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Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst has dropped his federal libel lawsuit against a woman who accused him of sexual assault in online comments.
The Bright Eyes singer's attorney filed the notice of voluntary dismissal Friday in New York federal court. The move comes after Oberst's publicist released a statement from the woman that says she falsely accused Oberst to get attention and she apologized.
The North Carolina woman made the claims on a website last December, saying that Oberst forced her to have sex after a show 10 years ago in Durham, N.C., when she was 16.
Oberst filed the libel suit in February. He issued a statement last week saying he accepted the apology and that he looks forward "to happier times as we all move forward with our lives."
Oberst recently released a new album called "Upside Down Mountain" and is on the road this summer.


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Tiger By The Tail by Shelley Munro
Rohan. Rohan! Ambar stomped into the house she shared with her brother and his mate Kiran. The scent of freshly brewed coffee made her turn in the direction of the kitchen. She burst through the doorway and glared at them both before focusing on Rohan.
I asked you to do one thing. One thing! And did you do it? Oh no. She threw up her hands in disgust, her scowl intensifying.
Kiran took one look at her face and stood. Maybe I should go.
Sit, Ambar ordered. Rohan, you didnt cancel the marriage broker.
I did so. Rohan met her gaze without a hint of deceit. I cancelled the contract with the marriage broker and told him his services were no longer required.
Then why did a man turn up in the store this morning and tell me hed come to marry me?
What man? Where is he?
Ambar glowered at both men. I pushed him out of the store, slammed the door in his face and hightailed it straight here. She twisted the golden band on her right hand, the ring shed inherited from her mother and wore to remind herself of her desire to live an independent life. While men were lots of fun, she didnt need one to survive. She did not need a mate to complete her life.
Why didnt you bring him here? Or ask him to wait at the store and call me so we could sort it out?
Im not marrying him, and you cant make me. She wrenched on the gold band again, trying not to think about him. Hari.
Rohan doesnt intend to force you to marry anyone, Kiran said, handing her a mug of coffee. His unruffled manner went a long way to restoring her calm.
I cant believe you closed the store, Rohan muttered.
How are we going to grow our business with you shutting shop at the slightest provocation?
Provocation? You call this provocation? Ambar snapped, the fragile hold on her temper fraying again. I supported you and Kiran. I expect you to tell this this man to leave Middlemarch and never come back. I told him, but I expect hell only listen to a male.
Rohan pushed back his chair and stood, circling the table to stand at her side. For a moment Ambar wanted to deck him then she saw the concern on his face. All the fight drained out of her. Deep down, she didnt think hed arrange a marriage for her. He knew she valued her independence, but he didnt know of her desire to travel. She hadnt confided her list of dream destinations to anyone.
Finish your coffee and well go back to the store together.
But what if hes gone?
Kiran chuckled. Isnt that what you want?
He was actually quite nice, Ambar said, recalling his tentative manner. He had an awful scar on his face. Id hate for him to think I acted like a boor because I couldnt bear to look at him. I think he was nervous.
Where was he from? Did he say? Rohan asked.
I didnt give him a chance. Ambar frowned, trying to recall his face in detail. Apart from the scar, she didnt remember much. He wasnt from India. He sounded English to me.
Rohan took a sip of coffee. I wonder if Dad used a broker over in England as well as the one in India. Theres a large Indian community in Manchester and a smaller one in London. I didnt find anything in the paperwork in the office. Did he ask to speak with me?
Of course he did. I was consigned to the little woman box straightaway, Ambar said, her top lip curling in disdain.
Why didnt you just tell him to piss off? Kiran sipped his coffee, studying her carefully like one of his animal patients. Why did you flick your tail and run away? You know a male tigers typical response is to chase.
She winged him a glare. I did not flick my tail. Im not interested in another man. You know Im going out with Jake.
Rohans brows rose and his lips quivered as if he was trying not to laugh. But you did run away.
All the hot air whooshed out of her at the challenge. Heck, they were right. Why hadnt she told him to take a hike?
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Game of Thrones!
Excuse us while we go all fanboy on our blog and spew unadulterated love for the masterpiece TV show that finally—finally—returns to the airwaves this week.
If you haven't guessed, everyone around the Movoto office has devoured "Game of Thrones." A lot of us have watched the first two seasons multiple times. Some of us have even dived into the novels the series is based on. Our love is that great.
Just last week we got to talking about how we could bring the series, in some form, to our blog. What did we come up with?
So, if you love dragons as much as we do check out these 10 cities where dragons are likely to roost. (Here's looking at you Mother of Dragons. We'd cross the Narrow Sea with you anytime.)
- Minneapolis
- Las Vegas
- Colorado Springs
- Tucson
- Washington, DC
- Houston
- Mesa
- Portland
- Louisville
- Sacramento
Where Dragons Want to Live, Other than Westeros
We didn't pull our cities out of a hat and slap them into a top 10 list. No matter how crazy it sounds, we put some thought into actually looking at the 50 most populous cities in the country and the various aspects our pseudo-dinosaur friends would want. We considered:
- The number of adventurers in a city
- The number of so-called knights in a city
- Underground lairs near a city
- Amount of gold in a city
- Churches in a city
- Delicious meat products in a city
Once we had the numbers for each of these six categories, we ranked each city from 1 to 50 (1 being the best score). The top 10 cities had the lowest average ranking.
We'll start by breaking down the number of adventurers in each city, otherwise known as those uppity peons trying to keep a dragon down.
Adventurers: Where D&D Finally Pays Off
If you're a giant man-eating lizard-bat, one thing you hate is a bunch of people wandering around trying to rain on your parade—probably with arrows.
To get around this, we looked at the percentage of people in each city who'd be in the prime adventurer age group. In other words, we pulled up Census data and looked at the percentage of each city's population that's between 20 and 34 years old. Minneapolis had the fewest percentage of people in this age group, making it more favorable for dragons.
Speaking of adventurers, each gang that's bent on dragon-cide needs a leader to whip them into shape. That's where knights come in.
Knights: Walking Cans of Spam
If you're going by European stories, dragons are notoriously hounded by knights trying to make a name for themselves. That's pretty selfish if you ask us. Thankfully, knights walk around in heat conductive tin cans—so that makes dealing with them easy.We came up with the number of knights in each city through deduction. We looked at the 2010 Census data and found the 1,000 most popular last names in the country, and the number of times that name would show up per 100,000 people.
If the numbers gurus are to be believed, the last name Knight ranks as the 201st most common surname in the country. Based on this, the Census data showed that 49 people per 100,000 have this surname.
We took this fun factoid and ran with it.
To figure out how many Knights were in each city, we divided the population by 49. But because knights are annoying—seriously, Jamie Lannister pushed a little boy out a window—and uncooperative when it comes to dragon dominance, the cities that rank the highest in this category were those with the fewest braggarts.
Hello, Arlington, Texas. With the lowest population on our list, this Lone Star State city took the top spot for this category. Maybe Arlington makes up for its lack of knights with cowboys?
Underground Lairs
There're a lot of places dragons can live, but the best place is an underground lair. There's no need to be afraid of the dark if you can hiccup and light up the room.
The problem with underground lairs is that they aren't that common in large cities, so we got creative here and figured out how close each city was to major caves. Specifically, we calculated the average distance in miles. For Washington, DC, we looked at caves in Virginia and Maryland.
Boston took our top spot in this category.
Take this with a grain of salt. We relied on caves found within each state. This means that cities near state borders might be close to other caves.
(However, for those not in the know, dragons are incredibly jingoistic? This means that once they move to a state—THEY MOVE INTO A STATE. They aren't interested in crossing state lines. Some have even been known to get the outline of their favorite state tattooed on their scaly arms. No joke.)
Loot: Dragons Believe in the Gold StandardDragons love bling! They make Kanye West look like a hobo. Because of this they have underground lairs to stash their treasure trove of awesomeness. If you doubt us, think back to the last time you read "The Hobbit." Smaug is literally called Smaug the Golden. He loves gold that much.
Because we knew dragons love bling, we went to Yelp and looked up the number of jewelry stores in each city. As with some of our other categories, we used this to learn how many jewelry stores there are in the area per capita. This gave us the means to figure out where dragons can get their Mr. T on.
Unsurprisingly, San Francisco took the top spot in this category. We were hoping it'd be Los Angeles so we could make a lot of jokes, but you don't always get what you want.
Churches: Inspiring Dragon Crusades
It's hard to hurt a dragon—just ask all those knights who are roasting in their own juices. So why would someone go battle a deadly beast? Not everyone does it to make a name for themselves.
We looked into people who've supposedly killed dragons and we came across some you might recognize, such as St. George and Margaret the Virgin. We thought about what connected the two, and decided the one thing a dragon doesn't want is a group of devout people willing to throw themselves at it in droves.
So divine authority had to go. With no one to set our knights and adventurers on task, our dragons would be more than happy to snatch control.
For this category we surveyed the number of churches in each city. The city with the fewest churches per capita was ranked the highest. This honor went to New York City.
What's for Dinner? Ugh! Didn't We Have Knight Last Night?
Dragons gotta eat. And we're not just talking about knights looking for their dragon-slaying merit badge. We went through each city and found out the number of meat stores per capita. This gave us a clue as to what everyone who didn't flee their home at the sight of a giant lizard would feed the dragon—opposed to princesses and milkmaids. Long Beach ranked the highest in this category.
Prepare for the Inevitable
Now that you know where all those mythical dragons are likely to strike, you should consider a few things. First, buy more fire insurance. Second, make plans to spend long stretches of time stuck indoors and out of sight. Come to think of it, it might be the perfect time to catch up on your new favorite TV show.
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base will immediately furlough 1,604 civilian employees and scale back some base services as a result of the shutdown.
The remaining 1,782 civilian workers and all military personnel will continue to perform their normal duties. The civilians won't be paid until after the federal impasse is resolved.
But all active-duty military will keep getting their paychecks on time, due to a last-minute bill signed late Monday by President Obama to ensure military pay continues during the shutdown.
D-M gate hours won't change. However, services that relied on furloughed employees will have to be changed to reflect a smaller staff.
Details for exactly how each unit will manage the manpower shortage were still being developed and will largely be handled at that level, said Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz, a D-M spokeswoman.
The commissary, dining facilities and the fitness center will likely have shorter hours. Also, some activities at the child-development center and other youth programs could be suspended while the government impasse continues.
While the commissary will see truncated hours, the base exchange will be unaffected.
Specific changes won't be known until the shutdown takes effect, but they would be far-reaching.
"Anything that would be open could be affected because of limited manning," Ruiz said. "Right now we're waiting until we find out if they're going to be or not.
"For instance, my office would be affected. We have two civilians that work here, and they would be furloughed."
Other areas that will be affected:
Coronado National Forest
The road up the Catalinas to Summerhaven and other private properties on the mountain is maintained by Pima County and will remain open.
However, campgrounds and other facilities in the Catalinas controlled by the U.S. Forest Service will be closed, as will access to Sabino and Madera canyons.
Contingency plans for the Forest Service outline the immediate closure of all national forests in the event of a partial shutdown of the federal government.
A spokesperson for the Coronado National Forest did not return calls for comment on how quickly area Forest Service lands would be closed to the public.
Women, Infants and Children Program
Director Will Humble said the Department of Health Services has enough federal funding to keep WIC clinics open through Friday and provide vouchers to enable families to buy needed food items.
After that, he said, there will be no aid for the 162,000 women and children now enrolled
Unemployment claims
The Department of Economic Security reported it can keep processing applications for unemployment benefits as well as sending out the weekly checks "for a short period of time."
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
DES spokeswoman Tasya Peterson said cash payments for about 16,300 families, averaging $207 a month, will cease Thursday.
Landlords who participate in the city's public-housing program can expect delayed rent payments during the shutdown. Around 1,800 landlords and 25,000 tenants could be affected.
Public-housing tenants contribute 40 percent of their income toward the rent, which they still will have to pay. The city pays the remaining 60 percent.
Landlords can't evict tenants because the city is late paying, and they also can't ask tenants to pay the city's share. Also, landlords can't charge the city late-payment penalties since the delays were caused by factors the city couldn't control.
Pima County
Minimal impact is expected from a short-term shutdown. Deputy County Administrator Hank Atha said there could be delays in reimbursement for expenses incurred under existing federal contracts. Contracts tied to Community Development Block Grants could be postponed.
If the shutdown extends more than two weeks, the county may stop making any new commitments in its workforce-training program.
Oro Valley
Mayor Satish Hiremath said the federal shutdown will have little to no immediate impact on the town's day-to-day operations but fears there will be "an impact on citizens' confidence in government at all levels."
Town Manager Gilbert Davidson said a shutdown would not affect the town's services.
Tucson International Airport
Air-traffic controllers at both Tucson International Airport and Ryan Airfield will continue to report to work.
During a partial shutdown of the government, air-traffic controllers are part of an exempted class of federal employees deemed to be critical to protect lives and general safety.


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Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Supplies are free and instruction will be given throughout the day.
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Type of Document Dissertation Author Scott, II, Willie L. Author's Email Address firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-0114103-115012 Title Block-Level Discrete Cosine Transform Coefficients for Autonomic Face Recognition Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department Engineering Science (Interdepartmental Program) Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Subhash Kak Committee Chair Gerald Knapp Committee Co-Chair Donald Kraft Committee Member Jianhua Chen Committee Member William Adkins Dean's Representative Keywords
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- face recognition
- discrete cosine transform
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Date of Defense 2002-12-17 Availability unrestricted AbstractThis dissertation presents a novel method of autonomic face recognition based on the recently proposed biologically plausible network of networks (NoN) model of information processing. The NoN model is based on locally parallel and globally coordinated transformations. In the NoN architecture, the neurons or computational units form distributed networks, which themselves link to form larger networks. In the general case, an n-level hierarchy of nested distributed networks is constructed. This models the structures in the cerebral cortex described by Mountcastle and the architecture based on that proposed for information processing by Sutton. In the implementation proposed in the dissertation, the image is processed by a nested family of locally operating networks along with a hierarchically superior network that classifies the information from each of the local networks. The implementation of this approach helps obtain sensitivity to the contrast sensitivity function (CSF) in the middle of the spectrum, as is true for the human vision system. The input images are divided into blocks to define the local regions of processing. The two-dimensional Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), a spatial frequency transform, is used to transform the data into the frequency domain. Thereafter, statistical operators that calculate various functions of spatial frequency in the block are used to produce a block-level DCT coefficient. The image is now transformed into a variable length vector that is trained with respect to the data set. The classification was done by the use of a backpropagation neural network. The proposed method yields excellent results on a benchmark database. The results of the experiments yielded a maximum of 98.5% recognition accuracy and an average of 97.4% recognition accuracy. An advanced version of the method where the local processing is done on offset blocks has also been developed. This has validated the NoN approach and further research using local processing as well as more advanced global operators is likely to yield even better results. Files
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LBP Karting for Vita not in the works, says United Front
United Front has confirmed that a Vita version of LittleBigPlanet Karting isn't currently on the books.
Video - United Front details level editor, driving mechanics in LBP Karting
Below the break is a video featuring United Front Games' William Ho chatting about LittleBigPlanet Karting's level editor, how the developer used its experience wit racing titles to bring a true karting experience to the game, and how it all meshed together with the create, play, share aspect designed by Media Molecule. Watch the video […]
You can reach out and slap other players in LBP Karting
Some screenshots of United Front Games' LittleBigPlanet Karting are posted below courtesy of AGB. Also, Polygon has some gameplay details for you: the LBP grappling hook mechanic returns; a hover chassis is implemented on the cars; it contains quests such as finding hidden items, hide n' go seek, and waypoint races; it has an eight-player […]
LittleBigPlanet Karting offers Kevin Butler pre-order bonus
Pre-order LittleBigPlanet Karting through Gamestop or Amazon and you'll score a bonus DLC pack, which features a Kevin Butler themed Sack Boy and an executive golf kart. Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds. Sony hasn't announced an exclusivity deal on the bonus, so keep an eye on other retailers, too. The racing spin-off is […]
LBP Karting to launch this year on PS3, first video
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County cruise past poor Pompey
Newport brushed Portsmouth aside with a 3-0 victory to move into the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Southern Area semi-finals.
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Newport brushed Portsmouth aside with a 3-0 victory to move into the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Southern Area semi-finals.
Conor Washington netted in either half while centre-back Deji Oshilaja scored his first senior goal for Justin Edinburgh's men.
Despite leading 2-0 in this quarter-final tie, Newport's David Pipe produced a moment of madness in the 67th minute when the Exiles captain was shown a straight red card by referee Graham Scott following a two-footed tackle on Ricky Holmes.
Yet Edinburgh's League Two outfit went from strength to strength and Washington added a third with eight minutes remaining to safely navigate their passage into next month's semi-finals.
Newport were gifted the opener in the fifth minute when Portsmouth centre-back Bondz N'Gala and goalkeeper Trevor Carson got involved in a horrendous defensive mix-up.
N'Gala's attempted header went over the head of Carson and the alert Washington capitalised for his fifth goal of the season to put the ball into an empty net from an acute angle.
Newport doubled their advantage in the 18th minute when Cardiff loanee Oshilaja pounced for the second goal from close range after Robbie Willmott's free-kick was palmed out by Carson.
Pipe gave the visitors a flicker of hope with a shocking challenge on Holmes to receive his marching orders. But Newport relieved the pressure of their numerical disadvantage when Washington's right-footed finish from close-range.


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Andrea Immer's Chicken Breast With Prosciutto & Sage
Recipe by Claire312
This is a recipe I learned during a Central Market wine and food pairing class taught by Andrea Immer, a master sommelier and gourmet cook. She made this dish to illustrate how well the flavors of sage, prosciutto and chicken pair with Chianti. This is an excellent, easy chicken dish. I use small chicken breast halves – 5-6 ounces each. If you have very large (8-12 oz) chicken breast halves, start with 2 and split them in half cross-wise to make 4. It's very important to use the right size chicken breast here so the cooking time will be accurate.
Top Review by Elainia
I thought this was very good and very easy. I didn't have toothpicks, so I cut small slits in the chicken and weaved the procuitto through. easier said than done, lol. I added a little garlic at the last minute, since i thought the sauce needed a little something. But truly this was a really nice and very easy to make dish. If you dont have fresh sage you could use dry, but it wouldn't be 100% the same. Served with mashed potatoes and roasted squash with balsamic honey glaze. Thanks for the great recipe! I will be making this again!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 20 sage leaves
- 4 slice prosciutto
- 14.79 ml olive oil
- 44.37 ml dry sherry
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- Pound chicken to an even thickness (about 3/4 inch). Lay 5 sage leaves on top of each chicken breast halve. Wrap a slice of prosciutto around each sage-topped chicken breast and secure with toothpick.
- Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium. Place chicken breasts in skillet, sage side down. Cover skillet and cook chicken for 10 minutes. Remove cover. Turn chicken over and cook uncovered for another 4-5 minutes. Add sherry and stir, scraping up any extra bits from bottom of pan.
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While Finn is waiting for the answer from Rachel, Santana and Sebastian have a fierce duet of 'Smooth Criminal'.
Michael Jackson's music will be heard on McKinley High School in the next episode of "Glee". In the special outing, Will announces a "Michael Week" after the former Troubletones reveal they are disappointed they didn't get to perform in the Jackson family medley at Sectionals.
The New Directions kids are not the only ones who will perform numbers from the late King of Pop's catalog for Sebastian of the Warblers is seen having a fierce duet of "Smooth Criminal" with Santana. In the meantime, the rivalry between the two glee clubs intensifies ahead of Regionals.
Aptly titled "Michael", the episode will also see Finn waiting for an answer from Rachel after he popped the important question in "Yes/No". Rachel and Kurt receive news regarding their admissions process at NYADA, while things continue to heat up between Sam and Mercedes.
"Glee" is taking a hiatus for a week before airing the MJ tribute episode on Tuesday, January 31 at 8/7c on FOX.
In another news, Lauren Potter who plays Becky Jackson recently spilled the beans on a future episode. "Sue will want Becky to be her daughter, and Becky thinks Sue would be a great mom," so the 21-year-old star revealed to TV Guide. She added, "Sue is very nice to Becky when she's feeling sad."


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General News of Tuesday, 8 January 2013
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Former President Kufuor has said that despite the pain that has hit the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a result of the alleged fraudulent electoral results that was announced by the Electoral Commission, he sees no reason why in his capacity as a statesman, he should have boycotted Monday's state event that elated John Mahama to the status of President of Ghana.
He advised aggrieved NPP sympathizers not to consider the move as ditching them and throwing his weight behind the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
President Kufuor reiterated that he was solidly behind the court action by the NPP to ensure the presidency of President Mahama is invalidated and prays Nana Akufo-Addo would someday lead the nation.
"It has always been my fervent prayer that Nana Addo should be sworn in as President of Ghana", ex-President Kufuor said.
The former president stated that he knows he has incurred the wrath of other members in the NPP for gracing the national event that saw John Mahama being sworn in as President of the Republic.
He explained that though several calls were placed at his doorstep not to add colour to the event because the NPP was fighting in court to ensure the presidency of President Mahama is invalidated, he decided to attend the event because he has grown out of the partisan politics and metamorphosed into a national asset that every political party can access in times of need.
Speaking on Okay FM and subsequently on Peace FM, the former commander in chief of the Ghana Armed Forces stated that "leadership doesn't come on a silver platter and my feat would be dismantled if I let the nation down and favour my own children".
Giving a detailed explanation on why he chose to break ranks and attend the occasion, ex-president Kufuor noted that "at all times, the plight of the nation comes first before my party".
News spread like wide fire when a group of NPP supporters besieged his airport residence to prevent him from attending the inauguration.
"I was sad to see the young lads gather in front of my house. The previous night I had hardly slept and I could see the pain in their hearts too... I called them and asked them to choose between serving the entire nation and the party and they told me the 'nation'.
"I assured them I would never in any point in time stab my own party in the back... I am solidly behind the court decision the party has taken and I pray God grants the judges wisdom to rule fairly", Mr. Kufuor said.


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Ohio Launches New Online Voter Tool
COLUMBUS, Ohio
Ohio's secretary of state said on Friday a new online search tool will help Ohioans to more easily check their voter registration information.
Secretary of State Jon Husted announced the launch of the new tool that will mean Ohioans no longer will have to use two separate online tools to search the web site.
Also, voters now need only provide their first name, last name and county to gain access to the online site rather than inputting information into several fields. Voters will be able to see their voting address, legislative districts, polling place and precinct once they are in the system.
The deadline to update voter information or register to vote in time to participate in the upcoming May 7th primary is Monday, April 8.
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Push Play rescue Emily Osment from her loneliness in the 'Midnight Romeo' music video.
Push Play debut a music video in support of their single "Midnight Romeo". In this video, the four-piece band share screen with Disney star, Emily Osment, who plays the leading lady. It starts with the band's live performance and ends with them taking lonely Emily out of a narrow, messy room.
"Midnight Romeo" is confirmed to be listed among new materials in Push Play's upcoming studio album "Found". The track has been made available for digital download for quite some time, but the set will not arrive in U.S. stores until September 29.
While waiting for the album to be released, fans can catch the band's live performances at several venues around America. One of the shows this band have in their calendar is a gig on August 14 at American Legion, Indiana where they will sing acoustic versions of their new songs.
Complete details about the other gigs can be obtained on their MySpace.
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- 1 About
- 2 Available Languages
- 3 Workflow and Tools
- 4 What is the function of - Open - Edit - Review - Closed in OSMBC?
- 5 See the animated gifs about OSMBC in
- 6 Wordpress
- 7 OSM wiki
- 8 Amount of work
- 9 Related Projects
- 10 Communication
- 11 Want to join us?
- 12 Infrastructure
- 13 Branding
- 14 Current tasks
- 15 Contact
- 16 General
weeklyOSM is the sister project of the German OSM blog (also well known as Wochennotiz). The infrastructure of weeklyOSM was created within the Comenius project "My community and my history in OpenStreetMap" by an international team from five countries and is being consigned, little by little, into the hands of the community.
The aim is to share OSM news in a range of languages in addition to German and English. By nature weeklyOSM will be released several days after the German news.
We were interviewed by OpenCagedata in June 2016 about our Wochennotiz and weeklyOSM and took the chance to report at length.
Available Languages
- The WordPress administration is made by Madalina Ionescu and Anthony Bennett.
- weeklyOSM is available in the following languages (alphabetic order)
- weeklyOSM is currently produced in these cities
|Available languages
|Current team
|Former members
|Tomas, Vop, Marián,
|Anthony, Andy, Manfred, Wided, Michael, Jinal Foflia, Christoph, Peda, James Morrison, Alex Sims, SrrReal, Joshua Garner, Keith,
|Andrew, Bogus (†), Oliver
|Lamine Ndiaye
|Emmanuel Dewaele
|Marc, Marc Gemis, Christoph, Peda, Michael, Walter, Stephan, Manfred
|Zoar, muramoto
|Satoshi IIDA,
|Pedro Santos
|Laura, Ruben, samely, ediyes, Eric Selene
|Carlos, Susanna, Luis,
|former languages
|Brazilian Portuguese
|Vitor, João, Alexandre
|joined in July 2015
|Stefano Sabatini, Fabrizio Tambussa
|not enough feedback from the community
|Timofey, Yaroslav, Anton, Sergey, Dmitri
|Lev, CriOnsKry
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Workflow and Tools
theFive wrote a dedicated content-management system: OSMBC (OSM Blog Collector) back in mid 2015, especially designed for the needs of Wochennotiz and weeklyOSM. This system has been in use since WN 272.
OSMBC allows news articles to be "collected" by the weeklyOSM team. This process previously was done entirely by the German Wochennotiz team. Later English and Spanish translations of Wochennotiz were managed within the tool, but these days increasingly articles are collected in different languages and cross-translated in a flexible workflow enabled by the OSMBC software.
Despite the name, it is not limited to blogs. The team also checks international mailing lists and other channels to include any news that is relevant. The system supports "markdown" formatted text, for each article, and groups them into categories. These are ultimately converted to HTML and put into the wordpress blog each week.
What is the function of - Open - Edit - Review - Closed in OSMBC?
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Please note: The weeklyOSM is not only a translated German Wochennotiz, the Czech team shows you how they add Czech related content. Of course each team is free to add language specific issues, moreover they deliver interesting news to the whole OSM community via the German Wochennotiz.
OSM wiki
Documentation of our activities. The English version should be seen as the main page, to which all other languages should relate.
Amount of work
For each available language there are about three people needed to provide a level of satisfying quality. Translating is of course a big part, but also proofreading is very important.
Related Projects
- Life_Long_Learning_Mapping_Project the official Comenius name was: BoostOSM
- MychOSM - My community and my history in OpenStreetMap
Team members often communicate by email, as this "simply works anytime and anywhere". We aim to focus communication in the future and move most elements to Slack. Slack offers more real time group communication in a convenient way, it runs in a web browser, can be access via apps for mobile devices, supports xmpp and irc and is proving to be very efficient.
Want to join us?
We are always grateful for help from mappers (and also non-mappers!). As you can see, each weeklyOSM release includes a lot of recurring work and support would be appreciated. You can really help (even if you have limited time). This could involve translating some parts or helping to proofread articles. This way you will be able to read the news before anyone else does ;-) Email: theweeklyosm at gmail dot com or via blog
The blogs are delivered by Wordpress running on web servers. As of mid 2016 the English language version is hosted at http://www.weeklyosm.eu and the German version at https://blog.openstreetmap.org. Some further details on technical set-up:
Details of design conventions, logos etc are recorded on the /Branding subpage
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I am strong, funny, and debonair
And for what its worth personality trait I'm an INFJ
Movies: Buckaroo Banzi is by far my favorite, but I also like Dark City, clerks, and mallrats, most Pirate movies, Erik the Viking, Shawshank Redemption, All of the Monty Python stuff, LABYRINTH (this should have been at the top) wow I think I could go on for days here. Ok moving on then.
Music: Alternative music mostly. I do listen to other stuff like Billy Joel, David Bowie, Tom Petty, but here in town I primarily listen to New Rock 97.9 NRQ.
Food: Hmm I love all kinds of food. I love Thai food so much, and they usually have really good drinks at most places, well at least here in Eugene they do. I adore Italian food. I am always up for a good Burger. I like Micro Breweries they seem to usually have good food and good beer. I enjoy Sushi, and all the fun kinds of roll. I don't care for sashimi, Although I do like tempura, and usually those kinds of restaurants have other things too, like Miso!! I am pretty open to most anything food wise, and I will always try it once before I decide I do not like it. I hate it when you go to dinner with some one and say here try this, and they make that face. You know that they have already made up their mind, and the dish could taste like distilled ecstasy, but they would still say it taste like crap.
AH HA!! I have found a new series that I have been really enjoying reading. The Dresden series by Jim Butcher. Hell I have gotten a bunch of people to read those books. They kick so much ass that every time I read them I can feel my own ass being kicked! So yeah read them already, and tell me what you think. Then when I get my own book done you can read mine, and then tell me what you think. I have only been working on it for 4 years, but hey I have written 100 pages in it so far. at a pace like this I should have 200 pages written in another 4 years. YAY for procrastination!
Everyone always says Blah blah food, water yada yada yada.
OK yes yes we all know this. I think it is asking what really
makes you tick. Well I tick because I am really an automated
robot. I have a nuclear battery that has a huge half life
on it, so I will be around for another Millennia. Come give
me your stories, and I will give them to the next 100 generations.
Your songs will be sung for ages from now, or I could get blown
up tomorrow, but you just can't go running around worrying
about the sun falling out of the sky. I mean you might as well
just spit into the ocean hoping to raise the sea level.
"Hey there big guy! How are you doing today?" I say to my friend.
"Doom." He replied back.
"Oh, I um.. Guess your not a big talker then?" I say feeling a bit uncomfortable.
"Doom." He shrugs.
"OK then I will exit stage left." I hurridly say as I start to leave.
"Doom." He sadly sighs.
Doom, Destruction, Mayhem, and Murder a Jedi craves all of these things.. Well a Dark Jedi.
I also really like the Spanish version of how they say Jesus. Jesús it just sounds cool. Hey Zeus. Hmm perhaps I shouldn't have shared that.


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Judges seem skeptical of health care law challenge that centers on origin
WASHINGTON — The seemingly endless legal war over health care found an esoteric new front on Thursday, as appellate judges considered where certain bills should originate.
Amid references to various 18th-century Founding Fathers, some of them obscure, skeptical-sounding judges weighed claims that the Affordable Care Act's so-called individual mandate is invalid because it violates an under-appreciated part of the Constitution called the Origination Clause.
The clause says all bills "for raising revenue" must originate in the House of Representatives. The case pressed by the Pacific Legal Foundation, based in Sacramento, is that the health care legislation was a revenue-raising measure that effectively started in the Senate.
"Origination Clause cases," Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Timothy Sandefur acknowledged, "are very rare."
Practically speaking, the challenge heard for 30 minutes before a packed fifth-floor courtroom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit may prove a long shot. The Supreme Court upheld the law's individual mandate nearly two years ago, and in the meantime more than 8.1 million U.S. residents have enrolled through the various health insurance exchanges. Legal theories aside, judges might think hard about trying to unwind that.
All three of the judges hearing the case were Democratic appointees, and President Obama recently named two of them to the court. Their questions and observations suggested sympathy for the administration's position, including references to the congressional health care debate itself.
"It didn't occur to any House member to raise an (Origination Clause) objection," noted Judge Robert L. Wilkins, one of the Obama nominees.
Judge Judith W. Rogers added that "no one viewed this as a bill to raise revenues" when the Senate passed what's formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. If the three-judge panel agrees that the Senate did not originate a revenue-raising bill, the conservative challenge fails.
As a thought provoker and show of courthouse judo, though, the case is drawing national attention.
Along with others, the foundation originally sued to block the individual mandate as a violation of the Constitution's Commerce Clause. The mandate requires most individuals to buy insurance or pay a fee, a requirement that the Supreme Court majority agreed in 2012 exceeded Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce.


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My maiden name was Kristy Dawson, and I hailed from Houston, Texas - where I graduated Cum Laude with Academic Honors and Honors in my Dance major at the Houston School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), and later in Dance Pedagogy at Oklahoma University. I performed with Atlanta Ballet and Charleston Ballet, and now teach in metro Atlanta - and choreograph regionally, specializing in contemporary ballet and full-length story ballets, with over a hundred works performed by 25 companies in 11 states in the U.S. and Canada - recognized with awards, tours and repeat commissions. I am happily married to Atlanta dance photographer and former dancer, Scott Nilsson - and love living and working together in Atlanta.
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SACRAMENTO – With flu season fast approaching, Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and state health officer, today urges Californians to get vaccinated against the flu.
"The flu is much more serious than the common cold and has the potential of causing serious illness and death," said Chapman.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), influenza and related complications are the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, associated with up to 49,000 deaths and over 200,000 hospitalizations each year in the U.S.
"But there is something we can do about it," said Chapman. "Getting vaccinated now is the best way to protect ourselves and our family against the flu and its complications."
CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine for everyone six months of age and older, including pregnant women. Healthy people between two and 49 years of age, who are not pregnant, may opt for the nasal spray flu vaccine instead of a shot.
The 2012-2013 flu vaccine protects against an influenza A (H1N1) virus, an influenza A (H3N2) virus and an influenza B virus. This year's flu vaccine contains two different strains that were not part of the 2011-12 flu vaccine.
To stop the spread of flu and other respiratory illnesses, Californians should also:
- Stay home when sick.
- Cover a cough or sneeze by using your elbow or a tissue and properly disposing of the used tissue.
- Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, avoiding contact with your eyes, nose and mouth.
Dr. Chapman encourages Californians to contact their health care provider, physician office, clinic, or pharmacy who are now offering flu vaccines. Some local health departments may also offer low or no cost flu immunizations. To find a flu vaccine location near you, visit www.healthmap.org/flushot. To learn more about getting protected against the flu, visit www.flu.gov.


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Energy companies suffered a jolt this week.
Centrica and SSE saw nearly £3bn wiped off their market value in the wake of Labour leader Ed Miliband unveiling a pledge to freeze gas and electricity prices for 20 months if the party wins the next election.
The policy, which infuriated the companies but could prove popular with voters, would cost them around £4.5bn. It sent their shares tumbling on Wednesday and Thursday, both on the pledge itself and the political risks the companies now face. But they both saw the selling stop on Friday, with Centrica edging up 0.1p to 367p while SSE, the former Scottish and Southern Energy, added 8p to £14.68.
Analysts at Credit Suisse said:
We need to see how proposals might work, and expect to hear more details over time. We think the industry needs to raise prices by around 10% in the coming four weeks, and delaying price rises will mean neither SSE nor Centrica can make consensus forecasts. This will be a key test for the stocks.
Centrica has a stated [residential profit] target of around £600m (within a £500m-£700m range), which it needs to make guidance of around 28p a share. It is possible Centrica decides not to raise prices so soon after Ed Miliband's speech, and in makes an active decision to forgo profit for PR gains. If British Gas does not make an announcement by mid-November (the IMS is due 14 November) then Centrica would only make a £487m EBIT this year, and this would necessitate earnings per share downgrades, in our view.
SSE has a 5% margin aspiration (which we assume will be around 4%, given company commentary) and needs a price rise to keep funds from operations/debt ratio above the 20% target and make consensus of around 120pa share. The company has slightly longer to make an announcement (it has a March 2014 year-end), and retail supply is a smaller activity for SSE. The company's interim results are due on 13 November, and if a price rise does not come then, it is possible prices margins in supply are revised downwards.
It was also a bad week for Serco.
On Monday the outsourcing group began life in the mid-cap index after its eviction from the FTSE 100, and just days later it was faced with a possible investigation by the Serious Fraud Office over electronic monitoring contracts. Both Serco and rival G4S, up 0.5p at 253.9p, have been accused of charging the government for tagging criminals who were either in prison, never tagged at all, or indeed dead.
The Ministry of Justice has already asked the SFO to consider carrying out an investigation into G4S, and now fraud officials have confirmed they are considering information provided by the ministry on Serco. Serco said after the market closed on Thursday it believed it had billed in accordance with the terms of the contract, and was co-operating with the ministry. It said it would not tolerate poor practice and would put it right wherever it was found.
Serco's shares slipped 0.5p to 550.5p, down more than 2% on the week. Analyst Robin Speakman at Shore Capital said:
We believe that investigations and the resolution process are likely to stretch into the first quarter of 2014. Meanwhile, Serco remains unable to effectively participate in the UK government contracting market, in our opinion. We remain cautious on the economic and reputational damage being inflicted [on the company].
Overall, America proved a major influence on shares once more, as confusion over the timing of any cutback to the US Federal Reserve's $85bn a month bond buying programme was heightened by differing comments from various Fed officials. On top of that, investors' nerves were tested by the continuing political impasse over the US budget and lack of agreement over its debt ceiling, as next month's deadline for a possible government shutdown came ever closer.
Meanwhile comments from the Bank of England governor Mark Carney yesterday that he saw no need for further quantitative easing proved another negative for the market. In the eurozone, Germany's government was in the process of being formed after Sunday's elections, while Italy's was struggling to survive, as Silvio Berlusconi's party threatened to quit the fragile coalition.
So the FTSE 100 finished at 6512.66, down 52.93 points on the day and more than 80 points on the week.
Housebuilders were hit by Carney's comments, and the prospect of the Bank taking action to prevent a new housing bubble. Persimmon lost 48p to £10.61, while Taylor Wimpey dropped 3.9p to 97p and Barratt Developments fell 9.6p to 302.1p.
Still with property, estate agency Countrywide closed 26.5p lower at 518p following reports two investors, including private equity group Alchemy Partners had sold £94m worth of shares between them.
Builders merchant Travis Perkins dipped 2p to £16.48 despite Goldman Sachs raising its recommendation from neutral to buy, as part of a selection of companies it said would benefit from an upturn.
But Babcock International bucked the downward trend, adding 8p to £12.01. As it met investors and analysts, the engineering support services group said first half trading had remained positive, and it repeated that full year results would be in line with expectations. Caroline de La Soujeole at Cantor Fitzgerald said:
We are currently expecting adjusted pretax profit of £307m. Consensus is at £312m with the range at £301m-£319m. We remain buyers: Babcock's key markets remain resilient and we are confident there are significant growth opportunities from further outsourcing in both the UK and overseas.
Mining shares were hit as investors avoided riskier assets. Antofagasta lost 23.5p to 830p while Rio Tinto dropped 73.5p to £30.67.
Meanwhile Randgold Resources fell 34p to £45.11 as Bank of America/Merrill Lynch cut its forecast for the gold price by 17% to $1294 an ounce next year, based on a rundown in the Fed's bond buying programme:
Gold prices have stabilised and they could remain supported as the US reaches the debt ceiling. However, we believe the focus of investors remains firmly on a gradual normalisation of US monetary policy. Hence, our base case anticipates sustained headwinds to gold prices. Given the unfolding rebound of global economic growth, we believe the more cyclical precious metals, including silver, are likely to outperform gold.
Among its recommendations it cut Petropavlovsk, down 1.75p to 77p, from buy to neutral "due to significant earnings downgrades and the risk now that they could breach covenants next year." It said:
Petropavlovsk has a covenant of 3.5 times net debt/finance on its bank debt. Under our new gold price assumptions we see the group breaching these covenants in 2014. While this covenant could be renegotiated we see this as another headwind for shares.
Investors continued to bet against Ladbrokes after its Thursday's profit warning, its third this year. The company's shares dipped 2.1p to 171.7p on Friday after dropping 8% the previous day. Ladbrokes blamed most of its problems on delays in it digital division, but analysts said this latest disappointment piled more pressure on chief executive Richard Glynn.


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During one of my years living in Israel, I spent some time working at a popular Jerusalem steakhouse. It was a typical Jerusalem affair: the owners were Canadian, the waitstaff was Israeli (except for me), the cooks were Arab, and the clientele American. Once a week, we had to work the lunch shift. It was… More ▸


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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrive Paro. You will have a breathtaking journey by Drukair to Paro. On arriving Paro Airport you will be welcomed and escorted by our company representative to the hotel. Then you can go for sightseeing at Paro Town or spend your leisure time in the hotel.
Afternoon visit Ta Dzong, National Museum which is equipped with thanka paintings, textiles, ancient weapons and art and architecture.Over night in Paro. Also visit National Textile Museum, National Library and Handicraft Emporium. Take a drive to Buddha Point overlooking the Thimphu City.
Day 2: Paro Sightseeing. Morning: Hike to Taktshang, the Tiger's Nest Monastery. This magical monastery is located on a cliff at 3120 metres 10200 feet, some 700 metres (2300 feet) above the bottom of Paro valley , some 10km away from the town of Paro. The monastery suffered several blazes and is the new renovation. It is one of the most holy places and all Bhutanese believe that they must visit it at least once in their lifetime.
On the way back drive to the ruins of Drugyel Dzong. This Dzong is of historical importance, from whose ramparts the Bhutanese repelled Tibetan invaders. Then visit Kyichu lhakhang which is one of the Oldest temple in Bhutan built in the 7th century by the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo. This temple was built to overcome a demoness which would be placed on all points of her body.
Day 3: Paro to Thimphu. The drive from Paro to Thimphu takes one hour across the wide open valley following the Paro chu till you get to chuzom. Thimphu is Bhutan's capital city. Visit Memorial Chorten built by Queen mother in the memory of Lt. King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Also visit National Library, Handicrafts Emporium, National Textile Museum and around Tashichodzong. Take a drive to Buddha Point overlooking the Thimphu City.
Day 4: Thimphu Sightseeing. Morning visit Motithang zoo to see the national animal of Bhutan called the Takin. Other visits include visit to Painting School or the National Institute for Zorig Chusum meaning the 13 traditional arts and crafts, Semtokha dzong about five kilometres away from thimphu which was built in 1629 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. Today it houses the Institute for Language and Cultural Studies. Visit to Tashichhoedzong, the seat of the government of Bhutan, the Kings throne and His majesty's secreterait. Visit Golf Area above Tashichodzong for leisure.
Day 5: Departure. Early breakfast at hotel and drive to Paro Airport. Our representatives will see you off at Paro Airport.
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UPDATE: The gift-giver's identity has been discovered! Perhaps this is a better question for Miss Manners than Consumerist, but Chris needs help. See, a beautiful red KitchenAid mixer, an item on his Target wedding registry, arrived via FedEx with no clues as to who sent it. Adding to the confusion, the item doesn't appear to have come off the registry. Which seems to us to be the entire point of registries.
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Jon Hubbard has an interesting idea on how John McCain got the Republican nomination four years ago, as we find out on page 16 of his book:
Everyone knows that the mainstream media has long favored and promoted liberal Democrats, using lies and deception to discredit what once was a proud and conservative Republican Party. Conservatives should have realized something was up when the mainstream liberal media began to throw its phony support behind John McCain as the Republican Party nominee. They perceived (and correctly so) McCain to be easier for their newly invented and inexperienced darling candidate Barack Hussein Obama to defeat, so they did whatever was necessary to see that McCain became the nominee instead of more conservative GOP candidates who would have presented a stark contrast to any liberal, socialist candidate the Democrats offered up. With the success of this charade well in place, the media, as expected, has now turned its attack on McCain, and now true conservatives discovered there was no candidate for them to identify with or to rally around.
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Internet increases danger of brands becoming genericised
Zone IP (The Zone Corporation)
19 October 2012
Internet and social media increase danger of brands becoming genericised
Impending court action between Pink® Batts® supplier Tasman Insulation and German-owned Knauf Insulation over alleged infringement of the Batts® trade mark highlights the growing danger of brands becoming genericised, warns a Wellington trade mark lawyer.
Intellectual property expert, Theodore Doucas of Zone IP, an intellectual property consultancy in Wellington, said regardless of the outcome in this particular court case, it was important that companies guard against their trade marks passing into common use.
"The Internet and the ease of widespread mass communication through social media means that it is now easier than it has ever been for registered brands to fall into genericuse.
"This means that the Pink® Batts® case is particularly interesting and important here because the genericisation of brands in New Zealand has never really been put to the test, but it's not uncommon as some previous examples illustrate.
"The name ASPIRIN, originally a trademark of Bayer, was declared generic in the United States some time ago, as was the name THERMOS (originally a Thermos GmbH trademark), and even the name ESCALATOR. However, THERMOS® is still a registered trade mark for flasks and insulated containers in New Zealand.
"For example, you would think that words or names, depending on your perspective, like Jandals® for footwear, Band-Aid® for adhesive plasters, Boogie® for body boards, Jacuzzi® for whirlpool spas and Weed Eater® for grass and weedcutting machines are just everyday words, but they are not. They are registered trademarks which can only be used by their owners for those goods," said Mr Doucas.
Once a trademark passes into common usage, and if the courts find it has come into generic usage, the trademark registration can be revoked.
"Recently we saw word Radler® upheld as a trade mark here in New Zealand, but it remains a generic term for a light beer shandy overseas – so to further complicated things, what may be generic in one country, isn't necessarily generic in another.
"However a number of companies have acted to take their brands back from the brink of genericisation."
He said there are steps that a company could take to keep their brands from passing into generic use:
"The fact that your trade mark should be registered is a given.
"But if you need to revive your brand, you could consider adding a description to the name. For example, GIB® are doing this successfully with the description: 'GIB® plasterboard'.
"A second tactic is to have your trade mark law firm notify media organisations that a particular term is a registered trade mark and if they want to write something like 'pass the Kleenex®' when reviewing a sad movie, they should acknowledge the trademark of that particular brand.
"Finally, be vigilant with your brand because names can have immeasurable value and holdmassive commercial advantage when you consider the time and investment that has gone into raising awareness about a particular brand – it's just that sometimes the marketing department do their job too well," he said.
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I have a site that allows users to create online textbooks. My hope was that it would grow through a "grassroots process" (I'm affiliated with a University), people would hear about it, and then it would grow some more. As my University is a bit traditional, it's been very, very slow to take off. Might anyone have some suggestions as to how to reach my target market, namely professors at universities? I seem to get email all the time from a couple of companies, but have no idea how they have my email address.
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This is an interesting idea. Do you already have professors creating quality textbooks using your service? I am just curious because creating a good textbook from scratch requires a lot of effort and time.
You should be reaching out to professors who are keen about the latest technologies because they are the ones that are most likely to use your service. Linkedin is a good place to start. Also, I found this list that you can start with - 100 Best Professors Who Blog.
When reaching out to them, try to ask for feedback (they will actually use your service in order to come up with one) instead of asking them to promote your website. Work on their suggestions, if any and always follow up once a feature that they requested for is introduced. If they like your website a lot, ask for contacts that they think would be interested in using your website. From there, you will start to get a list of individuals that you can get in touch with.
Thanks so much for the link; it's a good place for me to start. And, regarding use of my site, I launched it in September with 3 professors' texts and have (so far...) gotten some very positive feedback from their students.


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A Milwaukee woman named Patricia is Oprah Winfrey's half-sister, the billionaire announced on her show Monday.
"I thought nothing could surprise me any more, but let me tell you, I was wrong," Ms. Winfrey said. "Patricia is my half-sister who I never knew existed."
Her mother Vernita Lee gave Patricia up for adoption in 1963, shortly after she was born. Ms. Winfrey was 9 years old and living with her father – she didn't know her mother was pregnant.
Patricia lived in foster homes until she was 7, always hoping her mother would one day come back for her. She spent years searching for her identity and finally learned Ms. Winfrey was her half-sister four years ago. The two women met on Thanksgiving Day.
The sisters have the same round faces and smile but Patricia is shorter. (Ms. Winfrey brought her out on stage.)
According to USA Today, the host said her mother "is still stuck in 1963" and carries "the shame" of Patricia's birth, describing the reunion of her mother and sister in Milwaukee last week. In a taped segment, Ms. Lee said, "I thought it was a terrible thing for me to do, that I had done – gave up my daughter when she was born."
Ever the superhero, Ms. Winfrey, who grew up in abject poverty and was raised at various times by her mother, father and grandmother, is hoping to change that.
Looking into the camera and addressing her mother, she said, "You can let the shame go."
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Concerned about the morale of Catholic school teachers in the Santa Rosa, Calif., diocese who are being asked to sign an orthodoxy addendum to their teaching contracts, a small group of parishioners has purchased a full-page ad in their local paper supporting a person's right to follow his or her conscience.
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Plenty of people play games to escape their real lives, and the character creators some games offer let us imagine ourselves in whatever image we'd like: realistic or idealized, some version of ourselves. Or someone entirely other -- not just a chance to invent your very own fantasy character, but to live as them, in a sense.
I know a couple where one partner always builds one edition of the other in any game they play that allows for character selection. Isn't that romantic?
I'm also intrigued by the idea a game might take that choice away from me -- where every player has a different avatar, but it's not up to us. Like being born, almost, where we can't choose how we enter the world. Not everyone feels that way, apparently. My colleague Nathan Grayson has just covered the fascinating situation of Rust, where some players are upset to have lost control over their race.
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Delta Lloyd Regatta - Aussie Krystal Weir victorious
by Craig Heydon on 27 May 2012
Krystal Weir after winning in Holland - Delta Lloyd Regatta 2012 Sander van der Borch
At the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2012 in Medemblik, the fifth round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, Australian sailors have won three medals on the final day of racing.
Krystal Weir won gold in the Laser Radial class, with Jessica Crisp claiming the RS:X women's silver and bronze in the Sonar class going to Colin Harrison, Stephen Churm and Jonathan Harris.
Weir had been at the front of the fleet all regatta and took a 17 point gap over Croatia's Tina Mihelic into the final 10-boat medal race.
In light conditions Weir finished third in the medal race to win her first ever ISAF Sailing World Cup round by 15 points.
'I'm really happy to have won this one,' said Weir. 'The week worked out really well for me, my consistency paid off with some of the girls having up and down results.
'Taking the 17 points into the medal race made it a lot easier, the pressure was already partly off,' she said. 'The only thing that could have stopped me winning was if the Croatian won the medal race and I was last, with the results from the week taking the pressure off and putting me in that position.'
Weir was in the top four in every race in Medemblik, including two wins and five second place finishes on her way to the overall win.
Heading into the RS:X women's medal race it was tight at the top with just 10 points separating first and Australia's Jessica Crisp in fourth.
Held early in the day the RS:X raced in 15 knots of breeze, with Crisp coming back from sixth position at the top mark to eventually finish third, just behind race winner Flavia Tartaglini of Italy.
The result saw Tartaglini and Crisp take first and second overall with Hong Kong's Hei Man Chan and Norway's Jannicke Stalstrom having a tough medal race to slip to third and fourth respectively.
Crisp's attention now shifts to Weymouth and the final run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. The windsurfer will compete at next week's Sail for Gold regatta the final hit out at the venue before she competes in her fourth straight Olympic Games.
Colin Harrison, Stephen Churm and Jonathan Harris claimed Australia's final medal for the event, with bronze in the Sonar class.
The trio was competing in just their second international regatta together, picking up three race wins on their way to the bronze medal.
Harrison and crew went into the final race second overall but an eighth place finish saw them drop one spot to claim their first medal together.
In the 2.4mR class Matt Bugg ended the regatta in eighth after crossing the line eighth in the final race.
Matthew and Robert Crawford were seventh in the combined 470 fleet with the brothers finishing second in the medal race.
Joanna Sterling was 14th in the RS:X women's with fellow Queenslander Luke Baillie 24th in the RS:X men.
Alexandra South finished up 17th in the Laser Radial class while Jake Lilley was 25th and Ki-Raphael Sulkowski was 39th in the Laser
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