adorn their home's rough wooden walls, attends the nearest primary school a day's walk away. She can't afford to send him on to a secondary school two day's journey downriver.
"I want to study to be a guru," Maxwell said, using the Malay word for teacher.
Penan are at risk of falling behind and new problems like depression and alcoholism, said Jayl Langub, an anthropologist at University Malaysia Sarawak.
"Once the forest is no longer there, you lose your activities and turn to drinking," he said.
"It is a problem in communities that have not adjusted well. Change is coming so fast. It's a very big challenge for them."
Sarawak has launched programmes such as encouraging Penan to cultivate rubber but Jayl said implementation is poor.
'Dependent and uneducated'
Complicating matters, the Penan's past logging resistance has created tense relations with the state government headed by Chief Minister Taib Mahmud.
In power since 1981, Taib is accused by critics of corruptly profiting from the rainforests' destruction and callously marginalising Sarawak's dozens of tribal groups, which he denies.
Taib, 77, is pushing huge plans for up to a dozen hydroelectric dams on ancestral tribal lands.
Scores of protesting Penan, upset with relocation terms, blockaded access to a newly completed dam at Murum in late September.
Activists said they had to abandon the effort this week to salvage belongings from rising waters.
Straumann said he suspects Taib deliberately withholds rural investment.
"If they remain dependent and uneducated, they are easy to manipulate. It is a kind of ransom," he said.
Murum Penan had rejected government offers of resettlement money and land as too little and say promised schools and clinics in a relocation area have not been built.
Taib in November called their demands "unreasonable" and defended his policies toward the Penan, saying rural living standards had "improved by leaps and bounds" under him, according to Sarawak media.
His office did not respond to requests for comment.
All that Murum resident Layu Karang wants is enough money to start a new life in a modern area with schools for her 10 children.
She was among a group of Penan brought to the Malaysian capital by activists last month to highlight the Murum dispute.
It was the first time Layu Karang had left remote Murum, and she wore a cheap, ill-fitting red dress purchased by activists for the trip.
Overwhelmed by Kuala Lumpur's bustle and iconic twin Petronas Towers, she said it has further fuelled her desire for a more modern life for her children.
"I hope they can become educated and live differently than I have. I will go back and tell them what it is like. I could see them living here," she said.
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Climbers take flight at McConnell's Mill
Fred Gunter asked Cate Bressers to run her hand along the face of the rock near her right knee until she felt a bump.
That's all it was, just a bump in the rock that barely distinguished itself from the rest of the smooth sandstone surrounding it.
That is where Gunter wanted Bressers to put her right foot as she continued to climb slowly up the route at the Rim Road climbing area at McConnell's Mill State Park.
"It seems crazy, but that's where you put your foot," he told her. "Remember, it's about the footwork, not the hands."
Gunter owns Exkursion Outfitters in Monroeville and leads climbing trips to McConnell's Mill State Park through his store as well as Venture Outdoors. The park boasts two main climbing areas — Rim Road and the more challenging area near Breakneck Bridge. Both areas feature rappelling and roped climbing as well as routes for bouldering, in which climbers stay relatively low to the ground and do not use ropes.
The REI store in the SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh stocks a guidebook to rock climbing in the state of Pennsylvania that includes a section on McConnell's Mill. Amazon.com offers a few copies, new and used, of Bob Value's 1999 Falcon Guide entitled Classic Rock Climbs No. 26 McConnell's Mill State Park. The website www.rockclimbing.com also offers some information on the names and difficulty ratings of routes in the area.
"There's lots and lots of climbing there, and it's a great area, but most of it is more difficult," said Gunter, who's been climbing since the early 1970s. "A lot of it is overhanging and there's lots of mossy stuff. The trees don't allow a lot of sunlight, and it stays shaded a long time, so if you get a little rain it takes a while to dry out."
The Rim Road area is the most accessible to climbers. Located above the river across the covered bridge, the rocks are just a short hike down from the roadside parking area. There are some bolts in place for anchors as well as plenty of trees, and the routes vary in difficulty.
Bressers was one of several newcomers to the sport on Venture Outdoor's recent rain-shortened trip to the area. She had spent some time at indoor climbing walls but had never climbed on real rock.
Marc Brenner, 26, of Shadyside, was there with Jenny Jacobson, 25, also of Shadyside, as part of a birthday celebration. Gunter belayed, or secured the climbers on the other end of the rope, and provided hints and tips for their ascents up what's known as the Beginner's Block.
"Remember, look down first," he said. "There are good footholds. Use them. Feet, then hands. Feet, then hands."
Karen Price is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach her at email@example.com or via Twitter @KarenPrice_Trib.


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Shonderius Howard made the biggest jump of his life in May.
Now, he is about to do it again.
With a pair of second-place finishes at the Class 3A State Track & Field Meet providing motivation, the Lampasas high jumper concluded his high school career by finally earning the gold medal that eluded him for years.
It still took weeks, however, before the emotions set in.
"It finally happened at graduation," Howard said. "Our salutatorian actually mentioned me winning state in his speech, and that's really when it hit me what a big accomplishment it was."
Just days prior to winning the program's first state title in track since 2004, Howard committed to Oklahoma after an impressive performance at the prestigious Texas Relays caught the attention of Sooners' recruiters.
While many of his peers are relaxing during summer vacation, Howard is frantically preparing to make a leap across the state line with hopes of creating an immediate impact.
It is an exhausting process.
"I am sore all the time," Howard said. "I work out four days a week, but I'm sore seven days a week."
Howard said the opportunity to thrive collegiately makes the rigorous schedule worth it. But not even the grueling offseason workouts snap Howard into reality.
Much like it took time to fully appreciate his crowning achievement on the track, he is still unable to wrap his head around the fact bigger things still await.
"Right now, it hasn't quite hit me," Howard said. "I'm still just in the stage where it is cool to say I'm a Division I athlete."
A little more than a month separates Howard from his new home in Norman, but constant communication with members of Oklahoma's coaching staff is helping ease the transition even if the workouts are shocking to his system.
The former two-sport athlete, who also guided the Badgers basketball team to the playoffs for the first time in a dozen years during his senior season, is doing everything he can to become stronger and more explosive. The goal is to walk into Oklahoma ready to compete, and then allow the Sooners' staff to simply focus on polishing his skills.
With his eyes set on some lofty goals, Howard must capitalize on every opportunity to improve.
"Coming in, I really want to shoot for being named to the All-Big 12 Team," he said.
"I think that I can with just how much training I'm going to be doing and where I'm already at. I think it is definitely possible."
Although his aspirations are set sky high, chasing and catching dreams is nothing new for Howard. He has been doing that for years.
Making the jump into life as a college student-athlete, on the other hand, is somewhat overwhelming.
"I'm feeling a little bit of everything," Howard said. "I'm nervous for all the studying, intense school work, intense practices and all the hours I'll log, but I'm pretty excited for it and just to be on the next level and at an elite school.
"Of course, I'm going to miss home, but I'll get over it."


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I'm a newcomer to Memory Alpha, but I have to ask: Why isn't "Bird of Prey" aknowledged or defined in the Starship Classes page? Is that decision or inadvertent omission? "-- Gornwin 21:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)"
- Starship classes only lists classes that we do not a page for the classes that race has, like Remans. For the Bird-of-Preys, follow the links in that article that lead you to Romulan starship classes and Klingon starship classes. Klingon Bird-of-Preys (post 22nd century) have actual class names, like B'rel class, and are listed as such. No omission. --OuroborosCobra talk 21:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


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- 12hrs of Sebring party at #1's house on 3/18
- TC Track Day at ORP on 3/25
- ACCO Track Day at ORP on 4/1
- Oregon Trail Rally at PIR on 4/21
Autocross Club of Central Oregon is hosting a Track Day at Oregon Raceway Park in Grass Valley, OR for only $150!
Join us for a spirited drive around Central Oregon starting at the DRW Country Store at Noon. We'll head to Sunriver, Cultus Lake, Mt. Bachelor West Village, and conclude at Cascade lakes Lodge around 5 PM. There will be a $5 winner-takes-all poker run and a closing BBQ in Redmond.
Team Continental HPDE and Novice driver training at Oregon Raceway Park on May 22nd.Test your car and yourself on a very challenging racetrack. This event will allow you to compete in the Grand Prix.
ICSCC BB Grand Prix at Oregon Raceway Park on May 23rd and 24th. Multiple classes of cars provide exciting racing and a lot of opportunities for drivers to enter.
German Touring Car Endurance Challenge at Oregon Raceway Park on May 23rd at 6 PM. 1 hour race with driver changes should be fun to watch!
Planning for upcoming events:
5/23 – Grand Prix and German Touring Car Endurance Challenge at Oregon Raceway Park
5/30 – Bug Run at Woodburn Dragstrip
High Desert Hangout charity car show on July 25th at Smolich Volvo


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Chris Flugstad wrote:
> I have a Wireless AP on the lan, instead of using the monowall as the
> AP(ex. 192.168.1.2). I have 3 AP's actually. What I am trying to do
> is remotely log into them using port forwarding. I did this easily
> on my old linksys, but for some reason i think im missing a rule, or
> something in the firewall setttings. What i'd like to do is
> basicallly put in the WAN IP with the port that is forwarded(ex.
> 126.96.36.199:3333) and have it open up the wireless AP on
> 192.168.1.2. Can anyone help me?
Assuming you use different ports on each AP.
I would use Inbound NAT:
Interface: WAN
External address: Interface address
Protocol: TCP/UDP
External port range from: (other) <port>
to: (other) <port>
NAT IP: <Enter the internal IP address>
Local port: (other) <port>
Description: Give it a good description
Check the "Auto-add a firewall rule to permit traffic through this NAT
rule" checkbox.
You would be able to connect to the WAN IP:<port> from off site and
connect to the AP with the corresponding port. You will create 3 such
rules (1 for each AP). Make sure you have security of some kind on the
AP - its admin interface will be open to the world...
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Yea been playing this. Feels like a bit of a downgrade from SA, you'd have thought they would have imported the SA controls and gameplay to this game rather then using the old GTA3 controls.
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I'll buy it eventually. What's the soundtrack like?
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Well only had a brief listen but sounds good to me. I'm sure some of the songs will grow on me over time.
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I've finally got round to buying GTA: Liberty City Stories for the PS2 and I've just unlocked the third island (Shoreside Vale). I noticed a few negative points in reviews about the game's graphics, the short length of the game, simplistic/short missions and I even noticed some comments about the poor controls. I recently deleted all my GTA save games from my memory cards and started playing GTA 3 and Vice City again before buying Liberty City Stories. I think if you compare Liberty City Stories with GTA 3 (same city after all), Liberty City Stories is just as good as GTA 3 and in some important respects it is actually better. As a result I feel a bit stupid for holding off buying LCS its another good GTA game, at a bargain price at a time when there aren't many games being released.
One of the biggest issues with GTA 3 was the controls and the way the camera worked. You had to often press a button to centre the camera behind you, the controls were twitchy, the targeting wasn't the best either. It was functional and for the first GTA game in 3D/3rd person it was acceptable because GTA 3 did so many other things right that it was easy to forgive this. But many of the control improvements from Vice City and San Andreas have found their way into Liberty City Stories on the PS2 and it makes a big difference. You can rotate the camera around you to look around instead of having that first person veiw that always snapped back to the default camera after a couple of seconds. The targeting is much improved over GTA 3: there's auto targeting which displays the targets health (colour), you switch between targets with the L2 and R2 buttons and pressing L3 once while still holding the R1 button lets you manually aim at what you want, such as trying to bring down a helicopter with a shotgun.
GTA missions have become a bit more complex and interesting in Vice City and San Andreas. They were a bit simplistic in GTA 3 and some of the missions in Liberty City Stories seem like a step backwards. But again, they compare quite favourably with those of GTA 3 and I haven't found them to be too short either. There's also a decent number of them because it took over 30 story missions to unlock Staunton Island and well over 50 to reach Shoreside Vale.
A big plus point for Liberty City Stories is that the side missions are plentiful and I'm not just talking about the hidden packages, rampages, R3 taxi missions and the other vehicles from the emergency services. Yes, there's now the Trashmaster (bin lorry) R3 missions you can do as well but many of the new side missions take advantage of the motorcycles in Liberty City Stories. Even on the first island (Portland) you'll find: a series of 10 checkpoint all terrain courses to beat on the Sanchez; the scrapyard challenge (again on the Sanchez) where you have to reach a certain score by picking up checkpoints with varying points associated with them; there are a couple of motorcycle shooter missions where you are on the back of the bike while the AI driver follows the targets; there's even a noodle delivery mission.
In addition there are car salesman missions where you have to drive potential buyers around and meet their requirements from careful to reckless driving; some street races, a couple of RC missions and a side mission called Slash TV where you battle your way through waves of chainsaw wielding madmen from almost a top down viewpoint. All these side missions take place on the island of Portland and there are more on the other islands including motorcycle salesman side mission, pizza delivery etc.
Some side missions can only be initiated while wearing a certain outfit, such as the Slash TV side mission. Another example of this is the Avenging Angels side mission. Not only do you have to wear the Avenging Angel clothing you also have to find someone wearing the same outfit to begin this side mission (by pressing R3). So in short, I'm very happy with the missions and the many side-missions (apart from those really tricky RC missions).
In GTA 3 the engine could only draw about 5 cars on screen at any one time this has been greatly increased with LCS. One of my favourite (unofficial) side missions I started doing in GTA 3 was one I called Chain Reaction. What you have to do is try and start a chain reaction of exploding vehicles just be targeting the first one yourself. The game engine made it difficult to get much higher than 10 or 11 in GTA 3 and the best way was to choose an intersection to park a vehicle in front of some traffic lights and then blow it up. In Liberty City stories I tried this by parking near the traffic lights near the safe house in Staunton Island. I jumped on top of my car used manual targeting and waited for the cars to line up. To my surprise around a dozen vehicles eventually appeared which made setting a decent score much easier.
The graphics aren't really that great compared to San Andreas but this was a PSP game so I'm not complaining because it looks a lot less drab than GTA 3 did on the PS2, especially in certain parts of the city. The radio isn't that great but there are some great GTA-style commercials and the talk station is quite good.
So far I'm really enjoying Liberty City Stories and maybe that is in part because I went back and started playing GTA 3 again before playing LCS. But if you liked GTA 3 then I can highly recommend this and it is at a bargain price as well.
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Thanks for that informative review JohnMac, i've been putting off buying LCS after hearing the same negative points that you just mentioned, but i also recently began playing GTA3 again and i still think it's a fine game, so aslong as LCS is similar, it can't go far wrong.
Have recently ordered it so will soon chip back with my own thoughts.
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I bought it a few weeks back. Played a few hours of it and left it aside. I thought S.A. was so good its ruined the franchise for me.
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I like LCS. It's still GTA3 at the end of the day so if you like GTA you'll like this.
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I've just completed the story missions (70) for Liberty City Stories this morning and I really enjoyed it. I've been using a save game just for the story missions so that I can systematically work my way through the side-missions later (now I know where they are). I noticed my accuracy went from 71% before the final mission to 54% after it; if you've played the final mission you can probably appreciate why.
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Got this earlier in the week, it's great! GTA3 with bucket loads of new missions, and the vehicle handling is much improved i feel.
Only things that bug me are real anal things like the way they've resorted to using standard in-game animations for alot of the cut-scenes rather than the great looking motion capture that GTA3. They still use motion capture but not alot. Also, i guess they used different voice actors for some of the returning characters, i mean whats up with Donald Love? There's only what, 3 years between this and gta3 yet he sounds like a completely different person, maria is suspect too, but like i said, real anal things so doesnt exactly matter in the end.
I'm liking the hints and nods towards the other gta games in the series that are dotted around. Everything else i think JohnMac summed up well.
About halfway Staunton island atm, looking forward to see what's changed on that island next.
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Las Vegas • Celine Dion has cleared her calendar of all scheduled performances, saying she needs to focus on her health, her husband's recovery from a cancerous tumor and raising their three young children.
The superstar vocalist canceled concerts that were slated through March 22, 2015, including a tour of Asia planned for the fall and regular shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, show organizers announced Wednesday.
"I want to devote every ounce of my strength and energy to my husband's healing, and to do so, it's important for me to dedicate this time to him and to our children," Dion, 46, said in a statement. "I also want to apologize to all my fans everywhere, for inconveniencing them, and I thank them so much for their love and support."


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There's no Zanjero in the field, so Bwana Bull figures to be the colt to beat in the $250,000 Pegasus (gr. III) for 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park Oct. 27. The race kicks off the three stakes supporting the eight-race Breeders' Cup series that day.
Bwana Bull, who is conditioned by Northern California kingpin Jerry Hollendorfer, has had nothing but problems with Zanjero in their last four meetings, finishing second to the Steve Asmussen trainee in the Indiana Derby (gr. II) and the West Virginia Derby (gr. III) and behind him in the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. 11) and Kentucky Derby (gr. I). Zanjero, nominated to the Pegasus as well, was not entered, much to Hollendorfer's relief.
There are only two graded stakes winners among the seven colts and geldings set to line up in the 1 1/8-mile Pegasus, and Bwana Bull, coming off a strong second in the Indiana Derby, is one of them. The son of Holy Bull won the El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) and the California Derby by five lengths on a track rated good in back-to-back Northern California efforts this year.
The other graded winner is Slew's Tizzy, who captured the Lexington (gr. II) at Keeneland and the Lone Star Derby (gr. III) in successive tries this spring for trainer Gregory Fox. The Tiznow colt has been off form, however, in his last four starts, most recently finishing eighth of nine in the Indiana Derby.
Bwana Bull, who breaks from the far outside under Rafael Bejarano, likes to rally from the back, and his style may be compromised in the Pegasus by a lack of pace.
Get Serious adds blinkers for local trainer Patrick McBurney, and he figures to vie for the early fractions along with Actin Good and Now a Victor, who comes off a three-length allowance win for trainer Michael Trombetta.
Helsinki, a deep closer, has finished third in his last two starts for Nick Zito -- Belmont's Brooklyn Handicap (gr. II) Sept. 22 and Saratoga's Travers (gr. I) a month earlier.
Stunt Man is the only starter in the field with a two-turn win at the Pegasus distance of nine furlongs. That came in a New York state-bred stakes at Saratoga in August. Trained by Gary Contessa, Stunt Man was most recently fifth, beaten 13 lengths in Belmont's Jerome Handicap (gr. II) three weeks ago.
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5. Now a Victor (KY), Ramon A. Dominguez, 119, 5/1
6. Helsinki (KY), Julien R. Leparoux, 119, 7/2
7. Bwana Bull (KY), Rafael Bejarano, 122, 2/1
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Australia's selection blueprint could be headed for the shredder ahead of tomorrow's first Test against Sri Lanka, following Brett Lee's injury-enforced withdrawal from yesterday's training session.
Lee was expected to form Australia's new-ball attack alongside Jason Gillespie - leg spinners Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill assuming the other bowling positions - on a bare, dry Galle International Stadium wicket.
But Australia coach John Buchanan conceded that selection plans may now be altered in light of Lee's ankle injury, aggravated during the tour match against a Sri Lankan President's XI last week.
"It's a concern, definitely," Buchanan said. "In a bowling sense, he doesn't need to bowl, so we're trying to give him every opportunity to get right for Monday. We'll have another look at him tomorrow at which stage we'll make our final decision.
"He really does place his front leg and his back ... under significant stress because of his speed and his action. But he's a resilient sort of character and he's a good athlete. (Whether Lee will play) is based on him - his feelings and the way that he carries his injury - Alex (Kountouri) the physio, then the captain and the selectors. All that goes into the mix."
Should Lee be ruled out of tomorrow's Test, the likelihood of Australia playing Warne and MacGill increases dramatically. That presumably leaves the in-form Michael Kasprowicz to share the new ball with Gillespie, and paves the way for Andrew Symonds to make his Test debut at the expense of Simon Katich.
Given that Symonds bowls seam and spin - complementing his middle-order batting - Australian captain Ricky Ponting hinted that the Queensland all-rounder's medium pace would be utilised if both leg spinners were chosen.
Symonds' selection would relegate Katich to the sidelines, despite centuries in his most recent first-class and Test innings.
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Saigon Chicken Breasts
A potent lemongrass marinade infuses the chicken breasts before grilling and doubles as the sauce for the rice noodles.
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- Servings: 4
- 1 pound dried rice noodles
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped lemongrass, white inner bulb only
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- One 1-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1 serrano chile, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup Asian fish sauce
- Four 5-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, pounded 1/4 inch thick
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped roasted peanuts
How to make this recipe
In a large bowl, cover the rice noodles with water and let stand until pliable, about 20 minutes.
In a mini-processor, combine the lemongrass, sugar, garlic, ginger, chile and oil and process to a paste. Scrape the mixture into a bowl and stir in the lime juice and fish sauce. Put the chicken in a large shallow bowl and add 1/4 cup of the lemongrass mixture, turning to coat the chicken. Marinate for 20 minutes. Stir the water and cilantro into the remaining lemongrass mixture.
Light a grill. Cook the noodles in a pot of boiling water, stirring, until just tender, about 2 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Rinse with cold water and drain again, then repeat the process once more. Let the rice noodles dry, lifting them to separate the strands.
Grill the chicken over a medium-hot fire or in a preheated grill pan for 3 to 4 minutes per side. Let cool for 1 to 2 minutes, then cut the breasts into thick strips. Toss the rice noodles with the lemongrass dressing and the peanuts, top with the chicken and serve.


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At 5% of your annual income, you need to expect you will not get the best health care. Americans need reform, but they also need to reform their expectations for this to work. You will not get the best of the best that we have now, but that doesn't matter because most people can't afford that now anyway. But we can have rationed care for everyone and afford it too. Americans want it all. We've become a whiny little brat of a country not wanting to all pitch in a reasonable amount, but we still want everything to be as best as it can. It just doesn't work that way. Health-care like food and shelter is a commodity and not an inalienable right. You have to pay farmers, builders, contractors as you have to pay hospitals and doctors. At medicare rates, it won't cover costs for most hospitals and doctors. People spend well over 5% on food or shelter, they should expect the same for health-care. The government should help everyone in need and regulate to control prices but not force the market.
In case the health care reform provides the general public with peace of mind, the rising mental stress or illness caused by financial instability may bend the curve surprisingly,
in combination with kicking out the 'keep eating habit' to forget the deep-seated instability and apprehension, I guess.
'Work or Break' health system with no brake or safety system might be one of the biggest hidden causes of mental stress, obesity or overweight threatening the overall economy, I cautiously suppose.
Any employer mandate would force employers who cannot afford health insurance to reduce their payrolls and not hire new workers. Employers already voluntarily pay $500 billion annually for health benefits for employees.
A minimum benefits package might force all health plans to be expensive "gold-plated" plans. Health reform needs to be affordable, or it will not be successful.
Most worrisome is the creation of a new government-run insurance plan that would compete unfairly with private insurance. 130 million Americans will drop their current coverage for this government plan. This would lead to a huge new liability for the government, and there would be tremendous pressure to bring costs under control. Inevitably, unelected bureaucrats–not patients and their doctors–would have the power to dictate medical treatments and ration care.
Any legislation, aimed at improving our nation's health care system, must not burden America's job creators – especially small businesses.
While the idea of all Americans being covered by a healthcare plan is a tremendous social benefit, I have 3 concerns with the current efforts to provide a universal healthcare plan for all Americans.
I submit that the cost of a plan that most, dare I say all, Americans would want (as most small business owners know) would cost approximately $500 per month for single coverage and $1,100 to $1,200 per month for a family plan. Those costs would go down a bit if there was 100% participation in the national plan. But if you do the math on this, then single employees would need to make in excess of $100,000 per year and married employees would need to earn well over $200,000 per year. So clearly the type of coverage one will get under this plan will not be the best. This is not what Americans expect.
Second, does anyone in goverment really have a handle on how much this is going to cost and how long it will take the govenrment to bankrupt this new system? We have become addicted to having the best and the newest as soon as possible. How long will it be till some smart politician comes up with the idea that all Americans should have every oscopy and MRI possible on an annual basis? Similar to the idea that all Americans should own a home, regardless of their ability to make a downpayment or even the monthly payments.
Finally, anytime politicians start talking about ideas as being our "right" I get a bad feeling. We have come to take our rights for granted; like freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Please, please, don't start comparing the "right" to affordable healthcare with the right to free speech or religion. (Can someone please hold a primary,SOON!)
Unless we tie in the responsibility to take better care of ourselves, this new healthcare system is doomed for failure. We have become too addicted to super sizing, fast food, processed foods and an overall bad diet. Slop on a side of less physical activity and not enough exercise, and we are probably less healthy than we were 100 years ago. Yes we are living longer, through thr miracle of drugs. But unless we are required to take better care of ourselves under this new plan, we will have accomplished nothing more than to empower all citizens to take their health for granted even motre than we already do.
Once again, Democrats are proposing taxes which will most affect their constuitancy of urban, high state and local tax areas. The proposed 5.4% tax on 1.4% of the tax payers is unreasonable. This increase is on top of a 34% NYS income tax increase and a Obama proposed reinstatement of the Clinton 10% surcharge bringing the top federal rate to 39.6%. If health care reform is to be inacted it needs to be funded from a broader base of tax payers. These tax increases all effect Long Island voters and taxpayers disproportionately because of the very high cost of living and the unlimited willingness of politicans to reach into our pockets.
If Gillebrand is truly behind her statement, will she and her cronies level the playing field by accepting the same benefits they propose for the people of the US. Obama and others have been asked this same question but have sidestepped and refused to answer. We should all have the same quality of health care that our beloved officials enjoy at the cost of the taxpayer. If costs could be streamlined on the insurers side with proper billing and management, overegulation kept in check on the government side, frivolous malpractice suits and exorbitant malpractice insurance rates we may have a chance. The true heros in healthcare are the doctors and staff who perform the treatment, but most do not make what others assume. It is the insurers who price the industry and reap the profits. The way things are run in America today is nothing more than organized crime….! Until coverage is mandated for all at the same levels, health care will remain a "for profit" enterprise and the government has no business in the "for profit" world. Again, it appears that a lot of effort is being expended with nothing being accomplished other than paying those unproductive few who make decisions for the public. Quit posturing and perform some real work…!
It all comes down to who controls the government, the people of this country or business interests. Politicians are not the ones who should be making these decisions. By straddling the fence they have failed in their representative roles and and by their actions are no longer qualified. Key decisions need to be made by the individual voters who actually pay the bills.
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The 4-1-1 On Early Contractions
Some moms never feel them at all, while others -- particularly those who have already had a baby or two -- start feeling them as early as 15 weeks. Braxton Hicks contractions, so named for John Braxton Hicks, the English physician who first described them in 1872, actually begin at around your 7th week of pregnancy. Why do they happen?
Revving up
Your uterus is a muscle, and by the end of your pregnancy, it's a pretty big one. It requires a lot of power to dilate your cervix and push your little bundle of joy out. And like any muscle, it benefits from working out, which is what these contractions do.
Braxton Hicks contractions are generally painless and irregular -- you may first notice them when your hand is on your belly and you feel it becoming rock hard. As your pregnancy progresses, they begin to become more frequent and can be uncomfortable -- again, especially more so if you've already had babies.
Braxton Hicks contractions are unlike real contractions in that they don't change your cervix -- at least in the beginning. As you get closer to your due date, your cervix may begin to thin out and dilate as a result, and they may make you sit up and take notice.
What to do
If they make you feel uncomfortable, change your position, go for a walk or take a shower. If you notice them growing more frequent, more painful and lasting longer, you may be edging into real labor -- particularly if they don't seem to change no matter what position you lie in or what activity you engage in.
Your care provider has likely given you instructions on when to call or go on in -- in my case, my doctor said that I should go into the labor and delivery unit when my contractions were around 5 minutes apart.
If you are far away from your due date, however, and if you notice a change in the frequency or intensity of your contractions, it's probably a good idea to go ahead and phone your care provider to see if you need to get checked out.
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East Valley Tribune Plagiarist Wrote for Several Joints in Town, Including Arizona Republic/12 News, KPHO
UPDATE, September 7: KPHO responds after the break
See also: ASU Student Plagiarized Articles for East Valley Tribune and State Press
It turns out that Raquel Velasco, the Arizona State University student called out by the East Valley Tribune and the State Press for plagiarism, actually wrote for a few more Valley media outlets in her likely short-lived journalism career.
She's deleted her social media profiles, but her personal website's still up, which links to a few of her stories during her time as an intern at KPHO Channel 5 and the Arizona Republic/12 News partnership.
Her résumé also lists a job she had with the City of Phoenix for a few months, doing work for its TV station, PHX11, and for the city's public-relations unit.
There didn't seem to be any apparent plagiarism in the stuff she linked to from her website, but we sent emails to editors at KPHO and the Republic to get their say.
We haven't received an immediate response from
either the Republic.
UPDATE: KPHO news director Michelle Donaldson tells New Times that she hasn't found any instances of plagiarism as she's looking through Velasco's pieces from her time as an intern. Despite what Velasco's résumé says, Donaldson says Velasco was an intern there from late June 2011 to August 2011, not "May 2011 - Aug. 2012," as the résumé says. She notes that Velasco was not a "breaking news reporter," because that title doesn't exist. She didn't have any other title aside from "intern."
A commenter also pointed out yesterday that Velasco claims to be one of the President Barack Obama Scholars, which is one of the very general scholarship programs at ASU.
The Tribune announced yesterday that one of the paper's former interns plagiarized several articles while she was "working" there during the spring semester, but avoided dropping her name in the online post about it.
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Velasco's reproductions were mostly taken down from the Tribune's website, but the other media outlet that called her out -- ASU's student newspaper, the State Press -- seems to have put out retractions for every single article.
According to her résumé, Velasco -- who is, or was, a student at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication -- interned at the Republic from August 2011 to December 2012 (she probably meant 2011), at KPHO from May 2011 to August 2012 (again, probably 2011) and was at PHX11 from January 2011 to May 2011.
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