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THONOTOSASSA, Fla. — Authorities say a 72-year-old man was killed in a wrong way crash on U.S. 301 in Thonotosassa near Tampa.
The crash happened Sunday night.
The Florida Highway Patrol says 32-year-old Monica Main was traveling south in the northbound lanes of U.S. 301 about 9 p.m. Sunday when she collided head-on with another vehicle. The driver that that vehicle — 72-year-old William J. Harrington — died at the scene of the crash.
Main was taken to the hospital with what were believed to be minor injuries.
The crash is under investigation. No further details were immediately available.
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CAMPAIGNERS trying to stop a £165 million incinerator being built in Worcestershire have suffered a bitter blow - after shelving plans for a judicial review.
A group which has been trying to prevent the plant at Hartlebury going ahead has received long-awaited legal advice which warns against taking the authority to court.
The advice says if the court decided in Worcestershire County Council's favour, the campaigners would have had to pay unlimited costs.
Worcestershire against Landfill and Incineration, known as WAIL, were hoping that a 'cap' of £10,000 court costs would be set to allow them to proceed.
The advice means the group has scrapped plans to take it any further after trying for three years to get the controversial plant stopped.
As your Worcester News revealed in January, the incinerator has been voted through by the county council and work to construct it is about to start. Ray Kirby, WAIL chairman, said: "We've basically been told we've got no legs to run with it.
"The main issue we've got is that we can't cap the costs, so if we wanted to take it forward the potential liability, if we lost, could be anything.
"We were also told that while there may be grounds for a judicial review, if we went down that route it would not change the decision.
"We've got limited funds, so for us it was the last shake of the dice."
The parish council in Hartlebury had set aside £15,000 to meet any legal costs.
The news is a boost for the county council, but the battle with campaigners is not completely over.
A second protest body, known as Herefordshire and Worcestershire Action Group, is taking independent legal advice of its own and that process has yet to conclude.
The county council, which has handed the running of the plant to West Mercia Waste, says the incinerator will be in operation by 2017.
The plant will handle up to 200,000 tonnes of rubbish from Worcestershire and Herefordshire, burning it to generate electricity to connect to the national grid.
The construction will create 255 jobs, while 45 permanent roles will be available once it opens.
Councillor Anthony Blagg, the council's cabinet member for the environment, says the plant is "the best option" as landfill in Worcestershire is forecast to be full by 2024.

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In the time of the Prophet Jesus (as), the whole of the Mediterranean was under Roman rule. Like all the societies around the Mediterranean, the Romans believed in a polytheistic, false religion. Jewish society also contained several sects that interpreted Judaism in various ways. There had been a move away from the true faith imparted by Allah to the Prophet Moses (as), and superstitious customs and corrupt beliefs had grown up. At this time when the Prophet Jesus (as) first came to Earth he engaged in a great struggle with both the pagan Hellenic culture and various polytheistic groups among the Jews. He described the religion of Allah to them using wise parables.
However, a number of supposed men of religion headed the opposition to the true path to which the Prophet Jesus (as) called people. These had become uneasy at the revelation sent down to human beings by Allah through the Prophet Jesus (as). That was because the Prophet Jesus' (as) message showed both those who possessed a materialist mindset and also those who had turned towards show and superstition by losing their true faith that they were on the wrong path.
These so-called men of religion who benefited from the established order refused to comply with the Prophet Jesus' (as) message, even though they knew it was a call to the truth. The people in question possessed considerable authority over Judaic society. By being regarded as men of religion they enjoyed respect from everyone. The false system they had established had become an institution that provided them with status and even with money. They were also collaborating with the Roman governor who ran the country. This allowed them to benefit from the privileges accorded to them by Rome. In the light of these circumstances it is easy to see why the Prophet Jesus' (as) message made these supposed clergymen so uneasy. That is because, like all the prophets, the Prophet Jesus (as), too, told the society he was sent to about the evils of this corrupt, false system that regarded all forms of immorality as legitimate, and called on people to abandon it. He told people to abandon all injustices, unfairness, immorality and their pagan religion and to live for Allah alone. He counseled people to fear and love Allah and to submit to Him.
It is described in the Gospel how the Prophet Jesus (as) revealed the fraudulent nature of these so-called men of religion before the public:
Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely. (Luke, 20: 46-47)
We are told in the Qur'an that the Prophet Jesus (as) was sent in order to confirm the Torah and to rid the Jews of their false beliefs and practices. The Prophet Jesus' (as) message is described as follows in Surah Al 'Imran:
[Jesus will say,] "I come confirming the Torah I find already there, and to make lawful for you some of what was previously forbidden to you. I have brought you a sign from your Lord. So have fear of Allah and obey me. Allah is my Lord and your Lord so worship Him. That is a straight path." (Surah Al 'Imran, 50-51)
Some Jewish men of religion of the time refused to recognize the Prophet Jesus (as) and waged a great struggle against him, even though they were waiting for the Messiah mentioned in their scriptures and witnessed the superior moral virtues and faith of the Prophet Jesus (as) as well as the miracles imparted to him by our Lord. In the same way that some supposed men of religion in the past, whose own interests were threatened, opposed the Prophet Jesus (as), when he returns to Earth people with those same immorality may well also oppose him. The way that these people, who have the appearance of men of religion, speak out against the Prophet Jesus (as) and make propaganda against him may well mislead one section of the public. However, someone who sincerely believes in the faith revealed by Allah and who lives solely for His approval will, by Allah's leave, immediately recognize the Prophet Jesus (as) through his conscience the moment he sees this holy prophet and will fully submit himself to him. True believers will have no concerns about securing rank and position or protecting the positions they have already obtained. The only thing true believers desire is to please Allah and to be able to live the life of which He approves. When the Prophet Jesus (as) returns, since they observe only the approval of Allah, they will, by Allah's leave, follow this holy prophet and support him in the best possible way.


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Most of the so-called hybrid securities that retail investors have poured billions into over the past few years are equity dressed up as debt. In fact, it is worse than this: hybrids tend to expose you to the risks of shares with none of the upside capital growth.
Today I want to focus on the most high-profile recent hybrid issue:
The PERLS have been marketed to mums and dads on the basis of their high interest rate, which involved a 3.8 per cent annual premium over the variable bank bill rate. This underlying benchmark rate is reset quarterly and generally moves in line with the Reserve Bank's cash rate.
The PERLS VI issue offers a total annual yield of about 7.4 per cent subject to movements in the benchmark rate and any changes in the asset's price. Many brokers argued that this was attractive compared to lower returning "cash" rates.
The concern I have is that the PERLS are not remotely like cash.
One can highlight this two ways: first, by examining the economic performance of the PERLS series during times of market stress relative to ordinary shares and cash; and, second, by drilling down into the product's complex terms and conditions, which reveal that you are assuming large equity hazards.
A leading quantitative analyst, Andrew McCauley at Veritas Securities, helped me pull together the analysis for the first exercise. Specifically, we looked at the performance of cash-style assets (namely a portfolio of investment-grade, floating-rate bonds) compared with ordinary CBA shares and the PERLS IV issue. We focused on July 2007 to March 2009, since this includes a downside scenario – the global financial crisis. The results are summarised in the chart and table.
If you bought into PERLS IV in July 2007, you would have lost 18.5 per cent of the value of your investment by March 2009. This is an improvement over CBA's ordinary shares, which were down nearly 51 per cent. If you add back in the dividends and distributions you received, you still lost about 11 per cent on PERLS IV and 44 per cent on the standard shares.
In contrast, if you put your money into a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, Australian floating-rate bonds, which are a cash proxy, you would not have lost anything despite the ructions. In fact, you would have made money, earning more than 4.4 per cent.
Interestingly, the chart shows that notwithstanding the GFC, CBA shares generated the highest total returns if you were happy to persist through the volatility, and years in which your returns were substantially negative.
Most importantly, the analysis shows PERLS behave like they have equity risk, and perform very differently to cash investments. The reason becomes obvious once you absorb their terms and conditions.
Unlike normal bonds that have a fixed maturity date, PERLS VI are "perpetual" investments. That is, you have no certainty of being repaid. To make this unambiguous, CBA has to mandatorily convert PERLS VI into ordinary shares after eight years if it does not redeem them earlier. It has absolutely no obligation to redeem.
A second feature of PERLS VI is that the distributions you get (that is, the 7.4 per cent return) are entirely at the discretion of CBA, just like dividends on shares. So CBA can stop making these payments whenever it wants.
In contrast to conventional debt, this is a not a default event. Further, if CBA stops paying distributions, it has no obligation to make up the cash flows you miss if it ever restarts. CBA is also prevented from paying dividends on ordinary shares (or undertaking buybacks).
PERLS VI have several other hard-wired terms that deliberately embed equity risk to ensure they qualify for "additional tier one" (or first loss) capital under the new global banking regulations known as BASEL III.
The first is that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority requires that if CBA's "common equity tier one capital ratio" falls from its current 7.5 per cent level to 5.125 per cent or less, PERLS automatically convert to equity – the capital trigger event. If this happens, you lose your distribution payments and are switched to the riskiest part of CBA's capital structure at the worst time – when some disaster hits the bank.
A second hazard is that APRA has the right to unilaterally force CBA to convert PERLS VI into equity if it thinks CBA would be non-viable in the absence of this exchange or a taxpayer bailout. This covers situations where CBA suffers steep capital losses or has difficulty raising new finance without government support. Once again, you lose your PERLS investment, which is replaced by pure equity at a time when CBA is in duress.
Under both the capital trigger and non-viability trigger events, the PERLS are also limited to a maximum number of shares they can be exchanged into. At very low share prices, the value of the equity you receive may be less than your original PERLS investment.
Two differences between PERLS and ordinary shares are their legal status and economic rights. The PERLS are junior-ranking notes and you are only paid the distributions outlined. You have no voting rights, although you rank ahead of shares.
Ordinary shares carry voting entitlements and an owner's claim to CBA's distributable profits. This means shares afford access to growth potential. If there is a significant change in CBA's earnings expectations, or the risk associated with those future cash flows, shares may rise in value. The same principles do not immediately apply to PERLS.
Since CBA's shares now have a dividend yield of about 6.1 per cent, many would be better off retaining the equity upside if they are going to take the downside. Alternatively, consider one of the major banks' Australian Securities Exchange-listed bonds, which pay about 6.2 per cent with no equity risk at all.
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Mine means three basketball games, then speeding home to catch the 8 p.m. faceoff tonight.
Yours means being here all day, and counting the minutes to the 8 p.m. faceoff in Glendale.
By the way, today is my actual anniversary. Sam left last Jan. 29 (We both posted that day) and I took over Jan. 30. I would never have believed I'd have so much fun while working for free, or that I'd actually read the comments, much less get to know the individual commentors (Boneheads, as they soon would be called).
In case you missed it, Glen Sather spoke to reporters yesterday, which is about as rare as Oz speaking to Tinmen. I read it on Steve Zipay's blog. Basically, Slats said the Rangers are still in the hunt, because so many teams are (he didn't say it's because so many teams are so lousy). And he said that making a trade nowadays is really difficult.
So there you have it. Apparently Christensen goes back in tonight, with Kotalik and Brashear again the likely pruchas … wonder if Prucha will be prucha'd. I'll try to stop in later, or at least by gametime. See youse.


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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved an open skies agreement to boost airline traffic to and from Europe, defying a strike by workers at El Al and two smaller airlines who fear the greater competition with foreign airlines will cost them jobs.
Israel's flag carrier El Al responded to the strike and government vote by announcing it would ground flights at Israel's main Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, until further notice.
Supporters of the open skies aviation deal - which will go into effect next April - say its relaxation of restrictions and quotas on flights between Israel and European Union countries will increase competition and help Israel's economy.
"The reform ... aims to lower air fares to and from Israel and boost incoming tourism," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as the cabinet approved the deal by a 16-3 vote.
To help airlines El Al, Arkia and Israir prepare for the rise in competition, the agreement will be gradually phased in over the next five years.
"The open skies agreement is the only way for El Al to economize at long last and to change its approach so that it can compete in the tough world market," Transport Minister Yisrael Katz told Israel Radio.
A major complaint of Israel's airlines is high security costs compared to foreign competitors but the government said it would cover 80 percent of this. El Al spent $33 million on security in 2012.
Ofer Eini, head of Israel's Histadrut labor federation which overseas hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, said the agreement could leave Israel's airlines struggling to compete and could cost 17,000 jobs.
"The way in which (this deal) is being implemented will on the one hand bring a reduction in air fares but it will also cause Israeli companies to collapse," he told Israel Radio.
Eini had called on the cabinet to delay its vote by a month to allow further discussion on adapting the plan.
Workers at El Al, Arkia and Israir started an open-ended strike at 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) before the cabinet vote, but brought forward most departures so that outgoing passengers could leave Israel. Incoming flights and foreign airlines were not affected.
The Histadrut Labor Federation said the strike would be expanded to include all airport workers starting 6 am on Tuesday, which could shut the main Tel Aviv airport.
El Al responded with a statement that in light of the union's decision to continue the strike and that "as a result of the government's decision to approve the open skies agreement, El Al flights are being cancelled until further notice."
According to the Israel Airports Authority, 53 departures carrying 8,700 passengers were scheduled for Sunday.
"We support competition and we support open skies, but in this form it brings about the destruction of the Israeli airline companies," said Asher Edri, chairman of El Al's workers' union.
Shares in El Al, which lost $26.5 million in the fourth quarter, closed 8.5 percent lower at 0.53 shekels.
El Al "estimates that implementation of the agreement in its current form is expected to adversely affect Israeli airlines, including El Al, due to worsening competition," it said, adding that Israeli airlines would have a tough time competing.
Low-cost airline easyJet, which flies to Tel Aviv from London, Manchester and Geneva, welcomed the cabinet's decision to approve the open skies agreement.
"easyJet ... has announced several times its desire to expand its service to Israel from additional destinations in Europe once the open skies agreement was signed," it said.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid said the deal was good for Israel and rejected the notion that jobs would be lost.
"It will not harm the number of jobs in the economy but do the opposite," Lapid said, citing a private study that found open skies would create 10,000 new jobs.
Katz, a member of Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, has urged Israel's carriers to "exploit the opportunity to compete more vigorously with European airlines".
Israel and the United States signed an open skies agreement in 2010.
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REDLANDS - As violent demonstrators across the Middle East continued to protest Monday against an anti-Islam film produced in Southern California, a Hemet-based consultant for the project said unequivocally he would do it again.
"I don't have blood on my hands," said Steve Klein, a 61-year-old Vietnam War veteran and insurance agent who worked with Coptic Christian filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula on "Innocence of Muslims," a low-budget project that portrays Islam's Prophet Muhammad in a negative light.
Klein, a former Marine in Vietnam who led reinforced squads in cell warfare near Hamburger Hill, is unabashed in his anti-Islam beliefs.
He said Muslims seek to replace the U.S. Constitution with Shariah law, which is based broadly on the Islamic legal system.
Klein said he met Nakoula while working with Middle Eastern refugees and teaching them about free speech laws in the United States.
Later Nakoula contacted him to discuss the limits of American free speech and asked him to review the script for the movie, Klein said.
"Lady Gaga can wear meat, you can make crazy movies," Klein said he told Nakoula.
He said the movie premiered a few months ago with the title "Innocence of bin Laden" in an empty Los Angeles theater.
Klein had no expectation that the film's trailer, released online, would ignite violence throughout the world, or that he would end up having a handful of FBI agents protecting him.
He said he has received multiple death threats. There is a loaded gun in every room of his house, he said.
Klein was at an undisclosed location here Monday, where he recorded an interview with local radio personality Lou Desmond of KTIE 590 AM. Desmond described the controversial film as "a poor man's version of Monty Python."
Klein added that "the Muslims and the Christians over there don't understand parody."
Still, he said his presentations to the public and contributions to the movie are based on "facts, proof and evidence" about Islam.
Klein founded Courageous Christians United - which conducts protests outside abortion clinics, Mormon temples and mosques - and started Concerned Citizens for the First Amendment, which preaches against Muslims and publishes volumes of anti-Muslim propaganda that Klein distributes.
The Southern Poverty Law Center says they have been tracking Klein for several years and have labeled two of the organizations he is affiliated with as hate groups.
He also has helped train paramilitary militias at the church of Kaweah near Three Rivers, about an hour southeast of Fresno, to prepare for what they believe is a coming holy war with Muslim sleeper cells, according to the law center.
Klein's son Matthew was a 27-year-old Army medic when he was seriously injured in Iraq. His son was awarded the Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart for injuries suffered in the attack by a suicide bomber.
The violent uproar against "Innocence of Muslims" has raged across the Middle East for a week, resulting in the death of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, when militants attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
Hundreds of protestors on Monday torched a press club and a government building in northwest Pakistan, sparking clashes with police that left at least one person dead.
Demonstrations also turned violent outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia.
Klein blames the violence on a weak foreign policy led by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"Anybody with any brains is seeing it wasn't the video," Klein said.
Mohammad Hossain, founder and director of the Islamic Center of Redlands, said the violence committed in the Middle East over the film is at the hands of extremist Muslims who misunderstand Islam's teachings.
"It is not justified to kill people," Hossain said. "That is not what the prophet taught us."
Hossain, a native of Bangladesh, said filmmakers like Nakoula and Klein can say anything they want, but Islam is winning "a war over Christianity in total numbers," which should make critics rethink whether Muhammad is a fraud.
Hossain said the protesters went too far in what has become a culture clash between the Middle East and the West.
"People should not be going crazy because (Nakoula) is crazy," Hossain said. "People should not support the attacking and the killing and burning. Those people are not thinking right. They think anything coming from America is bad. That is a common emotion.
People went too far. Muslims, especially the people in the Middle East, their mind is traumatized over and over, so they hyper-reacted."
Klein questioned whether Hossain himself was a part of an alleged Islamic effort to take over the U.S.
"Frankly, you know, there's a 99 percent chance he's in the Muslim Brotherhood," Klein said. "And if you give me a few minutes, I'm sure I can go online and find out he is."
Nakoula left his Cerritos home over the weekend. He was seen wearing heavy clothing to disguise his appearance. Federal probation officers interviewed Nakoula. They are reviewing a 2010 case in which he was convicted of bank fraud.
Nakoula's family left their home at around 3:45 a.m. Monday. Deputies gave them a ride, and they were reunited with Nakoula, then taken to an undisclosed location.
Desmond's interview with Klein will air today at 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. on KTIE 590 AM.


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Happy Friday, Friends!
I'm swimming with my Waterworld Mermaid fishy sisters today and telling the tale of how Sherrilyn Kenyon, author of the Dark-Hunter paranormal romance series, literally led me to becoming a writer! To celebrate, I'm giving away a wrapped, 5-book set of her Dark-Hunter novels that I won in a raffle basket she donated to my local writing group. It's a fun story and a fabulous giveaway, what better way to spend a Friday! Swim on over, I'd love to see you there!
Sherrilyn and I at the April 2011 Book Signing just before my first WRW Retreat
Hope to see you there. You have until this Sunday night, 1/27/2013, to enter. Just leave a comment in the comment section of the post at this link: http://waterworldmermaids.com/2013/01/i-heart-sherrilyn-kenyon-super-fabulous-dark-hunter-giveaway/
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It finally happened. There's a movie so bad, so stupid and so devoid of anything resembling decent characterization, compelling story and eye-catching visuals that it demands only a half-viewing.
In other words, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III runs 85 minutes. Even the stout of heart will probably only manage 45.
And really, it's not that the movie is bad. "Bad" doesn't begin to describe it. "Incompetent" is a better word.
Only someone, say, writer and director Roman Coppola, who has no sense of pacing, character or any inclination where to put a camera, would write this movie and then think, "Pretty good. Let's make it!"
Apparently, Roman takes cues from his father, Francis Ford Coppola. Remember him? He made The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, which are wonderful, and Apocalypse Now, which is wonderful until Marlon Brando shows up.
Then he spent the next 30-odd years making terrible movie after terrible movie, starting with One From the Heart. It was true in 1982 and it's true now: No one gives a shit about your heart, Francis, except maybe your cardiologist.
Coppola's spawn is given to similar flights of dum-dum, and the kids don't even have The Godfather to fall back on. When Sofia Coppola isn't making movies about five young women committing suicide (The Virgin Suicides), she makes movies featuring people trapped in hotels (Somewhere, Lost in Translation) or Versailles (Marie Antoinette). Two of those movies are quite charming in their own ways, and two of them are not. At least Ms. Coppola is batting .500, and that's better than most writer-directors. Her brother Roman, on the other hand, has a big, fat goose egg on his stat page.
Hey, those tortured baseball metaphors in the previous paragraph? More nuance than anything in A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.
Before the alt-weekly world blows up and suggests I'm comparing my work writing film criticism to the work of making a movie, I'm not. I'm suggesting anyone—anyone—with any inclination toward writing could spend 15 minutes at the keys and do better than this Charlie Sheen-starring shitfest.
"But," you say, "You didn't even finish watching it!" Correct. I defy anyone to enjoy this movie from start to finish. And then I defy that person to explain what he could possibly see in it.
Is it perhaps, the way Coppola and crew try to hide the movie's low-budget origins by NOT showing the car accident that lands Swan in the hospital? Or is it the way they hide the low-budget origins with terrible camera placement? It's at times like staging a car accident for comic purposes that Coppola could use his pal Wes Anderson. I don't care much for Anderson's movies (in particular, two he's written with Coppola, The Darjeeling Limited and Moonrise Kingdom), but you know what Anderson knows how to do? Block a scene and place a goddamn camera.
Then there's Charlie Sheen as Charles Swan, a womanizing asshole (what a stretch) maybe suffering from a heart attack while dealing with a break-up. Sheen attempts to infuse Swan with pathos and a comedic sensibility, but that requires acting skills, and acting well is a significant and insurmountable obstacle for him.
Reminder: Charlie Sheen is a bad actor. Like Roman Coppola, he's a hero/victim of nepotism. Think Sheen would be anywhere without Martin Sheen's performance in Apocalypse Now? Think again.
"But wait," you say. "Charlie Sheen was good in Platoon and Wall Street and even Major League." Yes, and it would be impossible not to be at least adequate in movies with strong screenplays, strong direction and great co-stars.
"Finally," you say, "What if the movie gets good?" It can't. Besides, an awesome second half can't undo the rottenness of the first.
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CCA Cinematheque
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Imagination Technologies Acquires MIPS Technologiesby Ganesh T S on 11/6/2012 12:02 PM EST
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DJTryHard - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkImagination Technologies are the ones that develop the PowerVR graphics. Reply
Lonyo - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkAlso worth noting they powered some Intel chipsets, where Intel are too lazy to make their own GPU (some Atom CPUs).
As well as obviously lots of ARM based SoCs. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkThe issue was that Intel's IGPs have historically been power hungry for their performance; when atom was just a minor sideline it was cheaper to license 3rd party IP. However, IIRC starting with Atom v2.0 next year they intend to go to an in house design permanently. Reply
deltatux - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkIntel is one of the major shareholders in Imagination Technologies. Why wouldn't they not want to use PowerVR? Apple is another major shareholder as well. Reply
DERSS - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkSo no wonder that Intel is going to drop its weak mobile graphics for much more powerful/effecient PowerVR.
And, of course, Apple uses it as graphic coprocessors. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkI wouldn't sing praise about Intel using PowerVR.
PowerVR may have more performance than the GMA 950 based IGP's like the GMA 3100, however it's drivers are so so so so so so so so so baaaad, even worst than Intels which says something. Reply
Alexvrb - Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - linkWhat devices are you downloading drivers for, exactly? Last time I played around with _first-party_ PowerVR drivers was when I had a Kyro II. Their drivers were actually pretty good. They even later released one that did emulated hardware T&L in software, which allowed them to run many games that weren't intended to run on Series 3. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - linkLook at newegg reviews on the current generation of atom boards. Rage about the horrid powerVR drivers has crushed the rating on every single board. Reply
RicardoNeuer - Thursday, November 08, 2012 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online(Click on menu Home)
http://goo.gl/025YD Reply
kitf - Sunday, November 11, 2012 - linkHow do you know it's Imaginations fault rather than Intel's? Aren't Intel responsible for the driver bring up? Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - linkYep, I was 90% sure that was them but the article should mention that.
Also the article doesn't explain WHY this removes MIPS from being a competitor. If anything I'd think it strengthens what the combined company could do if they wanted to. It seems like PowerVR to date has had the best mobile graphics? Certainly competitive, and combined MIPS/PowerVR cores have potential, probably now and certainly going forward. Reply
Gopi - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkMIPS is into most of the wireline chips. I am sure this acquisition is a cool one. Can we expect Imagination to make their own Multimedia processors ? or will it remain as a IP supplier alone ? Reply
lmcd - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkImagination Tech could take over AMD's role Reply
lmcd - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkSeriously, they have crazy graphics IP and now a new architecture with low single-thread abilities. They could easily make an APU (SoC) to rule them all, especially long-term. Still, as Apple's iPad has demonstrated, PowerVR well-implemented and optimized is highly competitive. Reply
Urizane - Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - linkApple didn't optimize PowerVR graphics, they just put more of it on there than anybody else. SGX 554MP4 means that there are four SGX 554 modules. Reply
jjj - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - link"this deal cuts down the number of players in the mobile space from three (ARM, Intel and MIPS) to just ARM and Intel now "
What makes you say that? If anything it makes MIPS stronger or are you assuming Imagination is ...doing what?Going ARM? Reply
UpSpin - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkI agree with you. This deal ups the number of players in the mobile space from two (ARM, Intel) to three (ARM, Intel, MIPS).
MIPS SoCs were used in some foreign not well known cheap mobile devices already, but their main territory was more in embedded systems, rather than mobile devices.
Now with ImgTec could push their mobile research a bit further. Reply
ganeshts - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkMIPS / ImgTec will find it difficult to get into mobile space as an app processor IP vendor because ARM is well entrenched and, in addition, most of the general patents from MIPS have been taken up by ARM already. Only guarantee is that ARM will not be able to use the patents necessary for it to get into the networking space.
Do you think ARM would have spent > $150 mn. to enable another vendor to compete with it in the app processor space ? That is not happening, guys :) Only hope for competition is Intel coming up with compelling mobile / smartphone solutions. Reply
UpSpin - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkEither you or I have misunderstood the patent thing.
MIPS 'sold' the patents to a consortium, to which ARM, ImgTec and others have access. "but Imagination Tech retains a royalty-free, perpetual license to them"
ARM doesn't have exclusive access to those patents. MIPS just can't license them to ARM any longer, but still use them in their own technologies.
And MIPS is well known in the low cost sector, but because they haven't focused on the high end sector yet. There are many mobiledevices with MIPS SoCs, just low end china stuff at the moment.
ARM has Cortex + Mali, ready to build for companies like Samsung.
ImgTec will have MIPS + PowerVR, ready to build for companies like Samsung.
Or maybe, in the future, if MIPs gets competive in the high end sector Apple will make a huge buyout, and buy ImgTec to switch from Intel and ARM to their own independent designs. Reply
ganeshts - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkI hope to revisit this post a couple of years down the line :)
ImgTec can't go out and say that it will not continue with the mobile app processor aspirations of MIPS right now. Also, all the talk of Android being one of the reasons can also be construed to mean that Android is making its presence felt even in CE devices like STBs (where MIPS has a strong foothold) - and doesn't necessarily have to mean that it is the mobile market focus.
Another angle that seems to stick out is the fact that ARM, despite being interested and having cash in hand, couldn't have fully bought out MIPS because of anti-trust concerns. An educated guess is that this deal was done with MIPS, ImgTec and ARM / Bridge Crossing LLC sitting together. I pointed out the patents aspect with this in mind.
My prediction is that ImgTec will continue to serve the Chinese market with the mobile solutions and probably sign up a few more licensees for PowerVR in the process. Of course, networking and STB focus will be enhanced. I would be greatly surprised if they launch a full-out frontal assault in the mobile app processor space against ARM.
I am looking forward to how this is going to play out. Reply
jjj - Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - linkIt makes little sense for Imagination to invest in CPU cores,add the MIPS team (that ups expenses quite a bit) and not fully use some of that work in mobile.Since they acquired what matters most to the MIPS architecture it makes sense to actually use it,if not then they got to go ARM ,make and licence a custom core but i doubbt it and that would be somewhat dissapointing.
There isn't much info out there for now,so hard to figure out if they are really going to push MIPS but from a business perspective,while more costly ,it does have a lot more upside.
This quote might be relevant but it's also true that he doesn't mention any sectors.
"The combined business should be able to create a new industry-leading force in CPUs, and essentially will provide choice and an alternative to our good friends in Cambridge," Imagination chief executive Hossein Yassaie told Reuters Reply
Penti - Sunday, November 11, 2012 - linkThey got no mobile processors to license to begin with. The mobile processors in China aren't MIPS Technologies designs at all to start with just MIPS compatible and their own efforts has zero design wins. They collaborated on the software side though, but not processor IP.
MIPS has always been heavily dependent on third party implementors most of which doesn't use MIPS cores or only use them in low end products. Now only a few network firms hold on to MIPS and license the ISA, designing their own chips. Only thing MIPS-driven by themselves that they are trying to show off is cores suitable in baseband and they are just not used as baseband processors. Not even by the companies building with MIPS app processors. Ingenic's design which they try to pitch a ride with is Ingenic's own design. Not a product from MIPS tech.
Mips technologies have yet had any aspirations of their own in the field. ProAptiv isn't realized yet
Mips licensees can be expected to continue whatever they do irregardless of what Imagination wants to do with it. Having stuff like TV and STB chips with PowerVR graphics would help against custom solutions built on Mali. Any licensee of MIPS can use whatever though, Mali, Vivante etc. They would basically have to design and sell complete solutions to do a difference there.
ProAptiv series do want to have success in the CE like STB, home networking, embedded/automotive field as well as mobile. My guess would be that they only tries to slightly alter their own MIPS processor IP to include options to license the design together with PowerVR graphics to make it an more attractive choice for multimedia. A macro or synthesisable design with the whole SoC ready. Supporting Chinese firms to run Android (i.e. porting, supporting software tools) of course also helps in the CE/STB/Infotainment field
Powerful network equipment semiconductors will continue to build their own architectures that is either MIPS or PowerPC compatible. It's not like they are trying to sway people into licensing new 64-bit designs. MIPS Technologies hasn't designed 64-bit chips /designs since the R5000 that was actually built by a partner company we knew back then as QED. R4200/R4300i was really the last 64-bit design architectured by MTI. MIPS Tech. doesn't sell any 64-bit design IP today. SGI also worked on the R10000 series, but went under before making any huge strides. MIPS is essentially low-end at least as far as MTI is concerned. They also had MIPS64 5K, and MIPS64 20Kc which they licensed for a while. All the others, the other MIPS processors by vendors are basically their own architectures and design when it comes to higher-end chips. I expected that they would expect input into the MIPS64-design and ISA and would switch ISA if there is any trouble there. Imagination will just be able to offer processor IP for less money when they control the MTI. Not sure they want to start to compete with much more advanced chips themselves. Or to design them. Can they get others to do it for them, then great. Reply
semo - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkI was really hoping that MIPS will eventually give ARM a good kick in the pants but I guess we'll never see that happen.
I don't think we need another Intel for the mobile market (big margins, slow innovation). ARM is still dragging their feet when it comes to releasing a 64 bit architecture. Their designs are not as power efficient as they could be too. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkWith AMD (and Via I suppose) as the only major CPU designer missing from the licensee list this still stinks of trolling. Intel can't go after them directly without anti-trust larts being swung at their head; but a 3rd party in which they only have a minority stake is a great cover. Reply
Kevin G - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkWith AMD licensing ARM cores now, that vector doesn't appear to be very probable. AMD and Imagination likely have a cross licensing agreement in place already due to the overlap of technologies necessary to produce a modern GPU. I can see this being extended to incorporate CPU patents.
Via could be a target but it would be odd considering their size and low volume nature. Reply
bengildenstein - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkI'm really surprised that practically nobody has talked about Imagination's Meta SoC CPU cores, that have been announced for what seems like a month now.
The Meta core eschews out-of-order multi-core for in-order, 'virtual-core' that is supposed to be a much better handler with common cache misses (up to 3x performace with 4 virtual cores compared to quad-core) and a result in a die-space that is 1/4 the size of the traditional OoO core. It's 3x faster with typical workloads, and a scant 25% of the size, which should translate into great power or ridiculous performance, depending on the SoC makeup. It looks like a very hot tech.
The downer is a different ISA, which will hurt uptake in some regards.
It will be interesting to see how the acquisition of MIPS affects this strategy. It may be a play for MIPS' customers. Imagination seems to be making a play for the CPU, and while they may not find themselves in high end products right away, their Meta cores show that they are at the very least applying the same forward-thinking vision that keeps them securely in the lead with PowerVR. Reply
andrewaggb - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - link3x faster, 25% of the size, what's the big gotcha/caveat surrounding this? I'm assuming there is one....
I read http://www.imgtec.com/meta/meta-technology.asp and it says up to 2x the performance for equivalent size.
"This unique approach to embedded processor design enables Meta to deliver up to twice the measurable throughput (e.g., Dhrystone) for the same clock speed and silicon area to comparable, state-of-the-art conventional processors."
Also it sounds like they use a variant on hyper-threading to make the cpu appear as 4 processors and that through very fast context switching can achieve better overall utilization. Anyways, that sounds good, but almost every processor can achieve up to 2x something over it's competitors in specific tests.
Anyways, unless i totally misread that, it was nothing at all like 3x faster, 25% of size. Reply
ganeshts - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkIt is a different ISA. When you start with a fresh slate, you can do things a bit better. 3x at 25% area is probably marketing talk when optimized for specific workloads. You can probably find another workload where it is probably 10x worse than the competition.
Some of the Aptiv cores from MIPS also use 'hyper-threading'. So, MIPS and ImgTec make a nice match there. Reply
iwod - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkWell the reason why no one said anything is simply because no one knew about it!. I did a search and even anandtech doesn't have an article or a press release on it. How would you expect the world to know if it is not on anandtech site? :D Reply
ET - Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - linkI agree that it's interesting. Using the MIPS team and patents to strengthen Meta is a likely option. When Apple bought PA Semi there was speculation that PA Semi's experience with PowerPC meant that Apple was thinking of using that architecture again, but it used that expertise for producing ARM chips. It's entirely possible that Imagination will use MIPS to strengthen its Meta IP, both on the engineering side and for marketing.
However it turns out, I think we have some interesting times ahead. Reply
Penti - Sunday, November 11, 2012 - linkNot really, they bought the company that collaborated with Samsung on designing the A4 (Hummingbird) in Texas. We only got to see what the PA Semi guys where up to ones they started to lead work with the Intrinsity team. Much of the skills from PA Semi had already left ship by then, other had joined. They on the other hand had plenty of experience in building SoC's and adapting processor IP – Intrinsity that is. The A6 is clearly a collaboration and merging of the two semi design teams. It would be pretty hard to do without the Intrinsity team. They would just use rebadged Samsung chips if they didn't buy Intrinisty too. They would basically have had to partner up with Intrinsity and Samsung to bring any product from the PA Semi team to market.
MIPS has a much more robust tool and software support than Meta of course. Just as they went ARM because of strong support for the platform/ISA in tools and software. They would be able to build new MIPS designs with the old Meta team though for no money going to licensing it. Just receiving royalties and selling the IP. I.e. cheaper than trying to sell PPC or MIPS, or ARM physical/synthesizable processor IP without joining up with MTI. Essentially they get to design and sell MIPS cores without paying anything now, use all the patents MTI sold for free. They will probably try to sell SoC IP with their Imagination tech built in like their GPU's. Trying to get/design a more attractive platform to sell. Many ARM licensees goes with other GPU IP vendors. Becoming an ARM licensee would cost them quite some money, especially if they really like to design their own cores. As they probably want to target other markets than mobile devices ISA doesn't really matter that much, just that software is actually able to run at it. Which MTI offers. Reply
aryonoco - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkAny commentary on what ImgTech plans to do with MIPS? Do they plan to continue developing it? Are they going to just focus on the markets in which MIPS is strong, and basically is this a move to guarantee that MIPS doesn't enter the mobile Application Processor SoC market?
MIPS was the pioneer of RISC, and a major part of SGI and DEC workstations. It would be sad if it completely disappears. Reply
zzing123 - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkI still remember MIPS from SGI too - I find it ironic that ARM is having problems going into the server space when MIPS used to be the king of the molehill in this department. Reply
zzing123 - Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - linkIn fact I think this could prove to be a killer for ARM's server initiative. MIPS isn't exactly a stranger to supercomputing, and PowerVR can do OpenCL too (http://www.imgtec.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19... though only 1.0.
So, it'd be interesting to see if we get a server SoC that has several MIPS cores leashed to several PowerVR GPUs to have a very interesting, very scaleable and very low power APU. Reply
cocoviper - Thursday, November 08, 2012 - linkYour job sucks. Reply


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While most of the Rio Grande turkey range experienced excellent nesting conditions this past spring and summer, after four years of little to no production across much of their territory, the number of mature gobblers will be limited in some areas. Basically, areas that have received less hunting pressure in recent years are likely home to more long-beards.
Even so, it's shaping up to be a better season than last year, when two years of drought had played havoc with nesting success across much of the state.
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"In late February on a ranch in South Texas that has not been hunted in a while, we saw plenty of mature toms," Hardin says. "And at the Matador Wildlife Management area recently there were a fair number of mature toms. The eastern Panhandle looks real good because of fair hatches in 2008 and '09."
"So far this year we're looking dry, which will not be setting ourselves up for good hatch," Hardin says, "but we should be set for a couple of years thanks to last year's hatch."
Rio Grande spring turkey hunting season opens in the 102 North Zone counties on April 2 and runs through May 15. The 54-county South Zone opens March 19 and continues through May 1. Special youth-only weekends are set for March 26-27 and May 21-22 in the North Zone and May 7-8 in the South Zone.
A special one-gobbler-only Rio Grande spring season is set for April 1-30 in 8 counties, including: Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee and Milam counties.
The spring gobbler-only eastern turkey season is open in 43 East Texas counties from April 1-30 with a 1 bird bag. At its March 31 meeting, the Parks and Wildlife Commission will be considering closing 15 East Texas counties for Eastern turkey and pushing the season opener back to April 15, but any change would not be effective until 2012.
"We had favorable nesting conditions for Eastern turkeys this past nesting season as well," Hardin says. "A wet winter and early spring followed by dry conditions in May is typically a good scenario for eastern turkeys. Anecdotal evidence also suggests good production."
In those areas that typically show good eastern turkey numbers (Red River Valley counties) and deep East Texas counties such as Newton and Jasper should have average numbers as well, Hardin says.
Statewide regulations allow the use of shotgun, rifle, handgun, legal archery equipment or crossbow to take Rio Grande turkey; however, individual landowners and public hunting areas may further restrict the devices to be used. The bag limit for Rio Grande turkey is four turkeys per license year. Regulations and bag limits vary by county, so check the county specific rules where you are hunting. Only gobblers are allowed to be harvested during the spring hunting season. Consult the 2010 — 2011 Outdoor Annual for season dates and bag limits in your area.
Eastern turkey hunting is limited to shotgun, lawful archery equipment or crossbow, with a one-gobbler bag limit. All harvested eastern turkeys must be taken to a check station within 24 hours. To find the check station nearest you, contact a TPWD field office or call (800) 792-1112.
Need a place to hunt? TPWD's public hunting program offers the opportunity to participate in low cost, family oriented, spontaneous hunts for turkeys. Each year, the department publishes maps of more than 1 million acres of public hunting lands. Access for turkey hunting is provided by the Annual Public Hunting (APH) Permit.
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Mikulik's ejection leads to fiery tirade
Tourists manager, who lost his cool in 2006, erupts again
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | July 27, 2012 7:25 PM ET
It took about six years, but Joe Mikulik has erupted again.
The Asheville manager went on a lengthy and heated tirade Friday after he was ejected in the first inning of the Tourists' 4-1 South Atlantic League victory at Charleston.
Mikulik, in his 13th season with Asheville, gained fame in 2006 for a memorable tirade against an umpire that included throwing second base and cleaning home plate with a water bottle. On Friday, things got interesting when RiverDogs leadoff man Cito Culver hit a ground-rule double and tried to steal third.
A pickoff attempt caught Culver in a rundown, but the Yankees' 2010 first-round Draft pick advanced after managing to avoid the tag of lunging third baseman Samuel Mende.
Mikulik appeared to dispute whether Culver should have been called out for running out of the baseline while evading the tag. Culver was thrown out at the plate two batters later, so no damage was done.
Mikulik had a brief but heated argument with infield umpire Mike Patterson, who tossed him after the skipper drew the baseline in the dirt with his foot. He then rifled his cap into the outfield, re-enacted Culver's baserunning tactics, pulled out third base and handed it to a fan in the front row near the third-base dugout.
Mikulik and Patterson traded words again before Milulik retrieved his cap, waved to the crowd and took a bow before entering the dugout.
The crowd appeared to boo at times, although it's unclear whether Mikulik was the target of its displeasure.
It's at least the second ejection for the manager this month. After he was tossed on July 5 against Augusta, Tourists broadcaster Scott Armstrong said, "Mik got his money's worth, throwing his cap on the ground, kicking plenty of dirt on [home plate umpire Aaron] Roberts and doffing his cap to the cheering crowd as he exited the field."
Mikulik's 2006 ejection, which became a viral sensation, saw him pull out second base and heave it into the outfield before carefully covering home plate with dirt, then washing it off with a bottle of water. He later threw several bats onto the field, spiked the bottle at the plate, squatted and mimicked an umpire calling a strike and eventually left the ballpark through a door in right field.
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Winning season for Paul Kane basketball team
Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 06:00 am
The Paul Kane Blues are headed in the right direction towards a winning season in high school women�s basketball.
The surprising Blues raised their overall record to 11-4 after polishing off the Archbishop Jordan Scots 79-60 Thursday at the Skyhawks Invitational Tournament at Paul Kane.
The Blues are also a stellar 5-0 for second place in the metro Edmonton division one standings.
�We�re really excited about our season,� said Tiana Woyewitka, a Grade 12 wing. �Ideally we would like to make it to city finals and win and then make it to provincials as well.�
The Blues, a 4A honourable mention for the second time this season, haven�t shown this much promise and potential since 2011 as premier (now division one) finalists.
Woyewitka, one of six returnees from last year�s 5-8 premier campaign and opening round playoff loss, credits the team�s cohesiveness for its winning ways.
�Everybody works together unbelievably well. You can tell when a team has really good chemistry, it makes a huge difference and you saw that with our team throughout the whole first half of the season,� she said.
In the first game after the exam break the Blues finished on a high note by outscoring ABJ 41-27 in the second half, including a 27-13 margin in the third quarter.
�We started off a little sloppy. Our offence was pretty good right from the beginning but our defence was really bad,� Woyewitka said. �As it went on we kind of realized that ABJ wanted it a lot after we beat them the first time (53-39 Jan. 7 at Paul Kane) so if we wanted to win it we had to pick it up. We did that and I�m really proud of everybody on our team.�
ABJ, 0-4 in division one play, sank four of its six three-pointers in the first half but struggled shooting free throws throughout the foul-plagued affair. The Blues were whistled for 13 fouls in the first half, compared to 10 for ABJ. The game ended with 23 fouls for the Blues, including five to rugged Grade 12 post Julie Fagan, and 18 for ABJ.
Woyewitka, 17, made a triumphant return to the lineup after a lower body injury by draining a team-high 19 points.
�I was happy but I still think I have a ways to go. Anybody who comes back from an injury always says that after their first game but I will work on it. I will get there,� said Woyewitka, who scored 12 points in the second half.
Sydney Hurlburt tossed in 14 points on the strength of two three-pointers in the third quarter. Julia Nicholson and Rachel McIntyre added 11 apiece and Janell Desharnais and Kaitlyn Hunder each had seven.
It was a solid bounce back game for the Blues after tournament losses of 62-51 to the Balfour Collegiate Redmen of Regina and 65-48 to the Dr. E.P. Scarlett Lancers of Calgary, ranked ninth in 4A, to finish fourth at the Paul Kane Invitational.
�We went into the exam break after a couple of bad games. We didn't play very good so the break was good,� Woyewitka said. �We also had a couple of good practices and workouts so I think those really helped us.�
In Friday�s semifinal at the SkyDome the Blues played the Bev Facey Falcons (4-1 in metro), ranked seventh in 4A, or the unranked 4A St. Francis Xavier Rams (2-2 in metro). The score was unavailable at press time.
The Blues are back on the court today at the SkyDome in the third-place game at 5 p.m. or the 7 p.m. final.
A win Friday would set the stage for a potential showdown against the St. Albert Skyhawks in today�s final. It�s the most wicked high school basketball rivalry in St. Albert right now.
Last season the Skyhawks whipped the Blues 83-54 and 80-41.
The last time the Blues upset the Skyhawks was the 2011 premier semifinal, 75-66 at the SkyDome.
Tuesday the teams will square-off in league play at 6:30 p.m. at the SkyDome.
�We�re excited to try and play them,� Woyewitka said. �Ideally, for me personally, I would like to play them on Tuesday but to play them (in the final) would give us a good heads up of what to expect and I think we can show them how much we�ve improved since last year. I�m sure they don't think that we�re a 5-0 team so to be able to come out and show them why we are would be really good.�


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I think instead of the leaf symbol it should be changed to a leafheadband. As for the background color maybe Blue and orange like Naruto's old costume or Black and orange like his part 2 costume —This unsigned comment was made by Tsukyomi666 (talk • contribs) on 06:33, November 14, 2008.
Sounds like a good idea, but I reeally think that it should be changed to a black background with silver Leaf village symbols —This unsigned comment was made by 18:24, December 22, 2008 Demon fox princess1230 (talk • contribs) .
Silver? What does Naruto have to do with black and silver? Naruto himself is covered in orang and the naruto logo is covered in orange. Thus, I used orange when I clipped together the background from a leaf village logo. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Dec 23, 2008 @ 01:47 (UTC)
- its just that orange is kind of an annoying/intrusive color when used so much. maybe a light green palette instead? hidden leaf village = green leaves background--126.96.36.199 19:12, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it should be changes its fine really ,most wikis don't even have backgrounds and who owns this wiki anyway please tell me Dbz474 11:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- No one, or rather the community. Just like any other Wikia wiki, there is no owner, it is controlled by the community. I founded the wiki about 2 years ago when I adopted it in it's inactive state. Even though I founded the community, I still don't own it. ^_^ The trick about administrating an open wiki, is rather than using ownership powers, the skill comes from someone who can use reason, and get the community to support them. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Dec 29, 2008 @ 11:28 (UTC)
I think that changing the orange layout would be a good idea if it wouldn't be to much trouble. Like other people have said it is rather distracting. However it it would take a long time and a lot of work to implement I am fine with it staying the same.
I think that maybe what we should do is keep an Orange Background while adding larger Blue Leaf Symbols. Or maybe have it the other way around, Blue Background with Orange Leaf symbols. Or there is one more idea, like how Naruto has his clothing, had kinda the top upper part part of the Background black or blue, and the rest of the way down from the lower top to all the way down orange. Then what ever color you didn't use, like if you used black for the upper top, you use blue for leaf symbols, and vise versa if you use blue for the upper top. -Juubi no Ryuu


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Lemonade, Lightened Upby Dana Angelo White in Meal Makeovers, June 29, 2009
There's nothing better than than an icy glass of lemonade on a hot day, but who needs all those extra calories from added sweeteners? Instead of turning to sugary, packaged mixes, make your own light and fresh versions. Here are our tricks.
Citrus Squeeze
A glass of sweetened lemonade (typically 8 ounces) that comes from a mix or carton has about 120 calories and about 7 teaspoons of sugar. When I checked out the options at my local grocery store, I found most are sweetened with tons of sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, while the low-calorie version are drowning in artificial sweeteners.
Go for the real deal — lemons, a small amount of sugar and water are all you need. Not only do you skip the preservatives and processed ingredients, but fresh lemon juice has a hefty dose of vitamin C and some potassium. Stick with fresh lemon (pass on the bottled stuff) — it's a little more time consuming to do the squeezing, but you'll taste the difference. An average lemon yields about 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) depending on the size. Use a juicer or a handy reamer to get every last drop.
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When you make your own, you can control the amount of sweetener — and sugar's not your only option. If sugar is your top choice, opt for the superfine variety, which dissolves into drinks better, or make a simple syrup. This way the sweetness distributes evenly in every glass — no watery lemonade at the top of your pitcher and inches of sugar sinking to the bottom. You can also infuse your simple syrup with herbs like mint, basil, or orange peel for some extra (calorie-free) flavor.
Honey and agave nectar are some other sugar alternatives to try. Some of these sweeteners are actually sweeter than sugar, so you'll most likely need to use less. Start by swapping half the recommended amount of sugar (for example, if the recipes calls for 1 cup of sugar, then use no more than 1/2 cup of agave nectar). Then let your taste buds decide — you can always add it a bit more. Since most of the calories in lemonade come from sweeteners, keep portions to a few teaspoons per person max.
Adding a splash of fresh fruit juice is my favorite way to add sweetness — not to mention it boosts vitamins and antioxidants and gives your drink a dash of color and a bit more zing. I found this Food Network Magazine recipe that mixes mashed fresh strawberries, guava juice and lemon juice to make an interesting combo.
And then, of course, there's always the "Arnold Palmer," which is when you mix your lemonade with some iced tea.
- Lemonade recipes to try:
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4 Game losing Streak Over, Bynum played his first game and did very well in limited minutes!
Pacers WIN!
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Pacers WIN!
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Good game, but we have got to rebound better.
I really couldn't have asked for a much better game tonight. George and Stephenson had their struggles, but did make some important plays in the 2nd half when we needed them. This was the definition of a total team effort tonight.
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For me, it reminded me of games earlier in the season where we played good D but the offense wasn't fluid, yet we still just 'out-talented' teams down the stretch. Another carbon copy tonight.
Rebounding was an issue. Stephenson didn't get after it as much tonight. Perhaps less keen to steal Bynum's rebounds?
Delighted with Bynum's debut. Couldn't have asked for more. A bit peeved that he just fell short of the double double. Would have been nice for him.
Oh, and I see our resident bust went a 4/4 from the floor with 3 assists added into the mix.
In what was one of the most incredible individual matchups of the season, Chris Denari mentioned Brad Stevens 137 times, narrowly scraping by Roy Hibbert falling down, whose final tally rested at 134. Amazing effort out of those two.
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Yep, rebounding was subpar. Also still a lot of dribble penetration against our point guards. But better than the 4 game losing streak and Bynum was encouraging. Another no excuse not to win opponent on tap Friday.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
I don't care that they didn't return to the dominant play style of the first half of the season, I don't care that they almost gave up the lead.
They ****ing won.
DG for 3
Pleasantly surprised by Bynum. Now the question is whether his conditioning and knees will allow him to play consistent healthy minutes. Let's hope for the best.
Turner shot well tonight too which was great to see (especially from 3).
Tough to see too much else here, it is the Celtics after all, but a win is a win and MAN did we need it. Hopefully we can build up some momentum over the next few games.
A lot of positives to be taken from tonight. Obviously all the wrongs from the slump wouldn't be ridden of overnight, but tonight was a large step in doing that.
We're still coming for that title.
We shot the ball well but the 20 offensive rebounds from Boston were far too much. 16 TO's but really no surprises there anymore.
Bynum had an excellent debut offensively.
feels good to win again
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I thought Bynum's debut gave the team some much needed energy and lift.
West was rock solid all night though, and George and Stephenson had some big shots. Scola's got that midrange jumper going again.
Roy played with an energy I haven't seen from him in a bit in the 4th quarter.
We can be pretty damn special if this is the Bynum we get the rest of the way.
Lets go Mastadons!
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
I could be wrong, but they have a 50 year old man and Tractor Traylor's son both in the game at the same time right now.
Bynum has more lift with those terrible knees than Hibbert does...
Lance was terrible for the first 44ish minutes. He was 1/9 with no assists. Is it just me, or since the Turner trade, has Lance been looking to get his own more? He completely missed a wide open Hill multiple times in the first half just to dribble dribble dribble.
Overall, definitely a better showing. But it was also against Boston.
Watson coming back will be big. We've really missed him.
Bynum came in the game and it seemed as though the entire team had this cathartic moment.
We became Smashmouth again. We were getting offensive boards, taking it strong to the rim, forcing teams to double team us.
Now, it wasn't ALL roses and sunshine. We need to iron out some issues with rebounding, ball movement, 'hero ball' tendencies, and a number of things defensively.
BUT, I think we all finally got to see a return to our roots, even just temporarily.
That's a huge win in my book. Plus, you know... We won!
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
We will not get our offense back until Vogel takes the ball out of Hills hands... A win is a win but this team still does not look good... Let Lance and pg bring it up the floor let Hill spot up...
The first No L
since 5 games ago
Larry Bird spoke and
Vogel made it so
Evan "BUST" Turner 4-4, 1-1 from 3, 3 assists
I'm not sure I liked that entire bench line up, they played no defense...